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Pete Sampras #1 def. Michael Chang #2

6-1 6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-1 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Michael Chang

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Michael Chang
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 22, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,543	4,010
Elo (entering)	2,177	2,080
Career W-L	737–208	648–303
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 10 – 7 Michael Chang

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1996	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Alex Corretja	7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Alexander Volkov	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Jiri Novak	6-3 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Jimy Szymanski	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1996	SF	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Javier Sanchez	7-5 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Jakob Hlasek	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-4 5-7 2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Neville Godwin	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Jaime Oncins	3-6 6-1 6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data