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Pete Sampras #4 def. Lleyton Hewitt #9

7-6(7) 6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2000*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(7) 6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 36m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	18	23
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	83	75
Second serve points won %	54	55
Break points saved %	80	80
Break points converted %	20	20
Service points won %	71	66
Return points won %	34	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 24, 1981
Age	29	19
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,039	2,036
Elo (entering)	2,097	2,020
Career W-L	737–208	564–241
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 1 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2000	QF	Richard Krajicek	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2000	R16	Hyung-Taik Lee	7-6(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2000	R32	Agustin Calleri	7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2000	R64	Justin Gimelstob	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2000	R128	Martin Damm Sr	7-6(3) 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2000	F	Marat Safin	4-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2000	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2000	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2000	R32	Jiri Novak	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2000	R64	Julien Boutter	7-6(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2000	R128	Andreas Vinciguerra	2-6 7-5 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data