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Pete Sampras #1 def. Karol Kucera #7

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1998*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 7-6(3) 6-1
Loser	Karol Kucera
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Karol Kucera
Aces	13	10
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	54	61
First serve points won %	80	68
Second serve points won %	54	39
Break points saved %	80	71
Break points converted %	29	20
Service points won %	68	57
Return points won %	43	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Karol Kucera
Country	USA	SVK
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 4, 1974
Age	27	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	4,015	2,646
Elo (entering)	2,065	1,972
Career W-L	737–208	259–230
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 1 Karol Kucera

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1998	SF	Todd Martin	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1998	QF	Tim Henman	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1998	R16	Jeff Tarango	5-7 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1998	R32	Jan Kroslak	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1998	SF	Greg Rusedski	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1998	R16	Tommy Haas	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1998	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data