Pete Sampras #2 def. Gustavo Kuerten #6

6-1 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(8)

Pete Sampras defeated Gustavo Kuerten 6-1 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(8) in the 2000 Miami Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 27, 2000*
Tournament: Miami Open
Edition: 2000
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 3h 18m

Match Statistics

Stat	Pete Sampras	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	20	16
Double faults	9	4
First serve %	64	57
First serve points won %	80	68
Second serve points won %	56	62
Break points saved %	83	79
Break points converted %	21	17
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	USA	BRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 10, 1976
Age	28	23
Height	185 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,932	2,147
Elo (entering)	2,162	1,880
Current career W-L	739–209	339–184
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #2 1 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten #6

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lleyton Hewitt #14	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2000	SF
Nicolas Lapentti #9	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2000	QF
Greg Rusedski #18	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2000	R16
Andreas Vinciguerra #62	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 2000	R32
Carlos Moya #43	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2000	R64

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #1	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2000	SF
Wayne Ferreira #44	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2000	QF
Gianluca Pozzi #83	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2000	R16
Goran Ivanisevic #69	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 2000	R32
Arnaud Clement #61	6-7(5) 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2000	R64