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Pete Sampras #2 def. Gustavo Kuerten #6

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 2000*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-1 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(8)
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	3h 18m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	USA	BRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 10, 1976
Age	28	23
Height	185	190
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)	2,122	1,880
Career W-L	737–208	336–182
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Pete Sampras's path

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

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gustavo Kuerten's path

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