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Goran Ivanisevic #6 def. Pete Sampras #1

7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1993*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Pete Sampras
Aces	13	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	61	52
First serve points won %	83	79
Second serve points won %	64	44
Break points saved %	0	0
Break points converted %	100	100
Service points won %	75	62
Return points won %	38	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Pete Sampras
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	21	21
Height	194	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,272	3,826
Elo (entering)	1,985	2,163
Career W-L	561–316	737–208
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 3 – 2 Pete Sampras

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1993	QF	Marcelo Filippini	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1993	R16	Marc Rosset	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1993	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1993	R64	Jaime Oncins	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1993	F	Jim Courier	1-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1993	QF	Guillermo Perez-Roldan	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1993	R16	Christian Bergstrom	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1993	R32	Alex Corretja	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1993	R64	Renzo Furlan	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data