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Richard Krajicek #7 def. Pete Sampras #2

6-2 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 1999*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-2 7-6(6)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Pete Sampras
Aces	9	10
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	52	56
First serve points won %	85	82
Second serve points won %	55	37
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Pete Sampras
Country	NED	USA
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	27	27
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,677	3,447
Elo (entering)	2,000	2,001
Career W-L	408–207	737–208
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 4 – 2 Pete Sampras

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1999	R16	Marat Safin	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1999	R32	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1999	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1999	SF	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1999	R16	Albert Costa	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1999	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1999	R64	Jim Courier	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data