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Pete Sampras #1 def. Thomas Muster #5

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-1 7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Thomas Muster
Aces	16	3
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	71	62
First serve points won %	85	65
Second serve points won %	47	50
Break points saved %	80	56
Break points converted %	44	20
Service points won %	74	59
Return points won %	41	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Oct 2, 1967
Age	25	29
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	4,865	3,125
Elo (entering)	2,200	1,979
Career W-L	737–208	590–267
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 6 – 1 Thomas Muster

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1997	QF	Albert Costa	6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1997	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Adrian Voinea	3-6 6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Dinu Pescariu	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1997	F	Carlos Moya	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1997	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1997	R16	Jim Courier	6-2 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Grant Stafford	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Geoff Grant	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data