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Gabriel Markus #78 def. Pete Sampras #4

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1992*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gabriel Markus
Score	6-1 2-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Gabriel Markus	Pete Sampras
Aces	2	6
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	72	65
First serve points won %	64	62
Second serve points won %	57	40
Break points saved %	0	44
Break points converted %	56	100
Service points won %	62	55
Return points won %	45	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gabriel Markus	Pete Sampras
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Mar 31, 1970	Aug 12, 1971
Age	22	20
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	78	4
Ranking points (entering)	482	2,611
Elo (entering)	1,631	2,084
Career W-L	56–71	737–208
Career earnings	$589,053	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Gabriel Markus 0 – 0 Pete Sampras

Path

Gabriel Markus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1992	QF	Thierry Champion	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1992	R16	Rodolphe Gilbert	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1992	R32	Jordi Arrese	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gabriel Markus's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1992	F	Javier Sanchez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1992	QF	Henri Leconte	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1992	R16	Andres Gomez	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1992	R32	Martin Jaite	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data