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Pete Sampras #1 def. Jonas Bjorkman #4

6-3 4-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Nov 3, 1997*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	11	5
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	65	50
First serve points won %	73	73
Second serve points won %	52	42
Break points saved %	83	50
Break points converted %	50	17
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 23, 1972
Age	26	25
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	4,547	2,642
Elo (entering)	2,167	1,981
Career W-L	737–208	395–341
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 5 – 1 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1997	R16	Petr Korda	4-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Boris Becker	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	SF	Thomas Enqvist	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	6-4 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1997	R16	Todd Woodbridge	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data