Pete Sampras #2 def. Lleyton Hewitt #14

6-3 3-6 6-1

Pete Sampras defeated Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 2000 Miami Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 26, 2000*
Tournament: Miami Open
Edition: 2000
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 46m

Match Statistics

Stat	Pete Sampras	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	16	4
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	60	53
First serve points won %	78	68
Second serve points won %	44	53
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	64	61
Return points won %	39	36
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 24, 1981
Age	28	19
Height	185 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	2,932	1,463
Elo (entering)	2,152	2,014
Current career W-L	739–209	567–244
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #2 2 – 0 Lleyton Hewitt #14

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Lapentti #9	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2000	QF
Greg Rusedski #18	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2000	R16
Andreas Vinciguerra #62	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 2000	R32
Carlos Moya #43	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2000	R64

Pete Sampras's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gustavo Kuerten #6	6-1 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 2000	F

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan-Michael Gambill #86	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2000	QF
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2000	R16
Tommy Haas #21	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 2000	R32
Gaston Gaudio #57	7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2000	R64