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Pete Sampras #3 def. Wayne Black #151

6-7(9) 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2000*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-7(9) 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
Loser	Wayne Black
Duration	2h 48m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Wayne Black
Aces	36	6
Double faults	10	1
First serve %	65	57
First serve points won %	83	77
Second serve points won %	56	57
Break points saved %	80	56
Break points converted %	44	20
Service points won %	73	68
Return points won %	32	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Wayne Black
Country	USA	ZIM
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 14, 1973
Age	28	26
Height	185	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	151
Ranking points (entering)	2,419	246
Elo (entering)	2,124	1,665
Career W-L	737–208	52–81
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$3,300,258

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 Wayne Black

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2000	R64	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2000	R128	Wayne Arthurs	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2000	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-1 6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2000	R64	Marc Rosset	6-1 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2000	R128	Jan-Michael Gambill	7-6(3) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2000	Q3	Olivier Malcor	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2000	Q2	Nenad Zimonjic	2-6 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2000	Q1	Louis Vosloo	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data