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Pete Sampras #3 def. Patrick Rafter #11

4-6 7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2001*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Aces	8	9
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	57	63
First serve points won %	86	70
Second serve points won %	70	61
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	79	66
Return points won %	34	21
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	29	28
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,080	1,985
Elo (entering)	2,017	1,951
Career W-L	737–208	332–177
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 9 – 4 Patrick Rafter

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2001	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2001	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2001	R64	David Prinosil	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2001	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2001	R16	Alex Corretja	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2001	R32	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Mar 14, 2001	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data