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Pete Sampras #1 def. Alex Corretja #31

7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7)
Loser	Alex Corretja

Stat	Pete Sampras	Alex Corretja
Aces	23	25
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	66	69
First serve points won %	84	83
Second serve points won %	49	53
Break points saved %	73	67
Break points converted %	33	27
Service points won %	72	74
Return points won %	26	28
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Alex Corretja
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 11, 1974
Age	25	22
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	31
Ranking points (entering)	4,318	1,174
Elo (entering)	2,155	1,857
Career W-L	737–208	415–277
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 0 Alex Corretja

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Alexander Volkov	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Jiri Novak	6-3 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Jimy Szymanski	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1996	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Guy Forget	6-4 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	6-2 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Filippo Veglio	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Byron Black	7-6(6) 3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data