Pete Sampras vs Jonas Bjorkman — Tour Finals Semi-final

Tour Finals · ATP · Semi-final
USA
Pete Sampras
54 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWWWLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 November 1997
hard
SWE
Jonas Bjorkman
54 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Sampras P.
6-3 6-4
Bjorkman J.
Sampras P.
662
Bjorkman J.
34–

Pete Sampras defeated Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 in the Tour Finals semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Pete Sampras came in leading the head-to-head 5–1. Pete Sampras extended the head-to-head to 6–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Pete Sampras closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

5–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-06-26WimbledonR16grassPete Sampras6-3 6-2 7-5
1999-03-15Miami MastersR32hardPete Sampras7-5 6-3
1997-10-27Paris MastersFhardPete Sampras6-3 4-6 6-3 6-1
1997-09-23Grand Slam CupQFcarpetPete Sampras7-6 6-4
1997-06-09Queen's ClubQFgrassJonas Bjorkman3-6 6-3 6-4
1997-02-24PhiladelphiaR16hardPete Sampras7-5 7-6(2)

Serve vs return

This season
Sampras P.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Bjorkman J.

Bjorkman J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Sampras P.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Sampras P.Bjorkman J.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
80%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
12.3
4.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.2
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sampras P.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-36-26-2
Semi-finals
Kafelnikov Y.
Moya C.
7-627-63
Sampras P.
Bjorkman J.
6-36-4
Round Robin
Bjorkman J.
Bruguera S.
6-36-1
Chang M.
Bruguera S.
7-686-2
Rafter P.
Rusedski G.
4-66-36-4
Moya C.
Muster T.
6-26-3
Sampras P.
Rafter P.
6-46-1
Sampras P.
Rusedski G.
6-47-5
Moya C.
Sampras P.
6-36-746-2
Rafter P.
Moya C.
6-46-2
Henman T.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-46-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Bjorkman J.
6-37-66
Bjorkman J.
Chang M.
6-47-5
Kafelnikov Y.
Chang M.
6-36-0