Thomas Enqvist vs Pete Sampras — Indian Wells Masters Quarter-final

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Quarter-final
SWE
Thomas Enqvist
52 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 March 2000
hard
USA
Pete Sampras
54 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWWWLLW
Enqvist T.
6-3 3-6 6-3
Sampras P.
Enqvist T.
6362
Sampras P.
3631

Thomas Enqvist defeated Pete Sampras 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the Indian Wells Masters quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Pete Sampras came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's round of 32. Thomas Enqvist claimed a first win over Pete Sampras in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Thomas Enqvist closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-06-22WimbledonR32grassPete Sampras6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(3)
1998-05-11Rome MastersR64clayPete Sampras7-6(3) 6-4
1998-02-23PhiladelphiaFhardPete Sampras7-5 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Enqvist T.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Sampras P.

Sampras P.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Enqvist T.

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
Enqvist T.Sampras P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
53%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
53%
Service points won·Slight edge
63%
69%
Return points won·Even
38%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
69%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.0
13.1
Double faults / match·Even
5.4
5.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 143). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 23%

Draw

Final
Corretja A.
Enqvist T.
6-46-46-3
Semi-finals
Enqvist T.
Philippoussis M.
6-36-767-68
Corretja A.
Lapentti N.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Corretja A.
Norman M.
4-66-26-2
Enqvist T.
Sampras P.
6-33-66-3
Philippoussis M.
Schalken S.
7-676-4
Lapentti N.
Arazi H.
6-26-0
R16
Arazi H.
Mirnyi M.
7-53-66-4
Lapentti N.
Escude N.
3-66-47-63
Corretja A.
Santoro F.
7-666-1
Norman M.
Grosjean S.
6-36-726-4
Philippoussis M.
Haas T.
6-26-3
Schalken S.
Costa A.
6-26-3
Enqvist T.
Zabaleta M.
6-47-5
Sampras P.
Black B.
4-66-36-2
R32
Haas T.
Kuerten G.
7-647-61
Corretja A.
Rafter P.
7-635-76-2
Black B.
Hewitt L.
6-37-65
Arazi H.
Dosedel S.
6-46-2
Mirnyi M.
Rusedski G.
6-46-4
Escude N.
Safin M.
6-26-0
Lapentti N.
Di Pasquale A.
3-66-36-2
Santoro F.
Hrbaty D.
6-727-636-4
Grosjean S.
Henman T.
6-33-67-5
Norman M.
Chang M.
6-46-4
Philippoussis M.
Clavet F.
7-56-3
Costa A.
Ivanisevic G.
6-26-726-3
Schalken S.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-56-2
Zabaleta M.
Rios M.
7-646-3
Enqvist T.
Johansson T.
6-16-4
Sampras P.
Ferreira W.
3-67-647-65
R64
Hrbaty D.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-56-2
Di Pasquale A.
Courier J.
7-54-67-65
Lapentti N.
Bjorkman J.
6-36-3
Santoro F.
Kiefer N.
6-16-4
Corretja A.
Kucera K.
6-26-2
Rafter P.
Ondruska M.
6-37-67
Henman T.
Alami K.
7-56-2
Escude N.
Pioline C.
7-57-64
Safin M.
Meligeni F.
6-23-66-2
Philippoussis M.
Woodruff C.
6-36-4
Costa A.
Koubek S.
3-67-56-3
Ivanisevic G.
Goldstein P.
6-42-66-3
Schalken S.
Kroslak J.
6-46-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Spadea V.
6-16-1
Rios M.
Vacek D.
7-656-1
Zabaleta M.
Vicente F.
7-57-62
Johansson T.
Clement A.
6-16-3
Enqvist T.
Golmard J.
6-16-4
Hewitt L.
Moya C.
6-43-66-3
Black B.
Martin A.
6-36-2
Ferreira W.
Gambill J.
6-46-7126-4
Sampras P.
Medvedev A.
6-46-3
Clavet F.
Ilie A.
6-756-36-1
Haas T.
Saulnier C.
6-16-747-5
Kuerten G.
Gimelstob J.
7-53-66-3
Norman M.
Squillari F.
6-36-4
Chang M.
Ferrero J.
7-56-4
Grosjean S.
Novak J.
6-26-2
Rusedski G.
Blake J.
6-26-0
Mirnyi M.
Dent T.
6-23-66-2
Arazi H.
Agassi A.
6-33-66-3
Dosedel S.
Mantilla F.
6-46-1