Pete Sampras vs Marat Safin — Masters Cup Round Robin
Masters Cup · ATP · Round Robin
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 November 2000 ·
hard
Sampras P.6-3 6-2
Safin M.
Sampras P.
662
Safin M.
320
Pete Sampras defeated Marat Safin 6-3 6-2 in the Masters Cup round robin on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, but Pete Sampras had been the form player, winning 6 of their last 6 on hard. Pete Sampras narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.
Key context
- Match story: Pete Sampras dropped just 5 games past Marat Safin.
Head to head
2–4| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-14 | Australian Open | R16 | hard | Marat Safin | 6-2 6-4 6-7 7-6 |
| 2001-08-27 | US Open | SF | hard | Pete Sampras | 6-3 7-6 6-3 |
| 2001-05-21 | Dusseldorf | RR | clay | Marat Safin | 7-6 7-5 |
| 2000-08-28 | US Open | F | hard | Marat Safin | 6-4 6-3 6-3 |
| 2000-07-31 | Canada Masters | QF | hard | Marat Safin | 6-4 3-6 7-6 |
| 1998-08-31 | US Open | R16 | hard | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-3 6-2 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
61%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
64%
Return points won·Even
35%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
13.1
8.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.5
2.6
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (144 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.