Nicolas Kiefer vs Pete Sampras — Halle Round of 16

Halle · ATP · Round of 16
GER
Nicolas Kiefer
49 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 June 2002
grass
USA
Pete Sampras
54 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWWWLLW
Kiefer N.
6-3 6-4
Sampras P.
Kiefer N.
662
Sampras P.
34–

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Pete Sampras 6-3 6-4 in the Halle round of 16 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Pete Sampras came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Nicolas Kiefer claimed a first win over Pete Sampras in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-03-19Miami MastersR64hardPete Sampras6-3 3-6 6-3
1999-11-22Tour FinalsSFhardPete Sampras6-3 6-3
1998-10-26Stuttgart MastersR32carpetPete Sampras6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Kiefer N.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Sampras P.

Sampras P.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Kiefer N.

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
Kiefer N.Sampras P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
53%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
76%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
68%
Return points won·Even
39%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
70%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.5
14.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.3
5.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 40). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
15°COvercast
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 80%

Draw

Final
Kafelnikov Y.
Kiefer N.
2-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Kiefer N.
Federer R.
4-66-46-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Carlsen K.
4-66-36-3
Quarter-finals
Federer R.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Carlsen K.
Johansson T.
7-636-3
Kiefer N.
Popp A.
7-56-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Ulihrach B.
5-76-36-4
R16
Kiefer N.
Sampras P.
6-36-4
Federer R.
Prinosil D.
6-26-4
Ulihrach B.
Schuettler R.
6-26-727-5
Kafelnikov Y.
Saulnier C.
6-37-5
Johansson T.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-4
Carlsen K.
Kratochvil M.
3-66-46-4
Popp A.
Koubek S.
6-46-2
Youzhny M.
Pavel A.
6-46-0
R32
Ulihrach B.
Savolt A.
6-4
Saulnier C.
Heuberger I.
4-1
Kiefer N.
Burgsmuller L.
6-26-2
Federer R.
Dreekmann H.
6-756-36-4
Koubek S.
Moya C.
6-36-3
Prinosil D.
Norman D.
7-656-3
Pavel A.
Stepanek R.
7-656-4
Youzhny M.
Santoro F.
6-07-65
Popp A.
Sabau R.
7-56-3
Sampras P.
Stoliarov A.
4-66-36-4
Johansson T.
Pretzsch A.
7-646-0
Ljubicic I.
Sanguinetti D.
5-77-656-2
Carlsen K.
Arazi H.
6-14-66-1
Kratochvil M.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-26-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Bjorkman J.
7-646-2
Schuettler R.
Novak J.
6-36-2