Muster v Sampras
ATP Tour career
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Pete Sampras takes it, 11–4 on categories
Sampras wins on grand slam titles. Muster’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Muster 857 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
- Sampras has 14 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Muster’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
- Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Muster’s 44 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
- Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Muster’s 2.9 — 3.4 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Muster’s team won 69% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.144 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
- 61.8First serve in %59.5
- 69.1First-serve points won %81.0
- 60.3Break points saved %64.5
- 41.9Return points won %38.2
Head to head
211 matches
since 19909
since 19909
- Hard · 6 matchesMuster 1Sampras 5
- Carpet · 4 matchesMuster 1Sampras 3
- Clay · 1 matchMuster 0Sampras 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesMuster 0Sampras 3
- Finals · 2 matchesMuster 0Sampras 2
Last meetings
- 9 Mar 1998 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 16 · HardMuster won 7-5 6-3
- 27 Oct 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Quarterfinal · CarpetSampras won 6-1 4-6 6-2
- 4 Aug 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Final · HardSampras won 6-3 6-4
- 13 Jan 1997 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardSampras won 6-1 7-6(3) 6-3
- 23 Oct 1995 · ATP Masters 1000 Essen · Semifinal · CarpetMuster won 7-6(6) 6-2
- 28 Feb 1994 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Quarterfinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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