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Sampras wins on titles. Ivanisevic’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Sampras 961 matches, Ivanisevic 895 matches.
Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Ivanisevic’s 24 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Sampras averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Ivanisevic’s 1.0.
Ivanisevic averages 12.7 aces a match to Sampras’ 9.8 (30% more).
Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Ivanisevic’s team won 64% 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.
0.165 total · best 1Titlesper game0.024 total · best 1
0.014 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
59.5First serve in %54.8
81.0First-serve points won %82.5
64.5Break points saved %62.9
38.2Return points won %35.2
Head to head
1218 matches since 19906
Carpet · 7 matchesSampras 6Ivanisevic 1
Grass · 6 matchesSampras 4Ivanisevic 2
Hard · 4 matchesSampras 2Ivanisevic 2
Clay · 1 matchSampras 0Ivanisevic 1
Grand Slams · 5 matchesSampras 4Ivanisevic 1
Finals · 4 matchesSampras 3Ivanisevic 1
Last meetings
7 June 1999 · London / Queen's Club · Quarterfinal · GrassSampras won 7-5 6-4
22 June 1998 · Wimbledon · Final · GrassSampras won 6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2
19 Nov 1996 · ATP Tour World Championship · Semifinal · CarpetSampras won 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-5
26 Aug 1996 · US Open · Semifinal · HardSampras won 6-3 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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9.8
8,195 total · best 37
Acesper game
12.79,756 total · best 46
15.114,468 total · best 36Games wonper game13.712,248 total · best 38
41.4Break points converted %40.9
71.1Sets won %60.6
56.3Games won %52.6
0.189 total · best 1Finalsper game0.152 total · best 1
1.91,834 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.61,403 total · best 3
0.8747 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0913 total · best 3
11.711,232 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better12.311,023 total · best 34
0.5507 total · best 4Tiebreaksper game0.5461 total · best 3
12 Aug 1996 · Indianapolis · Final · HardSampras won 7-6(3) 7-5
18 Mar 1996 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Semifinal · HardIvanisevic won 2-6 6-4 6-4
26 June 1995 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassSampras won 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3
6 Dec 1994 · Grand Slam Cup · Semifinal · CarpetSampras won 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-7 10-8
15 Nov 1994 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · CarpetSampras won 6-3 6-4
20 June 1994 · Wimbledon · Final · GrassSampras won 7-6(2) 7-6(5) 6-0
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