Kucera v Sampras
ATP Tour career
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Pete Sampras takes it, 12–2 on categories
Sampras wins on titles. Kucera’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kucera 505 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
- Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Kucera’s 7 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Kucera’s 4.8 — 2.1 times as many.
- Sampras averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Kucera’s 1.2.
- Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Kucera’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Sampras has 961 matches across 15 seasons, Kucera 505 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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.
- 0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
- 55.5First serve in %59.5
- 70.8First-serve points won %81.0
- 55.5Break points saved %64.5
- 40.9Return points won %38.2
- 4.82,399 total · best 23
Head to head
18 matches
since 19967
since 19967
- Hard · 4 matchesKucera 1Sampras 3
- Grass · 2 matchesKucera 0Sampras 2
- Clay · 1 matchKucera 0Sampras 1
- Carpet · 1 matchKucera 0Sampras 1
- Grand Slams · 5 matchesKucera 1Sampras 4
- Finals · 1 matchKucera 0Sampras 1
Last meetings
- 15 Jan 2001 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardSampras won 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3)
- 26 June 2000 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassSampras won 7-6(9) 3-6 6-3 6-4
- 16 May 1999 · World Team Cup · Round robin · ClaySampras won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2
- 23 Nov 1998 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · HardSampras won 6-2 6-1
- 12 Oct 1998 · Vienna · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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