Pete Sampras vs Marat Safin, US Open 2001, Semifinal

Grand Slam · Semifinal · Hard

Final

Pete Sampras

WinnerRank #341.3570%

Sampras won in 3 sets · 1h 54m

3–0

Set 16–3

Set 27–6⁵

Set 36–3

Marat Safin

LostRank #613.1530%

Venue

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

Flushing, USA· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Fast

1.1vs last year

Wind

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No reading

Humidity

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No reading

Temperature

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No reading

Altitude

5 m

Sea level

Match stats

1h 54m

20Aces16

8Double faults4

73Service points won57

15Service games played15

15Service games won13

15Return games played15

3/3100%Break points saved50%2/4

2/450%Break points converted0%0/3

Head to head

2Sampras

4Safin

6 meetings

Hard 2–3Clay 0–1

US OpenSemifinal · 2001HardThis match
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 6
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 6⁵Set 3: 3
Australian OpenRound of 16 · 2002Hard
Marat Safin
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6⁵Set 4: 7¹⁰
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 1Set 1: 2Set 2: 4Set 3: 7⁷Set 4: 6⁸
DusseldorfRound robin · 2001Clay
Marat Safin
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 7
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁰Set 2: 5
ATP FinalsRound robin · 2000Hard
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 2
US OpenFinal · 2000Hard
Marat Safin
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 3Set 3: 3
Canada MastersQuarterfinal · 2000Hard
Marat Safin
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 7¹⁰
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 1Set 1: 4Set 2: 6Set 3: 6⁸

Form and path

Pete Sampras6–0

US OpenHard

WFinal
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 5Set 4: 6
Andre Agassi
Sets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 4Set 3: 7Set 4: 4
WSemifinal
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7⁸Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 6
Sjeng Schalken
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁶Set 2: 6⁴Set 3: 2
WQuarterfinal
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Andy Roddick
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 2Set 3: 4
WRound of 16
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Set 3: 6⁵Set 4: 7
Tommy Haas
Sets won: 1Set 1: 5Set 2: 4Set 3: 7⁷Set 4: 5
WRound of 32
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 4Set 3: 7⁷Set 4: 3Set 5: 6
Greg Rusedski
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 6Set 3: 6³Set 4: 6Set 5: 4
WRound of 64
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7Set 3: 6
Kristian Pless
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 5Set 3: 4

Marat Safin4–2

Paris MastersHard

St. PetersburgHard

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Pete Sampras vs Marat Safin, US Open 2001, Semifinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research