Pete Sampras vs Andy Roddick, Houston 2002, Final

ATP Intl Series · Final · Clay

Final

Pete Sampras

LostRank #342.0046%

Roddick won in 2 sets · 1h 27m

0–2

Set 16–7⁹

Set 23–6

Andy Roddick

WinnerRank #401.7254%

Venue

Westside Tennis Club

Houston, USA· Clay

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

Average

0.8vs last year

Wind

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No reading

Humidity

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No reading

Temperature

—

No reading

Altitude

24 m

Sea level

Match stats

1h 27m

12Aces13

2Double faults1

48Service points won52

10Service games played11

9Service games won11

11Return games played10

1/250%Break points saved100%1/1

0/10%Break points converted50%1/2

Head to head

1Sampras

2Roddick

3 meetings

Clay 0–1Hard 1–1

HoustonFinal · 2002ClayThis match
Andy Roddick
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7¹¹Set 2: 6
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁹Set 2: 3
US OpenQuarterfinal · 2002Hard
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Andy Roddick
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 2Set 3: 4
Miami MastersRound of 32 · 2001Hard
Andy Roddick
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6²Set 2: 3

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

Andy Roddick4–2

US OpenHard

Winston-SalemHard

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 Andy Roddick, Houston 2002, Final

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research