Pete Sampras vs Nicolas Kiefer, Halle 2002, Round of 16
Final score
Final
6-3 6-4
Venue and conditions
OWL ARENAHalle, GER
GrassCourt speed3.6 vs last year102.3Average
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 worksConditionsForecast not yet available
Match stats
1h 7m7Aces5
6Double faults2
30Service points won42
9Service games played10
6Service games won9
10Return games played9
4/757%Break points saved75%3/4
1/425%Break points converted43%3/7
Head to head
1Sampras
1Kiefer
2 meetingsGrass 0–1Hard 1–0
- HalleRound of 16 · 2002GrassThis matchNicolas KieferSets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Pete SamprasSets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 4
- Miami MastersRound of 64 · 2001HardPete SamprasSets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 6Nicolas KieferSets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 3
Form and path
Pete Sampras6–0
US OpenHard
- WFinalPete SamprasSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 5Set 4: 6Andre AgassiSets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 4Set 3: 7Set 4: 4
- WSemifinalPete SamprasSets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 7Set 3: 6Sjeng SchalkenSets won: 0Set 1: 66Set 2: 64Set 3: 2
- WQuarterfinalPete SamprasSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Andy RoddickSets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 2Set 3: 4
- WRound of 16Pete SamprasSets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Set 3: 65Set 4: 7Tommy HaasSets won: 1Set 1: 5Set 2: 4Set 3: 7Set 4: 5
- WRound of 32Pete SamprasSets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 4Set 3: 7Set 4: 3Set 5: 6Greg RusedskiSets won: 2Set 1: 64Set 2: 6Set 3: 63Set 4: 6Set 5: 4
- WRound of 64Pete SamprasSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7Set 3: 6Kristian PlessSets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 5Set 3: 4
Nicolas Kiefer1–5
WimbledonGrass
HalleGrass
Madrid MastersClay
MunichClay
Match research
ProEverything that shapes this match: each player’s run-in and travel, records side by side, and results against similar opponents and in similar conditions. Better information, better-informed decisions.
- 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.