Best Sampras performance please?

[vive le beau jeu !]

my personnal favorite is his match vs agassi at the 1999 (year-end) masters... with a special mention for the "overhead showtime".

[krosero]

Originally Posted by abmk

actually, there was :

(1) very high % of first serves in ( it was 81% for the first 2 sets combined ) , dropped to 58% in the 3rd ...overall ~75% for the match .... This is by memory btw ..that was a very high % by mac's standards ...

(2) only 3 UEs in the whole match

there surely were matches were he'd have played at a comparable level, but surpassing the level in the wimbledon final ? I doubt it .....

Very hard to match those numbers. McEnroe was zoning in quite a few big matches in '84 but his numbers at Wimbledon seem to be the best.

W final - served at 73%, made 3 ue (no df's)
USO final - served at 62%, made 14 ue (including 6 df's)

January 1984 Masters final - already at 22 ue after two sets (and this was a brilliant straight-set drubbing of Lendl)

[abmk]

Originally Posted by krosero

Very hard to match those numbers. McEnroe was zoning in quite a few big matches in '84 but his numbers at Wimbledon seem to be the best.

W final - served at 73%, made 3 ue (no df's)
USO final - served at 62%, made 14 ue (including 6 df's)

January 1984 Masters final - already at 22 ue after two sets (and this was a brilliant straight-set drubbing of Lendl)

indeed .... and thanks for the other stats ..

[14line]

If you want to see Pete's volley, I recommend Masters Cup 2000 round-robin match against Safin. USO 2002 QF vs Roddick may be a candidate as well.