match report

Pete Sampras beat Stefan Edberg 6-3, 7-6(3) in the Year End Championship round robin, 1993 on indoor carpet in Frankfurt, Germany Sampras would go onto lose in the final to Michael Stich. He would top the group with a 3-0 record. Edberg would be eliminated, finishing third in the group with a...

Boris Becker beat Stefan Edberg 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5 in the Year End Championship round robin, 1994 on indoor carpet in Frankfurt, Germany The result eliminated Edberg (1-2 record) and saw Becker top the group with a 3-0 record. Had Edberg won, he would have advanced in lieu of Pete Sampras. Had...

Sergi Bruguera beat Cedric Pioline 7-6(2), 6-0 in the Monte Carlo final, 1993 on clay (the last third, indoor clay) Bruguera, would go onto win the French Open for the first time shortly after. He had previously won Monte Carlo in 1991. Pioline was unseeded and beaten top seed Stefan Edberg and...

Andrei Chesnokov beat Thomas Muster 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo final, 1990 on clay The two would go onto play the Rome final shortly afterwards, with Muster winning in straight sets Chesnokov won 114 points, Muster 96 (Note: Set 2, Game 1 cuts off at 40-30, with server Chesnokov winning...

John McEnroe beat Patrick McEnroe 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the Chicago final, 1991 on indoor carpet It would be the last title of John McEnroe’s career and the first final of Patrick McEnroe’s, who had recently been semi-finalist at the Australian Open John won 91 points, Patrick 78 John...

Albert Portas beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 4-6, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 in the Hamburg final, 2001 on clay Portas was a qualifier who beat among others seeds Magnus Norman, Sebastien Grosjean and Lleyton Hewitt en route to the final. This would be his only tour title. Ferrero had recently won Rome...

Roberto Carretero beat Alex Corretja 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the Hamburg final, 1996 on clay Carretero was a qualifier and this is the only tournament he won. Corretja was unseeded and would finish runner-up at the event again in 1998 Carretero won 114 points, Corretja 118 Corretja...

Alexander Zverev beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4 in the Madrid final, 2018 on clay It was Zverev’s first title at the event and he would win it again in in 2021. He did not lose serve in the tournament. Thiem had also been runner-up the previous year to Rafael Nadal, who he beat en route to this...

Jannik Sinner beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-1 in the Miami final, 2024 on hard court Sinner had recently won his maiden Slam title in Australian Open. The 11th seeded Dimitrov beat 3 top 8 seeds, including #1 Carlos Alcaraz, en route to the final Sinner won 55 points, Dimitrov 38 Serve Stats...

Andy Roddick beat David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-3 in the Canadian Open final, 2003 on hard court in Montreal This was Roddick’s first masters title and he would go onto win Cincinnati and the US Open shortly afterwards. The two would clash in the US Open semi-final, with Roddick saving match point en...

Sergi Bruguera beat Jim Courier 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the French Open final, 1993 on clay It was Bruguera’s first title at the event and he would go onto defend it the following year. Courier was the double defending champion. In the lead in to the event, Bruguera had won Monte Carlo...

Gaston Gaudio beat Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 in the French Open final, 2004 on clay Gaudio was unseeded and this would be his only Slam title. This would be Coria’s only Slam final Gaudio won 148 points, Coria 137 Serve Stats Gaudio... - 1st serve percentage (99/149) 66% - 1st...

Albert Costa beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 in the French Open final, 2002 on clay It would be Costa’s only Slam title. Ferrero would win the event the following year, beating Costa in the semi-finals along the way Costa won 124 points, Ferrero 89 Serve Stats Costa... - 1st serve...

Sergi Bruguera beat Alberto Berasategui 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 in the French Open final, 1994 on clay Bruguera was the defending champions. Berasategui was unseeded and this would turn out to be his only Slam final Bruguera won 125 points, Berasategui 104 Serve Stats Bruguera... - 1st serve...

Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Martin Verkerk 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final, 2003 on clay It would be Ferrero’s only Slam title. He’d been runner-up the previous year and would go onto be runner-up at the US Open later in the year. Verkerk was unseeded and this would be his only Slam final...

Andrei Medvedev beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Hamburg final, 1994 on clay It was Medvedev’s first title at the event and he would defend it the following year. Kafelnikov was unseeded and this would be his only clay Masters final. The two had recently met in Monte Carlo...

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4 in the Monte Carlo final, 2024 on clay It was Tsitsipas’ third title at the event. The two would meet in the Barcelona final soon after, with Ruud winning Tsitsipas won 71 points, Ruud 57 Serve Stats Tsitsipas... - 1st serve percentage (35/73) 48%...

Carlos Alcaraz beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Madrid final, 2023 on clay Alcaraz was the defending champion. Stuff had entered the draw as a ‘lucky loser’ and is to date, the only such player to reach the final of a masters event Alcaraz won 99 points, Struff 96 Struff...

Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Carlos Moya 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in the Monte Carlo final, 2002 on clay It was Ferrero’s first title at the event and he would defend it the following year. Moya had previously won in 1998 Ferrero won 100 points, Moya 75 Serve Stats Ferrero... - 1st serve percentage (62/91)...

Guillermo Coria beat Agustin Calleri 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the Hamburg final, 2003 on clay It was the first of Coria’s 2 Masters titles. Calleri was unseeded and this would be his only Masters final Coria won 96 points, Calleri 80 Serve Stats Coria... - 1st serve percentage (60/92) 65% - 1st serve...