Guy Forget beat Pete Sampras 7-6(11), 7-6(4) in the Stockholm semi-final, 1992 on carpet
Forget would go onto lose in the final to Goran Ivanisevic. Sampras had recently beaten Forget in 5 sets at the US Open
Forget won 81 points, Sampras 81
Sampras serve-volleyed off all first serves, Forget all but 5
Serve Stats
Forget...
- 1st serve percentage (51/88) 58%
- 1st serve points won (43/51) 84%
- 2nd serve points won (24/37) 65%
- Aces 16 (1 possibly not clean)
- Double Faults 1
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (41/88) 47%
Sampras...
- 1st serve percentage (48/74) 65%
- 1st serve points won (42/48) 88%
- 2nd serve points won (18/26) 69%
- Aces 14 (1 second serve)
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (37/74) 50%
Serve Patterns
Forget served...
- to FH 29%
- to BH 59%
- to Body 13%
Sampras served...
- to FH 31%
- to BH 69%
Return Stats
Forget made...
- 37 (7 FH, 30 BH), including 2 return-approaches
- 1 Winner (1 BH)
- 23 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (3 FH, 1 BH)
- 19 Forced (5 FH, 14 BH)
- Return Rate (37/74) 50%
Sampras made...
- 46 (16 FH, 30 BH), including 5 runaround FHs & 2 return-approaches
- 3 Winners (3 BH)
- 25 Errors, comprising...
- 7 Unforced (5 FH, 2 BH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 18 Forced (7 FH, 11 BH)
- Return Rate (46/87) 53%
Break Points
Forget 0
Sampras 0/4 (2 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Forget 14 (3 FH, 3 BH, 3 FHV, 4 BHV, 1 OH)
Sampras 27 (5 FH, 8 BH, 2 FHV, 6 BHV, 6 OH)
Forget had 7 from serve-volley points
- 4 first volleys (3 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 3 second volleys (2 BHV, 1 OH)
- FHs - 2 inside-out (1 pass) and 1 lob
- BHs (all passes) - 2 cc and 1 inside-out return
Sampras had 8 from serve-volley points
- 4 first volleys (2 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)... the OH can reasonably be called a FHV
- 4 second volleys (1 BHV, 3 OH)
- 1 from a return-approach point, a BHV
- FH passes - 2 cc, 1 dtl and 1 longline
- regular FH - 1 dtl
- BH passes - 1 cc, 2 dtl (1 return) and 1 inside-in return
- regular BHs - 2 cc, 1 dtl and 1 inside-out return
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Forget 16
- 5 Unforced (4 FH, 1 BH)
- 11 Forced (5 FH, 5 BH, 1 FH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 44
Sampras 26
- 17 Unforced (8 FH, 6 BH, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- 9 Forced (3 FH, 4 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 48.8
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Forget was...
- 28/38 (74%) at net, including...
- 24/31 (77%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 24/30 (80%) off 1st serve and...
- 1/1 off 2nd serve
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- 0/2 return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back
Sampras was...
- 41/51 (80%) at net, including...
- 30/36 (83%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 29/35 (83%) off 1st serve and...
- 1/1 off 2nd serve
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- 2/2 return-approaching
Match Report
Two big servers, serve-volleying on a fast court and absolutely nothing between them. Result is determined by a point here and there in two tiebreaks
First set is as even as even can be. 0 break points, 0 deuces. For a grand total of 2 points does returner lead in a game (Forget leads 15-30 and 0-15 in two separate games). Forget serves 43 points, Sampras 41. Both players win 42 points in the set. The extended tiebreak is decided when a Forget FH lob is called in... if it actually was in, ball must've caught the very outside of the line. I though it was out but its absolutely impossible to tell for sure
Sampras has the first set point in the tiebreak and 2 in total. Forget has 5
Sampras has the better of the second set. He serves 33 points to hold 6 times, to Forget's 45 and has 4 break points across 2 games (Forget again doesn't have any). Every one is snuffed out with an ace. This time though, Forget does command tiebreak and leads it 5-1 with two mini-breaks before ending it 7-4
Statistically, Sampras has thin lead in basic areas and odds would be on him gaining the win
- First serve in - Sampras 65%, Forget 58%
- First serve points won - Sampras 88%, Forget 84%
- Second serve points won - Sampras 69%, Forget 65%
- Unreturned rate - Sampras 50%, Forget 47%
- Double faults - Sampras 0, Forget 1
Serve, Return & Serve-Volley
Big serving from both players, obviously
Forget's is based more on power than placement. Its not completely unreturnable, but Sampras can't get much done against it. Some troublesomely powerful second serves too, with the body serves in particular being tough
In first set, Forget serve-volleys off all 1st serves. Stays back once early in second set only to whack a third ball FH winner. After Sampras places a BH dtl return pass to bring up break and set point later in set, he stays back 4 more times. So some lack of serve-volley spirit shown there by Forget - he wins 24/30 or 80% first serve-volley points but only 3/5 or 60% staying back... discouraged from doing so by just 1 return winner?
Ends up not costing him as he keeps acing his way out of trouble
Not great returning from Sampras. Note the 7 return UEs. Some are just regulation returns. To be clear, Forget serves outstanding and overwhelming credit to him for it, but there is reasonable room for improvement for Sampras on the return also
In first set, quality of Sampras serve is more about placement than power and he's constantly dragging Forget off to sides. In second set, he ups the power while losing little of the placement. 9 of his 14 aces are in that set. Not much Forget - or anyone else - could be expected to do against that calibre serving. And Sampras serve-volleys off all first serves, winning 83% of them
Serve-volley plays overwhelmingly favour the server. Returner usually misses the return, and when he doesn't, leaves easy volleys
Just 1 double fault in the match, despite heavy second serving... great job by both players on that front
Forget would go onto lose in the final to Goran Ivanisevic. Sampras had recently beaten Forget in 5 sets at the US Open
Forget won 81 points, Sampras 81
Sampras serve-volleyed off all first serves, Forget all but 5
Serve Stats
Forget...
- 1st serve percentage (51/88) 58%
- 1st serve points won (43/51) 84%
- 2nd serve points won (24/37) 65%
- Aces 16 (1 possibly not clean)
- Double Faults 1
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (41/88) 47%
Sampras...
- 1st serve percentage (48/74) 65%
- 1st serve points won (42/48) 88%
- 2nd serve points won (18/26) 69%
- Aces 14 (1 second serve)
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (37/74) 50%
Serve Patterns
Forget served...
- to FH 29%
- to BH 59%
- to Body 13%
Sampras served...
- to FH 31%
- to BH 69%
Return Stats
Forget made...
- 37 (7 FH, 30 BH), including 2 return-approaches
- 1 Winner (1 BH)
- 23 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (3 FH, 1 BH)
- 19 Forced (5 FH, 14 BH)
- Return Rate (37/74) 50%
Sampras made...
- 46 (16 FH, 30 BH), including 5 runaround FHs & 2 return-approaches
- 3 Winners (3 BH)
- 25 Errors, comprising...
- 7 Unforced (5 FH, 2 BH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 18 Forced (7 FH, 11 BH)
- Return Rate (46/87) 53%
Break Points
Forget 0
Sampras 0/4 (2 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Forget 14 (3 FH, 3 BH, 3 FHV, 4 BHV, 1 OH)
Sampras 27 (5 FH, 8 BH, 2 FHV, 6 BHV, 6 OH)
Forget had 7 from serve-volley points
- 4 first volleys (3 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 3 second volleys (2 BHV, 1 OH)
- FHs - 2 inside-out (1 pass) and 1 lob
- BHs (all passes) - 2 cc and 1 inside-out return
Sampras had 8 from serve-volley points
- 4 first volleys (2 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)... the OH can reasonably be called a FHV
- 4 second volleys (1 BHV, 3 OH)
- 1 from a return-approach point, a BHV
- FH passes - 2 cc, 1 dtl and 1 longline
- regular FH - 1 dtl
- BH passes - 1 cc, 2 dtl (1 return) and 1 inside-in return
- regular BHs - 2 cc, 1 dtl and 1 inside-out return
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Forget 16
- 5 Unforced (4 FH, 1 BH)
- 11 Forced (5 FH, 5 BH, 1 FH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 44
Sampras 26
- 17 Unforced (8 FH, 6 BH, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- 9 Forced (3 FH, 4 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 48.8
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Forget was...
- 28/38 (74%) at net, including...
- 24/31 (77%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 24/30 (80%) off 1st serve and...
- 1/1 off 2nd serve
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- 0/2 return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back
Sampras was...
- 41/51 (80%) at net, including...
- 30/36 (83%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 29/35 (83%) off 1st serve and...
- 1/1 off 2nd serve
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- 2/2 return-approaching
Match Report
Two big servers, serve-volleying on a fast court and absolutely nothing between them. Result is determined by a point here and there in two tiebreaks
First set is as even as even can be. 0 break points, 0 deuces. For a grand total of 2 points does returner lead in a game (Forget leads 15-30 and 0-15 in two separate games). Forget serves 43 points, Sampras 41. Both players win 42 points in the set. The extended tiebreak is decided when a Forget FH lob is called in... if it actually was in, ball must've caught the very outside of the line. I though it was out but its absolutely impossible to tell for sure
Sampras has the first set point in the tiebreak and 2 in total. Forget has 5
Sampras has the better of the second set. He serves 33 points to hold 6 times, to Forget's 45 and has 4 break points across 2 games (Forget again doesn't have any). Every one is snuffed out with an ace. This time though, Forget does command tiebreak and leads it 5-1 with two mini-breaks before ending it 7-4
Statistically, Sampras has thin lead in basic areas and odds would be on him gaining the win
- First serve in - Sampras 65%, Forget 58%
- First serve points won - Sampras 88%, Forget 84%
- Second serve points won - Sampras 69%, Forget 65%
- Unreturned rate - Sampras 50%, Forget 47%
- Double faults - Sampras 0, Forget 1
Serve, Return & Serve-Volley
Big serving from both players, obviously
Forget's is based more on power than placement. Its not completely unreturnable, but Sampras can't get much done against it. Some troublesomely powerful second serves too, with the body serves in particular being tough
In first set, Forget serve-volleys off all 1st serves. Stays back once early in second set only to whack a third ball FH winner. After Sampras places a BH dtl return pass to bring up break and set point later in set, he stays back 4 more times. So some lack of serve-volley spirit shown there by Forget - he wins 24/30 or 80% first serve-volley points but only 3/5 or 60% staying back... discouraged from doing so by just 1 return winner?
Ends up not costing him as he keeps acing his way out of trouble
Not great returning from Sampras. Note the 7 return UEs. Some are just regulation returns. To be clear, Forget serves outstanding and overwhelming credit to him for it, but there is reasonable room for improvement for Sampras on the return also
In first set, quality of Sampras serve is more about placement than power and he's constantly dragging Forget off to sides. In second set, he ups the power while losing little of the placement. 9 of his 14 aces are in that set. Not much Forget - or anyone else - could be expected to do against that calibre serving. And Sampras serve-volleys off all first serves, winning 83% of them
Serve-volley plays overwhelmingly favour the server. Returner usually misses the return, and when he doesn't, leaves easy volleys
Just 1 double fault in the match, despite heavy second serving... great job by both players on that front