Points won by each set | 25-17, 28-19, 36-23 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
43 % Sampras – 30 of 69
20 % Moya – 16 of 79

That disappointing encounter lasted just 1 hour 21 minutes – the shortest major final of the 90s. The only Grand Slam final won by Sampras [1], in which he wore a baseball cap. His first meeting vs Moya (just 3-1 their H2H overall after seven years on tour together). Sampras broke the Spaniard [25] at the beginning of each set, two games he faced break points occurred in the mid-set.

Sampras’ route to his 45th title:
1 Dinu Pescariu 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
2 Adrian Voinea 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
3 Mark Woodforde 6-1, 6-0, 6-1
4 Dominik Hrbaty 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Q Albert Costa 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
S Thomas Muster 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-3
W Carlos Moya 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

# The most one-sided Aussie Open finals:
1989: Lendl d. Mecir 6-2, 6-2, 6-2… 2 hours 1 minute… Total points: 88-63
1997: Sampras d. Moya 6-2, 6-3, 6-3… 1 hour 21 minutes… Total points: 89-59
1998: Korda d. Rios 6-2, 6-2, 6-2… 1 hour 24 minutes… Total points: 90-58
2003: Agassi d. Schuettler 6-2, 6-2, 6-1… 1 hour 16 minutes… Total points: 80-43