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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 23, 2021 at 2:43 pm

   Points won by each set: | 50-44, 43-35, 24-7 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   51 % Sampras – 52 of 101
   42 % Ivanisevic – 43 of 102

   Ivanisevic [5] fired as many as 15 aces (!) in the 1st set in which he had a mini-set point at 5-all; the Croat was two points away from taking the 2nd set at 5-all in the TB, completely fell apart afterwards. Maybe if he had won the second tie-break, a story of their 1992 WB match would have been repeated. He entered the final having a positive (5:3) H2H vs Sampras [1], winning their both grass-court matches not dropping a service game in them. Sampras actually did to Ivanisevic the same what the Croat to Forget a few days before. ”I just told myself to make him play,” Sampras said. ”I wasn’t going to get upset over how many ever aces he hit at me. I was thinking, ‘If he misses his first serve, try to get the second serve back, and make him volley.’ That’s what I did.”

   Sampras’ route to his 29th title (5th major):
   1 Jared Palmer 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-3
   2 Richey Reneberg 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
   3 Chuck Adams 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
   4 Daniel Vacek 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(5)
   Q Michael Chang 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
   S Todd Martin 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
   W Gran Ivanisevic 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-0

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   September 7, 2025 at 12:42 pm

   ☆ Fastest serves at Wimbledon 1994:
   136 mph (218 kph) – Goran Ivanišević (fastest overall at the time)
   134 mph (215 kph) – Markus Zöcke
   133 mph (214 kph) – Guy Forget
   130 mph (209 kph) – Boris Becker
   128 mph (206 kph) – Pete Sampras

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