Head to head
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Hard
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Carpet
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David Pate's wins on the left · Pete Sampras's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1991 | Orlando | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1990 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R64 | Pete Sampras | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1989 | Philadelphia | Carpet | R32 | David Pate | 2-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1988 | Los Angeles | Hard | R16 | David Pate | 6-3 7-6 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.