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Petros Sampras (born August 12, 1971), best known as Pete Sampras is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating his longtime rival Andre Agassi in the final.
Jan 24, 2022 · Pete Sampras is an American former tennis player who is currently the only man in the Open Era to have won the final Grand Slam tournament at which he competed. Sampras arrived at the 2002 US Open looking, at least to the world, like a man well past his prime.
Jul 5, 2021 · They’re largely gone—officiating is now done largely by automation and artificial intelligence, muting controversy and, some would say, bleaching so much color from the sport. Tennis’s ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Pete Sampras, American tennis player whose exceptional all-around game enabled him to win 14 Grand Slam singles titles, a record among male players until 2009. He was considered one of the game’s greatest players of all time. Learn more about Sampras’s life and career.
Jul 9, 2020 · In the middle of Wimbledon's greatest stage was Pete Sampras. He had just been crowned the greatest men's tennis player of all time. Often inscrutable, the American welled up as the...
Mar 11, 2023 · Pete Sampras' top 10 greatest moments ever at the US Open. Don't miss a moment of the US Open! Subscribe now: https://bit.ly/2Pdr81i The US Open is the final Grand Slam of the year and takes...
Sampras compiled a 762-222 career singles record (77.4%) putting him in the top-10 all-time for the Open Era. He captured 64 tour singles titles in 265 overall tournaments (was also a finalist in 24 tournaments), and is tied for ninth best all-time in the Open Era with Ilie Năstase.
Apr 12, 1993 · Official tennis bio information on Pete Sampras including personal and professional info.
Feb 27, 2018 · Pistol Pete was born. As he made clear over those two weeks at Flushing Meadows, the player of the’ 90s would be Sampras. His ability to lock even his best opponents down and take the racquets...
Sep 11, 2015 · Pete Sampras, hailed as “a future Hall of Famer” by Ed Fernberger, the co-tournament chairman, following victories over Top 10 players Andre Agassi and Tim Mayotte earlier in the week, received the biggest pay cheque of his fledging career, $135,000.
