Pete Sampras, Grand Slam Legend
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| 2002 US Open | 2000 Wimbledon |
Bio & Career
Grand slam no. 1 — 1990 uS Open
Headline News and Gallery
- Float Like a Butterfly, Serve Like a Bazooka; Laid-back Pete Sampras blasts his way into tennis history
- Just a Normal American Guy
- Sports of the Times - Getting the Results at the Mall
- The Mechanics Behind a big Serve
- Transcript: CBS Morning Show
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 5 — 1994 Wimbledon
Headline News and Gallery
- Sampras in a zone of his own
- Sampras able to show emotion, too
- Sampras: Star of undramatic final
- Sampras overpowers Ivanisevic to repeat as men's champion (NY Times)
- Sampras puts wood in frame
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 6 — 1995 Wimbledon
Headline News and Gallery
- Sampras Three peat at Wimbledon
- Sampras romps to Wimbledon hat trick
- Becker hands "back garden" over to new era's champion
- Sampras wins 3rd title in a row
- The shy champions
- Sampras too much for Becker
- Sampras the Centre Court heartbreaker
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 7 — 1995 US Open
Headline News and Gallery
- Sizzling Sampras proves his point
- Sampras rolls, Agassi fades in the finals
- Pete dethrones Agassi to earn 3rd Open title
- Post match press conference with Pete
- Post match press conference with Paul Annacone (coach)
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 8 — 1996 US Open
Headline News and Gallery
- Sampras servers up own tribute
- Sampras gets quick victory over Chang for Open title
- Sampras, Graf Storm to U.S. Open Titles; Win over Chang `saves my year'
- Post match interview
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 10 — 1997 Wimbledon
Headline News and Gallery
- Just call him St. Pete: Sampras wins 4th Wimbledon Championship
- Sampras is Grand again; American's 4th title at Wimbledon
- No contest as Pioline is crushed by power of Sampras
- Top-seeded Sampras breezes through final
- Wimbledon commentary: Sampras might be best ever
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 11— 1998 Wimbledon
Headline News and Gallery
- High five! Sampras wins at Wimbledon
- Ivanisevic finishes second again at Wimbledon (AP)
- Big High Five for Sampras Wimbledon title ties Borg, leaves Ivanisevic jilted
- Sampras gets by Ivanisevic for 5th crown
- Sampras is a player for the ages
- Sampras puts his stamp on history (Baltimore Sun)
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 12 — 1999 Wimbledon
Headline News and Gallery
- Six gun salute to Sampras (UK Telegraph)
- Sampras overpowers Agassi for 6th title
- Awesome display of power was beyond belief
- Sampras puts on show of perfection
- Sampras stomps Agassi for 6th Wimbledon title
- Sampras: King of SW19 (BBC)
- Flawless Sampras wins record-tying title
- Pistol Pete guns down critics (Sportsline)
- Sampras asserts supremacy
- Sampras wins 6th Wimbledon title (NY Times)
- Good tennis tells simply story for Sampras and Davenport (CNNSI)
- Pete Sampras in command
- Sampras the best ever? A grand thought (NY Times)
- Photo Gallery
Grand slam no. 13 — 2000 wimbledon
Headline News and Gallery
- Seventh Heaven for Pete Sampras as He Rides on Cloud 13 (Samprasfanz)
- Wimbledon Ball an American Affair
- Sampras sets record with historic win (Reuters)
- Sampras is the Champion
- Sampras: The greatest of all time
- Sampras beats Rafter for record 13th Grand Slam title (Reuters)
- Sampras finally crosses great divide (The Times, UK)
- For heroic Sampras, a most noble victory (NY Times)
- Sampras siezes the moment and Wimbledon title (NY Times)
- Sampras the greatest ever? On grass he is (AP)
- Tennis immortality: Sampras rewrites history (AP)
- Winner Shows What's Inside
- An athlete for the ages
- Sampras: King of the twilight zone
- Learning to love the robot (This is London)
- With No. 13, Sampras is matchless (LA Times)
- Old Adage: Sampras offers a reminder of the value of bending the knees (The Guardian, UK)
- Parents' evening produces rare emotional breakpoint (The Times, UK)
- Emotional Sampras shares Grand slam record with parents (AP)
- Sampras lords it over Centre Court domain (The Telegraph, UK)
- Sampras truly sensational on his favorite court
- Graduation in history brings tears to the eyes of Sampras (Sunday Times, UK)
- Struggle with history for champion Sampras (Sunday Times, UK)
- Pinnacle Pete (LA Times)
- Tears that testify to the true Sampras (The Independent, UK)
- Sampras wins one for the books (San Francisco Chronicle)
- The one and only Pete Sampras (Sportstar, India)
- Feature: Wimbledon diary by Nat Ferguson (Pete's racket technician)
- Presscon
- Gallery
Grand slam no. 14 — 2002 uS open
Headline News and Gallery
- Sampras wins one for the aged (Washington Times)
- Old man and the court: Sampras draws on glory past (IHT)
- Pete Sampras: a U.S. Open champ once more
- Boys to Men
- Victory and Redemption for Sampras
- Fifth title earns Sampras an Open embrace
- Sampras cements legacy (CNNSI)
- Sampras shows he's still master (AP)
- Sampras validates greatness with another Slam (USA Today)
- Sampras ends doubts in Open (NY Times)
- A duel fit for New York (NY Times)
- Now he can determine the going rate (LA Times)
- Sampras makes a lasting impact (LA Times)
- Sampras beats Agassi for U.S. Open championship, ends title drought
- Sampras-Agassi Open Final - A bookend for a generation
- Sampras' victory the perfect bookend to his career (AP)
- Pete Sampras: Ressurexit
- Sampras shares win with wife
- What makes a Champion? (The Times,UK)
- Time stands still for Sampras as a star is reborn
- Pistol Pete joins the Immortals
- Timeless Sampras ponders quitting on high
- Once more with feelings
- Pete Sampras, Great Soul
- And baby makes Pete
- The magic (and talent) of Pete Sampras
- No term limits for Sampras now
- Sampras becomes highflier again
- Pistol Pete not ready to pack it in.
- Aging Sampras in a class by himself
- Sampras victory is pure Hollywood
- Post match press conference
- Photo Gallery