Bio & Career

Pete Sampras - Year at a Glance

Year Rank Titles win-loss earnings
1988 97 0 10-10 46,053
1989 81 0 18-19 148,615
1990 5 4 51-17 2,900,057
1991 6 4 52-19 1,908,413
1992 3 5 72-19 1,995,087
1993 1 8 85-16 4,579,325
1994 1 10 77-12 4,857,812
1995 1 5 72-16 5,415,066
1996 1 8 65-11 3,702,919
1997 1 8 55-12 6,498,311
1998 1 4 61-17 3,931,497
1999 3 5 40-8 2,816,406
2000 3 2 42-13 2,254,598
2001 10 0 35-16 994,331
2002 13 1 27-17 1,222,999

Ended as the No.1 ranked player for a record six years in a row from 1993 - 1998.
Career Titles: 64
Career Win-Loss: 762-222
Career Earnings: 43,280,489

Pete Sampras' Grand Slam Results

Year Australian
open .
French
open
wimbledon us open
1989 R1 R2 R1 R16
1990 R16 R2 R1 W
1991 - - R2 QF
1992 - QF SF F
1993 SF QF W W
1994 W QF W R16
1995 F R1 W W
1996 R3 SF QF W
1997 W R3 W R16
1998 QF R2 W SF
1999 - R2 W -
2000 SF R1 W F
2001 R4 R2 R4 F
2002 R4 R1 R2 W

A record 14 Grand Slam titles: 7 Wimbledons, 5 US Open, 2 Australian Open

 

Pete Sampras' 64 Career Titles

HARDCOURT- 36   INDOOR- 15  GRASS -10   CLAY-3

  1. 1990 Grand Slam Cup
  2. 1990 Manchester
  3. 1990 Philadelphia
  4. 1990 US Open
  5. 1991 Indianapolis
  6. 1991 Los Angeles
  7. 1991 Lyon
  8. 1991 Singles Championship
  9. 1992 Cincinnati
  10. 1992 Indianapolis
  11. 1992 Kitzbuhel
  12. 1992 Lyon
  13. 1992 Philadelphia
  14. 1993 Antwerp
  15. 1993 Hong Kong
  16. 1993 Key Biscayne
  17. 1993 Lyon
  18. 1993 Sydney Outdoor
  19. 1993 Tokyo Outdoor
  20. 1993 US Open
  21. 1993 Wimbledon
  22. 1994 Antwerp
  23. 1994 Australian Open
  24. 1994 Indian Wells
  25. 1994 Key Biscayne
  26. 1994 Osaka
  27. 1994 Rome
  28. 1994 Singles Championship
  29. 1994 Sydney Outdoor
  30. 1994 Tokyo Outdoor
  31. 1994 Wimbledon
  32. 1995 Indian Wells
  33. 1995 London / Queen's Club
  34. 1995 Paris Indoor
  35. 1995 US Open
  36. 1995 Wimbledon
  37. 1996 Basel
  38. 1996 Hong Kong
  39. 1996 Indianapolis
  40. 1996 Memphis
  41. 1996 San Jose
  42. 1996 Singles Championship
  43. 1996 Tokyo
  44. 1996 US Open
  45. 1997 Australian Open
  46. 1997 Cincinnati
  47. 1997 Grand Slam Cup
  48. 1997 Paris Indoor
  49. 1997 Philadelphia
  50. 1997 San Jose
  51. 1997 Singles Championship
  52. 1997 Wimbledon
  53. 1998 Atlanta
  54. 1998 Philadelphia
  55. 1998 Vienna
  56. 1998 Wimbledon
  57. 1999 Cincinnati
  58. 1999 London / Queen's Club
  59. 1999 Los Angeles
  60. 1999 Singles Championship
  61. 1999 Wimbledon
  62. 2000 Miami
  63. 2000 Wimbledon
  64. 2002 US Open

Pete Sampras was a finalist in 24 events:

1991--Cincinnati, Manchester, Paris Indoor, Philadelphia
1992--Atlanta, US Open
1993--Singles Championship
1994--Grand Slam Cup, London / Queen's Club
1995--Australian Open, Key Biscayne, Lyon, Montreal / Toronto
1996--Stuttgart Indoor
1998--Cincinnati, Paris Indoor, San Jose
2000--London / Queen's Club, US Open
2001--Indian Wells TMS, Long Island, Los Angeles, US Open;
2002--Houston

Pete Sampras - in the Record Book

Most Grand Slam singles titles:

  1. Pete Sampras - 14
  2. Roy Emerson - 12
  3. Rod Laver - 11
  4. Bjorn Borg - 11
  5. Bill Tilden - 10

Most career singles titles:

  1. Jimmy Connors - 109
  2. Ivan Lendl - 94
  3. John McEnroe - 77
  4. Pete Sampras - 64
  5. Bjorn Borg and Guillermo Vilas each 62

No. 1 Year end ranking

  1. Pete Sampras - 6 years
  2. Jimmy Connors - 5 years
  3. Ivan Lendl - 4 years
  4. John McEnroe - 4years

Most Number of Weeks at No. 1

  1. Pete Sampras - 286
  2. Ivan Lendl - 270
  3. Jimmy Connors - 268
  4. John McEnroe - 179
  5. Bjorn Borg - 109

ATP - Tennis Masters Cup title winners

  1. Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl - 5
  2. Ilie Nastase - 4
  3. Boris Becker - 3
  4. Bjorn Borg, Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe, Roger Federer - 2

(Updated: September, 2002)

 

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