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Pete Sampras News Archives (1988- 1999)

Our site is a "young" site and covers mostly the year 2000 onwards. For more of the older news articles, visit Pete Sampras Resume and Pete Sampras Museum (a Japanese site with many english articles dating as far back as 1982!)

 

 

news Articles - 1989 - 1990

March 3, 1988 - Twelve Years Later, Youth Serves up Teltscher Loss
March, 1989 - Upsets at the Indian Wells
June 2, 1989 - Chang Looks at Home in Win over Sampras
August 17, 1989 - Sampras on the Threshold
August 31 1989 - McEnroe, Wilander Bounced
August 6, 1990 - Sampras Climbing Tennis Ladder
Sept 10, 1990 - US Open: Just a Normal American Guy
Sept 10, 1990 - Sports of the Times - Getting the Results at the Mall
Sept 10, 1990 - The Mechanics Behind a big Serve
Sept 10, 1990 - Transcript: CBS Morning Show
Sept 10, 1990 - Sampras' Endorsement Potential Soars
Sept 24, 1990 - Float Like a Butterfly, Serve Like a Bazooka
Nov 1, 1990 - Sampras Now Feeling Effects of Open Title
Dec 1, 1990 - Sampras Takes His Slice of the Carat Cake

news Articles - 1991

August 5, 1991- Sampras Tops Gilbert in Volvo/LA Final
August 12, 1991- Sampras Ousted by Guy Forget in Thriftway
October 31, 1991- Davis Cup Final: Brewing Tempests in a Tease Pot
November 30, 1991 - Leconte Upsets Sampras To Tie Davis Cup At 1-1
December 3, 1991 - Davis Cup: Sampras's Loss, France's Gain

 

 

 

 

news Articles - 1992

April 17, 1992 - Sampras Holds on in Roller-coaster
June 26, 1992 - Sampras Lays out his Stylish Stall
July 2, 1992 - Sampras Joy Finds Healthy Focal Point
September 13, 1992 - US Open: Presscon after losing to Stefan Edberg in the finals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

news Articles - 1993

June 10, 1993 - Kick in the grass for Sampras: World no. 1 is toppled.
June 30, 1993 - Sampras Beats Agassi to Reach Wimbledon Semifinals
July 12, 1993 - Wimbledon: Rockets on the 4th
July 1993 - 10 Things We've Served up on the New King of Wimbledon
September 12, 1993 - US Open Finals: Post match interview

 

 

 

 

 

 

news Articles - 1994

January 31, 1994 - Australian Open: King Pete is aiming for French Crowning Glory
January 31, 1994 - Australian Open: Sampras Solidifies Stature
March 6, 1994 - Sampras Gets the One Break He Needs
June 12, 1994 - Apell Crumble - Sampras let off hook as Jan blows it
June 12, 1994 - Sampras, Poetry in Motion
July 3, 1994 - Wimbledon: Sampras in a zone of his own
July 3, 1994 - Wimbledon: Sampras able to show emotion, too
July 3, 1994 - Wimbledon: Sampras - Star of undramatic final
July 3, 1994 - Wimbledon: Sampras overpowers Ivanisevic to repeat as men's champion (NY Times)
July 3, 1994 - Wimbledon: Sampras puts wood in frame

 

 

 

news Articles - 1995

June 1, 1995 - Sampras sent packing again
June, 1995 - Queens: Pete's Pledge
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: Sampras Three peat at Wimbledon
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: Sampras romps to Wimbledon hat trick
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: Becker hands "back garden" over to new era's champion
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: Sampras wins 3rd title in a row
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: The shy champions
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: Sampras too much for Becker
July 10, 1995 - Wimbledon: Sampras the Centre Court heartbreaker
August 27, 1995 - A 90's Kind of Rivalry
September 10, 1995 - US Open: Sizzling Sampras Proves his Point
September 10, 1995 - US Open: Sampras rolls, Agassi fades in the finals
September 10, 1995 - US Open: Pete dethrones Agassi to earn 3rd Open title
September 10, 1995 - US Open: Post match press conference with Pete
September 10, 1995 - US Open: Post match press conference with Paul Annacone (coach)

news Articles - 1996

April 12, 1996 - Sampras has a Struggle
April 13, 1996 - Sampras Puts Pressure on Muster
May, 2006 - Sampras Outlasts Courier
September 8, 1996 - US Open: Sampras serves up own tribute
September 8, 1996 - US Open: Sampras gets quick victory over Chang for Open title
September 8, 1996 - US Open: Sampras, Graf Storm to U.S. Open Titles; Win over Chang `saves my year'
September 8, 1996 - US Open: Post match interview
September 23, 1996 - Sampras Suffers from Thalassemia
November 24, 1996 - ATP World Championships Presscon

 

news Articles - 1997

January 26, 1997: Australian Open: Hot Sampras Opens Heart
January 26, 1997: Australian Open: Sampras Now Has Sights on French (AP)
July 7, 1997 - Wimbledon: Just call him St. Pete: Sampras wins 4th Wimbledon Championship
July 7, 1997 - Wimbledon: Sampras is Grand again; American's 4th title at Wimbledon
July 7, 1997 - Wimbledon: No contest as Pioline is crushed by power of Sampras
July 7, 1997 - Wimbledon: Top-seeded Sampras breezes through final
July 7, 1997 - Wimbledon commentary: Sampras might be best ever

 

 

 

 

 

news Articles - 1998

February, 1998 - Of Tennis and the Media (Excerpt from Tennis Magazine)
July 5, 1998 - Wimbledon: High five! Sampras wins at Wimbledon
July 5, 1998 - Wimbledon: Ivanisevic finishes second again at Wimbledon (AP)
July 5, 1998 - Wimbledon: Big High Five for Sampras Wimbledon title ties Borg, leaves Ivanisevic jilted
July 5, 1998 - Wimbledon: Sampras gets by Ivanisevic for 5th crown
July 5, 1998 - Wimbledon: Sampras is a player for the ages
July 5, 1998 - Wimbledon: Sampras puts his stamp on history (Baltimore Sun)
December 1998 - No Davis Cup for No. 1 Sampras
December 1998 - Sports in Review: Tennis

 

 

 

News Articles - 1999

January 15, 1999 - Giving Pete His Props; In Jordan Comparisons, Sampras Deserves to be Considered
February 1, 1999 - Still No. 1 — Sampras Virtually Unaffected by Missing Australian Open
February 10, 1999 - Fresh off Vacation, Sampras Romps
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Six gun salute to Sampras (UK Telegraph)
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras overpowers Agassi for 6th title
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Awesome display of power was beyond belief
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras puts on show of perfection
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras stomps Agassi for 6th Wimbledon title
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras: King of SW19 (BBC)
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Flawless Sampras wins record-tying title
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Pistol Pete guns down critics (Sportslive)
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras asserts supremacy
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras wins 6th Wimbledon title (NY Times)
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Good tennis tells simply story for Sampras and Davenport (CNNSI)
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Pete Sampras in command
July 4, 1999 - Wimbledon: Sampras the best ever? A grand thought (NY Times)
July 24, 1999 - Sampras Reflects on Solid Year
August 15, 1999 - Agassi's End Familiar — Loses 3rd in a row to Sampras
August 25, 1999 - Sampras Blazing Trail to Greatness