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8 unusual facts about Pete Sampras


1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles

Boris Becker was the defending champion but lost in the final 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(11–13), 6–4 against Pete Sampras.

Agassi–Sampras rivalry

Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi are retired professional men's tennis players who were ranked World No. 1 during the 1990s, Sampras holding the world's top-rank spot for a then-record 286 weeks while Agassi held it for 101 weeks.

Brett Stephens

After his retirement, Stephens became a sports coach in both the mental and physical training sectors, fitness coaching Pete Sampras, Mark Philippoussis and his eventual wife, Zimbabwean tennis player Cara Black.

Clash of Times

The Clash of Times was a tennis exhibition match between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras which took place on 22 November 2007 at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam, in Kuala Lumpur as part of Malaysia's 50th anniversary of independence (it was a part of Inaugural Merdeka Tennis Challenge).

Izak van der Merwe

He says he tried to base his play on the former Wimbledon champion, Pete Sampras.

Jeff A. Schwartz

Schwartz began his sports management career in 1992 at International Management Group (IMG) managing the careers of tennis greats Pete Sampras, Marcelo Rios and Martina Hingis.

Sampras Tennis 96

It was Endorsed by Pete Sampras, one of the best-known tennis players of the late 20th century.

Tennis Channel

Founded in 2003 and based in Santa Monica, CA, the network is owned by a group of investors including sports marketing firm IMG, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. The network's CEO is Ken Solomon.


1993 French Open

Bruguera notably defeated the top two seeds (Pete Sampras and Courier) on his way to the title—the last male player to do so in any Grand Slam event until Stanislas Wawrinka did so at the 2014 Australian Open.

1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles

Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Àlex Corretja.

2000 Indian Wells Masters

The men singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 1, Australian Open titlist, Masters Cup finalist, 1995 runner-up Andre Agassi, Masters Cup winner, 1995 Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras and Australian Open runner-up Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

2008 Masters Series Monte-Carlo

The last occurrence of this had taken place at the 1999 Cincinnati Super 9 event, with Pete Sampras, Patrick Rafter, Andre Agassi and Yevgeny Kafelnikov all reaching the final four.

2009 Roger Federer tennis season

The year saw Federer accomplishing three major goals: winning his first French Open title, breaking Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam wins, and regaining the no. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal.

Galo Blanco

Blanco had two high profile wins in majors, beating former 2-time US Open Champion, Patrick Rafter, in the first round of the 2000 US Open, and in beating Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2001 French Open.

Greg Patton

From 1984 through 1987 he served as the Head Junior National Coach with the USA Junior National Team that included Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Patrick McEnroe, Luke Jensen, David Wheaton and MaliVai Washington.

Steve Bryan

He lost to Pete Sampras in the quarter-finals, but not before he had posted wins over world number eight Richard Krajicek and world number 12 Andrei Medvedev.


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