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Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 286 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 six consecutive times. Sampras won 64 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including 14 men's singles majors, which was an all-time record…
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sports · American former tennis player (born 1971) · tennis player · also Pete Sampras, Petros Sampras, Peter Sampras, Sampras
Born 12 August 1971 · Q9446
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2026· 4 entries
“When I see him holding the US Open trophy, it pisses me off.”
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“when you have two guys that serve extremely big and volley pretty well, you are not going to have long rallies”
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Public attention spiked: 19,073 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.4× the usual 2,281, with 0 article edits.
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2012· 1 entry
Tennis Channel produced the "100 Greatest of All Time" where Sampras was ranked the third greatest male player
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2011· 1 entry
Sampras lost an exhibition match against Milos Raonic
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2009· 2 entries
In Macau Agassi and Sampras met for the first time on court since the 2002 US Open final
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Sampras won two Outback Champions Series titles
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2008· 2 entries
Sampras played another exhibition match against No
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In an exhibition match during the SAP Open, Sampras defeated another active player, former No
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2007· 5 entries
Sampras lost the first of three exhibition matches in Asia against then world #1 Roger Federer in Seoul, Korea
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Awarded International Tennis Hall of Fame (2007).
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Was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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Sampras played in a few events on the Outback Champions Series, a group of tournaments for former ATP players who met certain criteria during their careers
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Became president of the firm managing Pete's business activities
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2006· 1 entry
Sampras resurfaced and played his first exhibition match in River Oaks, Houston, Texas, against 23-year-old Robby Ginepri
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2005· 2 entries
Tennis magazine named Sampras the greatest tennis player for the period 1965 through 2005, from its list, "The 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era"
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Tennis Magazine named Sampras the greatest player since 1965
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2000· 3 entries
Sampras married American actress and former Miss Teen USA Bridgette Wilson
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AP News called Sampras the greatest of his generation
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“In a lot of ways, I felt like I was born to win Wimbledon.”
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1999· 2 entries
Won the ATP Cincinnati Open with ATP Mens (1999).
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Where Sampras won in straight sets
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1998· 1 entry
Rafter beat Sampras in the Cincinnati Masters final
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1997· 2 entries
Won the ATP Cincinnati Open with ATP Mens (1997).
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“one of the best matches I have ever been part of”
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1995· 2 entries
Won the ATP Indian Wells Open with ATP Mens (1995).
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Sampras battled for the world No
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1994· 2 entries
Won the ATP Indian Wells Open with ATP Mens (1994).
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Defeating American Todd Martin in the final
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1993· 2 entries
Where Agassi was the defending champion and Sampras was the newly crowned No
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And would win the title seven times in an eight-year span
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1992· 1 entry
Won the ATP Cincinnati Open with ATP Mens (1992).
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1990· 1 entry
As the youngest champion in history, and finished his career with his fifth US title
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1988· 2 entries
Joined ATP Mens in 1988.
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At the age of 16, and finished the year ranked world No
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1978· 1 entry
The Sampras family moved to Palos Verdes, California, and the warmer climate there allowed the seven year-old Sampras to play tennis for most of the year
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-08-12.
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