Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971, in Washington, DC), is a former World No. 1 Greek-American tennis player. He is considered by many to be the greatest male tennis player of all time, having won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles and finished the year as No. 1 on the ATP world rankings for a record six consecutive years. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon a record seven times. He also won the US Open five times and the Australian Open twice. However the one major championship which eluded him was the French Open.

Grand Slam finals

Wins (14)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final

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1990 US Open Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

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1993 Wimbledon Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3

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1993 US Open Cedric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

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1994 Australian Open Todd Martin 7-6, 6-4, 6-4

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1994 Wimbledon Goran Ivanisevic 7-6, 7-6, 6-0

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1995 Wimbledon Boris Becker 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

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1995 US Open Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

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1996 US Open Michael Chang 6-1, 6-4, 7-6

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1997 Australian Open Carlos Moya 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

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1997 Wimbledon Cedric Pioline 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

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1998 Wimbledon Goran Ivanesevic 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

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1999 Wimbledon Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

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2000 Wimbledon Patrick Rafter 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2

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2002 US Open Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

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Runner-ups (4)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final

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1992 US Open Stefan Edberg 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2

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1995 Australian Open Andre Agassi 4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4

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2000 US Open Marat Safin 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

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2001 US Open Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-1, 6-1

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