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Pete Sampras - Titles (66), Grand Slam singles finals, Masters Series singles finals, Performance timeline

Tennis player, born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He turned professional in 1988, and went on to become the youngest men's US Open champion (1990), a title he subsequently won in 1993, 1995, 1996, and 2002. The most successful player of his generation, his other notable achievements include the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour World Championship title (1991, 1994, 1996–7), Wimbledon singles title (1993–5, 1997–2000), and he also reached number 1 in the world rankings in seven successive years (1993–2000). In 2000 he set a new milestone by winning his seventh Wimbledon singles, in the process setting a new world record of 14 Grand Slam titles. He announced his retirement in 2003, having won 64 titles, 14 Grand Slam titles, and $43 280 489 in prize money. He started the fund-raising ‘Aces for Charity’ (participants give $100 to charity for every ace served) in 1997.

Titles (66)

Singles (64)

Legend
Grand Slam (14)
Tennis Masters Cup (5)
ATP Masters Series (11)
ATP Tour (34)
Titles by Surface
Hard (37)
Clay (3)
Grass (10)
Carpet (14)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 12 April 1993 Hong Kong, China Hard Jim Courier 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
18. 21 June 1993 Wimbledon Grass Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
19. 30 August 1993 U.S. Open Hard Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
20. 12 June 1995 Queen's Club, Great Britain Grass Guy Forget 7-6, 7-6
34. 26 June 1995 Wimbledon Grass Boris Becker 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
35. 28 August 1995 U.S. Open Hard Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
36. 18 November 1996 Hanover, Germany Carpet (I) Boris Becker 3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4
45. 13 January 1997 Australian Open Hard Carlos Moyá 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
46. 20 March 2000 Miami Masters, USA Hard Gustavo Kuerten 6-1, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6
63. 26 June 2000 Wimbledon Grass Patrick Rafter 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2
64. 26 August 2002 U.S. Open Hard Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

Doubles (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 12 June 1995 Queen's Club, Great Britain Grass Todd Martin Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
7-6, 6-4

Singles finalist (24)

1991: Philadelphia (lost to Ivan Lendl) 1991: Manchester (lost to Goran Ivanišević) 1991: Cincinnati Masters (lost to Guy Forget) 1991: Paris Masters (lost to Guy Forget) 1992: Atlanta (lost to Andre Agassi) 1992: U.S. Open (lost to Stefan Edberg) 1993: ATP Tour World Championships (lost to Michael Stich) 1994: Queen's Club (lost to Todd Martin) 1994: Grand Slam Cup (lost to Magnus Larsson) 1995: Australian Open (lost to Andre Agassi) 1995: Miami Masters (lost to Andre Agassi) 1995: Canada Masters (lost to Andre Agassi) 1995: Lyon (lost to Wayne Ferreira) 1996: Stuttgart Masters (lost to Boris Becker) 1998: San Jose (lost to Andre Agassi) 1998: Cincinnati Masters (lost to Patrick Rafter) 1998: Paris Masters (lost to Greg Rusedski) 2000: Queen's Club (lost to Lleyton Hewitt) 2000: U.S. Open (lost to Marat Safin) 2001: Indian Wells Masters (lost to Andre Agassi) 2001: Los Angeles (lost to Andre Agassi) 2001: Long Island (lost to Tommy Haas) 2001: U.S. Open (lost to Lleyton Hewitt) 2002: Houston (lost to Andy Roddick)

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (14)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1990 U.S. Open Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1993 Wimbledon Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
1993 U.S. Open (2) Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1994 Australian Open Todd Martin 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
1994 Wimbledon (2) Goran Ivanišević 7-6, 7-6, 6-0
1995 Wimbledon (3) Boris Becker 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1995 U.S. Open (3) Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1996 U.S. Open (4) Michael Chang 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
1997 Australian Open (2) Carlos Moyá 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
1997 Wimbledon (4) Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1998 Wimbledon (5) Goran Ivanišević 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
1999 Wimbledon (6) Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
2000 Wimbledon (7) Patrick Rafter 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2
2002 U.S. Open (5) Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

Runners-up (4)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1992 U.S. Open Stefan Edberg 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2
1995 Australian Open Andre Agassi 4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
2000 U.S. Open Marat Safin 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
2001 U.S. Open Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-1, 6-1

Masters Series singles finals

Wins (11)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1992 Cincinnati Ivan Lendl 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
1993 Miami MaliVai Washington 6-3, 6-2
1994 Indian Wells Petr Korda 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1994 Miami (2) Andre Agassi 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
1994 Rome Boris Becker 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1995 Indian Wells (2) Andre Agassi 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
1995 Paris Boris Becker 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
1997 Cincinnati (2) Thomas Muster 6-3, 6-4
1997 Paris (2) Jonas Björkman 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
1999 Cincinnati (3) Patrick Rafter 7-6, 6-3
2000 Miami (3) Gustavo Kuerten 6-1, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6

Runners-up (8)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1991 Cincinnati Guy Forget 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
1991 Paris Guy Forget 7-6, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
1995 Miami Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
1995 Canada Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
1996 Stuttgart Boris Becker 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1998 Cincinnati Patrick Rafter 1-6, 7-6, 6-4
1998 Paris Greg Rusedski 6-4, 7-6, 6-3
2001 Indian Wells Andre Agassi 7-6, 7-5, 6-1

Performance timeline

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A 1R 4R A A SF W F 3R W QF A SF 4R 4R 2 / 11 45-9
French Open A 2R A 2R QF QF QF 1R SF 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 13 24-13
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R SF W W W QF W W W W 4R 2R 7 / 14 63-7
U.S. Open 1R 4R W QF F W 4R W W 4R SF A F F W 5 / 14 71-9
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 14 / 52 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0-1 4-4 10-2 6-3 15-3 23-2 21-2 20-2 18-3 19-2 17-3 8-1 18-3 13-4 11-3 N/A 203-38
Tennis Masters Cup A A RR W SF F W SF W W SF W SF A A 5 / 11 35-14
Indian Wells Masters 3R 3R 2R A 3R 3R W W QF 2R 3R 2R QF F SF 2 / 14 31-12
Miami Masters A 1R QF 2R QF W W F SF SF 3R QF W 3R 3R 3 / 14 42-10
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A 2R A A 2R A 2R 3R A A A A 0 / 4 1-4
Rome Masters A 2R A 2R QF SF W 1R A 1R 3R 2R A 1R 1R 1 / 11 18-10
Hamburg Masters A A A 3R A A A SF A A A A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 5 5-5
Canada Masters A A SF 2R A 3R A F A A QF A QF A 3R 0 / 7 15-7
Cincinnati Masters 1R 3R 3R F W SF A QF QF W F W 3R 2R 2R 3 / 14 38-11
Stuttgart Masters (Essen, Stockholm) A 1R SF QF SF 2R SF SF F 3R SF A A QF A 0 / 11 23-11
Paris Masters A A 3R F 2R QF QF W 2R W F 3R A A A 2 / 10 24-7
Total Titles 0 0 4 4 5 8 10 5 8 8 4 5 2 0 1 N/A 64
Hardcourt Win-Loss 8-7 13-10 27-8 25-7 25-5 43-6 37-3 37-6 46-4 35-5 30-10 23-5 28-7 26-10 20-8 N/A 423-101
Grass Win-Loss 0-0 2-2 6-2 5-3 7-2 7-1 11-1 12-0 4-1 8-1 8-1 12-0 11-1 6-2 2-3 N/A 101-20
Carpet Win-Loss 2-2 1-4 18-6 19-6 18-4 21-5 17-6 16-5 10-3 10-2 14-3 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 N/A 148-47
Clay Win-Loss 0-1 2-3 0-1 3-3 22-8 14-4 12-2 7-5 5-3 2-4 9-3 4-3 2-4 3-4 5-6 N/A 90-54
Overall Win-Loss 10-10 18-19 51-17 52-19 72-19 85-16 77-12 72-16 65-11 55-12 61-17 40-8 42-13 35-16 27-17 N/A 762-222
Year End Ranking 97 81 5 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 10 13 N/A N/A

Note: Tournaments were designated as the 'Masters Series' only after the ATP took over the running of the men's tour in 1990.

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

ATP Tour career earnings

Year Majors ATP wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank
1997 2 6 8 6,498,311 1
1998 1 3 4 3,931,497 1
1999 1 4 5 2,816,406 2
2000 1 1 2 2,254,598 5
2001 0 0 0 994,331 11
2002 1 0 1 1,222,999 12
Career 14 50 64 43,280,489 1

Records

Sampras won a record 14 Grand Slam singles titles during his career.

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