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The Agassi–Sampras rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, who were both ranked world No. 1 during the 1990s. Sampras held the world's top ranking for (a then-record) 286 weeks while Agassi held it for 101 weeks. [ 1 ]
Two-time defending champion Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his record sixth Wimbledon title (surpassing Björn Borg 's Open Era record) and twelfth major men's singles title overall (matching Roy Emerson 's all-time ...
It was his second major title and the first of a then-joint-record seven Wimbledon men's singles titles, shared with William Renshaw (later surpassed by Roger Federer in 2017). Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Sampras. This marked Ivan Lendl's final Wimbledon appearance; he lost in the second ...
In tennis history there have been a number of notable rivalries. This list reflects some of the great rivalries. [1] [2] [3] [4]For the pre-1991 eras, complete statistics on all matches is difficult to obtain in definitive form.
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Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Jaime Yzaga. This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 and eight-time major champion Ivan Lendl ; he was defeated in the second round by Bernd Karbacher .
It was his fifth US Open title (an Open Era record) and his all-time record-extending 14th major title overall. The final was a rematch of the 1990 and 1995 US Open finals, where Sampras won his first and seventh major titles respectively. It was Sampras' last professional appearance, though he did not officially declare his retirement until 2003.
The high-profile quarterfinal match between Sampras and Andre Agassi was an all-time classic, and saw Sampras and Agassi hold serve in every one of their 24 service games each. The match had no breaks of serve, and ended with Sampras winning 6–7 (7–9) , 7–6 (7–2) , 7–6 (7–2) , 7–6 (7–5) .