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Agassi and Sampras were born fifteen and a half months apart. Agassi's birthday is April 29, 1970, while Sampras's is August 12, 1971. A different viewpoint of their career evolution is offered by taking the season they ended with an age of 16 as starting point, and comparing their accomplishments at the same age.
Pete Sampras defeated Boris Becker in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1994 ATP Tour World Championships. It was his second Tour Finals title. [ 1 ]
Agassi–Sampras: 1989–2002 34 14–20 16 7–9 9 3–6 5 1–4 ... ≈ minimum confirmed (early records are incomplete) See also. List of sports rivalries;
Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player. [4] Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, [by whom?] he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 286 weeks (third-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 six consecutive times.
Pete Sampras defeated defending champion Andre Agassi in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1995 US Open. It was his third US Open title and seventh major title overall. Agassi later named this defeat as a contributing factor to his mental struggles and performance slump over the next two years.
Agassi was the first unseeded player to win the title in the Open Era, and the first overall since Fred Stolle in 1966. Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Jaime Yzaga .
Agassi ended 1999 as the No. 1, ending Sampras's record of six consecutive year-ending top rankings (1993–98). [9] This was the only time Agassi ended the year at No. 1. Agassi was runner-up to Sampras at the year-end Tennis Masters Cup losing 1–6, 5–7, 4–6 despite beating Sampras in the round-robin 6–2, 6–2. [54]
His career win–loss record is 762–222 (77.4%). Sampras is 7–0 in Wimbledon finals and is the only male player to win 3 or more consecutive Wimbledon titles twice in his career (1993–1995, 1997–2000).