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Pete Sampras

American former professional tennis player and seven-time Wimbledon champion.

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Known for: One of the greatest tennis players, holding a then-record 14 Grand Slam singles titles and dominating men's tennis in the 1990s.
Listed under: Tennis Legends

About Pete Sampras

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 (third-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 six consecutive times. He also won five Tour Finals, two Grand Slam Cups, eleven Masters events, and was part of the winning United States Davis Cup teams in 1992 and 1995. Sampras became the youngest male singles champion at the 1990 US Open at just 19 years, 28 days. He claimed his first Wimbledon title in 1993, and would win the title seven times in an eight-year span. Sampras remained the best player for the rest of the decade, finishing each year as No. 1 for a record six consecutive seasons. Sampras was a major practitioner of the serve-and-volley style of tennis. His precise and powerful serve, regarded as one of the best in the sport's history, earned him the nickname "Pistol Pete". In 2007, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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