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 (săm′prəs), Peter Known as "Pete." Born 1971.
American tennis player who in 1990 became the youngest ever US Open men's champion. He was the number-one ranked male player at year's end for all the years from 1993 to 1998.
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Sampras

(ˈsæmpˌræs)
n
(Biography) Pete. born 1971, US tennis player: winner of fourteen Grand Slam single titles (1990–2002), including the US Open (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002) and Wimbledon (1993–95, 1997–2000)
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Sydney, Jan 25 ( ANI ): American tennis great Pete Sampras has indicated that Swiss star Roger Federer is the finest player of his time, despite holding a losing career record against top-ranked Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
NEW YORK: Pete Sampras says Rafael Nadal can break Roger Federer's record of 16 Grand Slam titles if he stays healthy and maintains a smart playing schedule.
Pete Sampras - who has 14 major singles titles to his credit - believes the Scot is close to matching the world's top two Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
American tennis legends Pete Sampras and John McEnroe will clash at next month's BlackRock Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in London, also features retired British stars Greg Rusedski and Jeremy Bates.
AMERICAN TENNIS POWER didn't suddenly shut off when Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi walked off Arthur Ashe Center Court in Queens, N.Y., in September 2002.
Pete Sampras, arguably the greatest player in history, will announce his retirement on Monday.
RICHARD KRAJICEK v PETE SAMPRAS Richard Krajicek, the big-serving, 6ft 5ins Dutchman, suffered a first-round knockout at Wimbledon in both 1994 and 1995 but he gave triple-champion Pete Sampras a quarter-finalUnknown Briton Nick Brown, who stunned Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic in 1991pounding in winning 7-5 7-6 6-4 on his way to the title.
MUCH of the tennis world must be feeling pretty foolish today because few gave Pete Sampras - arguably the greatest player of all time - a chance of winning the US Open.
Sampras looked to be cruising to victory as he overwhelmed a tiredlooking Agassi in the opening two sets, dropping his serve just once in the process.
FORMER world No1 Pete Sampras is back where he says he belongs - in the final of the US Open for the eighth time and the third consecutive year.
SPORTING are taking few chances about Pete Sampras easily beating Sjeng Schalken in New York tonight, and Cantor, who rate the outsider highest of the four firms, may have left themselves open to supremacy buyers of the favourite.