Pete Sampras

**Pete Sampras** (born August 12, 1971) is an American retired professional tennis player. He has won the Wimbledon Championships seven times and has won 14 Grand Slams overall, which was a record until Roger Federer broke it in 2009. He is said to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

## Personal and family life

Sampras' mother is an immigrant from Greece; his father is an American whose father was Greek and mother was Jewish. Sampras' older sister, Stella, is the women's tennis head coach at UCLA. His younger sister, Marion, is a teacher in Los Angeles. His older brother, Gus, has been tournament director at the Scottsdale ATP event, but from 2007 he became president of the firm managing Pete's business activities.

In the late 1990s, he dated actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

On September 30, 2000, Sampras married American actress and former Miss Teen USA, Bridgette Wilson. On November 21, 2002, their son, Christian Charles, was born. On July 29, 2005, the couple welcomed their second son, Ryan Nikolaos. They live in Lake Sherwood, California.

## Professional Awards

- ATP Player of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
- ITF World Champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.

## Infobox (tennis biography)

- **name**: Pete Sampras
- **image**: Pete Sampras crop.jpg
- **residence**: Lake Sherwood, California, Lake Sherwood, California, U.S.
- **birth place**: Washington, D.C., U.S.
- **turnedpro**: 1988
- **retired**: September 8, 2002
August 25, 2003
- **plays**: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- **coach**: Peter Fischer (1980–1989)
Joe Brandi (1989–1991)
Tim Gullikson (1992–1995)
Vitas Gerulaitis (1994 Italian Open – Men's Singles, 1994 Rome)
Paul Annacone (1995–2001)
Tom Gullikson (2001–2002)
José Higueras (2002)
Paul Annacone (2002)
- **careerprizemoney**: United States Dollar, US$43,280,489
* <small> Open Era tennis records – men's singles#Prize money, 5th all-time leader in earnings</small>
- **tennishofyear**: 2007
- **tennishofid**: pete-sampras
- **singlestitles**: 64
- **highestsinglesranking**: List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, No. **1** (April 12, 1993)
- **australianopenresult**: **W** (1994 Australian Open – Men's Singles, 1994, 1997 Australian Open – Men's Singles, 1997)
- **frenchopenresult**: SF (1996 French Open – Men's Singles, 1996)
- **wimbledonresult**: **W** (1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1993, 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1994, 1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1995, 1997 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1997, 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1998, 1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1999, 2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 2000)
- **usopenresult**: **W** (1990 US Open – Men's Singles, 1990, 1993 US Open – Men's Singles, 1993, 1995 US Open – Men's Singles, 1995, 1996 US Open – Men's Singles, 1996, 2002 US Open – Men's Singles, 2002)
- **othertournaments**: Yes
- **masterscupresult**: **W** (1991 ATP Tour World Championships, 1991, 1994 ATP Tour World Championships, 1994, 1996 ATP Tour World Championships, 1996, 1997 ATP Tour World Championships, 1997, 1999 ATP Tour World Championships, 1999)
- **grandslamcupresult**: **W** (Grand Slam Cup#1990, 1990, Grand Slam Cup#1997, 1997)
- **olympicsresult**: 3R (Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles, 1992)
- **doublesrecord**: 64–70 (47.76%)
- **doublestitles**: 2
- **australianopendoublesresult**: 2R (1989)
- **frenchopendoublesresult**: 2R (1989)
- **wimbledondoublesresult**: 3R (1989)
- **usopendoublesresult**: 1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
- **highestdoublesranking**: No. 27 (February 12, 1990)
- **team**: yes
- **daviscupresult**: **W** (1992 Davis Cup, 1992, 1995 Davis Cup, 1995)