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STATISTICS
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(data includes most recently completed tournament result -- Hannover 1999)
Last updated: December 3, 1999
[Singles Titles] [Career Won/Loss Record] [Grand Slam Record] [Prize Money] [Ranking History]
Since turning professional in 1988, Pete Sampras
has won 61 CAREER SINGLES TITLES 
and has finished runner-up in 16 other tournaments. He
has won titles on ALL SURFACES! And to further prove his
consistency, he was able to win titles in EACH MONTH of
the year! (I'm not sure, but I think only he and Stefan Edberg were able to do this.)
CAREER WON/LOSS RECORD:
Pete has won a remarkable 78% of the matches he played, owns a 658-176 (as of November 28,
1999)
career won/loss record. He has a winning record on all surfaces (yes, even clay!). He won
82% of
his HARDCOURT(349-77) matches, 76% of his matches on CARPET(147-45), 67% of matches
played on his least favorite surface, CLAY(80-40), and 85% of
his matches played on GRASS(82-14).
Here's a breakdown of his Won/Loss Record by year:
1988: 10-10
1994: 77-12
1989: 18-19
1995: 72-16
1990: 51-17
1996: 65-11
1991: 52-19
1997: 55-12
1992: 72-19
1998: 61-17
1993: 85-16
1999: 40-8
| GRAND SLAM RECORD: |
How many times have we heard Pete say that
"Grand Slams are what it's all about"? His records at the Australian Open
(34-6), French Open (23-10), Wimbledon (47-5), and US Open (52-7) are impressive. He has
won 85% of his matches at these GRAND SLAM events.
He has now tied Roy Emerson for the all-time record for most Grand Slams. So far, Pete has
won 6 Wimbledons, 4 US Opens, 2 Australian Opens.
| PRIZE MONEY: |
How rewarding to be a great tennis player! Pete has earned a whopping $38,808,561.00!!! (as of Dec. 1999) in career prize money. Not bad for doing something you love, huh!
During his first two years on the tour
(1988-1989), Pete won only(!) $203,668.00. But after that, there's no stopping him! Here's
Pete's yearly prize earnings:
1990 - $ 2,900,057.00 (1st)
1991 - $ 1,908,413.00 (3rd)
1992 - $ 1,995,087.00 (5th)
1993 - $ 4,579,325.00 (1st)
1994 - $ 4,857,812.00 (1st)
1995 - $ 5,415,066.00 (1st)
1996 - $ 3,702,919.00 (2nd)
1997 - $ 6,498,311.00 (1st)
1998 - $ 3,931,497.00 (1st)
1999 - $ 2,816,406.00 (2nd)
| RANKING HISTORY: |
In his first year as a professional, Pete ended the year ranked number 97. Since then,
Pete's ascent to the top has been swift:
YEAR-END RANKING: DATES AT No.1 (no. of weeks)
1988 - rank 97
Apr 12, 1993 - Aug 22, 1993 (19)
1989
- rank 81
Sep 13, 1993 - Apr 9, 1995 (82)
1990
- rank 5
Nov 6, 1995 - Jan 28, 1996 (12)
1991
- rank 6
Feb 19, 1996 - Mar 10, 1996 (3)
1992
- rank 3
Apr 15, 1996 - Mar 29 ,1998 (102)
1993
- rank 1
Apr
27, 1998 - Aug 9, 1998 (15)
1994
- rank 1
Aug
24, 1998 - Mar 14, 1999 (29)
1995
- rank 1
Mar 29, 1999 - May 2, 1999 (5)
1996
- rank 1
Jun 14, 1999 - July 4, 1999 (3)
1997
- rank 1
Aug
2, 1999 - Sep 12, 1999 (6)
1998
- rank 1
1999
- rank 3
He became the 11th player to be ranked no. 1 on
April 12, 1993. He held the top
spot for 19 weeks, before Courier took it back for three weeks on August 23, 1993. But on
September 13, 1993, he took over the top spot once again and held it for 82 weeks until
April 10, 1995, when Agassi took over the top position in men's tennis. During that
82-week span of being no.1, Pete became the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1987 to hold
the no.1 ranking for the whole calendar year (1994), a feat he repeated in 1997.
By finishing the year 1998 as the no.1 player, Pete set a new record for being the only player to be ranked no.1 at the end of the year for six consecutive years!!! An outstanding record, indeed!
In 1999, he has added the record of most weeks at no.1 with a total of 276 weeks, breaking Ivan Lendl's previous record of 270 weeks.
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background photo: Australian Open 1998
CAREER RESULTS