Name: Pete Sampras    Date of birth: 12th of August 1971    Born in Washington DC    Now lives in: Orlando, Florida, USA    Brother: Gus    Sisters: Stella & Marion    Parents: Georgia and Sam Sampras    Married to: Bridget Wilson on the 30th of     September 2000    Hobby: Golf    Length: 1.85 m    Weight: 77 kg    Right-handed

          Year Pete turned pro: 1988
       First time Pete became number 1: 12th of April 1993
       Highest ranking in doubles: 27
       When was that? On the 12th of February 1990

       Singles-titles: 63
       Doubles-titles: 2
       Grandslam-titles: 13

       Pete started playing tennis when he was 7.
 

Pete's ranking from the beginning:    1988: 97          1995: 1     1989: 81          1996: 1     1990: 5            1997: 1     1991: 6            1998: 1     1992: 3            1999: 3     1993: 1            2000: ?     1994: 1

     First tournament Pete won: Philadelphia (1990). He beat Gomez in the final there.
   First Grandslam Pete won: US Open (1990). He defeated Agassi in the final.
 
 

The first GrandSlam title Sampras won was the US Open in 1990.