Biography

       
 
 

     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.