The Sampras family joined the Jack Kramer Club, and it was here that Sampras's talent became apparent.

Fischer was responsible for converting Sampras's double-handed backhand to single-handed with the goal of being better prepared to win Wimbledon.

Sampras's longtime coach and close friend, Tim Gullikson, had mysteriously collapsed during the tournament and was forced to return to the United States.

Sampras's best surface was undoubtedly the fast-playing grass courts.

Sampras's only real weakness was on clay courts, where the slow surface tempered his natural attacking serve-and-volley game.

At the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, Sampras lost to Roger Federer, who was 19 at the time, 6 – 7 ( 7 ), 7 – 5, 4 – 6, 7 – 6 ( 2 ), 5 – 7, in the fourth round, ending Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon.

This was the final ATP tour singles match of Sampras's career.

* It was Sampras's 14th ( and last ) career Grand Slam title, and his 5th US Open title.

* It was Sampras's 2nd title of the year, and his 63rd overall.

He pointed to Tilden's " phenomenal. 938 winning percentage ", said " If I had to choose someone to play for my life it would be Pancho Gonzalez ", praised Borg's uncanny transition from the French Open to Wimbledon, cited Sampras's " assault on the citadels of the past ", and called Laver " in my eyes, the greatest player ever ".

Sampras won his first two events on tour, defeating Todd Martin in both finals ( one of which included Sampras's first trip to his ancestral homeland, Greece ).

Sampras's record of 14 majors had lasted for seven years.

His victory over Andre Agassi in the Wimbledon final is often cited as one of Sampras's greatest performances ( despite this, he lost his no.

Paul Annacone took over as Sampras's full-time coach after Gullikson's illness made it impossible for him to continue coaching.

In 1998, Sampras's no.

Sampras's older sister, Stella, is the women's tennis head coach at UCLA, and his younger sister, Marion, is a teacher in Los Angeles.

In the judgment of Chief of Staff Scott it was ironic that the draft policy of a Democratic President, aimed at Germany, had to be pushed through the House of Representatives by the ranking minority member of the Military Affairs Committee -- a Republican Jew born in Germany!!

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334, 329, estimated, ranking as the second-largest Valencian city.

The population of the metropolitan area ( including Elche and satellite towns ) was 771, 061 estimates, ranking as the eighth-largest metropolitan area of Spain.

The version with Bardot was issued in 1986 and became a popular download hit in 2006 when Universal Records made its back catalogue available to purchase online, with this version of the song ranking as the third most popular download.

It was followed by the sequel Batman: Arkham City ( 2011 ), which also received widespread acclaim and holds a Metacritic ranking of 94 %.

In Forbes national university ranking, Bob Jones was unranked in 2011, # 606 in 2010, and # 279 in 2009.

Caltech was ranked first in the 2011 – 2012 Times Higher Education worldwide rankings of universities as well as ranking first in physical science and engineering.

Caltech was also found to have the highest score for per-capita performance in that ranking.

That game was one of the most watched television events in history according to the Nielsen ratings system ; the game had a rating of 48. 3, ranking it seventh in all-time television history.

If van der Heul was indeed of African ancestry, this fact would make him the highest ranking black pirate so far identified.

In 2000, nickel production was 39, 943 tons, ranking tenth in the world, a decrease from 49, 152 in 1997.

It was also featured on Sight and Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 2002, ranking at # 4.

The series, an instant hit from its debut, was also very successful in the ratings, consistently ranking in the top ten in the final primetime ratings.

Chief Quipuha was the maga ' lahi, or high ranking male, in the area of Hagåtña when the Spanish landed off its shores in 1668.

The right wing of the country and high ranking figures in the army began to plan a coup, and when Falangist politician José Calvo-Sotelo was shot by Republican police, they used it as a signal to act.

He served one term and, notably, was the ranking Republican member of the Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee.

He was formerly the Carolina Panthers ' defensive coordinator, bringing the team's defensive ranking from 30th to second.

Julian's first priority, as Caesar and nominal ranking commander in Gaul, was to drive out the barbarians who had breached the Rhine frontier.

General Ma Bufang and other high ranking Muslim Generals attended the Kokonuur Lake Ceremony where the God of the Lake was worshipped, and during the ritual, the Chinese national anthem was sung, all participants bowed to a Portrait of Kuomintang party founder Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and the God of the Lake was also bowed to, and offerings were given to him by the participants, which included the Muslims.

He received the highest ranking civilian honour of the Italian Republic and was bestowed the title of " Cavaliere " ( Knight ) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

It was the seventh highest ranking comedy on this list ( four of the better placed efforts were classic Ealing Films ).

In 2010, Monocle ranked Munich as the world's most livable city ( in 2012, Munich was ranked fifth in Monocle's ranking, yet remained the highest ranked city in Germany ).

An individual should not be able to hurt an option by ranking it higher.

This criterion may be intuitively justified by reasoning that in any fair voting system, no vote for a candidate, or increase in the candidate's ranking, should instead hurt the candidate.

Her quarterfinal run at Eastbourne ( where she had to retire hurt ) led her to a career-high ranking of no.

After posting good results at the 2011 Western & Southern Open, where she reached the quarterfinals defeating Peer in the 3rd round but then had to retire hurt, Peng reached another career high ranking of World No. 14, before the US Open, where she will be seeded 13th.