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Sampras had defeated world number 3 Tommy Haas in the fourth round and future world number 1 Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, while Agassi had defeated world number 1 and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals.
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Nonetheless, Sampras had a solid showing in Barcelona, advancing to the third round before giving up a two-set lead and losing to Andrei Cherkasov of Russia.
( In 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, Sampras had dominated the ATP tour.
Sampras's ranking was hurt through a combination of withdrawing from the Australian and US Opens, tournaments in which he had strong performances during the previous year, and the resurgence of longtime rival Andre Agassi, putting an end to Sampras ' six consecutive years of finishing as the world number 1.
Sampras had a relatively poor summer leading up to the US Open.
Greg Rusedski, whom Sampras had defeated in a long five-set third round match at the US Open, said that Sampras was " a step and a half slower " and predicted that Sampras would lose his next match.
Agassi was favored because he was ranked world number 4, compared to the world number 12 ranking of Sampras and because Agassi had defeated Sampras in their only previously completed match.
For both, it was considered a career rejuvenation, as Sampras had suffered a string of disappointments in the last year while Agassi was regaining his status as a top-ranked player after winning the French Open.
In 1998, after Rafter defeated Sampras in the Cincinnati Masters final, Sampras, at the time winner of 11 Grand Slams, when asked about the difference between himself and Rafter, famously stated " Ten grand slams ", that a controversial line-call cost him the match, and that a player had to come back and win another Grand Slam title in order to be considered great.
Many observers noted that despite his lengthy layoff from competitive tournaments, Sampras still possessed many of the previous skills he had displayed while on the ATP tour, with tennis legend John McEnroe going as far as to say that Sampras would be worthy of a top five seeding at Wimbledon were he to enter the tournament.
In November 2010 Sampras reported that many of his trophies and other memorabilia had been stolen from a West Los Angeles public storage facility.
The clear favourite was Pete Sampras, who had won the title for the past three consecutive years.
He won two hard-court titles, including the Lipton International Players Championships, the same tournament where his career had nearly ended just eight years earlier — by defeating Sergi Bruguera in the final, after Bruguera had defeated Pete Sampras in the semifinals.
Edberg did not possess a powerful dominating serve like Pete Sampras or Boris Becker but still had a very effective serve.
Blanco had two high profile wins in majors, beating former 2-time US Open Champion, Patrick Rafter, in the first round of the 2000 US Open, and in beating Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2001 French Open.
In order to finish the year as the world No. 1 player, Kuerten did what many critics had deemed impossible ( for him to do ): beat Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi in back-to-back matches on an indoor hard court.
In Chile, thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the triumph of the first Chilean to reach the sport's number one ranking, grabbing the position from Pete Sampras ( who had maintained 102 consecutive weeks at number one, and 5 years ending the season as the leader ).
They had major success with the Micro Machines series and Pete Sampras Tennis on the Sega Mega Drive.
Sampras and defeated
1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semifinals and defeated then-four-time champion Pete Sampras the next day in straight sets.
However, just one week later at the Lipton International Players Championships in Miami, Sampras defeated two top-40 players before losing to world number 18 Emilio Sánchez.
At the US Open, Sampras defeated defending champion and fifth-seeded Mats Wilander in the second round before losing to world number 13 Jay Berger in the fourth round.
Sampras, however, then defeated two young stars, Tommy Haas in the fourth round and Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals.
The top-ranked Agassi defeated world number 3 Sampras in the semifinals of the Australian Open in five sets.
In arguably their most memorable match, Sampras defeated Agassi in the 2001 US Open quarterfinals 6 – 7, 7 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 6.
Sampras defeated Agassi in four sets.
On February 18, 2008, in an exhibition match during the SAP Open, Sampras defeated another active player, former world No. 2 Tommy Haas.
In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras.
Becker defeated Sampras in October 1996 in a five-set final in Stuttgart.
He defeated Sampras, then the World No. 2, 8 – 6 in the fifth set at the French Open in a first-round match, but lost in the fourth round to Juan Carlos Ferrero.
In his first round he defeated Kelly Jones 6 – 2, 6 – 3, in the second round he defeated Darren Cahill 6 – 2, 7 – 5 and in the third round Henman was defeated by Pete Sampras 6 – 1, 6 – 2.
However, Henman's winning streak did not last long, and in the second round he met Sampras, and was defeated 6 – 2, 6 – 3, 7 – 6.
Sampras and world
Peter " Pete " Sampras (; born August 12, 1971 ) is a retired American tennis player and former world number 1.
Sampras turned professional in 1988, at the age of 16, and finished the year ranked world number 97 after starting the year at world number 893.
In his first Grand Slam singles match, Sampras lost to world number 69 Jaime Yzaga of Peru in the first round of the US Open.
Sampras did not advance past the quarterfinals in his next three tournaments, although he did record wins over world number 79 Jim Courier in their first career match-up, and world number 8 Tim Mayotte.
The following year, Sampras slightly improved his ranking to a year-ending world number 81.
Sampras finished 1990 at world number 5, having started the year ranked world number 61 just prior to the start of the Australian Open.
Sampras later stated that his loss in the US Open final that year was a " wake-up call " and that he needed to figure out how to become the world number 1.
In April 1993, Sampras attained the world number 1 ranking for the first time.
Their next Grand Slam meeting was at the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1993, where Agassi was the defending champion and Sampras was the newly minted world number 1.
Sampras forfeited the world number 1 ranking to Agassi when injury forced Sampras to withdraw from that year's US Open.
Sampras and 3
At the age of 3, Sampras discovered a tennis racket in the basement of his home and spent hours hitting balls against the wall.
Krajicek shocked the tennis world by defeating Sampras in straight sets, 7 – 5, 7 – 6 ( 3 ), 6 – 4, becoming the only player to beat Sampras in a Wimbledon singles match in the eight-year period from 1993 until Sampras ' fourth-round loss to Roger Federer in the 2001 tournament.
He lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Ramesh Krishnan, the quarterfinals of the French Open to Andrei Chesnokov, the quarterfinals of Wimbledon to John McEnroe ( 7 – 6, 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 4 ), and the second round of the US Open to Pete Sampras ( 5 – 7, 6 – 3, 1 – 6, 6 – 1, 6 – 4 ).
Wilander last played in Davis Cup in the 1995 semifinals, where he lost to Andre Agassi 7 – 6 ( 5 ), 6 – 2, 6 – 2 and Pete Sampras 2 – 6, 7 – 6 ( 4 ), 6 – 3.
At the end of the year, he teamed with Sampras to win the doubles rubber in the Davis Cup final, where the U. S. defeated Switzerland 3 – 1.
In 1997, Moyá reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, defeating World No. 3 Michael Chang in the semifinals in straight sets, before losing in straight sets to Pete Sampras.
1 ranked players: 3 – 0 against Andy Roddick, 5 – 5 against Pete Sampras, 2 – 1 against Roger Federer, 2 – 1 against Marat Safin, and 2 – 0 against Jim Courier.
France again faced the US, and this time Leconte defeated Pete Sampras in straight sets in a critical singles rubber, and also teamed with Guy Forget to win the doubles rubber, as France upset the heavily-favoured US team 3 – 1.
Forget teamed up with Henri Leconte to win the doubles rubber, and then won the decisive singles rubber against Pete Sampras as France shocked the heavily favoured US team to win 3 – 1.
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Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi, 6 – 3, 6 – 4, 7 – 5
Pete Sampras defeated Carlos Moyá 6 – 2, 6 – 3, 6 – 3
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