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  Nickname Pistol Pete
  Residence Los Angeles , California , USA
  Placebirth Washington, DC , USA
  Weight 170&nbsplb (77&nbspkg)
  Turnedpro 1988
  Retired 2002
  Plays Right One-handed backhand
  Careerprizemoney US$ 43,280,489 <br> (1st in all-time rankings)
  Singlesrecord 762-222
  Singlestitles 64
  Highestsinglesranking No 1 ( April 12 , 1993 )
  AustralianOpenresult '''W''' (1994, '97)
  FrenchOpenresult SF (1996)
  Wimbledonresult '''W''' (1993, '94, '95, '97, '98, '99, '00)
  USOpenresult '''W''' (1990, '93, '95, '96, '02)
  Doublesrecord 64-70
  Doublestitles 2
  Highestdoublesranking No 27 ( February 12 , 1990 )
  Updated September 1 , 2007


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  { Class "wikitable"
  { Class "wikitable"
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  Before Jim Courier <br>Jim Courier<br>Andre Agassi<br> Thomas Muster <br>Thomas Muster<br>Marcelo Ríos<br>Marcelo Ríos<br>Carlos Moyá<br>Yevgeny Kafelnikov<br> Patrick Rafter <br>Andre Agassi
  After Jim Courier<br> Andre Agassi <br>Andre Agassi<br>Thomas Muster<br> Marcelo Ríos <br>Marcelo Ríos<br> Carlos Moyá <br> Yevgeny Kafelnikov <br>Andre Agassi<br>Andre Agassi<br> Marat Safin
  Title World No 1
  Years April 12, 1993 - August 22, 1993<br>September 13, 1993 - April 9, 1995<br>November 6, 1995 - January 28, 1996<br>February 19, 1996 - March 10, 1996<br>April 14, 1996 - March 29, 1998<br>April 27, 1998 - August 9, 1998<br>August 24, 1998 - March 14, 1999<br>March 29, 1999 - May 2, 1999<br>June 14, 1999 - July 4, 1999<br>August 2, 1999 - September 12, 1999<br>September 11, 2000 - November 19, 2000


  Before Michael Chang
  After Jim Courier
  Title ATP Most Improved Player
  Years 1990


  Before Jim Courier
  After Andre Agassi
  Title ATP Player Of The Year
  Years 1993-1998


  Before Jim Courier
  After Andre Agassi
  Title ITF World Champion
  Years 1993-1998


  NAME Sampras, Pete
  ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sampras, Peter
  SHORT DESCRIPTION Tennis player
  DATE OF BIRTH 12 August 1971
  PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States