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Pete Sampras' Trophies, Memorabilia Stolen

Pete Sampras lost a majority of the valuable artifacts of one of tennis' greatest careers when trophies and other memorabilia were stolen from a public storage facility. While Sampras still has 13 of his 14 Grand Slam trophies, he is now missing his first Australian Open trophy (from 1994) as well as trophies from 64 tour...

Federer Becomes Fifth Player in Open Era to Win 50 Matches in 9 Straight Years

Add another accolade to Roger Federer's already impressive resume. A day after Federer played in his 900th ATP tour-level match, the 16-time Grand Slam champion claimed another accomplishment. On Friday, Federer won his 50th match of the season for the ninth straight year, defeating countryman Stanislas Wawrinka in three...

Roger Federer Reaches Milestone of 900 Career Tour-Level Matches

Roger Federer became the first active ATP player to play in 900 tour-level matches on Thursday. The top-seeded, 16-time Grand Slam champion defeated American Taylor Dent, 6-1, 6-2, in just 50 minutes at the Stockholm Open in Sweden, logging his 727th ATP Tour victory in 900 total matches. What's even more impressive,...

Pete Sampras Knows All Too Well What Roger Federer is Going Through

Twenty-nine years old, and no longer on the perch. Most likely, Roger Federer will never get back onto it again, either. And even if he does, the inevitable is already closing in. It's an uncomfortable spot for a tennis superstar, for any world-beating athlete, really. Pete Sampras knows. Ten years ago, Sampras was here,...

From the Baseline: Federer's Run for 20

Between 2006 and 2009 the pride of Switzerland, Roger Federer, won nine of the 16 Grand Slam tennis tournaments played. He even won three in a row to finish off the 2006 season and begin 2007. In that span of four years, Federer never went more than three Slams without winning one, always made it to at least the...

Pete Sampras News From the Web

05/23/12 French Open 2012: Would 7th Title for Rafael Nadal... Source: Bleacher Report The 2012 French Open title could give Rafael Nadal claim to being the greatest tennis player ever on one surface.
05/19/12 Tennis: Pete Sampras tips Andy Murray to break his... Source: Daily Record - Glasgow - Lanarkshire - UK FORMER world No.1 Pete Sampras last night backed Scotland tennis star Andy Murray to break his Major duck in the near future.
05/12/12 Djokovic and Nadal: Threats of Boycotting Madrid Are... Source: Bleacher Report Imagine a Pete Sampras at the height of his powers threatening to boycott a hard court because he felt its surface conditions were totally different than what he had expectedâor felt entitled to.
04/25/12 Dom Howson talks sport with Stephen Bywater Source: The Star - Sheffield - South Yorkshire - UK Stephen Bywater , aged 30, is Sheffield Wednesday's first-choice goalkeeper.

Background on Pete Sampras

Peter "Pete" Sampras (; born August 12, 1971) is a retired Greek–American tennis player and former world number 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

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