Sampras famous rivalry with Andre Agassi
Pete Sampras is a former tennis top ranked tennis star from the United States of America. During his professional life which is stretched over a period of fifteen years, he grabbed a total of fourteen Grand Slam singles titles which itself is a record surpassed by the tennis master Roger Federer back in 2009. The right handed tennis sensation is definitely recognized as one of the best players of all times.
Sampras often regarded as an all court player all through his career was involved in famous rivalry with one of the most renowned tennis player of his era.
Andre Agassi is the names against whom Federer has played a total of thirty four matches and succeeded in twenty out of them. Their first clash was in a Grand Slam championship back in 1990 at the United States Open. Agassi was seeded high in that championship versus the world number twelve Sampras at that time. However, surprisingly, Agassi was knocked down by Pete Sampras in a straight sets final clash.
Their next encounter in a Grand Slam tournament was at the French Open championship back in 1992, where they faced each other in the quarter final clash. At that point, Sampras was ranked above of Agassi; however Agassi lasted in straight sets. After that, both of the players met at the grass court Grand Slam tournament back in 1993 as their third Grand Slam clash. Agassi in that tournament appeared as the defending champ where as Pete stepped up at the All England Club as the freshly ranked World Number One tennis player. He lasted in a total of five sets and finished off the tournament as his first Wimbledon victory.
With both Agassi and Sampras contesting, the American side triumphed in the Davis Cup in 1995. Memorable Agassi -Sampras clashes of 1995 involved the finals of the Newsweek Champions cup, the Canadian Open, the Australian Open, the United States Open as well as the Lipton International player’s tournament with Pete triumphing in the US Open as well as the Newsweek Champions Cup.
The next occasion Agassi and Sampras played against each other in a Grand Slam final was at the grass court tournament in 1999, where Pete succeeded in straight sets. For both of the players, it was recognized a career revitalization as Sampras had faced a couple of disappointments in the previous season where as Agassi was re catching his position as a top ranked tennis star after gaining the French Open title. Sampras sacrificed the World Number One spot to Agassi when health issues compelled Sampras to skip that season's United States Open championship.
Both of them met each other on two occasions in the year concluding ATP Tour World tournament, with Sampras ultimately triumphing in the final match.
They contested against each other just once in 2000. The World Number One Agassi knocked down the third ranked Sampras in the semi final match of the Australian Open championship 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(0), 7–6(5), 6–1.
Without any doubt, their most remarkable encounter was the 2001 United States Open quarter final clash where Sampras hammered down Agassi 6–7(7), 7–6(2), 7–6(2), 7–6(5). The entire clash did not feature even a single break of serve. Repeat telecast of the match was often televised on different channels, particularly during United States Open weather delays.
Their first clash in a United States Open final after 1995 came in the season 2002 where Pete Sampras knocked down Andre 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4. This was the last ATP tour singles encounter of Sampras's professional life as well as the final Agassi- Sampras clash.
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