The Agassi–Sampras rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, who were both ranked world No. 1 during the 1990s. Sampras held the world's top ranking for 286 weeks while Agassi held it for 101 weeks. With contrasting styles and temperaments, they played each other 34 times from 1989 through 2002, with Sampras leading the head-to-head 20–14 and leading 9–7 in finals. They are tied in their five-set matches at 1–1. It has been named as one of the greatest tennis rivalries of all time.
Head-to-head
Singles (34) Agassi 14 – Sampras 20 == Breakdown of their rivalry ==
Breakdown of their rivalry
• All matches: (34) Sampras 20–14 • All finals: Sampras 9–7 • Hard courts: Sampras 11–9 • Grass courts: Sampras 2–0 • Clay courts: Agassi 3–2 • Carpet courts: Sampras 5–2 • Masters Series matches: Tied 5–5 • Masters Series finals: Agassi 3–2 • Grand Slam matches: Sampras 6–3 • Grand Slam finals: Sampras 4–1 • Year-end championships matches: Sampras 4–2 • Year-end championships finals: Sampras 1–0 == Performance timeline comparison ==
Performance timeline comparison
Grand Slam tournaments • Bold = players met during this tournament 1986–1991 1992–1997 1998–2002 ATP rankings Year-end ranking timeline == Career evolution ==
Career evolution
Agassi and Sampras were born fifteen and a half months apart. Agassi's birthday is April 29, 1970, while Sampras's is August 12, 1971. A different viewpoint of their career evolution is offered by taking the season they ended with an age of 16 as starting point, and comparing their accomplishments at the same age. For instance in 1996, Agassi finished the season being 26 years old and holding 3 Grand Slam titles. Combined singles performance timeline (best result) ==See also==