Palmer v Sampras
ATP Tour career
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Pete Sampras takes it, 12–2 on categories
Sampras wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Palmer 148 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
- Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Palmer’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Palmer’s 3.8 — 2.6 times as many.
- Sampras averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Palmer’s 1.4.
- Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Palmer’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Sampras has 961 matches across 15 seasons, Palmer 148 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
- 60.7First serve in %59.5
- 69.6First-serve points won %81.0
- 61.4Break points saved %64.5
- 37.0Return points won %38.2
- 3.8519 total · best 18
Head to head
04 matches
since 19944
since 19944
- Grass · 2 matchesPalmer 0Sampras 2
- Hard · 1 matchPalmer 0Sampras 1
- Carpet · 1 matchPalmer 0Sampras 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesPalmer 0Sampras 2
Last meetings
- 26 June 1995 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassSampras won 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-2
- 13 Mar 1995 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 32 · HardSampras won 6-4 6-4
- 7 Nov 1994 · Antwerp · Semifinal · CarpetSampras won 7-5 6-3
- 20 June 1994 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassSampras won 7-6(4) 7-5 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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