Rafter v Sampras
ATP Tour career
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Pete Sampras takes it, 14–1 on categories
Sampras wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Rafter 521 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
- Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Rafter’s 12 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Sampras has 14 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Rafter’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Rafter’s 6.8 (44% more).
- Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Rafter’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Sampras has 961 matches across 15 seasons, Rafter 521 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): 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.
- 0.012 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- 0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
- 61.9First serve in %59.5
- 76.0First-serve points won %81.0
- 62.6Break points saved %64.5
- 37.5Return points won %38.2
Head to head
415 matches
since 199311
since 199311
- Hard · 12 matchesRafter 3Sampras 9
- Grass · 1 matchRafter 0Sampras 1
- Clay · 1 matchRafter 1Sampras 0
- Carpet · 1 matchRafter 0Sampras 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesRafter 1Sampras 2
- Finals · 5 matchesRafter 1Sampras 4
Last meetings
- 27 Aug 2001 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardSampras won 6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4
- 12 Mar 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Quarterfinal · HardSampras won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4
- 26 June 2000 · Wimbledon · Final · GrassSampras won 6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2
- 9 Aug 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Final · HardSampras won 7-6(7) 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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