Career 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 Pete Sampras takes it, 13–1 on categories Sampras wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Woodforde 618 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Woodforde’s 4 titles (one every 50 matches). Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Woodforde’s 4.4 — 2.2 times as many. Sampras averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Woodforde’s 1.3. Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Woodforde’s team won 51% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sampras has 961 matches across 15 seasons, Woodforde 618 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 4 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 65 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 14 total · best 1
57.6 First serve in % 59.5
71.1 First-serve points won % 81.0
60.4 Break points saved % 64.5
38.7 Return points won % 38.2
4.4 1,948 total · best 19
Head to head 1 11 matches since 1992 10
Hard · 8 matches Woodforde 0 Sampras 8 Grass · 2 matches Woodforde 1 Sampras 1 Carpet · 1 match Woodforde 0 Sampras 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Woodforde 0 Sampras 1 Last meetings 8 June 1998 · London / Queen's Club · Round of 16 · Grass Woodforde won 6-3 6-2 9 Feb 1998 · San Jose · Quarterfinal · Hard Sampras won 6-0 6-2 13 Jan 1997 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · Hard Sampras won 6-1 6-0 6-1 5 Aug 1996 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 16 · Hard Sampras won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(4) 15 Apr 1996 · Tokyo · Semifinal · Hard Sampras won 7-6(5) 6-4 19 Feb 1996 · Memphis · Quarterfinal · Hard Sampras won 6-4 7-6(7) 23 Oct 1995 · ATP Masters 1000 Essen · Round of 16 · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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