Courier v Sampras
ATP Tour career
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Pete Sampras takes it, 10–4 on categories
Sampras wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Courier 717 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
- Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Courier’s 23 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Courier’s 4.8 — 2 times as many.
- Sampras has the better first-serve points won %: 81 to Courier’s 74.3.
- Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Courier’s team won 68% of the matches they played.
- 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.
- 0.123 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- 0.04 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
- 62.2First serve in %59.5
- 74.3First-serve points won %81.0
- 60.6Break points saved %64.5
- 39.5Return points won %38.2
Head to head
420 matches
since 198816
since 198816
- Hard · 12 matchesCourier 1Sampras 11
- Carpet · 4 matchesCourier 1Sampras 3
- Clay · 3 matchesCourier 2Sampras 1
- Grass · 1 matchCourier 0Sampras 1
- Grand Slams · 8 matchesCourier 2Sampras 6
- Finals · 4 matchesCourier 0Sampras 4
Last meetings
- 15 Mar 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64 · HardSampras won 6-3 7-6(3)
- 12 May 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 64 · ClayCourier won 7-6(5) 6-4
- 27 May 1996 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClaySampras won 6-7(4) 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
- 30 Oct 1995 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Semifinal · CarpetSampras won 6-4 3-6 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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