Career 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 Pete Sampras takes it, 13–1 on categories Sampras wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Tillstrom 220 matches, Sampras 961 matches.
Sampras has 65 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Tillstrom’s 1 title (one every 33.3 matches). Sampras averages 9.8 aces a match to Tillstrom’s 3.9 — 2.5 times as many. Sampras averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Tillstrom’s 1.4. Winners’ edge: Sampras’s team won 78%, Tillstrom’s team won 50% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sampras has 961 matches across 15 seasons, Tillstrom 220 in 9 — 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 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 65 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 14 total · best 1
59.2 First serve in % 59.5
68.8 First-serve points won % 81.0
58.4 Break points saved % 64.5
38.4 Return points won % 38.2
3.9 855 total · best 17
Head to head 0 6 matches since 1994 6
Hard · 3 matches Tillstrom 0 Sampras 3 Grass · 2 matches Tillstrom 0 Sampras 2 Clay · 1 match Tillstrom 0 Sampras 1 Grand Slams · 5 matches Tillstrom 0 Sampras 5 Last meetings 17 Jan 2000 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · Hard Sampras won 6-3 7-6(6) 6-1 31 Aug 1998 · US Open · Round of 32 · Hard Sampras won 6-2 6-3 6-1 22 June 1998 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · Grass Sampras won 6-4 6-4 7-6(4) 23 June 1997 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · Grass Sampras won 6-4 6-4 6-2 23 Sept 1996 · Basel · Quarterfinal · Hard Sampras won 6-3 6-4 23 May 1994 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · Clay Sampras won 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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