Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Tennis Greats (1 of 20)

Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Tennis Greats

Welcome to our Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Tennis Greats. Each day we’ll send you a link to a new article about a tennis star on Wikipedia. The introduction to each day’s article is included in the installment so you can choose to read just the introduction or the full article.

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Pete Sampras

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Petros "Pete" Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is a former World No. 1 and currently retired Greek-American tennis player. During his 15-year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam singles titles in 52 appearances (two Australian Open, seven Wimbledon, five US Open), and had a 203–38 win-loss record in Grand Slam singles tournaments. He was the year-end World No. 1 for six consecutive years (1993–1998), a record for the open era and tied for third all-time. His seven Wimbledon singles championships is a record shared with William Renshaw. His five US Open singles titles is an open era record shared with former World No. 1 Jimmy Connors and current World No. 2 Roger Federer. American journalist and television sportscaster Bud Collins has named Sampras as one of the top five men's tennis players of all-time,^[2] and Tennis Magazine has named him the greatest tennis player from 1965 to 2005.^[3] On July 17, 2007, Sampras was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.^[4]

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Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Tennis Greats (1 of 20)