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Last Updated: Friday, 22 August, 2003, 11:58 GMT 12:58 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Wimbledon legends: Pete Sampras
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Washington DC, USA Wimbledon titles:
Runner up: Grand Slam titles: Prize money: $43,280,489 (to 5 June 2002) Believe it or not, in his first three years at Wimbledon, Pete Sampras only won one match, losing twice in the first round and one in the second. It was puzzling to a man who had won the US Open at the age of 19. Although he had barely played on grass as a junior he thought his serve-volley game would be well-suited to the fast grass-courts of SW19. But things eventually came right, and in some style. In the 1993 final he beat the then world number one, Jim Courier, having already dismissed Andre Agassi and Boris Becker in previous rounds. From then on, of course, 'Pistol Pete' made Centre Court his own. | |
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