Pete Sampras

Insights

Fourteen titles, but only four finals losses

Across 52 Grand Slam tournaments, Sampras reached 18 finals and won 14 of them, leaving just four runner-up finishes. That combination sits alongside a 203-38 match record, showing both volume and unusually high conversion at the business end.

His peak came in a concentrated 1993-2000 run

From 1993 through 2000, he won 12 of his 14 major titles, including multiple wins at Wimbledon and the US Open. In that span he also added his only French Open semifinal in 1996 and his Australian Open title in 1997, making it his most productive stretch.

Wimbledon and the US Open drove almost all of his success

His title count is heavily concentrated at two events: Wimbledon and the US Open account for 13 of his 14 championships. The remaining major title came at the Australian Open in 1994 and 1997, while the French Open never produced a title.

The French Open was his clear outlier

His best French Open result was a semifinal in 1996, with quarterfinals in 1992 and 1994 and several early exits, including R128 in 1995 and 2000. That stands in sharp contrast to his repeated title runs at the other three majors.

He finished with a late-career title at age 31

His final Grand Slam result was a US Open title in 2002 at age 31, after a US Open final in 2001 at age 30. The last two seasons also show a sharp drop elsewhere, with R64 at Wimbledon and R128 at the French Open in 2002.