Sampras' rivals. Who beat him?

GS · 08-17-2011, 11:33 AM

Just finished reading Pete's book, "A Champion's Mind"---it was pretty good.
Without doing an internet search, what 5 players do you think had a winning head-to-head match record against him? Yes, Krajicek was one of em. The 4 others are alittle surprising.

HBK4life · 08-17-2011, 11:47 AM

Sergi Bruguera I think does.

fed_rulz · 08-17-2011, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GS

Just finished reading Pete's book, "A Champion's Mind"---it was pretty good.
Without doing an internet search, what 5 players do you think had a winning head-to-head match record against him? Yes, Krajicek was one of em. The 4 others are alittle surprising.

Michael Stich
Hewitt
haarhuis
paes

GS · 08-17-2011, 12:08 PM

Yep---Krajicek, Bruguera, Hewitt, and Stich.
There's one other guy.
(Sorry, I'm talking about singles, not doubles.)

scotus · 08-17-2011, 12:30 PM

The Magician Santoro

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Just found out Santoro is actually 3-4 against Pete

scotus · 08-17-2011, 12:31 PM

Paul Annacone

Career head to head: Annacone 1, Sampras 0

fed_rulz · 08-17-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GS

Yep---Krajicek, Bruguera, Hewitt, and Stich.
There's one other guy.
(Sorry, I'm talking about singles, not doubles.)

Leander Paes beat Pete Sampras in singles, not doubles (new haven 199

Tilden1893 · 08-17-2011, 12:56 PM

If we go by just grass...

Ready for this one?

Alex Corretja! 1-0

AND it was best of 5

AND the match WAS 5 sets!

GS · 08-17-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by fed_rulz

Leander Paes beat Pete Sampras in singles, not doubles (new haven 199

Ah, Pete didn't mention this in his book! (I guess he didn't consider him a rival.)
But, there's one other guy who beat Pete in singles---Pete won 3 matches, but this guy won 4.
Kuerten came close---Pete beat him twice, and Guga beat him once. Ferreira came close, too---Pete beat him 7 times against Wayne's 6 wins.

World Beater · 08-17-2011, 01:17 PM

Marat Safin.

4-3

Mustard · 08-17-2011, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GS

Just finished reading Pete's book, "A Champion's Mind"---it was pretty good.
Without doing an internet search, what 5 players do you think had a winning head-to-head match record against him? Yes, Krajicek was one of em. The 4 others are alittle surprising.

Bruguera, Stich, Krajicek, Federer, Hewitt and Safin. There's also Paes.

GS · 08-17-2011, 01:20 PM

Yep, Safin is the 5th guy.

Mustard · 08-17-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GS

Yep, Safin is the 5th guy.

There's more than 5, though.

1. Sergi Bruguera (2-3)
2. Michael Stich (4-5)
3. Richard Krajicek (4-6)
4. Roger Federer (0-1)
5. Lleyton Hewitt (4-5)
6. Marat Safin (3-4)
7. Leander Paes (0-1)

There's also, looking at my notes.

Derrick Rostagno (1-2)
Jay Berger (0-1)
Christo Van Rensburg (1-2)
Yannick Noah (0-1)
Paul Haarhuis (1-3)
Gilbert Schaller (0-1)
Christian Saceanu (0-1)
Max Mirnyi (1-2)
George Bastl (0-1)
Andy Roddick (1-2)

GS · 08-17-2011, 01:35 PM

There's one other non-rival that beat Pete---Mark Keil, star of that "Journeymen" documentary. Mark beat him at Queen's Club in 1991.

Mustard · 08-17-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by GS

There's one other non-rival that beat Pete---Mark Keil, star of that "Journeymen" documentary. Mark beat him at Queen's Club in 1991.

Oh yes, and Mark Keil. Sorry, Mark.

TMF · 08-17-2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fed_rulz

Michael Stich
Hewitt
haarhuis
paes

If we include Hewitt, then we can add

Roddick
Safin
Federer

Tilden1893 · 08-17-2011, 09:05 PM

Rostagno's was at the Big W in 1991, IIRC.

Tilden1893 · 08-17-2011, 09:06 PM

One of Rostagno wins was @ the big W of 1991, IIRC!

GS · 08-18-2011, 06:55 AM

Sorry, this thread was supposed to be about Pete's rivals that had a winning record against him, not lesser ranked players at the time.
Pete also had winning records against Becker (12-7), Edberg (8-6), Chang (12-

, Ivanisevic (12-6), Lendl (5-3), and Philippoussis (7-3).

BrooklynNY · 08-18-2011, 01:12 PM

Also, since its the topic of rivals, I would think one would need to play more than 3 times to qualify as any sort of rivalry, for seems like it it's a fair number because if you play 3 times, someone doesn't have a chance to level it at 2-2.

I would include Hewitt, and not include Roddick, by that standard.

Also, you'd have to discount any 1-0 records, because they do not qualify as a rival.
Federer was Pete's rival in the same way that Paul Annacone was.

08-17-2011, 11:33 AM	#1
GS Professional Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oakland Posts: 1,249	Sampras' rivals. Who beat him? Just finished reading Pete's book, "A Champion's Mind"---it was pretty good. Without doing an internet search, what 5 players do you think had a winning head-to-head match record against him? Yes, Krajicek was one of em. The 4 others are alittle surprising.

08-17-2011, 11:47 AM	#2
HBK4life Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 144	Sergi Bruguera I think does. __________________ Okay, well sometimes, sometimes, it makes financial sense to lose money, right? Like for tax purposes?

08-17-2011, 12:30 PM	#5
scotus Legend Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,369	The Magician Santoro -------- Just found out Santoro is actually 3-4 against Pete Last edited by scotus : 08-17-2011 at 02:16 PM.

08-17-2011, 12:31 PM	#6
scotus Legend Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,369	Paul Annacone Career head to head: Annacone 1, Sampras 0 Last edited by scotus : 08-17-2011 at 02:12 PM.

08-18-2011, 06:55 AM	#19
GS Professional Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oakland Posts: 1,249	Sorry, this thread was supposed to be about Pete's rivals that had a winning record against him, not lesser ranked players at the time. Pete also had winning records against Becker (12-7), Edberg (8-6), Chang (12-, Ivanisevic (12-6), Lendl (5-3), and Philippoussis (7-3).