Sampras defeated Agassi in straight sets. In one of their matches, at the 2001 US Open quarter-final, Sampras won with the score of 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 7–6; throughout the match, no player broke the other’s serve….Head-to-head.

In his book Agassi continued: “Pete does it again. He sends his evil twin onto the court. This is not the Pete who was curled in a ball on the locker-room floor. This is not the Pete who was getting an IV and wobbling in circles.

Singles: 22 (17 titles, 5 runner-ups)

In 1999 Agassi won the French Open to become the fifth men’s player in history to win all four Grand Slam events, and the first to do it on three different surfaces. Agassi won a second Australian Open in 2000 and a third in 2001.

In 1994, Sampras won tournaments on all surfaces—clay, hardcourt, grass and indoor carpet—which is always a rare record even in the modern game today. Sampras’ overall win-loss record was 762 wins and 222 losses over a 15-year period. Andre Agassi went through real peaks and troughs in his career.

Sampras, asked about his relationship with Agassi last September during a conference call with reporters, offered this brief, guarded answer: “It’s fine. As competitive as we were in the ’90s, we got along quite well. Obviously, he said a few things in his book and we’ve had a few moments here and there.

Pete Sampras imitated Andre Agassi’s pigeon-toed walk which generated a lot of laughter. In response to this, Andre made a joke about Pete Sampras being very stingy which was apparently because he was a poor tipper. Andre was not happy with himself for making the joke.

Were their friends out the court? There have been many statements, even after their careers, like in their charity matches. In his autobiography Open, Agassi said that Sampras was a cheapskate! But Agassi, in a subsequent interview, said about Sampras: “For me, he is a rival and a friend.”

During his 20-plus year tour career, Agassi was known by the nickname “The Punisher”. In 2001, the Foundation opened the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, a K-12 public charter school for at-risk children. He has been married to fellow tennis player Steffi Graf since 2001.

Agassi’s overall career win-loss record was 870 wins and 274 losses over 20 years. Pete Sampras won 64 career titles with just over half of those coming on hardcourt, 34 in total. Sampras won the year-end championships five times, which is a record tied with Ivan Lendl and Roger Federer.

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In a recent conference call, Pete Sampras said that Roger Federer doesn’t see true serve and volley players, and no one could beat him in his prime. I think my game could make Roger a little uncomfortable. …

Agassi beat Sampras in the 1995 Australian Open final and 2000 Australian Open semifinal. Agassi also beat Sampras in the 1992 French Open quarterfinal while Sampras defeated Agassi in the 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal when Agassi was defending champion. Their most famous meeting was the 2001 US Open quarterfinal,…

Mats Wilander is quoted as saying that Andre Agassi is on the same level as Pete Sampras because Agassi won major titles on all four surfaces even though Sampras won many more titles at Grand Slam level.

Agassi’s overall career win-loss record was 870 wins and 274 losses over 20 years. Pete Sampras won 64 career titles with just over half of those coming on hardcourt, 34 in total. Sampras holds a number of records in the game. He was No. 1 for 286 weeks, which is the current record.

Sampras also won the Australian Open twice, in 1994 and 1997. Sampras won the year-end championships five times, which is a record tied with Ivan Lendl and Roger Federer. Sampras also won 11 Super Nines/Masters tournaments, including Miami and Cincinnati three times each, and the Italian Open.