Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is a retired Greek American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances.[2]

He debuted on the professional tour in 1988 and played his last top-level tournament in 2002 when he won the US Open, defeating longtime rival Andre Agassi in the final. 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 player Jimmy Connors and current World No. 1 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,[3] and Tennis Magazine has named him the greatest tennis player from 1965 to 2005.[4] On July 17, 2007, Sampras was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[5]. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time.