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A compilation of three American tennis legends – Andre “The Punisher” Agassi, John “SuperBrat” McEnroe and Pete “Pistol Pete” Sampras Career Highlights
Andre Agassi 🇺🇸
Credit: Wikigo
- Full name – Andre Kirk Agassi
- Nickname – “The Punisher”
- Nationality – American 🇺🇸
- Career accomplishments –
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| Career record | 870–274 (76.0%) |
| Career titles | 60 (10th in the Open Era) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (April 10, 1995) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003) |
| French Open | W (1999) |
| Wimbledon | W (1992) |
| US Open | W (1994, 1999) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1990) |
| Olympic Games | W (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 40–42 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 123 (August 17, 1992) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open | QF (1992) |
| US Open | 1R (1987) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1990, 1992, 1995) |
| Coaching career (2017–) | |
| Novak Djokovic (2017–2018), Grigor Dimitrov (2018–current) | |
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis  1996 Atlanta – Singles | |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame member (2011 induction) |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1990 | French Open | Clay | Andrés Gómez | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1990 | US Open | Hard | Pete Sampras | 4–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1991 | French Open | Clay | Jim Courier | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1992 | Wimbledon | Grass | Goran Ivanišević | 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 1994 | US Open | Hard | Michael Stich | 6–1, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
| Win | 1995 | Australian Open | Hard | Pete Sampras | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
| Loss | 1995 | US Open | Hard | Pete Sampras | 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Win | 1999 | French Open | Clay | Andrei Medvedev | 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | Pete Sampras | 3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1999 | US Open | Hard | Todd Martin | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2000 | Australian Open | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2001 | Australian Open | Hard | Arnaud Clément | 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2002 | US Open | Hard | Pete Sampras | 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Rainer Schüttler | 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2005 | US Open | Hard | Roger Federer | 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 1–6 |
| Time span | Selected Grand Slam tournament records | Players matched |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 YEC — 1999 French Open | Career “Super Slam” | Stands alone |
| 1992 Wimbledon — 1999 French Open | Career Golden Slam | Rafael Nadal |
| 1992 Wimbledon — 1999 French Open | Career Grand Slam | Rod Laver Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic |
| 1996 Olympics — 1999 US Open | Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Majors on clay & hard court | Rafael Nadal |
| 1996 Olympics — 2000 Australian Open | Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and 3 Majors | Rafael Nadal |
| Grand Slam tournaments | Time Span | Records at each Grand Slam tournament | Players matched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 2000–2004 | 26 consecutive match wins | Stands alone |
| 1995 | Won tournament on the first attempt | Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner Vitas Gerulaitis Johan Kriek | |
| 1995–2005 | 90.57% (48–5) match winning percentage | Stands alone | |
| 2003 | 71.6% (121–48) games winning percentage in 1 tournament | Stands alone | |
| US Open | 1986–2006 | 21 consecutive tournaments played | Stands alone |
| Time span | Other selected records | Players matched |
|---|---|---|
| 1990–2003 | 6 Miami Masters titles | Novak Djokovic |
| 2001–2003 | 3 consecutive Miami Masters titles | Novak Djokovic |
| 1990–2003 | 8 Miami Masters finals | Stands alone |
| 1988–2005 | 61 match wins at Miami Masters | Stands alone |
| 2001–2004 | 19 consecutive wins at Miami Masters | Stands alone |
| 1990–1999 | 5 Washington Open titles | Stands alone |
| 1993–2002 | 4 Los Angeles Open titles | Jimmy Connors Roy Emerson Frank Parker |
Andre “The Punisher” Agassi Highlights – Eight Grand Slam Singles Titles 🇺🇸
Andre”The Punisher” Agassi – Top Ten Best Points Ever 🇺🇸
John McEnroe 🇺🇸
Credit: Nrbelex
- Full name – John Patrick McEnroe Jr.
- Nickname – “SuperBrat”
- Nationality – American 🇺🇸
- Career accomplishments –
- ITF World Champion: 1981, 1983, 1984
- ATP player of the year: 1981, 1983, 1984
- ATP most improved player: 1978
- World Number 1 Male Player
- Davis Cup Commitment Award
- International Tennis Hall of Fame member (1999 induction)
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| Career record | 881–198 (81.6%) |
| Career titles | 77 (6th in the Open Era) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (March 3, 1980) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1983) |
| French Open | F (1984) |
| Wimbledon | W (1981, 1983, 1984) |
| US Open | W (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1978, 1983, 1984) |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1992) |
| WCT Finals | W (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 530–103 (83.73%) |
| Career titles | 78 (5th in the Open Era) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (January 3, 1983) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1989) |
| French Open | QF (1992) |
| Wimbledon | W (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992) |
| US Open | W (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | W (1977) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1999) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1992) |
| Hopman Cup | F (1990) |
| Championship | Years | Record accomplished | Player tied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1984 | 89.9% (62–7) sets winning percentage in 1 season | Stands alone |
| Grand Slam | 1984 | 11 consecutive match victories without losing a set | Roger Federer |
| Wimbledon | 1979–1992 | 8 singles and doubles titles combined | |
| Wimbledon | 1984 | 68% (134–63) games winning % in 1 tournament | Stands alone |
| US Open | 1979–1989 | 8 singles and doubles titles | Stands alone |
John “SuperBrat” McEnroe Highlights – Seven Grand Slam Singles Titles 🇺🇸
John “SuperBrat” McEnroe – Top Ten Best Points Ever 🇺🇸
Pete Sampras 🇺🇸
Credit: James Phelps from USA
- Full name – Petros Sampras
- Nickname – “Pistol Pete”
- Nationality – American 🇺🇸
- Career accomplishments –
- ATP Player of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
- ITF World Champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
- Sampras (1997–2000) won four consecutive Wimbledon singles titles, second only to Borg and Federer (who have five consecutive titles each).
- During the Open Era, only Borg (1978–81 French Open and 1976–80 Wimbledon), Sampras (1997–2000 Wimbledon), Federer (2003–07 Wimbledon and 2004–08 US Open), and Rafael Nadal (2005–08 French Open and 2010–2014 French Open) have won at least one Grand Slam tournament four consecutive times.
- Ken Rosewall, Sampras and Rafael Nadal are the only men to have won Grand Slam singles titles as a teenager, in their 20s, and in their 30s.
- Sampras won 40 of the 42 singles matches he played on Wimbledon’s Centre Court and 63 of the 70 singles matches he played at the All England Club.
- Sampras is the only player to win all seven Wimbledon finals he played. In terms of most finals won at a single Grand Slam tournament without losing any, he is third in the Open Era behind Novak Djokovic (who won all eight of his Australian Open finals) and Rafael Nadal (who won all twelve of his French Open finals)
- U.S. Olympic Committee “Sportsman of the Year” in 1997. He was the first tennis player to receive this award.
- GQ Magazine’s Individual Athlete Award for Man of the Year in 2000.
- Selected the No. 1 player (of 25 players) in the past 25 years by a panel of 100 current and past players, journalists, and tournament directors to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ATP in 1997.
- Voted 48th athlete of Top 50 Greatest North American Athletes of ESPN’s SportsCentury (also youngest on list).
- In 2005, TENNIS Magazine named Sampras the greatest tennis player for the period 1965 through 2005, from its list, “The 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era”.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| Career record | 762–222 (77.4%) |
| Career titles | 64 (7th in the Open Era) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (April 12, 1993) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1994, 1997) |
| French Open | SF (1996) |
| Wimbledon | W (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) |
| US Open | W (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999) |
| Grand Slam Cup | W (1990, 1997) |
| Olympic Games | 3R (1992) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 64–70 (47.76%) |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 27 (February 12, 1990) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1989) |
| French Open | 2R (1989) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1989) |
| US Open | 1R (1988, 1989, 1990) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1992, 1995) |
Pete “Pistol Pete” Sampras Highlights – Fourteen Grand Slam Singles Titles 🇺🇸
Pete “Pistol Pete” Sampras Highlights – Top 10 A.T.P. Finals Shots 🇺🇸
Sources: E.S.P.N.–https://www.espn.com, YouTube–https://www.youtube.com, Association of Tennis Professionals–https://www.atptour.com
