H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Lleyton Hewitt vs Pete Sampras H2H: 5-4

Lleyton Hewitt holds a 5–4 lead over Pete Sampras in their ATP head-to-head. Across 9 main-draw meetings, they are tied 3–3 on hard courts, while Lleyton Hewitt leads 2–1 on grass. Most recently, Lleyton Hewitt won the 2002 Indian Wells Open semifinal 6-2 6-4.

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Lleyton Hewitt
AUS Age 45 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
5 – 4
9 main draw meetings
Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Lleyton Hewitt #1 6-2 6-4 Pete Sampras #13 Match data Mar 17, 2002* SF Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Lleyton Hewitt #3 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1 Pete Sampras #10 Match data Sep 10, 2001* F US Open Grand Slam Hard
Lleyton Hewitt #6 3-6 6-3 6-2 Pete Sampras #4 Match data Jun 16, 2001* SF Queen's Club Championships ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Lleyton Hewitt #6 7-5 6-0 Pete Sampras #3 Match data Nov 27, 2000 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Hard
Pete Sampras #4 7-6(7) 6-4 7-6(5) Lleyton Hewitt #9 Match data Sep 10, 2000* SF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Lleyton Hewitt #11 6-4 6-4 Pete Sampras #4 Match data Jun 18, 2000* F Queen's Club Championships ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Pete Sampras #2 6-3 3-6 6-1 Lleyton Hewitt #14 Match data Mar 26, 2000* SF Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Pete Sampras #3 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) Lleyton Hewitt #42 Match data Jun 12, 1999* SF Queen's Club Championships ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Pete Sampras #2 6-1 7-6(4) Lleyton Hewitt #151 Match data Aug 20, 1998* R32 New Haven ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Lleyton Hewitt #636 #1 5,205 2,160 567 244 69.9% 2 2 2 2 22 30
Pete Sampras #34 #1 5,792 2,265 739 209 78.0% 14 11 7 12 20 64

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Lleyton Hewitt Pete Sampras
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1997 0–1 0.0% — 1,493 0 0 1988 10–10 50.0% #97 1,605 0 0
17 1998 10–9 52.6% #100 1,615 0 1 1989 18–19 48.6% #81 1,700 0 0
18 1999 40–18 69.0% #25 1,854 0 2 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4
19 2000 53–16 76.8% #7 1,980 0 6 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8
20 2001 71–15 82.6% #1 2,116 1 12 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13
21 2002 61–16 79.2% #1 2,066 2 17 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21
22 2003 29–10 74.4% #17 1,939 2 19 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31
23 2004 64–16 80.0% #3 2,073 2 23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36
24 2005 36–9 80.0% #4 2,114 2 24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44
25 2006 32–14 69.6% #20 1,971 2 25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52
26 2007 34–15 69.4% #21 1,919 2 26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56
27 2008 18–11 62.1% #67 1,936 2 26 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61
28 2009 33–19 63.5% #22 1,959 2 27 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63
29 2010 18–11 62.1% #54 1,909 2 28 2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63
30 2011 8–9 47.1% #186 1,818 2 28 2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64
31 2012 15–12 55.6% #83 1,884 2 28 — — — — — — —
32 2013 22–18 55.0% #60 1,889 2 28 — — — — — — —
33 2014 19–15 55.9% #50 1,841 2 30 — — — — — — —
34 2015 3–9 25.0% #307 1,714 2 30 — — — — — — —
35 2016 1–1 50.0% #633 1,727 2 30 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Lleyton Hewitt Pete Sampras
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 1997 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0%
17 1998 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 1989 13 10 23 56.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
18 1999 20 10 30 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 8 3 11 72.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0%
19 2000 37 11 48 77.1% 8 3 11 72.7% 5 1 6 83.3% 3 1 4 75.0% 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6%
20 2001 48 10 58 82.8% 10 3 13 76.9% 13 1 14 92.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8%
21 2002 33 9 42 78.6% 10 5 15 66.7% 14 1 15 93.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8%
22 2003 23 6 29 79.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3%
23 2004 44 9 53 83.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 7 2 9 77.8% 2 1 3 66.7% 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7%
24 2005 29 7 36 80.6% — — — — 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4%
25 2006 20 11 31 64.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9%
26 2007 21 9 30 70.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6%
27 2008 10 8 18 55.6% 2 1 3 66.7% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
28 2009 18 14 32 56.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — —
29 2010 5 6 11 45.5% 5 4 9 55.6% 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — 2001 26 10 36 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
30 2011 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2002 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
31 2012 9 7 16 56.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2013 13 12 25 52.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2014 11 9 20 55.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2015 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2016 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 357 157 514 69.5% 79 43 122 64.8% 114 37 151 75.5% 17 7 24 70.8% — 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 753/811 of Lleyton Hewitt's and 652/821 of Pete Sampras's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Lleyton Hewitt Pete Sampras
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 1997 1/1 4.0 3.0 55.6% 56.7% 43.8% 58.8% 50.0% 50.9% 30.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 1998 18/19 2.8 4.1 54.8% 68.2% 51.4% 54.4% 39.1% 60.4% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 1999 51/58 3.9 2.2 59.1% 71.5% 56.2% 61.1% 49.8% 65.1% 42.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2000 56/69 6.3 3.6 53.9% 75.5% 55.3% 64.9% 51.6% 66.2% 41.8% 1991 60/69 7.6 2.2 59.0% 76.3% 57.9% 66.2% 45.3% 68.7% 40.0%
20 2001 72/86 5.5 3.6 53.4% 75.7% 56.2% 60.8% 48.0% 66.5% 44.2% 1992 70/84 9.5 2.9 60.0% 79.9% 53.5% 60.1% 47.8% 69.2% 40.7%
21 2002 62/77 7.2 4.0 51.4% 74.9% 54.3% 59.2% 42.9% 64.7% 43.4% 1993 81/97 10.6 3.5 56.9% 82.3% 54.0% 63.2% 47.3% 70.1% 41.0%
22 2003 39/39 6.5 4.1 51.7% 77.0% 55.0% 62.9% 47.7% 66.2% 44.4% 1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6%
23 2004 80/80 6.3 3.6 54.2% 76.8% 55.1% 64.6% 47.8% 66.9% 42.7% 1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0%
24 2005 43/45 9.2 3.8 56.4% 78.8% 54.0% 62.8% 45.7% 68.1% 41.3% 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8%
25 2006 46/46 7.3 3.8 55.1% 71.5% 52.6% 51.5% 46.1% 63.0% 43.0% 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7%
26 2007 48/49 7.6 3.3 53.6% 76.5% 54.8% 59.0% 51.1% 66.2% 40.3% 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0%
27 2008 27/29 8.2 3.0 54.5% 76.2% 57.4% 57.7% 37.6% 67.8% 42.0% 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3%
28 2009 52/52 6.5 3.7 53.3% 76.0% 53.3% 62.4% 41.5% 65.5% 41.5% 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1%
29 2010 29/29 6.3 2.9 56.7% 74.5% 52.0% 56.1% 55.1% 64.6% 42.0% 2001 44/48 12.4 5.6 59.5% 79.3% 53.1% 63.0% 40.5% 68.6% 36.1%
30 2011 17/17 6.6 3.8 56.3% 72.4% 48.7% 54.8% 43.7% 61.8% 37.3% 2002 31/39 14.3 5.5 59.0% 78.9% 53.3% 70.8% 33.9% 68.4% 34.5%
31 2012 24/27 5.8 4.2 52.4% 70.5% 47.8% 57.9% 41.3% 59.7% 37.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2013 40/40 6.2 4.0 51.1% 70.1% 51.9% 59.4% 46.6% 61.1% 39.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2014 34/34 4.9 4.8 53.5% 72.2% 49.7% 59.4% 44.0% 61.3% 39.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2015 12/12 6.8 4.8 54.4% 68.6% 51.2% 55.9% 42.4% 60.7% 37.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2016 2/2 6.0 4.0 54.8% 71.6% 47.1% 70.8% 22.9% 60.4% 38.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 753/811 6.4 3.7 54.1% 74.4% 53.8% 60.2% 46.4% 64.9% 41.8% — 652/948 11.0 3.7 58.9% 81.2% 54.0% 64.5% 45.1% 70.0% 39.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Lleyton Hewitt Pete Sampras
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 1997 1493 104.6 +1.87 +1.38 0.627 41.7% — — — 0.0% -2.67 — — — -0.13 1988 1605 132.8 — — — — +23 — — 51.0% +0.18 3–4 (43%) 6–5 (55%) — 0.00
17 1998 1615 137.2 -0.46 +2.56 1.025 50.0% +26 — -8 52.9% +0.21 5–6 (45%) 7–4 (64%) — -0.28 1989 1701 135.8 — — — — -1 -173 -130 47.4% -0.27 4–4 (50%) 6–5 (55%) — -2.43
18 1999 1854 154.0 +2.80 +4.93 1.226 53.8% -9 -254 -123 64.6% +1.10 12–9 (57%) 8–10 (44%) — -2.41 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17
19 2000 1980 166.2 +3.71 +4.99 1.237 53.9% +30 -228 -146 69.5% +1.24 14–6 (70%) 11–14 (44%) — -2.06 1991 2098 164.6 +6.99 +2.19 1.279 54.1% +51 -499 -378 68.2% +1.31 14–7 (67%) 16–12 (57%) — -0.73
20 2001 2117 162.4 +4.29 +6.67 1.319 54.9% +8 -224 -121 72.0% +1.50 24–9 (73%) 13–9 (59%) — +1.18 1992 2111 166.3 +7.26 +3.06 1.321 54.7% +34 -198 -262 71.5% +1.30 22–3 (88%) 35–18 (66%) — -1.57
21 2002 2066 162.1 +3.20 +6.04 1.230 53.8% +19 -160 +114 70.4% +1.26 18–1 (95%) 18–12 (60%) — -1.87 1993 2127 167.2 +8.23 +3.50 1.371 55.1% +15 -160 -113 77.6% +1.73 16–6 (73%) 28–22 (56%) — -1.62
22 2003 1940 148.3 +2.77 +6.39 1.313 54.9% +95 -50 +219 66.4% +1.31 8–5 (62%) 8–9 (47%) — +1.40 1994 2194 169.2 +7.95 +5.11 1.421 55.8% +15 -139 -39 79.6% +1.81 15–2 (88%) 27–8 (77%) — -2.38
23 2004 2074 161.5 +4.35 +6.35 1.292 54.5% +33 -141 +46 72.4% +1.40 13–6 (68%) 17–7 (71%) — -2.32 1995 2165 170.5 +7.26 +3.01 1.294 54.4% +37 -219 +25 74.1% +1.54 15–10 (60%) 20–20 (50%) — -1.91
24 2005 2115 161.5 +4.84 +5.29 1.294 54.3% +42 — +76 69.3% +1.35 12–0 (100%) 14–10 (58%) — -1.18 1996 2199 167.2 +8.71 +0.98 1.301 53.8% +61 -193 +28 74.8% +1.39 20–3 (87%) 25–17 (60%) — -1.43
25 2006 1972 142.5 +1.60 +4.43 1.161 52.6% -20 -18 +235 63.1% +0.95 13–5 (72%) 9–8 (53%) — +0.55 1997 2190 167.4 +8.72 +3.37 1.448 55.9% +63 -229 +71 78.0% +1.87 9–6 (60%) 16–12 (57%) — -2.11
26 2007 1919 154.1 +2.55 +3.26 1.191 53.1% -12 +96 +217 64.8% +0.95 7–5 (58%) 7–13 (35%) — +1.23 1998 2059 161.9 +7.08 +1.75 1.275 54.0% +15 -94 +229 74.7% +1.39 9–8 (53%) 28–12 (70%) — -0.82
27 2008 1937 143.9 +3.50 +4.91 1.303 53.9% -73 +79 +208 61.5% +1.03 2–3 (40%) 4–10 (29%) — -1.01 1999 2148 155.5 +7.60 +1.27 1.324 54.7% -37 -226 +160 79.4% +1.41 7–2 (78%) 16–6 (73%) — -0.96
28 2009 1960 156.8 +1.58 +4.92 1.202 53.0% -71 +63 +224 61.0% +0.81 11–9 (55%) 8–12 (40%) — -1.75 2000 2083 156.4 +8.30 +0.43 1.291 53.8% +27 -224 +338 73.6% +1.23 7–5 (58%) 26–8 (76%) — -0.90
29 2010 1909 143.7 +1.71 +4.35 1.187 53.0% -77 +73 +318 56.2% +0.49 6–3 (67%) 6–2 (75%) — -0.34 2001 2005 152.3 +5.67 -0.75 1.152 52.0% +58 -227 +334 63.5% +0.59 8–6 (57%) 25–11 (69%) — -0.69
30 2011 1819 131.8 -1.17 +0.07 0.976 49.8% -42 — +318 52.3% +0.32 2–4 (33%) 3–5 (38%) — -0.11 2002 1979 148.1 +4.66 -1.01 1.091 51.2% +98 -235 +233 60.9% +0.60 9–6 (60%) 14–9 (61%) — -0.90
31 2012 1884 145.7 -2.14 +1.74 0.935 48.9% 0 — +205 50.0% -0.29 6–3 (67%) 4–4 (50%) — -0.31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2013 1889 147.2 -2.06 +2.77 1.005 50.2% -35 -33 +197 51.8% +0.17 12–8 (60%) 9–7 (56%) — -1.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2014 1842 149.1 -2.59 +3.22 1.032 50.5% +15 -61 +258 52.3% +0.10 9–4 (69%) 4–7 (36%) — -0.31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2015 1715 118.7 -3.34 +0.79 0.958 49.2% +73 — +259 40.5% -0.65 0–7 (0%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.96 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2016 1727 113.5 +0.52 +0.37 0.970 49.3% — — — 50.0% -0.17 — 1–0 — +0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2160 162.0 +2.20 +4.74 1.192 53.1% +6 -84 +125 63.9% +0.95 174–93 (65%) 153–144 (52%) 100.9 -1.21 — 2266 167.8 +7.49 +2.21 1.307 54.3% +32 -199 +20 71.6% +1.28 182–80 (69%) 314–178 (64%) 107.8 -2.20

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.