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Mark Philippoussis vs Pete Sampras H2H: 3-6

Pete Sampras holds a 6–3 lead over Mark Philippoussis in their ATP head-to-head. Across 9 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on hard courts, while Pete Sampras leads 3–0 on grass. Most recently, Mark Philippoussis won the 2000 Roland Garros round of 128 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) 4-6 8-6.

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Mark Philippoussis
AUS Age 49 Right-Handed 196 cm / 6'5"
H2H
3 – 6
9 main draw meetings
Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Mark Philippoussis #25 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) 4-6 8-6 Pete Sampras #2 Match data May 31, 2000* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Pete Sampras #1 4-6 2-1 (ret.) Mark Philippoussis #11 Match data Jul 2, 1999* QF Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Mark Philippoussis #14 (w/o) Pete Sampras #1 Match data Feb 13, 1999* SF San Jose ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Pete Sampras #1 6-3 6-3 Mark Philippoussis #18 Match data Nov 8, 1998* QF Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet
Pete Sampras #1 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 Mark Philippoussis #28 Match data Jul 3, 1998* QF Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Pete Sampras #1 6-3 6-3 6-4 Mark Philippoussis #22 Match data Sep 4, 1996* R16 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Pete Sampras #1 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4 Mark Philippoussis #33 Match data Jun 28, 1996* R64 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Mark Philippoussis #40 6-4 7-6(9) 7-6(3) Pete Sampras #1 Match data Jan 21, 1996* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Pete Sampras #2 6-7(5) 7-5 7-5 6-3 Mark Philippoussis #93 Match data Sep 3, 1995* R32 US Open Grand Slam 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
Mark Philippoussis #1,115 #8 2,296 2,010 291 193 60.1% 0 1 0 2 8 11
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 Mark Philippoussis Pete Sampras
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 1988 10–10 50.0% #97 1,605 0 0
17 1994 1–3 25.0% #274 1,492 0 0 1989 18–19 48.6% #81 1,700 0 0
18 1995 25–17 59.5% #38 1,765 0 0 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4
19 1996 33–23 58.9% #30 1,840 0 1 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8
20 1997 43–18 70.5% #18 1,854 0 4 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13
21 1998 31–19 62.0% #15 1,908 0 5 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21
22 1999 30–15 66.7% #19 1,890 0 7 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31
23 2000 42–22 65.6% #11 1,894 0 8 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36
24 2001 10–8 55.6% #104 1,804 0 9 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44
25 2002 14–14 50.0% #80 1,772 0 9 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52
26 2003 34–18 65.4% #9 1,881 0 10 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56
27 2004 8–16 33.3% #109 1,649 0 10 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61
28 2005 9–11 45.0% #171 1,655 0 10 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63
29 2006 11–9 55.0% #114 1,731 0 11 2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63
30 — — — — — — — 2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64

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 Mark Philippoussis 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0%
17 1994 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 13 10 23 56.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
18 1995 12 9 21 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0%
19 1996 25 12 37 67.6% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6%
20 1997 20 9 29 69.0% 10 3 13 76.9% 5 1 6 83.3% 8 5 13 61.5% 1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8%
21 1998 20 11 31 64.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8%
22 1999 20 7 27 74.1% 2 4 6 33.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 3 2 5 60.0% 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3%
23 2000 28 13 41 68.3% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7%
24 2001 9 7 16 56.3% — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4%
25 2002 7 7 14 50.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9%
26 2003 24 12 36 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 6 2 8 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6%
27 2004 5 11 16 31.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
28 2005 4 7 11 36.4% — — — — 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — —
29 2006 3 7 10 30.0% — — — — 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2001 26 10 36 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
Career — 178 115 293 60.8% 35 35 70 50.0% 48 22 70 68.6% 30 21 51 58.8% — 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 422/484 of Mark Philippoussis'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 Mark Philippoussis 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%
17 1994 4/4 6.0 4.0 58.1% 64.9% 40.4% 42.4% 25.4% 54.8% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 1995 41/42 11.9 4.9 58.5% 79.7% 48.8% 70.4% 41.4% 66.6% 36.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1996 45/56 14.1 5.9 59.0% 81.0% 47.5% 63.5% 37.3% 67.2% 36.5% 1991 60/69 7.6 2.2 59.0% 76.3% 57.9% 66.2% 45.3% 68.7% 40.0%
20 1997 56/61 13.8 5.6 58.7% 79.5% 51.7% 61.7% 42.5% 68.0% 32.9% 1992 70/84 9.5 2.9 60.0% 79.9% 53.5% 60.1% 47.8% 69.2% 40.7%
21 1998 41/50 12.6 5.0 58.5% 78.7% 49.7% 59.9% 40.0% 66.8% 35.5% 1993 81/97 10.6 3.5 56.9% 82.3% 54.0% 63.2% 47.3% 70.1% 41.0%
22 1999 33/45 14.3 4.8 57.4% 80.6% 49.5% 63.7% 39.4% 67.4% 34.9% 1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6%
23 2000 49/64 15.6 5.5 56.0% 81.4% 52.4% 59.2% 40.4% 68.7% 34.9% 1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0%
24 2001 16/18 16.4 3.8 56.8% 79.7% 51.0% 64.7% 34.2% 67.4% 35.1% 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8%
25 2002 24/28 16.2 6.6 55.5% 79.7% 53.3% 64.7% 46.2% 67.8% 35.4% 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7%
26 2003 51/52 14.7 4.9 56.1% 79.7% 50.9% 65.8% 51.6% 67.1% 34.4% 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0%
27 2004 23/24 12.5 5.3 56.8% 77.3% 45.9% 57.2% 39.6% 63.7% 33.2% 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3%
28 2005 19/20 12.2 4.5 62.8% 77.2% 49.4% 56.6% 34.3% 66.7% 31.2% 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1%
29 2006 20/20 14.0 4.9 55.3% 79.7% 48.8% 59.4% 34.5% 66.0% 33.4% 2001 44/48 12.4 5.6 59.5% 79.3% 53.1% 63.0% 40.5% 68.6% 36.1%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2002 31/39 14.3 5.5 59.0% 78.9% 53.3% 70.8% 33.9% 68.4% 34.5%
Career — 422/484 13.9 5.2 57.6% 79.6% 50.0% 62.5% 41.0% 67.0% 34.7% — 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 Mark Philippoussis 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 1605 132.8 — — — — +23 — — 51.0% +0.18 3–4 (43%) 6–5 (55%) — 0.00
17 1994 1492 104.4 -1.87 -2.04 0.773 44.9% +22 — — 20.0% -2.10 1–0 — — +0.05 1989 1701 135.8 — — — — -1 -173 -130 47.4% -0.27 4–4 (50%) 6–5 (55%) — -2.43
18 1995 1766 149.6 +4.26 -1.00 1.098 51.6% +23 -186 -194 55.4% +0.51 9–5 (64%) 13–11 (54%) — -0.34 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17
19 1996 1840 149.6 +4.59 -0.57 1.113 52.1% +22 -218 -226 57.1% +0.49 9–7 (56%) 19–13 (59%) — +1.05 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 1997 1854 146.5 +5.16 -3.42 1.028 50.7% -13 -55 -123 60.3% +0.36 17–3 (85%) 23–13 (64%) — -0.04 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 1998 1908 152.3 +4.61 -1.16 1.069 51.2% -5 -126 -84 60.1% +0.49 7–9 (44%) 14–12 (54%) — -1.16 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 1999 1890 149.4 +4.70 -0.77 1.068 51.3% +38 -161 -21 61.6% +0.54 12–10 (55%) 16–11 (59%) — -1.51 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 2000 1895 148.6 +5.41 -1.43 1.113 51.6% +21 -144 +61 60.9% +0.61 14–8 (64%) 26–20 (57%) — -0.59 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 2001 1804 130.5 +3.11 -1.38 1.076 51.5% +5 — — 58.7% +0.48 3–7 (30%) 5–7 (42%) — +0.83 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 2002 1772 147.8 +3.64 -0.25 1.099 51.6% +15 -59 +179 50.0% +0.35 5–3 (63%) 8–16 (33%) — -2.36 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 2003 1882 149.2 +4.49 -1.14 1.047 50.9% -35 -127 +200 60.7% +0.48 10–4 (71%) 17–12 (59%) — -2.84 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 2004 1650 118.2 +0.10 -2.14 0.915 48.5% -8 +49 +352 41.5% -0.52 2–4 (33%) 5–9 (36%) — +0.80 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 2005 1656 122.6 +1.88 -3.91 0.939 49.2% -52 — +334 48.9% -0.15 2–4 (33%) 7–7 (50%) — -0.33 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 2006 1732 128.9 +2.70 -1.85 0.984 49.8% -151 — +285 49.1% -0.04 5–2 (71%) 5–4 (56%) — -1.13 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
38 2015 1708 98.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2011 151.8 +4.10 -1.55 1.052 50.9% 0 -124 +113 57.0% +0.37 96–66 (59%) 158–135 (54%) 104.5 -1.58 — 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.