H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Pete Sampras vs Aaron Krickstein H2H: 5-1

Pete Sampras holds a 5–1 lead over Aaron Krickstein in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Pete Sampras leads 3–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Pete Sampras won the 1994 Italian Open round of 64 6-1 7-6(2).

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Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
5 – 1
6 main draw meetings
Aaron Krickstein
USA Age 59 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Pete Sampras #1 6-1 7-6(2) Aaron Krickstein #30 Match data May 11, 1994* R64 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
Pete Sampras #1 6-1 6-3 Aaron Krickstein #45 Match data Jan 15, 1994* QF Sydney International ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Pete Sampras #1 6-2 7-5 Aaron Krickstein #57 Match data Aug 14, 1993* R16 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Pete Sampras #5 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(7) Aaron Krickstein #31 Match data Feb 22, 1992* QF Philadelphia ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Carpet
Aaron Krickstein #13 7-5 6-3 Pete Sampras #105 Match data Aug 12, 1989* QF U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship ATP 250 Hard
Pete Sampras #113 5-7 7-6 7-6 Aaron Krickstein #15 Match data Mar 15, 1989* R64 Indian Wells Open 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
Pete Sampras #34 #1 5,792 2,265 739 209 78.0% 14 11 7 12 20 64
Aaron Krickstein #1,299 #6 1,544 2,043 381 252 60.2% 0 0 0 0 9 9

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 Pete Sampras Aaron Krickstein
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 1983 8–5 61.5% #93 1,646 0 1
16 1988 10–10 50.0% #97 1,605 0 0 1984 34–17 66.7% #12 1,865 0 4
17 1989 18–19 48.6% #81 1,700 0 0 1985 24–20 54.5% #29 1,767 0 4
18 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4 1986 38–21 64.4% #26 1,841 0 4
19 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 1987 14–12 53.8% #61 1,815 0 4
20 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 1988 47–23 67.1% #15 1,877 0 4
21 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 1989 48–19 71.6% #8 2,007 0 7
22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 1990 37–26 58.7% #20 1,822 0 7
23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 1991 28–21 57.1% #34 1,858 0 7
24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 1992 31–15 67.4% #28 1,827 0 8
25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 1993 26–19 57.8% #45 1,787 0 9
26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 1994 30–26 53.6% #35 1,742 0 9
27 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 1995 16–24 40.0% #70 1,595 0 9
28 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 1996 0–4 0.0% #1092 1,536 0 9
29 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 Pete Sampras Aaron Krickstein
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 %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 8 1 9 88.9% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
16 1988 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 1984 9 4 13 69.2% 24 9 33 72.7% — — — — 1 4 5 20.0%
17 1989 13 10 23 56.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 1985 9 6 15 60.0% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
18 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0% 1986 19 9 28 67.9% 16 8 24 66.7% — — — — 3 4 7 42.9%
19 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 1987 2 4 6 33.3% 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — — — — —
20 1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8% 1988 31 13 44 70.5% 9 6 15 60.0% — — — — 7 4 11 63.6%
21 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 1989 28 8 36 77.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 3 1 4 75.0% 10 4 14 71.4%
22 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1990 23 12 35 65.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 8 16 50.0%
23 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 1991 15 12 27 55.6% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
24 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 1992 19 9 28 67.9% 10 5 15 66.7% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
25 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 1993 17 7 24 70.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
26 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6% 1994 22 15 37 59.5% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
27 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1995 11 11 22 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 1 7 8 12.5%
28 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 1996 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
29 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 — 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2% — 213 114 327 65.1% 112 81 193 58.0% 12 9 21 57.1% 44 48 92 47.8%

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 652/821 of Pete Sampras's and 213/240 of Aaron Krickstein'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 Pete Sampras Aaron Krickstein
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%
19 1991 60/69 7.6 2.2 59.0% 76.3% 57.9% 66.2% 45.3% 68.7% 40.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1992 70/84 9.5 2.9 60.0% 79.9% 53.5% 60.1% 47.8% 69.2% 40.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1993 81/97 10.6 3.5 56.9% 82.3% 54.0% 63.2% 47.3% 70.1% 41.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0% 1991 43/49 4.7 2.4 59.3% 70.5% 53.1% 61.4% 42.3% 63.2% 39.6%
24 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8% 1992 42/46 3.5 2.1 55.3% 70.8% 51.8% 55.2% 45.1% 62.5% 42.5%
25 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% 1993 39/45 4.7 2.1 57.6% 68.4% 51.0% 63.1% 41.5% 61.1% 41.0%
26 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 1994 48/56 4.1 2.3 58.2% 68.7% 52.5% 52.5% 43.7% 62.1% 40.1%
27 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% 1995 37/40 4.5 2.6 57.9% 65.6% 47.6% 55.1% 40.3% 58.0% 35.7%
28 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% 1996 4/4 3.3 2.0 62.9% 55.9% 46.0% 56.3% 30.1% 52.7% 36.8%
29 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 — 652/948 11.0 3.7 58.9% 81.2% 54.0% 64.5% 45.1% 70.0% 39.2% — 213/633 4.3 2.3 57.8% 68.6% 51.2% 57.3% 42.4% 61.3% 39.8%

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 Pete Sampras Aaron Krickstein
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
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1646 118.7 — — — — +60 -159 — 52.9% +0.15 3–1 (75%) 3–2 (60%) — +1.34
16 1988 1605 132.8 — — — — +23 — — 51.0% +0.18 3–4 (43%) 6–5 (55%) — 0.00 1984 1866 151.2 — — — — -120 +9 — 61.0% +0.67 10–6 (63%) 9–7 (56%) — +0.18
17 1989 1701 135.8 — — — — -1 -173 -130 47.4% -0.27 4–4 (50%) 6–5 (55%) — -2.43 1985 1767 148.6 — — — — +19 +50 — 50.9% +0.23 9–5 (64%) 5–8 (38%) — -1.82
18 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17 1986 1841 148.2 — — — — -4 +20 — 58.9% +0.73 14–7 (67%) 12–4 (75%) — -1.08
19 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 1987 1815 146.1 — — — — -24 +34 — 57.4% +0.50 2–5 (29%) 2–2 (50%) — -1.73
20 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 1988 1877 146.0 — — — — +24 -70 — 59.7% +0.59 17–4 (81%) 12–12 (50%) — -0.34
21 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 1989 2007 155.0 — — — — +31 -248 -376 63.6% +0.92 17–9 (65%) 15–10 (60%) — -1.36
22 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 1990 1822 155.6 — — — — +56 -31 — 59.5% +0.82 4–5 (44%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.58
23 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 1991 1858 148.6 +2.17 +0.95 1.076 51.6% +28 -70 — 51.2% +0.10 11–5 (69%) 13–14 (48%) — -1.96
24 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 1992 1827 147.6 +1.05 +3.51 1.134 52.4% +25 -16 — 66.1% +1.20 8–5 (62%) 6–8 (43%) — +1.22
25 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 1993 1787 146.2 +0.40 +2.91 1.053 51.2% +27 -47 -72 56.1% +0.55 8–9 (47%) 7–6 (54%) — -2.17
26 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 1994 1742 147.9 +0.73 +1.66 1.058 51.1% +14 +4 -16 54.2% +0.44 8–10 (44%) 11–13 (46%) — -0.64
27 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 1995 1595 127.7 -2.33 -1.97 0.850 47.1% +46 +54 +157 42.5% -0.61 5–3 (63%) 9–7 (56%) — -0.56
28 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 1996 1537 98.9 -2.75 -0.44 0.777 44.8% +26 — — 30.8% -1.00 0–3 (0%) 0–1 — +0.20
29 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 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 — 2044 153.8 +0.43 +1.44 1.029 50.7% +21 -17 -76 56.9% +0.52 116–77 (60%) 116–106 (52%) 101.8 -1.29

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.