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Pete Sampras vs Carl Uwe Steeb H2H: 3-1

Pete Sampras holds a 3–1 lead over Carl Uwe Steeb in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Pete Sampras leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Pete Sampras won the 1993 Australian Open round of 128 6-1 6-2 6-1.

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Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main draw meetings
Carl Uwe Steeb
GER Age 59 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Pete Sampras #3 6-1 6-2 6-1 Carl Uwe Steeb #27 Match data Jan 20, 1993* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Pete Sampras #3 6-4 6-3 6-2 Carl Uwe Steeb #32 Match data Jun 3, 1992* R16 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Carl Uwe Steeb #40 6-3 6-4 Pete Sampras #4 Match data Apr 23, 1992* R32 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay
Pete Sampras #5 7-6 3-6 7-6 Carl Uwe Steeb #52 Match data Nov 1, 1990* R32 Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet

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
Carl Uwe Steeb #1,355 #14 1,095 1,930 194 192 50.3% 0 0 0 0 3 3

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 Carl Uwe Steeb
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1988 10–10 50.0% #97 1,605 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1989 18–19 48.6% #81 1,700 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4 1986 2–4 33.3% #150 1,499 0 0
19 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 1987 10–8 55.6% #41 1,632 0 0
20 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 1988 22–19 53.7% #73 1,726 0 0
21 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 1989 34–15 69.4% #15 1,864 0 1
22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 1990 21–21 50.0% #46 1,714 0 1
23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 1991 27–27 50.0% #38 1,744 0 2
24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 1992 33–25 56.9% #29 1,791 0 2
25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 1993 18–20 47.4% #94 1,719 0 2
26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 1994 8–18 30.8% #89 1,608 0 2
27 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 1995 12–16 42.9% #67 1,661 0 3
28 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 1996 7–19 26.9% #179 1,540 0 3
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 Carl Uwe Steeb
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 1989 13 10 23 56.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0% 1986 0 2 2 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 1987 — — — — 10 7 17 58.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8% 1988 12 7 19 63.2% 4 8 12 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 3 9 66.7%
21 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 1989 10 5 15 66.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 6 4 10 60.0%
22 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1990 10 8 18 55.6% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — 7 7 14 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 5 6 11 45.5% 12 11 23 52.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 10 9 19 52.6%
24 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 1992 12 9 21 57.1% 14 9 23 60.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 7 6 13 53.8%
25 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 1993 10 9 19 52.6% 7 6 13 53.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6% 1994 2 2 4 50.0% 1 11 12 8.3% — — — — 5 5 10 50.0%
27 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1995 3 3 6 50.0% 3 8 11 27.3% — — — — 6 5 11 54.5%
28 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 1996 1 8 9 11.1% 2 6 8 25.0% — — — — 4 5 9 44.4%
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% — 65 59 124 52.4% 76 79 155 49.0% 2 7 9 22.2% 51 47 98 52.0%

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 209/230 of Carl Uwe Steeb'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 Carl Uwe Steeb
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 51/54 2.7 1.2 61.2% 67.6% 49.6% 48.1% 45.2% 60.5% 40.5%
24 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8% 1992 55/58 3.2 1.9 58.9% 67.9% 53.4% 64.4% 43.7% 61.9% 39.3%
25 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% 1993 34/38 2.5 1.6 57.8% 66.3% 51.1% 55.0% 47.7% 59.7% 36.5%
26 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 1994 23/26 2.7 1.8 56.9% 65.4% 49.3% 60.7% 43.5% 58.5% 36.6%
27 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% 1995 23/28 2.3 2.5 59.8% 65.0% 47.9% 52.5% 33.5% 57.9% 34.4%
28 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% 1996 23/26 2.7 1.9 59.2% 64.9% 49.9% 49.5% 47.6% 58.7% 33.2%
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% — 209/386 2.8 1.7 59.2% 66.6% 50.7% 55.5% 44.0% 60.1% 37.6%

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 Carl Uwe Steeb
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 1989 1701 135.8 — — — — -1 -173 -130 47.4% -0.27 4–4 (50%) 6–5 (55%) — -2.43 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17 1986 1500 106.6 — — — — — +53 — 38.5% -1.00 0–1 — — +0.42
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 1632 137.8 — — — — — +51 — 56.8% +0.68 3–3 (50%) 3–4 (43%) — -0.23
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 1727 139.0 — — — — +24 -102 — 50.9% -0.13 9–7 (56%) 5–5 (50%) — -1.36
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 1864 154.0 — — — — -24 -14 — 64.5% +0.98 10–6 (63%) 5–4 (56%) — -3.00
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 1714 147.4 — — — — +45 +75 — 50.5% 0.00 9–12 (43%) 5–4 (56%) — -1.11
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 1745 142.9 -0.05 +1.22 1.026 50.4% -8 +21 — 51.1% +0.12 9–10 (47%) 8–8 (50%) — -0.15
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 1792 145.3 +1.00 +1.59 1.033 50.7% -24 0 — 56.7% +0.47 11–8 (58%) 12–14 (46%) — -1.66
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 1720 139.0 -0.63 -0.51 0.908 48.4% -7 +55 -191 48.3% -0.10 6–4 (60%) 3–6 (33%) — -1.90
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 1608 124.8 -1.75 -2.12 0.882 47.6% +102 -18 — 34.5% -0.81 3–6 (33%) 2–6 (25%) — -0.49
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 1661 130.9 -2.93 -2.02 0.819 46.2% +75 -78 — 41.2% -0.78 6–3 (67%) 8–5 (62%) — -0.48
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 1541 120.5 -2.41 -2.73 0.804 46.4% +38 +14 — 34.9% -1.25 2–6 (25%) 6–4 (60%) — -0.46
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 — 1931 147.2 -0.63 -0.12 0.942 48.9% +17 +3 -191 50.9% +0.04 68–66 (51%) 57–60 (49%) 99.0 -2.71

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.