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

Pete Sampras vs Eric Jelen H2H: 1-0

Pete Sampras holds a 1–0 lead over Eric Jelen in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Pete Sampras leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Pete Sampras won the 1990 Eastbourne Open semifinal 6-7 6-4 6-4.

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Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Eric Jelen
GER Age 61 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Pete Sampras #21 6-7 6-4 6-4 Eric Jelen #103 Match data Jun 23, 1990* SF Eastbourne Open ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass

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
Eric Jelen #1,153 #23 575 1,804 124 128 49.2% 0 0 0 0 1 1

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 Eric Jelen
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 1983 2–3 40.0% #450 1,507 0 0
19 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 1984 5–9 35.7% #168 1,502 0 0
20 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 1985 2–3 40.0% #172 1,508 0 0
21 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 1986 17–15 53.1% #31 1,690 0 0
22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 1987 22–19 53.7% #40 1,749 0 0
23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 1988 18–18 50.0% #76 1,699 0 0
24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 1989 22–14 61.1% #47 1,727 0 1
25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 1990 23–23 50.0% #68 1,708 0 1
26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 1991 13–24 35.1% #118 1,614 0 1
27 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 — — — — — — —
28 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 — — — — — — —
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 Eric Jelen
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% 1983 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
19 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 1984 0 1 1 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
20 1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8% 1985 2 1 3 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
21 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 1986 2 2 4 50.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 5 4 9 55.6%
22 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1987 10 6 16 62.5% 1 5 6 16.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 4 5 9 44.4%
23 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 1988 2 7 9 22.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 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% 1989 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% 8 2 10 80.0% 10 6 16 62.5%
25 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 1990 6 8 14 42.9% 5 4 9 55.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 5 7 12 41.7%
26 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6% 1991 2 5 7 28.6% 6 9 15 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 7 11 36.4%
27 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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% — 27 34 61 44.3% 24 39 63 38.1% 33 19 52 63.5% 40 36 76 52.6%

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 31/37 of Eric Jelen'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 Eric Jelen
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
25 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 1991 31/37 1.6 3.0 69.4% 62.2% 43.9% 54.8% 41.9% 57.0% 36.6%
27 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
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% — 31/252 1.6 3.0 69.4% 62.2% 43.9% 54.8% 41.9% 57.0% 36.6%

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 Eric Jelen
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 1983 1507 108.1 — — — — +60 — — 46.2% -0.23 1–2 (33%) 0–1 — +0.78
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 1984 1502 118.0 — — — — +76 +32 — 38.2% -0.82 2–2 (50%) 0–3 (0%) — +0.91
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 1985 1508 108.2 — — — — +92 — — 41.7% -0.17 1–1 — — +0.49
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 1986 1690 137.8 — — — — +8 -107 -67 52.3% -0.19 6–4 (60%) 6–5 (55%) — 0.00
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 1987 1749 130.4 — — — — -8 -196 -56 52.3% -0.08 10–6 (63%) 7–4 (64%) — +0.20
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 1988 1700 126.6 — — — — +2 -190 +41 47.9% -0.35 8–4 (67%) 3–4 (43%) — -0.96
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 1989 1727 134.8 — — — — -18 -219 +80 57.9% +0.46 8–6 (57%) 3–10 (23%) — +1.00
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 1990 1708 129.1 — — — — -46 -113 +104 45.5% -0.32 10–6 (63%) 7–9 (44%) — -1.46
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 1991 1614 136.6 -3.04 -1.39 0.853 47.3% 0 +59 +115 38.9% -0.82 6–7 (46%) 8–10 (44%) — -1.76
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1805 136.4 -3.04 -1.39 0.853 47.3% -6 -69 +38 48.4% -0.24 52–38 (58%) 34–46 (43%) 101.1 -0.32

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.