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

Pete Sampras vs Karol Kucera H2H: 6-1

Pete Sampras holds a 6–1 lead over Karol Kucera in their ATP head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Pete Sampras leads 3–1 on hard courts and 2–0 on grass. Most recently, Pete Sampras won the 2001 Australian Open round of 128 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3).

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Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
6 – 1
7 main draw meetings
Karol Kucera
SVK Age 52 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Pete Sampras #3 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) Karol Kucera #75 Match data Jan 17, 2001* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Pete Sampras #3 7-6(9) 3-6 6-3 6-4 Karol Kucera #44 Match data Jun 30, 2000* R64 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Pete Sampras #1 6-2 6-1 Karol Kucera #7 Match data Nov 23, 1998 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Hard
Pete Sampras #1 6-3 7-6(3) 6-1 Karol Kucera #7 Match data Oct 18, 1998* F Vienna Open ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Carpet
Pete Sampras #1 6-3 7-5 6-4 Karol Kucera #9 Match data Sep 11, 1998* QF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Karol Kucera #20 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 Pete Sampras #1 Match data Jan 30, 1998* QF Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Pete Sampras #1 6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(3) Karol Kucera #107 Match data Jun 30, 1996* R32 Wimbledon Grand Slam 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
Karol Kucera #1,540 #6 2,732 1,995 261 233 52.8% 0 0 0 1 5 6

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 Karol Kucera
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 1991 1–1 50.0% #352 1,509 0 0
18 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4 1992 0–1 0.0% #210 1,506 0 0
19 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 1993 1–3 25.0% #159 1,493 0 0
20 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 1994 13–13 50.0% #54 1,617 0 0
21 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 1995 21–27 43.8% #79 1,624 0 1
22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 1996 18–25 41.9% #63 1,657 0 1
23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 1997 33–27 55.0% #24 1,832 0 2
24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 1998 48–27 64.0% #8 1,845 0 4
25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 1999 38–20 65.5% #17 1,852 0 5
26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 2000 23–22 51.1% #73 1,767 0 5
27 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 2001 11–13 45.8% #101 1,722 0 5
28 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 2002 18–16 52.9% #83 1,756 0 5
29 2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63 2003 24–18 57.1% #40 1,763 0 6
30 2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64 2004 9–15 37.5% #91 1,668 0 6
31 — — — — — — — 2005 3–5 37.5% #310 1,665 0 6

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 Karol Kucera
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% 1991 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
18 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0% 1992 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 1993 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 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% 1994 1 2 3 33.3% 10 8 18 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
21 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 1995 3 8 11 27.3% 5 12 17 29.4% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 5 12 58.3%
22 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1996 11 12 23 47.8% 2 6 8 25.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 5 8 37.5%
23 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 1997 6 8 14 42.9% 9 10 19 47.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 14 7 21 66.7%
24 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 1998 26 12 38 68.4% 12 8 20 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
25 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 1999 16 9 25 64.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 9 3 12 75.0%
26 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6% 2000 11 13 24 45.8% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
27 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2001 6 5 11 54.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
28 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 2002 15 10 25 60.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
29 2001 26 10 36 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2003 19 9 28 67.9% 0 5 5 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
30 2002 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2004 4 8 12 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
Career — 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2% — 119 98 217 54.8% 57 76 133 42.9% 36 25 61 59.0% 49 34 83 59.0%

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 438/494 of Karol Kucera'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 Karol Kucera
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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1991 1/2 4.0 2.0 36.5% 69.6% 65.0% 85.7% 66.7% 66.7% 45.1%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1992 1/1 3.0 4.0 43.3% 73.1% 41.2% 42.9% 33.3% 55.0% 36.7%
19 1991 60/69 7.6 2.2 59.0% 76.3% 57.9% 66.2% 45.3% 68.7% 40.0% 1993 4/4 4.0 3.5 46.2% 72.2% 48.1% 52.7% 42.3% 59.9% 33.5%
20 1992 70/84 9.5 2.9 60.0% 79.9% 53.5% 60.1% 47.8% 69.2% 40.7% 1994 24/26 3.7 4.2 53.8% 67.6% 46.5% 50.8% 47.3% 57.9% 41.2%
21 1993 81/97 10.6 3.5 56.9% 82.3% 54.0% 63.2% 47.3% 70.1% 41.0% 1995 41/48 5.1 5.3 52.7% 68.2% 46.6% 57.7% 40.4% 58.2% 40.2%
22 1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6% 1996 35/43 4.0 5.2 55.6% 68.2% 47.1% 55.0% 42.6% 58.7% 39.9%
23 1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0% 1997 53/60 3.8 5.3 55.2% 69.6% 47.6% 49.2% 46.5% 60.0% 40.5%
24 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8% 1998 63/75 5.8 5.0 56.4% 72.6% 49.9% 61.2% 49.8% 62.8% 43.3%
25 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% 1999 53/58 5.1 3.9 57.9% 72.9% 51.3% 53.7% 49.6% 63.8% 43.3%
26 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 2000 38/45 6.4 5.4 52.1% 73.9% 48.1% 58.4% 42.2% 61.5% 41.1%
27 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% 2001 23/24 4.9 5.0 55.4% 70.4% 45.3% 42.0% 42.3% 59.0% 40.2%
28 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% 2002 31/34 5.1 5.5 58.8% 68.5% 45.8% 47.5% 52.6% 58.2% 39.6%
29 2001 44/48 12.4 5.6 59.5% 79.3% 53.1% 63.0% 40.5% 68.6% 36.1% 2003 40/42 5.4 4.4 57.3% 71.1% 48.7% 55.8% 46.1% 61.7% 40.0%
30 2002 31/39 14.3 5.5 59.0% 78.9% 53.3% 70.8% 33.9% 68.4% 34.5% 2004 23/24 5.8 4.4 61.2% 70.9% 49.4% 52.3% 49.4% 62.6% 38.4%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 8/8 6.0 4.8 56.5% 62.9% 51.9% 60.7% 57.6% 57.9% 34.1%

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 Karol Kucera
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 1991 1510 99.2 -0.34 -0.73 1.352 55.2% — — — 50.0% -1.50 — — — +0.11
18 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17 1992 1506 107.8 +1.94 +0.49 0.815 45.8% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — 0–1 — -0.21
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 1993 1493 107.7 -0.38 -0.91 0.835 47.3% — +43 — 30.0% -1.30 0–1 — — +0.01
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 1994 1617 124.2 -2.17 +1.05 0.978 49.4% -93 +34 — 45.2% -0.31 5–2 (71%) 2–4 (33%) — +0.29
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 1995 1625 128.1 -3.11 +1.46 0.961 49.3% -21 -56 +36 46.1% -0.47 8–9 (47%) 9–6 (60%) — +1.18
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 1996 1657 140.0 -1.67 +1.61 0.965 49.3% -9 -82 +62 43.1% -0.04 8–2 (80%) 5–14 (26%) — -0.90
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 1997 1832 145.3 -1.29 +2.80 1.013 50.0% -21 -141 -84 49.6% +0.04 11–9 (55%) 6–4 (60%) — -1.69
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 1998 1846 161.4 +0.91 +5.75 1.163 53.0% +34 -55 -157 59.8% +0.70 16–13 (55%) 15–13 (54%) — -2.10
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 1999 1853 152.3 +1.99 +5.08 1.196 53.0% +24 -89 -80 64.6% +1.00 7–9 (44%) 13–8 (62%) — -0.21
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 2000 1767 147.6 -0.07 +3.71 1.065 51.2% -8 +56 +26 51.3% +0.32 6–6 (50%) 5–9 (36%) — -2.34
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 2001 1723 133.9 -1.96 +1.87 0.979 49.4% +28 +25 — 45.3% -0.11 2–3 (40%) 4–7 (36%) — -1.09
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 2002 1756 129.2 -2.48 +2.17 0.948 48.8% +31 -87 -5 48.3% -0.36 10–3 (77%) 7–5 (58%) — -1.25
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 2003 1763 141.0 -0.44 +2.57 1.044 50.7% +37 -184 +57 57.8% +0.34 5–5 (50%) 15–10 (60%) — -0.62
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 2004 1668 134.1 -0.65 +2.30 1.027 50.5% +66 -105 +102 43.1% -0.25 4–3 (57%) 6–8 (43%) — -1.86
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1665 103.1 -1.58 -1.94 0.810 46.0% +47 — +72 42.1% -0.84 — 2–1 (67%) — -0.40
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 — 1996 149.0 -0.72 +2.99 1.038 50.6% +12 -50 -5 51.8% +0.15 82–65 (56%) 89–90 (50%) 102.0 -2.25

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.