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

Pete Sampras vs Paul-Henri Mathieu H2H: 0-1

Paul-Henri Mathieu holds a 1–0 lead over Pete Sampras in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Paul-Henri Mathieu leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Paul-Henri Mathieu won the 2002 Long Island round of 32 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4.

USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
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1 main draw meetings
FRA Age 44 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Paul-Henri Mathieu #85 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4 Pete Sampras #17 Match data Aug 22, 2002* R32 Long Island ATP International Series modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Paul-Henri Mathieu #914 #12 2,000 1,961 271 298 47.6% 0 0 0 0 4 4

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 Paul-Henri Mathieu
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 2000 2–3 40.0% #275 1,487 0 0
19 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 2001 0–2 0.0% #150 1,468 0 0
20 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 2002 23–14 62.2% #36 1,838 0 2
21 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 2003 16–23 41.0% #83 1,683 0 2
22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 2004 9–10 47.4% #123 1,661 0 2
23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 2005 26–27 49.1% #46 1,721 0 2
24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 2006 23–28 45.1% #55 1,668 0 2
25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 2007 45–23 66.2% #25 1,872 0 4
26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 2008 32–26 55.2% #31 1,772 0 4
27 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 2009 28–29 49.1% #33 1,752 0 4
28 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 2010 10–19 34.5% #97 1,740 0 4
29 2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63
30 2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64 2012 14–17 45.2% #58 1,824 0 4
31 2013 6–19 24.0% #129 1,723 0 4
32 2014 11–17 39.3% #96 1,758 0 4
33 2015 7–12 36.8% #95 1,762 0 4
34 2016 18–20 47.4% #73 1,686 0 4
35 2017 1–9 10.0% #249 1,577 0 4

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 Paul-Henri Mathieu
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% 2000 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0%
19 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 2001 0 1 1 0.0% 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% 2002 4 6 10 40.0% 8 7 15 53.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 0 10 100.0%
21 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 2003 2 5 7 28.6% 11 11 22 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9%
22 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 2004 7 4 11 63.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
23 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 2005 12 11 23 52.2% 9 11 20 45.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
24 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 2006 9 13 22 40.9% 12 9 21 57.1% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
25 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 2007 22 16 38 57.9% 16 4 20 80.0% 7 3 10 70.0%
26 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6% 2008 22 15 37 59.5% 6 7 13 46.2% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
27 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 16 17 33 48.5% 10 9 19 52.6% 2 3 5 40.0%
28 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% 2010 7 10 17 41.2% 0 8 8 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
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% 2012 7 10 17 41.2% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
31 2013 3 8 11 27.3% 2 8 10 20.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
32 2014 7 8 15 46.7% 3 6 9 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0%
33 2015 1 7 8 12.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
34 2016 6 9 15 40.0% 10 8 18 55.6% 2 3 5 40.0%
35 2017 1 5 6 16.7% 0 4 4 0.0%
Career 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2% 127 146 273 46.5% 103 106 209 49.3% 22 32 54 40.7% 19 14 33 57.6%

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 516/525 of Paul-Henri Mathieu'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 Paul-Henri Mathieu
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% 2003 38/39 3.6 3.7 50.2% 70.0% 48.7% 51.2% 42.6% 59.7% 38.5%
22 1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6% 2004 19/19 5.8 2.9 51.5% 73.7% 52.5% 64.5% 48.1% 63.3% 33.3%
23 1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0% 2005 53/53 4.2 2.9 54.3% 69.8% 51.7% 53.0% 45.3% 61.6% 37.7%
24 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8% 2006 50/51 4.2 2.7 58.3% 70.4% 52.9% 48.9% 45.8% 62.8% 38.6%
25 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% 2007 68/68 4.8 2.3 56.0% 73.9% 54.4% 65.2% 46.1% 65.3% 40.2%
26 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 2008 53/58 5.6 2.9 55.7% 73.5% 53.8% 61.1% 42.2% 64.9% 35.0%
27 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% 2009 57/57 5.9 2.4 56.3% 71.4% 50.0% 56.9% 45.0% 62.1% 35.4%
28 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% 2010 28/29 6.3 3.7 54.3% 71.9% 49.8% 63.1% 41.0% 61.7% 33.9%
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% 2012 31/31 4.9 4.3 52.8% 74.8% 51.2% 58.3% 38.4% 63.6% 36.6%
31 —/— 2013 25/25 5.0 4.2 54.4% 70.0% 47.4% 53.8% 36.3% 59.7% 31.0%
32 —/— 2014 28/28 4.1 3.1 56.1% 69.4% 54.2% 63.1% 31.0% 62.7% 34.1%
33 —/— 2015 19/19 4.9 3.5 56.2% 70.8% 50.0% 64.0% 46.3% 61.4% 35.9%
34 —/— 2016 37/38 4.6 4.1 55.5% 70.5% 49.5% 56.4% 42.2% 61.2% 36.6%
35 —/— 2017 10/10 4.9 3.5 55.5% 69.2% 45.9% 49.8% 31.7% 58.7% 31.6%

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 Paul-Henri Mathieu
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 2000 1488 110.7 +27 50.0% +0.38 1–1 -0.26
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 2001 1469 108.1 16.7% -2.33 0–1 -0.28
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 2002 1838 147.8 -53 -191 57.3% +0.70 9–6 (60%) 4–10 (29%) -2.14
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 2003 1683 131.8 -1.76 +0.72 0.955 49.3% +14 +18 -190 43.5% -0.24 7–7 (50%) 6–6 (50%) +0.87
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 2004 1662 129.7 +0.25 -2.44 0.908 49.2% +21 +37 54.3% +0.26 1–4 (20%) 7–5 (58%) +0.94
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 2005 1721 146.1 -0.23 +0.35 0.982 49.8% +16 -2 -193 47.6% -0.14 9–5 (64%) 11–5 (69%) -0.89
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 2006 1668 147.1 +0.86 +1.24 1.038 50.8% +21 +99 -189 49.6% +0.30 4–8 (33%) 14–14 (50%) -1.91
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 2007 1872 153.8 +2.35 +3.71 1.160 52.7% -63 +47 -163 63.6% +0.96 12–11 (52%) 15–10 (60%) -2.62
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 2008 1773 143.5 +1.38 -0.82 0.996 50.1% +50 +54 -52 57.2% +0.50 7–8 (47%) 19–11 (63%) +1.07
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 2009 1753 148.3 -0.53 -1.00 0.933 49.3% +4 +86 -22 48.5% -0.16 12–7 (63%) 10–12 (45%) -1.11
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 2010 1741 140.7 -0.84 -1.55 0.884 48.3% +11 -69 +86 41.9% -0.36 3–6 (33%) 5–10 (33%) -0.85
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 2012 1825 146.0 +0.20 +0.21 1.006 49.9% -18 -70 47.6% -0.17 6–7 (46%) 11–9 (55%) -0.57
31 2013 1724 137.4 -2.54 -3.92 0.769 45.9% +57 -79 +37 31.0% -1.00 2–4 (33%) 2–7 (22%) -1.74
32 2014 1758 144.7 -0.81 -0.73 0.915 48.9% +44 -70 -10 40.0% -0.57 3–4 (43%) 6–9 (40%) -2.93
33 2015 1762 139.1 -1.11 -0.65 0.930 49.3% -90 +121 45.7% -0.24 2–6 (25%) 1–5 (17%) -0.78
34 2016 1687 137.2 -1.65 -0.68 0.944 49.3% -74 +156 +79 47.9% -0.20 6–7 (46%) 9–7 (56%) +0.47
35 2017 1577 115.7 -2.09 -3.20 0.766 45.8% -46 +142 24.0% -1.64 1–3 (25%) 2–2 (50%) +0.96
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 1961 149.5 -0.07 -0.02 0.972 49.8% -2 +23 -67 49.4% +0.05 84–93 (47%) 123–124 (50%) 100.0 -2.08

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.