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Pete Sampras vs Thierry Champion H2H: 1-1

Pete Sampras and Thierry Champion are tied 1–1 in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Pete Sampras leads 1–0 on carpet, while Thierry Champion leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Pete Sampras won the 1991 Montpellier Open round of 16 6-1 6-3.

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Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 1
2 main draw meetings
Thierry Champion
FRA Age 60 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Pete Sampras #7 6-1 6-3 Thierry Champion #52 Match data Oct 18, 1991* R16 Montpellier Open ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Carpet
Thierry Champion #77 6-3 6-1 6-1 Pete Sampras #6 Match data May 31, 1991* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay

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
Thierry Champion #790 #44 744 1,757 102 162 38.6% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Thierry Champion
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 1984 0–1 0.0% #463 1,488 0 0
18 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4 1985 3–3 50.0% #190 1,516 0 0
19 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 1986 4–11 26.7% #128 1,524 0 0
20 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 1987 6–11 35.3% #105 1,566 0 0
21 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 1988 11–14 44.0% #125 1,627 0 0
22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 1989 3–9 25.0% #404 1,588 0 0
23 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 1990 15–16 48.4% #59 1,697 0 0
24 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 1991 24–29 45.3% #48 1,713 0 0
25 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 1992 21–28 42.9% #98 1,636 0 0
26 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 1993 3–12 20.0% #209 1,517 0 0
27 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 1994 2–6 25.0% #266 1,534 0 0
28 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 1995 4–3 57.1% #191 1,588 0 0
29 2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63 1996 1–5 16.7% #109 1,545 0 0
30 2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64 1997 5–14 26.3% #279 1,514 0 0

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 Thierry Champion
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% 1984 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
18 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0% 1985 — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
19 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 1986 1 3 4 25.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 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% 1987 — — — — 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 1988 0 2 2 0.0% 11 10 21 52.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1989 1 2 3 33.3% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 1990 2 4 6 33.3% 10 7 17 58.8% — — — — 3 5 8 37.5%
24 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 1991 7 8 15 46.7% 8 13 21 38.1% 4 1 5 80.0% 5 7 12 41.7%
25 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 1992 9 9 18 50.0% 10 15 25 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 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% 1993 1 5 6 16.7% 2 6 8 25.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
27 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1994 1 1 2 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 1995 — — — — 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
29 2001 26 10 36 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 1996 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 2002 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1997 1 6 7 14.3% 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
Career — 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2% — 23 41 64 35.9% 58 84 142 40.8% 11 12 23 47.8% 10 25 35 28.6%

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 138/157 of Thierry Champion'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 Thierry Champion
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% 1991 47/53 1.7 1.0 73.1% 60.2% 50.6% 48.4% 47.4% 57.3% 39.2%
25 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% 1992 41/49 1.1 1.1 70.9% 60.4% 52.1% 53.6% 42.7% 57.9% 41.4%
26 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 1993 14/15 1.1 1.4 75.0% 56.3% 47.0% 52.6% 45.1% 54.2% 36.4%
27 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% 1994 7/8 0.9 2.6 68.3% 58.1% 44.0% 32.8% 38.2% 53.9% 37.9%
28 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% 1995 6/7 5.0 2.0 62.3% 66.3% 52.6% 45.1% 43.3% 61.2% 43.2%
29 2001 44/48 12.4 5.6 59.5% 79.3% 53.1% 63.0% 40.5% 68.6% 36.1% 1996 4/6 1.5 1.8 73.2% 55.9% 50.0% 53.0% 45.8% 54.5% 36.7%
30 2002 31/39 14.3 5.5 59.0% 78.9% 53.3% 70.8% 33.9% 68.4% 34.5% 1997 19/19 2.9 1.4 67.0% 62.3% 43.6% 50.8% 39.7% 56.3% 36.5%
Career — 652/948 11.0 3.7 58.9% 81.2% 54.0% 64.5% 45.1% 70.0% 39.2% — 138/264 1.7 1.3 71.1% 60.2% 49.5% 49.9% 44.0% 57.0% 39.3%

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 Thierry Champion
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 1984 1488 99.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -1.00 — 0–2 — +0.06
18 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17 1985 1516 104.8 — — — — — — +31 50.0% -0.14 0–1 2–2 (50%) — +0.13
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 1986 1525 119.3 — — — — +16 +6 -3 30.0% -1.23 2–4 (33%) 2–0 — -0.66
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 1987 1567 131.0 — — — — -18 -6 — 36.1% -0.94 0–3 (0%) 0–2 — +0.27
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 1988 1627 135.7 — — — — -109 +43 — 46.0% -0.32 3–3 (50%) 0–3 (0%) — -0.70
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 1989 1589 129.3 — — — — -60 +56 — 34.3% -0.83 0–3 (0%) 0–3 (0%) — -1.30
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 1990 1697 138.4 — — — — -136 +115 — 47.0% -0.33 5–7 (42%) 4–6 (40%) — -1.66
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 1991 1713 140.5 -2.49 +0.43 0.920 48.4% -75 +23 -36 48.9% -0.09 11–14 (44%) 8–7 (53%) — -1.51
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 1992 1637 134.5 -2.42 +1.91 0.984 49.6% 0 -4 +61 46.6% -0.31 7–10 (41%) 10–7 (59%) — -1.79
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 1993 1518 98.4 -4.56 -1.02 0.794 45.5% +38 +53 — 30.0% -1.53 0–4 (0%) 1–2 (33%) — +1.18
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 1994 1534 119.7 -2.73 +0.05 0.822 45.3% +10 +37 — 35.0% -1.20 1–1 1–1 — -0.43
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 1995 1588 112.0 +0.87 +1.91 1.114 51.8% — +19 — 55.6% +0.78 3–1 (75%) — — +0.31
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 1996 1546 101.6 -1.43 -1.23 0.807 45.5% — +23 — 30.0% -2.10 1–1 2–1 (67%) — +0.03
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 1997 1515 113.8 -3.61 -1.25 0.834 46.6% -4 +59 — 39.6% -0.73 3–7 (30%) 3–5 (38%) — +0.32
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 — 1758 136.8 -2.67 +0.49 0.912 48.1% -43 +35 +11 42.8% -0.53 36–59 (38%) 33–41 (45%) 95.0 -2.18

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.