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Pete Sampras vs Vincent Spadea H2H: 4-1

Pete Sampras holds a 4–1 lead over Vincent Spadea in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Pete Sampras leads 3–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Vincent Spadea won the 1999 Indianapolis quarterfinal 6-4 3-6 RET.

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Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
4 – 1
5 main draw meetings
Vincent Spadea
USA Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Vincent Spadea #34 6-4 3-6 (ret.) Pete Sampras #1 Match data Aug 21, 1999* QF Indianapolis ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
Pete Sampras #2 6-3 6-2 Vincent Spadea #44 Match data Aug 16, 1998* QF Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Pete Sampras #2 6-3 6-4 Vincent Spadea #90 Match data Mar 24, 1996* QF Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Pete Sampras #2 7-5 6-4 Vincent Spadea #81 Match data Aug 17, 1995* R32 Indianapolis ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
Pete Sampras #1 6-3 6-4 Vincent Spadea #461 Match data Apr 29, 1993* R32 Atlanta ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 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
Vincent Spadea #1,474 #18 1,629 1,876 311 350 47.0% 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.

Pete Sampras Vincent Spadea
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
1988 10–10 50.0% #97 1,605 0 0 1993 1–5 16.7% #303 1,482 0 0
1989 18–19 48.6% #81 1,700 0 0 1994 11–13 45.8% #75 1,561 0 0
1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4 1995 21–28 42.9% #81 1,639 0 0
1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8 1996 27–22 55.1% #54 1,711 0 0
1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13 1997 20–26 43.5% #88 1,695 0 0
1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21 1998 28–27 50.9% #42 1,753 0 0
1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31 1999 33–27 55.0% #20 1,763 0 0
1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36 2000 3–24 11.1% #213 1,540 0 0
1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44 2001 1–3 25.0% #125 1,530 0 0
1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52 2002 13–17 43.3% #67 1,622 0 0
1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56 2003 34–25 57.6% #29 1,723 0 0
1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61 2004 40–26 60.6% #20 1,783 0 1
2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63 2005 21–24 46.7% #75 1,665 0 1
2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63 2006 19–26 42.2% #73 1,626 0 1
2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64 2007 24–28 46.2% #77 1,651 0 1
— — — — — — — 2008 13–19 40.6% #76 1,643 0 1
— — — — — — — 2009 2–9 18.2% #295 1,520 0 1
— — — — — — — 2010 0–1 0.0% #1517 1,475 0 1

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. 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.

Pete Sampras Vincent Spadea
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 %
1988 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 1993 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
1989 13 10 23 56.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 1994 5 6 11 45.5% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0% 1995 13 12 25 52.0% 8 11 19 42.1% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6% 1996 15 12 27 55.6% 8 5 13 61.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8% 1997 15 13 28 53.6% 4 8 12 33.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 1998 19 17 36 52.8% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3% 1999 17 12 29 58.6% 13 9 22 59.1% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9%
1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 2000 1 15 16 6.3% 1 6 7 14.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 2001 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 2002 8 9 17 47.1% 2 6 8 25.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6% 2003 24 16 40 60.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2004 24 14 38 63.2% 5 5 10 50.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 4 9 55.6%
2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 2005 14 17 31 45.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0%
2001 26 10 36 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2006 16 16 32 50.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
2002 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2007 16 19 35 45.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 8 12 20 40.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1 7 8 12.5% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2% Career 198 204 402 49.3% 68 84 152 44.7% 27 39 66 40.9% 18 23 41 43.9%

Performance Progression by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 652/821 of Pete Sampras's and 604/661 of Vincent Spadea'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.

Pete Sampras Vincent Spadea
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%
1991 60/69 7.6 2.2 59.0% 76.3% 57.9% 66.2% 45.3% 68.7% 40.0% 1993 6/6 2.3 4.2 49.5% 57.8% 42.6% 48.9% 47.3% 50.5% 38.6%
1992 70/84 9.5 2.9 60.0% 79.9% 53.5% 60.1% 47.8% 69.2% 40.7% 1994 19/24 2.0 2.0 56.3% 62.6% 45.0% 52.7% 37.8% 54.8% 40.6%
1993 81/97 10.6 3.5 56.9% 82.3% 54.0% 63.2% 47.3% 70.1% 41.0% 1995 43/49 3.1 1.7 57.3% 68.2% 51.1% 58.8% 44.4% 60.9% 40.7%
1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6% 1996 42/49 3.5 1.3 61.8% 69.3% 54.4% 59.2% 44.6% 63.6% 41.2%
1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0% 1997 38/46 3.9 2.5 55.0% 67.1% 50.9% 57.4% 48.6% 59.6% 38.0%
1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8% 1998 47/55 2.4 1.5 66.4% 64.1% 52.2% 56.4% 46.9% 60.1% 37.8%
1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7% 1999 53/60 4.9 1.9 53.1% 71.7% 52.3% 53.3% 48.4% 62.4% 40.6%
1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0% 2000 22/27 3.9 4.1 51.9% 65.6% 46.4% 58.5% 42.0% 56.2% 34.0%
1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3% 2001 3/4 3.7 7.7 52.6% 68.1% 46.9% 61.0% 28.5% 58.0% 35.1%
2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1% 2002 26/30 5.0 6.2 54.9% 69.5% 51.9% 52.0% 37.4% 61.3% 37.1%
2001 44/48 12.4 5.6 59.5% 79.3% 53.1% 63.0% 40.5% 68.6% 36.1% 2003 56/59 3.8 4.2 54.0% 69.3% 51.6% 56.1% 54.1% 61.2% 39.7%
2002 31/39 14.3 5.5 59.0% 78.9% 53.3% 70.8% 33.9% 68.4% 34.5% 2004 64/66 4.2 2.5 59.3% 69.0% 53.8% 61.4% 42.9% 62.6% 39.2%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 45/45 3.1 3.4 56.4% 68.4% 49.1% 54.2% 46.3% 60.0% 39.3%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 45/45 3.3 2.9 57.7% 69.1% 50.3% 58.0% 38.6% 61.2% 40.8%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 52/52 3.0 2.1 61.9% 66.0% 53.2% 56.9% 45.7% 61.2% 37.3%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2008 31/32 3.7 3.0 58.1% 69.1% 49.9% 56.1% 45.4% 61.0% 35.2%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 11/11 4.6 4.5 55.0% 66.0% 46.7% 50.5% 30.8% 56.7% 32.3%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 1/1 5.0 6.0 57.7% 63.3% 36.4% 20.0% — 51.9% 19.5%
Career 652/948 11.0 3.7 58.9% 81.2% 54.0% 64.5% 45.1% 70.0% 39.2% Career 604/661 3.6 2.8 57.6% 68.0% 51.2% 56.6% 44.9% 60.7% 38.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. 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.

Pete Sampras Vincent Spadea
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
1988 1605 132.8 — — — — +23 — — 51.0% +0.18 3–4 (43%) 6–5 (55%) — 0.00 1993 1483 111.6 -2.02 +0.71 0.780 44.9% +25 — — 35.7% -1.00 0–2 1–0 — -0.51
1989 1701 135.8 — — — — -1 -173 -130 47.4% -0.27 4–4 (50%) 6–5 (55%) — -2.43 1994 1562 128.2 -4.35 +0.98 0.897 47.7% -7 -11 — 49.1% -0.12 3–4 (43%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.31
1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17 1995 1640 140.5 -0.53 +2.71 1.040 50.5% +51 -56 -95 46.2% -0.02 3–8 (27%) 5–6 (45%) — -1.18
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 1996 1712 143.3 +1.24 +2.99 1.130 52.3% +32 -80 -144 55.5% +0.52 3–10 (23%) 12–13 (48%) — -0.21
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 1997 1695 132.3 -1.99 +0.58 0.942 49.0% +54 -90 -177 44.2% -0.20 8–9 (47%) 8–13 (38%) — +0.15
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 1998 1754 142.9 -1.19 +1.36 0.948 49.0% +12 -114 -242 48.9% -0.21 11–9 (55%) 11–7 (61%) — -1.59
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 1999 1764 147.3 +0.64 +3.01 1.078 51.4% 0 +23 — 52.6% +0.40 11–8 (58%) 12–17 (41%) — -2.07
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 2000 1541 116.0 -3.77 -2.37 0.776 45.7% +4 +136 -111 25.7% -1.37 2–10 (17%) 1–5 (17%) — -1.41
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 2001 1530 100.5 -1.18 -1.97 0.837 46.8% +9 — — 22.2% -1.22 1–0 — — -0.11
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 2002 1623 124.7 -0.85 -0.17 0.959 49.0% -26 +7 -149 44.3% -0.30 5–3 (63%) 6–9 (40%) — +0.52
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 2003 1724 136.8 -0.66 +1.93 1.022 50.6% +8 -47 — 51.0% +0.20 14–4 (78%) 3–11 (21%) — +3.85
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 2004 1783 145.9 -0.01 +2.69 1.050 51.0% +7 -99 -180 57.4% +0.58 17–7 (71%) 10–14 (42%) — +0.56
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 2005 1666 133.6 -2.19 +2.07 0.982 49.7% -7 +10 +9 49.5% -0.01 7–8 (47%) 7–4 (64%) — +1.81
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 2006 1627 135.4 -0.44 +2.72 1.054 51.1% +39 -19 -31 42.6% -0.10 6–10 (38%) 4–13 (24%) — +0.49
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 2007 1651 138.5 -1.80 +0.82 0.961 49.3% +13 -57 -80 44.9% -0.17 10–5 (67%) 10–9 (53%) — -2.61
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 1644 128.2 -2.08 -1.45 0.903 48.3% +10 -100 +32 42.9% -0.46 6–7 (46%) 5–8 (38%) — +0.90
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1521 107.0 -4.53 -2.50 0.746 44.4% +14 — +119 19.2% -1.92 1–0 0–2 — +0.54
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1475 95.4 -1.09 -2.14 0.406 37.6% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — +0.14
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 Career 1877 141.6 -1.05 +1.51 0.987 49.8% +15 -37 -86 47.2% -0.06 108–104 (51%) 98–134 (42%) 95.1 -0.06

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.