H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Roger Federer vs Pete Sampras H2H: 1-0

Roger Federer holds a 1–0 lead over Pete Sampras in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Roger Federer leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Roger Federer won the 2001 Wimbledon round of 16 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5.

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Roger Federer
SUI Age 45 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Pete Sampras
USA Age 55 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Roger Federer #15 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 Pete Sampras #6 Match data Jul 4, 2001* R16 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
Roger Federer #97 #1 12,315 2,432 1,219 272 81.8% 20 28 6 24 25 103
Pete Sampras #34 #1 5,792 2,265 739 209 78.0% 14 11 7 12 20 64

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 Roger Federer Pete Sampras
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1998 2–3 40.0% #301 1,530 0 0 1988 10–10 50.0% #97 1,605 0 0
17 1999 12–14 46.2% #64 1,663 0 0 1989 18–19 48.6% #81 1,700 0 0
18 2000 34–29 54.0% #29 1,790 0 0 1990 51–19 72.9% #5 2,071 1 4
19 2001 46–20 69.7% #13 1,874 0 1 1991 52–17 75.4% #6 2,098 1 8
20 2002 55–22 71.4% #6 1,944 0 4 1992 68–16 81.0% #3 2,111 1 13
21 2003 74–16 82.2% #2 2,103 1 11 1993 82–15 84.5% #1 2,126 3 21
22 2004 71–6 92.2% #1 2,277 4 22 1994 74–9 89.2% #1 2,194 5 31
23 2005 80–4 95.2% #1 2,342 6 33 1995 66–17 79.5% #1 2,165 7 36
24 2006 90–5 94.7% #1 2,399 9 45 1996 66–10 86.8% #1 2,198 8 44
25 2007 67–9 88.2% #1 2,327 12 53 1997 55–10 84.6% #1 2,189 10 52
26 2008 66–16 80.5% #2 2,212 13 57 1998 61–18 77.2% #1 2,059 11 56
27 2009 59–12 83.1% #1 2,264 15 61 1999 38–9 80.9% #3 2,147 12 61
28 2010 66–13 83.5% #2 2,311 16 66 2000 40–11 78.4% #3 2,082 13 63
29 2011 61–12 83.6% #3 2,338 16 70 2001 33–15 68.8% #10 2,005 13 63
30 2012 72–12 85.7% #2 2,339 17 76 2002 25–14 64.1% #13 1,979 14 64
31 2013 45–17 72.6% #6 2,189 17 77 — — — — — — —
32 2014 68–12 85.0% #2 2,354 17 82 — — — — — — —
33 2015 61–11 84.7% #3 2,402 17 88 — — — — — — —
34 2016 21–7 75.0% #16 2,285 17 88 — — — — — — —
35 2017 53–5 91.4% #2 2,387 19 95 — — — — — — —
36 2018 49–10 83.1% #3 2,259 20 99 — — — — — — —
37 2019 53–11 82.8% #3 2,238 20 103 — — — — — — —
38 2020 5–1 83.3% #5 2,238 20 103 — — — — — — —
39 2021 9–5 64.3% #16 2,155 20 103 — — — — — — —

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 Roger Federer Pete Sampras
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 1998 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1988 8 7 15 53.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0%
17 1999 7 6 13 53.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1989 13 10 23 56.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
18 2000 24 16 40 60.0% 3 7 10 30.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1990 27 9 36 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 18 7 25 72.0%
19 2001 19 9 28 67.9% 9 5 14 64.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 1991 25 7 32 78.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 19 4 23 82.6%
20 2002 31 11 42 73.8% 8 4 12 66.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 11 4 15 73.3% 1992 22 4 26 84.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 4 22 81.8%
21 2003 43 10 53 81.1% 16 4 20 80.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1993 43 6 49 87.8% 11 3 14 78.6% 7 1 8 87.5% 21 5 26 80.8%
22 2004 45 4 49 91.8% 14 2 16 87.5% 12 0 12 100.0% — — — — 1994 36 2 38 94.7% 10 1 11 90.9% 11 1 12 91.7% 17 5 22 77.3%
23 2005 50 1 51 98.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1995 35 6 41 85.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 16 6 22 72.7%
24 2006 57 2 59 96.6% 16 3 19 84.2% 12 0 12 100.0% 5 0 5 100.0% 1996 47 4 51 92.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 10 4 14 71.4%
25 2007 44 6 50 88.0% 16 3 19 84.2% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 1997 34 5 39 87.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 10 1 11 90.9%
26 2008 34 11 45 75.6% 21 4 25 84.0% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 1998 33 12 45 73.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 11 2 13 84.6%
27 2009 36 10 46 78.3% 16 2 18 88.9% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 1999 23 6 29 79.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
28 2010 48 7 55 87.3% 10 4 14 71.4% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2000 28 8 36 77.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — —
29 2011 45 7 52 86.5% 12 4 16 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — 2001 26 10 36 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
30 2012 44 8 52 84.6% 13 2 15 86.7% 15 2 17 88.2% — — — — 2002 19 8 27 70.4% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
31 2013 28 11 39 71.8% 12 5 17 70.6% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2014 51 8 59 86.4% 7 3 10 70.0% 10 1 11 90.9% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2015 37 6 43 86.0% 13 4 17 76.5% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2016 8 2 10 80.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 10 3 13 76.9% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2017 41 4 45 91.1% — — — — 12 1 13 92.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2018 37 8 45 82.2% — — — — 12 2 14 85.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2019 33 7 40 82.5% 9 3 12 75.0% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2020 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2021 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 770 158 928 83.0% 215 69 284 75.7% 192 29 221 86.9% 42 16 58 72.4% — 419 104 523 80.1% 74 41 115 64.3% 102 19 121 84.3% 144 45 189 76.2%

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 1,415/1,491 of Roger Federer's and 652/821 of Pete Sampras'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 Roger Federer Pete Sampras
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%
16 1998 5/5 4.8 2.8 55.6% 71.3% 52.0% 68.0% 41.3% 62.8% 37.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 1999 22/26 5.4 3.7 58.0% 70.6% 50.7% 55.9% 43.7% 62.1% 36.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2000 46/63 7.2 3.5 59.1% 72.0% 53.4% 61.8% 43.8% 64.1% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2001 56/66 8.0 3.1 58.6% 74.0% 52.8% 63.2% 40.8% 65.3% 38.3% 1991 60/69 7.6 2.2 59.0% 76.3% 57.9% 66.2% 45.3% 68.7% 40.0%
20 2002 66/77 6.7 2.6 60.6% 76.0% 54.5% 64.5% 47.2% 67.6% 39.2% 1992 70/84 9.5 2.9 60.0% 79.9% 53.5% 60.1% 47.8% 69.2% 40.7%
21 2003 85/90 7.7 3.0 59.5% 77.4% 58.1% 62.8% 46.8% 69.5% 42.5% 1993 81/97 10.6 3.5 56.9% 82.3% 54.0% 63.2% 47.3% 70.1% 41.0%
22 2004 74/77 7.6 2.1 62.0% 78.8% 59.2% 71.0% 43.0% 71.3% 42.1% 1994 58/83 9.8 3.4 58.1% 81.3% 54.3% 65.2% 47.0% 70.0% 42.6%
23 2005 84/84 7.1 1.8 63.3% 76.8% 60.1% 63.0% 48.6% 70.7% 42.8% 1995 67/83 11.9 3.7 55.2% 82.2% 52.4% 65.4% 46.8% 69.1% 40.0%
24 2006 95/95 6.9 1.2 62.8% 77.7% 60.6% 66.4% 47.5% 71.3% 43.0% 1996 58/76 12.0 3.1 59.2% 83.7% 54.2% 65.6% 39.7% 71.7% 36.8%
25 2007 75/76 8.0 1.1 62.0% 77.8% 60.2% 63.1% 42.8% 70.9% 41.4% 1997 46/65 11.1 2.4 63.8% 81.8% 54.1% 65.3% 51.8% 71.9% 40.7%
26 2008 76/82 8.8 0.9 64.7% 77.3% 59.2% 68.9% 44.9% 71.0% 41.2% 1998 59/79 11.9 4.5 57.9% 82.7% 51.0% 56.2% 43.2% 69.4% 39.0%
27 2009 71/71 9.3 1.9 62.6% 79.9% 58.4% 70.4% 44.8% 71.8% 38.7% 1999 37/47 10.5 4.4 59.7% 83.2% 55.2% 66.2% 47.1% 71.8% 37.3%
28 2010 78/79 8.4 1.4 62.0% 79.6% 57.1% 67.9% 46.1% 71.2% 40.9% 2000 41/51 13.4 5.8 62.2% 82.3% 55.6% 74.4% 44.4% 72.0% 36.1%
29 2011 73/73 6.9 1.3 63.8% 79.4% 59.9% 63.0% 46.1% 72.3% 41.2% 2001 44/48 12.4 5.6 59.5% 79.3% 53.1% 63.0% 40.5% 68.6% 36.1%
30 2012 74/84 8.3 1.6 62.6% 79.2% 61.5% 71.3% 47.3% 72.4% 39.8% 2002 31/39 14.3 5.5 59.0% 78.9% 53.3% 70.8% 33.9% 68.4% 34.5%
31 2013 62/62 6.4 1.7 62.7% 77.1% 57.4% 66.7% 42.8% 69.6% 40.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2014 78/80 8.0 1.5 63.8% 80.2% 59.1% 74.8% 46.1% 72.4% 40.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2015 72/72 8.3 1.7 64.2% 81.1% 59.1% 64.0% 42.9% 73.2% 41.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2016 28/28 8.8 1.8 62.3% 80.2% 56.9% 55.7% 39.5% 71.6% 39.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2017 57/58 9.6 1.8 62.2% 80.7% 60.5% 64.9% 42.3% 73.1% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2018 58/59 9.2 1.9 61.8% 81.4% 60.0% 64.9% 46.0% 73.3% 39.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2019 61/64 7.5 1.6 64.7% 79.1% 60.9% 70.9% 45.6% 72.7% 40.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2020 6/6 11.0 2.2 66.8% 74.8% 56.0% 71.6% 39.6% 68.3% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
39 2021 13/14 8.4 0.8 66.0% 74.0% 57.1% 68.3% 38.5% 68.3% 34.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1,415/1,491 7.9 1.9 62.3% 78.1% 58.5% 66.3% 45.0% 70.7% 40.5% — 652/948 11.0 3.7 58.9% 81.2% 54.0% 64.5% 45.1% 70.0% 39.2%

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 Roger Federer Pete Sampras
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 1998 1531 124.1 -0.27 +1.46 0.992 49.4% +46 — — 40.0% -0.20 — 1–1 — -0.29 1988 1605 132.8 — — — — +23 — — 51.0% +0.18 3–4 (43%) 6–5 (55%) — 0.00
17 1999 1664 137.6 +0.59 -0.29 0.962 49.3% +54 -178 — 46.2% -0.37 5–4 (56%) 6–7 (46%) — -0.88 1989 1701 135.8 — — — — -1 -173 -130 47.4% -0.27 4–4 (50%) 6–5 (55%) — -2.43
18 2000 1791 147.8 +1.73 -1.34 0.976 49.9% +29 -256 -255 53.5% +0.23 7–11 (39%) 15–15 (50%) — -1.66 1990 2071 160.6 — — — — +20 — -383 65.9% +0.85 24–8 (75%) 26–13 (67%) — -2.17
19 2001 1874 152.8 +2.77 +1.18 1.104 51.6% +6 -185 -97 62.8% +0.73 16–7 (70%) 24–17 (59%) — -0.94 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
20 2002 1944 157.7 +4.95 +1.81 1.207 53.2% +36 -161 -172 67.4% +1.09 8–10 (44%) 17–11 (61%) — +0.25 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
21 2003 2104 160.5 +6.67 +5.07 1.392 55.5% +4 -242 -6 75.8% +1.74 14–8 (64%) 25–16 (61%) — -0.34 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
22 2004 2278 170.0 +8.06 +5.97 1.467 56.2% +13 -270 -32 83.5% +2.21 12–3 (80%) 20–5 (80%) — -2.04 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
23 2005 2343 171.0 +8.25 +6.57 1.459 56.2% +49 -222 +90 86.0% +2.09 15–3 (83%) 28–11 (72%) — -0.43 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
24 2006 2400 172.2 +8.93 +6.54 1.498 56.6% +70 -164 +113 84.6% +2.25 18–2 (90%) 37–14 (73%) — -0.72 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
25 2007 2327 174.3 +8.00 +5.89 1.420 55.4% +70 -34 +244 82.4% +1.89 11–4 (73%) 27–9 (75%) — -0.78 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
26 2008 2212 171.1 +7.83 +5.50 1.420 55.4% +57 +138 +349 77.1% +1.70 8–9 (47%) 23–13 (64%) — -1.55 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
27 2009 2265 175.1 +8.67 +3.94 1.370 54.6% -22 +153 +391 77.7% +1.60 10–11 (48%) 26–11 (70%) — -1.08 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 2010 2311 176.3 +8.19 +5.25 1.418 55.4% +74 +19 +260 77.9% +1.71 11–6 (65%) 21–10 (68%) — -1.35 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 2011 2339 179.2 +9.63 +5.23 1.485 56.2% +64 +28 +206 79.3% +1.80 6–6 (50%) 19–9 (68%) — -1.12 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 2012 2339 177.8 +9.37 +4.25 1.443 55.4% +40 +42 +234 77.1% +1.76 14–4 (78%) 21–14 (60%) — -2.11 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
31 2013 2189 175.5 +6.21 +4.69 1.339 54.7% +90 +81 +316 68.1% +1.26 13–8 (62%) 15–10 (60%) — -0.39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2014 2354 179.1 +8.51 +5.79 1.484 55.8% +49 -129 +147 77.1% +1.71 17–7 (71%) 24–15 (62%) — -0.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2015 2402 182.0 +9.20 +6.49 1.539 56.3% +67 -142 +145 79.2% +1.90 9–4 (69%) 17–13 (57%) — -2.68 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2016 2286 158.1 +6.68 +3.70 1.395 54.6% +156 -88 +162 73.4% +1.43 3–4 (43%) 9–5 (64%) — -0.57 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2017 2388 178.6 +8.73 +5.24 1.507 55.6% +54 — +46 80.4% +1.83 13–3 (81%) 21–9 (70%) — -1.39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2018 2259 172.5 +8.65 +3.59 1.461 55.1% +62 — +144 76.7% +1.56 11–5 (69%) 18–12 (60%) — +0.23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2019 2238 175.5 +8.09 +5.05 1.469 55.6% +3 +2 +219 77.6% +1.73 7–5 (58%) 19–6 (76%) — -0.61 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2020 2238 141.5 +2.80 +1.39 1.278 54.4% -14 — — 65.2% +1.17 2–0 3–1 (75%) — -0.16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2021 2156 128.1 +2.89 -0.44 1.094 51.1% — +100 +258 65.8% +0.50 1–3 (25%) 6–2 (75%) — +0.15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2432 176.3 +7.47 +4.63 1.383 55.0% +44 -66 +132 75.7% +1.60 231–127 (65%) 442–236 (65%) 102.7 -1.39 — 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 Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.