TENNIS PLAYER

Pete Sampras

1971 - Today

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Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating his longtime rival Andre Agassi in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Sampras has received more than 9,235,396 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Pete Sampras is the 31st most popular tennis player (down from 27th in 2019), the 2,037th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,795th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Pete Sampras ranks 31 out of 1,569. Before him are Roy Emerson, Nikola Pilić, Chris Evert, Mats Wilander, Jean Borotra, and Bill Tilden. After him are Venus Williams, Don Budge, Manuel Santana, Stefan Edberg, Jan Kodeš, and Gottfried von Cramm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Pete Sampras ranks 34. Before him are Thalía, Vitali Klitschko, Ma Dong-seok, Jeff Kinney, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, and Pedro Alonso. After him are Nathan Fillion, Alex Borstein, Sofia Coppola, Jacques Villeneuve, Elif Shafak, and Niko Kovač.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Sampras ranks 2,037 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Odenkirk (1962), Ashton Kutcher (1978), Irene Cara (1959), Marissa Mayer (1975), Michael W. Young (1949), and Brittany Murphy (1977). After him are Paul Bremer (1941), Bill Conti (1942), Tommie Smith (1944), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Walter Chrysler (1875), and Venus Williams (1980).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Pete Sampras ranks 9. Before him are Arthur Ashe (1943), Andre Agassi (1970), Stan Smith (1946), Serena Williams (1981), Chris Evert (1954), and Bill Tilden (1893). After him are Venus Williams (1980), Don Budge (1915), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Bobby Riggs (1918), and Althea Gibson (1927).

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