TENNIS PLAYER
Pete Sampras
1971 - Today
Pete Sampras
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 8,791,073 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
8.8M
Page Views (PV)
57.72
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
76
Languages Editions (L)
5.98
Effective Languages (L*)
4.99
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Pete Sampras by language
Over the past year Pete Sampras has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 1,041,051 views, followed by Italian (189,717), and French (126,639). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (175.07%), Chuvash (127.16%), and Cantonese (115.94%)
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.
Most Popular Tennis Players in Wikipedia
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Roy Emerson
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 25
Nikola Pilić
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 26
Chris Evert
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 27
Mats Wilander
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 28
Jean Borotra
1898 - 1994
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 29
Bill Tilden
1893 - 1953
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 30
Pete Sampras
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 31
Venus Williams
1980 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 32
Don Budge
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 33
Manuel Santana
1938 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 34
Stefan Edberg
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 35
Jan Kodeš
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 36
Gottfried von Cramm
1909 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 37
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.
Others Born in 1971
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Thalía
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 28
Vitali Klitschko
BOXER
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 29
Ma Dong-seok
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 30
Jeff Kinney
GAME DESIGNER
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 31
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
COMPANION
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 32
Pedro Alonso
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 33
Pete Sampras
TENNIS PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 34
Nathan Fillion
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 35
Alex Borstein
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 36
Sofia Coppola
FILM DIRECTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 37
Jacques Villeneuve
RACING DRIVER
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 38
Elif Shafak
WRITER
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 39
Niko Kovač
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 40
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).
Others born in United States
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Bob Odenkirk
COMEDIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 2,031
Ashton Kutcher
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 2,032
Irene Cara
ACTOR
1959 - 2022
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 2,033
Marissa Mayer
BUSINESSPERSON
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 2,034
Michael W. Young
BIOLOGIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 2,035
Brittany Murphy
ACTOR
1977 - 2009
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 2,036
Pete Sampras
TENNIS PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 2,037
Paul Bremer
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 2,038
Bill Conti
COMPOSER
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 2,039
Tommie Smith
ATHLETE
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 2,040
Jeffrey Sachs
ECONOMIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 2,041
Walter Chrysler
BUSINESSPERSON
1875 - 1940
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 2,042
Venus Williams
TENNIS PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 2,043
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).
Arthur Ashe
1943 - 1993
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 3
Andre Agassi
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 4
Stan Smith
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 5
Serena Williams
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 6
Chris Evert
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 7
Bill Tilden
1893 - 1953
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 8
Pete Sampras
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 9
Venus Williams
1980 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 10
Don Budge
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 11
Pancho Gonzales
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 12
Vitas Gerulaitis
1954 - 1994
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 13
Bobby Riggs
1918 - 1995
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 14
Althea Gibson
1927 - 2003
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 15
