1971 - Today
Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, 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 8,743,979 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Sampras is the 27th most popular tennis player (up from 30th in 2019), the 1,796th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,143rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Tennis Player.
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Among tennis players, Pete Sampras ranks 27 out of 1,148. Before him are John McEnroe, Serena Williams, Roy Emerson, Ion Țiriac, Mats Wilander, and Boris Becker. After him are Venus Williams, Guillermo Vilas, Nikola Pilić, Don Budge, Chris Evert, and Stefan Edberg.
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 21
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 22
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 23
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 25
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 26
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 27
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 28
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 29
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 30
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 31
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 32
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1971, Pete Sampras ranks 23. Before him are Ewan McGregor, Ricky Martin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vitali Klitschko, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Niko Kovač. After him are Kim Jong-nam, Unai Emery, Jari Litmanen, Henrik Larsson, Andy Whitfield, and Fabien Barthez.
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 17
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 18
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 19
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 20
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 21
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 22
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 23
1971 - 2017
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 24
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 25
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 26
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 27
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 28
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 29
Among people born in United States, Pete Sampras ranks 1,796 out of 18,182. Before him are Liv Tyler (1977), Jack Swigert (1931), Lionel Stander (1908), George Wald (1906), James Tolkan (1931), and Vannevar Bush (1890). After him are Kate Capshaw (1953), Stevie Nicks (1948), Fred Durst (1970), Billy Dee Williams (1937), Venus Williams (1980), and Henry Norris Russell (1877).
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,790
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,791
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,792
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,793
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,794
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,795
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,796
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,797
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 1,798
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,799
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,800
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,801
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 1,802
Among tennis players born in United States, Pete Sampras ranks 7. Before him are Billie Jean King (1943), Jimmy Connors (1952), Arthur Ashe (1943), Andre Agassi (1970), Stan Smith (1946), and Serena Williams (1981). After him are Venus Williams (1980), Don Budge (1915), Chris Evert (1954), Bill Tilden (1893), Pancho Gonzales (1928), and Darlene Hard (1936).
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 2
1943 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 4
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 6
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 7
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 8
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 10
1893 - 1953
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 11
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 12
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 13