| Pete Sampras vs. Roger Federer |
| With Federer continuing his dominant play the inevitable Sampras comparisons will continue. Conveniently both men were born in August ten years apart (Sampras in 1971, Federer in 1981) so it makes a comparison of their achievements at the same age relatively straightforward. Through 1998/2008 Australian Open: |
| Player | Country | Birthday | Age | Height | Weight | Plays | BH | Racquet |
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| Pete Sampras | USA | Aug 12, 1971 | 26y 5m | 6' 1" ~ 185 cm | 170 lb ~ 77 kg | Right | 1H | Wilson ProStaff 6.0 (St. Vincent) |
| Roger Federer | SUI | Aug 8, 1981 | 26y 5m | 6' 1" ~ 185 cm | 177 lb ~ 80 kg | Right | 1H | Wilson nSix-One Tour 90 |
| Grand Slam Results | WN | FN | SF | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | Played |
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| Pete Sampras-Australian Open | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Roger Federer-Australian Open | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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| Pete Sampras-Roland Garros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Roger Federer-Roland Garros | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
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| Pete Sampras-Wimbledon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Roger Federer-Wimbledon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
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| Pete Sampras-US Open | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Roger Federer-US Open | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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| Pete Sampras-Grand Slams | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 35 |
| Roger Federer-Grand Slams | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 35 |
| 1988/1998 | 1989/1999 | 1990/2000 | 1991/2001 | 1992/2002 | |||||||||||||
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| US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | |
| Pete Sampras | R128 | R128 | R64 | R128 | R16 | R16 | DNP | R128 | W | DNP | R64 | R64 | QF | DNP | QF | SF | F |
| Roger Federer | DNP | DNP | R128 | R128 | DNP | R32 | R16 | R128 | R32 | R32 | QF | QF | R16 | R16 | R128 | R128 | R16 |
| 1993/2003 | 1994/2004 | 1995/2005 | 1996/2006 | 1997/2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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| AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | |
| Pete Sampras | SF | QF | W | W | W | QF | W | R16 | F | R128 | W | W | R32 | SF | QF | W | W | R32 | W | R16 |
| Roger Federer | R16 | R128 | W | R16 | W | R32 | W | W | SF | SF | W | W | W | F | W | W | W | F | W | W |
| 1998/2008 | 1999/2009 | 2000/2010 | 2001/2011 | 2002/2012 | ||||||||||||||||
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| AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | |
| Pete Sampras | QF | R64 | W | SF | DNP | R64 | W | DNP | SF | R128 | W | F | R16 | R64 | R16 | F | R16 | R128 | R64 | W |
| Roger Federer | SF | |||||||||||||||||||
| Title Splits | ATP Titles | Finals | GS | MC | MS | Minor | Hcourt | Clay | Grass | Carpet | Outdoor | Indoor |
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| Pete Sampras | 52 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 20 |
| Roger Federer | 53 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 12 |
| Surface Splits | Career W-L | Career w% | HCourt W-L | HCourt w% | Clay W-L | Clay w% | Grass W-L | Grass w% | Carpet W-L | Carpet w% |
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| Pete Sampras | 561-152 | 78.7% | 300-62 | 82.9% | 67-34 | 66.3% | 62-13 | 82.7% | 132-43 | 75.4% |
| Roger Federer | 556-135 | 80.5% | 328-66 | 83.2% | 102-36 | 73.9% | 70-11 | 86.4% | 56-22 | 71.8% |
| Other Splits | Out W-L | Out w% | In W-L | In w% | GS W-L | GS w% | TB W-L | TB w% | DC W-L | DC Champ | 5-Setters |
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| Pete Sampras | 386-102 | 79.1% | 175-50 | 77.8% | 140-25 | 84.8% | 216-141 | 60.5% | 13-6 | 1992, 1995 | 25-9 |
| Roger Federer | 395-92 | 81.1% | 161-43 | 78.9% | 143-23 | 86.1% | 217-116 | 65.2% | 24-6 | n/a | 11-10 |
| Ranking History | 1987/ 1997 | 1988/ 1998 | 1989/ 1999 | 1990/ 2000 | 1991/ 2001 | 1992/ 2002 | 1993/ 2003 |
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1998/ 2008 |
#1 weeks |
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| Pete Sampras | n/a | 97 | 81 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 211 |
| Roger Federer | 704 | 301 | 64 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 209 |
| Only Meeting 2001 Wimbledon R16 Federer d. Sampras 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 |