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Written by John Debnam
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Friday, 13 July 2007 13:34 |
On Saturday two of the best players from the 1990’s, Pete Sampras and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, will take their rightful places in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Both announced their presence to the world of tennis as teenage Grand Slam champions, and then went on to have superlative careers. Sampras won the 1990 US Open at 19 behind his huge serve and volley game and became arguably the best singles player the men’s game has ever seen, amassing more Grand Slam titles than anyone. Sanchez-Vicario grabbed the 1989 French Open title at just 17, displaying the competitive spirit and baseline consistency that would become her trademarks. Here’s a look at some of the numbers that defined both of their careers.
Pete Sampras
$43,280,489 Total career prize money, 1st all-time
14 Grand Slam singles titles, 1st all-time
14-4 Record in Grand Slam finals
64 Singles titles, 4th all-time
286 Total weeks at No. 1, 1st all-time
11 Career Masters Series Titles, 3rd all-time
48-26 Combined lifetime record against fellow
Americans Andre Agassi (20-14), Jim
Courier (16-4), and Michael Chang (12-8)
43-19 Combined lifetime record against fellow
No. 1’s Patrick Rafter (12-4), Boris
Becker (12-7), Yevgeny Kafelnikov
(11-2), and Stefan Edberg (8-6)
762 Career match wins, 7th all-time
10 Years in which he won at least one Grand
Slam title
Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario
$16,942,640 Total career prize money, 6th all-time
14 Grand Slam titles (4 singles, 6 doubles,
4 mixed)
4-8 Career record in Grand Slam singles
finals
29 Singles titles, 16th all-time
68 Doubles titles, tied for 7th all-time
7 Non-consecutive weeks that she
simultaneously held the No. 1 ranking
in both singles and doubles
8 Singles titles in 1994, which led the WTA
Tour that season
4 Olympic medals for Spain (two silver,
two bronze) more than any other athlete
13 Consecutive years she qualified for the
season-ending championships
759 Career match wins, 5th all-time
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