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Jimmy Connors vs Pete Sampras Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
Pete Sampras seasons:20022001200019991998
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Pete Sampras
Age: 73y 198d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1971-08-12) Age: 54y 219d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
0 - 2
Wins: 0.0% - 100.0%
Hard 0–1Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 0–1250 0–1
LL
WW

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras have met 2 times. Pete Sampras currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors has compiled an overall career record of 1274–283 across 1557 matches, translating to a win rate of 81.82%. On hard courts his record stands at 490–100 (83.05%), while on clay he holds a 208–63 (76.75%) mark. On grass the numbers read 185–38 (82.96%) , and on carpet 391–82 (82.66%). Throughout his career he has won 109 titles (43 hard, 12 clay, 9 grass, 45 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 134–111 (54.69%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 762–222 from 984 matches (77.44% win rate). His hard-court record is 429–103 (80.64%), on clay he stands at 90–54 (62.50%), and on grass he has gone 101–20 (83.47%) , with a carpet record of 142–45 (75.94%). He has accumulated 64 titles in total (36 hard, 3 clay, 10 grass, 15 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 124–71 (63.59%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Pete Sampras leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Pete Sampras) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1992-04-27AtlantaClayQF3πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (1)38πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (7)7-6(4) 6-2310116148.4%80.6%60.6%4/5
1992-03-13Miami MastersHardR324πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (4)36πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (30)6-3 6-23749352.1%80.0%26.1%5/8

Wins

Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras
0–2Overall
0–1Masters 1000
0–1ATP 250
0–1Hard
0–1Clay

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

Sets

0.0%0
100.0%4
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
100.0%2
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

Games

34.2%13
65.8%25
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
29.4%5
70.6%12
Masters 1000
29.4%5
70.6%12
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
38.1%8
61.9%13
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

By Round

Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsPete Sampras
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
46.2%6-7
37%51-87
vs Top 5
62.9%61-36
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
63.6%124-71
66%279-144
vs Top 20
65.5%220-116
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
74.8%618-208
95.6%263-12
vs +100
91.5%140-13
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
49.5%50-51
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
80.7%708-169

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsPete Sampras
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
76.4%305-94
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
78.1%457-128
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
76%619-195
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
84.1%143-27
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
73.1%198-73
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
71.8%122-48
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
80.1%314-78
76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
76.1%318-100

Pressure Situations