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Greek-American

First player ever to serve over 1,000 aces in a pro season in 1993.

Dated actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley for a time in the late 1990s.

Has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, a record for men since broken by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Margaret Smith Court holds the all-time record with 24 Slam singles titles.

The most successful tennis player of his generation.

Youngest ever men's U.S. Open champion in 1990; he won the title almost a month after his 19th birthday.

His parents had only attended one other of his matches (due to nervousness watching him play in person) until attending his Wimbledon title match in 2000. The other match was his 1992 U.S. Open final loss to Stefan Edberg.

His Wimbledon quarterfinal loss to Roger Federer in 2001 marked the only time the two ever competed against each other while both were on the ATP tour. Sampras has played exhibition matches against Federer since retiring.

Upon the birth of son Christian, London bookmakers gave the baby a 2,000-1 shot to beat Sampras's arch-rival Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf's son, Jaden Gil, in a Wimbledon final.

Finished as the #1-ranked ATP men's player a record six seasons in a row from 1993 to 1998.

Grand Slam titles: Australisn Open (1994, 1997), Wimbledon (1993-1995, 97-2000), and U.S. Open (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, and 2002).

Won the 2002 U.S. Open, his record 14th Grand Slam title and never played in another tournament again after that. Repeatedly pulled out of tournaments in 2003 before finally announcing his retirement after Wimbledon. His Wimbledon victory in 2000 and his 2002 U.S. Open win turned out to be his last two career tournament titles.

Won seven Wimbledon singles titles, a record tied with William Renshaw until broken by Roger Federer. He won in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2000. His winning streak was only briefly interrupted in 1996 when Dutchman Richard Krajicek snatched the title from him.

Release of the book, "Sports Great Pete Sampras" by Victoria Sherrow. (1996)

First child, a son Christian Charles, born on November 21st 2002, to him and his wife Bridgette Wilson-Sampras.

Brother-in-law of Tracy Wilson.

Release of his book, "A Champion's Mind: Lessons From a Life in Tennis" by Pete with Peter Bodo. (2008)

His wife, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, gave birth to a boy, Ryan Nikolaos (born July 29, 2005 in Los Angeles).