The Sampras Era | How Pete Sampras conquered Wimbledon

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  • A decade decorated in Wimbledon silverware.
    The Pete Sampras era, narrated by Andy Roddick.
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  • @Romalian1
    @Romalian1 Před 3 lety +1149

    I cannot understand why Wimbledon channel took so much time to give tribute to the most beautiful attacking player of all time at Wimbledon...

    • @SuperBajack
      @SuperBajack Před 3 lety +63

      Cuz we live in the "OMG BIG 3!" era

    • @rohan4872
      @rohan4872 Před 3 lety +13

      Exactly - bunch of douchebag millennials who can’t survive without social media

    • @edwinivanrodriguez3769
      @edwinivanrodriguez3769 Před 3 lety +68

      Because Wimbledon never likes Sampras remember 2002 they put it on court 17! something would never happend to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic

    • @JoJo-wz4ez
      @JoJo-wz4ez Před 3 lety +3

      @@edwinivanrodriguez3769 what happened ? in 2002

    • @davidgivins4203
      @davidgivins4203 Před 3 lety +2

      Patrick Rafter

  • @user-lp2kh4sv3k
    @user-lp2kh4sv3k Před 3 lety +416

    With Roger, Rafa and Novak being around for so long and playing at the levels that they have and still are, sometimes we forget about the likes of Sampras and Agassi. But they were legends in their own times as well.

    • @prkrmc6457
      @prkrmc6457 Před 3 lety +54

      Pete and agassi are barely ever mentioned. Agassi won all four slams when all surfaces were indeed very different. Winning fast Wimbledon as a baseliner is a hell of an accomplishment. In my view, agassi was 95% of the player Novak is today. Had he developed with the modern baseline game, he'd be an even greater champion.

    • @akshayaman750
      @akshayaman750 Před 3 lety +29

      @@prkrmc6457 that's recency bias..we tend to overstate achievements of current players.

    • @jameswalker6864
      @jameswalker6864 Před 3 lety +5

      In my view, Agassi was 95% of the player Federer was. Had he developed with the modern technology, he would be even better!!

    • @__jan6113
      @__jan6113 Před 3 lety +11

      PrkrMc because majority of fans currently look like they started watching Tennis after 2011. The way they discredit Agassi against Novak is horrible.

    • @prkrmc6457
      @prkrmc6457 Před 3 lety +18

      @@jameswalker6864 Agassi and Federer are very different players. Agassi's modern counterpart is definitely Novak.

  • @MatthewOkot
    @MatthewOkot Před 2 lety +102

    Sampras's performance in the 1999 final is one of the best I've ever seen at Wimbledon. He just blasted Agassi away.

    • @inyang9162
      @inyang9162 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Agassi still hasn't forgiven him!

    • @chocolatetownforever7537
      @chocolatetownforever7537 Před 10 dny

      Biggest let down of any match I sat down to watch. Andre was playing lights out, too, and Pete never gave him a chance.

  • @coolyoutuber6237
    @coolyoutuber6237 Před 3 lety +731

    Pete was my childhood hero. I am really missing his 2nd serve aces. 🙂

    • @pareshmokani
      @pareshmokani Před 3 lety +5

      Mine too. I hope I join the club your Sampras fans. Regards

    • @Dr-Zoker-naik
      @Dr-Zoker-naik Před 3 lety +4

      Mine too.

    • @Lovegainers5
      @Lovegainers5 Před 3 lety

      Cool: So do I!

    • @sln7839
      @sln7839 Před 3 lety +8

      There's no one today to come up like his second serve aces on break point.

    • @rizwanramzan5729
      @rizwanramzan5729 Před 3 lety +6

      Pete's 2nd serve is basically his 1st serve which is one of the reasons as why he dominated...amazing...

  • @boke75
    @boke75 Před 3 lety +234

    Pete's serving motion is perfection. So fluid and natural.

  • @ranjitkrishn
    @ranjitkrishn Před 9 měsíci +9

    There is no one better in the world than Pete Sampras when it comes to serve and volley game.

  • @thetennistalk
    @thetennistalk Před 3 lety +355

    We need a "Last Dance" style docu-series on Pete to remind everyone that he was the original GOAT!

    • @areezzy
      @areezzy Před 3 lety +52

      Sampras also is quite a story, coming from nowhere to win US Open, facing tragedy to his coach, breaking down in tears on court, bouts with mononucleoensis, rivalry with Agassi, being counted out and then had that last Us Open amazing run. Its interesting he was first dubbed as boring but his career was so interesting

    • @thetennistalk
      @thetennistalk Před 3 lety +8

      @@areezzy yeah for sure! Even this small clip with all the legends who played Pete was epic!

    • @rohan4872
      @rohan4872 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes please dude - this would be amazing.

    • @rogersalllike9133
      @rogersalllike9133 Před 3 lety +4

      AW Same story with Fed the best his coach died in car accident and after that eh the rest is history

    • @aidanvreeke3085
      @aidanvreeke3085 Před 3 lety

      Right !!

  • @dpassi1
    @dpassi1 Před 3 lety +160

    Pete’s serve was the most stylish ever!!!

    • @ThrethsTiago
      @ThrethsTiago Před 3 lety +10

      The ATP logo in 2001 was developed based on his service !

    • @worawatsr9803
      @worawatsr9803 Před 3 lety +4

      That’s why he has the greatest serve of all time

    • @jshanker2005
      @jshanker2005 Před 3 lety +2

      Lol !!

    • @karimboudjelal2433
      @karimboudjelal2433 Před 2 lety +3

      His serving motion is the most beautiful tennis shot I have ever seen! Absolutely georgious

    • @hsdonn664
      @hsdonn664 Před 2 lety +1

      Agree. And his forehand was beautiful too. It always gave me goosebumps watching him live back in the 90s.

  • @silviosarunic6709
    @silviosarunic6709 Před 3 lety +69

    There is no Wimbledon without Pete Sampras ! ❤️

    • @thanhnamus
      @thanhnamus Před rokem +2

      Wimbledon with Peter Sampras is so so...... borring !

    • @ShamyTV5k
      @ShamyTV5k Před 10 měsíci +1

      this is what i think every year when the tournament comes up. Id give all i have to switch back to 90s and re-live his game. Never saw him live on grass.

    • @TheManubarcafan
      @TheManubarcafan Před 10 měsíci

      😢

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 Před 9 měsíci

      I stopped watching when he came along except for Henman (Murray later) match jitters on the semi final 5 setters.

  • @recruitmentch
    @recruitmentch Před 2 lety +127

    Everything about Sampras oozed class. The man won every final he played in. Serve, forehand, backhand, serve and volley and ahhh those basketball-inspired smashes. I have so much respect for Djokovic and Nadal and what they've achieved, but at his best, Sampras was a monster with the most gentle persona. He carried himself so gracefully.

    • @ruckfules9441
      @ruckfules9441 Před rokem +12

      14-0 Rafa (in finals) at Roland Garros. 2008 Rafa would beat prime sampras in Wimbledon irrespective of a slow/fast grass court. Pete could never change his game and adapt to win a Roland Garros whereas Rafa and Novak did it to excel across all the surfaces.

    • @jenni431
      @jenni431 Před rokem +16

      @@ruckfules9441 2008 Rafa barely beat a prime Federer in the slowest grass court ever. To think he would beat prime Pete on a fast true Wimby court...wow...!!!! Nice.

    • @ishaan6426
      @ishaan6426 Před rokem +3

      @@jenni431 leave him dude he is just a delusional rafa fan

    • @a6hiji7
      @a6hiji7 Před rokem +2

      @@ruckfules9441 Everything is possible in the world of fantasies! There is no point in comparing legends from different generations.

    • @solidaz80
      @solidaz80 Před rokem +2

      It was his signature "Slam Dunk" smash 😎

  • @patriciofernandez5004
    @patriciofernandez5004 Před 3 lety +267

    In his prime he was unbreakable and unbeatable. My favorite player. Legend.

    • @iggypopisgod9
      @iggypopisgod9 Před 3 lety +10

      Unless it was clay or Davis cup

    • @cryptokid1021
      @cryptokid1021 Před 3 lety +10

      In his prime vs Djokovic or Federer in their primer he would have been toast;)

    • @saurabhrawat6077
      @saurabhrawat6077 Před 3 lety +21

      @HODL On the fast surfaces like pre-1999, they wouldn’t be able to face Pete’s serve and net play

    • @ktosomcosom19
      @ktosomcosom19 Před 3 lety +6

      @@iggypopisgod9 Check his Davis Cup finals win against Kafelnikov, on clay, in Moscow

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto Před 3 lety +20

      @@cryptokid1021 he would have destroyed them in the fast courts . And of course the year he played fed he was in terrible condition he had stopped training 2 years

  • @TheKakarot_itachi
    @TheKakarot_itachi Před 3 lety +687

    Finally, the recognition he deserves.

    • @SARYM911
      @SARYM911 Před 3 lety +44

      Well he always had great recognition and the majority generally used to pick him as the greatest(despite lack of French Open)..It's only with the whole big 3 and social media that past players seem to get overlooked and inflated records seem to be the norm and GOAT debates more vicious

    • @rbfortheloveoftennisandlif144
      @rbfortheloveoftennisandlif144 Před 3 lety +7

      True that...I think he deserves more.>>>>>

    • @johniii8147
      @johniii8147 Před 3 lety +17

      He had plenty of recognition. He just got surpassed for the next generation,

    • @thetennistalk
      @thetennistalk Před 3 lety +5

      Would love to see this in a full documentary narrated by Andy of course

    • @proudindian2186
      @proudindian2186 Před 3 lety +1

      @@SARYM911 big 3 r different as well. next level of athletism is there. even difference of rackets i guess.

  • @generalshockwavekingpin326
    @generalshockwavekingpin326 Před 2 lety +36

    Sampras had a serve that combined a lot of pace and spin (similar to the Nadal forehand), brilliant placement of serve, phenomenal athleticism, brilliant net play, tremendous forehand, a backhand that can produce winners, deadly passing shots, Slam dunk smashes, excellent touch, tenacity, heart, nerves of steel etc. One of the very greatest players, ever.

  • @linuxsurfer2002
    @linuxsurfer2002 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Pete is still my all time favorite tennis player

  • @darrenwayne8263
    @darrenwayne8263 Před rokem +42

    The greatest ever serve and volleyer, and we don't really see that in tennis today. A great era he was in.

    • @capitanfuturo594
      @capitanfuturo594 Před rokem +1

      Federer and Djokovic laugh at the "Sampras Era" 🤣

    • @MR-TNISNE1
      @MR-TNISNE1 Před rokem +5

      @@capitanfuturo594 I think they both looked up to him and his game and also have a lot of respect for him as a player, as a person and specially for his legacy.

    • @fundhund62
      @fundhund62 Před rokem +1

      @@capitanfuturo594 Why would they? Unlike him, they play(ed) in the weakest era professional tennis has ever seen.

    • @capitanfuturo594
      @capitanfuturo594 Před rokem

      @@fundhund62
      weak what ?
      In this era tennis is much more competitive than in the time of Sampras and Agassi.
      Stop writing crap.

    • @albutcher9152
      @albutcher9152 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@capitanfuturo594 typical illiterate groupie bs

  • @jamblman
    @jamblman Před 6 měsíci +3

    Peter Sampras...such amazing athlete, tennis player and even better human being... a true legend..

  • @janinest.9775
    @janinest.9775 Před 3 lety +43

    Pete Sampras... my favourite player of all time. Love his wimbledon matches against Henman.

  • @POK2008
    @POK2008 Před 2 lety +38

    Pete was my idol before Federer came on the scene. I still remember that 99 final against Agassi. It was the best I ever saw him play. Pistol is one of the greatest to ever do it, but he gets overshadowed now because of the big 3, which is unfortunate, because he was truly great.

    • @jamesbedugraham8056
      @jamesbedugraham8056 Před rokem

      Yeah how he did it i will.neve know.

    • @Raimund6602
      @Raimund6602 Před 7 měsíci

      Sampras steht in niemandes Schatten,vor allem nicht bei jenen,die die 90er jahre mitverfolgt haben!Das heutige Tennis ist Mist,jeder hat den gleichen Stil,es geht nur mehr darum,wer die Filzkugel am öfteren übers Netz drischt!Schönes und ökonomisches Angriffstennis ist völlig von derBildfläche verschwunden,grauslich zum anschauen,was ich schon lange nicht mehr tue!

  • @ericlindenmuth7517
    @ericlindenmuth7517 Před 3 lety +50

    Pistol Pete was the best!!! My favorite tennis player. Watching him serve was just amazing, just made it look so easy!

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 Před 9 měsíci

      That was it mainly just a serve or 3 wacks at best. He bored me beyond belief.

  • @Humayunkabir-nn4rh
    @Humayunkabir-nn4rh Před 10 měsíci +2

    Pete and Wimbledon, a match made in heaven!!!!

  • @dr.riteshchhabra3611
    @dr.riteshchhabra3611 Před 2 lety +21

    Pete Sampras was my first introduction to Tennis and
    I really liked his great Serve and thunderous aces !

  • @alanfrost75
    @alanfrost75 Před 9 měsíci +5

    On the fast courts of the past, this is the greatest player that ever held a racket.

  • @Raimund6602
    @Raimund6602 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Der Beste seiner Ära,mehr kann man nicht tun!

  • @WahidKhan-gb6zl
    @WahidKhan-gb6zl Před 3 lety +19

    Greatest serve I’ve ever seen especially under pressure

  • @BreeZieDoesiT
    @BreeZieDoesiT Před 3 lety +36

    I wish this would of been 2 hours long. I love historical tennis doc's like this

  • @gavinlang5143
    @gavinlang5143 Před 3 lety +433

    Like Lendl, Sampras has never really received the credit he deserved. Good to see Wimbledon acknowledging him here

    • @boke75
      @boke75 Před 3 lety +19

      Contrary to the Big 3 today, Sampras has always been extremely private and low-key especially since his retirement at the end of 2002. But, then again, in the 1990's there wasn't any social media to contend with.

    • @aleksthegreat4130
      @aleksthegreat4130 Před 3 lety +25

      Pete was very popular during the 90’s,all my family and friends were supporting him,still half of today’s top-players having him as an Idol(Nole,Roger,Raonic,Del Potro,Tsitsipas)

    • @seanmcmeown1992
      @seanmcmeown1992 Před 3 lety +11

      Shame lendl never won it

    • @airkuna
      @airkuna Před 3 lety +11

      how do u mean he "didn't get credit"?

    • @seann8293
      @seann8293 Před 3 lety +4

      Like Lendl? Que nada! Admiringly, Ivan was an EXCEPTIONAL overachiever by total dedication, hard work, and personal discipline; whereas Pete definitely was (and will certainly remain) the MOST INNATELY COMPLETE tennis player of the modern era. Only Roger Federer (gracefulness) and Novak Djokovic (skills and mind power) come close (speaking of completeness vs. mere games or trophies winning).

  • @frankpavan7865
    @frankpavan7865 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Pete is my favorite player of all time !!❤

  • @Kicks-iw2xe
    @Kicks-iw2xe Před 9 měsíci +2

    Man the 92 semi on the old court 1!!! There were the days

  • @chandravythilingam3647
    @chandravythilingam3647 Před 3 lety +34

    Still the best service action ever nobody compares

  • @deanjeffery04
    @deanjeffery04 Před 3 lety +70

    He played the game the way it should be played. One of my all-time favourite players, Pistol Pete.

    • @lotus630
      @lotus630 Před 3 lety +8

      "played the game the way it should be played"
      ... It's actually more likely that he played it the way it WASN'T meant to be played
      when serve and volley started becoming dominant in the 50s, tournament organizers actually tried to kill it by changing rules... they just failed
      if anything, the true old school tennis players actually prefer baseline players over net players

    • @pomerlain8924
      @pomerlain8924 Před 3 lety +6

      @@lotus630 Old school tennis players prefer attacking tennis and trying to win the point, especially on grass. Not just rallying to try to wait for the other guy to miss.

    • @scores11
      @scores11 Před 3 lety +4

      1-2 punch rallies and one minute service games is definitely not the way tennis was meant to be played. Racquet technology in late 80s-early 90s made tennis too serve-oriented. Slowing down surfaces was a good decision, but a bit late

    • @rosm5114
      @rosm5114 Před 3 lety +7

      @@lotus630 I think He meant Pete played the game the way it should be as a champion and a gentleman! We can discuss styles of play and Eras later. But Pete was a professional on and off the court. Hard work, dedication and he let his tennis racket do all of the talking! Pete is a true legend have the game of tennis!

    • @zetristan4525
      @zetristan4525 Před rokem

      That title belongs to Djokovic. (Despite when he gets angry at himself sometimes.) Novak needed to go to Pete for overhead lessons tho, and Pete to him to learn to return at the highest level instead of being overreliant on serve and fast courts.

  • @vgr112261
    @vgr112261 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I had the pleasure of meeting Pete in Indianapolis, early 1990’s. He was a very humble, nice young man, and his coach, Tim Gullickson, was a class act also.

  • @boborusu4035
    @boborusu4035 Před 3 lety +23

    Fenomenal player!!
    Best serve in history!!
    Best voley!!
    Best atitude!!
    Respect Sampras!!

    • @valsammajoseph421
      @valsammajoseph421 Před 3 lety +3

      And above everything a contented human being

    • @worawatsr9803
      @worawatsr9803 Před 3 lety

      Valsamma Joseph Yep, that’s why he retired so early. Unlike certain players today who’s still playing into their 40s..

    • @juandi2570
      @juandi2570 Před rokem

      An incredible running forehand!!!!

    • @muzzupappa70
      @muzzupappa70 Před rokem

      best volley are McEnroe and Edberg

  • @jmiller05
    @jmiller05 Před 3 lety +187

    People don't realise what a worker Sampras was. He was a natural baseliner who became the most dominant serve-volleyer of the 90's. That takes commitment and belief only worthy of a champion. Also, the greatest clutch server of all time, no question.

    • @pac0re
      @pac0re Před 3 lety +10

      legendary player.. truly

    • @pomerlain8924
      @pomerlain8924 Před 3 lety +22

      Yep. He struggled at Wimbledon in his first few years because, funny enough, he couldn't handle the fast speed of grass with his strokes. He had to work with his coach to shorten up his backswing on his strokes so he could time the ball better. And once he figured that out, he became almost unbeatable at Wimbledon.

    • @cryptokid1021
      @cryptokid1021 Před 3 lety +4

      He would be toast with his serve and volley game. Djokovic would destroy him I'm pretty sure.

    • @pac0re
      @pac0re Před 3 lety +15

      @@cryptokid1021 impossible to tell i think .. so many factors.. i dont think Sampras would adopt a pure serve and volley game if he was the same generation as djoker.. racquets are bigger strings give more spin courts are slower .. serve and volley wouldn't be best option so i doubt Sampras wouldn't figure that out

    • @ktosomcosom19
      @ktosomcosom19 Před 3 lety +10

      @@cryptokid1021 Sampras was all-round class player, but serve-volley approach worked the best in the era of fast grass courts. He often dominated opposition players from the baseline when they were serving, and usually used more patient approach on his serve when playing on slower surfaces, although he was a player favoring shorter rallies with going for the winners when a decent opportunity arose, taking risks. That era knew players who were successful playing more aggressively, going for winners, on all courts except clay. And so, Sampras could be in trouble playing Djokovic. However, at least from the last US Open that Sampras won in his 30s, I remember that he could stand his ground in rallies.

  • @ImmigrationStation4U
    @ImmigrationStation4U Před 3 lety +20

    I've never seen anyone serve better

  • @steveturner609
    @steveturner609 Před 3 lety +99

    And still after all these Years, Pete Sampras remains the Greatest Grass Court/ Fast / Indoor Court player I have EVER seen in my Lifetime!!

    • @worawatsr9803
      @worawatsr9803 Před 3 lety +28

      People today are saying Federer is the greatest grass court player ever, but let’s be real. Sampras wouldn’t lose to pure baseliners like Djokovic and Nadal so many times. He absolutely domolished all baseliners at Wimbledon.

    • @cfhar080591
      @cfhar080591 Před 3 lety +30

      @@worawatsr9803 Let's be clear as well grass is significantly SLOWER than in Pete's era. So it definitely gives baseliners a good chance.

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto Před 3 lety +1

      @King Wiwuz IV it is intentional federer said it 3 weeks go but he dodnt say why.
      Hypothesis, more tv time?

    • @jeffreykaufmann2867
      @jeffreykaufmann2867 Před 3 lety +5

      @King Wiwuz IV Because people were tired of watching 3-4 shot rallies for 5 hours. Boring tennis.

    • @leoshteynberg3013
      @leoshteynberg3013 Před 3 lety +3

      @@worawatsr9803 Djokovic is not a pure baseliner, he is literally an all court counter puncher. Nadal is a baseliner, but he literally made grinding viable because of his unique style and execution. This is a BS statement.

  • @idc9053
    @idc9053 Před rokem +12

    Two of my all-time favourite players: Pete & Novak, now tied with 7 Wimbledon titles. Incredible

  • @zimone8835
    @zimone8835 Před 3 lety +122

    Pete my idol, won all 14 grand slams attacking using a tiny pro staff 85. Were majority were using 98s-100s. Unbelievable!

    • @worawatsr9803
      @worawatsr9803 Před 3 lety +15

      It’s like he was using a wooden stick to fight against a real sword, and still win using just a wooden stick.

    • @seann8293
      @seann8293 Před 3 lety +6

      NO! Pete used the 98 Staff Pro. It's Ivan Lendl who used the dinky 85 (perhaps even less wide) tennis racket.

    • @worawatsr9803
      @worawatsr9803 Před 3 lety +13

      Sean N Pete Sampras used Wilson Pro Staff 85. It’s literally his signature racquet of choice.

    • @nacofichetti314
      @nacofichetti314 Před 3 lety +1

      Amazing, pure talent. My hero too!!

    • @farid1406
      @farid1406 Před 3 lety +1

      @@worawatsr9803 Sort of like a real-world Cyrio Forel who beats Merryn Trant, the Kingsguard, and the Hound with his wood sword.

  • @AmbitionClinic
    @AmbitionClinic Před 2 lety +13

    A lovely guy. When he stayed in London for Wimbledon he stayed at the St James Court Hotel. Popped into gym to train a few times. A polite modest guy who was courteous to everyone he met.

    • @kikaa1884
      @kikaa1884 Před rokem

      He is Greek descendant he will definitely like Greek culture and tradition for sure.
      I think he is bisexual person

    • @cafu-thebrazilianalanhutto6835
      @cafu-thebrazilianalanhutto6835 Před rokem +3

      @@kikaa1884 ???

    • @guitarreilly
      @guitarreilly Před rokem

      @@kikaa1884 god i love the internet! so many absolute nutters out there! haha

  • @BurnsTennis
    @BurnsTennis Před 3 lety +164

    A nine minute video narrated by Andy Roddick. 98,000 views in just three days. And yet Wimbledon still have not premiered a single Sampras match since they started showing archives months ago. It is about time they premiered a Sampras match! There is plenty to choose from.

    • @pareshmokani
      @pareshmokani Před 3 lety +16

      Sampras was never given the credit for his sheer dominance at Wimbledon. Seven titles in eight years and the unexpected loss in 1996 to Richard Krajicek stopped his unbeaten run. I am not the one to take anything away from Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, but if the surface and balls were of same quality, I fear Federer would have found it difficult to win eight. If Sampras had played for 20 years at Wimbledon, he would have collected at least 15 trophies.

    • @WilliamRobinson-bb6mr
      @WilliamRobinson-bb6mr Před 3 lety +11

      @@pareshmokani I also doubt that Nadal or Djokovic would have done that well at Wimbledon at all.

    • @iggypopisgod9
      @iggypopisgod9 Před 3 lety +4

      Paresh Mokani Unfortunately, the era that followed Pete arrived early and he was essentially eclipsed in history by the big 3: Fed, Novak, Nadal. Compound that with style that didn’t exude a lot of personality, or endorsements, Pete’s star has dimmed somewhat over the years.

    • @KaitainCPS
      @KaitainCPS Před 2 lety +1

      I think the unfortunate truth is that the Sampras era featured a lot of boring grass court matches. It was dominated by big serves.

    • @Monteray9
      @Monteray9 Před 2 lety

      Have they not posted Sampras and Federer’s historic meeting in 2001?

  • @ptej348
    @ptej348 Před 2 lety +3

    Pete's attacking game is so unsettling for the opponent. He just dominates the game. My all time favourite.

  • @neelesh2771
    @neelesh2771 Před 3 lety +8

    His style of serve is so good to look at. Aces and more.. And most importantly a very down to earth man. My big all time favorite.

  • @animanga9597
    @animanga9597 Před 3 lety +45

    ladies and gentlemen the greatest player of all times the great sampras!!!!!

  • @mammadijacopo3347
    @mammadijacopo3347 Před 2 lety +2

    Fell in love with tennis watching Sampras in the nineties

  • @ptme2420
    @ptme2420 Před 2 lety +1

    My all time favourite player!

  • @anthonyjohnson-zh8bo
    @anthonyjohnson-zh8bo Před 10 měsíci +3

    sampras was right up there with the best

  • @manns101101
    @manns101101 Před 2 lety +3

    This guy is my GOAT.

  • @leonardodonato9047
    @leonardodonato9047 Před 3 lety +10

    Pistol Pete was my childhood hero. I loved his aggressive tennis style. Thanks, Wimbledon.

  • @jjh2456
    @jjh2456 Před 3 lety +511

    Pete was the type of player Wimbledon was made for.

    • @pomerlain8924
      @pomerlain8924 Před 3 lety +23

      And funny enough, he actually struggled there his first few years because he couldn't adjust to the speed of the grass. It wasn't until he worked with his coach to help shorten up his backswing on his strokes to time the ball better, that he finally figured out the key to winning there.

    • @DrMrPersonGuy
      @DrMrPersonGuy Před 3 lety +24

      Well, old Wimbledon, not the medium-slow hard court grindfest it is now.

    • @jjh2456
      @jjh2456 Před 3 lety +8

      Dr. Mr. Person Guy actually all the courts have been slowed to mimic the clay courts. Hence Rafa was able to be so competitive on it.

    • @jeffreykaufmann2867
      @jeffreykaufmann2867 Před 3 lety +1

      @@DrMrPersonGuy I dont think the court is slower. The ball bounces higher than in Sampras' era which is a good thing. Before the ball was often below the waist.

    • @DrMrPersonGuy
      @DrMrPersonGuy Před 3 lety +15

      @@jeffreykaufmann2867 The courts are slower. And the bounce should not be higher, this is grass, not clay. Tennis has been slowed and homogenized for baseliners.

  • @carlossimancas9867
    @carlossimancas9867 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Best serve ever. Best grass court player ever (in the old and super fast grass of Wimbledon)

  • @Anonymous-zw1gd
    @Anonymous-zw1gd Před 3 lety +116

    The slam dunk smash! Has there ever been a player with a special move like that?!

    • @tom4trimble
      @tom4trimble Před 3 lety +7

      My hero. Still trying to get the slam dunk smash each game :-)

    • @Anonymous-zw1gd
      @Anonymous-zw1gd Před 3 lety +4

      @@tom4trimble Me too, but every time I try the 'slam dunk' I hurt my back!

    • @worawatsr9803
      @worawatsr9803 Před 3 lety +12

      Nobody can perform the slam dunk smash like Pete Sampras. The height that he gets off the ground is inhuman. I saw Federer attempted it a few times, but it was not as great as Sampras dunk smash.

    • @charlie172011
      @charlie172011 Před 3 lety

      Shapovalov's jumping backhand shots (?

    • @michaelvonhaven105
      @michaelvonhaven105 Před 3 lety +2

      It's not really a smart shot, It relies on pure arm strength

  • @ReadyNick11
    @ReadyNick11 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Sampras is always my goat, I miss this era so much.

  • @seanrc8642
    @seanrc8642 Před 3 lety +208

    My favorite player of all time. Retired as the best ever. The three guys that followed him may have better arguments to that claim now, but Pete is still certainly the best grass court player of all time. Just a pleasure to watch, he was. Great athlete, great gentleman.

    • @johnholmes912
      @johnholmes912 Před 2 lety +3

      laver was my hero but sampras comes close

    • @tanyag2499
      @tanyag2499 Před 2 lety +33

      All due respect to Sampras, but surely Federer is the grass-court GOAT. He has the most Wimbledons after all.

    • @fabiennefertiti3017
      @fabiennefertiti3017 Před 2 lety +18

      @@tanyag2499 Yet Federer has a 1-3 losing record at Wimbledon against Novak, who for many is the GOAT

    • @tanyag2499
      @tanyag2499 Před 2 lety +32

      @@fabiennefertiti3017 While I do believe that Novak is well on his way to finishing his career as the GOAT (although this is a subjective term because fairly comparing players from different eras of tennis is impossible), I must give Federer credit here. Despite being past his prime, 30-year-old Federer beat prime 25-year-old Djokovic in the 2012 Wimbledon semifinal. Their other 3 matches, which Djokovic won, are not an accurate representation of Federer's full grass-court abilities because they came when he was well into his 30s and therefore already long past his prime, which was approximately from age 22 until age 27. By the time of their next meeting after 2012 (2014 final), Federer was 32. In 2015, he was 33. And in 2019 he was 37.

    • @parthsavyasachi9348
      @parthsavyasachi9348 Před 2 lety +1

      @@fabiennefertiti3017 that's the thing about federer. He is goat but somehow fellow players do better than him in head to heads. For example nadal.
      Novak should equal slams today and rightfully claim the goat.

  • @ShamyTV5k
    @ShamyTV5k Před 3 lety +14

    Running forehand, serve and slam dunk were exceptional , on grass the net game was fantastic.still the loss in 96 and 01/02 were tragic..Sampras was my hero, love him!

    • @dynamicnag
      @dynamicnag Před 3 lety +1

      Seriously Tragic. If ever Sampras lost at Wimbledon....It borders on Tragic. Seriously who can beat him? huhh? Krajicek and Federer....Not Goran though :) after 92 :) lolol....Agassi won then and escaped. Goran got screwed until Federer helped him in 2001 :) oh my God. What a Heart Breaker is Sampras. Goran's got no chance :) lololol

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice Před 2 lety +1

      @@dynamicnag
      Only krajicek beat him in his prime.

  • @vshantk5
    @vshantk5 Před 3 lety +15

    Really admire this guy..... I was in tenth grade when retired felt bad but for me Era was of Pete Sampras

  • @datapro007
    @datapro007 Před rokem +2

    Pete is still my favorite after all these years.

  • @zthde
    @zthde Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks for the upload 👍
    Arguably the G. O. A. T in my eyes ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

  • @anandhardas6671
    @anandhardas6671 Před 3 lety +12

    One of my favourite players.. miss those days..

  • @Coa_Kralj_Coa_The_King
    @Coa_Kralj_Coa_The_King Před 2 lety +38

    He's a legend!!! Who could imagine that someone like Novak,and fed will do even better here. I feel sorry for Pete,when he was playing fed,they stole important point from him by mistake,and he lost that match. It was crucial point.

  • @ignaciosuarez9948
    @ignaciosuarez9948 Před 3 lety +3

    My idol is Federer but in the last 2 months i started hearing about Sampras and watching his style and i love it

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice Před 2 lety +1

      When he was on his game, he was not beatable on grass. Straight sets

    • @blackace5167
      @blackace5167 Před 2 lety +1

      It is because of Sampras that is why I've been playing tennis for two decades.

  • @jujuguy2323
    @jujuguy2323 Před 3 lety +6

    Pete was one of the best at the net and awesome one hand backhand

  • @rintrah81
    @rintrah81 Před 2 lety +2

    This guy was pure skill and attack.

  • @inyang9162
    @inyang9162 Před 11 měsíci +2

    His jumping smash is without a doubt the greatest shot in tennis! What way to send a message. Also a really hard shot to get right.

  • @Cyraxslayer666
    @Cyraxslayer666 Před 3 lety +221

    This was great to watch, would love to see a similar narration with Federer. Don’t think Roddick would want to narrate though haha.

    • @jayzemmour8431
      @jayzemmour8431 Před 3 lety +35

      Djokovic would narrate it about Federer 😅😁😁

    • @FavrboBirk
      @FavrboBirk Před 3 lety +35

      Roddick is a Great guy. He would narrate it - if he could get The 2009 title in return😅

    • @cfhar080591
      @cfhar080591 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jayzemmour8431 He should he wants to be him so bad.😂😂😂😂

    • @sph8483
      @sph8483 Před 3 lety +10

      @@FavrboBirk 1. Really appreciate your humor,
      2. He would happily do it either ways

    • @kakoiijing
      @kakoiijing Před 2 lety

      but ARod would be proud of his last match of his career vs Roger with a victory, so who knows, eh?

  • @justbeyourself8515
    @justbeyourself8515 Před 3 lety +76

    Little did people at the time knew this was the end of American tennis

    • @samallardyce2522
      @samallardyce2522 Před 3 lety +19

      "men tennis"

    • @TheDelcin
      @TheDelcin Před 3 lety +4

      Sam Allardyce so serena is WAMEN?

    • @kristian1332
      @kristian1332 Před 3 lety +2

      @@samallardyce2522 "entertaining tennis"

    • @LinusFeynstein
      @LinusFeynstein Před 3 lety +3

      It was not the end. Agassi achieved some major titles In Melbourne after Sampras resign and Roddick won New York and both of them became Nr. One.
      Soon there will be another US American number one. I am pretty sure. Greetings from Berlin.

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto Před 3 lety

      @@LinusFeynstein america also had jack sock and the other the very tall guy with great serve, but both were not workers, they dont work to play better.

  • @matteotagliabue852
    @matteotagliabue852 Před rokem +6

    pete is simply incredible, I would like to give a big shout out for Andy Roddick also because I think he is an amazing player and person

  • @javace79
    @javace79 Před 3 lety +18

    I really feel for Andy being so close and deserving of a title there.

    • @dynamicnag
      @dynamicnag Před 3 lety +6

      Andy is to Roger.....what Goran is to Sampras. if only Andy waited a little.....Nadal or Djoker wud have defeated Roger at wimbledon and Andy could have gotten one :) like Goran got in 2001 when Federer helped. :)

  • @augusto5123
    @augusto5123 Před 3 lety +17

    Que hermoso revivir las victorias de Sampras! Fue un campeón enfocado y muy educado en la cancha y sobre todo una calidad humana humilde y de buena voluntad. Características de excelentes de campeones como Laver,Navratilova,Seles,Nadal y Federer! y otros! Sampras era tranquilo y determinado a ganar. Excelente video Wimbledon y que bonito escuchar a Andy Roddick narrar la historia...una persona me quede con las ganas ganase Wimbledon! Sampras forever! :)

  • @vipulnaib1450
    @vipulnaib1450 Před 3 lety +3

    The prime reason I started loving this beautiful sport.

  • @Liryc83
    @Liryc83 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I don't think anyone could serve and volley like Pete.

  • @englandcalling9721
    @englandcalling9721 Před 3 lety +8

    Who would have thought Sampras, Roddick and Agassi would still be America's most recent men's Grand Slam champions. 2003 and counting.

  • @Vicky-wf8yc
    @Vicky-wf8yc Před 3 lety +9

    Most eligant player... On the court with few steps and pure talent hé conquered

    • @muzzupappa70
      @muzzupappa70 Před rokem +1

      most elegant were Edberg and McEnroe. He's third

  • @The1n0nIy1
    @The1n0nIy1 Před 3 lety +23

    At his peak in the mid to late 90s I don't think there's been a better grass court player.

  • @AgentGreyFox
    @AgentGreyFox Před 10 měsíci +2

    Still my favourite player ever.

  • @Dead-Ball-Situation
    @Dead-Ball-Situation Před rokem +2

    Sampras was just a machine. I would love to have seen him in his prime play Djokovic or Federer in their prime. Imagine what a match that would be.

    • @ms-jl6dl
      @ms-jl6dl Před rokem

      Sampras lost to young Federer.

    • @kweizi5712
      @kweizi5712 Před rokem

      @@ms-jl6dl But he was like 10 years older than Federer and no longer in his prime. And it was only 1 match and it went the full distance.

    • @Dead-Ball-Situation
      @Dead-Ball-Situation Před rokem

      @@ms-jl6dl not in his prime

  • @MrChrisK1973
    @MrChrisK1973 Před 3 lety +17

    The greatest ever.

  • @marthenri
    @marthenri Před 3 lety +20

    Andy’s voice!

  • @mickedeut
    @mickedeut Před rokem +1

    His first serve was a true inspiration for me!

  • @fernandorodriguez4353
    @fernandorodriguez4353 Před 3 lety +15

    for me, Pete Sampras is the best player of all time, I have always thought that he could have achieved more grand slam titles, but he felt alone at the top, and that affected him, he lost games, if I remember correctly, with players not in the top ten

  • @kireetpandey6444
    @kireetpandey6444 Před 3 lety +3

    Great great great pete samprass he was poetry in motion really nice to see wimbledon recognising the man who ruled center court for nearly a decade in the 90s

  • @oyamadyosiba2938
    @oyamadyosiba2938 Před 3 lety +18

    funny how all the great champions of the 90ths , Steffi Graf and Pete Sampras have stayed away from the sport after retirement. I watched all those great victories by Pete. Still one of the greatest champions ever.

    • @vidyasonavane9602
      @vidyasonavane9602 Před 2 lety

      The fire power of Steffi and still graceful!👏👏 a treat to watch the game, esp her straight down the line.

    • @Byk37
      @Byk37 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vidyasonavane9602 well Steffi got "luck" to "eliminate" biggest rival and much better and tougher player than she was in Monika

  • @iyerviking
    @iyerviking Před 8 měsíci +1

    I remember Pete Sampras as the first player who dominated tennis consistently and over a period of time.

  • @allanwaters9782
    @allanwaters9782 Před 2 lety +2

    the most dangerous player of all time

  • @jesseruizmba3986
    @jesseruizmba3986 Před 3 lety +8

    Pete is by far my favorite male tennis player.

  • @vee2915
    @vee2915 Před 3 lety +12

    7/7 in Finals. Enough said.

  • @bhatkrishnakishor
    @bhatkrishnakishor Před 2 lety +1

    I have grown up watching Sampras, this video refreshed those memories. 🙂

  • @samjack16
    @samjack16 Před 2 lety +1

    That serve and that iconic smash...

  • @tristanvilallon653
    @tristanvilallon653 Před 3 lety +5

    Sampras is my all time tennis idol, aside from the big 3, Andy and Stan, there is something special about Pete not just his agility and strength, he is also a humble man, I never saw him getting angry or arrogant on court, he just go with the flow, if he wins, he's thankful if he loses better luck next time, that's what i saw with Pete

  • @nicksmith-chandler458
    @nicksmith-chandler458 Před 3 lety +65

    If Sampras was English there would have been statues of him already

    • @anupamacrafts4816
      @anupamacrafts4816 Před 2 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @2_Sec_C
      @2_Sec_C Před 2 lety +1

      He has one in Paris

    • @dyar6759
      @dyar6759 Před 2 lety +3

      Lol a statue for him in the one city he never won a grand slam. That’s mocking it😂

  • @padanfain7466
    @padanfain7466 Před rokem +1

    I grew up watching this man at Wimbledon, it was the highlight of the season for me. He was beautiful to watch. Serve and volley baby! I was lucky enough to watch him play a match on an outside court towards the end of his era.

  • @mattsk3380
    @mattsk3380 Před 3 lety +2

    Pete was the reason I started playing tennis. Great player, great personality, legend.

  • @outatime16
    @outatime16 Před 2 lety +34

    Sampras the real king of Wimbledon. 7 titles (7-0) in an 8 year span. 14 slams and retired at 31 years old. It was an era where polyester strings did not exist, grass and balls were much faster, and players did not have access to the training/nutrition/physio/surgery/scouting technologies that players have now.

    • @rs8247
      @rs8247 Před rokem

      💯 agree

    • @brucedean6477
      @brucedean6477 Před rokem

      Facts

    • @th8257
      @th8257 Před 11 měsíci

      I think as well, players of his generation still were brought up much more to have a specialism (e.g. clay courts, faster courts). Much more difficult to translate that across surfaces in those days.

    • @user-jz6pq4zx3e
      @user-jz6pq4zx3e Před 10 měsíci

      That worked as an advantage for him.

  • @qhumayun2008
    @qhumayun2008 Před 3 lety +6

    Pete Sampras = Legend always be Legend

  • @freedomchance9982
    @freedomchance9982 Před rokem +2

    I loved watching Pete play at Wimbledon! Such a great decade for tennis!!

  • @reinhardthuman3565
    @reinhardthuman3565 Před 3 lety +3

    Pete Samras was my hero in tennis in his era what a brilliant player he was down to earth and humble guy a great person 😁👍

  • @0relaxis0
    @0relaxis0 Před rokem +5

    Pete moved like a crouching cat and attacked like a tiger...
    the best player of the 20th century with the best personality, for me Pete always the best :)

  • @ricardopereira1991
    @ricardopereira1991 Před 3 lety +7

    Sampras never missed a final at Wimbledon !!🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾

  • @meditationmountainbyrishab919

    Pete Sampras one of the greatest Tennis players of all time, maybe the greatest all-round player on all courts, and very humble! If he was around today, he would with ease take on the great three!

  • @barbarahammond8430
    @barbarahammond8430 Před rokem +2

    I truly enjoyed Pete's matches over the years. Thanks for the replays brings back good memories of an era gone by.

  • @MariaE99
    @MariaE99 Před 3 lety +4

    He will always be my champion 💕my idol

  • @ilovegurusahib
    @ilovegurusahib Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks a lot for the compilation Wimbledon CZcams channel team. Sampras was the first one to start dominance in tennis.