Sampras

[ sam-pruhs ]

noun

1. Peter Pete, born 1971, U.S. tennis player.

Sampras

/ ˈsæmpˌræs /

noun

1. SamprasPete1971MUSSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player Pete. born 1971, US tennis player: winner of fourteen Grand Slam single titles (1990–2002), including the US Open (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002) and Wimbledon (1993–95, 1997–2000)

Example Sentences

Sell is aware that his time as an active professional player is limited — Pete Sampras retired at 32, Andre Agassi at 36 — and he’s leveraging his skills to ensure he can transition smoothly into a post-tour career after his body breaks down or he tires of the grind.

From Los Angeles Times

Another factor in his atypical career has been the thriving Southern California tennis community, which has nurtured generations of stars from Sampras to the Williams sisters.

From Los Angeles Times

He was also the first male teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Pete Sampras' first US Open triumph in 1990.

From BBC

For a tearful Federer, it denied him a 14th Grand Slam title, which would have drawn him level with the then all-time men's record held by Sampras.

From BBC

It also marked his 15th major victory, nudging him above Sampras on the list of all-time men's winners into second place behind Federer.

From BBC