50 Pete Sampras Shots & Rallies That AMAZED Spectators!
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Probably the most iconic tennis serve ever!
Sampras is the example of the complete player in tennis.
The acquisition of complete mastery, nothing to do with modern tennis players.
I remember very well that every technical shot he made was done with classy finesse
a champion.
Pete for me is always the greatest fast court player ever.
The real Goat of fast courts.
Happy Birthday, Pete! Can't believe you are 50 now! I really miss your style. The game hasn't been the same since you retired.
Spoken like an old timer (no offence) I grew up with the much better tennis era let’s be real here. This looks amateurish relatively speaking compared to the quality that is Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Murray. It’s not the same you’re right, it’s superior in every way.
@@bullymaquire8797 No offence taken. That's your opinion.
@@alexanderpruger5337 is it a matter of opinion though? I mean fed, Djoko and Rafa hold 60 grand slams collectively! There’s never been such dominance and rivalry in the sport, just about any sport for that matter…
@@bullymaquire8797 Never such dominance ??? Or never so weak an era where 3 maybe 5 guys can pick an choose between slams ?
@@hassehougaard5120 pretty naive to think that. They’re clearly more talented than the best players of any generation before them.
I know its late…I wasn’t quite into any sport until I watched Pete played against Agassi ai Indiana Wells in 1995, then I came to realize that there’s one sport could be so beautiful and attracting, and the way Pete played was so elegant and unique.Throughout my college life Pete was one my spiritual supports and I followed nearly every match he played as much as I could.
He’s my GOAT and always will be. Happy bday Pete, can’t imagine you are 50 now. Thank you for the memory all along my youth…
Same here
if I think so too, no matter how many tennis players are born, none will fill me like Pete, it was beautiful to see him play, perfect mix between silky movements and electricity on the network, the only thing I regret in this life is not being able to see him play in HD quality.
Sampras had a serve that combined a lot of pace & extreme spin (like Nadal's forehand), brilliant placement of serve, the Slam dunk smash shots, brilliant net play, excellent touch, tenacity, tremendous forehand, deadly passing shots, phenomenal athleticism, a backhand that can produce winners, heart, nerves of steel etc. Sampras, one of the very greatest players, ever.
That is what I call a nice summary :-)
@@BurnsTennis Thanks.
You're right. Impressed particularly by his amazing net play (reaction time, touch, placement, general command) and cross-court & baseline passing shots. Also, he was looking always it seems to find the end of the point, rather than just outlast the other guy. Appreciated the killer instinct!
Amazing legs for covering the court, too! The way he chased & tracked balls in the open court is legendary!
I believe in his prime Pete was the greatest grass court player of all time. Roger has been amazing but he got most of his big wins after Pete and Andre and before Nadal hit his prime. Roger had an entire era with no real challenges. Andy Roddick was the toughest opponent he had for a while so his big number of titles isn't as impressive as it sounds. Amazing player but the Joker passed him and Nadal during their prime.
Once we are done with all this silliness about who has the most grand slam titles ever , can we all agree that Sampras was THE PERFECT tennis player. He was Sui Generis. In point 29, he moves like a Grandmaster moves his pieces on a Chess Board.
Agree totally.
The real goat of tennis. Only player to dominate an era. The only player to stay ranked number 1 for 6 consecutive years and has a definitive winning record against all of his rivals
no chance. His only main rival was Agassi who was a baseliner who had the wrong game for his era so Sampras had so many easy free points on his serve
@@guitarreilly lmao you must of just started watching tennis. Because Sampras didn’t just have Andre. He had Ivanisevic, Rafter, Becker, Krajicek, Courier, Chang, Henman, Rusedski, and Hewitt. These are Sampras top ten rivals. That man even faced Lendl and Edburg. So yeah pretty stacked rival. Not to mention a courts played faster then anything in the 2000s and definitely compared todays game.
The one handed-backhand are a thing of beauty. It's a shame that so few use it anymore.
Pete knew how to play the BEST tennis.He deserves the number ONE.
Best tennis player i have ever seen. When he was playing well nobody beats him
Disagree, Sampras had a very weak backhand on clay and his shoulder size shots were often very neutral.
He had amazing explosivity and serve, but when he wasn't serving well, he could be taken.
I know there is a lot of hype around “the big 3” as they are recent/current, but I don’t want that to overshadow the greatness of Pete Sampras. My favorite player to watch of all time and (I feel) is truly the best player ever.
Agree 100% with you.
It’s a little too late for that! It’s been long since they all overshadowed him…they are no longer in the same league…
Three main stats in tennis: grand slam total, weeks as #1 total and year-end as #1 total!
Sampras - 14 slams, Fedalovic - 20/22/21
Sampras - 286 weeks as #1, Djokerer - 373/310 (only Nadal is far behind…)
Sampras - 6 year-end finishes as #1, Djokovic - 7! Nadal has also chance to make it 6 this season if he performs well at the USO, that is just around the corner as i type this…
It’s over! Sampras’s legacy was surpassed by the big-3!
I forgot to mention one important thing…career slam! All 3 has won each major at least twice, Sampras wasn’t even in French Open finals, let alone came close to winning it! While Djokovic and Nadal have double career slams on top of that!…
@@Summon256 they didnt really. Only for youngsters on aofial media.
As people in ky family who watched all three and sampras alot on TV games, he played better and they are great but he was better and have not seen other player at this level.
Numbers are inflated due to number inflation ans the homogeneous courts and very few tournaments that they cam choose to play through the year.
Becker who si also Djokovic coach in great years of his 2013-2016 has said Sampras has case for goat because if elements of his game.
He wouldnt get a game of his broken in weeks .
1990-2000 the greatest era of tennis and the best male and female tennis generation ! Thank to Sampras for the inspiration
Pete Sampras is a legend!
If, living legend, there will never be a player who comes close to the quality of his tennis, no matter how many titles the big 3 has, they can not execute the blows like the quality and beauty of Sampras.
Pete Sampras is the reason why I started to develop interest for Tennis 🎾 His serve & volley is a always a treat to watch. He’s a beast who always looked to dominate the opponent with aggressive gameplay. And thank you Tennis TV. Happy 50th Birthday Pete! God bless!!! 🎂💐🎉
We cannot say the same about boring defensive djokovich
No one else
Love Sampras- always had that look on his face- "Uh, yea- you DIDN'T think I could do that???"
All business- all the time!
Sampras the real GOAT
Pistol was a monster in Grand Slam finals! Won 14 of his 18 finals. Almost 78%. Rafa is a distant second at 71%. Happy Birthday, champ!
RAFA is GOAT even without Pete's god given talent...Rafa win with heart. Pete did not has the desire to win....
@@tigerbalm666 what a load of shit man - his desire to win was insatiable; do I need to give examples? See 1996 QF vs Corretja in the fifth set when he threw up on the court and uncorked a second serve ace at 7-7. His desire grew with the death of his coach so I would think twice before commenting without knowing the different eras carefully.
Do you know what distant means?
@@dumitriuradu8481 😂
@@dumitriuradu8481 seven percent is pretty fucking distant in statistics.
Sampras came up with so many clutch shots and clutch serves! Happy bday Pete!
Pussy serve voley bot, cant belive somone pay ticket to watch 3,4 shot points
@@SuperNino111 Ah. You're one of THOSE people. You just cant comment anything positive 🙃
@@SuperNino111 love love S + V - much more exciting, explosive style, do or die at the net
Before the big 3, Pete was the man! Wimbledon was his house. Pete and Andre are the reason why I wanted to play the game. Pistol is definitely one of the greatest to ever play the game!
Obviously, 14 slams…
Drop the “one of”
@@josefb.6633 That's nothing now, big 3 have 20, Serena has 23, Pete's way behind.
@@pauljohnson6019 Nothing? How many have you won? Thats nothing… Cant compare women and men first of all… second of all he played in a different era and retired at 31, look at the 90s dominance he had… 14 out of 18, so he is a winner, no ones even close… and finally the argument was that he is one of the greats, even through your logic he is still 4th best… that is one of the greats for sure… wtf is your point?
Nobody knows tennis here... the greatest is Benoît Paire ... 😂😚
Most elegant and lethal serve belongs to Sampras
it belongs to federer, both elegance and ace number
My all-time sport hero, a legend, an efortless virtuoso.
Mine too, Pete's is a very clear case that he was born to play tennis. Just watching him hit the ball is a delight, his swing was technically perfect and unique.
Same here. Thanks to him, I have a better serve than most of amateur people.. years of watching his matches and trying to imitate haha.
I really believe that if you took Pete in his prime, and put him in any era of tennis, he would have been the best.
On hard court and grass i dont have any doubt prime pete would win 💪
Yes on the fast courts I agree.
Completely agree. Though I would say some of the Roger/Rafa eras would probably stop him in his tracks.
He probably is the best.. Retired on top of his game.. came back for an exhibition or charity.. destroys.. just proving even coming back years later for fun that hes the best.. Sampras and agassi best match of the times... Federer and Nadal equally as amazing more modern times
@@romuluscreative I agree, not only did I have a privileged wrist for the volleys in the net added to some feline reflexes, but also powerful blow of track background both drive and backhand, amazing legwork for Pete's height and a harmony throughout the body in the swing and execution of the blows that even today I have not seen another player so aesthetic, Pete was the ultimate tennis player. How much I wish Pete's time was in these times, watching him play in HD quality would be beautiful.
Sampras c'etait vraiment une autre planète, quel joueur
I feel Sampras saw the tennis court in ways that most players don't.
He created shots at angels and in ways that not even todays players do.
That serve and the way he closes into the net is unreal
I feel like tennis is the most underrated sport on earth.
Oh really?
Is that why it is worth BILLIONS of $$$$$ worldwide?
And top players earn MILLIONS$$$$$ ?
And sponsorship is worth BILLIONS$$$$$???
And it has a worldwide television audience in the MILLIONS?
And is played by millions of people of all ages worldwide?
Maybe you want to rethink your comment.
@@stevefowler3398 You're absolutely right, he'd better rethink his comment right away.
Pete is the master. He played to win a point with as few shots as possible. Nowadays players only play to not lose a point, with a point going on and on with endless rallies. Pete may not have the most championships but his games are the most awesome to watch.
He had the intelligence and vision for it where today's players are like high schoolers on steroids with predictable and talentless moves despite having high athleticism and hitting hard. The dumbing down of tennis is very sad.
He stopped to train at 28. This is main reason otheriwse he could get more slams.
But he was almost double the second and he didnt see the point.
@@mikehipparchusnewton7436 For the most part, I agree with everything you wrote. One thing that need to be mentioned. He didn't have much of choice to play differently.
@@mikehipparchusnewton7436that is only partly true. The thing with modern tennis is bc players are so much faster and stronger these days they will get to more balls so points will naturally be a little longer anyway. Fed plays a similar style to Sampras but against Rafa, Novak, or even Murray he has to play longer points bc those guys are so good at returning it back.
Pete had the greatest serve ever.
After Karlovic and Isner, who made both more total aces and more aces per match. Before you say "oh, Pete would play second serves as first serves", consider that he wasn't special for doing so. It was very typical of the 1990s. Mark Philippoussis also hit powerful second serves as if they were first serves.
@mm43501 the one most important statistic actually is "% of unreturned serves". But this one doesn't exist unfortunately.
Isner and Karlovic get benefits a lot because of their heights. Overall, i choose Federer, his serve so accurate and impossible to read if he's aimed perfectly. and his serve adaptive with different surfaces fast, medium, and slow
He's made 4 aces in a row against the best returner slowkovic
The best part about Pete's serve is it was so powerful and physically balanced it didn't destroy his readiness for the next shot. He was a much better athlete than other bigger servers, except maybe Roddick.
@@jameswalker6864 how many majors they won o sampras serve hardest to break
I bless you Tennis TV for being the greatest content maker and respect of tennis legends across multiple eras.
Pete was the GOAT of his generation and while I find it impossible to compare eras given a multitude of factors, I feel that on his day (and depending on every surface apart from clay), he could fair very well against the Big Three.
Thanks Pete for all the memories - your number one fan.
Incredible tennis player, the best of all time. Can you imagine watching it play in HD quality? I will die with that wish, Thank you Pete for existing, when I am sad and things go wrong I look at your plays and it changes my mood. We love you Pete 🎾♥
@Barry Xenyx You're right, I rectify, he was the player I liked to see the most :)
Best American Tennis Player of all time.
He’s the reason why I started following Tennis! Beautiful to watch he just played great tennis, no smashing of racquets , very rare arguments with the umpire, no tantrums soo unlike some players now
I started to watch tennis only because of Sampras, he made me to love watching tennis more than any other sports, and i was lucky to see many finals wins by him, really great moments, i was born in 80, best era of 80s-90s in my min.
I sign under your comment because it happened to me exactly the same, I knew that tennis existed but I never stopped to watch a game until by chance I put on the TV one day and Pete was playing, I fell in love with his way of playing and from there I always followed his career, he made me tennis, I was also born in the 80s :)
He was a package Tenis player! I enjoyed watching his games missed him so much.
Sampras game looks like its coming from the future.
his shot before net approach was very delicate and faciitates shot on net.
50 that didn't occur in any of his 14 majors! Some great touch. Pete was incredible. As an Agassi fan I loathed him back in the day. But looking back he was awesome.
Same here. Now, he's my GOAT. There was something truly special about 90's tennis.
Sampras ,un ,,OM și un NUME ",gravat " cu litere de aur în
inimile și amintirile tuturor locuitorilor ,,TEREI ".
Mulțumim pentru liniștea și fericirea pe care ni le-ai transmis,fara să știi !
Like Edberg, so graceful so highly underrated foot speed... also underrated touch volleys... Athleticism is what set him apart... and from this u can tell his competitive spirit was second to none in his prime... this all supported his amazing serve and forehand
Will always be greatest ever in my memory.
Number 9 , what a touch! Beautiful!
Pete Sampras had tougher opponents than Federer now had
yes true. when he was playing he had to play 10 wimbledon champions and he could not win because he had to play 14 french open champions . there were two time and three time champions were there.
Very true
Pete - what a class act!
Es un extraterrestre, hay demasiados golpes ahí que no tienen explicación gracias por subir esta maravilla de video.
Most athletic tennis player ever.
Awesome player. One of the all time greats.
poetry in motion
He is the best.
He makes tennis looks so easy
He was karate. 3 moves. Steven seagal.
Vous compterez le nombre de tournois du grand chelem mais Sampras reste Sampras. Le meilleur joueur de tennis de tous les temps.
Pete still the king of serve & volley absolutely
The little kid that won the USOpen will always be my favorite
Happy 50th Birthday to my idol! The man who is responsible for me falling in love with this great game! I still love watching his highlights even to this day.
Thank you so much, Tennis TV! Let's not forget how great Sampras was!
Huge huge fan! Pete always knew where the money was (tennis-wise). The match against Kuerten in Miami was also epic. My only regret is that he totally disappeared after US Open. I have always wondered how could he could have been as a coach or on the Senior Tour. Happy Birthday Champ!
He played the Legends event in 2007 at the Albert Hall in London and lost in the semi finals to Pioline. But he played well.
He wanted to leave the sport since 3 years before that.
He became bored and he didnt have obligation to continue playing since Agassi had 8 slams or fewer ones and he was the record holder.
Otherwise maybe he wpuld be interested.
The young Sampras was the most gifted tennis player I ever saw. He didn't work that hard at it, was never the best conditioned and didn't last as long as he might've, but his athletic talent was otherworldly, Greek godlike. At his peak it's fair to say that every part of his game was the best in the world. That's never been true of anyone else. And some parts, like his serve and running forehand, were the best of all time imo with no one really close. He had more power than Lendl, was quicker than McEnroe and could out rally Agassi from the baseline. There was never anyone to match him athletically. Even the big three, as great as they all are, can't match his serve and volley or all court game. Prime Fed is probably the closest followed possibly by prime McEnroe. But I believe a young Sampras would have beaten anyone in history, with the possible exception of Nadal on red clay.
Sampras the Greatest of All Times
Best volleyer we have ever seen. Best serve? He’s up there. Pretty dangerous backhand too which is often overlooked.
Sampras is a shot maker! It is interesting how he changed over the years and started working the crowd.
I think Pete was a shy guy, and it took him a while to get used to the idea that he could get the crowd to cheer for him.
Pete was born to be a top tennis player of all time. He was a master at anticipation and working a point. If he couldn't get to the net and finish the point he was still beating the best baseliners
petros is my childhood :). best serve, volley and forehand EVER
Totally agree. Would also add that he's the best mover I ever saw.
His incredible one handed backhand was amazing and effective too. Today's players aren't smart enough, talented enough, or graceful enough to do it. It's like comparing oven cooked homemade pizza to microwave pizza with steroids and preservatives.
@@mikehipparchusnewton7436 so for you, pete had a good backhand? are you serious?
@@guimov1984 th-cam.com/video/iWCnmhCXLSE/w-d-xo.html
That point against Edberg towards the end. Wow.
For me he is the real GOAT and then Federer
All my respect for the legend of coming into the net.
Greatest overhead smasher ever, period. And that fearsome running forehand, you'd be always reluctant to hit to his open deuce court cos you'll be in heaps of trouble.
It's amazing that nobody before or after him, serves quite like he did where he finishes his stroke with his elbow high.
Even today his serve is studied in tennis schools, the most beautiful, powerful and effective service in the history of tennis.
A gentlemen on and off the court with a beautiful attacking game. Happy 50th Pistol Pete!
it's good so see pete. great times and memories..!!!
Young pete moved like a freakin cheetah
Grace under pressure!
Second to last clip of Pete's backhand up the line after being lobbed from almost behind his back was a thing of beauty.
When I see Pete's shots, it's quite apparent that he was a very accomplished baseliner too.
El Mejor.....un jugador sublime
Greatest serve of all time, by far. Pete on fast courts was just impossible to play against, literally impossible. He was the kind of guy who could get away with not giving everything in a return game, because he knew he would win his service game anyway. And ohh yea, don't even get me started on his disguise. AND TO TOP IT ALL, HIS RACQUET WAS LIKE 85 SQ INCHES. Imagine his serve with today's racquets. Happy birthday champ.
Actually the smaller the racquet size, the better for serving.
Not the best server at all, one of the most efficient though.
@@abeeltenista There's no such thing as "greatest of all time". It's impossible to prove. That being said, I'm curious as to who you believe was a better server than Sampras? I'm not saying he was the best I saw, just wanting to pick your brain.
@@abeeltenista the smaller the racket head size the more precise itll be but less power
@@abeeltenista Efficiency makes you arguably the best!
Arguably the best serve of all time especially his second serve!
On faster courts, no one even today could have matched him! Courts are slower now because these players like sampras, rusedski, ivanisevic, rafter philippousis were too dominant & ending the points too quickly!!
We’re victims of the moment. We can’t forget who the real goat is. Always and forever Sampras
Somebody forgot to include his signature running forehand cross winners in this list
He was unbeatable on the net...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU PETEY ! 💝 From a lover of your magnificent attack tennis game
Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer played very beautifully. Each of them has its own technique. It was interesting to watch them. Many young tennis players of today play equally boring. Hopefully Roger will play more on the tour.
Such talent and style that is really lacking in today’s game especially now that Federer is pretty much done. Yes, there are a lot of great and talented players but you just don’t see this anymore. Not only great playing but so much class that is lacking these days.
I‘ve been a tennis fan since the late 1980s and my favourite player was Michael Stich.
But I was lucky to see Pete Sampras live in Stuttgart.
But although his opponent Gambill had to give up, you could see that Pete was one level above for example Krajicek that played before.
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic were absolute giants.
But in the 90s, there were so many players that could win a tournament.
Sampras, Agassi, Courrier, Ivanisevic, Becker, Stich, Edberg,Rafter, Krajicek, Kafelnikov, Bruguera...
The great Pete Sampras!!
Point #7. Best serv and volley vs best running pass. Most amazing way to play tennis
Pete walked so Fed could run.
No doubt, king of swing.
I remember asking my tennis coach "who's style" I should play like at 5'8, he said I think Pete Sampras was around that height look at how he played. I was 5 inches shorter than him, but I played like him and it helped get my team to a state championship in 2012. In his favor even compared to to 2012 Pete Sampras was short. Any person in the USA in high school, if you can go from base line to net, you will win. I was ranked in the top 100 in the USA. As most know though after I turned down a couple of D-1 offers I was done, and honestly if you are getting TOP d-1 offer after college ends so does your tennis career, the USTA picks kids out that end up playing nationally.
En su mejor momento tengo dudas si Federer pudiera haberle ganado
Sampras is 50? i cant believe it .. seems like yesterday for me
One of only a handful of tennis gods on Mt Olympus
There would be no Federer the way we know him now without Sampras.
Wud have been interesting if Roger arrived onto the scene 5 years earlier. There would've been few mouth watering contests... not just at Wimbledon... as both are allrounders
Sampras 40-15? Oh no wait, that's never happened in his career, has it?
That is true to some extend. Pete was Federer's idol. You can see so much of Sampras's shot making in Federer. Probably Pete's demeanor rubbed off on Federer too. Good roll model and idol.
Federer is no Sampras. Sampras is better on fast courts.
@@Wben113 Do u know y Pete retired early? I am wondering looking back! Pete felt strong enough to win few more majors (when he retired after his last major triumph)!
So relax and cozy at the net! If only Roddick can have half of Pete’s volley skills ....
Roddick had good volley skills, just didn't pick the right time to approach the net, esp vs federer
The eyes, hands, speed, anticipation, and accuracy. Awesome player to have had the opportunity to admire over the years of my tennis life. Always motivated me to be a serve and volleyer during college tennis.
The best second serve in history
Pete Sampras was and remains the GOAT, all others since were pretenders to the Throne. The only one that could beat Sampras was Father Time.
And he should have worked on clay.
Absolutely it fast courts he is for me better than big3, and they never played on fast courts anyway, since all grand slams were slow by late nineties.
Yeah, considering he retired at 32, whereas the big 3 today are all still playing well into their mid-late 30s (Federer now in his 40s), you have to imagine if Sampras had played with modern day sports medicine, he'd have played a lot longer and won a few more grand slams.
If ya like Style, ya will love Sampras. :b
I kind of feel bad for Boris Becker and Gustavo Kuerten being on the receiving end for many of these shots.
*Point number 3 is out of this world.*
*Pete was the king and the G.O.A.T. at his times.*
The competition this guy faced makes his domination even more impressive..
13:59 lovely to see Stefan Edberg! Great volley from him too!👍👍