The Sampras Era | How Pete Sampras conquered Wimbledon
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2020
- A decade decorated in Wimbledon silverware.
The Pete Sampras era, narrated by Andy Roddick.
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There is no one better in the world than Pete Sampras when it comes to serve and volley game.
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.
I cannot understand why Wimbledon channel took so much time to give tribute to the most beautiful attacking player of all time at Wimbledon...
Cuz we live in the "OMG BIG 3!" era
Exactly - bunch of douchebag millennials who can’t survive without social media
Because Wimbledon never likes Sampras remember 2002 they put it on court 17! something would never happend to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic
@@edwinivanrodriguez3769 what happened ? in 2002
Patrick Rafter
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.
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.
@@prkrmc6457 that's recency bias..we tend to overstate achievements of current players.
In my view, Agassi was 95% of the player Federer was. Had he developed with the modern technology, he would be even better!!
PrkrMc because majority of fans currently look like they started watching Tennis after 2011. The way they discredit Agassi against Novak is horrible.
@@jameswalker6864 Agassi and Federer are very different players. Agassi's modern counterpart is definitely Novak.
Peter Sampras...such amazing athlete, tennis player and even better human being... a true legend..
Pete and Wimbledon, a match made in heaven!!!!
Sampras's performance in the 1999 final is one of the best I've ever seen at Wimbledon. He just blasted Agassi away.
Agassi still hasn't forgiven him!
Biggest let down of any match I sat down to watch. Andre was playing lights out, too, and Pete never gave him a chance.
Pete is still my all time favorite tennis player
Pete was my childhood hero. I am really missing his 2nd serve aces. 🙂
Mine too. I hope I join the club your Sampras fans. Regards
Mine too.
Cool: So do I!
There's no one today to come up like his second serve aces on break point.
Pete's 2nd serve is basically his 1st serve which is one of the reasons as why he dominated...amazing...
Pete's serving motion is perfection. So fluid and natural.
So true man.
true, very heavy racket though, held it once years ago
Agreed. He was a strong man who punched above his weight.
Macho without trying
@@jazz2020 ??
Der Beste seiner Ära,mehr kann man nicht tun!
Pete is my favorite player of all time !!❤
On the fast courts of the past, this is the greatest player that ever held a racket.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@jenni431 leave him dude he is just a delusional rafa fan
@@ruckfules9441 Everything is possible in the world of fantasies! There is no point in comparing legends from different generations.
It was his signature "Slam Dunk" smash 😎
Pete’s serve was the most stylish ever!!!
The ATP logo in 2001 was developed based on his service !
That’s why he has the greatest serve of all time
Lol !!
His serving motion is the most beautiful tennis shot I have ever seen! Absolutely georgious
Agree. And his forehand was beautiful too. It always gave me goosebumps watching him live back in the 90s.
In his prime he was unbreakable and unbeatable. My favorite player. Legend.
Unless it was clay or Davis cup
In his prime vs Djokovic or Federer in their primer he would have been toast;)
@HODL On the fast surfaces like pre-1999, they wouldn’t be able to face Pete’s serve and net play
@@iggypopisgod9 Check his Davis Cup finals win against Kafelnikov, on clay, in Moscow
@@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
There is no Wimbledon without Pete Sampras ! ❤️
Wimbledon with Peter Sampras is so so...... borring !
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.
😢
I stopped watching when he came along except for Henman (Murray later) match jitters on the semi final 5 setters.
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.
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.
Sampras is always my goat, I miss this era so much.
We need a "Last Dance" style docu-series on Pete to remind everyone that he was the original GOAT!
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
@@areezzy yeah for sure! Even this small clip with all the legends who played Pete was epic!
Yes please dude - this would be amazing.
AW Same story with Fed the best his coach died in car accident and after that eh the rest is history
Right !!
Pete Sampras was my first introduction to Tennis and
I really liked his great Serve and thunderous aces !
Finally, the recognition he deserves.
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
True that...I think he deserves more.>>>>>
He had plenty of recognition. He just got surpassed for the next generation,
Would love to see this in a full documentary narrated by Andy of course
@@SARYM911 big 3 r different as well. next level of athletism is there. even difference of rackets i guess.
The greatest ever serve and volleyer, and we don't really see that in tennis today. A great era he was in.
Federer and Djokovic laugh at the "Sampras Era" 🤣
@@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.
@@capitanfuturo594 Why would they? Unlike him, they play(ed) in the weakest era professional tennis has ever seen.
@@fundhund62
weak what ?
In this era tennis is much more competitive than in the time of Sampras and Agassi.
Stop writing crap.
@@capitanfuturo594 typical illiterate groupie bs
Pete's attacking game is so unsettling for the opponent. He just dominates the game. My all time favourite.
Best serve ever. Best grass court player ever (in the old and super fast grass of Wimbledon)
Pete Sampras... my favourite player of all time. Love his wimbledon matches against Henman.
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.
Yeah how he did it i will.neve know.
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!
Pistol Pete was the best!!! My favorite tennis player. Watching him serve was just amazing, just made it look so easy!
That was it mainly just a serve or 3 wacks at best. He bored me beyond belief.
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.
He is Greek descendant he will definitely like Greek culture and tradition for sure.
I think he is bisexual person
@@kikaa1884 ???
@@kikaa1884 god i love the internet! so many absolute nutters out there! haha
Two of my all-time favourite players: Pete & Novak, now tied with 7 Wimbledon titles. Incredible
Pete is still my favorite after all these years.
Fenomenal player!!
Best serve in history!!
Best voley!!
Best atitude!!
Respect Sampras!!
And above everything a contented human being
Valsamma Joseph Yep, that’s why he retired so early. Unlike certain players today who’s still playing into their 40s..
An incredible running forehand!!!!
best volley are McEnroe and Edberg
I've never seen anyone serve better
Fell in love with tennis watching Sampras in the nineties
sampras was right up there with the best
He played the game the way it should be played. One of my all-time favourite players, Pistol Pete.
"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
@@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.
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
@@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!
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.
I wish this would of been 2 hours long. I love historical tennis doc's like this
This guy was pure skill and attack.
Greatest serve I’ve ever seen especially under pressure
ladies and gentlemen the greatest player of all times the great sampras!!!!!
Of all time? Not really.
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.
Man, I feel OLD lol I grew up watching this, Legend.
And still after all these Years, Pete Sampras remains the Greatest Grass Court/ Fast / Indoor Court player I have EVER seen in my Lifetime!!
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.
@@worawatsr9803 Let's be clear as well grass is significantly SLOWER than in Pete's era. So it definitely gives baseliners a good chance.
@King Wiwuz IV it is intentional federer said it 3 weeks go but he dodnt say why.
Hypothesis, more tv time?
@King Wiwuz IV Because people were tired of watching 3-4 shot rallies for 5 hours. Boring tennis.
@@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.
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.
legendary player.. truly
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.
He would be toast with his serve and volley game. Djokovic would destroy him I'm pretty sure.
@@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
@@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.
Still the best service action ever nobody compares
Best serve ever.
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!
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
@@dynamicnag
Only krajicek beat him in his prime.
Pete my idol, won all 14 grand slams attacking using a tiny pro staff 85. Were majority were using 98s-100s. Unbelievable!
It’s like he was using a wooden stick to fight against a real sword, and still win using just a wooden stick.
NO! Pete used the 98 Staff Pro. It's Ivan Lendl who used the dinky 85 (perhaps even less wide) tennis racket.
Sean N Pete Sampras used Wilson Pro Staff 85. It’s literally his signature racquet of choice.
Amazing, pure talent. My hero too!!
@@worawatsr9803 Sort of like a real-world Cyrio Forel who beats Merryn Trant, the Kingsguard, and the Hound with his wood sword.
Pistol Pete was my childhood hero. I loved his aggressive tennis style. Thanks, Wimbledon.
My idol is Federer but in the last 2 months i started hearing about Sampras and watching his style and i love it
When he was on his game, he was not beatable on grass. Straight sets
It is because of Sampras that is why I've been playing tennis for two decades.
Thanks for the upload 👍
Arguably the G. O. A. T in my eyes ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Definitely he had the most beautiful serve and the most amazing serve volley game in the modern era
Like Lendl, Sampras has never really received the credit he deserved. Good to see Wimbledon acknowledging him here
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.
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)
Shame lendl never won it
how do u mean he "didn't get credit"?
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).
Still my favourite player ever.
The classiest player of all time!
My all time favourite player!
Pete was one of the best at the net and awesome one hand backhand
Really admire this guy..... I was in tenth grade when retired felt bad but for me Era was of Pete Sampras
Man the 92 semi on the old court 1!!! There were the days
The slam dunk smash! Has there ever been a player with a special move like that?!
My hero. Still trying to get the slam dunk smash each game :-)
@@tom4trimble Me too, but every time I try the 'slam dunk' I hurt my back!
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.
Shapovalov's jumping backhand shots (?
It's not really a smart shot, It relies on pure arm strength
This guy is my GOAT.
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.
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.
@@pareshmokani I also doubt that Nadal or Djokovic would have done that well at Wimbledon at all.
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.
I think the unfortunate truth is that the Sampras era featured a lot of boring grass court matches. It was dominated by big serves.
Have they not posted Sampras and Federer’s historic meeting in 2001?
My GOAT. I miss him.
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.
laver was my hero but sampras comes close
All due respect to Sampras, but surely Federer is the grass-court GOAT. He has the most Wimbledons after all.
@@tanyag2499 Yet Federer has a 1-3 losing record at Wimbledon against Novak, who for many is the GOAT
@@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.
@@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.
Who would have thought Sampras, Roddick and Agassi would still be America's most recent men's Grand Slam champions. 2003 and counting.
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! :)
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
One of my favourite players.. miss those days..
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.
Very true...
This was great to watch, would love to see a similar narration with Federer. Don’t think Roddick would want to narrate though haha.
Djokovic would narrate it about Federer 😅😁😁
Roddick is a Great guy. He would narrate it - if he could get The 2009 title in return😅
@@jayzemmour8431 He should he wants to be him so bad.😂😂😂😂
@@FavrboBirk 1. Really appreciate your humor,
2. He would happily do it either ways
but ARod would be proud of his last match of his career vs Roger with a victory, so who knows, eh?
Most eligant player... On the court with few steps and pure talent hé conquered
most elegant were Edberg and McEnroe. He's third
The prime reason I started loving this beautiful sport.
I really feel for Andy being so close and deserving of a title there.
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. :)
I have grown up watching Sampras, this video refreshed those memories. 🙂
That serve and that iconic smash...
Pete is one of the all time greats of tennis and he set the bar for Federer
Little did people at the time knew this was the end of American tennis
"men tennis"
Sam Allardyce so serena is WAMEN?
@@samallardyce2522 "entertaining tennis"
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.
@@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.
His first serve was a true inspiration for me!
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.
Sampras lost to young Federer.
@@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.
@@ms-jl6dl not in his prime
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
Pete was the type of player Wimbledon was made for.
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.
Well, old Wimbledon, not the medium-slow hard court grindfest it is now.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
THE BEST OF ALL TIME IN TENNIS !
Pete Sampras.... Another my icon...
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
At his peak in the mid to late 90s I don't think there's been a better grass court player.
I remember Pete Sampras as the first player who dominated tennis consistently and over a period of time.
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.
Thanks a lot for the compilation Wimbledon RUclips channel team. Sampras was the first one to start dominance in tennis.
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 :)
I truly enjoyed Pete's matches over the years. Thanks for the replays brings back good memories of an era gone by.
I loved watching Pete play at Wimbledon! Such a great decade for tennis!!
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 😁👍
I don't think anyone could serve and volley like Pete.
Pete was the reason I started playing tennis. Great player, great personality, legend.
God I loved his game! No fuss serve, attacking and wanted to be at the net. Athletic and man... What a backhand 👏
Pete "Pistol" Sampras is the GOAT on grass.
7 finals=7 championships.
By far my favorite player,champion’s attitude on and out of court,14 Grand Slams,7 Wimbledone titles(hasn’t lost a final)despite having the disease called thalassemia B.
Loved this tribute! Feel the 90s vibe seeing Sampras do battle with Ivanisevic, Agassi, Courier and Rafter!
Narrated by Andy Roddick? Yes please!
Pete is by far my favorite male tennis player.