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Pete Sampras was the four-time defending champion, but he lost in the fourth round to Roger Federer. The Sampras-Federer match was the only time the two ever competed against each other in a professional match, with Federer being 19 years old and Sampras retiring from the sport the following year.
Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer, who was then relatively unknown. Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating 2000 runner-up Pat Rafter in the final in five sets.
During the Open Era, only Borg (1978–81 French Open and 1976–80 Wimbledon), Sampras (1997–2000 Wimbledon), Federer (2003–07 Wimbledon and 2004–08 US Open), Rafael Nadal (2005–08 French Open, 2010–14 French Open and 2017–20 French Open) and Djokovic (2018–2022 Wimbledon) have won at least one Grand Slam tournament four ...
Pete Sampras (x3) Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde (x5) Martina Navratilova Mark Woodforde: 1994: Conchita Martínez: Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge: 1995: Steffi Graf (x2) Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: Martina Navratilova Jonathan Stark: 1996: Richard Krajicek: Martina Hingis Helena Suková Helena Suková Cyril Suk (x2) 1997: Pete ...
His international breakthrough came at the Wimbledon Championships, when the 19-year-old Federer and the four-time defending champion and all-time Grand Slam leader Pete Sampras walked onto Centre Court for their only meeting in the fourth round. Federer, who was then ranked no. 15, defeated the No. 1 seed in a five-set match to snap Sampras ...
Pete Sampras won 14 major singles titles in his career, including seven titles at Wimbledon. Andre Agassi was the first man to complete a Career Grand Slam across three different surfaces (1999), and the first to win a Career Golden Slam (winning the four majors and an Olympic singles gold medal ).
The 2001 Wimbledon title was the last grand slam (individual) win of Ivanišević's career. He temporarily retired in 2002 due to shoulder surgery. He returned to tennis sparingly in the following years but, in 2004, retired after a third-round loss to Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon, held on the Centre Court, the scene of his greatest triumph.
The first open tournament was the 1968 British Hard Court Championships held in April, [1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament, the 1968 French Open, a month later. [2] Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), [ 3 ] the International Tennis Federation (ITF), [ 4 ...