| Pete Sampras vs. Roger Federer |
| Comparison of their achievements Through 2013 Key Biscayne |
| Player | Country | Birthday | Height | Weight | Plays | BH | Racquet |
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| Pete Sampras | USA | Aug 12, 1971 | 6' 1" ~ 185 cm | 170 lb ~ 77 kg | Right | 1H | Wilson ProStaff 6.0 (St. Vincent) |
| Roger Federer | SUI | Aug 8, 1981 | 6' 1" ~ 185 cm | 187 lb ~ 85 kg | Right | 1H | Wilson BLX Six.One Tour |
| Grand Slam Results | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Played |
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| Pete Sampras-Australian Open | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Roger Federer-Australian Open | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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| Pete Sampras-Roland Garros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Roger Federer-Roland Garros | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
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| Pete Sampras-Wimbledon | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Roger Federer-Wimbledon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
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| Pete Sampras-US Open | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Roger Federer-US Open | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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| Pete Sampras-Grand Slams | 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| Roger Federer-Grand Slams | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 55 |
| 1988/1998 | 1989/1999 | 1990/2000 | 1991/2001 | 1992/2002 | |||||||||||||
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| US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | |
| Pete Sampras | R128 | R128 | R64 | R128 | R16 | R16 | DNP | R128 | W | DNP | R64 | R64 | QF | DNP | QF | SF | F |
| Roger Federer | DNP | DNP | R128 | R128 | DNP | R32 | R16 | R128 | R32 | R32 | QF | QF | R16 | R16 | R128 | R128 | R16 |
| 1993/2003 | 1994/2004 | 1995/2005 | 1996/2006 | 1997/2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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| AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | |
| Pete Sampras | SF | QF | W | W | W | QF | W | R16 | F | R128 | W | W | R32 | SF | QF | W | W | R32 | W | R16 |
| Roger Federer | R16 | R128 | W | R16 | W | R32 | W | W | SF | SF | W | W | W | F | W | W | W | F | W | W |
| 1998/2008 | 1999/2009 | 2000/2010 | 2001/2011 | 2002/2012 | 2003/2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | AO | RG | WM | US | |
| Pete Sampras | QF | R64 | W | SF | DNP | R64 | W | DNP | SF | R128 | W | F | R16 | R64 | R16 | F | R16 | R128 | R64 | W | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Roger Federer | SF | F | F | W | F | W | W | F | W | QF | QF | SF | SF | F | QF | SF | SF | SF | W | QF | SF | |||
| Title Splits | Titles | Finals | GS | YE | MS | Minor | Hcourt | Clay | Grass | Carpet | Outdoor | Indoor |
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| Pete Sampras | 64 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 23 |
| Roger Federer | 76 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 52 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 56 | 20 |
| Surface Splits | Career W-L | Career w% | HCourt W-L | HCourt w% | Clay W-L | Clay w% | Grass W-L | Grass w% | Carpet W-L | Carpet w% |
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| Pete Sampras | 762-222 | 77.4% | 423-101 | 80.7% | 90-54 | 62.5% | 101-20 | 83.5% | 148-47 | 75.9% |
| Roger Federer | 891-202 | 81.5% | 546-113 | 82.9% | 178-53 | 77.1% | 117-17 | 87.3% | 50-19 | 72.5% |
| Other Splits | Out W-L | Out w% | In W-L | In w% | GS W-L | GS w% | TB W-L | TB w% | DC W-L | DC Champ | 5-Setters |
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| Pete Sampras | 547-160 | 77.4% | 215-62 | 77.6% | 203-38 | 84.2% | 328-194 | 62.8% | 15-7 | 1992, 1995 | 33-15 |
| Roger Federer | 665-146 | 82.0% | 226-56 | 80.1% | 252-38 | 86.9% | 333-174 | 65.7% | 32-7 | n/a | 21-17 |
| Ranking History | 1987/ 1997 | 1988/ 1998 | 1989/ 1999 | 1990/ 2000 | 1991/ 2001 | 1992/ 2002 | 1993/ 2003 |
1994/ 2004 |
1995/ 2005 |
1996/ 2006 |
1997/ 2007 |
1998/ 2008 |
1999/ 2009 |
2000/ 2010 |
2001/ 2011 |
2002/ 2012 |
2003/ 2013 |
#1 weeks |
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| Pete Sampras | 97 | 81 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 286 | ||
| Roger Federer | 704 | 301 | 64 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 302 |
| Only Meeting 2001 Wimbledon R16 Federer d. Sampras 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 |