Although he has won seven Grand Slam titles elsewhere, Wimbledon is undoubtedly Sampras' spiritual home.
"Exorcise the desert demons, that's my goal, " Sampras said of his thoughts at that point.
Two-time winner Pete Sampras and Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero have both asked for wild cards.
Annacone, who used to coach Pete Sampras, has been working with Henman since December 2003.
"I think his success here at Wimbledon is amazing, " Federer has said of Sampras.
British number two Greg Rusedski was knocked out in the first round by Pete Sampras.
Yet Agassi used to make two and three times the endorsement money that Sampras did each year.
Federer may still end up being viewed as the greatest ever, ahead of Sampras, Nadal, Laver, etc.
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Sampras said he had to convince himself of his own ability to save the three break points.
Nadal won three straight in 2010, and Federer did it twice before, and Pete Sampras once before him.
When Sampras eventually beat Patrick Rafter after four sets of high-quality tennis, the darkness had begun to fall.
Later that year, Pete Sampras beat fellow thirty-something Andre Agassi in the U.S. Open final and retired at age 31.
His 11 Grand Slam titles in the Open era trails only Federer and Pete Sampras (Borg also has 11).
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Federer had been tied for grand slam wins with Pete Sampras, who watched the spellbinding clash on Centre Court.
The McEnroe-Connors era gave way to the Sampras-Agassi-Courier-Chang era, and American tennis and its popularity was in good hands.
Despite some inspired play by Henman, Sampras showed cool consistency to keep his challenge for a fifth title alive.
Greg Rusedski falls one place to 42nd after his first round defeat by former world number one Pete Sampras.
When it comes to Grand Slams, Sampras won 14 finals and lost four.
In 1995, Pete Sampras won the men's singles title at Wimbledon by defeating Boris Becker 6-7 (7-5), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
Pete Sampras, who won an Open-era record seven titles, would have a larger bed hoisted into his room every year.
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Sampras holds a 20-14 career record over Agassi, winning four of the five Grand Slam finals the two have contested.
But instead there was to follow a title-less 25 months in which Sampras lurched from one new low to the next.
Federer's ability from both net and baseline have seen him compared with Sampras, and that is praise of the highest order.
Like Andy, I came up against a seemingly immovable object like Nadal when I played Pete Sampras in my first two semi-finals.
Sampras, who often trains with Henman, paid tribute to his opponent and predicted that he would one day win the coveted title.
That was the view of Pete Sampras, who I met on Monday night at the SAP Open tennis tournament in San Jose.
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He now represents the penultimate hurdle as Federer chases a 14th Grand Slam title to equal the haul of U.S. legend Pete Sampras.
Sampras' 14 Grand Slam singles wins are made up of seven Wimbledon titles, two Australian Open victories and five wins at Flushing Meadows.
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