Head to head
1
Clay
1
0
Grass
1
1
Carpet
2
Andrei Cherkasov's wins on the left · Pete Sampras's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 1993 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Pete Sampras | 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-1 |
| 1992 | Barcelona Olympics | Clay | R16 | Andrei Cherkasov | 6-7 1-6 7-5 6-0 6-3 |
| 1992 | Wimbledon | Grass | R128 | Pete Sampras | 6-1 6-3 6-3 |
| 1991 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R32 | Pete Sampras | 7-6(3) 6-2 |
| 1990 | Grand Slam Cup | Carpet | R16 | Pete Sampras | 5-7 6-2 7-5 |
| 1989 | Frankfurt | Carpet | R32 | Andrei Cherkasov | 6-4 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.