Head to head
1
Hard
5
0
Clay
1
1
Carpet
3
Thomas Muster'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 (11)
| 1998 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Thomas Muster | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1997 | Paris Masters | Carpet | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-1 4-6 6-2 |
| 1997 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-1 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 1995 | Essen Masters | Carpet | SF | Thomas Muster | 7-6(6) 6-2 |
| 1994 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1993 | Grand Slam Cup | Carpet | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1993 | Sydney Outdoor | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 7-6(7) 6-1 |
| 1992 | Stockholm Masters | Carpet | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1991 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Pete Sampras | 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 |
| 1990 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3 |
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.