Head to head
3
Hard
10
1
Clay
0
0
Grass
1
0
Carpet
1
Patrick Rafter'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 (16)
| 2001 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 |
| 2001 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 |
| 2000 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | Pete Sampras | 6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 |
| 1999 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 7-6(7) 6-3 |
| 1999 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Patrick Rafter | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1998 | US Open | Hard | SF | Patrick Rafter | 6-7(8) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 1998 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | F | Patrick Rafter | 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4 |
| 1997 | ATP Tour World Championships | Hard | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1997 | Grand Slam Cup | Carpet | F | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-4 7-5 |
| 1997 | Davis Cup WG SF: USA vs AUS | Hard | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-7(6) 6-1 6-1 6-4 |
| 1997 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 7-6(4) 6-4 |
| 1997 | Philadelphia | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 |
| 1996 | Hong Kong | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 7-6(1) |
| 1995 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-7(8) 6-1 |
| 1994 | Tokyo Outdoor | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-1 5-7 6-1 |
| 1993 | Indianapolis | Hard | QF | Patrick Rafter | 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-6(5) |
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.