Head to head
11
Hard
1
1
Clay
2
1
Grass
0
3
Carpet
1
Pete Sampras's wins on the left · Jim Courier's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (20)
| 1999 | Miami Masters | Hard | R64 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 7-6(3) |
| 1997 | Rome Masters | Clay | R64 | Jim Courier | 7-6(5) 6-4 |
| 1996 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-7(4) 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 1995 | Paris Masters | Carpet | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-4 3-6 6-3 |
| 1995 | Essen Masters | Carpet | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-2 7-6(6) |
| 1995 | US Open | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 7-5 4-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 1995 | Australian Open | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-7(4) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 6-3 |
| 1994 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Jim Courier | 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
| 1994 | Miami Masters | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-4 7-6(10) |
| 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 1993 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | Pete Sampras | 7-6(3) 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 |
| 1993 | Hong Kong | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(2) |
| 1992 | ATP Tour World Championships | Carpet | SF | Jim Courier | 7-6(5) 7-6(4) |
| 1992 | US Open | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-1 3-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1992 | Indianapolis | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1991 | ATP Tour World Championships | Carpet | F | Pete Sampras | 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4 |
| 1991 | US Open | Hard | QF | Jim Courier | 6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5) |
| 1991 | Indianapolis | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 7-6(7) |
| 1991 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1988 | Scottsdale | Hard | R32 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-1 |
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.