Head to head
6
Hard
0
2
Clay
2
3
Carpet
0
Pete Sampras's wins on the left · Yevgeny Kafelnikov's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (13)
| 2001 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1998 | ATP Tour World Championships | Hard | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1997 | ATP Tour World Championships | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-2 6-2 |
| 1997 | Paris Masters | Carpet | SF | Pete Sampras | 7-6(2) 6-3 |
| 1997 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1996 | ATP World Championships | Carpet | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1996 | Basel | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 7-6(4) 6-3 |
| 1996 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7-6(4) 6-0 6-2 |
| 1996 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1995 | Davis Cup WG F: RUS vs USA | Clay | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-4 7-6(4) |
| 1995 | ATP World Tour Championships | Carpet | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1994 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | R64 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 2-6 6-3 1-6 9-7 |
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.