Head to head
3
Hard
1
0
Clay
2
3
Grass
0
1
Carpet
0
Pete Sampras's wins on the left · Mark Philippoussis's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (11)
| 2000 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Mark Philippoussis | 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) 4-6 8-6 |
| 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Pete Sampras | 4-6 2-1 RET |
| 1999 | San Jose | Hard | SF | Mark Philippoussis | W/O |
| 1998 | Paris Masters | Carpet | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Pete Sampras | 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 |
| 1997 | Davis Cup WG SF: USA vs AUS | Hard | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-1 6-2 7-6(5) |
| 1997 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Mark Philippoussis | 4-6 6-4 0-1 RET |
| 1996 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-3 6-4 |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | Pete Sampras | 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4 |
| 1996 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Mark Philippoussis | 6-4 7-6(9) 7-6(3) |
| 1995 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Pete Sampras | 6-7(5) 7-5 7-5 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.