Head to head
3
Hard
0
1
Clay
3
Pete Sampras's wins on the left · Fabrice Santoro's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 2002 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 3-6 7-5 |
| 2001 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 3-6 6-0 |
| 1998 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R16 | Fabrice Santoro | 6-1 6-1 |
| 1997 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 7-5 6-1 |
| 1995 | Rome Masters | Clay | R64 | Fabrice Santoro | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1993 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-1 6-2 |
| 1991 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Fabrice Santoro | 6-2 4-6 7-5 |
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.