Head to head
3
Hard
3
1
Clay
0
Marat Safin'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 (7)
| 2002 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Marat Safin | 6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(8) |
| 2001 | US Open | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| 2001 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Marat Safin | 7-6(0) 7-5 |
| 2000 | Tennis Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2000 | US Open | Hard | F | Marat Safin | 6-4 6-3 6-3 |
| 2000 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Marat Safin | 6-4 3-6 7-6(10) |
| 1998 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-3 6-2 |
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.