Head to head
2
Hard
4
0
Clay
2
0
Grass
1
0
Carpet
2
Alexander Volkov'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 (11)
| 1996 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1993 | US Open | Hard | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-3 6-2 |
| 1993 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Pete Sampras | 7-5 6-1 |
| 1993 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Alexander Volkov | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1992 | Grand Slam Cup | Carpet | R16 | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1992 | US Open | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-1 6-0 |
| 1992 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1991 | Paris Masters | Carpet | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1990 | Indianapolis | Hard | R32 | Pete Sampras | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1990 | Manchester | Grass | R32 | Pete Sampras | 4-6 7-6 7-6 |
| 1989 | Adelaide | Hard | QF | Alexander Volkov | 2-6 6-1 6-4 |
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.