Men's Tennis: 5 Youngest players to win the US Open

#1 Pete Sampras

5-time US Open champion Pete Sampras after winning his fifth and final US Open trophy in his last ever tournament in 2002

There have been few players who enjoyed more backing from the New York crowd than America's very own Pete Sampras.

'Pistol Pete' as he was called on account of his quick serves, rose to prominence in the early 1990's. Sampras' big break came in 1990.

Sampras was the 12th seed going into the 1990 US Open and there were 4 Americans ahead of him in the seedings chart. Sampras won the title beating the likes of Thomas Muster, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi.

He became the only teenager to win the US Open in the Open Era - a record which still stands. Sampras was 19 years, 28 days old at the time. Having started the year as World Number 61, he made giant strides with consistent performances to finish the year as the World #5.