Top 10 greatest American tennis players of all time

#3 Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras at the Wimbledon Championships 2000

Big serving American Pete Sampras, widely considered to be one of the greatest serve and volley players ever, is fourth on the list of greatest American players ever.

Sampras, nicknamed 'Pistol Pete' for his fast serves, won a total of 14 Grand Slam titles between 1990 and 2002.

He held the World No.1 ranking for a total of 286 weeks, including a record six consecutive year-end World No. 1 finishes between 1993 to 1998 inclusive. His Slam tally includes 2 Australian Opens (1994, 1997), 7 Wimbledon Championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) and 5 US Open titles (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002).

Sampras and his long-time rival and fellow American Andre Agassi dominated men's tennis in the 1990s. Sampras' tally of 64 singles titles, which included 5 Tour Finals victories, helped him amass a total career-prize money of $43,280,489.