Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras met 8 times on the ATP tour between 1990 and 1994. Pete Sampras leads the head-to-head 5–3 against Ivan Lendl. By surface, Sampras leads 4–1 on hard; Lendl leads 2–1 on carpet. They contested 3 finals, with Lendl winning 1 of them.
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Hard
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Carpet
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Ivan Lendl'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 (8)
| 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Pete Sampras | 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(4) |
| 1994 | Sydney Outdoor | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 7-6(5) 6-4 |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 7-6(4) 6-4 |
| 1992 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
| 1991 | ATP Tour World Championships | Carpet | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1991 | Philadelphia | Carpet | F | Ivan Lendl | 5-7 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3 |
| 1990 | US Open | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-4 7-6 3-6 4-6 6-2 |
| 1990 | Milan | Carpet | SF | Ivan Lendl | 3-6 6-0 6-3 |
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.