Head to head
Rivalry summary
Pete Sampras and Brad Gilbert met 9 times on the ATP tour between 1988 and 1993. Pete Sampras leads the head-to-head 5–4 against Brad Gilbert. By surface, Gilbert leads 3–2 on hard; Sampras leads 3–0 on carpet. They contested 3 finals, with Sampras winning 3 of them.
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Hard
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Grass
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Carpet
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Pete Sampras's wins on the left · Brad Gilbert's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 1993 | Tokyo Outdoor | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-2 6-2 |
| 1992 | Queen's Club | Grass | QF | Brad Gilbert | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1992 | Philadelphia | Carpet | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1991 | Lyon | Carpet | SF | Pete Sampras | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1991 | Sydney Indoor | Hard | SF | Brad Gilbert | 1-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1991 | Los Angeles | Hard | F | Pete Sampras | 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 |
| 1990 | Grand Slam Cup | Carpet | F | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1989 | Cincinnati | Hard | R16 | Brad Gilbert | 6-7 6-3 6-4 |
| 1988 | Cincinnati | Hard | R64 | Brad Gilbert | 6-4 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.