Head to head
Rivalry summary
Pete Sampras and Michael Stich met 9 times on the ATP tour between 1991 and 1995. Michael Stich leads the head-to-head 5–4 against Pete Sampras. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard; Stich leads 2–1 on clay; Stich leads 2–1 on carpet. They contested 2 finals, with Sampras winning 1 of them.
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Hard
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Clay
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Grass
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Carpet
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Pete Sampras's wins on the left · Michael Stich's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 1995 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | QF | Michael Stich | 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-1 |
| 1995 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Pete Sampras | 7-6(3) 6-2 |
| 1994 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Michael Stich | 3-6 7-6(7) 6-2 |
| 1993 | ATP Tour World Championships | Carpet | F | Michael Stich | 7-6(3) 2-6 7-6(7) 6-2 |
| 1993 | World Team Cup | Clay | F | Pete Sampras | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1992 | Grand Slam Cup | Carpet | SF | Michael Stich | 7-6 7-6 3-6 7-6 |
| 1992 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Pete Sampras | 6-3 6-2 6-4 |
| 1992 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | Michael Stich | 6-7 6-2 6-4 |
| 1991 | ATP Tour World Championships | Carpet | RR | Pete Sampras | 6-2 7-6(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.