Other Awards
Summary of professional awards.
- U.S. Olympic Committee "Sportsman of the Year" in 1997. He was the first tennis player to receive this award.
- GQ Magazine's Individual Athlete Award for Man of the Year in 2000.
- Selected the No. 1 player (of 25 players) in the past 25 years by a panel of 100 current and past players, journalists, and tournament directors to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ATP in 1997.
- Voted 48th athlete of Top 50 Greatest North American Athletes of ESPN's SportsCentury (also youngest on list).
- In 2005, TENNIS Magazine named Sampras the greatest tennis player for the period 1965 through 2005, from its list, "The 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era".
- India's largest Sports Website, "Sportskeeda.com" has ranked Pete Sampras at No.5 in their list of Top 20 Greatest tennis players of all time, male or female. Only Martina Navrotilova, Rod Laver, Roger Federer and Steffi Graf have been ranked higher than him.
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