Yes still watching this in 2021! Coz of the cam view, one can feel the hard hitting ground strokes produced by both players and especially the precision from Pete. And if you ever wondered why players from his era found it tough to beat him, this camera view gives you the answer. The ball from Pete comes with such velocity and precision. Pleasure to watch!
I grew up watching the tail end of petes career and have watched fed/nadal their entire careers. I have to say that Pete is one of a kind, he has such a presence on the court and outside of fed there is no one close to him period!
id say federer could not beat this sampras... at any time... just see what federer did against djokovich... how many finals federer was destroyed by djoko and nadal... against top sampras federer would lost even worse than he did to djoko and nadal...
@@danilomarvel5657 Tennis at that level is about match ups and when the players were at their prime. A 96 Sampras could have done serious damage to about anyone on a fast hard and grass court.
Same as me age wise watched Sampras from 1999 onwards but I’m on a journey to try and watch every Sampras match, so I know his career very well. Samprasisgoat
pete may have been better in 99 resultswise, but this pete, '94-'96 pete, this all court dominator had the most impressive game. after this he slowly got bulkier and slower, but this pete with the elite foot speed and the aggressive backhand was the all court prototype that no one had ever seen before and seldom since.
1996 Sampras played the best tennis of his career, but he couldn`t keep this monster level up for a longer time. Unbelieveable, what he have played here!
id say federer could not beat this sampras... at any time... just see what federer did against djokovich... how many finals federer was destroyed by djoko and nadal... against top sampras federer would lost even worse than he did to djoko and nadal...
People don't realize that Pete Sampras was the best player of all time considering the level of play he could achieve. He would have blown away any of todays players including Rafa ,Roger and Djokovic on the fast courts of the late 80's and early 90's. His movement was incredible an effortless like Federer. His forehand was absolutely monstrous and backhand underrated. The serve was and still is the best there will ever be.
Stop. Guys are doubling Sampras' numbers. And they're doing it without the cheap points on serve. He is probably the most pitifully conditioned champion of all time.
@@saptarshilahiri9573 lmao he beat federer once out of the 4 exhibitions they played. Anyway it's not even real matches, Fed won their only true encounter in 2001. Wait but "it was old Sampras" yeah right old at 29 😂
The big 3 all have better backhands and forehands than Sampras. Sampras had better net skills and serve (Fed is not far behind) and their movements are on the same levels, with djokovic probably leading when it comes to the entire career.
And then they tell me Nadal and Djokovic have raised tennis to another level. Balls! Compared to this, Rafa and Djoko look to me like weightlifters in the wrong profession.
same opinion here... nadal and kjoko games are so boring... this sampras game is refreshing of how good it was to watch a good tennis game those days...
Some say 96 was Pete at his best. IMHO, summer of 1999 before the back injury was Pete at his peak. He had fully embraced the S&V game that summer. After that back injury, he still played great tennis but lost to players he would have beaten before the injury, ie (Safin and Hewitt).
Players today only win because they are fit enough to hit heavy topspin for a very long time. They no longer have the skill like sampras or agassi did. Especially with net points. Look at federer. He loses to two players that hit very spinny shots and have extreme endurance. I blame the new racquet technologies.
It seems pretty obvious that the balls they are using today are very different than the ones in this video, much heavier and topspin friendly But they had to change the game, I understand, otherwise Federer would have won 3-4 slams every year for a couple decades
id say federer could not beat this sampras... at any time... just see what federer did against djokovich... how many finals federer was destroyed by djoko and nadal... against top sampras federer would lost even worse than he did to djoko and nadal...
Unbelievable quality of Tennis here - Sampras’s movement and free hitting from the Baseline are indeed on a different level!!
Yes still watching this in 2021!
Coz of the cam view, one can feel the hard hitting ground strokes produced by both players and especially the precision from Pete. And if you ever wondered why players from his era found it tough to beat him, this camera view gives you the answer. The ball from Pete comes with such velocity and precision. Pleasure to watch!
This looks like peak Pete Sampras. A monster from the baseline, and everywhere else.
I grew up watching the tail end of petes career and have watched fed/nadal their entire careers. I have to say that Pete is one of a kind, he has such a presence on the court and outside of fed there is no one close to him period!
id say federer could not beat this sampras... at any time... just see what federer did against djokovich... how many finals federer was destroyed by djoko and nadal... against top sampras federer would lost even worse than he did to djoko and nadal...
@@danilomarvel5657 Tennis at that level is about match ups and when the players were at their prime. A 96 Sampras could have done serious damage to about anyone on a fast hard and grass court.
Same as me age wise watched Sampras from 1999 onwards but I’m on a journey to try and watch every Sampras match, so I know his career very well. Samprasisgoat
@@mrbobevans '96 is literally his only prime year during which he didn't win wimbledon. 1994 and 1997 were his best seasons.
pete may have been better in 99 resultswise, but this pete, '94-'96 pete, this all court dominator had the most impressive game. after this he slowly got bulkier and slower, but this pete with the elite foot speed and the aggressive backhand was the all court prototype that no one had ever seen before and seldom since.
Sampras is amazing
1996 Sampras played the best tennis of his career, but he couldn`t keep this monster level up for a longer time. Unbelieveable, what he have played here!
id say federer could not beat this sampras... at any time... just see what federer did against djokovich... how many finals federer was destroyed by djoko and nadal... against top sampras federer would lost even worse than he did to djoko and nadal...
Tennis19999 i think that he played even better during the summer of 1999. Bummer that he got injured prior to the US OPEN. He would have won it
People don't realize that Pete Sampras was the best player of all time considering the level of play he could achieve. He would have blown away any of todays players including Rafa ,Roger and Djokovic on the fast courts of the late 80's and early 90's. His movement was incredible an effortless like Federer. His forehand was absolutely monstrous and backhand underrated. The serve was and still is the best there will ever be.
Don't forget Pete's second serve. Definitely the best there ever was, and will be.
Stop. Guys are doubling Sampras' numbers. And they're doing it without the cheap points on serve.
He is probably the most pitifully conditioned champion of all time.
he even beat Federer in those exhibition matches after retirement, once in a century talent.
@@saptarshilahiri9573 lmao he beat federer once out of the 4 exhibitions they played. Anyway it's not even real matches, Fed won their only true encounter in 2001. Wait but "it was old Sampras" yeah right old at 29 😂
The big 3 all have better backhands and forehands than Sampras. Sampras had better net skills and serve (Fed is not far behind) and their movements are on the same levels, with djokovic probably leading when it comes to the entire career.
And then they tell me Nadal and Djokovic have raised tennis to another level. Balls! Compared to this, Rafa and Djoko look to me like weightlifters in the wrong profession.
weightlifters???
same opinion here... nadal and kjoko games are so boring... this sampras game is refreshing of how good it was to watch a good tennis game those days...
Gr8 player........Oh pete.....we r missing u...
I was impressed with Agassi and his return of service ant foot work getting to those monster forehands. Amazing
Sampras per me il migliore di sempre.
Incredible points. Vendetta at the final of the same tournament in 1998
Some say 96 was Pete at his best. IMHO, summer of 1999 before the back injury was Pete at his peak. He had fully embraced the S&V game that summer. After that back injury, he still played great tennis but lost to players he would have beaten before the injury, ie (Safin and Hewitt).
I agree summer 1999 all the way to Atp finals 1999 was Pete at his best. He was extremely motivated after Agassi won the French that year.
His best seasons were 1997 and 1994. Wimb 1999 was a helluva performance though
one of the best 5 match carrier of Pete
i agree...
That volley at 3:18 was sick..
2:10 Looks like a shorter but very similar point to their classic 1995 us open rally.
I was thinking the same thing when I saw that point.
this match was typical of Sampras-Agassi matches. Pete was just better in every aspect of the game.
How is this not way faster than any of today’s tennis .
Sampras at the height of his powers. No unforced errors. This was how it was done in those days. As close to perfection as you can get.
This is a highlights video. Of course they won't show you the unforced errors.
It's weird to see the ball go through the court and actually stay low
There's not a sweeter stroke than Pete's running forehand.
Suck it up, Agassi. Nothing you can do when Pistol Pete is on fire!
His conditioning was a joke, but he knew it. If you made him run wide on that forehand side, he had already decided that he wasn't running back.
Players today only win because they are fit enough to hit heavy topspin for a very long time. They no longer have the skill like sampras or agassi did. Especially with net points. Look at federer. He loses to two players that hit very spinny shots and have extreme endurance. I blame the new racquet technologies.
to be honest : Agassi played only from baseline too.there are a lot of tennis players,that played/play like Andre :
Nishikori,Davydenko,Ferrer.
And yet Federer has still won 20 of 30 grand slam final appearances :)
john thats nothing compared to petes unsurpassed 14 of 18 finals against the strongest competition.
It seems pretty obvious that the balls they are using today are very different than the ones in this video, much heavier and topspin friendly
But they had to change the game, I understand, otherwise Federer would have won 3-4 slams every year for a couple decades
id say federer could not beat this sampras... at any time... just see what federer did against djokovich... how many finals federer was destroyed by djoko and nadal... against top sampras federer would lost even worse than he did to djoko and nadal...
Pete the pistol
Agassi totally outmatched.