発行 1998年
著者 Paula Edelson
版元 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBNコード 0-7910-4590-0
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Pete Sampras -- Back to Basics
Just when Americans were tired of the loud and flamboyant behavior of such stars as Agassi, McEnroe, and Connors, along comes a quiet player who lets his racket do the talking and who can lose with as much grace (on the rare occasions it happens) as he displays when he wins.
Born in Potomac, Maryland, in 1970（注：1971). Pete began playing with a racket at the age of three（注：７歳), hitting balls around the family's laundromat（注：地下室). In 1977（注：1978と思われる), the family moved to Los Angeles, where his father enrolled seven-year-old Pete in the Jack Kramer tennis club（注：最初からだった訳ではない). At 10, Pete Played in his first tournament -- and lost, 6-0, 6-0.
By 1987, Sampras was playing junior tennis, and he gained his first major victory whin he beat Michael Chang in the finals（注：決勝ではない） of the U.S. Open Junior championships. The next year, he joined the men's ladder. Sampras's climb, however, has its share of pitfalls. In 1989, he reached the quarterfinals（注：４回戦） of the U.S. Open -- upsetting defending champion Matts Wilander in the second round along the way -- but then failed to get past the first round of the next three tournaments he played.
Even so, by the time the 1990U.S. Open rolled around, Sampras had climbed to the number 12 in the world. And at the age of 19, he was among the youngest on the top-20 list. Few had, in fact, heard of the well-behaved serve-and-volleyer who dressed all in white until he reached the semifinals, where he was slated to play John McEnroe. Many thought McEnroe was playing his best tennis in years. The U.S. Open that year was supposed to be a part of his comeback. Few thought Sampras had much of a chance. But Sampras outplayed his opponent, winning in straight sets（注：４セット). The next day he steamrolled over Andre Agassi to take his first Grand Slam event and become a household name.
In a way, it's not surprising that Sampras has never won the French Open. Like Boris Becker and John McEnroe, Sampras is a serve-and-volley player whose style is much more effective on the faster grass and hard court surfaces. The clay courts of France are much slower and more suited to a player who hits groundstrokes for long rallies, which is why backcourt specialists such as Thomas Muster and Sergi Bruguera play their best tennis there. Given the amount of specialization in the men's game today -- there are serve-and-volley experts such as Sampras and Becker and groundstrokers like Agassi -- it's no surprise that there have been no Grand Slam winners in tennis since Rod Laver in 1969.
Even so, many experts believe that if one player can do it, that man is Pete Sampras. His game can be overpowering at times, and when the time calls for it, he can beat opponents with finesse as will. His total of 10 Grand Slam tournament championships is second only to Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver in the Open era, each of whom won 11. And because Sampras is still fairly young, he may well be at the top of his game for several years to come.