When it comes to Wimbledon’s era of 1999-1990, there is only one name which appeared to be uncontested amongst famous male tennis players, holding the record for 286 weeks, and No. 1 ranking in the history of tennis. Yes, this is none other than one of the best tennis players ever Pete Sampras from Los Angeles, California United States.
Pete Sampras won 7 Wimbledon titles although he did not have the best of standings initially. He won only one match in his initial three years at Wimbledon. It was in 1993 where Sampras defeated the then number one, Jim Courier, having already defeated Boris Becker and Andre Agassi in the previous rounds.
From then on, Sampras continued his successive winning streak and won 7 Wimbledon titles in only eight years. From 1993 to his last title win in 2000 at Wimbledon, he lost only one match in 1996. Wimbledon was the comfort zone of Sampras.
Sampras failed at winning any French Open title and after being dismissed in the French Open, he would rejuvenate at the Wimbledon. Sampras is also the last American to have won the Wimbledon title in the year 2000. Since him, it was only Roddick who made it to the final 3 times but lost at the hands of Roger Federer.
Another famous name was Boris Becker who appeared in the finals of Wimbledon thrice in that period. The list of male winners and runner-ups of the Wimbledon Open tennis championship during 1999-1990 is as follow:
Year 1999-Wimbledon Open winners from 1999-1990:
- Pete Sampras
- Pete Sampras
- Pete Sampras
- Richard Krajicek
- Pete Sampras
- Pete Sampras
- Pete Sampras
- Andre Agassi
- Michael Stitch
- Stefan Edberg
Year 1999-Wimbledon Open runner-ups from 1999-1990:
- Andre Agassi
- Goran Ivanisevic
- Cedric Pioline
- Malai Washington
- Boris Becker
- Goran Ivanisevic
- Jim Courier
- Goran Ivanisevic
- Boris Becker
- Boris Becker
