With the reemergence of 90s American player Andre Agassi into professional tennis as a Laver Cup captain and media analyst, we wondered what Agassi’s chief rival, Pete Sampras, is up to these days. He married actress Bridgette Wilson in 2000. She was his biggest cheerleader in the latter stages of his career.

Sampras, 54, won the 2002 US Open, his 14th and final Grand Slam title. He retired one year later after having not played the 12 months after his New York win. He was just 31 when he left the game. Sampras won 64 career ATP titles and posted an impressive 762-222 record over the course of his career.

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Sampras leads quiet life away from spotlight

Sampras preferred to ride into the sunset as a champion and live a quiet life afterward. He and Wilson have two sons, Christian and Ryan, born in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Sampras and Wilson reside in California. Both made conscious decisions to retire from their professions at a young age to raise their family outside the public eye.

In 2022, Wilson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and has been rarely seen since. Neither Wilson nor Sampras shared details on her diagnosis; however, Pete once said: “Watching Bridgette continue to be an incredible mom and wife through it all has been very inspiring… With that said, I will end this by humbly asking for good thoughts and prayers for our family as Bridgette continues to thrive on her healing journey.”

Sampras was spotted in last year in a California coffee run, in photos that went viral, because of his obscurity.

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Sampras family is still heavily involved in tennis

Sampras’s older sister, Stella, 57, is UCLA’s head tennis coach, a role she has held for 30 years. She is a member of the UCLA Hall of Fame and coached 2021 Australian Open finalist Jennifer Brady. Pete’s niece and Stella’s daughter, Sophia Webster, is playing NCAA tennis at Vanderbilt. Sophia’s twin sister, Savannah, is playing at Belmont University.

Ben Shelton saved two match points in a triple tie-break thriller on Saturday to face fellow American title holder Taylor Fritz in the final of the Stuttgart Open grass court tournament.

Top seed Shelton came through his semi-final 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (16-14), 7-6 (8-6) against Czech Jiri Lehecka. Shelton saved the match points in the dramatic second set tie-break before clinching matters after 2 hours 52 minutes.

“Sometimes tennis doesn’t go to plan. I lost the first set in every single match I played," Shelton said after his third straight comeback win.

"That can make things difficult, but there are a lot of ways to win a match. I’ve been choosing the most difficult route, but my opponents have played great matches. Shoutout to Jiri. I thought he played an outstanding match today. I thought the level was really high.”

Shelton is now bidding for a second 2026 title in Germany, having won the Munich clay-court tournament in April, and third of the year, having beaten Fritz in the Dallas final in February - after saving three match points.

Fritz meanwhile showed his qualities in a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, a twice winner of the Halle tournament on the same surface.

"It’s always cool to defend a title. To get my first title of the year, like I did here last year, would be a great way to get the grass season started,” Fritz said.

Fritz is the first title holder to reach the final in Stuttgart the next year since Austria's Thomas Muster in 1995 and 1996. Muster won the event, then held on clay, in both years.

Stuttgart is among the first tune-up events for Wimbledon, which starts on June 29.