>Sampras never did. And he is still probably going to be up
>there with the total grand slams...he is only 26.

Federer won precisely **one** more match than Sampras did - Fed made the Finals (and got curbstomped. 6-1, 6-3, 6-0), Sampras made the semis. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Please do, however, name a CLAY COURT SPECIALIST who defeated Sampras in the finals at Wimbledon? You can't.

Sampras also played against/defeated/has a winning record against how many current Hall of Famers? Courier, Agassi, Wilander, Edberg, Becker, Rafter, Chang, Lendl, Connors, Jimmy Mac. Toss out Jimmy Mac and Connors as both were nigh octogenarians when he played them.

20-14 vs Agassi, 12-7 vs Becker, 2-0 vs Connors, 16-4 vs Courier, 8-6 vs Edberg, 5-3 vs Lendl, 3-0 vs McEnroe, 2-1 vs Wilander, 12-4 vs Rafter. Forgot his record vs Michael Chang. There was FAR better competition then than there is now. Don't even know how much you know about tennis but even cats like Goran Ivanisevic, Pat Cash, and Miloslav Mecir (The Big Cat) were quite solid. Poor Aaron Krickstein blew his knee out and Todd Martin tried hanging around. Brad Gilbert and his fear of pace...ugh.

And precisely which players today are a lock for the Hall of Fame? Federer and Nadal. Who else? Lleyton Hewitt maybe? Well past his prime.

Wtf, Sampras moseyed out there with a walker and still took R-Fed to 5 sets.

Kobe (Federer) vs Jordan (Sampras) all over again. Kobe's great TODAY, but please stop mentioning him in the same breath as Jordan.