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Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited Hardcover – September 1, 2020

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Pete Sampras is a central figure in the history of tennis, the dominant force in the game during the 1990’s, and the greatest American male player of all time. Gradually, after a fairytale finish to his career when he won the 2002 U.S. Open, Sampras was somewhat forgotten by fans who were exhilarated by the exploits of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. In this career biography of the redoubtable Sampras, Hall of Fame author and historian Steve Flink recaptures the magic of the man, recalling the supreme hold he had on his era, and bringing this singularly gifted player vividly back to life.
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Steve Flink is a tennis journalist and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who has covered more than 100 major tennis tournaments in his career. He is a columnist for TennisChannel and Tennis.com and the author of The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time. He is the former editor of World Tennis magazine and a former senior columnist at Tennis Week. He lives in Katonah, New York.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Chapter Press (September 1, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 380 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1937559947
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1937559946
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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This is the Pete Sampras Last Dance documentary to remind everyone how great he was!
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This is the Pete Sampras Last Dance documentary to remind everyone how great he was!
The best part is the way Flink set up each match and then solicited Pete's feedback nearly 20 years later. I'm a huge Sampras fan and I learned some new insights that explain things you'd never find out in mainstream media.Both Pete and Steve are deservedly in the Tennis Hall of Fame for their merits.No one would ever have thought after Pete secured his 14th major that the FED/Rafa/Djoker trio would surpass him so quickly. That's 69 majors and counting from 4 of the best ever. Pete's class and greatness were revisited in a proper way.
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Chris Chaffee
5.0 out of 5 stars A Well Deserved Tribute to A Legendary Hero
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020
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Steve Flink is a great story teller. He does an amazing job writing a master piece about Pete Sampras, the tennis player, the athlete, the man, and what made him special. The way he tells the story is an inspiring and flowing documentary type way but thru words. I couldn't put this book down and was just in awe about how awesome Sampras was. Steve describes the passion that fuels Pete's goals, hopes, and dreams. Driven by his mind, his heart, and his desiring will.
We get to relive some of the important and epic matches and hear from his former coaches and some former legends and peers of the game. There is only one Pete Sampras and his legacy is never forgotten from this well written deserving tribute of a legendary hero.
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robin954
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Pete Sampras!
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2020
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Full disclosure. I’m a huge fan of Hall of Fame tennis player Pete Sampras and Hall of Fame tennis writer Steve Flink so I was excited to read Flink’s new book, Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited. The book, released on September 1st, did not disappoint.

The book begins with a great foreword by tennis legend, Chrissie Evert. She clearly relished the opportunity to present her thoughts and analysis on Sampras. Evert loved Sampras’s championship mentality.

Flink does a great job of analyzing how Sampras was able to succeed at the highest levels of tennis over such a long stretch of time. He examines Sampras’s career in a comprehensive manner. Flink views Sampras as the greatest American male tennis player.

As Flink points out, one of Sampras’s greatest achievements was winning his then record 14th Major in 2002 at the U.S. Open. However, unfortunately for Sampras, that seemingly insurmountable record was quickly eclipsed by three of the greatest players of all time, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic. That is unfortunate for Sampras as his then record did not stand the test of time. Flink also notes that Sampras was unfairly labeled as “boring” in an era of flashy players such as his greatest.

As Sampras explained to Flink, he played the game on his terms and left the game the same way after winning his final Major, the 2002 U.S. Open, fittingly, over his greatest rival, Andre Agassi. Sampras recounted to Flink that there were so many more doubters at that point than believers as Sampras had lost in the second round of Wimbledon that year.

Flink takes us on Pete Sampras’s journey to the top. Sampras’s parents knew little about tennis but were convinced that their son had a bright future in the game. As a junior, Sampras was guided by Coach Pete Fischer who convinced him to change from a two-handed backhand to a one handed stroke. As Michael Chang recounted to Flink, he, along with many others, felt this was a disastrous move, especially after Sampras began to lose matches to opponents he had easily beaten prior to the change. Sampras, however, was looking at the big picture and had no problem emulating prior greats of the game such as Laver, who had used the one-handed backhand as part of an arsenal that allowed for aggressive play. This culminated in the development of Sampras’s attacking net game.

Of course, no discussion of Sampras is complete without a focus on one of the greatest first and second serves in tennis history. Numerous legendary players including Billie Jean King discuss Sampras’s serve in the context of his overall extraordinary athleticism. That athleticism was also on display with Sampras’s trademark leaping overhead.

This thoroughly researched book is full of great anecdotes and analysis from legendary players such as John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl, Tracy Austin and Martina Navratilova.

Flink does a tremendous job of putting Sampras’s career into perspective by comparing him with tennis greats that both pre-dated his career and those that came after him as well. There was no dearth of analysis of Sampras’s achievements by the legends of the game.

No book on Sampras would be complete without examining the rivalry that he had with Andre Agassi. Flink recounts how Gilbert was in the coaching box for Agassi during some of the most intense matches in their storied rivalry. Gilbert recalled that Sampras had an uncanny ability to turn up the pressure on his Agassi and raise the level of his game at precisely the right moments.

As Flink points out, you don’t win Wimbledon 7 times, achieve the year-end number one ranking 6 years in a row from 1993 to 1998 and win 14 Majors without possessing tremendous athletic ability and the mind of a true champion.

I recommend this book, without any reservations, to all tennis fans!
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C. Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars Pete Sampras
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2021
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Ordered this for my husband. He seems to have enjoyed the book.
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Reg Lansberry
5.0 out of 5 stars Greatness Personified
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2020
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Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Steve Flink has written the essential tennis biography about the essential tennis champion. PETE SAMPRAS: GREATNESS REVISITED takes the reader far beyond Sampras' 14 major singles titles and the six consecutive years that he was ranked No. 1 in the world at year's end. Sampras is typically forthright about his early years and how he learned to grow as a person as his game evolved on the sport's biggest stages. His discipline, desire, abundant talent and peerless sportsmanship made him an enduring role model that anyone --young or old-- could look up to and want to emulate. As befits the sport's premier historian, Flink also provides valuable insights from fellow competitors and great champions of the past including John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, and others. All agree that Sampras possessed a singular ability --the stuff of greatness which all champions possess-- to raise his game at a match's most critical moments when the pressure was at its zenith with no room for error. Close to two decades after Sampras departed the stage, it is nice to be reminded that true class, both on and off the tennis court, means every bit as much now as it did then. PETE SAMPRAS: GREATNESS REVISITED now occupies a deserved place in the pantheon of great tennis books.
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Frederic Boucher
3.0 out of 5 stars For fans!
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2020
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This is a great book for Sampras fans. But there is way too much point by point commentary on matches.
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Son Nguyen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good sports read
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2022
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Pete Sampras is my favorite tennis player. His style of play and clutch performance was what drew me in. The book covers his career and more detail than one can find. It covers the smaller tournaments and the lead up to the majors. These smaller details were what most folks would miss when he was playing. It covers the matches where he was clutch and aspects of his game that is missing in today’s game. Any sports fan would appreciate the read.
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David Beilinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021
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Another great book written by Hall of Famer Steve Flink. Thoroughly enjoyed hearing from Pete himself, along with Pete's friends and competitors. Steve did an amazing job capturing the greatness of Pete Sampras.
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Bruce Marlowe
3.0 out of 5 stars Sampras book Interesting but somewhat disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020
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Was looking forward to this book but did not seem as interesting as it could of. Is basically just a set by set retelling of big matches, was interested in more behind-the-scenes going-ons but not much of that was mentioned. Know that he really built his life around tennis those active years, like Agassi said, but expected more info about things like equipment, endorsements, relationships with other players / coaches for examples, than so many descriptions of matches, maybe he was really not that interesting + there are not really much to talk about because he was so focused. Interviewing the opponents in the big matches years later were interesting. Liked it but seems it could of been better...
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Prager-Sinn/Maryanne
5.0 out of 5 stars the greatest Tennisplayer of the 20th-21st century
Reviewed in Germany on October 21, 2020
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Being an ex amateur tennis player and the greatest fan of Peter Sampras I find this book interesting, sentimental at the same time, and perfectly written to understand his life and career. This is already the second book I have about him and I enjoyed and still enjoy every line of it. He should be an example for all sportsmen and show how to remain a great sportsman and a modest human being.
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Benjamin Premkumar
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and insightful book on Pete
Reviewed in India on November 15, 2020
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This book is great in terms of description of matches from author and Pete's thinking on critical moments. Icing on the cake is those recent Interviews with players. For someone who still keeps watching Pete's old matches regularly, I am disappointed this books fails to cover extensively THAT match with Roger and those 2 fabulous 5 setters he played against Boris Becker in 1996.I wonder how Steve Fink missed interviewing Roger and Becker. Overall it is a good book and don't miss this.
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