RogerFederer Born:  August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland Residence:  Oberwil, Switzerland Plays:  Right-handed (Single-handed backhand) Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 177lbs. Career Singles Record:  556-135 Career Prize Money:  $39,012,348 Career Singles Titles: 53 Career Grand Slam Titles:  12 3 - Australian Open Titles 5 - Wimbledon Titles 4 - US Open Titles Roger Federer is currently the #1 ranked player in the world and many experts and his own peers believe he may prove to be the greatest player in history.  He has won twelve Grand Slam men's singles titles in only thirty-five appearances (3 Australian Open titles, 5 Wimbledon titles, and 4 US Open titles), ranking him tied for second with Roy Emerson in career grand slam titles.  In 2004, the Swiss became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three of four Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year. In 2006, he repeated this feat and became the first man in the open era to win at least ten singles tournaments in three consecutive years.  He is also the only player to have won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in three consecutive years (2004-2006).                                                                Pete Sampras Born:  August 12, 1971 in Washington, D.C. Residence:  Los Angeles, California Plays:  Right-handed (Single-handed backhand) Height: 6' 1" Weight: 170 lbs Career Singles Record:  762-222 Career Prize Money:  $43,280,489 Career Singles Titles:  64 Career Grand Slam Titles:  14 2 - Australian Open Titles 7 - Wimbledon Titles 5 - US Open Titles Sampras retired from professional tennis six years ago shortly after beating Andre Agassi to win the 2002 US Open and capture a record fourteenth singles Grand Slam title.  During his career, Sampras won sixty-four top-level singles titles (including fourteen Grand Slams and eleven ATP Masters Series titles). He was ranked the World No. 1 for a record 286 weeks and was year-end No. 1 for a record six consecutive years from 1993 through 1998.                                        Career Head to Head In their only head to head match, Roger and Pete met in 2001 at Wimbledon in the fourth round.  Roger defeated Pete in a grueling five set match, 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5.