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Career Highlights

1987 | 1988 | 1989

1990 | 1991 | 1992

1993 | 1994 | 1995

1996 | 1997 | 1998

1999 | 2000 | 2001

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1987	Made presence known with SF appearances in Stratton Mountain and Basel. Won first Tour title as a wild card in Itaparica (d. Mattar).
1988	Won six titles in seven finals. Posted SF showings at French and US Opens.
1989	Won his only title of year in Orlando and reached Rome final.
1990	First Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. to Gomez). Finalist at US Open (l. to Sampras). Captured inaugural ATP Tour World Championship in Frankfurt, defeating Becker in SF and Edberg in final. Won three other titles. Helped U.S. to Davis Cup title over Australia.
1991	Won titles in Orlando and Washington. Finalist for second year at Roland Garros (l. to Courier).
1992	Defeated three-time champs Becker and J. McEnroe to reach Wimbledon final, where he defeated Ivanisevic in five sets for first Grand Slam title. Also won Toronto and Atlanta. Led U.S. over Sweden and Switzerland to win Davis Cup.
1993	Underwent right wrist surgery on Dec. 20, 1993. Won titles in San Francisco and Scottsdale and first career doubles title in Cincinnati (w/Korda).
1994	Won five titles, among them US Open and Tennis Masters Series in Toronto and Paris. Became first player to move from outside Top 30 to finish No. 2 the same year. Defeated five seeded players en route to US Open title, becoming first unseeded champion since Fred Stolle in 1966.
1995	Won a career-high seven titles in 11 finals, compiled a personal-best 73-9 match record and became the 12th player in the history of the ATP Rankings to rank No. 1 on April 10. Ranked No. 1 every week until Nov. 5 (total of 30 weeks). Compiled a career-best 26- match winning streak during summer hard court circuit, winning titles in Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati and New Haven. The streak ended when he lost to Sampras in the US Open final. The rivals met in three Tennis Masters Series finals during the year-Indian Wells (lost), Miami (won) and Montreal (won).
1996	Won Tennis Masters Series in Miami (d. Ivanisevic) and Cincinnati (d. Chang). Became the first player to win the Miami title three times. Defeated Bruguera in final to become the first American man to win the Olympic Gold medal in singles since Vincent Richards in 1924. The next week in Cincinnati posted consecutive Top 5 wins over Kafelnikov (QF), Muster (SF) and Chang (F). Held No. 1 ranking for two weeks (Jan. 29-Feb. 5). Reached US Open SF (l. to Chang). Qualified for ATP Tour World Championship and went 0-1 in round robin play before withdrawing because of illness.
1997	Advanced to SF in San Jose and QF in Indianapolis, his best ATP Tour results. Played in Davis Cup QF tie and defeated Siemerink and Schalken. Played his only Grand Slam event of season at US Open and lost in 4th RD to eventual champion Rafter. After reaching as low as No. 141 on Nov. 10, took a wild card into his hometown Challenger event and reached final (l. to Vinck). One week later, took another wild card into Burbank Challenger and won title (d. Sargsian).
1998	Made biggest one-year jump into Top 10 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973) by climbing from 122 previous year to No. 6. Compiled 68- 16 record and won titles in San Jose, Scottsdale, Washington, Los Angeles and Ostrava while reaching five other finals. His 10 finals was second-most in his career (11 in '95). His 68 match wins was co-leader on Tour with Rios. Compiled a Tour-high 51 hard court victories. Won his 500th career match victory in 1st RD (d. Calatrava) at Wimbledon. Played in 1st RD Davis Cup tie vs. Russia and beat Safin in second rubber to tie Bill Tilden's 72-year-old U.S. record of 16 straight Cup victories.
1999	Finished No. 1 for first time in his career by compiling a 23-2 record in Grand Slams, winning his first Roland Garros title (d. Medvedev), reaching Wimbledon final (l. to Sampras) and capturing a second US Open crown (d. T. Martin). He became fifth man, second American, to win all four Grand Slam titles in his career, joining Hall of Fame greats Don Budge, Rod Laver, Fred Perry and Roy Emerson. Also became first player since Courier in 1993 to reach three consecutive Grand Slam finals in a season and oldest (29 years, 8 months) year-end No.1 since Ivan Lendl in '89. Won five titles for second straight year (in eight finals) and led ATP with 63 match victories. In Roland Garros vs. Medvedev, lost first two sets (1-6, 2-6) before becoming only third player in Open Era (since 1969) to over-come a two-set deficit in a Grand Slam final, first since Lendl won Roland Garros in 1984. Afterward, jumped from 14 to No. 4. Continued success on grass at Wimbledon where he reached final (l. to Sampras). In summer, won titles in Washington (d. Kafelnikov) and at US Open (d. Martin). Fought off all eight break points in Open final and came back from 1-2 sets deficit to beat Martin in five sets. It was first time a player came back from such a deficit in US Open final since John Newcombe in 1973. Returned to No. 1 on Sept. 13 and held top spot rest of year. Also reached final in Los Angeles (l. to Sampras). Closed indoor season with 14-4 record, winning 10th career TMS title in Paris (d. Safin) and reached final at ATP Tour World Championship in Hannover (l. to Sampras). He and Wilander are only players to win Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces. Reached finals on all four different surfaces for first time in his career. Earned a career and ATP-best $4,269,265.
2000	Began season by capturing his sixth career Grand Slam title, his third in four Slam appearances going back to Roland Garros in 1999. Opened campaign at Australian Open, defeating Philippousis in 4th RD, Arazi in QF, Sampras in an epic five-set SF battle and Kafelnikov in a four-set final. Became first player to reach four straight Grand Slam finals since Rod Laver won Grand Slam in 1969.4Came into Wimbledon and battled his way to SF with a 10-8 in fifth set win over T. Martin in 2nd RD (saved two match points and rallied from 2-5 deficit). Qualified for his eighth year-end championship at Tennis Masters Cup in Lisbon and reached final, winning successive matches over Kuerten, Kafelnikov, Norman and Safin in SF before losing to eventual No. 1 Kuerten.
2001	Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup at Sydney finishing year as no.3. Captured Australian Open title as defending champion along with the first 2 Tennis Masters Series titles in Indian Wells and Miami. Defeated Pete Sampras in 2 finals. Became the man with the most Tennis Masters Series titles at 12 by winning Indian Wells and the Ericsson Open back-to-back. Pete Sampras is the only other player to win the two tournaments and the Australian Open in the same year.