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Tennis Great Sampras to Retire Tennis superstar Pete Sampras will announce his retirement on Monday, before the start of the U.S. Open. Sampras won 14 Grand Slam titles -- more than any other male player -- and topped the world rankings for a record six years in a row, from 1993 to 1998. Hear Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated.

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Tennis superstar Pete Sampras will announce his retirement on Monday, before the start of the U.S. Open. Sampras won 14 Grand Slam titles — more than any other male player — and topped the world rankings for a record six years in a row, from 1993 to 1998. Hear Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated.