Monday, July 10, 2000
Game, set, history
Sampras tops Rafter for record 13th grand slam title
By Stephen Wilson
The Associated Press
WIMBLEDON, England — The drizzle, double faults and darkness couldn't keep Pete Sampras from making tennis history.
Sampras overcame Patrick Rafter in four sets Sunday to win his seventh Wimbledon title and record-breaking 13th Grand Slam championship.
Sampras served 27 aces to beat Rafter 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 in a rain-delayed match that ended at dusk.
After Sampras hit a service winner on match point, he threw both arms in the air, then bent over and began to cry.
Sampras hugged his tearful father, Sam, and mother, Georgia, who came to Wimbledon for the first time. Even referee Alan Mills' eyes brimmed with tears.
The 28-year-old American matched the record of seven Wimbledon titles, set by William Renshaw in the 1880s, and surpassed the men's record of 12 Grand Slam tournament victories he had shared with Australia's Roy Emerson.
“It meant so much to me,” he said. “My parents are here today.”
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