Editing Pete Sampras (section)

==Other awards==
Summary of professional awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gabbyawards.com/the-nominees/athletics/117-pete-sampras.html |title=Bio:Pete Sampras |publisher=Gabby Awards |access-date=June 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412125417/http://www.gabbyawards.com/the-nominees/athletics/117-pete-sampras.html |archive-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref>
* U.S. Olympic Committee "Sportsman of the Year" in 1997. He was the first tennis player to receive this award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.all-about-tennis.com/pete-sampras.html |title=Pete Sampras Left Behind A Legacy Few Players Can Ever Match |access-date=June 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503094335/http://www.all-about-tennis.com/pete-sampras.html |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Gentlemen's Quarterly|''GQ'']]'s Individual Athlete Award for Man of the Year in 2000.
* Selected the No. 1 player (of 25 players) in the past 25 years by a panel of 100 current and past players, journalists, and tournament directors to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ATP in 1997.
* Voted 48th athlete of Top 50 Greatest North American Athletes of [[ESPN]]'s SportsCentury (also youngest on list).
* In 2005, [[Tennis (magazine)|''Tennis'' magazine]] named Sampras the greatest tennis player for the period 1965 through 2005, from its list, [[Tennis (magazine)#"The 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era" (2005)|"The 40 Greatest Players of the ''Tennis'' Era"]].