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June 30, 2003

The earliest memory of Sampras is during the 1990 US Open, when he upset Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi in the last three rounds to become the youngest men's champion at 19 years, 28 days.

Not much of the American ace's persona has changed since then.

"People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity."

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