Stella Sampras

Stella Sampras
Full name	Stella Sampras-Webster
Country (sports)	United States
Born	9 March 1969 (age 52); Potomac, Maryland
Prize money	$17,237
Singles
Career record	26–12 (68.4%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 248 (July 27, 1992)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	Q1 (1992)
Doubles
Career record	11–8 (57.9%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (November 9, 1992)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q3 (1992)
US Open	2R (1992)

Stella Sampras-Webster (Greek: Στέλλα Σάμπρα, romanized: Stella Sampra; born March 9, 1969) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography[]

Born in Potomac, Maryland to Greek-American parents, Sampras is one of four siblings. Her younger brother is tennis player Pete Sampras. She grew up in Los Angeles and played college tennis for the UCLA Bruins from 1987 to 1991, earning All-American honors on four occasions. In her freshman year she teamed up with Allison Cooper to win the NCAA doubles championship.^[1]

Sampras competed briefly on the professional tour, reaching a career best singles ranking of 248, with two ITF titles to her name. As a doubles player she twice appeared in the main draw of the US Open and was ranked as high as 142 in the world.^[2]

Since 1996, she has been the head coach of UCLA women's tennis.^[3]

Sampras is married to marketing executive Steve Webster, with whom she has twin daughters, born in 2005.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 2 (2 titles)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	January 26, 1992	ITF New Braunfels, United States	Hard	Ann Stephenson	6–1, 7–5
Winner	2.	January 19, 1992	ITF Woodlands, United States	Hard	Claire Wegink	6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	August 20, 1989	ITF Chatham, United States	Hard	Jean Ceniza	Vincenza Procacci Kathy Foxworth	3–6, 4–6
Winner	January 12, 1992	ITF Woodlands, United States	Hard	Kirsten Dreyer	Dierdre Herman Wendy Nelson	6–3, 6–4

References[]

^ "Stella Performance by Sampras' Sister". Sun-Sentinel. March 11, 1992.
^ ^a ^b "This Sampras simply stellar at UCLA". Los Angeles Times. March 29, 2008.
^ "This Sampras Quickly Serves Notice That Things Have Changed at UCLA". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 1997.

External links[]

Stella Sampras at the Women's Tennis Association
Stella Sampras at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Stella Performance by Sampras' Sister". Sun-Sentinel. March 11, 1992.

[Dwyre-2] "This Sampras simply stellar at UCLA". Los Angeles Times. March 29, 2008.

[3] "This Sampras Quickly Serves Notice That Things Have Changed at UCLA". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 1997.

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