Pete Sampras remains out of spotlight while supporting family
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 15, 2026, 11:49 AM
Last updated Jun 15, 2026
Former ATP World No. 1 Pete Sampras, now 54, is living a quiet life in California with his wife, actress Bridgette Wilson, and their two sons. Sampras won 14 Grand Slam titles, retiring after the 2002 US Open. Wilson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2022, and the couple has chosen to focus on their family away from the public eye. Sampras’s family remains active in tennis; his sister, Stella, is the head coach at UCLA, and his niece plays NCAA tennis at Vanderbilt.
- •Pete Sampras married Bridgette Wilson in 2000
- •Sampras retired in 2003 after winning his last Grand Slam
- •Wilson has been battling ovarian cancer since 2022
- •Sampras’s sister is UCLA's head tennis coach
- •Niece Sophia Webster plays NCAA tennis at Vanderbilt
- 11:49 AMYahoo Sports — Where is former ATP World No. 1 Pete Sampras
"With the reemergence of 90s American player Andre Agassi into professional tennis as a Laver Cup captain and media analyst, we wondered what Agassi’s chief rival, Pete Sampras, is up to these days. He married actress Bridgette Wilson in 2000.…
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