Pete Sampras at Wimbledon

In 1997, Pete Sampras won his fourth Wimbledon title over Cedric Pioline in three sets, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. At the end of this dominating year, Sampras was 10-1 against top ten opponents and undefeated in eight singles finals. He held the No. 1 ranking for the entire year and joined Jimmy Connors as the only male player to hold the year-end No. 1 ranking for five consecutive years.