Sampras to play exhibition in San Jose – 2009

Oct. 15, 2008

Pete Sampras, formerly ranked No. 1 in the world and a two-time SAP Open singles champion, will play an exhibition match against American star James Blake at 7 p.m. on Feb. 9 during the 2009 SAP Open at HP Pavilion in San Jose.

Heading the singles field are Blake, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Martin del Potro, Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey. Bob and Mike Bryan are entered in doubles.

Ticket packages are group tickets are available by calling (408) ACE-2121. Individual session tickets will go on sale in January.

8th Wedding Anniversary Card (2008)

Some of the members wanted to include their personal messages to Pete & Bridgette:

Dear Pete and Bridgette, Marriage is life, love, hills and valleys, and “Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine.”(von Goethe) Your lives, love and family are an inspiration to others. May you have a wonderful 8th anniversary and more to come for years and years. 
Gloria de Gaston Boone – Reston, VA & Hermosa Beach, CA 

Dear Pete & Bridgette, You are so obviously soul mates who have found each other! Happiness and love always on your 8th anniversary. 
Best Wishes, Ann – New York

Bridgette & Pete, Happy Eighth Anniversary. Hope you guys get a babysitter and go out on the town! Enjoy your day together. 
Joan – Mobile, AL

Bridgette and Pete, Happy Anniversary from a longtime fan from the Dominican Republic. 
Maritz Llenas – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Pete & Bridgette, A very Happy Anniversary, eight is a nice number! Many, many more to come. 
Carolee Pastorius

Happy Anniversary, Pete and Bridgette, May this one and all the wonderful ones to come be as special as the both of you! 
Beverly Fitzgerald, Illinois

Dear Pete & Bridgette, Have a wonderful day celebrating your lives together :o)) 
Herna Efendy – Australia

Dear Pete & Bridgette, May you both have a wonderful anniversary. We can’t believe it has been 8 years already! You two really do make the perfect couple so we are glad you found each other. Thank you both for being so generous with us, your Fanz. We admire and respect you both and wish you the best for the future. 
Best Wishes, Patricia & Lynn Rogler – Massachusetts

Bridgette & Pete, It’s your anniversary and you know what it means! Dinner someplace where the waiters actually come right up to your table. So you both can remember with happiness and pride upon the eight cherished years you’ve spent together. May every memory that you share of dreams you’ve seen come true, help make this special day a very happy and special anniversary. 
Jane Nixon, England

Happy Anniversary to the best looking couple in the world! Whenever I’m privileged enough to see the two of you interact, like at the HOF, it’s clear to see you were meant for each other. We formed this group because of our love, admiration, and respect for Pete. How lucky are we, and you too Pete, to have Bridgette as such a wonderful addition to our Samprasfanz family. I wish you both a very Happy Anniversary! I know you will have a wonderful day as you can see it in both your eyes how much you love and respect each other. A match made in Heaven! 
Sandie Anthony, Emmaus, PA

To Pete & Bridgette, Happy 8th Anniversary!!! May you both enjoy celebrating this anniversary remembering the great moments shared the last 8 years together and wishing you a lifelong time of happiness, good health and success!
Much Love & Best Wishes Always, 
Georgia Christoforou – West Midlands, UK 

Congratulations on your 8th Wedding Anniversary. I hope you have some lovely romantic time together to make up for being apart on last year’s anniversary because Pete was playing. (Got the table booked Pete?! 🙂
Very best wishes, 
Cynthia – Nottinghamshire, England 

Pete & Bridgette, Happy Anniversary! May your lives be always filled with love and laughter, happiness and good health!
Cherry Chan – Philippines

Happy 8th Anniversary Bridgette and Pete! Enjoy your special day. We wish you a lifetime of happiness and love. Congratulations to the happy couple. 
Ed & Anna Correale – East Hanover, NJ

Pete & Bridgette, Congratulations and Best Wishes for much happiness on your anniversary.
Marianne Bolduc – NJ

Pete & Bridgette, Happy Anniversary 
Miriam Garcia Poggi – Argentina

Best Wishes on your Anniversary!
Philip Ip – Hong Kong

Dear Pete & Bridgette, It seems like it was just the other day that we read of you two dancing to “Can You Feel the Love” at your wedding reception. However, so much has happened since then, wonderful things to think back on. May you reflect on all the wonderful memories and have a wonderful 8th Anniversary.
Joy – Peculiar, MO

Special thanks to our president, Joy Parker for arranging this on behalf of the members.

Birthday Card For Bridgette Sampras (September 25, 2008)

Some of the members wanted to include their personal messages to Bridgette:

Happy birthday Bridgette: I hope you have a great birthday celebration. And, thank you for all you have done for Pete, as a wife, mother and greatest supporter of his tennis career. 
Gloria de Gaston Boone – Reston, VA & Hermosa Beach, CA 

Dear Bridgette, After seeing you and Pete, Christian and Ryan at the HOF ceremony last year, it is clear that your family is where your happiness lies. My wishes on your birthday are for you and your most beautiful family to celebrate this happy occasion together this year and every year. All my best wishes. 
Ann from New York

Happy Birthday wishes to a very special and lovely lady. Have a great day and a wonderful year.
Joan Gardner – Mobile, AL

To a lovely lass, beautiful inside and out. My prayers for a wonderful life full of joy and happiness besides your great husband and darling kids!
Maritz Llenas – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Happy Birthday, Bridgette! You are Pete’s soul mate and he is yours.
Carolee Pastorius

Dear Bridgette, We hope you have a very happy birthday and that your year will be filled with wonderful things. You have been so welcoming and generous with us, at the Newport Hall of Fame induction and at Madison Square Garden after the match, we just can’t thank you enough. Pete couldn’t have chosen a better person to marry (and you didn’t do too badly either! :o)) We hope you do something special for yourself on your big day. 
Best wishes, Patricia & Lynn Rogler – Massachusetts

To Bridgette, Here’s wishing you a very Happy Birthday. Enjoy your day with all your family and friends. Spoil yourself, and have a sensational day.
Jane Nixon – England

Happy Birthday Bridgette! If your birthday is half as wonderful as you, you will have a great day! Hope it’s as special as you are!
Sandie Anthony – Emmaus, PA

Happy Birthday Bridgette!!
Miriam Garcia Poggi – Argentina 

Dear Bridgette, Happy birthday. Have a wonder year with your family. Many greetings to you from Turkey!!
Ozlem Cariaaa – Turkey

To Bridgette, Wishing you a very Happy Birthday. May it be filled with good cheer and spent with those you love most! Much Love and Best Wishes Always.
Georgia Christoforou – West Midlands, UK 

Many Happy returns of the day Bridgette! I hope you spend it doing your favorite things, including of course time with Pete and the boys.
Cynthia – Nottinghamshire, England 

Dear Bridgette, hope you enjoy your birthday with your loved ones. :o))
Herna Efendy – Australia 

Hello Bridgette, have the merriest B-day ever…. May all your hopes, dreams & wishes come true!!! 
Valenciennes – San Francisco, CA 

Bridgette, Warm wishes on your birthday! Have a great celebration with Pete and the boys!! 
Cherry Chan – Philippines

Happy Birthday Bridgette! Hope you’ll have a special day with your family. Never stop celebrating “family birthdays” with all your family – that’s what life is all about, isn’t it? Thank you for letting us share this one with you.
Beverly Fitzgerald – Illinois 

Dear Bridgette, I hope you have a wonderful birthday!! Birthdays are so special, no matter what the number. Haha only problem is the higher the number the faster they come. Have a fun day!!
Fondly, Joy – Missouri 

Happy Birthday Bridgette. Wishing you health, happiness and love always. Have a wonderful and special day with your beautiful family.
Ed & Anna Correale – East Hanover, NJ 

Happy Birthday Bridgette!! 
Philip Ip – Hong Kong

Bridgette, Wishing you a beautiful day and a wonderful year…. 
Marianne Bolduc – NJ 

Special thanks to our president, Joy Parker for arranging this on behalf of the members.

Birthday Card For Pete Sampras (August 12, 2008)

Some of the members wanted to include their personal messages to Pete:

Happy Birthday Pete!
Herna Efendy – India

Happy Birthday Pete 
Miriam Garcia Poggi – Argentina

Wishing you a great birthday and wonderful year…. 
May your dreams continue to come true…… 
Marianne Bolduc – New Jersey

Dear Pete, 
I want to congratulate you in this special day from all your Ecuadorian fans!!We miss you a lot, but in these time you have been out from tennis we can reassure how great you are in and out off court. Wish you all the happinnes, and that God bless you and your family always, HAPPY B-DAY!!
Love, Gaby Sánchez – Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America

Happy birthday Pete! May you be blessed with more good things in the years to come. Long live the King of Swing!!
Em Pascual – Philippines

Dear Pete, 
37? Don’t worry! You prove time and time again that you can still play your beloved sport at a very high level. And it’s really nice to see that you can enjoy your matches much more than during your time as a professional. 
Enjoy YOUR day with Bridgette, Christian, Ryan, the rest of the family and your closest friends. 
Though life is unreadable like your serve, I hope that your current life will continue for many years to come! 
Happy birthday, Pete! 
André Fischer from Berlin, Germany

Dear Pete, 
Happy birthday and many more! We August people have to stick together.
Carolee Pastorius 

Happy Birthday Pete! Thank you for a well-written biography. I read the entire book during my 14 hour flight from Hong Kong to Toronto – I just couldn’t put it down! It was just like reliving old times. (Now, who was that French player who did that act in the shower and prevented you from taking a shower in the locker room ever after?!) LOL
With warmest wishes for Bridgette and the boys too.
Philip – Hong Kong

May your day be filled with happiness, the year filled with joy and many more happy years ahead.
Indira- India

Happy Birthday Pete! Have a terrific day.
Joan Gardner – Alabama

All the best Pete for a great birthday. Celebrate it in style like the stylish person you are! 
Sue – Melbourne, Australia

They come around every year, don’t they, Pete? Hope this one is the Very Best Birthday of all with beautiful Bridgette and those darling boys. Lucky you – lucky them! Happy Birthday! 
Grandma Beverly – Illinois

HI, PETE!! 
MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!! WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I WILL BE THINKING OF YOU AND DRINKING YOUR HEALTH. With wishes for all the things you most enjoy. Because you’re such a special person and it’s your birthday, you should know that in my heart are many memories of the GREAT things you’ve done, And today I want to tell you that I’m thankful for each one. And there’s one special memory that I’d like to mention, and that was when you broke the record at Wimbeldon to win your 13th Grand Slam title, and even more special was when you won your 14th against all the odds. Have a wonderful Birthday! 
Jane Nixon – England, UK

Hey Pete…Looking very relaxed these days….Wishing u a very happy birthday. May the blessings of the Almighty God be upon u and ur family now and forevermore.Many Happy returns! 
Bunmi Ashebu – Nigeria

Dear Pete, 
I am loving your book and learning so much about you. You were always such a private, focused person with more determination and courage than even I imagined. The strength and courage you had to stare adversity in the eye and never falter is a testimony to who you are. I had no idea, until I read your book, how much of a personal commitment it took to accomplish what you did. Your book was honest, sincere, and extremely interesting, just like you. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to understand the personal sacrifices you had to make to accomplish your goals and to learn so much more about who you really are.

Of course, as a Samprazfan, I already knew how talented you are. And I knew beneath that quiet (boring) exterior, burned a flaming desire to be the best and only the best. I could tell by the way you conducted yourself on court and let your racquet do the talking that you were of strong character and had a goal and you would allow nothing to stop you from reaching that goal. You are the best and will ALWAYS be the best.

However, that is not the reason for this message. The reason is to wish you a very Happy Birthday. I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with your wonderful family. And I wish you good health and many, many more birthdays. You’re a very special person who deserves a very special birthday. Only the best for the best.

Sandie Anthony Emmaus, PA 18049 

Dear Pete: 
On this special ocassion of your birthday I want to thank you for all the joy you have brought to my aging years since 1990 by watching you play. So what better moment to t wish health, love and that time brings you all the joy you gave me ten thousand folds with your wife and your children! God bless you! 
Maritza Llenas 
Dominican Republic

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE MONSIEUR SAMPRAS 
That’s the way we say it in France. 
Lots of love for you and your family. God bless you.
Don’t worry – you’re still awesome as 10 years ago!!!
Vanessa – France

Dear Pete,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!Hope you have a fantastic day spent with those you love – and I wish you a lifetime filled with good health, happiness & success always!Looking forward to seeing you play at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the Black Rock event in December!!!
With Best Wishes Always,
Georgia Christoforou, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hello, Pete. Have the merriest B-day ever !!! U’re still the ONE !!!!! Looking forward to seeing more of your exhibition matches on Tennis channel…. Thanx for all the memories…
Big Hugz,
Elera, SF, CA

Congrats, and many happy returns, and a great new year to you. Keep up the great tennis; it’s wonderful to see you out there again…..leading the way! 
Gloria Boone – Virginia

Warmest wishes for your birthday Pete! May this day bring you moments you will treasure…This fanz will remember all the joy brought to her along your wonderful career,
Mimi, Michèle Bélanger – Montreal, Quebec 

Dear Pete,
We hope you have a wonderful birthday and a great year ahead. We want to thank you again for writing such a heartfelt book. It really touched us to know your thoughts and feelings behind some of the most important moments of your career. And it was a breath of fresh air to read a book from a star who is classy, reserved, and dignified. So thank you for proving there is still room for class in the world. I hope you do something special to celebrate your birthday. All of your Fanz will be thinking of you and wishing you the best!
Love,
Patricia & Lynn Rogler – Massachusetts, USA

Dear Pete,
Here’s wishing you all the best for the coming year. Do you remember the huge cake at Cincy and the fans singing Happy Birthday to you on the practice court….1999? Have fun on your special day!!
Joy – Missouri

Happy birthday to an inspiring champion! Best wishes to you, Bridgette and the kids. 
Cherry Chan – Philippines

Wishing you all the very best now and forever.
Niloufer Randeria – India. 

A Very Happy Birthday, 
Your Forever Fan, 
Mary Lee Longo – New Jersey

Happy Birthday Pete !! Health and Happiness always to you and your beautiful family.
All the best, 
Ed and Anna Correale –New Jersey