Stella Sampras-Webster (born March 9, 1969) is an American former professional

tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

Biography

Born in

Potomac, Maryland Potomac () is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018. It is named a ...

to Greek-American parents, Sampras () is one of four siblings. Her younger brother is tennis player

Pete Sampras Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the A ...

. She grew up in

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

and played college tennis for the

UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Big Ten Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF ...

from 1987 to 1991, earning

All-American The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an Al ...

honors on four occasions. In her freshman year she teamed up with Allison Cooper to win the NCAA doubles championship. 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 U.S. Open or US Open are open championship sporting tournaments that are hosted in the United States and in which anyone, especially amateur and professional, or American and non-American, may compete. The term may also be applied to non-sporting ev ...

and was ranked as high as 142 in the world. Since 1996, she has been the head coach of UCLA women's tennis. Sampras is married to marketing executive Steve Webster, with whom she has twin daughters, born in 2005.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampras, Stella 1969 births Living people American female tennis players UCLA Bruins women's tennis players UCLA Bruins coaches American people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent Tennis players from California Sportspeople from Potomac, Maryland College tennis coaches in the United States Tennis coaches from California Sports coaches from Maryland 20th-century American sportswomen