Although Sampras has seven Wimbledon trophies, $41 million in prize money and rich memories, tennis officials quietly wonder whether he is insecure with his legacy.
Four Wimbledon trophies.
Good Goran, the wacky racket-kissing comedian with a cannon serve, and now, a shiny new Wimbledon trophy, did not emerge in full until match point yesterday.
When it was his turn to be interviewed, Djokovic, 24, jokingly tapped the microphone against the Wimbledon trophy before technicians managed to fix the problem.
Gibson's five Wimbledon trophies are displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
And earlier this month Martina Navratilova, who is 30 and old for a woman in professional tennis, claimed her Wimbledon trophy in the name of "older women."
The question is whether the Wimbledon trophy will soon be part of her collection.
Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, to add to her Wimbledon trophy from 2004.
And all that is missing now for the three-time French and United States Open champion is a Wimbledon trophy.
Novak Djokovic returns to Serbia with "my precious" Wimbledon trophy at end of incredible week.