Stella Sampras-Webster (born March 9, 1969) is an American former professional tennis player.
Biography Born in Potomac, Maryland to Greek-American parents, Sampras () is one of four siblings. Her younger brother is tennis player Pete Sampras. She grew up in Los Angeles and played college tennis for the UCLA Bruins from 1987 to 1991, earning All-American 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 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) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWinner 1. January 26, 1992 ITF New Braunfels, United States Hard Ann Stephenson 6–1, 7–5Winner 2. January 19, 1992 ITF Woodlands, United States Hard Claire Wegink 6–0, 6–3
Doubles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreRunner-up August 20, 1989 ITF Chatham, United States Hard Jean Ceniza Vincenza Procacci Kathy Foxworth 3–6, 4–6Winner January 12, 1992 ITF Woodlands, United States Hard Kirsten Dreyer Dierdre Herman Wendy Nelson 6–3, 6–4
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