Senate Bill hb9205

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9205

        By Representative Starks






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending Pete Sampras for his

  3         accomplishments.

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  5         WHEREAS, Pete Sampras is the only tennis player in

  6  history to finish a year (1998) as the number one player in

  7  the world for a record total of six consecutive years and be

  8  ranked as the number one player in the world for a record

  9  total of 276 weeks, and

10         WHEREAS, Pete Sampras has earned many honors during his

11  remarkable career, including being voted as the ATP Tour

12  Player of the Century, ESPN Male Tennis Player of the Decade,

13  Best Male Tennis Player for the past 25 years in 1997 by

14  current and past players and the media, and the Greatest

15  Player of the 20th Century by Tennis Magazine in 1999, and

16         WHEREAS, in addition to his many other awards and

17  honors, Pete Sampras has won 12 Grand Slam victories which

18  tied Roy Emerson's mark of 12 major titles, he has won six

19  Wimbledon titles, the most titles won in the 20th century and

20  only one short of Willie Renshaw's record seven victories, and

21  he is the only tennis player to qualify every year for the

22  annual ATP Tour Singles Championship since the event was first

23  introduced, and

24         WHEREAS, Pete Sampras tops the list of the most singles

25  titles won in all current active ATP Tour players, and

26         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the House

27  of Representatives of the State of Florida commend Pete

28  Sampras for his many accomplishments in the game of tennis,

29  NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9205

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  1  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the House of Representatives hereby commends Pete

  5  Sampras for his many accomplishments in the field of tennis

  6  and wishes him continued success as the number one tennis

  7  player in the world.

  8         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  9  be presented to Pete Sampras as a tangible token of the

10  sentiments expressed herein.

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