Origin
Open career →Tennis’s living graph
Bridges Across
Eras
Two players do not need to have shared a court for their stories to be connected. Find the shortest chain of head-to-head meetings between them.
Shortest path found
Pete Sampras
reaches
D Belesson
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 5 links and 6 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 2 meetings20March 13, 1992 — April 27, 1992View Pete Sampras × Jimmy Connors →02 BridgeOpen career →Jimmy Connors
1 meeting10October 7, 1973View Jimmy Connors × Graham Stilwell →03 BridgeOpen career →Graham Stilwell
1 meeting10June 12, 1969View Graham Stilwell × Wilhelm Bungert →04 BridgeOpen career →Wilhelm Bungert
1 meeting10August 11, 1969View Wilhelm Bungert × Bodo Nitsche →05 BridgeOpen career →Bodo Nitsche
1 meeting10August 11, 1969View Bodo Nitsche × D Belesson →06— DestinationOpen career →D Belesson
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 4 more sequences with the same 5 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginPete Sampras
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeJan Kodes
- BridgeWilhelm Bungert
- BridgeBodo Nitsche
- —DestinationD Belesson
- OriginPete Sampras
- BridgeBill Scanlon
- BridgeJan Kodes
- BridgeWilhelm Bungert
- BridgeBodo Nitsche
- —DestinationD Belesson
- OriginPete Sampras
- BridgeJohn McEnroe
- BridgeJan Kodes
- BridgeWilhelm Bungert
- BridgeBodo Nitsche
- —DestinationD Belesson
- OriginPete Sampras
- BridgeTim Wilkison
- BridgeJan Kodes
- BridgeWilhelm Bungert
- BridgeBodo Nitsche
- —DestinationD Belesson
How we calculate it
A search from both sides of history.
The portal traverses the head-to-head graph from both careers at the same time and stops at the first proven minimum distance. When a period is selected, only matches inside that window create links; walkovers never create connections.
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