{"id":3653,"date":"2023-11-06T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:30:16","slug":"tennis-legend-pete-sampras-reveals-wife-bridgettes-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2023\/11\/tennis-legend-pete-sampras-reveals-wife-bridgettes-cancer-diagnosis.html","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Legend Pete Sampras Reveals Wife Bridgette&#8217;s Cancer Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3662\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3662\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2023\/11\/pete-bridgette-sampras-credit-world11-news-youtube.png\" alt=\"pete bridgette sampras\" width=\"768\" height=\"464\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WORLD11 News\/YouTube.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Legendary American tennis pro Pete Sampras recently revealed that his wife, Bridgette Wilson Sampras, has been battling ovarian cancer after being diagnosed almost a year ago and asked for \u201cgood thoughts and prayers\u201d as the actress continues her \u201chealing journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sampras, a 14-time Grand Slam champion before retiring in 2003, made the revelation in a lengthy statement shared by the ATP Tour on social media. His statement read, \u201cAs most have come to know, I\u2019m a pretty quiet and private person. However, this past year has been an exceptionally challenging time for me and my family, and I have decided to share what\u2019s been going on. Last December, my wife, Bridgette, was diagnosed with\u00a0ovarian cancer.\u00a0Since then, she has had major surgery, pushed through chemotherapy and continues with target maintenance therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cIt is hard to watch someone you love go through a challenge like this. However, seeing our boys step up and be such strong supporters of Bridgette, myself, and each other has been amazing.\u201d\u00a0Sampras said his wife inspires him as she continues to be an \u201cincredible mom and wife.\u201d He added that while he\u2019s struggled to ask for support throughout the process, he hopes to change that by sharing their family\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A message from Pete ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZReXGOCUQs\">pic.twitter.com\/ZReXGOCUQs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour\/status\/1718693248586166762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sampras ended the statement with, \u201cWith that said, I will end this by humbly asking for good thoughts and prayers for our family as Bridgette continues to thrive on her healing journey.\u201d\u00a0 Sampras and his wife were married in 2000 and share two children.\u00a0A decorated tennis star, Sampras won his first Grand Slam at just 19 years old when he defeated what would become his career-rival Andre Agassi in the 1990\u00a0US Open.<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to win seven\u00a0Wimbledon titles,\u00a0five US Open titles and two Australian Open titles across his 12-year career. Sampras retired officially in 2003, but his last Grand Slam victory came the year before when he again defeated Agassi at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wilson-Sampras began her career as an actress in the early &#8217;90s and has over 30 acting credits listed on IMDB. She was a star in the soap opera &#8220;Santa Barbara,&#8221; and made appearances on &#8220;Saved by the Bell,&#8221; &#8220;The $treet&#8221; and &#8220;CSI: Miami.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In film, she acted in 2001&#8217;s &#8220;The Wedding Planner&#8221; as bride-to-be Fran Donolly opposite\u00a0Jennifer Lopez\u00a0and\u00a0Matthew McConaughey, &#8220;Mortal Combat,&#8221; &#8220;Billy Madison,&#8221; &#8220;I Know What You Did Last Summer&#8221; and more. 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