''Pete Sampras Tennis '97'' is a

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video game developed and published by

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. It was released for

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and

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. It was also released for the

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as ''Sampras Extreme Tennis''. It was endorsed by multiple Grand Slam champion

Pete Sampras Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the A ...

who appears in the game as an unlockable character. It is the third and final game in the ''Pete Sampras Tennis'' series, following ''

Pete Sampras Tennis ''Pete Sampras Tennis'' is a sports video game developed by Zeppelin Games and published by Codemasters for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear in 1994. A Master System version was cancelled in development. It was followed by '' Sampras Tennis 96'' ...

'' and '' Sampras Tennis 96''.

Gameplay

Players can choose to compete in an exhibition versus match against the CPU or another human player, or participate in a tournament or knockout mode. In tournament mode, the player selects from one of four unseeded rookies to compete in a world tour. Knockout mode is an eight-player round robin tournament.

Reception

The game received positive reviews upon release, such as Ed Lomas for ''

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'' who called it the best tennis game for PlayStation.

References

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