桑普拉斯的第一幢房子是于1992年12月买进的,这是一座位于坦帕价值77万美元,占地7865平方英尺的豪宅。这里十分宽敞,游泳池和庭院占地约2000平方尺,还有艺术砖砌的车道,价值不菲。桑普拉斯在这里居住了好多年。不过,1996年在圣荷西的一次公开赛后、桑普拉斯向媒体透露,他希望有一天能够搬回加利福尼亚去居住,那样离自己的老家距离会比较近一些。于是传闻随即四起,人们都说桑普拉斯就要离开坦帕了,他的一位朋友略带伤感地说:“他迟早都是要走的,他在其他地方可以买到更加划算的房子。”但桑普拉斯好像并不急着实施他的计划,他悠然地说:“我在购买住宅上花费了太多的金钱,也动用了好多心思,我在坦帕的家是个很棒的地方。”因此没人知道他到底什么时候从坦帕消失。有人曾经说,买这所豪宅的人是桑普拉斯当时的女友狄莱娜,不过也有人说,花钱的是她总比是桑普拉斯好。事实上,从一段1996年的NIKE广告中,己经隐约可以看到桑普拉斯其实 Sampras’ first house was bought in December 1992, a $ 770,000, 7865-square-foot mansion in Tampa. It is very spacious, with a swimming pool and patio covering an area of ​​about 2,000 square feet, as well as an artisan brick driveway that is worth the money. Sampras lived here for many years. However, after an open game in San Jose in 1996, Sampras revealed to the media that he hoped one day he would be able to move back to California to live in so close to his hometown. As soon as the news came about, people said that Sampras would leave Tampa. One of his friends said slightly sadly: “He is going to leave sooner or later, and he can buy something more cost-effective elsewhere House. ”But Sampras did not seem to be in a hurry to implement his plan, and he said leisurely:“ I spent too much money on my home and spent a lot of time with my home in Tampa It’s a great place. ”So no one knew when he’d disappeared from Tampa. Someone once said that the man who bought the mansion was Sampras’s then-girlfriend Delena, but others said that spending money was better than Sampras. In fact, from a NIKE 1996 advertisement, you can already see Sampras vaguely