HGTV went inside Pete Sampras's Santa Monica home for its "Front Door" video series. And, oh, what they found: modern furnishings, sleek lines, and immaculate decor befitting one of the sport's tidiest, most put-together champions. All the glorious natural light lent by huge windows is truly a sight to behold, let alone the mountain scene surrounding the prized lot, which sits in a community that harbors other stars of entertainment and sport. See it here, especially the breathtaking views at the 0:25 and 1:20 marks:
Sampras's self-designed home by the numbers:
$20 million asking price (yes, it's for sale)
20 acres
13,000 square feet in the main home
2,000 square feet in the private gym
By comparison, my first big-city solo apartment was all of 450 square feet. Yea, eat your heart out, Andy Roddick's former abode in Austin, Texas.
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In other celebrity tennis news, she's not Sampras's knockout wife Bridgette Wilson, but fellow (legally) blonde actress Reese Witherspoon played tennis recently at Brentwood Country Club. Good to see the very pregnant star getting in some court time.
—Jonathan Scott (Find me on Twitter @jonscott9.)