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Los Angeles - Former tennis great Pete Sampras was in the process on Monday of being reunited with many of his trophies stolen last December from a Los Angeles storage facility after the missing items were left behind a hospital.
The TMZ celebrity website received a tip that the stolen goods - including at least one the ex-player's Australian Open trophies and dozens of other from ATP events over his career - would be found at the hospital location.
The 2010 theft included up to 100 trophies and other items, with some found in a city park a few days after the theft was discovered.
Sampras, winner of 14 Grand Slams, said that he had not bothered to insure any of his goods, since he was unsure of how to put a value on it. But one memorabilia expert valued the missing Aussie Open trophy at $100 000 and up.
American media said that a private investigator working on behalf of Sampras got a tip that the items would be returned. He told police who found the items as promised.
Sampras, who retired in 2002, won 64 ATP titles over his career and held the record for Grant Slam titles until it was broken by Roger Federer.
