2026 Leaf Metal Golden Set Tennis: Sampras and Agassi Bring Ace Back

Pete Sampras takes the foreground in color while a much larger monochrome portrait watches over the card. The Center Court Stars name anchors the signature panel, and the Ace logo gives the design its familiar point of reference. 2026 Leaf Metal Golden Set Tennis brings older Ace designs back through a new metal treatment, with Sampras and Andre Agassi prominent in the previews.

Leaf's calendar places Golden Set Tennis in October 2026, with two encased autograph cards per box. The advertised signer selection includes Sampras, Agassi and Steffi Graf, giving the release a clear connection to several of tennis's best-known names.

The Ace designs are the starting point

The official preview gallery includes designs identified with 2006 Ace, 2007 Head to Head, 2007 Straight Sets, 2008 Match Point and 2010 Ace. These are different visual frameworks within Golden Set. Collectors following the older Ace cards have specific designs to recognize, rather than one general retro border.

Sampras's Center Court Stars preview demonstrates how the 2006-inspired layout handles the new finish. His action photograph crosses in front of the large background face; the white autograph area remains separate at the bottom. The contrast between a single moving player and the oversized portrait gives a compact card two different views of its subject.

Head to Head uses the horizontal space for two players and two signatures. Agassi occupies the upper section and Sampras the lower, with the insert title dividing them. The blue signatures sit beside the corresponding photographs, making the pairing easy to follow even in a design carrying both players' names and images.

Tennis history and a more playful edge

Famous Fans, Historic Cut Autographs and Hall of Fame signatures expand the subject matter beyond the returning Ace layouts. Their names describe different connections to tennis: a fan's relationship to the sport, a historical signature format, or recognition of an individual career. The exact subjects in those groups remain the useful distinction when following a favorite player or personality.

The gallery also includes Quiet Please and Dada designs. Leaf presents Dada as a deliberately playful art direction, including a die-cut version. That gives Golden Set a different visual register alongside the comparatively restrained Sampras and Agassi previews.

The Sampras single and the Agassi–Sampras dual make a strong case for the Ace revival. One uses layered portraits; the other organizes a two-player autograph pairing. Golden Set's appeal begins with those recognizable design choices and tennis subjects, with the newer inserts offering a separate direction within the same two-autograph format.