5 greatest upsets in the Australian Open
2. Mark Philippoussis vs Pete Sampras, 1996 3rd round
Much similar to the Federer dominance in the early 2000s, Pistol ‘Pete’ ruled the tennis world in the mid an late 1990s. Winning the last two slams, Pete Sampras was ready to pocket his third in a row and his overall 8th Grand Slam. Little did he know that the big serving Mark Philippoussis had other plans!
Pete Sampras and Mark Philippoussis met in the third round. Surprisingly, the Australian, a virtually unknown commodity matched the legend shot-by-shot or rather serve-by-serve. In this battle of the big servers, Mark Philippoussis fired down 30 aces to prevail in straight sets to shock the tennis world.
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