Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussisis an Australian tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. He turned professional in 1994. His greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, winning the deciding rubber in the final of each. He also reached the finals of the 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon tournaments, losing to countryman Pat Rafter and Swiss Roger Federer respectively. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 8...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth7 November 1976
CityMelbourne, Australia
This win is a result of all the hard work I've been putting in. If I stay patient and keep working, I know the results will come.
It can only get better and things can't happen overnight, the only thing I can do is just keep working hard and I know it's going to happen.
It was the first match back after a while. I think the key was just to come in there with just a positive mind and try and have a good start, keep on my toes. Obviously, I haven't played for a while, so I was just eager to be out there.
I just want to start the year off strong and just enjoy myself out there,
It's the normal thing to do and I was living, you know, other guy's dreams that they dream of and you're in a position to live that life. Why not do it? And I got it out of my system and I've realized that they're not the most important things in life.
I don't think there is any surprise on who they picked to play.
I was ready for today and I wanted to play today but it just didn't happen. Of course you feel gutted,
Obviously, I'll do whatever it takes to get back,
I was excited because I've never shared a room with somebody.
It's not like I've got too much pride to play challengers. It's ridiculous. Of course if I have to do that, then I have to do that,
It was hard to enjoy the tennis (last year) and to be quite honest I didn't. I just wanted the year to end and that's why I took two months off.
I'm the underdog, but know what I'm capable of.
The Australian Open attracts one of the most competitive line-ups in the world and I’m looking forward to putting the heat on some of my old on-court rivals.
We have got to think about coming back at the end of the year and trying to win that match and get back in the World Group for the following year,