Mark Philippoussis Explained

Mark Philippoussis
Country: Australia
Residence:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Birth Date:1976 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height:196 cm[2]
Turnedpro:1994
Retired:2008
(last match 2015)
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 6,987,402
Singlesrecord:313–204 (60.5% in Grand Slam and ATP Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:11
Highestsinglesranking:No. 8 (19 April 1999)
Australianopenresult:4R (1996, 1999, 2000, 2004)
Frenchopenresult:4R (1997, 2000)
Wimbledonresult:F (2003)
Usopenresult:F (1998)
Othertournaments:yes
Masterscupresult:Alt (2003)
Grandslamcupresult:SF (1998)
Olympicsresult:3R (1996, 2000)
Doublesrecord:99–73 (in Grand Slam and ATP Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:3
Highestdoublesranking:No. 18 (11 August 1997)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1996)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (1996, 1997)
Wimbledondoublesresult:SF (1996)
Usopendoublesresult:SF (1996)
Mixed:yes
Mixedrecord:3–3
Mixedtitles:0
Frenchopenmixedresult:QF (1996)
Usopenmixedresult:2R (1997)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:W (1999, 2003)
Hopmancupresult:W (1999)

Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born 7 November 1976) is an Australian tennis coach and former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' 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 final of the 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon singles tournaments. Philippoussis reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8.

Philippoussis has had a minor career in modelling and starred in the American reality television dating show Age of Love.[3] He is nicknamed 'the Scud', after the Scud missile. He is also known in Australia as “The Pou”.[4]

Background

Mark Philippoussis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μαρκ Φιλιππούσης,) was born in Melbourne to a Greek father, Nikolaos ("Nick"), and an Italian mother, Rossana; and was educated at Maribyrnong College and later at Wesley College.[5] He is of the Catholic faith.[6]

Career

Beginnings

Coached by his father, Nick, the right-hander has played tennis since he was six years of age. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[7] He was briefly coached by former 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, which ended in an acrimonious split in 2000.[8] In 1994, he finished third in singles ranking for juniors. Philippoussis also finished as junior doubles champion with Ben Ellwood in Australia, Wimbledon, and Italy. He turned professional in 1994.

In 1995, at the age of 19, he was the youngest player in the year-end top 50. In 1996, he reached the 4th round of the Australian Open upsetting Pete Sampras in the 3rd round and in doubles with Patrick Rafter. On 25 May 1997, he recorded a personal best 229.0 km/h (142.3 mph) serve in a game he lost to Albert Costa. During the height of his career, Philippoussis was known as having one of the fastest serves in the game.

Rise to top 10

At the 1998 US Open U.S. Open, Philippoussis reached his first Grand Slam final, losing to fellow Australian Patrick Rafter. In January 1999, Philippoussis and Jelena Dokić won the Hopman Cup for Australia, defeating Sweden's Åsa Carlsson and Jonas Björkman in the final tie. This was the first time that Australia won the Hopman Cup and the only time until Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova won in January 2016.

On March 14 1999, Mark Philippoussis defeated Carlos Moyá, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 in final of Indian Wells Masters.On 29 March 1999, Philippoussis entered the top 10 for the first time and stayed there for 10 weeks. He advanced to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1999 for the second straight year, where he retired in the second set against Sampras after having won the first set. During that match, Philippoussis suffered a moderate cartilage tear in his left knee and underwent arthroscopic surgery four days later. Sampras later remarked that he "dodged a bullet out there". Philippoussis returned to professional tennis seven weeks later at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships and lost his second-round match after receiving a bye in the first round. He did not play again until October in Singapore, where he lost in the second round. He finished 1999 at No. 19.

2000 was the fourth consecutive year in which Philippoussis finished in the top 20, at No. 11. He reached the fourth round at the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion Andre Agassi. He defeated No. 2 Sampras 8–6 in the fifth set at the French Open in a first-round match, but lost in the fourth round to Juan Carlos Ferrero. For the third consecutive year, he made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, losing again to Agassi. He appeared in his second Olympic Games in Sydney, losing in the third round to eventual gold medalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Philippoussis finished 2002 in the top 100 (seventh time in eight years), despite not winning a title. He moved from Miami to the San Diego area in September 2002.

Davis Cup

Philippoussis has always claimed to be proud of representing his country in Davis Cup, but personal differences with John Newcombe and Tony Roche interfered with his commitment early in his career. Despite several highly publicised feuds, Philippoussis played a large part in giving Australia their 27th Davis Cup triumph—second only to the United States with 31—but it was their first since 1986. In 1999 he defeated Cédric Pioline, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2, in Nice, France.

Injuries plagued Philippoussis's availability for Davis Cup and was the cause of a public rift between team-mates Patrick Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt. Rafter publicly accused Philippoussis of jerking the team around after he withdrew from a Davis Cup tie in late 2000. Philippoussis said Rafter was ill-informed and upset by the lack of support and understanding from his team-mates.

Knee surgeries forced Philippoussis out of Davis Cup until February 2003. By then, Pat Rafter had retired, and John Fitzgerald and Wally Masur were the new Davis Cup captain and coach. Philippoussis sealed victory for Australia in the Melbourne Final against Spain. Philippoussis beat Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero in a 7–5, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–0 battle. Philippoussis suffered a pectoral tear at the end of the second set, which caused him to lose the third and fourth sets. He regrouped in the fifth set and beat Ferrero 6–0.

2003–2005: Comeback

After three knee operations, Philippoussis embarked on a protracted comeback. He made himself available regularly for Davis Cup, hired a new physical trainer, and took up surfing as his new recreation. He made the 2003 Wimbledon final, finally losing to Roger Federer, 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–7(3–7).[9]

During a 2003 Wimbledon tennis match against Andre Agassi (6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4), he set a new Australian tennis record of 46 aces served in a match, three aces short of the overall ATP Tour record then held by Richard Krajicek.

Philippoussis broke a two-year singles-title drought by winning the Shanghai Open in 2003. On 30 November 2003, he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain to win the fourth match of the Davis Cup final in Melbourne, securing the title for Australia. At the end of 2003, Philippoussis received the ATP Comeback Player of the Year award.

The honeymoon period with the Australian public, however, did not last. 2004 proved a disastrous year in terms of his tennis career and public profile. After shouldering most of the blame for losing Australia's Davis Cup tie with Sweden with an unexpected below-par performance, Philippoussis struggled through to the Wimbledon fourth round in June 2004. From Wimbledon in June until the end of the season in October, he failed to win a single ATP tennis match and finished with one of his lowest rankings since turning professional in 1994.

In October 2004, a much-publicised affair with Delta Goodrem had soured and seriously damaged his standing, after newspapers alleged that he had dated Paris Hilton while with Goodrem. In March 2005, he became engaged to actress and model Alexis Barbara. The Age reported the pair had split in July 2006, but Philippoussis denied this to Australian tabloid New Idea; they did split some time before he began filming Age of Love.

2006: Return

After some controversy over his wildcard selection after a disappointing 2006 Australian Open, Philippoussis made more headlines when he again earned entry into the 2006 Wimbledon. He was defeated in the second round.

Leading into the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships as a wildcard, his record was a modest 6–7. He had a fantastic run in the tournament, getting to the final, where he defeated Justin Gimelstob in straight sets to claim his first title in almost three years.

He confirmed to Sydney's Daily Telegraph on 23 August 2006, that he "parted ways with" his father as his coach and rehired Peter McNamara in an attempt to revive his career.[10]

Philippoussis, then ranked No. 114, lost to Rafael Nadal as a wildcard entry in the first round of the 2006 US Open. The Australian Davis Cup team lost against Argentina in an unpredictable 5–0. On 22 September, Philippoussis was defeated by David Nalbandian 4–6, 3–6, 3–6, in the first match of the series.

Philippoussis played in a series of Challenger tournaments after the Davis Cup semifinals. Philippoussis won the Calabasas tournament, defeating Amer Delic, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3, in the final.

2007

Philippoussis beat Russian Dmitry Tursunov, 6–4, 7–6, at the 2007 Hopman Cup. However, during his second match against Jérôme Haehnel, he was forced to retire after hyperextending his knee.[11] An MRI showed that he had torn cartilage in his knee, forcing him to miss the rest of the season.

2008

Philippoussis acquired a protected ranking of No. 119 and was allowed to use that ranking for entry into eight tournaments. Tennis Australia, not being happy with his lack of matchplay and unwillingness to play the Australian Open wildcard playoff, told him that he would not be given any special treatment and would have to earn his wildcard. This forced him to use one of his protected ranking tournament entries.

In his first match of the Australian Open Wildcard playoff, he was drawn against reigning Australian Open juniors champion Brydan Klein and had a fiery contest. After a remark from Klein, Philippoussis was quoted as saying, "You say that to me again and you're in trouble; you're not playing juniors any more." He came out the victor in straight sets, 6–3, 7–5, and thus began his comeback in good form. Philippoussis then lost his second match to Sam Groth, 4–6, 3–6, but due to other players' injuries, he advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was to play Rameez Junaid. However, due to another knee injury requiring surgery, Philippoussis was unable to play.

2010

Philippousis appeared in a pro tour match for the first time since November 2006, when he lost to fifth seed Michael Yani, 4–6, 4–6, in the first round of the Challenger of Dallas. Philippousis also competed in some of the events on the Champions Series, winning two tournaments and topping the rankings for 2010.

2012

Philippoussis has played for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis this summer. The Freedoms used the No. 1 overall pick to draft Philippoussis, who previously played for the team in 2002. He was the team's marquee player on 25 July 2012 when they faced the Boston Lobsters and travelled with the team to their matches against the Sacramento Capitals and Orange County Breakers.

2015: Return to ATP World Tour

Philippoussis contested his first match on the ATP World Tour in nine years since winning the 2006 Newport title, after receiving a wild card into the qualifying rounds of the 2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at 38 years of age.[12] He lost to Eric Quigley 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7). Philippoussis also played doubles in the tournament with Ryan Harrison, winning the first round to make it to the quarter-finals before losing to the second seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.Afterwards, Philippousis said: "It was just about playing one event. There's no talk about a comeback. Down the line if I see something, maybe close to California, I might do that. It's one event and that's it."[13]

2017

Philippoussis won the 2017 RPIA Championships in Toronto, defeating Andy Roddick in the finals.

Equipment

In early 2000s, Philippoussis wore apparel manufactured by Fila on court, and used Dunlop 200G racquet.[14]

Television

In 2020, Philippoussis competed as the 'Echidna' in the second season of The Masked Singer Australia and was the first contestant eliminated, placing 12th overall.[15]

Age of Love

See main article: Age of Love (TV series).

Philippoussis starred as the bachelor in the reality television dating show Age of Love on the NBC television network, in June 2007.

The show centred around women in or near their 40s and women in their 20s competing for his affection. At first Philippoussis, unaware of the special format of the show, was shocked at the ages of the "cougars" as the older women were called. He was shocked again after learning he would also be dating younger women ("kittens"). The final dates occurred in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia, including a date at Moonlit Sanctuary. In the end, Philippoussis chose Amanda Salinas (the 25-year-old Nashville Predators dancer) because it "wouldn't work out" with Jen, the 48-year-old assistant to Jerry Buss.

Personal life

In 2004, he began a nine-month relationship with Australian singer Delta Goodrem. Her "comeback" single, "Out of the Blue", was written about his support during her cancer battle.[16] [17] The couple's relationship ended in controversy when newspapers reported Philippoussis had been unfaithful.[18]

In May 2009, Philippoussis declared that all his money was gone and that he would lose his home of residence. In a writ lodged with the Supreme Court on 15 May 2009, it was alleged Philippoussis took out a loan through his company Mergis Pty Ltd which he personally guaranteed. The writ claims Mergis – of which Philippoussis is the sole director, secretary and shareholder – defaulted less than a year later. The lender is seeking $1,313,351.96, plus interest, costs and possession of the house, or is threatening to go to trial. The Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd is listed in court documents as the plaintiff, but a company spokesman said her firm had provided funds to another company which was the one foreclosing. The other company is not detailed on the writ, but Philippoussis said it was Pepper Home Loans – a company that provides loans through mortgage brokers.[19] Philippoussis took out a mortgage in February 2008. He said he was three months behind, adding that each monthly payment was more than $10,000. "I haven't played tennis since 2006, and tennis is one of those sports where if you don't play, you don't get paid", he said.[20] In September 2009, his father Nick Philippoussis – a tennis coach and accused sex offender[21] – also faced the threat of bankruptcy over financial institution debts.[22]

Later in 2009, while in the US attempting to restart his tennis career, he dated and was engaged to actress Jennifer Esposito[23] but the engagement ended a year later.[24]

Philippoussis' former stepmother is Yan Cui.[25]

He married Romanian-born model Silvana Lovin in September 2013. Lovin gave birth to their first child, a boy, in 2014, and had their second child, a girl, in 2018.[26]

In July 2023, Philippoussis was fined US$10,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for breaching betting sponsorship rules.[27]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss Hard 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss Grass 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1999 Hard 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 2000 Hard (i) 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(8–10)

Career finals

Singles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–2)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–1)
ATP International Series (8–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–7)
Grass (2–1)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–3)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.Mar 1995Scottsdale, USHard Jim Courier6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss2.Oct 1995Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCarpet Marcelo Ríos6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss3.Oct 1995Tokyo, JapanHard (i) Michael Chang3–6, 4–6
Win1.Oct 1996Toulouse, FranceHard Magnus Larsson6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Win2.Mar 1997Scottsdale, USHard Richey Reneberg6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win3.Apr 1997Munich, GermanyClay Àlex Corretja7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–4
Win4.Jun 1997London (Queens), UKGrass Goran Ivanišević7–5, 6–3
Loss4.Sep 1997Toulouse, FranceHard (i) Nicolas Kiefer5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss5.Oct 1997Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Greg Rusedski3–6, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win5.Feb 1998Memphis, USHard Michael Chang6–3, 6–2
Loss6.Sep 1998US Open, New York City, USHard Patrick Rafter3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Win6.Feb 1999San Jose, USHard Cecil Mamiit6–3, 6–2
Win7.Mar 1999Indian Wells, USHard Carlos Moyá5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win8.Feb 2000San Jose, USHard Mikael Tillström7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss7.Oct 2000Hong Kong, ChinaHard Nicolas Kiefer6–7(4–7), 6–2, 2–6
Loss8.Nov 2000Paris, FranceCarpet Marat Safin6–3, 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(8–10)
Win9.Feb 2001Memphis, USHard Davide Sanguinetti6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Loss9.Jan 2002Adelaide, AustraliaHard Tim Henman4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Loss10.Mar 2003Scottsdale, USHard Lleyton Hewitt4–6, 4–6
Loss11.Jul 2003Wimbledon, London, UKGrass Roger Federer6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win10.Sep 2003Shanghai, ChinaHard Jiří Novák6–2, 6–1
Win11.Jul 2006Newport, USGrass Justin Gimelstob6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–2)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (3–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.Apr 1995Hong Kong, ChinaHard Tommy Ho John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd
6–1, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3)
Win2.Oct 1995Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCarpet Patrick McEnroe Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
7–5, 6–4
Loss1.Mar 1997Indian Wells, USHard Patrick Rafter Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–4
Win3.Jun 1997London (Queens), UKGrass Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle
Cyril Suk
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Loss2.Aug 1997Cincinnati, USHard Patrick Rafter Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–4, 6–2
Loss3.Mar 2003Scottsdale, USHard Lleyton Hewitt James Blake
Mark Merklein
6–4, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)

Team competition: 3 (3 titles)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.Jan 1999Hopman Cup, Perth, Western AustraliaHard (i) Jelena Dokić Åsa Carlsson Jonas Björkman2–1
Win2.Dec 1999Davis Cup, Nice, FranceClay (i) Lleyton Hewitt
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
Sébastien Grosjean
Fabrice Santoro
Cédric Pioline
Olivier Delaître
3–2
Win3.Nov 2003Davis Cup, Melbourne, AustraliaGrass Lleyton Hewitt
Wayne Arthurs
Todd Woodbridge
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Carlos Moyá
Àlex Corretja
Feliciano López
3–1

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament 19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Career SR Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ11R1R4RA2R4R4RA2R3R4RA1R0 / 1016–10
French OpenAAA2R4R2R1R4RA2R2R1RAA0 / 810–8
WimbledonAQ3A2R1RQFQFQFA4RF4R2R2R0 / 1027–10
US OpenAQ23R4R3RFA2RA1R3R1R1R1R0 / 1016–10
Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 10 / 20 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 00 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 20 / 30 / 38N/A
Grand Slam win–loss0–00–12–28–45–312–47–311–40–05–411–46–41–21–3N/A69–38
Year-end championships
Grand Slam CupDid not qualifySFWNINot Held0 / 11–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAA2RQF1RWSF1RA2R2R1R1R1 / 1015–9
MiamiAA3R2R4R2R3R4R3R2R4R2R2R2R0 / 1214–11
Monte CarloAAA2R3R3RQF1RA1RAAAA0 / 67–6
HamburgAAAAAAA1RA1RQF1RAA0 / 43–4
RomeAA1R3R1R1R1R2RA2R1R1RAA0 / 94–9
CanadaAA2RQFQF3RA1RAAAAAA0 / 58–5
CincinnatiAAA1R1R2RA3RA2R1RAAA0 / 64–6
Madrid1AA1R1R1R2R2R3R2RA2RAAA0 / 84–8
ParisAAA2RAQFQFF2RA2RAAA0 / 612–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–03–48–89–79–813–514–93–43–57–70–41–11–21 / 6671–64
Year-end ranking437274383018151911104809109171114N/A

1This event was held in Stockholm through 1994, Essen in 1995, and Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.

Top 10 wins

Season19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Total
Wins0002663300400024
width=150PlayerRankwidth=250EventSurfaceRdwidth=200Score
1996
1. Pete Samprasbgcolor=lime1Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard3R6–4, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–3)
2. Jim Courier9New Haven, United StatesHard3R7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
1997
3. Carlos Moyá9Indian Wells, United StatesHard3R6–4, 6–3
4. Wayne Ferreira10Miami, United StatesHard3R6–3, 6–3
5. Pete Samprasbgcolor=lime1World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayRR4–6, 6–4, 0–1, ret.
6. Goran Ivanišević4World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayRR6–1, 6–2
7. Goran Ivanišević3Queen's Club, London, United Kingdombgcolor=#cfcGrassbgcolor=limeF7–5, 6–3
8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov4Basel, Switzerlandbgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)QF6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
1998
9. Marcelo Ríos7Memphis, United StatesHard (i)bgcolor=yellowSF6–4, 7–6(7–5)
10. Michael Chang5Memphis, United StatesHard (i)bgcolor=limeF6–3, 6–2
11. Jonas Björkman7World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayRR6–3, 6–4
12. Yevgeny Kafelnikov7Wimbledon, London, United Kingdombgcolor=#cfcGrass1R6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–4, 6–2
13. Carlos Moyá10US Open, New York, United StatesHardbgcolor=yellowSF6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
14. Karol Kučera7Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)3R6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1999
15. Àlex Corretja3Indian Wells, United StatesHard2R4–6, 7–5, 6–2
16. Carlos Moyá4Indian Wells, United StatesHardbgcolor=limeF5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
17. Tim Henman10Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)3R6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2000
18. Pete Samprasbgcolor=thistle2French Open, Paris, FranceClay1R4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 8–6
19. Yevgeny Kafelnikov5Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)3R6–4, 6–2
20. Gustavo Kuerten3Paris, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)bgcolor=yellowSF7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
2003
21. David Nalbandian10Scottsdale, United StatesHardQF0–6, 6–3, 6–4
22. Roger Federer5Hamburg, GermanyClay3R6–3, 2–6, 6–3
23. Andre Agassibgcolor=lime1Wimbledon, London, United Kingdombgcolor=#cfcGrass4R6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
24. Juan Carlos Ferrero3Davis Cup, Melbourne, Australiabgcolor=#cfcGrassRR7–5, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–0

References

Article – CNN

Article – The Australian

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herald Sun – Mark is broke. www.news.com.au.
  2. Web site: Mark Philippoussis. tennis.com.au. Tennis Australia. 27 May 2018.
  3. Web site: NBC: Age of Love official site. https://web.archive.org/web/20070527110843/http://www.nbc.com/Summer/Age_of_Love.shtml%23. dead. 27 May 2007.
  4. News: Third time lucky – secret US wedding for Mark Philippoussis and Silvana Lovin. 3 January 2014. The Daily Telegraph (Australia). 3 October 2014.
  5. [Maribyrnong College]
  6. Web site: ASAP Sports Transcripts – Tennis – 2002 – WIMBLEDON – June 26 – Mark Philippoussis. www.asapsports.com.
  7. Web site: AIS at the Olympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics. dead. 6 June 2011.
  8. Web site: Philippoussis row grows. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/daviscup/2372333/Philippoussis-row-grows.html . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live. John. Parsons. 2 February 2004. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Inspired Federer wins Wimbledon. 6 July 2003. BBC News.
  10. Web site: Int.co.za.
  11. Web site: ABC Sports News. ABC News.
  12. Web site: Philippoussis Receives Newport Qualifying Wild Card. atpworldtour.com. 27 June 2015. 28 June 2015.
  13. News: Philippoussis falters at Newport. Tennis Australia.
  14. Web site: WHAT THEY'RE WEARING (AND HITTING WITH) AT THE U.S. OPEN . SportsBusiness Journal . 28 August 2000 . 10 September 2014 .
  15. Web site: Whitehead. Mat. All The Clues From Episode 1 Of The Masked Singer 2020. 10 August 2020. 10 Play. Network Ten. 11 August 2020.
  16. News: Delta's staying on song. Herald Sun. 8 November 2004.
  17. News: Goodrem Delivers Down Under. 1 December 2013. Billboard. 23 December 2004.
  18. News: Delta 'devastated' by bombshell. 24 November 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 October 2004. AAP.
  19. News: My money's gone, life is tough: Mark Philippoussis. Herald Sun. 31 May 2009.
  20. News: Tennis ace served bankruptcy notice after mortgage default . The Sydney Morning Herald . Vanda . Carson . 23 November 2010.
  21. Web site: Nick Philippoussis has child sexual assault charges dismissed because of failing health – ABC News .
  22. Web site: Butler . Ben . Scud's dad faces bankruptcy . heraldsun . 21 September 2009 . 18 January 2024.
  23. News: Has Mark Philippoussis met his match with latest fiancee Jennifer Esposito?. Herald Sun . 2009-10-11 . 2018-12-30 .
  24. Web site: It's Officially Over! Jennifer Esposito Dumps Mark Philippoussis . PopSugar . 2019-09-17 . 2018-12-30.
  25. Web site: Press Reader. PressReader.
  26. News: Mark Philippoussis welcomes second child with wife Silvana. Alex . Lilly . Now to Love . 2018-08-14 . 2018-12-30.
  27. Web site: Philippoussis fined, cops suspended ban for breaching betting rules. SMH. 27 July 2023 .