philippoussis

Pat Rafter beat Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in US Open final, 1998 on hard court Rafter was the defending champion and won Canada and Cincinnati in the lead-up to the event. This was the first of Philippoussis’ 2 Slam finals Rafter won 118 points, Philippoussis 85 Rafter...

Marat Safin beat Mark Philippoussis 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(8) in the Paris final, 2000 on carpet It was the first of Safin’s 3 titles at the event and Philippoussis’ only final Safin won 153 points, Philippoussis 165 Philippoussis serve-volleyed more often than not off first serves (Note...

Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3) in the Wimbledon final, 2003 on grass It was Federer' first Slam title and the first time he'd been as far as the semi-finals. He would go onto win the next 4 Wimbledons and reach the final of the next 6. Philippoussis was...

Last GS final where serve&volley was used as main tactics, and from both players. I had these stats before, but just recently counted how much Federer used S&V in this match (there was no need to count for Scud, he used it every point). This match is not so old, i believe most still remember...