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
I'm definitely going to hold that trophy up before I retire, that's for sure
I'm definitely confident. I will go out and give it my all. It's all I can ask of myself and I have another couple of days to get ready.
I'm definitely confident. I will go out and give it my all.
I'm very happy, a win is a win. The first match is always tough. It's just good to get back out on the court and get that monkey off my shoulders.
I just want to start the year off strong and just enjoy myself out there,
I'm just concentrating on that first match. That's the only thing I've got my mind on.
I think about that pretty much every day.
It's the Davis Cup and it's not like you have got another Davis Cup next week.
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.
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.
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.
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's not like I've got too much pride to play Challengers, ... It's all mental. I've been working hard off the court, very hard. Definitely lacking confidence. It's definitely what I'm lacking.
It's been a few months where I've been watching that match sometimes and try to think back on how I felt on the court, what I was thinking,