Andre Agassi vs Pete Sampras 2000 Australian Open SF Highlights

Andre Agassi vs Pete Sampras 2000 Australian Open Semifinal Highlights

[@drobson8004]

An underrated match. Rarely mentioned as one of the great one'sin history. Ridiculous quality of play.

[@warpathforever6071]

It was the best match between Agassi and Sampras.

[@rakeshn1569]

Always superb to watch Agassi vs Sampras...

[@jayteegamble]

The clash of styles is so amazing.

[@dmmusicmusic]

Man, watching pete get in the groove serving never gets old. i just hate there was no KZbin back in my day so i coulda analyzed his motion a little better.

[@streamingeagle1]

Sampras Serve is Pure Perfection

[@1stevemcsherry1]

Australian open was andre's best major

[@laurent33320]

I remember watching this match live. Things looked bleak for Agassi in the fourth set after Sampras fired that incredible running forehand passing shot. As a Agassi fan, i always wondered how pete could step up his game like that in key moments against Andre. Despite the frustration of seeing Sampras hitting that shot and nailing aces after aces throughout the match, Andre remained close to his baseline from start to finnish and it payed off.

[@AdrianoBernese]

Super André!!! The greatest

[@Alex-vv7gs]

Merci Sampras, tu nous as fait rêver.

[@vosharap]

Great match from Agassi!

[@1stevemcsherry1]

Great but not even close to greatest

[@travishouse5988]

The Best Server Ever vs. The Greatest Service Return Ever!

[@mikerzisu9508]

Not the best server ever, or returner. But up there

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

well..Sampras had consistency with that serve..

[@travishouse5988]

@@mikerzisu9508, care to elaborate as to whom you think are the best server/returner?

[@mikerzisu9508]

@@travishouse5988 best returner either Novak or Federer, probably Federer. Best serve nick kyrgios

[@Joseph-be3tv]

@@mikerzisu9508 Who has a better serve than Sampras? I'd love to know

[@demolitor2359]

Shot for shot Sampras has the cleanest game I've ever seen and I'm including the big 4. His top form is the best ever, he just couldn't sustain it.

[@innosanto]

He didnt want to sustain it. His motivation was for other stuff after he was 28 years old or so.

[@patrickroisen6683]

Idk....when he wasn't serving and playing against anyone outside of his top rivals....it was def less impressive. He said it himself, he had to play his absolute best to beat Andre, for example. The big 4 or 3 play incredibly no matter who it was in their prime

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

Agassi was a better ballstriker than Sampras. So are Federer and Djokovic. Sampras had the best serve ever and a superb net game.

[@zoltanrudolf9413]

So you say he couldn't sustain it. Are you talking about over 5 sets or over the remarkable 12 years between his first Grand Slam title and his fourteenth? What the average pundit hasn't realised is that Pete by winning so many majors and Andre by playing so late into his 30s established a new template for tennis in the new century. With courts dramatically slowed down over the last 20 years and such a shallow talent pool three men (not four) have dominated tennis in a manner unprecedented in professional sport.

[@ilankonikov7249]

on fast court he is the best player in history no 1 2 and 3 together

[@maks8891]

Both are great 👍

[@Gitfiddle]

Imho Sampras owns the best service hold game of all time. It was almost impossible to break his serve.

[@scachan331]

Yes and it never ceases to amaze me how Sampras was able to come up with 2nd serve aces throughout his career

[@seanodonnell6947]

cant believe this 23 years ago nearly, the time before that was like 1976 borg v connors rivalry ! now nearly 2023 and federer has just retired , there is nothing left when nadal and djokovic at 35 and 36 call it quits

[@daveyhando9536]

Biggest game of 2000

[@TrueBagPipeRock]

Agassi looks great here. Awesome returns.

[@rmn341]

Agassi unleashed his serving skills later on in the match.

[@johndillin333]

One of my favorite things about this is the lack of fist pumping and celebrating after every point.

[@richardkrivik7032]

In HERE My Boy show it..Who is the man in Down under..💪👏☝️

[@baronzbimg]

Agassi played amazing all tournament, beating a very tough draw (a redlining Philippoussis in the round of 16, Sampras at his absolute serving best in the Semis, then Kafelnikov in the final). Sampras served 37 aces, including 5 on 2nd Serve. These two always played incredibly compelling matches, with Sampras serve/volleying every single serve, and Agassi's reaction time and strikes on returns of insane quality. Agassi had to be incredibly resilient, missing break point after break point on Sampras aces. One of my favourite matches of all time.

[@m.neuville5389]

Quel niveau. Il n'y a rien avec lequel on puisse comparer ces 2 joueurs en 2024.

[@megustasonia]

Legends !

[@bab1374]

2 greatest champions and great friends!❤❤

[@miguelalves7333]

Great friends?! Ahah

[@JasonVictorEverett]

Naw. Not good friends at all.

[@exar8355]

Sampras could have had an unprecedented 2000... But still ended up being a great one. Almost won here against Andre, won Wimbledon, and lost in finals of US Open. Still somehow didn't finish year as No.1.

[@rjamesyork]

Think he only won two titles total that year. Got married after the USO and didn’t play much.

[@srees9874]

Probably this was the match that marked change of guard from Serve-and-volley tennis to baseline tennis

[@patrickroisen6683]

Interesting perspective - idk but not saying no. Just hard to pinpoint

[@z1az285]

This result was not surprising at all. Pete has a decent but not great record on Rebound Ace like Becker, courier, lendl (all won 2 each) and the combination of high bounce plus the medium slow surface played right into Agassi's strength. His backhand was especially exposed since the slice didn't always stay low like the USO plus Agassi returned his serve better here.

[@niceguy1774]

Rebound Ace exposed overly serve-reliant players. Pete was probably the most poorly conditioned Champion in tennis history. Thank allah that that outmoded style was completely erased by the very next generation that totally eclipsed all those records immediately.

[@z1az285]

@@niceguy1774 Your statement is nonsensical for the simple reason courier and Lendl were baseliners who had good serves. And Pete wasn't poorly conditioned. He had thalassemia which became worse as he grew older. Even in the modern game serve volley has been replaced by serve + 1. Look at the French open . It's much faster today and matches are decided by 0-4 shot rallies not 9+ shot rallies. The serve still matters , the only difference is Wimbledon in the 90s was boring because there were no rallies and indoor hard today is extremely boring because it's slower than clay at times. For the record Becker and Pete had powerful baseline games and could rally with anyone from the back. Pete was a baseliner earlier in his career but had to rely on serve volley later because his thalassemia became worse

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Great game from Agassi 👏🎾❤️

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

This ace rebound is the worst surface for a serve and vollyer. Its even harder than clay because the ball bounces so high. Andre definitely had the edge over Pete on this surface. That's why he won both matches they played against each other at the Aussie Open.

[@grinchoi1]

is there a difference between the surface at the Australian vs US Open as both are hard courts?

[@chdori117]

​@@grinchoi1Yes. While they are both hardcourts the play quite differently. In 2000 the AO was played on a surface called Rebound Ace, it was a medium paced court with a high bounce that suited baseliners like agassi, Courier Kafelnikov ect. The US Open was played on a medium Fast lower bouncing court called Decoturf I believe .

[@datboijj]

I remember commentary in this game describing them as old men and veterans of the sport. I remember thinking they were ancient and so old. Now I’m 2 years older than Agassi in this video. I can’t imagine feeling old at all. The game sure has changed that’s for sure.

[@saheribrahim5124]

andre agassi participated in AUSTRALIAN OPEN ONLY STARTING 1995 , INSPITE OF THIS it was the miost successful grandslam for him

[@danielosampras]

19:30, Best point ever in Tenis History!!!!!!!

[@Boidmaster25]

That was a true ripper.

[@scachan331]

Agassi's serve is underrated. Sampras' backhand is so underrated too

[@mrmustang6977]

I feel like Sampras just pushes the backhand in.... why do you think it's so underrated ? It does have nice depth to it

[@scachan331]

@@mrmustang6977 you said it yourself. Depth. Not many players could return Agassi's backhand with depth. Sampras could change direction with depth

[@robbie192]

Not underrated..we are aware it is good

[@Jaz_13-fg1bx]

Sampras didn't have a great backhand and Agassi didn't have a great serve

[@vinceventura2393]

7:08 Andre trying to hit a 200km/h Return 😂

[@JasonVictorEverett]

Agassi had his number at the Aussie and French Opens, Sampras had Agassi’s at Wimbledon and the US Open.

[@drobson8004]

Heavyweight tennis at its best.

[@thehood6973]

Agassi was doing all this with a mediocre serve. Impressive really

[@Alex-vv7gs]

Le meilleur joueur de tennis de tous les temps, c'est Sampras. Quel courage, quelle fougue, quel jeu offensif. C'était pas un rigolo. Faut avoir des cojones pour jouer comme ça.

[@donq2957]

First time Andre got in Pete's head. He actually looked alive.

[@mtklaric]

I noticed this too. He came here to win, its on his face....

[@edwinivanrodriguez3769]

No.in the 1995 final was the same

[@innosanto]

No it was Sampras who had stopped training even a year before. He has said in interviews. If he wasnt so young he would have declared resignjng from game kn 1999 as he had said.

[@patrickroisen6683]

@@innosanto nah - it was andre in this one

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Top notch tennis. 18:26 Stefanie is just a goddess here

[@harrisonfok8267]

Sampras had over 30 aces lol

[@jagjitsinghmanku2283]

And lost !!!!

[@derekfelix8188]

Like watching Ali/Frazier.

[@iyerviking]

If Sampras didn’t have such hairy legs he might have been more aerodynamic.

[@fpb0602]

20:45 is unreal.

[@thiagopasin1]

That court was fast!

[@mezanine10]

Wish they never changed it.

[@mezanine10]

High level

[@Alex-vv7gs]

Agassi a gagné et pourtant, qui nous fait le plus rêver dans ce match? je pose la question.

[@bryskib9412]

The comments about the Rebound Ace surface playing into Andre's favor are on point. Also Agassi looks about as lean and mean as at any point, or more, in his career. In contrast Sampras had started to show a bit of the extra lbs that were there to stay. Thanks for the upload, haven't seen this match before 🙂👍

[@ROYDORO]

What extra pounds on Sampras ? He was always rail thin. Agassi trained very hard at many times during his career and it showed , Sampras never stopped training and taking care of himself from early 1993 when he committed himself to be the best till his retirement . His first few years , he was so and so with commitment according to him

[@bharatpenumutchu6487]

The courts are like ping Pong tables

[@laurentmeiller5171]

Agassi and the "power style" agaisnt the silent and aerial Sampras opposition of styles, good choice !

[@politethinker3562]

Sampras may not be the GOAT but he is undisputed GSOAT (Greatest Server of all time). In terms of returners, Agassi and Connors could have claimed GROAT but I think Novak has bettered them. It would have been fun to see Sampras at his serving best against Novak at his retuning best on fast USO hard court

[@KH-sn2sj]

Awesome rivalry. Agassi's butt looks so good in those shorts!

[@truthbrotha1244]

The picked on Agassi finally stood up to the bully Sampras. Lol

[@michaelhenderson2657]

Agassi won this match but Pete won more head to head matches and a 4 to 1 advantage in the grandslams.

[@stephenglasse2743]

Agassi still had the superior all round game it's just that Pete had the more potent powerful game due to having probably the best serve ever. If their serves were equalised then Sampras would have won less and Agassi would have won more. When facing Sampras Agassi had to be A+ all the time whereas Sampras could get away with B+ due to the number of free points on his serve. Agassi arguably had the greater achievements ie all 4 GS+olympic gold+last GS of the 20thC and first of the 21stC.

[@jujumusique1305]

4-1 in the slam finals. It’s 6-3 Sampras in grand slam tournaments :)

[@stephenglasse2743]

@@jujumusique1305 Yes and he never beat Agassi at the French or Australian.

[@Rowlph8888]

For me, there was a brutal elegance tto the way Pete played. This was continued by federaal that wiith effortless grace Both of then seem to glide around, Like The movemennts are already written. Other players, in their level of achievement bracket, just seem to be making so much more effort

[@nanosecondtomidnight7774]

Sampras usually had the upper hand but I'm super happy to see Agassi win this one.

[@farid1406]

Yeah total Pete fan but this is my favorite loss of Pete's period. Great to see Andre overcome his mental demons against Pete and pull off an amazing win.

[@bubufubu]

Agassi beat him _14_ times. The rivalry was much closer than you think.

[@sup9542]

Looking at their head to head it's actually more even than we tend to think. Sampras won the last 3 matches, which is surprising because Agassi was the better player and higher ranked at that time. It's a credit to Sampras' greatness that he elevated when he played Agassi. So it was 17-14 at one point.

[@johnromano3427]

SOOO glad Agassi broke him in that game.....I LIT popped a bottle and jumped up to my roof (back in 2000)

[@beetlejump]

20 minutes of aces with 3 minutes of serve/return/winner. Were there no rallies beyond 3 shots?

[@blarae50]

Surface matters

[@muhammadfindi3284]

Masya Allah, amazing.

[@airkuna]

take your religious shit to somewhere else u idiot.....

[@TheMidnight2011]

Basically the previous generation's version of Djokovic (Agassi) vs Federer (Sampras) lol

[@robertkirya3006]

Much finer..no one serves like this anymore.

[@mtklaric]

@@robertkirya3006 much better overall....much more risk taking from both...which by definition is more entertaining....

[@Joseph-be3tv]

I'd rather watch Sampras vs Agassi any day over Federer vs Djokovic, or any other match in tennis.

[@Marko777ify]

Not the same.

[@sup9542]

Agassi is not at all like Djokovic. Agassi is much more aggressive and more of a shotmaker. Djokovic is much more defensive and thrives on long rallies. Of course Agassi was in a faster era, so he had to be more aggressive. Djokovic in a faster era would have had a different game.

[@innosanto]

Sampras was in decline in 2000. Basically since 1999 his training started to not be.

[@karlheinz7176]

Sampras was only a server. Agassi was a Tennisplayer

[@mezanine10]

Disagree. Sampras was an all court player. He wasn't afraid to hit with anyone from the baseline.

[@kurtread8208]

Pretty stupid comment. This video is evidence of Pete's abilities beyond the serve, maybe have a watch before commenting

[@carloprato1]

Resumo ruim, quem venceu foi o Agassi mas 70% do vídeo e as bolas vencedoras do Sampras.

[@seanodonnell6947]

agassi never beat pete , this is rare

[@bubufubu]

He beat him _14_ times. What the hell is the matter with you?

[@Romans8-9]

Pete smashed him on grass and the US Open. For some reason, Agassi did well against Pete in Australia.

[@bubufubu]

@@Romans8-9 "For some reason"? Oh, shut the hell up.

[@ER1CwC]

@@Romans8-9 The slower and higher bouncing surface gave Agassi much more control. Compare this match to 1999 Wimbledon: it’s night and day. There, he was scrambling like crazy.

[@Romans8-9]

@@ER1CwC I dont think AO was "slower" in 2000. Ofc Pete always has the advantage on grass.

[@user-zi7br9mc8d]

Cest tres énervant..que du service.. même si on gagne mille points que abec le service.. c'est pas un match.. c'est ennuyeux. Sampras trop de coups de pute...

[@alvaromenabustamante4273]

Steffi is bored She barely applauds

[@alexshah7860]

Nervous!!

[@travishouse5988]

She’s also German. Not known for very outward emotions.

[@iamshadowbanned699]

She knows she has more slams than both of them combined.

[@mikerzisu9508]

@@iamshadowbanned699 tied, but close enough

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

You don't know many Germans. They keep emotion in check

[@Me-ll4ig]

Would have loved to see the big 3 thrash Sampras

[@mezanine10]

Not on these fast surfaces.

[@HG3235]

Agassi = dope

[@chriscunningham4196]

Looking back, it's still abundantly clear that Sampras was the more classy, technically proficient player. The later on court demo matches also show this gulf in personal class.

[@poisenopinionator]

more technically proficient? How so? Yea those exhibition matches were awk to see - but I've been lucky to met Andre a few times and he exudes simplicity and sincere warmth. Not sure how to square those up with what occurred at the exhibition matches, but I will remain a big fan of both players!! Legends

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

LOL..Sampras was not more techically proficient player.. you mist be on drugs..

[@SonateSonate]

Sampras mocked Agassi's condition in front of thousands for the sake of laughs, how is that PERSONAL CLASS?!

[@SonateSonate]

And he NEVER apologized contrary to Agassi.

[@davismccardle1]

Nice to be 6 foot 1 also, with that laser serve. Erases a lot of break points.

[@jlrob85]

Prime Fed would violate both these guys in straight sets. Prime Agassi vs prime Novak would be a fun watch

[@giannilarouone4702]

Good joke mate ,if Pete have changed his rackets and strings imagine his serve and his grandstrokes,in Wimbledon he would be invisible...

[@jlrob85]

@@giannilarouone4702 a 19 year old Fed beat almost prime Pete at Wimbledon in 4 sets

[@giannilarouone4702]

Pete was after many injuries that cost him ,check that he played 8 tournaments in a row to keep his number 1 position,never fed or nole or Rafa have that ,max 3 tournaments in a row maybe 4 at clay ,he has his back and the thalassemia,fed at his 30 has few injuries anyway after Pete my favorite is fed,but I like the aggressive Pete style,fed have achieved more and play more years,pity that Pete didn't play till 40 and pity that he played with ancient racket and strings 😔

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

@@jlrob85 LOL almost prime Sampras in 2001??? bahahahahahahahahahaajajajajajajananananan😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@Marko777ify]

@@jonbonesmahomes7472 And on slower grass too.

[@niceguy1774]

An ace is the weakest of all highlights. Thank allah that this overly-serve reliant style was forced into extinction by the very next generation, completley erasing Sampras from any Greatest discussion forever.

[@mezanine10]

Serve is the most important shot. Why you got a problem with good servers? This style of play takes more skill than sitting on the baseline all day.

[@niceguy1774]

@mezanine10 the serve is the one shot where your opponent had no say. Sampras struck me as one of the most poorly-conditioned champions of any individual sport. Thankfully that loophole was closed tightly by the very next generation, so it's just a fuzzy memory now.