Pete Sampras v Jim Courier Full Match | Australian Open 1995 Quarterfinal

[@BurnsTennis]

Wow, that match was mental! The first time I have watched it all the way since the early 2000s. I am amazed at Courier. He went two sets up fighting hard, but as soon as Sampras started his comeback, even though Courier doesn't say much, the close ups showed the panic that was running through his body. Clearly Sampras picked that panick up from the other side. Then Courier had a collapse at the end of the 4th set. And despite Sampras suffering in the fifth, his persistence caused Courier again to succumb late on. What panicked Courier is the way Sampras raises his level almost at will when he wants, which Courier can't match. When they are both at their best, Sampras is better, which Courier understands, even if it leaves him extremely frustrated. The other thing that cracks me up is the fact that Courier spent almost 4 hours hitting to Sampras' backhand and still lost :-0 In fact, throughout their rivalry, Courier talks about hitting to Sampras' backhand but the rivalry ended 16-4 to Sampras. So that tactic was almost a waste of time and considerable effort. A pity those vital games where Sampras broke back in the 4th set are missing.

[@WickedAndWhacked]

This was the match that really got me into tennis. I remember watching this live in Australia on Channel 7 and going to bed at 2 in the morning absolutely in amazement of what I had witnessed. I was a Pistol Pete fan for life from that moment on.

[@markoragnos6757]

I remember Courier reading a book during Hanover ATP Masters in 1992 vs Goran ivanisevic. Lol every break he would sit down and read a book. That was so bizzare. However those days players didn't have "team" like now. 10 people doing God knows what. The you just had 1coach of you were lucky. Many travelled without one as it was very expensive. Simpler nicer world.

[@Henman5]

Courier's comment to Pete sounded more sarcastic than genuine, in my opinion. I think Pete took it like that as well and started bombarding him with aces...

[@jefdarcy]

Well, he also hit an ace right before Courier's comment. It would help to see Courier's face to judge if it was genuine, but since he's smiling shortly after that, I really think it was maybe not a vicious, but a humorous remark, certainly the audience took it that way. If Courier had been seriously concerned, he would have talked to Sampras during a changeover and not for the whole stadium to hear.

[@pietrpiepir6444]

It always sounded completely sarcastic in a wry way to me. I know he cared about Pete and this situation (they went to dinner together the night before) but this comment seemed born of frustration with him and the situation in general.

[@per-axeljonsson2717]

The Best Tennis at that time in history.👍

[@atarumoroboshi75]

Best Tennis at any time...

[@boom_boom_potty]

The guy doing the commentary seems like he's never seen a man cry before

[@carlosalcaraz3667]

Please upload more of my all time favourite sampras and Nadal FULL LENGTH VIDEOS please.

[@naxo9975]

Hola carlitos

[@vanessamoncada5512]

Eres carlitos alcaraz?

[@ShamDiscTV5K]

Sampras was a genius on court and at the swing. He has to be considered among the most noble sportsmen in history. (beyond tennis)

[@jamiesatyr1309]

Never really watched again since '95. Can't remember what set Pete off and getting so emotional? Later it was revealed Tim Gullikson had collapsed & crashed thru a glass cocktail table. What a choke job by Courier who finds ways to drop matches when in command. He reminds me of Jenson Brooksby who plays these days with the same kind of passion & trying to take the cover off the ball. 😆

[@taylorpack7705]

Pete’s coach was diagnosed with terminal cancer is why he was crying and courier offered to complete the match the next day.

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Just terrible broadcasting by the commentator when Pete had his trouble in the 5th. How could you cover this event and not figure out the anguish was due to Gullikson?

[@Henman5]

At that time it was not yet known that Gullikson was ill.

[@jefdarcy]

@@Henman5 Maybe not the gravity, but everyone knew that he had collapsed and had to be flown home. Someone from the audience actually shouted "Do it for your coach!", so it is weird that the commentator is trying to guess what this could be about, but never mentions Gullikson.

[@atarumoroboshi75]

The Tennis ❤ Not the boredom of today...

[@Johnny_island]

The tear was for Tim Gullikson. Maybe Sampras and his team knew he would die. Tim Gullikson died about one year after this match. RIP. Sampras started dominating the Grad Slam tournaments from this point.

[@Groov3lab]

Full match minus the opening 7 games... 🤨🤦‍♂️

[@somerset006]

Another day in the office for two grandmasters... It's a pity that Courier quit playing tennis because he had lost motivation. Maybe it was a factor here as well...

[@donq2957]

Courier is a choke artist.

[@donq2957]

Pete like to cuss when he was losing.

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

This ain't the full match! 😡

[@albertleung5449]

Chanda Rubin def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Tsonga def. Almagro please.

[@dimitrijeunic8614]

Do you have matches Djokovic vs Fritz 2021 R3, and Djokovic vs Zverev 2021 Quarterfinal?

[@きりおすニック]

ないよ

[@dimitrijeunic8614]

@@きりおすニック Dude,inscription in english,please. I don't understand that 😀.

[@wandabyers9519]

@@dimitrijeunic8614 he said no

[@asud2571]

of course they do, it's their tournament.

[@dimitrijeunic8614]

​@@asud2571 Do you can post these matches on you tube?

[@BurnsTennis]

I see. Now I know why Courier wore a cap during a night match, to hide that dodgy hairstyle :-0 0:04

[@RossBayCult]

He wore it in 1991 during the French Open and he won a match in which he was down 2 sets to 1 and ended up winning the whole thing after he wore the hat. So he never stopped wearing it ever since. He won 4 grand slams and was year end #1 as well. He wore as a superstition

[@dawiwako]

It's not a full match....... Eighth game in progress from the start.

[@googleuser2609]

@Runway Incursion True, but since part of the match is missing, the video is still incorrectly titled as "full match". It is not a full match and should not be labelled as such.

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

​@yankeeromeoalphaIt's still ridiculous to say "Full Match" in the title, knowing that people read the title much more than the description. Not only that, you have to click on it before you can read the description. So that means they are ready for their click. The definition of clickbait. It's a great historical match. People woulda watched even with part of the first set missing. So the deception was unnecessary.

[@SOYCD99]

Lol if Pete Sampras is the Greek God here, then Tsitsipas is the Russian God.

[@a66789]

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[@DabDabGoose]

serve speed is very low.

[@AtlanticDNA]

Do you think Federer has a slow serve?

[@BurnsTennis]

Unless you are blind, serve speed is not low. Serve speed was recorded off the racquet different back then, was updated in the year 2000. The ball moves fast, even your eyes can tell you that.

[@t14dann18]

@@BurnsTennis Wow, that's interesting! Never knew that

[@mattrange5439]

Not at all, not for the time..or even today, when plenty of guys "only" serve ~180 kmh, like Sampras here. Pete was plenty capable of serving 200+ kmh, and did so in this match; to do it all the time, with the tech and smaller racquet heads of the time, would have been exceedingly risky.

[@BurnsTennis]

@@mattrange5439 I agree but in reality the 200 kph serves (126mph) were timed a few feet off the raquet in 1995. That was adjusted in 2000 for serves to be timed straight off the bat. As you saw in the early 2000s, Sampras' serve was regularly timed over 130mph (212 kph). In the 1994 Wimby final v Goran, some serves were 130mph, that is seriously quick. Plus Sampras puts a lot of spin on his fast serves so they actually will feel like mini bombs on his opponents' racquets. As far as I am aware his fastest ever serve was 138mph, recorded in 1998 Wimbledon. The fastest I saw him hit was 136mph (220kph) against Federer in 2001 Wimbledon.