The Greatest Upsets Ever in Tournament History! | Australian Open

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[@oflode2992]

I can't imagine these days having a cigarrete brand sponsoring a tennis event 😂 3:52

[@domenicobasile6874]

Well they have gambling companies sponsoring tennis events today. What an improvement 😅

[@jacobsimangan7031]

No Chung vs Djokovic?

[@MMM18092]

I guess they didn't want to feature Djokovic twice and the Istomin match was definitely the bigger upset.

[@mysticnomad89]

@@MMM18092but they could feature Nadal twice. Hmm

[@johnanderson8385]

Djokovic was injured and shouldn’t have played the event.

[@farhan_z]

Not greatest

[@johnanderson8385]

@@mysticnomad89 they had two matches of nadal to match the 2 times he won the event.

[@NR-ov6po]

Rafa losing to veradasco R1 2016 Murray losing to M Zverev R4 2017 Stan losing to sandgren R2 2018 Serena losing to Wang R3 2020 Sharapova losing to Kirilenko R1 2010

[@malcolmnorman5694]

rafa losing to verdasco is not an upset did you see there 2009 epic match that went 5 hours , and the rest are legit .

[@NR-ov6po]

@@malcolmnorman5694 2009 verdasco was a top 20 player who reached SF beating Murray & tsonga. In 2016 he was in bad form without reaching reaching 4R of a single slam in 2015 , beat #5 Rafa in R1 only to lose to an unknown Israeli player in R2. It was a huge upset with worst result of rafa @ AO in his entire career.

[@malcolmnorman5694]

@@NR-ov6po ok

[@joniljoseph2934]

Nadal was poor 2015-16​@@NR-ov6po

[@joniljoseph2934]

​Nadal was poor 2015-1😮6​@@NR-ov6poand he's barely got 2 titles at the Australian open. Not like he was some dominant presence in Australia

[@Romans8-9]

Tsonga beating Nadal in 2008 in a SF was not a "great upset". Same with Fernando Gonzalez, he was top 10 in the world when he beat Nadal in 07.

[@TheFever77]

Amazing atmosphere at the Sampras v Philippoussis match.

[@tonywang4821]

Jung beating Djokovic in 2018，Nadal lost to Verdasco in 2016， Murray lost to Misha Zverev in 2017 should all be up there

[@marc-andregauthier5139]

Johansson acting like he won an ITF 15K lol

[@MMM18092]

Well, most days on court he looked like he was filling out his tax return so this was a step up.

[@johnhawk4162]

The 2017 R4 match between Murray v Mischa Zverev should have been added here. All cards were in Murray's favor being world number 1 at the time, and with Djokovic out. Of course, its anyone's guess if he would have beat Nadal or Federer.

[@baptistelleshi1090]

He would have never beaten roger in 2017 never

[@danielmacdonald9287]

Roger would likely have beaten him in the next round, but losing to Mischa Zverev was beyond ridiculous. One of his worst matches.

[@quentinharoche9564]

Why Wozniacki-Dokic is on this list ? Wozniacki was 17, outside the top 10 and had never reached a quarter final in a Slam in her career before

[@marc-andregauthier5139]

I think it has more to do with Unranked Jelena Dokic making a comeback.

[@MMM18092]

Yeah, that is just sloppy by the video editor.

[@bpure2560]

The handlebar tache and mutton chops need to return. I can see Tsitsipas, Khachanov and Meddy pulling it off.

[@rawer2422]

Really fernando gonzalez vs nadal is a upset?

[@Swetamini]

True Federer fans like❤

[@Abdushaid]

As an Uzbek, I’m so proud of that Istomin victory over Novak! 🇺🇿🇺🇿

[@TheFever77]

3:09 Yes Australian Open was once on grass.

[@marianogonzalez9248]

All grand slams were once on grass except for Roland Garros

[@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi]

@@marianogonzalez9248 Incluso el USO se jugó en arcilla varios años durante los 70.

[@BrunoPuntzJones84]

Alberto Martin def. Lleyton Hewitt 2002 R1

[@user-hy8wf1us2n]

The biggest upset of all Mark Edmondson was 22 yo at that time

[@AnthonyGaming69420]

Istomin beating djokovic Uzbekistan W

[@josephciccolini1590]

Sukova over Navratilova was the biggest

[@SandrovskY]

No Karlovic vs Hewitt ? It might be biggest upset ever

[@rn6710]

I would have included Wang over Serena in the third round of AO 2020.

[@jeffcohntennis]

I would have put Verdasco over Rafa on here. Even though neither were at their best: Verdasco avenged his loss seven years later + came back from 2 sets to 1 down + bageled Rafa after being down 0-2 in the fifth + this was the only first-round Major loss of Rafa's career besides 2013 Wimby

[@joniljoseph2934]

Not greatest ever upset caliber. Nadal hardly won 2 Australian open titles. He was very human in Australia. Verdasco a once great player peaked that day and beat him. Had it been fed or Novak, that's different

[@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi]

@@joniljoseph2934 But he reached the finals six times. The bad thing for him is that he faced good versions of Djokovic and Federer

[@edwinivanrodriguez3769]

the biggest upset is Vincent Spadea beating Andre Agassi

[@GeorgeCen]

I mean, Nadal was just outplayed by 2 excellent players that reached the final, were top 10 for a good period of time and M1000 winners, but man, Djokovic just can't lose to Istomin. Definitely, the most disappointing defeat here in Australia and in GS in general.

[@HBK492]

To be honest, Rafa's losses before 2009 at AO were hardly upsets. I mean, IT was before he fully developer as a hard court player at the major level. Both od his losses in 2007 and 2008 came before his first hard court Gs final and also correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe Rafa did not even beat a top 10 player at AO before 2009.

[@djordjenikolic9059]

Wozniacki vs Dokic is so random 💀 Woz wasn't a star back in 2009

[@teasellermodi5897]

Woz reached the final of USO 2009. Wasn’t a star?

[@djordjenikolic9059]

@@teasellermodi5897 Exactly, Us Open in September... AO is in january

[@le_glubbub5388]

How can you not include chung

[@mateigheorghiu]

If we're going with finals, I was astonished Wawrinka beat Nadal in 2014. Yes, Rafa was knjured, but I gave Stan zero chance as he never took Rafa a set in 10 previous meetings. Sasha Zverev beating Murray was also shocking.

[@joniljoseph2934]

Stan is a 3 time slam champion. Not that big an upset in hindsight, which matters as well

[@mateigheorghiu]

@@joniljoseph2934 in hindsight sure. But then you can say that for ex in hindsight Safin could lose to anyone at any stage so him losing to Johansson is not such a big upset. I gave Stan no chance against Rafa and that's the case for most. I didn't give Stan a chance against Novak in 2015. Only in his 3rd final with Novak I thought Stan has quite good chances to win.

[@georgemoore8456]

cant forget about istomin over djokovic in 2017

[@KawsarAhmed-hp2oz]

Women's defeat are not called upset

[@JamarHerrod]

So what is it called again?

[@anfevepa]

Swiatek and Rybakina being feature here as main upsets in the tournament's history(!) together with the likes of Navratilova, Capriati, Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic seemed rather odd IMO. They are good players but nowhere near to the status of the others, mostly considering how inconsistent the current WTA tour is

[@toaddle988]

At 22 Swiatek have won as many slams as Capriati won in her entire career. I can see the argument for Rybakina (even though it's not shocking for me to see her in that list) but Swiatek is already an all time great

[@dylanrambow2704]

How about Verdasco beating Nadal in 2016.

[@rastkomanasic7977]

Also McDonald he beats Nadal last year

[@nicolopaganelli8302]

Not upset at all...Nadal could lose also in the first round against Jack Draper who got injured...

[@joniljoseph2934]

He tore a hip muscle. Then missed a whole season. Not an upset at all

[@ricclee8559]

Sharapova lost tooKirilenko at 2010 Nadal lost to Verdasco at 2016 Serena lost to Wang at 2020 Andrescu lost to Hsieh at 2021

[@liamcannon9617]

Any nadal match outside of clay from 2007 to 2016

[@malcolmnorman5694]

so that soldering match wasn't an upset ???

[@bernieatkins5182]

@@malcolmnorman5694 it was an upset because it was on clay and at Roland Garros, a best of five set tournament, but one thing that was an Achilles' heel for Nadal is any player with a huge forehand. Another example where he was beaten by a player who has probably the strongest forehand ever is at the 2007 Australian Open where Fernando Gonzales beat Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

[@joniljoseph2934]

That's basically what this video is saying... Any Nadal loss to non big 4 is the biggest upset ever. Even though he was only ever dominant at 1 slam. This video is silly. Thumbs down from me

[@Romans8-9]

@@joniljoseph2934 I agree that its silly but to say he was only dominant at 1 slam is ridiculous. He has 4 US open titles that's only 1 less than Federer and Sampras and tied with Djokovic.

[@mattcheah69]

Anyone went on to win GS?

[@josephciccolini1590]

Tsonga, Sukova, Gonzalez, and Moya went on to the finals.

[@josephciccolini1590]

Moya won Roland Garros the following year.

[@AstroSully]

Istomin vs Djokovic?

[@jdromero2130]

It was upset yes, Djokovic was coming from 2 consecutive years having big winning streaks and he was also defending champion!

[@official_rown]

10:54 That's not Mark Edmondson. That's Jesus. God gave him the win(d).

[@ranrabi9381]

Women handshakes are so cold 🥶🥶🥶

[@estherkimnz]

I was there for the Rybakina v Blinkova tiebreaker, it was unreal, pure chaos throughout the last five points

[@kking3875]

Novak Djokovic is still the goat. THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. CHAMPION, A TRUE LEGEND. ALL HAIL NOVAK. ❤🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

[@user-nx3by5gy1n]

What you mean still? He never was