1. The match against Corretja at the 1996 US.Open.
2. The match against Courier at the 1995 Australian Open.
3. Winning the 2002 US.Open after two years of draught to end a glorious career.
4. The match against Yzaga at the 1994 US.Open (despite loosing).
5. Winning the 2000 Wimbledon to break the Grand Slam record without practicing between matches.
6. Beating Agassi in the 2002 US.Open final despite collapsing physically after the 3rd set.
7. Heroic 1996 French Open in memory of his coach, Tim Gullikson, who died a couple of weeks earlier.
8. Winning the 1995 Davis cup almost single handedly, including the first rubber despite late cramps.
9. Beating Agassi in so many big matches while being the underdog by the bookmakers:
US.Open 95, World Championship 99, US.Open 01, US.Open 02.
10. His 2001 US.Open performance, when only few gave him a chance.
11. Beating Lendl, McEnroe and Agassi, one after the other, to become the youngest US.Open ever
(1990).
12. Few more heroic matches: Wimbledon 1993 against Courier, Australian Open 1997 against Hrbaty,
French Open 1999 against Marin, Wimbledon 2000 against Kucera.
References:
'Am I really seeing this ?' moments
Who is the greatest tennis player of all time ?
Pete Sampras' greatest matches
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