2008 Australian Open Tennis Trivia

We include some fascinating bits of 2008 Australian Open Tennis trivia, the players involved and all the relevant statistics:

American tennis ace, Jim Courier won back-to-back men's singles titles at the Australian Open in 1992 and 1993
Russian, Marat Safin spoilt Andre Agassi's 26-match winning streak at the 2004 Australian Open in a thrilling 5-set semifinal
1998 Australian Open winner, Petr Korda, was labeled a drug cheat after testing positive for steroids at Wimbledon 1998
In 2002 Swiss Sensation, Martina Hingis contested her sixth Australian Open final. She won the first 3 (1997 - 1999) and then lost the next 3 (2000 - 2002)
In 2005 Lleyton Hewitt became the first Australian to reach the finals of the Australian Open in eighteen years, after Pat Cash in 1987
Donald Young became the youngest junior male to win a Grand Slam title when he defeated South Korean, Kim Sun Yong in 1hour and 11 minutes at the 2005 Australian Open - he was 15 years, 191 days old
In the 1995 Australian Open, American tennis genius, Pete Sampras, came from two sets to love down to claim a huge win over Jim Courier. He played the match on the very same night that his terminally ill coach flew back to the USA
In 1999 Martina Hingis ended Monica Seles' 33-match unbeaten career run at the Australian Open

More 2008 Australian Open Tennis Trivia

Ken Rosewall became the oldest Australian Open men's singles champion in 1972 when he beat Mal Anderson 7-6, 6-3, 7-5. He was 37 years and 2 months old
American James Blake has never won a five set match in his professional tennis career
Neither Serena Williams, nor Ana Ivanovic, have ever lost a first round match in a Grand Slam tournament.
Martina Hinges is the quickest tennis player, male or female, to have earned US$1 million
A tennis ball is meant to weigh in the region of 2 to 2-1/16 ounces
Belgian tennis-terminator, Justine Henin has a 15-1 record in quarter finals in Grand Slams
Pete Sampras became the highest earner in professional tennis, claiming an incredible US$41 994 440 during his 13-year career
The fastest serve by a man was recorded at 155mph. Andy Roddick blasted his serve into the record books at the Davis Cup in 2004
Brenda Schultz McCarthy holds the fastest serve for a woman, at 130mph. She managed this feat at the qualifying rounds of the 2007 Cincinnati Tournament