Alejandro Fallo nearly caused the biggest upset in tennis history yesterday. Here is a quick look back at Wimbledon’s recent upsets:

2002: George Bastl defeats Pete Sampras
Swiss player Bastl was ranked 145 in the world when he tooked on the seven time champion of Wimbledon, Pete Sampras. Bastl, who only got into the tournament as a lucky loser after failing to qualify, beat the American in five sets.
2 months later, Pistol Pete played his last match at the US Open, defeating long time rival Andre Agassi in final, to win a 14th Grand Slam title.

2003: Ivo Karlovic defeats Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt joined 1966 champion Manuel Santana in becoming only the second defending men’s title holder in Wimbledon’s history to be knocked out in the first round. Unknown qualifier Ivo Karlovic went in to the 2003 tournament ranked 203 in the world, coming back from one set down, to beat Hewitt in 4 sets.

1987: Peter Doohan defeats Boris Becker
Becker, an unseeded champion at 17 in 1985, went on to successfully defend his title the following year. But in 1987, the Australian Doohan denied him a hat-trick of titles, beating Boom Boom in the second round.

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A really good 30 minutes report about Steffi Graf and Agassi and their respective win Roland Garros in 1999. Interviews are in english, commentary in french, if you need translation just ask me. Enjoy!

More:

- Andre Agassi reached the French Open final 3 times for 2 losses and 1 win

- Steffi reached 9 Roland Garros, for 3 losses and 6 wins:

Back in the days when Agassi was wearing pink lycra bike pants and a wig. Agassi was then just a "forehand and a haircut" as Ivan Lendl once said. Coached by Florida tennis guru Nick Bolletieri, Agassi was tennis' enfant terrible, known as much for his look as his explosive game.

Do you remember his famous Nike commercials? Commercial with Andre Agassi and John McEnroe, 1990, How to play tennis?

So, back to 1990 Roland Garros.
Seeded number 3, Agassi had reached the semifinals of both French and US Open in 1988 and US Open again in 1989. In 1990, he defeated Jim Courier and defending champion Michael Chang en route to his first GS final.

Gomez was the total opposite of Agassi: a 30 year old left handed from Ecuador, he was known for his nice volley touch and science of play on clay. Before 90 French Open, he had never been past the quarterfinals of a major. Beaten three times at this stage of the tournament by Ivan Lendl, Gomez was somewhat relieved by the Czech' decision to skip Roland Garros to focus on Wimbledon.

Before the final, Agassi said: "Like any good player, the more that's expected of them, the more they rise to the occasion. I didn't stay in Paris for two weeks to come in second place". Unfortunately for him, si. Agassi was favored and expected to overpower the veteran from Ecuador, but he was overconfident, nervous and probably thinking to much about his wig.

Gomez moved to a career high ranking of 4th following his victory in Paris. He retired in 1993. During his career, he amassed 21 singles titles (mostly on clay) and 33 doubles trophies.

Gomez and Nastase at the Trophée des Légendes, June 2007:

And Agassi? He was runner up again in 1991 (lost to Jim Courier). He finally captured the Roland Garros trophy in 1999 after a five set battle against Andrei Medvdev to complete a career Grand Slam. During his roller coaster career he collected 60 singles titles including 8 Grand Slam titles and one Olympic gold medal.

Check out Tennis Buzz in the next few days for another Andre Agassi related article.