Name	Mark Philippoussis
Height	6 ft 5 in
Naionality	Australian
Date of Birth	7-November-1976
Place of Birth	Melbourne, Australia
Famous for	Tennis Player

Mark Philippoussis is an Australian former tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry. He has had a minor career in modelling and starred in the American reality television dating show Age of Love. He is nicknamed 'the Scud', after the Scud missile. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 8.

Philippoussis acquired a protected ranking of no. 119 in the world and was allowed to use that ranking for entry into eight tournaments. Tennis Australia, not being happy with his lack of match play and unwillingness to play the Australian Open wildcard playoff, told him that he would not be given any special treatment and would have to earn his wildcard. This forced him to use one of his protected ranking tournament entries. In his first match of the Australian Open Wildcard playoff, he was drawn against reigning Australian Open juniors champion Brydan Klein and had a fiery contest. After a remark from Klein, Philippoussis was quoted as saying, "You say that to me again and you're in trouble; you're not playing juniors any more." He came out the victor in straight sets, 6–3, 7–5, and thus began his comeback in good form. Philippoussis then lost his second match to Samuel Groth, 4-6, 3-6, but due to other players' injuries, he advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was to play Rameez Junaid. However, due to another knee injury requiring surgery, Philippoussis was unable to play. Philippousis appeared in a pro tour match for the first time since November 2006, when he lost to fifth seed Michael Yani, 4–6, 4–6, in the first round of the Challenger of Dallas.

Philippousis also competed in some of the events on the Champions Series, winning two tournaments and topping the rankings for 2010. Philippoussis will be playing for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis this summer. The Freedoms used the No. 1 overall pick to draft Philippoussis, who previously played for the team in 2002. He will be the team's marquee player on July 25, 2012 when they face the Boston Lobsters and will travel with the team to their matches against the Sacramento Capitals and Orange County Breakers.