As avid tennis fans' excitement builds ahead of the Australian Open this month, GEORGIA BELL takes a look back at some of our most memorable tennis TV moments.
With Lleyton Hewitt playing his last Grand Slam, this year's Australian Open is sure to include a few memorable moments of its own. Australian players frequently make headlines, for reasons both good and bad.
Our   January competitions are legendary, and always yield some spectacular tennis moments. 
Whether it's an on-court tantrum from some of the world's best athletes or slogging it out all night in a record-breaking match, the wins, the losses and the antics never fail to make the highlights reel.
Here is our top 10 most memorable tennis moments:
Lleyton Hewitt v Marcos Baghdatis in 2008 Australian Open: Talk about pulling an all-nighter - except this time it was on the hard court and not at the books. Managing to keep the energy going all night, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in five sets after playing into the wee hours of the morning, starting at 11.47pm and finally finishing at 4.33am. It was the latest finish to a match in Open history, won 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3 by Hewitt.
Jim Courier v Stefan Edberg in 1992 Australian Open: American Jim Courier and Sweden's Stefan Edberg slogged it out in the intense heat during their 1992 Australian Open final, with Courier avenging his defeat against Edberg the previous year at the US open, winning the match 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-2. To celebrate his win and his ascension to No.1 player in the world, Courier plunged into the Yarra River to cool off.
Mark Philippoussis v Pete Sampras in 1996 Australian Open: The heat was on the 19-year-old Melburnian of Greek and Italian descent when he faced the world's then No.1 player Pete Sampras in the third round of the tournament. He lived up to his nickname, "the scud" for the speed of his serve, delivering 29 aces and knocking Sampras out of the competition.
Nick Kyrgios sledges Stan Wawrinka at the 2015 Australian Open: It was a comment that really went below the belt, so when Canberra native Nick Kyrgios said it, naturally everyone was up in arms. After losing the first set at the Montreal Masters, Kyrgios told the Swiss Wawrinka that his friend "Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that mate". Kyrgios' actions were decried and he was fined for the unwarranted comments.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley v Chris Evert at Wimbledon, 1980: Born the third of eight children to an Australian Aboriginal family, Evonne Goolagong Cawley will go down in tennis history as the winner of seven grand slams. Although thought to be at the end of her career, Goolagong went on to become the (then) second-ever mother to win a Wimbledon title, against Chris Evert, which was her second Wimbledon title after her 1971 victory.
Francesca Schiavone v Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 2011 Australian Open: In one of the longest women's matches played at a grand slam, it took Francesca Schiavone almost five hours to defeat the Russian Kuznetsova. Schiavone's victory, 6-4, 1-6, 16-14, took 4 hours and 44 minutes to achieve and was a match so gruelling that both players needed the assistance of physiotherapists to keep them on the court.
Rod Laver v Tony Roche, US Open 1969: Arguably the greatest tennis player to grace the court, Rod Laver is the only man to have won all four grand slam tournaments in the same calendar year on two occasions. After winning his first grand slam in 1962, he turned professional, making him ineligible for the amateur-only grand slam championships. However, in 1969, the year after the tournaments became open to professionals, he won his second slam, becoming the only player in history to do so.
Serena Williams v Maria Sharapova, 2015 Australian Open: When Serena Williams won her fourth Australian Open in 2007, she broke the record for most victories in the Australian Open. After last year's win against Maria Sharapova, she currently has six Australian Open wins to her name, almost double that of any of her predecessors.
Lleyton Hewitt v Pete Sampras, at the 2001 US Open: Australia's top-ranked junior tennis player before turning professional in 1998, Hewitt went on to become the youngest male player in history to rank No.1 after winning his first grand slam at the US Open in 2001. The year would go on to be a crowning point in his career, with Hewitt beating Sampras on his own turf to claim victory.
Marcos Baghdatis destroys four racquets at the Australian Open 2012: If sport is about keeping your cool in the face of adversity, clearly Marcos Baghdatis didn't get the memo. The Cypriot completely lost it at the Australian Open in 2012 and destroyed not one, but four racquets, after dropping serve early in the third set. With Baghdatis not even pausing to take the third and fourth racquets out of the plastic packaging, commentator Todd Woodbridge wasn't wrong when he remarked, "I think that's one of the best I've seen."