Richard Krajicek surprised the tennis world with his splendid victory at Wimbledon in 1996. He was given little, if any, chance of progressing very far when he arrived at the tournament, having never previously gone beyond the last 16 stage. However, the unseeded Dutchman cruised past Germany's Michael Stich in straight sets to set up a quarter-final showdown with defending champion Pete Sampras. Krajicek was not to be denied and defeated Sampras 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 to become the first man since Goran Ivanisevic in 1992 to beat the American at Wimbledon. The semi-finals that year had an unlikely look to them as Krajicek lined up against Jason Stoltenburg, whilst in the lower half of the draw it was an all-American affair between Todd Martin and Mal Washington. Krajicek brushed aside Stoltenburg 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 and in the final he was far to good for Washington, winning 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. The photo above captures perfectly what the moment meant to Richard. In the same year he reached the quarterfinal stage of the French Open as the 13th seed but he lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2. The following year he progressed, unseeded, to the quarterfinal of the U.S. Open but was defeated by Greg Rusedski 7-5, 7-6, 7-6. He won two tournaments in 1998, one of these being the Stuttgart Eurocard where he beat Agassi, Ivanisevic, Sampras and Kafelnikov en route to victory. That same year he put up another fine showing at Wimbledon before bowing out at the semi-final stage to Goran Ivanisevic, the Croatian finally coming out on top 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-7, 15-13 in a gruelling encounter.