as andrew thomas found out the last australian to win a grand slam in melbourne, mark edmon son did that. did you thing in 1976 there wouldn't be a winner for many years? >> before or after i won? no, i didn't, 37 years, and there hasn't been another australian. there has been a few in the finals, close matches. it's phenomenal. >> you weren't the favourite. >> no, i wasn't the favourite at any time. i was the last or second-last direct acceptance in the draw, ranked 211, 212. i beat an austrian peter figall leading me in the fifth and i won the match. when i got through that every person i played from then on was obviously the favourite. >> but edmon son overcame the odds in hot and windy conditions. he won the australian open. >> the thing about that match in "76, what do you remember of it. >> you play a few matches in your life where it's a bit as if you're dreaming the match instead of playing. when you come off you sit down and think, "oh, that's what happened." >> you weren't really a professional tennis player even were you? >> well, it depends what you call a professional. you c