| | Tennis Greats Page 1 of 1 | | Anyone who seriously watches tennis knows that there is a big debate over who the greatest player of all time. Of course in a sport like tennis it is very difficult to say one man for certain because of factors such as rackets and playing styles. I just want to hear about everybody's opinion of the matter. As for me, I grew up watching pistol Pete so he will forever be my idol but in the modern game I really doubt anyone was better than Federer during his reign at world's #1 especially during 2005 and 2006. If we had to take every great from every era with the rackets+styles they were using at the time, I have a really hard time seeing anyone topping Fed. Well the topic is in the air. I'd really love to have a discussion analyzing Laver, Roche, Borg, and other classic players and how they might have played differently in the modern game. | |
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Posted: 5/1/2009 4:40:10 AM | Not sure who the all-time Tennis great is but my all-time favorite was Bjorn Borg.
Had the opportunity to see Bjorn Borg play against Jimmy Connors in a exhibition match in the early eighties. Sit in center court first row right under the center court lines judge. That was an experience I'll never forget. Both of those guys were the best in their era and definately was the best Tennis rivalry. | |
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Posted: 5/1/2009 12:47:12 PM | | I didn't see too many of the great older players, so I can only judge between Sapras and Federer. Those two have the most grand slam wins, I beleive, so that already puts them at the top, and between them, Federer has the more well rounded game, so I would say Federer was the GOAT. My personal favourite though was Patrick Rafter; I love the serve-volley style of play. Tenniss doesn't excite me as much as before though. | |
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Posted: 5/1/2009 2:03:29 PM | | Yeah serve and volley is where the action is at but really it can get kind of tedious, if you really crave that kind of game you could almost just substitute it with doubles, almost. I honestly couldn't say whether or not I prefer the old game over the new game though as I'm also very content watching Fed (or anyone else) hit clean passing shots from deep in the court. Has anybody here ever played with wooden rackets? I'd really love to hear those guys take. | |
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Posted: 5/3/2009 1:21:53 PM | ^
I first started playing with a friend's old wooden racket. Wooden rackets are significantly heavier than modern rackets. Not only do you have to consider the equipment, but also that athletes today have access to much better training techniques, vitamins, and machinery that make them significantly more in shape than past athletes. Considering that, it is hard to compare in almost any sport, except maybe boxing. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2009 7:40:36 AM | | i like badminton my self. | |
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Posted: 5/5/2009 5:17:52 PM | Tennis will always be a tough call on greatest ever since pros didn't compete at all the tournaments until the late '60's.
For the players I've watched, Federer was the best week in, week out. Head to head in their prime, I lean a little to Sampras because he could so overwhelm his opponents with offense. | |
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Posted: 5/6/2009 1:36:51 AM | | I would say Federer is the best tennis player...however...I'm inclined to say that he has a weakness that Sampras did not have...he has incredible mental strength, even against Nadal on occasion, however, if you look at the level of unforced errors he commits against Nadal, one can see that he has a chink in his mental armour. Sampras was never fazed really, even if someone beat him, but Federer has allowed Nadal toget inside his head, even if he won't admit it! | |
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Posted: 5/6/2009 10:09:58 PM | | what would make tennis exciting is if they served underhand and have 2 balls going on at once. i like badmitton and ping pong. | |
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Posted: 5/6/2009 11:33:17 PM |
Yes, only one left who could make tennis exciting.
One and only John McEnroe. This guy could play from the base line and equally well at the net. Number of grand slams doesn't tell the whole story.
That's only because when he was winning it was "All fun and games again"
But when he's losing all he did was wine and cry and bit_ _ at the lines judge because the call didn't do his way. I've even seen him leave the tennis court and not come back only because he knew he was beat. But overall he was a hell of a tennis player just could not stand to lose. | |
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Posted: 5/7/2009 12:00:53 AM | The best days of tennis was back when it was:
Bjorn Borg
Jimmy Connors
Borris Becker youngest Wimbledon Champion 17
Stefan Edberg
Ivan Lendl
John McEnroe He was also the most exciting because he was Loud, Violent, and very undisciplined. He still holds the record for breaking the most tennis rackets.
Greatest Women Tennis Players back when I was watching:
Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Billie Jean King | |
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Posted: 5/9/2009 12:31:40 PM | Has to be Sampras.
He has the record of 14 slams.
In Tennis, it is the slams that matter the most.
Federer has 13 slams, but with the way he is playing now, might take him a while to equal Sampras' record. | |
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