Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time


Greatest Male Player Of All Time

Poll ended at Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:12 pm

Bill Tilden
0
No votes
Donald Budge
0
No votes
Ken Rosewall
0
No votes
Lew Hoad
0
No votes
Rod Laver
10
15%
Jimmy Connors
1
2%
Bjorn Borg
4
6%
John McEnroe
4
6%
Pete Sampras
12
18%
Andre Agassi
1
2%
Roger Federer
31
48%
Rafael Nadal
2
3%
 
Total votes : 65

Re: Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby Interceptor » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:21 am

Can't believe Roy Emerson hasn't been mentioned.
Held the Grand Slam Singles record (12 from 15 finals) before Sampras broke it.
Outstanding doubles record as well.
User avatar
Interceptor
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 2982
Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:51 pm
Location: London, UK
Has liked: 7 times
Been liked: 24 times

Re: Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby barry_watson » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:18 pm

Federer for sure, he's the only player to have played atleast 5 grand slam title matchs at each of the grand slam tournaments. He held the number 1 ranking a record amount of weeks, he has also won a record 16 grand slams. Nadal has beaten him more times but 14 of there matches have been played on clay with Nadal arguably being the best clay court player ever. On other courts federer has a 7-5 record against nadal.
been around
barry_watson
Under 16s
 
Posts: 270
Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:35 am
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 0 time

Re: Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby GWW » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:03 pm

Interceptor wrote:Can't believe Roy Emerson hasn't been mentioned.
Held the Grand Slam Singles record (12 from 15 finals) before Sampras broke it.
Outstanding doubles record as well.


I asked my dad about Emerson, as he remembered that era of tennis.

He said that a lot of the top players joined the professional circuit in Emerson's era, thereby meaning the level of competition wasn't as good when Emerson won his numerous Grand Slam singles titles.
User avatar
GWW
Moderator
 
Posts: 15674
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:50 pm
Location: Eastern suburbs of Adelaide
Has liked: 816 times
Been liked: 166 times

Re: Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby dedja » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:12 pm

You mean like Central winning all their flags after the Crows and Port entered the AFL?
It is better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt
User avatar
dedja
Coach
 
 
Posts: 20122
Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:10 pm
Has liked: 157 times
Been liked: 972 times

Re: Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby GWW » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:23 pm

:-#
User avatar
GWW
Moderator
 
Posts: 15674
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:50 pm
Location: Eastern suburbs of Adelaide
Has liked: 816 times
Been liked: 166 times

Re: Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby Interceptor » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:59 pm

GWW wrote:
Interceptor wrote:Can't believe Roy Emerson hasn't been mentioned.
Held the Grand Slam Singles record (12 from 15 finals) before Sampras broke it.
Outstanding doubles record as well.


I asked my dad about Emerson, as he remembered that era of tennis.

He said that a lot of the top players joined the professional circuit in Emerson's era, thereby meaning the level of competition wasn't as good when Emerson won his numerous Grand Slam singles titles.

Yeah that's a fair point to put his record into context.
Did beat Rod Laver though in a couple of finals (before Laver turned pro).
Laver in turn defeated Emerson in 3 of the 4 GS finals in Laver's first GS year of 1962.
So I think worth mentioning, but not quite amongst the absolute best.
User avatar
Interceptor
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 2982
Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:51 pm
Location: London, UK
Has liked: 7 times
Been liked: 24 times

Greatest Male Tennis Player Of All Time

Postby Turbo » Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:50 pm

Federer best I've seen. Lendl was great but couldn't win the coveted Wimbledon title.
User avatar
Turbo
League - Top 5
 
Posts: 2681
Joined: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:30 pm
Location: Lygon Street - The Holy Land
Has liked: 44 times
Been liked: 38 times
Grassroots Team: Cove

Previous

Board index   Other Sports  Other Sports  Tennis

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

Around the place

Competitions   SANFL Official Site | Country Footy SA | Southern Football League | VFL Footy
Club Forums   Snouts Louts | The Roost | Redlegs Forum |