Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
You could literally be describing Seles there too.
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Rabada vs Roberts vs Anderson
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DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Injuries are an inherent risk in any athlete’s career. While mismanaging one’s workload and sustaining injury is ultimately a personal responsibility
But in Monica Seles’ case, what transpired was not just unfortunate; it was one of most chilling moments ever witnessed on a tennis court.
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
She is certainly not in a tier behind Seles. Imo Hingis is better than Seles.
It was unfortunate but hardly led to a different outcome. Seles' career is no ways good enough to be a tier higher.
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Sliferxxxx
State Vice-Captain
Top 5 women tennis players no particular order and ignoring doubles:
Court
Serena
Graf
Martina
Evert
Honorable mentions to:
Helen Wills Moody. 19 majors and dominated the sport without even playing a single Aussie open.
Monica Seles. Would've won more but for that stupid crazed fan. Graf doesn't get 22 without that incident.
Maureen Connolly aka Little Mo. Imo, would've been the goat but for an unfortunate accident and later cancer which took her life at 34.
Court
Serena
Graf
Martina
Evert
Honorable mentions to:
Helen Wills Moody. 19 majors and dominated the sport without even playing a single Aussie open.
Monica Seles. Would've won more but for that stupid crazed fan. Graf doesn't get 22 without that incident.
Maureen Connolly aka Little Mo. Imo, would've been the goat but for an unfortunate accident and later cancer which took her life at 34.
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Top 10 names(no specific order)
Suzanne Lenglen
Helen Willis Moody
Maureen Connolly
Margaret Court
Billie Jean King
Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Monica Seles
Serena Williams
Suzanne Lenglen
Helen Willis Moody
Maureen Connolly
Margaret Court
Billie Jean King
Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Monica Seles
Serena Williams
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Without doubles, think will agree. If you rate Lenglen and Willis, how come Sampras>Laver!??
Sliferxxxx
State Vice-Captain
Excellent list. I see that you're a tennis aficionado like myself.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Very good question.
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
It was a list made in chronological order. Helen Willis Moody is the most dominant champion. She played 24 Slams, reached 22 Finals and won 18. Yet I would not place the 1920s legend ahead of Chris Evert, Martina Navaratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams.
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah but she is still in Top 10 over the likes of Hingis and Venus. Laver vs Sampras is different from Willis vs Evert or Graaf. Laver not only won 11 majors including 2 Calendar Grand Slams he also won 8 Pro Majors. Lendl played in more Finals than Sampras.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
fwiw here’sa men’s top 10 too, in chronological order
Gonzales
Rosewall
Laver
Connors
Borg
Lendl
Sampras
Federer
Nadal
Djokovic
Found #10 really hard to split. Kept flip flopping between two rivals with completely overlapping careers. Went with the one with the better longevity, even if the other was more of an immediate sensation. Sounds like me, huh? (if you can’t figure out who it is then rip you)
Gonzales
Rosewall
Laver
Connors
Borg
Lendl
Sampras
Federer
Nadal
Djokovic
Found #10 really hard to split. Kept flip flopping between two rivals with completely overlapping careers. Went with the one with the better longevity, even if the other was more of an immediate sensation. Sounds like me, huh? (if you can’t figure out who it is then rip you)
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Too much difference in achievements
Yes. Laver was the best player of his era. Pete was the best tennis player of his era.
Agreed.
I have told many times Laver was the best player of his era. Just my opinion that Pete Sampras was a better tennis player.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
A nice quote by Fred Perry (notable player in the 30’s and 40’s)
Unfortunately, today, hardly anyone less than 35 or 40 years old remembers many of them. But I must add this: The best of any era had that certain something that would have made them competitive in any other time.
Whether it was Tilden against Borg, or McEnroe against Budge, or Laver against Connors, they would have given us splendid-
First paragraph is something I quite subscribe to when assessing sportsmen.
Thala_0710
International Regular
Does anyone apart from the big 3 have a case for being in the top 3?
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Men’s top 10 was little harder.
I will give it a try
Bill Tilden
Don Budge
Pancho Gonzales
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
Bjorn Borg
Pete Sampras
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Thala_0710
International Regular
Laver is the only one imo, although I put him 4th. Borg if he had a longer career then possibly yes, but with the career that he did have, idts.
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Laver, but I have him at 4th
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Tilden I found hard to rate, since he barely competed outside of the US open at his prime, and then obviously once past his prime did not perform quite up to some of the pros at the time. Budge also just came in at a really unfortunate time, turned pro right after his grand slam (like Laver), but then was curtailed by WWII. If WWII hadn’t been a thing then boy, Budge was in such dominant form at the end of the 30’s and in 1940…. iirc when he first came into the pros he beat both the leading pros head to head that year (Perry and Vines), which I don’t recall any other player doing in their first year.