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Battle of the Tennis Players
- Thread starter Magrat Garlick
- Start date
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Chang and Safin.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Stich and Johansson.
I like my athletes big and powerful. I kind of admire Chang but I dont really like him and I didnt like Changs underarm serve to Lendl much either. Johansson isnt big but he is a giant compared to Chang.
Hakon- On the vote can we include details Wiki seems to have for each player in addition to the stuff already included? Id suggest Career singles record and career titles.
eg in this round it would have the additional info of
Chang
Career record: 662 - 312 (68%)
Career titles: 34
Johansson
Career record: 352 - 288
Career titles: 9
I like my athletes big and powerful. I kind of admire Chang but I dont really like him and I didnt like Changs underarm serve to Lendl much either. Johansson isnt big but he is a giant compared to Chang.
Hakon- On the vote can we include details Wiki seems to have for each player in addition to the stuff already included? Id suggest Career singles record and career titles.
eg in this round it would have the additional info of
Chang
Career record: 662 - 312 (68%)
Career titles: 34
Johansson
Career record: 352 - 288
Career titles: 9
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Yeah, fine by me. Not always available for the elder statesmen though.
Based on that record, though, a vote for Johansson is criminal
(Stich:
Career record: 385 - 176 (69 %)
Career titles: 18
Safin:
Career record: 395 - 236 (63 %)
Career titles: 15)
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Its a shocking vote with no justificationBased on that record, though, a vote for Johansson is criminal
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Lol, agreed with Vines. If you include the career records, Chang squashes 'the giant' Johannson
Plus Johannson would never ever get an invite on Sesame Street in the same scene as Big Bird.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
OK, no more votes will be counted (Chang 4-0 5-1, Safin 4-0 4-1). However, next battle needs to wait till I get home, and as I'm going to Luzern for an athletics meet, that'll be for another 8-9 hours.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Chang and Safin, don't care what you say Morkeh! They count!
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
yeah, well, 4-0 6-1 and 4-0 5-1. Like it really matters.
First round, battle one
Henri 'Le magicien' Cochet
French Champion 1922, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932 (doubles three times)
Wimbledon Champion 1927, 1929 (doubles twice)
US Champion 1928
Two Olympic silver medals
Leander Paes
Wimbledon doubles 1999 (w/Mahesh Bhupathi)
French Open doubles 1999 (w/Bhupathi), 2001 (w/Bhupathi)
US Open doubles 2006 (w/Martin Damm)
Singles career record: 99 - 98 (50 %)
Doubles career record: 473 - 245 (66 %)
Career titles: 38 doubles + 1 singles
Doubles World No 1 from June 1999 to March 2000
First round, battle two
Björn Borg
French Open 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Wimbledon 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 1980 (final 1981)
4 US Open finals
Career record: 597 - 127 (82 %)
Career titles: 62 ATP + 37 unofficial + 4 doubles
World No 1 for 109 weeks in six stretches between 1977 and 1981
Thomas Muster
French Open 1995
8 Masters Series titles
Career record: 622 - 271 (70 %)
Career titles: 44 singles + 1 doubles
World No. 1 for six weeks in 1996
First round, battle one
Henri 'Le magicien' Cochet
French Champion 1922, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932 (doubles three times)
Wimbledon Champion 1927, 1929 (doubles twice)
US Champion 1928
Two Olympic silver medals
Leander Paes
Wimbledon doubles 1999 (w/Mahesh Bhupathi)
French Open doubles 1999 (w/Bhupathi), 2001 (w/Bhupathi)
US Open doubles 2006 (w/Martin Damm)
Singles career record: 99 - 98 (50 %)
Doubles career record: 473 - 245 (66 %)
Career titles: 38 doubles + 1 singles
Doubles World No 1 from June 1999 to March 2000
First round, battle two
Björn Borg
French Open 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Wimbledon 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 1980 (final 1981)
4 US Open finals
Career record: 597 - 127 (82 %)
Career titles: 62 ATP + 37 unofficial + 4 doubles
World No 1 for 109 weeks in six stretches between 1977 and 1981
Thomas Muster
French Open 1995
8 Masters Series titles
Career record: 622 - 271 (70 %)
Career titles: 44 singles + 1 doubles
World No. 1 for six weeks in 1996
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Only attempted it once. Probably didn't care much of its status as a grand tournament. Tennis in January in Scandinavia is difficult.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
I dare say! Althought wasn't it in December in Borg's era? Interesting he only tried the once tho, the Aus Open seems very much 4th in terms of precedence, but it's inconceivable the world no 1 would skip a slam for anything other than injury/health nowadays.