Battle of the Tennis Players

[duffer]

Ouch for the Courier. Lacoste and Federer

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Lacoste wins 4-0 4-0, Federer wins 4-0 4-1.

First round, battle nine

Pete Sampras

US Open 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002
Wimbledon 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Australian Open 1994, 1997
Masters Cup 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999
11 Masters series wins (including Rome on clay 1994)
Career record: 762 - 222 (77 %)
Career titles: 64 singles + 2 doubles
World No. 1 for 286 weeks including a near 2-year unbroken period

Sergi Bruguera

French Open 1993, 1994 (final 1997)
Olympic silver 1996
Monte Carlo 1991, 1993
Career record: 447 - 271 (62 %)
Career titles: 14 singles + 3 doubles
World No. 3 in 1994

First round, battle ten

Rod Laver

Australian Champion 1960, 1962 - Open 1969 (doubles 1969)
French Champion 1962 - Open 1969
Wimbledon Champion 1961, 1962 - Open 1968, 1969 (doubles 1971)
US Champion 1962 - Open 1969
5 times Grand Slam runner-up
US Pro Champion 1964, 1966, 1967
French Pro Champion 1967
Wembley Pro Champion 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967
Davis Cup 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973
World professional No. 1 1964-1970
Open era record: 392 - 99 (80 %)
Career titles: 40 ATP Open Era singles + at least 144 others + 27 doubles

Rafael Nadal

French Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Wimbledon 2008 (final 2006, 2007)
10 Masters series titles
World No. 2 from July 2005 until now

 

[Simon]

Sampras and Laver. These two should meet in the final, hopefully the draw doesnt screw us.

 

[duffer]

Sad to see Rafa go out first round but it has to be Sampras and Laver here.

 

[Jono]

Sampras and Laver

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sampras and Laver

OK, Nadal doesn't have a snowball's

 

[Mister Wright]

Sampras and Laver

 

[Jamee999]

Sampras and Laver

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Ditto.

 

[grecian]

Sampras & Laver

 

[_Ed_]

Sampras & Rafa (Laver deserves to go through obviously but have to vote for Rafa here).

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Sampras and the Aussie.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Sampras and Laver

 

[Sanz]

Pete and Rod. Btw that's a gun picture of Sampras.

 

[alternative]

Sampres and Laver.

 

[headhunter]

Sampras & Rafa

 

[Anil]

the pistol and the rocket

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sampras wins 4-0 4-0
Laver wins 4-0 4-1

First round, battle eleven

Bill Tilden

US Champion 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929 (three times final, five times doubles)
Wimbledon Champion 1920, 1921, 1930
French runner-up 1927, 1930
US Pro Champion 1931, 1935
French Pro Champion 1934
World No 1 1920-25 and 1931

Mike Bryan

(right)
Australian Open doubles 2006, 2007
French Open doubles 2003
Wimbledon doubles 2006
US Open doubles 2005
5 consecutive grand slam finals
Career titles: 47
World No. 1 doubles (with brother Bob) from November 2005 to July 2008 with only a three-week break

First round, battle twelve
Mats Wilander

Australian Open 1983, 1984, 1988 (final 1985)
French Open 1982, 1985, 1988 (final 1983, 1987)
US Open 1988 (final 1987)
Wimbledon doubles 1986
Davis Cup 1984, 1985, 1987
8 Masters series titles
Career record: 571 - 222 (72 %)
Career titles: 33 singles + 7 doubles
World No 1 from September 1988 to January 1989

Juan Carlos Ferrero

French Open 2003 (final 2002)
US Open final 2003
4 Masters series titles
Masters Cup final 2002
Career record: 372 - 192
Career titles: 11
World No 1 from September 2003 to November 2003

 

[grecian]

tilden & wilander

 

[Sanz]

Tilden and Wilander.

Love Bryan brothers so much, but I dont believe any doubles player has much chance in this battle , except of course Leander Paes