Battle of the Tennis Players

[Mister Wright]

Cash.

 

[ripper868]

Cash 4-2 in the last

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Yeah, quite. Sorry about the delay, been a bit ill and haven't had the energy. Should be up soon.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

First round, battle twenty-five

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Australian Open final 2008
Career singles: 33-21 (61 %)
Two career doubles titles
Generally out of his depth

Don Budge

World No. 1 1937-40 and 1942
Won the Grand Slam in 1938, the first player to do so
Davis Cup 1937, 1938
Won 37 matches at grand slam tournaments in a row before turning professional
Won a tour series against the reigning World No. 1, Ellsworth Vines, immediately after becoming pro
AP Male Athlete of the Year 1937, 1938

First round, battle twenty-six

William Larned

U.S. Champion 1901, 1902, 1907-1911 (final 1900, 1903)
Unofficial world no. 1 in 1908, 1909, 1910
Davis Cup 1902

Bob Bryan

Australian Open doubles 2006, 2007 (final 2004, 2005)
US Open doubles 2005 (final 2003)
Wimbledon doubles 2006 (final 2005, 2007)
French Open doubles 2003 (final 2005, 2006)
147 weeks as World No. 1 in doubles (w/Mike Bryan)

 

[Anil]

budge and bryan

 

[Mister Wright]

Budge & Bryan

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Budge, Bryan.

 

[Simon]

Budge and Bryan

 

[BoyBrumby]

Budge & Larned

 

[grecian]

Budge

Larned

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Budge wins 4-0 2-0

Bryan and Larned tied at a set apiece (4-0 0-2)

 

[BoyBrumby]

Larned for the decider then.

 

[grecian]

Larned

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Hm, well, that's 4-0 0-2 0-2. Shows the weakness of the system I suppose.

First round, battle twenty-seven

Lleyton Hewitt

US Open 2001
Wimbledon 2002
Australian Open final 2005
Masters Cup 2001, 2002
Indian Wells 2002, 2003
Career record: 482 - 159 (75 %)
Career titles: 26 singles + 2 doubles
World No. 1 for 80 weeks including 75 successive

Guillermo Vilas

French Open 1977 (final 1975, 1978, 1982)
US Open 1977
Australian Open 1978, 1979
Career record: 923 - 284 (76 %)
Career titles: 62 ATP + 6 others + 15 doubles
World No. 2 at end of 1975, 1977
130 match wins (90 %) and 16 singles titles in same calendar year (1977)

First round, battle twenty-eight

Pancho Segura

US Pro Champion 1950, 1951, 1952
Unofficial World No 1 1950, 1952

Todd Woodbridge

Wimbledon doubles 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (singles semi-final 1997)
Australian Open doubles 1992, 1997, 2001
French Open doubles 2000
US Open doubles 1992, 1996, 2003
4 Grand Slam finals
Olympics doubles 1996
Doubles Champion 1992, 1996
16 Masters series titles

 

[grecian]

A triumph of the system, IMHO.

Vilas

Segura

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Villas
Woodbridge

 

[Somerset]

Hewitt and Woodbridge

 

[Mister Wright]

Hewitt and Woodbridge

 

[Sanz]

Vilas and Woodbridge

 

[Johnners]

Hewitt & Woodbridge