Battle of the Tennis Players

[Magrat Garlick]

Sampras leads 4-0 0-1
Borg leads 4-0 1-0

both second sets run until 04.05 UTC

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jimbo never had much luck, did he? Career coincided with Borg & Mac the Mouth, now drawn against Sampras in the 2nd round.

Borg second up, obv.

 

[Anil]

Jimbo never had much luck, did he? Career coincided with Borg & Mac the Mouth, now drawn against Sampras in the 2nd round.

Borg second up, obv.

depends on how you define luck, won 8 slams, 109 tournaments, was the best player in the world for many years and most important, he dated chris evert....doesn't sound too unlucky on the whole, does it?

 

[Simon]

Sampras and Borg

 

[Somerset]

Sampras and Borg - tough draw for Connors though for a second round match IMO.

 

[Jono]

Pistol Pete and Borg

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Connors and Borg. Pete's too hairy.

 

[ripper868]

Think it might be over but none the less

Sampras and Borg

 

[_Ed_]

Sampras & Borg

 

[Sanz]

Sampras and Borg

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Bah, Conners owns Sampras.

 

[duffer]

Pete and Borg

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sampras wins 4-0 4-1
Borg wins 4-0 4-0

Second battle, round three

René Lacoste

French Champion 1925, 1927, 1929 (doubles 1925, 1929)
Wimbledon Champion 1925, 1928 (doubles 1925)
US Champion 1926, 1927
Three Grand Slam singles finals
Olympic gold medal doubles 1924

Tom Trabert

US Champion 1953, 1955
French Champion 1954, 1955
Wimbledon 1955
Two French professional titles

Second battle, round four

John McEnroe

Wimbledon 1981, 1983, 1984 (5 x doubles from 1979 to 1992)
US Open 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 (4 x doubles from 1979 to 1989)
French Open final 1984
Masters Cup 1978, 1983, 1984
Davis Cup 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1992
Career record: 875 - 198 (82 %)
Career titles: 77 singles + 20 unofficial + 70 doubles
World No. 1 for 170 weeks including two sessions of unbroken years
World No. 1 in doubles for 257 weeks

Jonas Björkman

Australian Open doubles 1998, 1999, 2001
Wimbledon doubles 2002, 2003, 2004 (singles semi-final 2006)
US Open doubles 2003 (singles semi-final 1997)
French Open doubles 2005, 2006
14 Masters series doubles titles
Davis Cup 1994, 1997, 1998
2 Doubles Championships incl a 1994 win over Woodbridge/Woodforde
World No. 4 in 1997 - world No. 1 doubles player in three different periods between 2001 and 2005
Career record: 413 - 358 (54 %) in singles; 695 - 298 (70 %) in doubles
Career titles: 52 doubles + 6 singles

 

[grecian]

Lacoste and McEnroe

 

[BoyBrumby]

Lacoste & McEnroe for me too.

 

[Mister Wright]

Lacoste and McEnroe

 

[Simon]

Lacoste and McEnroe

 

[headhunter]

McEnroe

 

[Anil]

lacoste and mcenroe

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Lacoste and McEnroe.