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Battle of the Tennis Players

Anil

Hall of Fame Member
mcenroe for me...huge matchup of one of the all-time great rivalries(although they did not play a ton of matches against each other)
 

Burgey

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Borg - just.

But McEnroe just owned sports dummy spitting for the whole of the 20th century. I recall one of his earlier tantrums at Wimbledon when Major Startling-Grope VC or some other old English gentleman was the umpire, and the poor bugger just had no idea what was going on - he looked like the world was ending watching this brat carry on. My favourite though was the Stockholm Masters one when he smashed the cups onthe stand, sat down, saw a few still left, went back and finished the job. Gold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v16tKIAddmQ&feature=related
 

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Massive battle.

Im not going to write an essay, just saying Borg (even though I like Super Mac more)
 

grecian

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Super-brat

Toughie really, Borg may have been the better player, but McEnroe one of the most charismatic and exhilarating sportsmen, I've ever seen.

A bit of a Viv/Sachin battle really, but lets not get started on that.....

Bit unfair on Borg though, I guess, had so many all-time great 5 setters in his Wimbledon run, it's almost a shame that Borg/mcEnroe is the only one talked about that much, nowadays.

Bjorn/Vitas is considered by many the best match ever, bit before my time, I have to say.
 

Magrat Garlick

Rather Mad Witch
Timing. (Y) Borg wins 1-4 4-3 4-3.

Quarter-final, battle three

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
Davis Cup 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926
World No 1 1920-25 and 1931

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)
Davis Cup 1992, 1995
Career record: 762 - 222 (77 %)
Career titles: 64 singles + 2 doubles
World No. 1 for 286 weeks including a near 2-year unbroken period
 

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