Highest career prize money, with inflation
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Lew II
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True Fanerer
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So? I already knew all those points. Mcenroe took a set off of Sampras at the 1990 UO. Something Agassi couldn't do in the final. Mcenroe was 31 years old.
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So what about Lew Hoad? Presumably, you heard of the hack?
Must have been a bum to not even be on this list.
Lew II
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Lew II
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Beatiful tennis and potential to be the greatest, but no I don't think he's among the best players ever seen.
True Fanerer
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You don't have any proof that Ferrer would beat Mcenroe either
Lew II
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I know, and I never claimed I had it.You don't have any proof that Ferrer would beat Mcenroe either
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I'll just have to take you at your word Lew. Any discussion on the greatest tennis players that includes Nishikori and not Laver, or indeed Hoad, is quite a novel one. Marks for keeping things interesting around here.
Sport
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He is. Pure logic.
True Fanerer
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My response was more to do with the ridiculous statement you made in saying Mcenroe was a mediocre athlete LOL.
Tennis_Hands
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True Fanerer
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I didn't get to see him in his best years live. I've watched enough old videos to know better though.A proof right there that he never set sight on McEnroe playing.
Yeah but you judge people on peers and their time. Hence Novak with 14 slams should be judged by modern standards and achievements of peers so is still only a top 200 player all time and far less than even the likes of mcenroe and even Safin
e.g. running 11 seconds 100 metres now is nothing but in the past would be olympic winning
Lew II
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Greatest players are the most important for the game (Laver, Tilden are in it)
Best players are those who played at the highest level (Laver, Tilden are not in it)
Tennis_Hands
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Yeah thats what I mean. Ferrer level of play or even any random mug would be higher than Laver because Laver is decades ago. However Ferrer is not greater than Laver as Ferrer is a mug by his peers standards.
Similarly Novak is a tier 4 ATG and inferior to the likes of even Safin
Tennis_Hands
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Saved this thread just in case our friend here tries some tricks.
Pheasant
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This is awesome stuff here.
Ferrer definitely beats Stan, Connors, McEnroe, Laver, Pancho, and Courier. Ferrer is just a hair behind Edberg. Yep, that makes complete sense.
If humans have progressed so much where Ferrer completely destroys McEnroe, then really, we probably get somebody like Camila Giorgi blasting peak Lendl off of the courts. But knowing some posters here, Lendl right now at age 58 is at his peak.
Ferrer definitely beats Stan, Connors, McEnroe, Laver, Pancho, and Courier. Ferrer is just a hair behind Edberg. Yep, that makes complete sense.
If humans have progressed so much where Ferrer completely destroys McEnroe, then really, we probably get somebody like Camila Giorgi blasting peak Lendl off of the courts. But knowing some posters here, Lendl right now at age 58 is at his peak.
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It’s a nice sounding premise.
Unfortunately the logic doesn’t work because the greatest and best don’t compete in the same environment.
Today’s Djokovic will not be competing three decades from now when technology, money, kinesiology and almost certainly prize money, will all be quite different from today.
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My master's degree in economics is vomiting right now.