The definitive best player to never win thread
 

Best player to never win Wimbledon?
Lendl

Best player to never win the French Open?
Sampras

Best player to never win the US Open?
Borg

Best player to never win the Australian Open?
Borg

Best player to never win the season ending?
Nadal

Best player to never win the Davis Cup?
Federer

Best player to never win the career slam?
Sampras

Best player to never be number 1?
Murray

Pretty hard to argue with the above.

You are going just open era right?

I think Borg isn't necessarily a worse player than Sampras.

Other than that, the Murray one seems most arguable, although no particular player comes to mind that might be better but was never no. 1 in the world.

He must mean Open Era, otherwise the Wimbledon one would be Gonzales or Rosewall, and the Australian would be Gonzales.

Vilas is a guy who was never (officially) ranked no 1 and is arguably better than Murray.

The best player to never win the FO twice? Federer
The best player to never win 18 majors or more? Federer
The best player to never win Monte Carlo/Rome/Acapulco/Barcelona/the challenger in Sopot? Federer
The best player to never like Djokovic's camp? Federer
The best player to never shave his chest? A toss-up between Sampras and Federer.

I can go on foreverer.

just some more suggestions to think about
- a title on clay
- a masters title
- a grass tournament
- the player of the year-award

That one is simple: Becker

Dumb selections in OP. How can Sampras be the best player not to win FO, if he didnt make a finals in countless attempts ? Same with Murray. someone who until last month who loses to Chardy, Young, Bogomolov , Janowicz does not yet to deserve to be No 1.

I think his criteria for this would be players with excellent records in events other than the one being referred to. In this case, player with the most number of slams outside of RG (Sampras) takes it.

That's right - I'm going with Santoro and Nalbandian on this one.

At least they were fun to watch..

he's talking about the best player all around not at that tournament that's why he said sampras

Best player never to win Wimbledon-Either Pancho Gonzalez or Rosewall

Best player never to win the French-Either Bill Tilden or Pancho Gonzalez

Best player never to win the Australian-Borg, Gonzalez or Tilden

Best player never to win a career slam-Borg, Gonzalez, Tilden

Best player to never be number one-Roche but I can see Andy Murray easily.

I don't believe Connors ever won a title on red clay.

eeh? you kidding me?

I'm pretty sure he won some minor to medium tournaments and I'm really sure he won vs Borg on clay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CBsYFNauIU
(although it wasn't exactly red)

Best player never to win when facing Lukas Rosol: Nadal

By far the best player to never play without at least some kind of dirty gamesmanship?
Nadal.

The best player to never speak any understandable English? Murray.

That would be Nadal. 11 slams is better than 1.

Cool opening thread. I think you've hit them all.

Best CC player to never win the RG?

I would say Coria...

Best female player to never win Wimbledon: Justine Henin