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Forum: General Pro Player Discussion Today, 10:36 AM
Replies: 94
How can the GOAT be a turkey?
Views: 1,266
Posted By mattennis
The five biggest tournaments (in this era)...

The five biggest tournaments (in this era) :

Australian Open:

Federer: 4 titles.
Nadal: 1 title.


Roland Garros:
Forum: Pro Match Results and Discussion Yesterday, 01:52 PM
Replies: 1,168
Poll: Rome Final: [5] Nadal VS [2] Federer
Views: 27,127
Posted By mattennis
He will be sixth

He will be sixth
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion Yesterday, 01:40 PM
Replies: 36
The Dreaded Rivalry: Federer v. Nadal
Views: 1,978
Posted By mattennis
He will join Djokovic in defeating prime Nadal...

He will join Djokovic in defeating prime Nadal three times on clay ( prime Nadal on clay=since 2005 Monte Carlo ). :)
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion Yesterday, 12:46 PM
Replies: 105
Federer mentally the toughest in history?
Views: 2,539
Posted By mattennis
It is only here. Every Sampras fan I have ever...

It is only here. Every Sampras fan I have ever met (in the real world) is also a Federer fan.

And in general, every tennis lover I meet/met outside internet, is a lover of all the great players of...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion Yesterday, 12:34 PM
Replies: 53
Federer's unique clay streak
Views: 3,440
Posted By mattennis
Federer is amazing. He reaches his third final in...

Federer is amazing. He reaches his third final in Rome at 31 years old.

12 consecutive years reaching at least one big clay final.

A tennis genius.
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-17-2013, 01:53 PM
Replies: 119
Federer would have been bad in the 90's?
Views: 2,962
Posted By mattennis
Federer would have been great in any era, just...

Federer would have been great in any era, just like any other great would have been great in any era.
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 05-17-2013, 01:46 PM
Replies: 99
Help me compare across eras!
Views: 1,725
Posted By mattennis
This is how it is in other sports (Formula One,...

This is how it is in other sports (Formula One, Rallying, Motorcycling...). The one with more "Championships" (more year-champion) is seen as the greatest.

But again, for me, it is unfair to compare...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 05-17-2013, 01:36 PM
Replies: 99
Help me compare across eras!
Views: 1,725
Posted By mattennis
Strings are a factor too, yes, but so what? The...

Strings are a factor too, yes, but so what? The end result is that currently top players don't need to change dramatically their style to be competitive everywhere and they always play against...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 05-17-2013, 12:27 PM
Replies: 99
Help me compare across eras!
Views: 1,725
Posted By mattennis
Well, as I said, it doesn't matter when you...

Well, as I said, it doesn't matter when you compare Federer to Nadal, or Nadal to Djokovic, because all them benefited greatly of the homogeneization of conditions, of the unique baseline game, of...
Forum: Former Pro Player Talk 05-17-2013, 08:18 AM
Replies: 99
Help me compare across eras!
Views: 1,725
Posted By mattennis
You are right Yes, agree on almost...

You are right



Yes, agree on almost everything.

This last era (last 10 years or so) is so different in so many things (as you and I have stated so many times), it makes...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-16-2013, 04:00 AM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
Only if you take it for granted that Nadal would...

Only if you take it for granted that Nadal would have had those exact results in any other era, which is a wild speculation given how different conditions and players were in different eras.
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-16-2013, 01:17 AM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
It is true that in past eras the difference...

It is true that in past eras the difference between GS and "other tournaments" was not like it is today. Top players skipped some GS (mainly AusOpen and Roland Garros) many times for different...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-16-2013, 01:02 AM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
That is right. It is reflected in the weeks at...

That is right. It is reflected in the weeks at nš1, weeks at nš2....Not only GS finals, but also GS SF, GS QF, other tournaments wins.....

If you change all of the 11 lost GS finals of Lendl for...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 03:04 PM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
I think you didn't understand the example. In...

I think you didn't understand the example.

In the example, what do you think will happen more often, a) or b)?

I can tell you that b) will never happen, and a) can happen easily.


From that it is...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 02:03 PM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
jg153040, what do you think will happen sooner...

jg153040, what do you think will happen sooner (or more likely) :

a) Ussain Bolt winning 5 consecutive 100 meters races in one year (against the best runners of the world obviously)

b) One man...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 01:28 PM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
Any ranking across eras is senseless. The ranking...

Any ranking across eras is senseless. The ranking timnz is using, weight the tournaments as it is done currently in the ATP.

Why not as it was done in the 90s? Why not as it was done in the 80s? why...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 12:49 PM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
Yes, I made countless of "systems" in the past,...

Yes, I made countless of "systems" in the past, it was fun. I've been watching tennis since the late 60s, I've seen so many great players.

But I also undestood that you can not translate everything...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 12:04 PM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
Yes, many people make this type of "rankings" out...

Yes, many people make this type of "rankings" out of fun or spare time.

In my case, just for fun too, but I know that it is pointless and it tells me nothing I didn't already know.

For example, I...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 11:40 AM
Replies: 117
The Greatness Formula!
Views: 2,923
Posted By mattennis
Well, that is more or less how I evaluate great...

Well, that is more or less how I evaluate great players (mostly GS + WTF and weeks at nš1 and/or Year-End-Nš1), but I only compare players from the same era.

And I totally agree with you that...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-15-2013, 09:14 AM
Replies: 539
If Joker beats Nadal at the FO he may be the greatest of all time
Views: 16,563
Posted By mattennis
Yes, that's quite amazing, really. Nadal's...

Yes, that's quite amazing, really.

Nadal's victories over Djokovic in that set of tournaments (GS, M-1000, WTF) :

IW
MC
Madrid
Rome
RG
WB
Forum: Pro Match Results and Discussion 05-14-2013, 02:11 PM
Replies: 928
Poll: 2013 Rome Masters - general discussion
Views: 24,743
Posted By mattennis
How does it end? Their head-to-head is...

How does it end?

Their head-to-head is extremely close ( 8-7 ) and Verdasco leads on clay ( 6-5 ).
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-14-2013, 03:09 AM
Replies: 28
Updated Open era tournament achievement rankings at current ATP weightings
Views: 2,965
Posted By mattennis
You already know why your ranking is flawed...

You already know why your ranking is flawed (because I told you why), but any ranking of that sort (trying to compare achievements from different eras) will be flawed.
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-14-2013, 03:04 AM
Replies: 8
italian open
Views: 1,028
Posted By mattennis
Right now (in the last few years) the 9 M-1000...

Right now (in the last few years) the 9 M-1000 tournaments give the same amount of points ( 1000 points ), but in earlier eras it wasn't this way.

The Italian Open was really the second most...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-14-2013, 02:41 AM
Replies: 539
If Joker beats Nadal at the FO he may be the greatest of all time
Views: 16,563
Posted By mattennis
Well, that quote from Boris Becker is totally...

Well, that quote from Boris Becker is totally sensible, because what he means (in my opinion) is precisely that you can NOT know what numbers/statistics/achievements... the greatest player from one...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 05-13-2013, 01:35 PM
Replies: 539
If Joker beats Nadal at the FO he may be the greatest of all time
Views: 16,563
Posted By mattennis
Really then why is this going on for 16 pages and...

Really then why is this going on for 16 pages and countless other threads.

Obviously quite a few dispute it.[/QUOTE]

Well, for me it is clear that comparing different eras is meaningless (because...
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