Lendl playing doubles...Mixed doubles!!!

SpaceCadet · 10-09-2009, 08:16 AM

I'd heard about these matches, but never seen any. This is a great clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBedBUjcgI

Mick · 10-09-2009, 08:18 AM

wow. lendl and graf on the same team

SpaceCadet · 10-09-2009, 09:13 AM

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wow. lendl and graf on the same team

Yup! Did a big double-take on that one!

Did you see how Emilio and Ivan tagged each other, but still smiled through it?

Mick · 10-09-2009, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SpaceCadet

Yup! Did a big double-take on that one!

Did you see how Emilio and Ivan tagged each other, but still smiled through it?

i think it's because it's an exhibition match -- if it was a regular match, they probably would not have taken it that well

jimbo333 · 10-09-2009, 10:30 AM

Yeah it was an exhibition

But what racquet is Lendl using???

Is it a Prestige Pro paintjobbed as a Mizuno?

It certainly had lots of lead at 3 and 9 oclock, whatever it was (as can be seen right at end of clip)

SpaceCadet · 10-09-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbo333

Yeah it was an exhibition

But what racquet is Lendl using???

Is it a Prestige Pro paintjobbed as a Mizuno?

It certainly had lots of lead at 3 and 9 oclock, whatever it was (as can be seen right at end of clip)

I think it's the same as this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4GVllyLWhU

I've long wondered as well. If it is indeed a custom Bosworth frame, was there a non-custom sibling and did it ever hit the stores?

timnz · 10-09-2009, 01:07 PM

I had heard many years ago that Lendl spoke Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and English. I had never seen him speak German before.

He seems to not need any translation (unlike Sanchez) to the interviewer posing questions to him in German and seems to respond quickly.

jimbo333 · 10-09-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceCadet

I think it's the same as this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4GVllyLWhU

I've long wondered as well. If it is indeed a custom Bosworth frame, was there a non-custom sibling and did it ever hit the stores?

He's definitely using a Bosworth Fox frame in the clip you have just shown, and there are a few retail frames that are similar, in mold at least!

The one he is using with Steffi is a different frame to that one, anyone else have any ideas?

jimbo333 · 10-09-2009, 05:23 PM

Whoops!

Had another look, and it does look like the same racquet after all. The Bosworth Fox, with Mizuno paintjob

Darth_Timmaayyy!! · 10-09-2009, 11:11 PM

Wow, I forgot just how high Steffi's skirts were.. No leg-in's in those days guy's..

As for frames. Lendl was using his modified Mizuno frames, and Steffi looked like she was still using a blacked out 200G...

SpaceCadet · 10-24-2009, 07:29 AM

Another clip from the same tournament. This time it's Lendl/Graf vs. McEnroe/Garrison-Jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3uuhPGLa4

What racquet is McEnroe using? It's no longer the Max 200G. It looks different from Graf's.

jimbo333 · 10-24-2009, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SpaceCadet

Another clip from the same tournament. This time it's Lendl/Graf vs. McEnroe/Garrison-Jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3uuhPGLa4

What racquet is McEnroe using? It's no longer the Max 200G. It looks different from Graf's.

Great to see this

Lendl was definitely using the Bosworth Fox Mizuno, Steffi definitely using the purple/green Max200G. I just can't clearly see what McEnroe was using but I agree it doesn't seem to be a Max200G, possibly one of the Snauwaerts he was trying out around that time!

Whatever it was he didn't like it

galain · 10-25-2009, 03:35 AM

Yeas - strange to see Lendl without his adidas frame.

And it's obvious he was never going to be a world class doubles player, but it's equally obvious he knew the doubles game better than he was ever given credit for. Nice vid - thanks for posting it!

SpaceCadet · 10-26-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by galain

Yeas - strange to see Lendl without his adidas frame.

And it's obvious he was never going to be a world class doubles player, but it's equally obvious he knew the doubles game better than he was ever given credit for. Nice vid - thanks for posting it!

Glad you liked the vids! I had fun watching them.

Lendl did win 6 doubles tournaments, and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of 20. Not too shabby!

galain · 10-25-2009, 03:39 AM

By the way - was the Bosworth frame he was using a custom built Bosworth job, or a Fox frame modified by Bosworth? Anyone know?

jimbo333 · 10-25-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by galain

By the way - was the Bosworth frame he was using a custom built Bosworth job, or a Fox frame modified by Bosworth? Anyone know?

I think it was a Fox frame modified by Bosworth with a Mizuno stencil, but I could be wrong.

Also it's interesting that nobody can work out which racquet McEnroe is playing with!

SpaceCadet · 10-26-2009, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbo333

Also it's interesting that nobody can work out which racquet McEnroe is playing with!

Hard to believe that the board is stumped!

Somebody's gotta know what stick McEnroe's using. Didn't he swtich to Volkl after the 200G? Could this be the Volkl prototype?

hoodjem · 10-26-2009, 08:02 AM

Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/user/stehag1#p/a/u/0/t7MRuln582k
around 2:30-40 and you will see the strangest backhand--McEnroe's chop.

kiki · 11-17-2012, 10:45 AM

Mandlikova was asked why she never played mixed doubles with Lendl, whom she knew from their junior days ( and were pretty good friends back then). " You know, I play doubles for fun...and Ivan isn´t the funniest person in the world"

Great Uncle Bulgaria · 11-18-2012, 04:53 AM

If memory serves he also played the Hopman Cup with Mary Jo Fernandez. The only time he represented the US I think.

10-09-2009, 08:16 AM	#1
SpaceCadet New User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 63	Lendl playing doubles...Mixed doubles!!! I'd heard about these matches, but never seen any. This is a great clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBedBUjcgI

10-09-2009, 10:30 AM	#5
jimbo333 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Windsor, England Posts: 3,987	Yeah it was an exhibition But what racquet is Lendl using??? Is it a Prestige Pro paintjobbed as a Mizuno? It certainly had lots of lead at 3 and 9 oclock, whatever it was (as can be seen right at end of clip) __________________ :)

10-09-2009, 01:07 PM	#7
timnz Hall Of Fame Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,650	Lendl German Speaker? I had heard many years ago that Lendl spoke Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and English. I had never seen him speak German before. He seems to not need any translation (unlike Sanchez) to the interviewer posing questions to him in German and seems to respond quickly.

10-09-2009, 05:23 PM	#9
jimbo333 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Windsor, England Posts: 3,987	Whoops! Had another look, and it does look like the same racquet after all. The Bosworth Fox, with Mizuno paintjob __________________ :)

10-25-2009, 03:35 AM	#13
galain Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,824	Yeas - strange to see Lendl without his adidas frame. And it's obvious he was never going to be a world class doubles player, but it's equally obvious he knew the doubles game better than he was ever given credit for. Nice vid - thanks for posting it! __________________ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"