Great Comebacks and saves

FedForGOAT · 10-26-2007, 04:58 PM

I was wondering, what's the greatest # of match points, set points, break points saved in a single match? what's the record for the numder of times a person served for a match and lost (in a single match)? what about in a high profile match?

hoosierbr · 10-26-2007, 05:28 PM

Don't know about records but I know in 2004 or 05 Rainer Schuettler saved 11 match points and won the match. Don't recall who it was against.

Todd Martin was up 5-1 in the fifth set against Mal Washington in the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1996 and lost.

iamke55 · 10-26-2007, 06:36 PM

There have been some disgusting comebacks in the WTA.

FedForGOAT · 10-26-2007, 06:41 PM

like what? (10 chr.)

Leelord337 · 10-26-2007, 08:45 PM

Lisa raymond came back from 6-0 5-0 down to win the match. I forgot who she was playing though.

Eviscerator · 10-26-2007, 09:31 PM

Connors probably made the most comebacks of any top pro. I think in one match he was down 2 sets and 0-4 in the next and came back to win. Several of his USO matches during his 1991 run such as him beating Krickstein in 5 sets being down 2-5 in the 5th for example.

Rhino · 10-27-2007, 12:33 AM

1927 was a funny year for winning a Slam Final after saving match points:
Australian - Patterson d. Hawkes 36, 64, 36, 18-16, 63 -- Saved 5 M.P.
Roland Garros - Lacoste d. Bill Tilden 64, 46, 57, 63, 11-9 -- Saved 2 M.P.
Wimbledon - Henri Cochet d. Jean Borotra 46, 46, 63, 64, 75 -- Saved 6 M.P.

jaggy · 10-27-2007, 12:23 PM

Im thinking of 2 at the French but I dont have exact details. Mary Jo over Sabatini after being down a set and 5-0 or 5-1 I think, and also Sundstrom over someone (Gildmeister?) after being down 2 sets and 5-0 or 5-1 and coming back to win.

krprunitennis2 · 10-27-2007, 12:51 PM

Federer against Djokovic on those setpoints on the latest US Open. xD

It was like, "You want this point? You want this point? awww, too bad. You'll never get this." after Djokovic beat Federer on a previous tournament.

Well those were my thoughts when I was watching the final. They're both cool, but that was pretty funny. xD

Tempest344 · 10-28-2007, 01:56 AM

Hewitt in Davis Cup 2003 against Fed
lost the first two but came back
5-7 2-6 7-6 7-5 6-1

also I'd say Gasquet at Wimbledon this year against Roddick, Great Match

Rhino · 10-28-2007, 02:24 AM

Federer beating Nadal in Miami '05.
Down two sets, and is 2 points from defeat in the third, comes back and takes down a tired Nadal in 5.

vive le beau jeu ! · 10-28-2007, 04:25 AM

are there some stats somewhere about the number of tournaments and matches won having saved match points in the career ?
that would be interesting.

LeftyServe · 10-28-2007, 04:59 AM

The greatest match-point saving in a Grand Slam championship final occurred in a losing effort. Roland Garros 2000: Magnus Norman saved 10 championship points against Kuerten in that match, but Kuerten clinched it on the 11th.

vive le beau jeu ! · 10-28-2007, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

are there some stats somewhere about the number of tournaments and matches won having saved match points in the career ?
that would be interesting.

found this on mentennisforums, it only comes back to 1993 but that's still interesting:

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2007
- Ljubicic saved 2 MP's in SF (against Soderling) in Doha
- Youzhny saved 3 MP's in SF (against Djokovic) in Rotterdam
- Roddick saved 1 MP in F (against Mahut) in Queens Club
- Blake saved 3 MP's in 3R (against Calleri) in New Haven
- Robredo saved 2 MP's in 1R (against Mayer) in Metz
- Djokovic saved 2 MP's in QF (against Chela) in Vienna
- Karlovic saved 1 MP in QF (against Clement) in Stockholm

2006
- Ljubicic saved 1 MP in SF (against Vliegen) in Chennai
- Bracciali saved 1 MP in QF (against Horna) in Casablanca
- Nadal saved 2 MP's in F (against Federer) in Rome
- Federer saved 4 MP's in QF (against O.Rochus) in Halle
- Ferrer saved 1 MP in F (against Acasuso) in Stuttgart
- Federer saved 3 MP's in RR (against Roddick) in Shanghai-TMC

2005
- Safin saved 1 MP in SF (against Federer) in AUSTRALIAN OPEN
- Federer saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Ferrero) in Dubai
- Gaudio saved 1 MP in 1R (against Hernych) in Estoril
- Ginperi saved 3 MP's in QF (against Roddick) in Indianapolis
- Serra saved 3 MP's in 1R (against Crivoi) in Bucharest
- Moodie saved 4 MP's in SF (against Nieminen) & 2 MP's in F (against Ancic) in Tokyo

2004
- Moya saved 1 MP in 2R (against Goldstein) in Chennai
- Dupuis saved 2 MP's in QF (against Youzhny) in Milan
- Gaudio saved 2 MP's in F (against Coria) in ROLAND GARROS
- Roddick saved 3 MP's in SF (against Ljubicic) in Indianapolis
- Davydenko saved 1 MP in SF (against Youzhny) & 3 MP's in F (against Rusedski) in Moscow

2003
- Davydenko saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Ljubicic) in Adelaide
- H.T.Lee saved 1 MP in F (against Ferrero) in Sydney
- Agassi saved 1 MP in QF (against Voltchkov) in San Jose
- Hewitt saved 3 MP's in 1R (against El Aynaoui) in Indian Wells
- Roddick saved 1 MP in SF (against Agassi) in Queens Club
- Henman saved 1 MP in SF (against Roddick) in Washington
- Ferreira saved 3 MP in F (against Hewitt) in Los Angeles
- Roddick saved 2 MP's in F (against Fish) in Cincinnati
- Roddick saved 1 MP in SF (against Nalbandian) in US OPEN
- D.Sanchez saved 4 MP's in SF (against Acasuso) in Bucharest
- Massu saved 3 MP's in F (against Mathieu) in Palermo
- Ferrero saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Ferreria) in Madrid
- Federer saved 2 MP's in RR (against Agassi) in Houston-TMC

2002
- Enqvist saved 2 MP's in SF (against Kafelnikov) in Marseille
- Escude saved 3 MP's in SF (against Grosjean) in Rotterdam
- Hewitt saved 4 MP's in 2R (against Srichaphan) & 2 MP's in F (against Agassi) in San Jose
- Massu saved 2 MP's in F (against Calleri) in Buenos Aires
- El Aynaoui saved 3 MP's in QF (against Mathieu) in Casablanca
- Nalbandian saved 3 MP's in 2R (against Ferrero) in Estoril
- Ferrero saved 1 MP in 2R (against Mantilla) in Monte Carlo
- N.Lapentti saved 4 MP's in 2R (against Labadze) in St. Polten
- Kuerten saved 1 MP in F (against Coria) in Salvador
- Carlsen saved 1 MP in 3R (against Chela) in Tokyo
- Mathieu saved 1 MP in SF (against Pless) in Lyon

2001
- Ferrero saved 3 MP's in SF (against Hrbaty) in Dubai
- Gambill saved 3 MP's in QF (against Woodruff) & 3 MP's in SF (against Arthurs) in Delray Beach
- Ferrero saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Voinea) in Barcelona
- Kuerten saved 1 MP in 4R (against Russell) in ROLAND GARROS
- Godwin saved 1 MP in SF (against Carlsen) in Newport
- Rafter saved 1 MP in SF (against Safin) in Indianapolis
- Mantilla saved 9 MP's in SF (against Portas) in Palermo
- Haas saved 2 MP's in SF (against Enqvist) in Vienna
- Ljubicic saved 1 MP in SF (against Safin) in Lyon

2000
- Chela saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Kuerten) in Mexico City
- Safin saved 3 MP's in QF (against Sampras) in Toronto
- M.Norman saved 2 MP's in F (against Enqvist) in Long Island
- Balcells saved 1 MP in F (against Hantschk) in Bucharest
- Schalken saved 2 MP's in SF (against Arazi) in Tokyo
- Henman saved 2 MP's in SF (against Federer) in Vienna
- T.Johansson saved 5 MP's in QF (against Bjorkman) in Stockholm

1999
- Rios saved 1 MP in F (against Zabaleta) in Hamburg
- Vicente saved 3 MP's in F (against Arazi) in Merano
- Rafter saved 1 MP in F (against Pavel) in s'Hertogenbosch
- A.Martin saved 10 MP's in 1R (against Voinea) in Bucharest
- M.Norman saved 4 MP's in F (against Rios) in Shanghai
- Rusedski saved 1 MP in F (against Kiefer) in Vienna
- N.Lapentti saved 1 MP in 2R (against Siemerink) & 1 MP in SF (against Gustafsson) in Lyon

1998
- Hewitt saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Woodforde) in Adelaide
- Kucera saved 2 MP's in SF (against Tebbutt) in Sydney
- Rusedski saved 5 MP's in 2R (against Raoux) in Antwerp
- Siemerink saved 1 MP in 1R (against Ivanisevic) in Rotterdam
- A.Costa saved 1 MP in 1R (against Medvedev) in Hamburg
- Rafter saved 1 MP in 2R (against Medvedev) in s'Hertogenbosch
- Corretja saved 1 MP in F (against Haas) in Lyon
- Corretja saved 3 MP's in SF (against Sampras) in Hanover-TMC

1997
- Tillstrom saved 2 MP's in F (against Radulescu) in Madras
- Kafelnikov saved 3 MP's in F (against Korda) in Halle
- M.Norman saved 1 MP in 2R (against Voinea) in Bastad
- Chang saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Herrera) in Washington
- Woodruff saved 1 MP in 2R (against Siemerink) in Montreal
- Mantilla saved 3 MP's in 1R (against Fromberg) in San Marino
- Henman saved 1 MP in 1R (against Cahmpion) in Tashkent
- Gustafsson saved 2 MP's in SF (against T.Johansson) in Singapur
- Ivanisevic saved 4 MP's in SF (against Krajicek) in Vienna
- Kucera saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Carlsen) in Ostrava

1996
- Dosedel saved 1 MP in SF (against Becker) in Munich
- Meligeni saved 5 MP's in 2R (against Woodbridge) & 1 MP in QF (against Rafter) in Pinehurst
- A.Costa saved 2 MP's in 1R (against Dosedel) in Gstaad
- Sampras saved 1 MP in QF (against Corretja) in US OPEN
- Philippoussis saved 1 MP in QF (against Arazi) in Toulouse

1995
- P.McEnroe saved 1 MP in 1R (against Braasch) in Sydney
- Kafelnikov saved 1 MP in F (against Becker) in Milan
- Sinner saved 2 MP's in F (against Olhovskiy) in Copenhagen
- Muster saved 1 MP in QF (against J.Sanchez) in Estoril
- Muster saved 1 MP in 1R (against Burillo) in Barcelona
- Muster saved 2 MP's in F (against Becker) in Monte Carlo
- Sampras saved 3 MP's in SF (against Goellner) in Queens Club
- Rosset saved 7 MP's in F (against Stich) in Halle
- Muster saved 3 MP's in 1R (against Dewulf) in St. Polten
- Muster saved 4 MP's in SF (against Bruguera) in Stuttgart
- Rios saved 1 MP in QF (against Karbacher) in Amsterdam
- Agassi saved 2 MP's in F (against Krajicek) in New Haven
- Muster saved 3 MP's in F (against C.Costa) in Umag

* Muster won 6 of 12 tournaments in 1995 after saving at least one MP!!! He won also Rome 1990 after saving 3 MP's in the semifinal.

1994
- Ferreira saved 1 MP in 1R (against Zoecke) in Oahu
- Agassi saved 2 MP's in 3R (against Wheaton) & 2 MP's in QF (against Bruguera) in Toronto
- Becker saved 2 MP's in QF (against Braasch) in Los Angeles
- Berasategui saved 1 MP in F (against Corretja) in Palermo

1993
- Courier saved 1 MP in 2R (against Steven) & 1 MP in QF (against Stark) in Memphis
- Stich saved 2 MP's in 2R (against Rosset) in Stuttgart-Indoor
- Bruguera saved 3 MP's in SF (against Muster) in Monte Carlo
- Stich saved 4 MP's in SF (against Morgan) in Queens Club
- Leconte saved 2 MP's in QF (against Reneberg) in Halle
- Pescosolido saved 2 MP's in SF (against Muster) in Tel Aviv
- Ivanisevic saved 1 MP in 2R (against Svensson) in Paris
- Korda saved 5 MP's in SF (against Sampras) in Munich-CGSC

noeledmonds · 10-28-2007, 05:14 AM

Lendl vs. McEnroe FO 1984- Lendl comes back from 2 sets to love down to beat McEnroe in 5 sets

Borg vs. Orantes FO 1974- Borg comes back from 2 sets to love down to crush Orantes in the last 3 sets 6-0 6-1 6-1

Sampras vs. Corretja USO 1996- Sampras throws up on court but still saves a match point in the 5th set tiebreak and wins the match, and later the tournament

Safin vs. Federer AO 2005- Safin saves match point in 4th set tiebreak and goes on to win the match in a long 5th set

Agassi vs. Blake USO 2005- Agassi comes back from 2 sets to love down to beat blake in a epic 5th set

saram · 10-28-2007, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhino

Federer beating Nadal in Miami '05.
Down two sets, and is 2 points from defeat in the third, comes back and takes down a tired Nadal in 5.

That was a wonderful match to watch. I had the VCR recording it. Saw that Rafa was "going to win" and left the house. Came home, played the tape, and was blown away by the end result...

Moose Malloy · 10-28-2007, 04:14 PM

this get my vote, wish I could get a copy of it:

"The lights at the West Side Tennis Club shine on one of the greatest comebacks in tennis history as Manuel Orantes saves five match points and comes back from being down two-sets-to-one and 0-5 in the fourth set to defeat Guillermo Vilas, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4, in the semifinals. Less than 18 hours after defeating Vilas, Orantes upsets top-seeded and defending champion Connors, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the men's singles final."

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/years.html

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found this on mentennisforums, it only comes back to 1993 but that's still interesting

very interesting, to see players win an event after almost losing. sadly, that list is probably the only way to find out about any 'records' on this matter.

I had no idea about Muster in '95!

FedForGOAT · 10-28-2007, 09:46 PM

thanks vive le beau jeu !, great info.

tbonegas · 10-29-2007, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhino

Federer beating Nadal in Miami '05.
Down two sets, and is 2 points from defeat in the third, comes back and takes down a tired Nadal in 5.

Remember that one,Rafa was ripped off by the worst line call ever.Otherwise he would have whipped Federers candy ***

Rhino · 10-29-2007, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

found this on mentennisforums, it only comes back to 1993 but that's still interesting:

Wow, nice find vive le beau jeu !

10-26-2007, 04:58 PM	#1
FedForGOAT Professional Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 921	Great Comebacks and saves I was wondering, what's the greatest # of match points, set points, break points saved in a single match? what's the record for the numder of times a person served for a match and lost (in a single match)? what about in a high profile match?

10-26-2007, 05:28 PM	#2
hoosierbr Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,831	Don't know about records but I know in 2004 or 05 Rainer Schuettler saved 11 match points and won the match. Don't recall who it was against. Todd Martin was up 5-1 in the fifth set against Mal Washington in the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1996 and lost. __________________ twitter.com/ramjamvan

10-26-2007, 08:45 PM	#5
Leelord337 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: univ houston courts Posts: 3,622	Lisa raymond came back from 6-0 5-0 down to win the match. I forgot who she was playing though. __________________ Member of the "Hope Federer will keep Winning Everything for 2013 Club"

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