Playes who retired in a GS final !!!

[RajFederer]

Any idea guys?
have u ever heard of players who retired in a GS final and handed over the trophy to the other guy?

I'm just thinking of it.. Anything like that happened in the past

[veroniquem]

Not gonna happen.

[Nitish]

Originally Posted by RajFederer

Any idea guys?
have u ever heard of players who retired in a GS final and handed over the trophy to the other guy?

I'm just thinking of it.. Anything like that happened in the past

i remember henin retiring once in a final agaisnt mauresmo

[Nitish]

Originally Posted by Nitish

i remember henin retiring once in a final agaisnt mauresmo

it was the 2006 australian open

[RajFederer]

Originally Posted by Nitish

it was the 2006 australian open

Yeah thought of it.. It might have happened more in women's singles

[Hops]

only time on the men's side Open Era - Lendl d. Edberg 1990 AO

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/29/sp...pulls-out.html

"Ivan Lendl was handed the Australian Open title when a pulled abdominal muscle forced Stefan Edberg to retire from the Australian Open final late in the third set with the score, 4-6, 7-6, 5-2.

The strained muscle, which Edberg injured in the semifinals, hampered the Swede from the opening game of the match, restricting his movement around court.


''Maybe if I could have got that second set I could have bluffed my way through and won in three sets,'' Edberg said. ''But right after the second set I thought I wasn't going to last much longer. There's no way I could beat Ivan by staying back and not being able to serve.''

[tacou]

Yeah Henin did it just a few years ago

[kishnabe]

Frank Shields Wimbledon final...withdrew with Ankle problems.

Henin 2006 Aussie. Lendl Edberg 1990 Australia.

Barett retired against Wilding in the 1911 Wimbledon finals.

[augustobt]

If for any reason Tipsarevic reaches one, he will retire.