Would you rather win your only Major title early in your career or later on?

FrontHeadlock · Nov 23, 2020

Examples of guys who won early and never again are Roddick, Chang and DelPotro.

Examples of guys who won later are Gomez, Muster, Korda.

Personally I'd much rather win later after struggling and paying my dues. There's something nice about winning a Major as the culmination of one's career.

I suppose the benefit to winning early might be more overall endorsement dollars, but mentally I think it's tougher to start on a high and then never feel like you can live up to that level. Someone like Chang for example probably savored his RG win a lot less than someone like Muster.

BackhandDTL · Nov 23, 2020

Id rather win the WTF.

socallefty · Nov 23, 2020

Win early, get nice endorsement contracts early and secure your family’s financial future. If you win late, you might not get the same impact on endorsements.

Deleted member 771911 · Nov 23, 2020

Get it done early. You get loads of respect for being a slam winner. Pretty much whatever else happens in your career is a bonus.

Rafa4LifeEver · Nov 23, 2020

FrontHeadlock said:
Examples of guys who won early and never again are Roddick, Chang and DelPotro.

Examples of guys who won later are Gomez, Muster, Korda.

Personally I'd much rather win later after struggling and paying my dues. There's something nice about winning a Major as the culmination of one's career.

I suppose the benefit to winning early might be more overall endorsement dollars, but mentally I think it's tougher to start on a high and then never feel like you can live up to that level. Someone like Chang for example probably savored his RG win a lot less than someone like Muster.

Early to create del potro alike hype and what-if scenarios.

Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil · Nov 23, 2020

Late. Win would feel sweeter while future pressure and career expectations would be lower. Earnings would be high enough for me not to care about not having even more.

citybert · Nov 23, 2020

socallefty said:
Win early, get nice endorsement contracts early and secure your family’s financial future. If you win late, you might not get the same impact on endorsements.

sharapova is proof. she said she was an 18 yr old wimbledon winner when she was probably 20/21 even those 2 yrs made a difference. but it was smart and she benefited a ton. Add to that she held off on signing any major deal until she got even more klout

r2473 · Nov 23, 2020

FrontHeadlock said:
Would you rather win your only Major title early in your career or later on?

Yes

BlueB · Nov 23, 2020

FrontHeadlock said:
Examples of guys who won later are Gomez, Muster, Korda

Goran, hello?

The Blond Blur · Nov 23, 2020

I’ll take the Goran slem for 1000 Alex.

FrontHeadlock · Nov 23, 2020

BlueB said:
Goran, hello?

I mean, I wasn’t trying to be exhaustive

Cupcake · Nov 23, 2020

Later. If I won one early, I'd keep being disappointed to not win another. And I might not realize how lucky it was to win any.

I remember how happy Goran was when he won Wimbledon. I was happy for him too. Same for Muster and Korda.

As for Roddick and Chang. In my mind neither ever really measured up after such a 'promising start'.

topher · Nov 23, 2020

I’m an American. If I won a slam young in this age of American mediocrity, I could be leading the tour in endorsements while I phoned it in for at least a decade. h/t to Roddick

FrontHeadlock · Nov 23, 2020

topher said:
I’m an American. If I won a slam young in this age of American mediocrity, I could be leading the tour in endorsements while I phoned it in for at least a decade. h/t to Roddick

How is Sofia Kenin doing with endorsements? And it’s not like she’s ugly or anything. Same with Sloane. Both won Majors and are pretty. I can’t remember seeing them in many endorsement spots.

topher · Nov 23, 2020

FrontHeadlock said:
How is Sofia Kenin doing with endorsements? And it’s not like she’s ugly or anything. Same with Sloane. Both won Majors and are pretty. I can’t remember seeing them in many endorsement spots.

I’m also a man, so not competing with Serena for attention.

BlueB · Nov 23, 2020

FrontHeadlock said:
I mean, I wasn’t trying to be exhaustive

Of course not. But, he's a legend, probably the best late slam story ever.

anarosevoli · Nov 23, 2020

Early, easily. Just for the greatest imaginable feeling in the world, to come back to a slam as former champion: This is even more enjoyable than winning itself because winning is just being afraid to lose until MP converted. Question to me is like asking if you want one or ten slams.

MeatTornado · Nov 23, 2020

You'll have a much greater appreciation for it if you win it late.

Look at how much it meant to guys like Fognini or Isner to finally win a Masters title in their 30s. Imagine if those were major titles.

Shaolin · Nov 23, 2020

Early for sure.

Bigger appearance fees for the rest of your career If nothing else.

Deleted member 771911 · Nov 24, 2020

Cupcake said:
Later. If I won one early, I'd keep being disappointed to not win another. And I might not realize how lucky it was to win any.

I remember how happy Goran was when he won Wimbledon. I was happy for him too. Same for Muster and Korda.

As for Roddick and Chang. In my mind neither ever really measured up after such a 'promising start'.

But isn't that more our expectations than theirs? We are saying they never measured up. That's our perspective, but maybe not theirs and maybe not everyone's, right?
They may have been very happy to have won their slam and come to terms with not winning more or not even expected to win more. I don't think guys who work that hard feel entitled to slams.

Cortana · Nov 24, 2020

Legacy-wise earlier. Winning a slam at 20 is a massive achievement.

But psychologically later. You will enjoy it much more if you fought 15+ years for it.

Krish872007 · Nov 24, 2020

I would win it whenever my opponents were peaking and the field was considered to be "strongest", defeating the best players in the world back to back. Would be talked about a lot in the years to come and any multi-Slam champs would be subjected to ridicule for losing to a MUG like myself.
Particularly if I was over 30

mike danny · Nov 24, 2020

Roddick winning 2009 Wimb would have meant just as much as winning your first slam late.

Nole_King · Nov 24, 2020

FrontHeadlock said:
Examples of guys who won early and never again are Roddick, Chang and DelPotro.

Examples of guys who won later are Gomez, Muster, Korda.

Personally I'd much rather win later after struggling and paying my dues. There's something nice about winning a Major as the culmination of one's career.

I suppose the benefit to winning early might be more overall endorsement dollars, but mentally I think it's tougher to start on a high and then never feel like you can live up to that level. Someone like Chang for example probably savored his RG win a lot less than someone like Muster.

Ask what is remembered more. Delpotro or Chang's first GS win or Ivanisevic's only win.

BackhandDTL · Nov 24, 2020

Winning after 17+ years of blood sweat and tears would be truly remarkable.

Beating Davydenko in the WTF final would be a dream come true

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