Or at least it will be if one of the usual suspects wins USO this year.
Closest I can think of is Moya who was 24 when Safin won USO in 2000.
Did I overlook someone?
I do not understand this thread at all..
you overlooked being accurate for a bloody start..
del potro is 24yrs old not 25, ..this is a thread for after sept 23rd when jmdp is 25.
op Is Saying That Del Potro Is The Youngest Grand Slam Champion Alive
Op Is Correct
I'm guessing the OP means that Del Potro is currently the youngest active player to have won a Slam. Not sure what he means by has it 'ever happened before' though!
Hewitt won us open when he was 20 and wim. When 21
I can't believe how dumb some of the posters in this thread are to not understand the question. Or maybe I can because it really explains the idiocy in this forum.
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I just picked a year at random...... end of 1972
Ilie Nastase: 26
Stan Smith: 26
Andres Gimeno: 35
Ken Rosewall: 38
John Newcombe: 28
Jan Kodes: 26
Arthur Ashe: 29
Rod Laver: 34
William Bowery: 29
Roy Emerson: 36
Manuel Santana: 34
Fred Stolle: 34
Tony Roach: 27
Chuck McKinley: 31
That's going back 10 years so I doubt if any 15 year olds won a GS before that!
Sometimes I think posters just want to point out that one of their favourites achieved something great, so before they've finished reading a question, they seize their moment.I can't believe how dumb some of the posters in this thread are to not understand the question. Or maybe I can because it really explains the idiocy in this forum.
OP is surprised to learn that the youngest active slam champion is 24, which is very old in tennis terms. Yes, we are all aware that others have won slams at a younger age - that is the point of this thread you fools. I too wonder if we will ever have another teen slam champ, and when the younger generation will step up.
The early 90s generation is rubbish, that's why. Raonic, Tomic, Dimitrov and co. are subpar.
I'm guessing the OP means that Del Potro is currently the youngest active player to have won a Slam. Not sure what he means by has it 'ever happened before' though!
As I've mentioned before, Janowicz is the only man born in the 1990s who has reached a slam semi-final. Considering that now includes everyone aged up to 23, that's pretty shocking.
En même temps, le titre/premier post du sujet sont mal fichus.../The thread's title/OP are vague...Yeah i was thinking the same(and my native language is not even english)
It is kind of peculiar isn't it?Or at least it will be if one of the usual suspects wins USO this year.
Closest I can think of is Moya who was 24 when Safin won USO in 2000.
Did I overlook someone?
I can't believe how dumb some of the posters in this thread are to not understand the question. Or maybe I can because it really explains the idiocy in this forum.
OP is surprised to learn that the youngest active slam champion is 24, which is very old in tennis terms. Yes, we are all aware that others have won slams at a younger age - that is the point of this thread you fools. I too wonder if we will ever have another teen slam champ, and when the younger generation will step up.
I do not understand this thread at all..
The slam winners in 1973 were Newcombe, Nastase and Kodes, so by the end of 1973, there would be no-one under the age of 27 who'd won a slam. :shock:
En même temps, le titre/premier post du sujet sont mal fichus.../The thread's title/OP are vague...
You'd think it's about "The youngest slam champion on Tour", but the OP mentions Moya... You could think it's about "The youngest slam champion ever", but then JMDP is out of question since some players won a slam while being much younger. You could also think it's about "The youngest USO champion" since the OP mentions Moya and Del Potro but while the USO is being mentioned in the OP, it isn't specifically mentioned in the title of the thread. But I guess we're talking about either Sampras or Chang.
And of course, when the question needs clarification, the OP is nowhere to be found.
I can't believe how dumb some of the posters in this thread are to not understand the question. Or maybe I can because it really explains the idiocy in this forum.
OP is surprised to learn that the youngest active slam champion is 24, which is very old in tennis terms. Yes, we are all aware that others have won slams at a younger age - that is the point of this thread you fools. I too wonder if we will ever have another teen slam champ, and when the younger generation will step up.
You are full or it -- or just full of yourself. The OP's intent was not clear at all.
It's mostly non English posters who understood him. Maybe that sentence construction is how they speak translated literally so the syntax isn't so confusing and full of different possibilities to them.
It's very bad, unclear English though. If you got that from reading it the first time, then (paradoxically) your English probably needs work .
+1What? The question isn't confusing in the slightest if you actually read it carefully.
Indeed. The questionmark suggests .... a question, not a statement. Throughly clearified by "Did I overlook someone?"'Youngest grand slam champion being 25 - ever happened before?' very obviously translates to 'Has it ever happened before where the youngest grand slam champion on tour was 25?'
Unfortunatly I don't camp this forum. I still appreciate all contribution from those who do though.And of course, when the question needs clarification, the OP is nowhere to be found.
Pure randomness....I just picked a year at random...... end of 1972
As I've mentioned before, Janowicz is the only man born in the 1990s who has reached a slam semi-final. Considering that now includes everyone aged up to 23, that's pretty shocking.
But is it because the youngsters are too bad or that the top 4 are too good?
probably the open era 'record' in that matter, right before the crowning of connors and borg ?The slam winners in 1973 were Newcombe, Nastase and Kodes, so by the end of 1973, there would be no-one under the age of 27 who'd won a slam. :shock:
Has there ever been a point where the youngest active major winner was 24 besides now? That is the question. A valid one indeed. Further evidence of some sort of failure in development of talent on the mens tour.
It's mostly non English posters who understood him. Maybe that sentence construction is how they speak translated literally so the syntax isn't so confusing and full of different possibilities to them.
It's very bad, unclear English though. If you got that from reading it the first time, then (paradoxically) your English probably needs work .