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Majority posters would agree that WTF is somewhere between a major and a MS1000 i.e. lower than a major and higher than a MS1000.
It seems people are undecided when it comes to comparing it with Olympics gold.
Let's take a look at the list of Olympic Gold winners,
1896 Athens John Pius Boland (GBR)
1900 Paris Laurence Doherty (GBR)
1904 St. Louis Beals Wright (USA)
1908 London Josiah Ritchie (GBR)
1912 Stockholm Charles Winslow (RSA)
1920 Antwerp Louis Raymond (RSA)
1924 Paris Vincent Richards (USA)
1928–1984 not included in the Olympic program
1988 Seoul Miloslav Mečíř (TCH)
1992 Barcelona Marc Rosset (SUI)
1996 Atlanta Andre Agassi (USA)
2000 Sydney Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
2004 Athens Nicolás Massú (CHI)
2008 Beijing Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2012 London Andy Murray (GBR)
Now let's take a look at the list of WTF winners,
2013 Novak Djokovic (3/3)
2012 Novak Djokovic (2/3)
2011 Roger Federer (6/6)
2010 Roger Federer (5/6)
2009 Nikolay Davydenko
2008 Novak Djokovic (1/3)
2007 Roger Federer (4/6)
2006 Roger Federer (3/6)
2005 David Nalbandian
2004 Roger Federer (2/6)
2003 Roger Federer (1/6)
2002 Lleyton Hewitt (2/2)
2001 Lleyton Hewitt (1/2)
2000 Gustavo Kuerten
1999 Pete Sampras (5/5)
1998 Àlex Corretja
1997 Pete Sampras (4/5)
1996 Pete Sampras (3/5)
1995 Boris Becker (3/3)
1994 Pete Sampras (2/5)
1993 Michael Stich
1992 Boris Becker (2/3)
1991 Pete Sampras (1/5)
1990 Andre Agassi
1989 Stefan Edberg
1988 Boris Becker (1/3)
1987 Ivan Lendl (5/5)
1986 Ivan Lendl (4/5)
1985 Ivan Lendl (3/5)
1984 John McEnroe (3/3)
1983 John McEnroe (2/3)
1982 Ivan Lendl (2/5)
1981 Ivan Lendl (1/5)
1980 Björn Borg (2/2)
1979 Björn Borg (1/2)
1978 John McEnroe (1/3)
1977 Jimmy Connors
1976 Manuel Orantes
1975 Ilie Năstase (4/4)
1974 Guillermo Vilas
1973 Ilie Năstase (3/4)
1972 Ilie Năstase (2/4)
1971 Ilie Năstase (1/4)
1970 Stan Smith
- Although Olympics has a very rich history, tennis in Olympics does not. It wasn't even a part of the Olympics for 56 years from 1928 to 1984.
- Only two all time greats have won Olympics gold...(Nadal & Agassi)
- A slew of all time greats have won WTF not just once, but multiple times (Federer, Sampras, Borg, Becker, Djokovic, Agassi, Edberg, lendl, McEnroe, Nastase, Vilas)
This tells me that the great players from their respective eras cared more about the WTF than the Olympics Gold. Only in recent times has the Olympics gold medal in tennis become important.
*** So if you believe Olympics gold is bigger than a WTF. Is it also bigger than multiple WTF's? Are you saying that no matter how many WTF's you win, an Olympic gold medal will trump all WTF's?
*** If you believe the WTF is more prestigious than Olympic gold medal, please provide your reasons.
It seems people are undecided when it comes to comparing it with Olympics gold.
Let's take a look at the list of Olympic Gold winners,
1896 Athens John Pius Boland (GBR)
1900 Paris Laurence Doherty (GBR)
1904 St. Louis Beals Wright (USA)
1908 London Josiah Ritchie (GBR)
1912 Stockholm Charles Winslow (RSA)
1920 Antwerp Louis Raymond (RSA)
1924 Paris Vincent Richards (USA)
1928–1984 not included in the Olympic program
1988 Seoul Miloslav Mečíř (TCH)
1992 Barcelona Marc Rosset (SUI)
1996 Atlanta Andre Agassi (USA)
2000 Sydney Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
2004 Athens Nicolás Massú (CHI)
2008 Beijing Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2012 London Andy Murray (GBR)
Now let's take a look at the list of WTF winners,
2013 Novak Djokovic (3/3)
2012 Novak Djokovic (2/3)
2011 Roger Federer (6/6)
2010 Roger Federer (5/6)
2009 Nikolay Davydenko
2008 Novak Djokovic (1/3)
2007 Roger Federer (4/6)
2006 Roger Federer (3/6)
2005 David Nalbandian
2004 Roger Federer (2/6)
2003 Roger Federer (1/6)
2002 Lleyton Hewitt (2/2)
2001 Lleyton Hewitt (1/2)
2000 Gustavo Kuerten
1999 Pete Sampras (5/5)
1998 Àlex Corretja
1997 Pete Sampras (4/5)
1996 Pete Sampras (3/5)
1995 Boris Becker (3/3)
1994 Pete Sampras (2/5)
1993 Michael Stich
1992 Boris Becker (2/3)
1991 Pete Sampras (1/5)
1990 Andre Agassi
1989 Stefan Edberg
1988 Boris Becker (1/3)
1987 Ivan Lendl (5/5)
1986 Ivan Lendl (4/5)
1985 Ivan Lendl (3/5)
1984 John McEnroe (3/3)
1983 John McEnroe (2/3)
1982 Ivan Lendl (2/5)
1981 Ivan Lendl (1/5)
1980 Björn Borg (2/2)
1979 Björn Borg (1/2)
1978 John McEnroe (1/3)
1977 Jimmy Connors
1976 Manuel Orantes
1975 Ilie Năstase (4/4)
1974 Guillermo Vilas
1973 Ilie Năstase (3/4)
1972 Ilie Năstase (2/4)
1971 Ilie Năstase (1/4)
1970 Stan Smith
- Although Olympics has a very rich history, tennis in Olympics does not. It wasn't even a part of the Olympics for 56 years from 1928 to 1984.
- Only two all time greats have won Olympics gold...(Nadal & Agassi)
- A slew of all time greats have won WTF not just once, but multiple times (Federer, Sampras, Borg, Becker, Djokovic, Agassi, Edberg, lendl, McEnroe, Nastase, Vilas)
This tells me that the great players from their respective eras cared more about the WTF than the Olympics Gold. Only in recent times has the Olympics gold medal in tennis become important.
*** So if you believe Olympics gold is bigger than a WTF. Is it also bigger than multiple WTF's? Are you saying that no matter how many WTF's you win, an Olympic gold medal will trump all WTF's?
*** If you believe the WTF is more prestigious than Olympic gold medal, please provide your reasons.
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