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Nadal. Nadal managed to beat Federer on grass but Fed was hopeless against Nadal on clay. Of course you can make an arguement for Fed being better than Nadal due to Fed having better records vs the field or Fed having better GS resumes on hard court & grass court But i think that the better...

How many slams would Roddick have won with Karlovic's serve, Monfil's athleticism, Gasquet's backhand?

Maybe about 150k euros annually. Howevers its the average numbers. Star players would likely make above 200k euros annually while non star players would make lesss than 100k annually.

Since 2000, Europe 85 slams (continental Europe 82, Scotland 3) US 4 slams South America's big two 3 slams Australia 2 slams Complete dominance by Europe. US has not been relevent in competing for slam titles for more than 2 decades. i dont expect things to change.

Europe 85 slams (continental Europe 82, Scotland 3) US 4 slams South America's big two 3 slams Australia 2 slams Complete dominance by Europe

Didnt the guy lose to Hewitt a baseliner? How could Pete even compete against the big 3, who are superior to Hewitt? Pete's style of play belongs to the 90s.

i would argue that if you put the prime versions of these guys in the modern era, they would lose to prime Murray. They would already have weaker serve and inferior stamina to prime Murray.

Of course. The game evolves. in mid 1970, top division English footballers covered about 9 km per match. in modern days, World Cup tournament footballers cover about 11 km per match. Modern athletes are simply more fit than 1970s athletes.

ATP finals is not that prestigious. What kind of prestigious event changed its name 3 times (ATP Tour World Championships, Tennis Masters Cup, ATP World Tour Finals, ATP Finals)

This is the point. Hard court does not favour one specific playstyle over the others. You can grind or servebot. A mixture of both is usually the way to win on hardcourt. On clay you have to grind.

in terms of prestige Wimbledon is the best but in terms of competition its the worst because most players do not spend alot of time to play on grass. Roland Garros has been called the worst slam due to having the worst infrastructure and not being as well organized as the other 3 slams but in...

Even Masters and WTF are debatable. WTF got their names changed multiple times. Before the 2000s, most tennis players did not take Masters as seriously as slams.

What sounds better? Former world number one or olympic gold medalist? Former world number one even with just one week > Olympic Gold. World Number One is not a title that Olympic Committee can give to the tennis players that win their tennis tourneys. its a special title that does not belong to...

in tennis there is also another achievement that is greater than winning a Wimbledon. That is becoming world number 1. The likes of Wawrinka, Cilic, Thiem, Del Potro, etc... were never consistent enough to become world number one. if you ask Zverev to pick between being called world number one...

But when it comes to tennis, Wimbledon is the most prestigious, not Olympic Gold. in football its World Cup. in cycling, its Tour de France, in F1 its Grand Prix Monaco, in boxing its Championship belts from WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF.

Nah Do the best boxers, F1 drivers, cyclists, footballers need to win an olympic gold? All these sports already have their own prestigious events / championships. Olympic Gold Medals are for sports that do not have a great number of viewership.

Roddick ahead of Wawrinka is another joke from ESPN.

My Top 10 Men Tennis Players of 21st Century 1. Federer No dispute. if there is a guy that makes you want to pick up a tennis racquet and learn how to play tennis, its Federer 2. Nadal This is the guy who dethroned Federer at Wimbledon to become World Number 1. Also he is nicknamed "The King...

ESPN with their limited American viewpoint. i would say football has the most interesting stories that you can find. Football is not a purely Western sport but a truly global sport. Tennis & American sports are way cleaner than football.

Does not make tennis a less lonely sport. Sure, when you retire everyone will say nice things about you. When you are competing against other players to make a living, thats a different story. Tennis is not just about the big 3 or big 4.

lol. So tennis is now played on clay only? The most dominant tennis player is the one who won the most trophies (slams, atp finals, masters & maybe olympic gold) and has the longest reign at number one. in soccer its like calling the team who always win their home games but does not have the...

But tennis is not all about clay. At best about 1/3 tennis calender is clay. The majority of tennis calender is hard court tennis. There are many more good hard court players than good clay court players. The competition on hard > the competition on clay. So using this "Nadal on clay" arguement...

Zverev is a best of 3 merchant. His two highest earning years are also the 2 years where he won ATP Finals (2018 & 2021)

Alcaraz & Sinner have similar career trajectory - earning more than 1 million per year since 2021.

Mevedev began earning more than $3 million per year once he started making appearances in Slam finals

Thiem lost the motivation to compete after winning a slam

Tennis forummers have this tendency of making tennis players look worse than they actually are. When you look at how Tiafoe is making a million per year for just playing tennis, it means that he is a darn good tennis player. Not big 3 level but still darn good.

i found this interesting website https://salarysport.com/ in the 2nd division of England, Germany & Italy you can already find millionaires in tennis maybe only the top 300 can make a living out of tennis.

Career slam was a big deal in the 90s. But now the scheduling, court homogenization make CGS less of a unique achievement.