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in 1990 Borg was 34! Throughout the 1980s only one player was able to win a GS or even reach a final after turning 30, Connors won US Open in 1982 at 30, he won US Open again in 1983, now 31 and he reached the Wimbledon final in 1984, still 31. In the 1980s no player reached a grand slam final...

True! But it is a little strange that Novak is "only" 3-2" against Nadal in HC GS finals whereas Nadal is 3-0 against Novak in Clay GS finals, considering that Novak is overall more dominant against Nadal on Hard Court (20-7) than Nadal against Djokovic on clay (20-8). But then, Novak does seem...

BS. Djokovic had an outstanding 2016 - his problems began in late 2016, and even then he was still pretty good, reaching the USO final and the WTF final, and then he had a resurgence in 2018.

and yet, Nole managed to lose two out of three USO finals to Nadal

extremely close. He was 81-4 in 2005. He lost one match at the AO against Safin,, where he held match point. And in the final match of the year, the masters final. he was up 2 sets to 0 against Nalbandian and lost the fifth set in a tie break. And a few years later it was decided that the finals...

Djokovic played very well for a good part of 2016, won two grand slams, reached the final of a third. Yes, he burned out at the end of the year, but overall a fantastic year for Djokovic (and the year where he held all four grand slams simultaneously):

also historically relevant because it was the first time in three years he lost a GS match on a surface other than clay, and because it paved the way for Djokovic's first GS

And 1989 was in many ways McEnroe's best year in the post-1985/sabbatical stage of is career. Wimbledon SF, won in Dallas, got his only post-1985 win over Lendl. So it was quite impressive that Jimmy could beat Mac in that year

Becker beat Edberg in 3 Davis cup finals in the 1980s, when Davis Cup was a much bigger deal than today, and he beat him the the WCT Dallas final in 1988 which was still a pretty big tournament, though far less important than it had been.

I think it was only in 1988 that Jimmy finally beat Mac, after having lost ten times in a row. But then Jimmy actually beat Mac two times in a row, the second match being in a final

I had a close look at McEnroes matches at Queens, Roland Garros, Dallas and WImbledon. In Queens, Dallas and Wimbledon McEnroe lost fewer games against Connors than against any other player he faced in those tournaments. At RG he only lost fewer games in the first round against a qualifier than...

Roddick, WImbledon final 2009, the one he should have won. Would have made a huge difference for his legacy

Federer RG final 2006 or 2007. Novak RG final 2015, US Open final 2021, Wimbledon final 2023. Those final losses cost them a calendar year Grand Slam which would have added significantly to their legacy

Federer RG final 2006 or 2007. Novak RG final 2015, US Open final 2021, Wimbledon final 2023. Those final losses cost them a calendar year Grand Slam which would have added significantly to their legacy

Of course it was always somehow important to him, but I am pretty sure it became MORE important after he won the RG!

So you are taken for granted that McEnroe would also have won the AO that year if he had won the RG?

i am sure that Djokovic would love to win the Olympics. But I also have the feeling that it only became important to him after winning all four grand slams, because then the Olympics was the title that was clearly missing in his career. I am pretty sure that in 2012-15 winning RG was much more...

Chrissie is third on my list, after Caroline Wozniacki and Amanda Coetzer

The fields were not weak. at Wimbledon, Rosewall beat Roscoe Tanner who was very strong on grass (later in 1974 Tanner reached the SF of the US Open, also played on grass) . In the quarterfinals he beat Newcombe, who was ranked number 1 in the world at that point, and who, half a year later, won...

McEnroe's peak lasted from 1979 to 1984, and he was also very good in 1978 and 1985. Wilander's peak lasted from 1982 to 1988 (and he was NOT very good in 1981 and 1989). So none of them had particularly long peaks

I do no think that percentage of semi-finals won is very important. Connors lost his last seven semi finals at grand slams, all played when he was in his thirties. Wilander retired in 1996 at 31. The fact that Connors reached 31 semi finals despite only playing AO twice and skipping RG in his...

well then read some of the posts, there are several good explanations

I would put at number 43!

totally agree. Federer's main rival in those days was Nadal, an ATG and the greatest clay courter of all time. So if Nadal was his contemporary, how can it be a weak era?

Very interesting, relevant and timely take on the weak-era-in-tennis debate!

The weak era is a concept invented by Nadal fans to downplay Federer's accomplishements in 2004-2007 Since the concept was invented by Nadal fans, it is quite ironic that the weak era theory rests on the assumption that Nadal was a weak player in 2005-2007 and/or that the clay court seasons in...

If we want to have a serious discussion, how about mentioning this Spanish guy called Rafael Nadal? It is striking how people engaging in these weak era discussions pretend that Nadal did not become a strong player before 2008. The idea that 2004-2007 was a weak era is total and utter BS. It...

The idea that 2004-2007 was a weak era is total and utter BS. It was the era that saw the rise of the strongest clay court player of all times. In order to claim that 2005-2007 was a weak era we would have to pretend two things. 1) that Nadal was a weak player in 2005-2007 because he did win...