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Great tribute video of several peaks in games we’ve seen in the “modern era” (more like late OE - XXIth cent) basically focusing on Big 3, Sincaraz and contemporaries. It takes both, beatings and tight matches accompanied by some basic stats. There’s some missing because it’s quite short, just...

This is just a rough, relative overview on how much they were winning over what rally length, courtesy of Tennis Abstract. Sample sizes and quality differs a bit, with Nadal having surprisingly few fully charted matches, which might work against him. See the low absolute number of points...

Today's USO final wasn't the closest match ever, and indeed, there were no real tight sets among the four. No tiebreakers, no fifth set. And I'm not about to predict how many slams they will win individually or collectively. What I will say is that when I watch them head-to-head, I know that...

I caught this (if not verbatim) quote from Martina Navratilova speaking about her legendary rivalry with Chris Evert. "Without one another, we would have both won more majors, but our level of tennis wouldn't be as high." Do you think this generally holds true for this -- and all -- great...

Some rough comparison of the current state of Fonsinneraz + old Djokovic. Joao is like Novak obviously handicapped by his age - maybe I will post some age-adjusted stuff - but his game already stacks up surprisingly well. In some ways we have in "rally" a Carlos-Joao and Novak-Jannik pairing...

A strange thing happens when the great players* of all time° when the rally goes from long to very long. Usually the the win percentage jumps, often it remains steady and rarely it declines. Big serve&volley players like Sampras, Edberg and McEnroe win roughly a hundred basis points more. Borg...

Serve+ has been a buzzword for many a year and a big forehand often ends now what the server has begun. I think one of the most revealing tennis stats is the all-time win percentage and its trends according to rally length. Case in point is the contrast between the top3 in 1-3 W% of all time -...

In general, players who are not into their prime until turning 21/22 are considered to be late bloomers in their respective levels. For example; Nadal, Hewitt, Zverev etc can be considered early bloomers; whereas Federer, Thiem, Murray etc can be considered late bloomers. I wonder what can be...

Hello Everyone! Salut tout le monde! This is the updated version of the Vonder Index, a Top#100 Ranking List from open Era achievements. Relevant remarks on Vonder Index is : - a dynamic ranking system, which means even after a players retires, his index points still move (up or down) - the...

With Rafa off to a great start in 2022 - at age 35.5 -I thought I'd introduce a question that is discussed in some way quite often around here. Do you (we) want the old, established superstars to continue, or do you want newer, fresher faces? To me, I have no general philosophy on this; it's...

LOL! Low hanging fruit I know, but since no one has done it and I'm massively bored ....

Okay, so apparantly all the nextgen players have one or two major flaws in their games, apparantly the ability to dictate play is mainly because of it. For example, zverev's forehand and second serve, Medvedev's ballstriking, Tsitsipas's return, shapovalov's return & shot tolerance, Berretini's...

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All 3 won their first slams in the given years Roger - Wimbledon 2003 Rafa - Roland Garros 2005 Nole - Australian Open 2008 Who was the best in their respective maiden slam winning years and who was the worst?? Ladies and gentlemen, please Discuss with love Edit :- Due to suggestion from...

Hello lovely ladies and Gentlemen, Carl here. First of all, lemme define Hat-Trick for you In sport of cricket, hat-trick is termed as an achievement for bowler when he/she dismisses the wickets of 3 batsmen off 3 consecutive deliveries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick_(cricket) Now...

Hey guys, I hope all of you are safe and doing well. So you are aware, that there have been watch parties being organized for us, TTW members by @Yugram , @TripleATeam, @Atennisone and me. Here's a Trailer of this watch party, created by @Atennisone. Its better than federer's and nadal's...

Draw your own conclusions - I'm not posting this to advocate for or against anyone. Do any of these stats surprise anyone? Anything interesting? Be civil, please - these may be the three greatest tennis players we've ever seen, and possibly ever will...

Hey guys, I hope all of you are safe and doing well. So you are aware, that there have been watch parties being organised for us, TTW members by @Yugram , @TripleATeam, @Atennisone and me. Trailer of this watch party, created by @Atennisone The 5th edition will take place on Saturday...

Hey guys, so a couple of weeks ago, we were thinking that amidst this lockdown, and absence of tennis, we should not miss fun. So me, @Yugram and @TripleATeam have planned (yeah, crazy as it sounds, 3 polar fans) to organise a watch party for all who want to join and enjoy it. We hosted a...

The Big2 – Nadal and Djokovic, once again demonstrated their insane mental and physical dominance over the field this week, losing a total of 1 set in 10 matches, and allowing just 1 tiebreak. Meanwhile, Federer is out of the tour and has no relevance for the outcome of next couple of months...

Not particularly comparing to big 3, but the whole generation of decent players before the Tsitsi-Sascha-Shapo-Felix-Khach-Berrettini generation, with Daniil Medvedev being the only possible exception. This is a pattern amongst almost all of the nextgen players, their return as a shot is pure...

Evening RLA match (possibly to give Krajinovic more time to recover) featuring 6x AO champion vs the #41 (live) 27-year-old playing his fourth AO MD (3-3 career). Rooferer got a big advantage by completing his Monday match while Krajinovic struggled today to win a 7-5 fifth set after blowing a...

It is the 1st slam of 2020s and probably the most hyped due to multiple factors, given below. 1) Fedal slam race is the closest it could be 2) Djokovic's form in question, though it remains to watch if he's able to defend his fortress yet again 3) Massive improvements in the forms of Nextgen...

Which matches of your favourite players have been the most frustrating ones for you to watch, regardless of the outcome ? For me Fed's matches against tsitsipas at AO & WTF (Couldn't convert a break point for God's sake) Fed's match against Monfils at Madrid (Unnecessarily stretched to 3rd...

Fan biases aside, what does the inner tennis analyst inside you expect of the result Novak Djokovic is most likely to have when the 2020 AO, the 1st slam of the decade concludes? (Last year's AO :- Djokovic won the title, beating Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-3 in the final) Do vote in the poll. Discuss.

So, here we are again. The final of 2019 United States open, last grandslam of the season, with 2 best performers of NA HC season playing each other once again. It's 27th grandslam final for Rafael Nadal & a 5th final at USO (W 2010, 13, 17. L 11). It's the very first grandslam final of any kind...

The lost gen...... The mid gen....... Even the next gen struggles the most against this guy. In general, everyone has an awful record against all of big3, not just nadal. However, against nadal, they are probably the worst. Every hyped up youngster is pummelled into submission by nadal. They can...

One of the most difficult feats to achieve in tennis.. As far as I remember, not many players have been capable of doing this, neither does this take place every season.. I can remember some of the most recent seasons.. remind me of others Dominic Thiem (2019) Defeated Roger Federer in Indian...

No, not asking about what'll happen once big3 retire... I'm asking who has the most potential to carry the sport of tennis itself?? Of course, the first 3 places are occupied by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.. But who else is there apart from them on the active tour? JMDP...