clay

I often find it useful to look from time to time at simple stats to confront the eye tests, memories and many biases of this forum - including mine. Needless to say that Stan and Domi have been pushing their percentages a lot lower in recent years, so I went a couple of years back in time...

If I'm not mistaken Fognini's clay court record against the clay GOAT is an impressive 3-5, clocking one more win than Federer did in his entire career against Nadal on the surface. How much is it the game styles suiting each other on the surface and how much is it Fognini mostly facing a...

While it is generally accepted that Federer is better than Djokovic on fast surfaces and Djokovic is better than Federer on slower surfaces, there are still people claiming that Federer was better than Djokovic on clay, at least in their prime, and that simply is not true. First of all, let’s...

Does anyone know of any clay courts near LaSalle Illinois?

What are some good shoes for clay and hard court? Ideally a shoe that can play on both

Forgot to write than one. Roger's weakest surface was clay, despite being one of the very best on it in the last decades, while being Charlie's strongest. So not surprising that thus a member of Sinneraz overtakes the career performance stats of one of the big three. FEDERER Career Tour-Level...

I have a big Fedal bias and feel that the oney was especially vulnerable on clay. Did a quick glance at the respective total point won percentage: Federer: Grass>Hard>Clay Dimitrov: Grass>Hard>Clay Eubanks: Grass>Hard>Clay Karlovic: Grass>Hard>Clay Copil: Grass>Hard>Clay Lopez: Grass>Hard>Clay...

Hi All, how do you think the Mizuno Wave exceed 6 All-court would perform on Clay? good enough or way too slippery?

Obviously one of the greatest returners and all-court players of the last decades. The Clay Goat will leave the tour and the Goat, the second most successful clay courter in the last three decades is showing sometimes his age. So can he start a winning streak? Updated weekly(ish). Last...

This is for all tennis fans in general; and read this If you're happy or sad, in light mood or angry, enjoying the moment or are disappointed. I'm here to talk about Djokovic defeating Alcaraz in the 2024 Olympics tennis final 76 (3) 76 (2) to claim the Olympic Gold. Ladies and gentlemen, kindly...

So, here we go. First Rafa match in over 1,5 months will take place tomorrow. Rafa, in his bid for Olympics, is playing here. Leo Borg on the other hand, is looking for the biggest win of his career on home soil. Who wins? How many sets? Discuss and vote. Vamos Rafa!

Anyone know of any clay courts in illinois? I'm in the central illinois area around peoria and want to find some to hit with some people.

Okay here we go. Rafa having won 3 matches in a row for the first time since September 2022 goes up against the Czech youngster Lehechka who is known for his big hitting prowess. Does Rafa have enough gas in the tank to overcome yet another tough challenge? Or will the Czech be the one taking...

Quite an obvious one, if you want you can add other candidates! Here we have a graph of the most recent - and slowest - clay 1000 tournaments:

A deep dive on the Top Spin blog into some aspects of Djokovic's troubles during Aussie summer - in which was able to get into the semis! Djokovic has masterfully transformed his game to prolong his career and his success. He has become on of the greatest serve plus players of the modern game...

Nole over Rafa on HC？ Rafa over Nole on clay？ Update: overall: Nole-Rafa HC 20-7 Rafa-Nole CC 20-9 When both in Top2 Nole-Rafa HC 8-1 Rafa-Nole CC 5-3

Jannik Sinner's brilliant final run of 2023 has cemented his status as one of the very best (indoor) hardcourt players. In fact according to Elo only Djokovic is, slightly, ahead of him. Big success on clay has eluded him despite the perception of him was quite different in 2021 when Jeff...

Jannik Sinner's brilliant final run of 2023 has cemented his status as one of the very best (indoor) hardcourt players. In fact according to Elo only Djokovic is, slightly, ahead of him. Big success on clay has eluded him despite the perception of him was quite different in 2021 when Jeff...

hello, I am using since April Adidas Avacourt for Clay, i love them, but they are already broken on the textile sides left and right. Iguess because inhave wide feet A bigger Shoes Number would make no sense. Could some Women here tell me if the Men Version of the Barricade fits wider compared...

One year ago we had a tournament in Tokyo on a hardcourt. The next olympic chance is closer than you think. It will start in two years. https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/roland-garros-2024-retractable-roof-suzanne-lenglen-court

Clay is Djokovic's least favorite surface, yet he's still a beast on the surface. In your opinion, what is his greatest clay achievement?

Clay season is upon us. Not a lot of high powered men in the draws this weekend. Houston is fairly loaded with most of the top Americans playing, 6 of the 8 seeds, in fact. Marrakesh will feature Felix Auger-Aliassime, who joined the draw with a wild card, and little else. Houston (DRAW): (1)...

Both having a last prime run before the steep fall. Both having lost a rome final and having won Madrid en route to the French open final. Both having faced a tough loss in Monte Carlo Both showing quite huge signs of holes in the armour after such a great previous season (nadal more so than...

Please keep the argument civilized as long as possible.

I recall him playing a very high level on clay in 2010, nearly peak level (below his 2008 prime though) despite losing or prolonging a set here and there. However, there seems to be a wider sentiment that he was better in 2006, with some even claiming he was in his prime back then. In which year...

Yes, My favourite player the greatest warrior of tennis world, Rafael Nadal the unconquerable Clay God lost to Djokovic, and I am pretty sad at the moment. It was unexpected but full credits to Djokovic; taking nothing away from him given how badly he was conquered last year in the final...

I don't know why many people including nole fans forgot about this tournament? Coming into this tournament, nole had been unceremoniously dumped out of sunshine double by Philip kohlscriber & RBA, Monte Carlo by medvedev. His last 6 clay tournament results were QF, QF, SF, R16, R32, QF...

The swiss maestro's first match in almost 2 months, 3rd match in over 14 months, and his first ever clay match since he stunned us with that surprising magical run at RG2019 with a semi final. Let's discuss about this match, ladies and gentlemen.

First Monte Carlo Then Barcelona Then Roland Garros Now Rome. The God of clay for you, ladies and gentlemen.

This is the 5th meeting between the pair, 2nd overall on clay. H2H is split 2-2 with one of shapo's victories not being an actual win, but a walkover from the Spaniard in the 2019 paris masters semi final. Shapovalov is the defending semi finalist here, who lost a marathon match to Diego...