goat debate

This is meant primarily for Djokovic fans though I know our insecure and suffering Fedal fans may jump in with some nasty comments. Forgive them, as they are somewhat in shock that their favorites have lost the lead in the GOAT race. I have written the things that I think may be the drives for...

Novak Djokovic might call himself "Djoker Nole", flaunt himself as a funny guy, and roar with laughter at his own witticisms but I think Federer, Naddal and Murray are miles ahead in their sense of humour. :unsure:

Officially, Nadal has a 24-16 lead over Federer in their H2H encounters. This is a substantial lead when discussing the GOAT debate and is often used to suggest that Nadal is better than Federer. However, this lead is deceptive. Here are the key points: Clay tournaments are only 25% of the ATP...

Choosing the Top10 GOATs in the present Golden Era, with Nadal challenging Federer's Grand Slam mark and Djokovic threatening Maestro's #1 Weeks, is already very exciting. Would Murray, Wawrinka or Hewitt fit in? How about bringing into the equation Sampras, Agassi, Borg, Connors, Lendl...

... Will Djokovic do the same this year?

But Court's 24. He will be the first to reach 25 when it's all said and done.

I'd be interested to see players' greatness ranked by summing Elo scores over their career. For example a hypothetical player with an 52-week career would have a score of Elo1 + Elo2 + Elo3 + ... + Elo52 where EloX is the Elo score in the Xth week of their career. However, there may be a need...

all of the Big 3 would have had 17. Who would be the greatest? Djokovic has the H2H, Nole Slam, Golden Masters; Nadal has the slam H2H, greatest domination at one Slam, Career Golden Slam; Fed would be the third wheel in this case.

It's hard to come up with topics we haven't debated to death, but here's my attempt at finding one. Nole has now won two straight slams. Not bad but many have done so before. So let's say he wins AO19. Now he's at 3 in a row. Still, that only adds up to 15 slams, a few away from Nadal and Fed...

My favorite player is better than yours and I believe all of the following (and more): 1. I will start with that assumption, and then find stats and reasoning (however tenuous, inconsistent or shaky) to support this. 2. I will derive self-esteem from this player's accomplishments (and accept...