grand slam

Do you agree to move the RG in the fall, or the French Open should have been completely abolished for 2020?

I know it's not Federer's fault, but his draw in the AO has been profoundly easy. Here are the rankings of his opponents so far: 1st. Johnson, 75 2nd. Krajanovic, 41 3rd. Millman, 47 4th. Fucsovics, 67 Qtr: Sandgren, 100 Assuming Fed beats Sandgren, he would have made it to a GS semifinal...

Which TB method do you prefer (I'm not posting it as a survey)? AO: a first to 10, win by at least two points (champion's) tiebreaker at 6-all. FO: no tiebreaker in the 5th. Wim: played at 12-all...a best of 12 (first to 7, win by at least two points). US: a "best of 12" at 6-all. Do...

It's a time, that I create AO 2020-thread also for Women's Singles. Defending champion: Naomi Osaka Former AO champions, who will participating in the 2020 edition: Serena Williams (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017), Maria Sharapova (2008), Angelique Kerber (2016), Caroline...

I'm trying to find a good overview of the structure of the governing bodies of tennis and how they may shape the future of the sport, detailed information and analysis welcome too. I vaguely remember someone, maybe Stephanie Myles or MattRacquet, retweeting an article around maybe the middle of...

Defending champion: Novak Djokovic (7-time winner (2008, 2011-13, 2015-16 & 2019)) Former AO champions, who will participating in the 2020 edition: Roger Federer (2004, 2006-07, 2010 & 2017-18), Rafael Nadal (2009), Stan Wawrinka (2014) Official website: http://www.ausopen.com/ Wiki-link...

Again, we have here a question of how far Sascha will advance on the GS tournament. He equaled in this year his best result so far, when he advanced into QF on RG (lost with Djoker), but in another GS tournaments his maximum is 4R, at the US Open even only 3R. Will this year's US Open change...

I have often wondered how many Grand Slams Federer/Nadal/Djokovic would finish with if the other two didn't play tennis. More often than not it seems like the roadblock to each winning a title is having to play one of the other two. I got to thinking that surely this could be estimated with a...

This Open could be a big tournament, if Rafa manages to win, and he's got a great chance of going deep with the draw he's had it'll be the first time ever he's within two grand slams of Roger. The way i see it, if it happens is one of two things: 1) Roger finds early 2017 form and wins another...

Both of these guys will win a grand slam sometime in the next 4 years, possibly sooner. So who do you think wins one first? I go with Thiem winning RG before Zverev wins his first slam (USO). Give your opinions.

Someone who has flown under everyone's radar is Lucas Pouille. Watching his game he is silky smooth from the back of the court, able to hit winners at will off both wings. I think the result against Nadal is just the start of things to come for him, he won Vienna last year and has already been...

Which is the best Non-Final GS match of the century? Some choices: Nadal vs Verdasco -Aus Open 2009 - Unbelievable hitting and intensity from start to finish. Pulverising tennis Federer vs Safin - Aus Open 2005 - Peak Safin vs Peak Federer, insane shotmaking Djokovic vs Nadal - French Open 2013...

In economics and marketing, people always talk about the BRIC market, BRIC being Brazil, Russia, India, and China. These markets are growing rapidly. India, China, and Russia combined are home to over 2.8 billion people. They are world centers of commerce, production, and exchange. So why does a...

This is a mighty fine collection of points that show Nadal's fighting spirit even at the brink of losing. This is what it takes to beat Nadal at the tail end of a slam! Nuff said!

I'd say he will retire end of 2021, that's being optimistic. That means he still has 15 chances to win Grand Slams. Provided he will win FO 2018, 2019, 2020 (I doubt he will), he'd still need 2 more Slams to overcome Federer. TBH I don't think he can grab W or AO anymore, therefore he must aim...

Ljubicic-upgraded 2017 Federer plays 2014 W final and 2015 W and USO finals against Djokovic. What would the outcome be?

As far as i know, from 1970 to 1982 AO was a "minor" tournament, not even close to FO, W, USO. Top players used to skip it most of times. Therefore when comparing Grand Slam titles of 70-82 players and current players, we should not take into acount AO. (However, when comparing total wins of...

Wozniacki or Halep? I personally would like to see Halep win because she lost a heartbreaker to Ostapenko last year in the French Open Final, and she can hit a winner off of both sides (while Wozniacki's forehand has very little conviction behind it), but with a 15-13 third set against Davis and...

i.e. All of men's matches play Monday, the women play Tuesday, and so on and so forth. This will put to rest all the complaints of unequal rest time in between rounds. It will also make it convenient to watch the matches. If I only care about the men's, then I will be able to schedule my day...

With the 2017 US Open right around the corner, I thought the time was right to introduce a statistical thread about best-of-five set matches. Part of the reason is to have a thread that can be bumped every time the topic comes up . . . and it does come up. If we don’t bring it up here on the...

This is coming from a Rafa fan (with a soft corner for Roger). Congratulations to Roger for his 19th Grand Slam! Even being in the final is an astonishing achievement. I always felt that Federer had that natural talent to be the most consistent performer at Grand Slams. And, after witnessing his...

There's just 2 Slams to be played in 2017, Wimbledon and the US Open. To keep fair the poll, the Slam difference between Federer and Nadal shall stay in 3 no matter what at the end of the 2017 Grand Slam season, be it 18-15 or 19-16.

I thought this would be an interesting match to discuss. So, despite the 261 positions of difference I don't expect this to be an easy task for Gricasso the Camel Jockey, who, after an amazing start of the year, has been struggling and losing early in every Tournament except Madrid and is 3/4...

Believe in RF. His h19hest peak is yet to come.

Federer says that winning a Masters 1000 might be harder than winning all four Majors in one year.

If Laver had not been banned from the pro tennis circuit for 5 years, he certainly would have won more grand slams. How many more, I don't know. That's not the topic at hand, nor do I wish it to be. It's just a simple question: should we count Laver's 8 "pro-slams" in addition to his 11 normal...

I've always thought that overheads were Djokovic's worst suit, and plenty of others also believe so. Given his last match in Doha, I wondered on the next worst thing he had, and some glaring flaws in other top 20 players. For me, it's still Djokovic's inability to make an overhead smash right...

Any era, mix and match game! Take the best part(s) of any players you want and make a new tennis player. Be sure to name them! eg. (rudimentary) FH BH Serve Movement But you can even go even more in depth, specifying spins, style of play, or anything else really!

So Nadal is looking good at the moment and Muzz is looking bad. I know it's just an exho but I'm going to follow TT tradition and overreact based on 2 days of tennis. Djokovic had a rough patch but he looked out of it mostly mentally, so expect him to come back recharged at the AO. Besides, AO...

Hey, everyone. I love hearing what everyone generally thinks the season will shape up to be like. And please, no GOAT debates- just Slam discussion. My list: AO: Murray FO: Djokovic W: Raonic US: Djokovic (Zverev/Kygrios hopefully)