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Here we go folks, this will be the 5th meeting between these two; first ever outside of the North American Hard courts. H2H is 2-2, with Paul having won both of their Canadian open clashes in 2022 (Alcaraz had a match point here) & 2023 in 3-set matches; whereas Alcaraz won their Miami 2023...

So, here we go folks. The defending champ plays his first grass match of 2024 against the dangerous Argentine. Who wins? How many sets? Vote & discuss.

Let the Grass begin!!!! Watching Ofner vs Draper now, very close match!

We've missed out on this blockbuster matchup as each has taken turns being injured the last 5-6 years. Wait no more!

The Ferri Index is solely based on in-court performance - W/L ratios. It combines: - career overall; - last 52-weeks; - current surface and/or combined (off-season). # Player G C H 52 idx 1 Novak Djokovic 85,72 % 83,41 % 85,40 % 86,44 % 84,82 % 2 Rafael Nadal 81,66...

Instead of him skipping everything and directly playing Wimbledon, My take is that he should play any grass warmup, be it Queen's or Eastbourne or Mallorca; in order to test the effectiveness of the new medical surgery he's undergone in terms of how he feels on the court & whether the movement...

Please keep the argument civilized as long as possible.

Goran Ivanisevic beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-4 in the Manchester final, 1991 on grass It was the Ivanisevic's first title on grass. Sampras had been the defending champion. This was the pair's first match on grass. They'd go onto play 5 more, with Sampras winning 4 of them Ivanisevic won...

WTA H2H: 4-2 for Barty GS H2H: 1-0 for Pliskova For both of them, the triumph at Wimbledon would mean great satisfaction - in the event of a triumph, Barty would show that she is a well-deserved World No. 1, so far benefiting from a distorted covid rating. Pliskova would be reach her premiere...

Defending champion: Simona Halep (she will not defend the title due to a calf injury) Past Wimbledon champions, who will participating in the 2021 edition: Serena Williams (2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16), Venus Williams (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08), Petra Kvitová (2011, 2014), Garbine Muguruza...

Defending champion: Novak Djokovic (5-time Wimbledon winner (2011, 2014-15, 2018-19)) Past Wimbledon champions, who will participating in the 2021 edition: Roger Federer (2003-07, 2009, 2012, 2017), Andy Murray (2013, 2016) Official website: http://www.wimbledon.com/ Link to draw...

Roger returne to grass after 2 years. How do you think the match goes??

Stefan Edberg beat Pat Cash 6-7(7), 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Queen's Club quarter-final, 1992 on grass Edberg was the defending champion and would go onto lose in the semis to Shuzo Matsuoka. Cash was a wild card, ranked 214 at the time and would finish the year with a 5-4 win loss record...

Lleyton Hewitt beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-4 in the Queen's Club final, 2000 on grass It was Hewitt's first win over Sampras and first of 3 titles in a row at the event. Sampras was the defending champion would go onto win his 7th Wimbledon immediately after. The two had met in the semis the...

Roger Federer beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-3 in the Halle final, 2017 on grass It was Federer's 9th title at the event and he would follow up by winning Wimbledon for a record breaking 8th time shortly after. Zverev had beaten Federer in the semi finals the previous year and would go onto...

To date, none of the NextGen players (for these purposes, we'll say that includes players Medvedev's age and younger) have so much as made a QF at Wimbledon, so it's hard to predict who among them will have the best chances to collect Wimbledon trophies going forward. But based on their games...

tremendous recap; would like to go re-watch this one on You Tube. I recall Connors playing pretty aggressively...and having his chances. Boris seemed a bit off, but as you say, Connors was clobbering the returns. It was a lot of fun to watch and a reminder of what Connors could do...Boris was...

Todd Martin beat Pete Sampras 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in the Queen's Club final, 1994 on grass It was Martin's only grass court title and Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Stefan Edberg were among those he beat in route to the final. Sampras was playing his first final at the event. He would go onto...

Mats Wilander beat Kevin Curren 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the Australian Open final, 1984 on grass Wilander was the defending champion and this was his second title at the event. He would go on to add a then Open Era record third title in 1988. It was Curren's first Slam final, and he...

Becker d Connors 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 my stats Becker served at 54%(54 of 105) Connors served at 77%(74 of 96) Becker won 41 of 54 points on 1st serve(76%) He won 20 of 51 on 2nd(39%) Connors won 40 of 74 points on 1st serve(54%) He won 12 of 22 on 2nd(54%) Becker had 28 non...

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John Newcombe beat Jimmy Connors 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) in the Australian Open final, 1975 on grass It was Newcombe's second Australian Open title and the last of his 5 Open Era Slam titles. Connors was the defending champion, having entered the event for the first time the previous year...

Stefan Edberg beat Mats Wilander 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the Australian Open final, 1985 on grass Edberg was 19 years old, ranked 6th in the world and this was his first Slam title. He'd apparently saved 2 match points in beating Wally Masur earlier in the 4th round and also come through another 5...

Mats Wilander beat Ivan Lendl 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in the Australian Open final, 1983 on grass It was the first of Wilander's 3 Australian Open titles and saw Lendl's record in Slam finals go to 0-4. Wilander would defend the title the following year and Lendl would win his first Slam at next...

Clay used to be made of clay, but now it's made of clay that's been fired up like Nadal at Barcelona 2R, then crushed like fedr at the 2008 Roland Garros final. Now there are two other surfaces; three if you include indoors as a surface (it is not). Grass This surface is basically what you get...

Roger Federer beat Marat Safin 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 in the Halle final, 2005 on grass It was Federer's 3rd title at the venue (all in succession) and he would go onto win Wimbledon for the 3rd time in a row after it. Safin was the reigning Australian Open champion, having beaten Federer in the semi...

Pete Sampras beat Tim Henman 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-6(4) in the Queen's Club final, 1999 on grass It was Sampras' second title at the venue, his first of the year and he would go onto win a then Open Era record 6th Wimbledon soon after Sampras won 125 points, Henman 124 Sampras serve-volleyed off all...

Pete Sampras beat Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the Queen's Club semi-final, 1999 on grass Sampras would go onto beat Tim Henman in the final. Hewitt was 18 years old Sampras won 106 points, Hewitt 100 Sampras serve-volleyed off all his serves (Note: I'm missing 2 points - 1 service...

Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-5, 6-3 in the Queen's Club quarter-final, 1999 on grass The win saw ensured Sampras returning to world number 1 and he would go onto win the title, as well as Wimbledon afterwards Sampras won 74 points, Ivanisevic 67 Both players serve-volleyed off all...