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By accurate, I mean reflective of their top levels, longevity, whatever you decide, across schlems. The options are: Djokovic needs 1 more RG to do it (so he probably will anyway). He has lost 5 RG finals, all to Nadal except 1 to Stan where Djoker beat Nadal en route in 2015. He also lost 2...

Does anyone know where could I find this data? Even if it's just their percentages at amateur and professional GS titles, it would be more than enough. I am looking for the yearly overall win percentage that former legends used to have. Surprisingly enough, such data is available for Tilden...

(from the hypothetical to the fantastic) If you could be any player in history for one match -- and experience his/her game and emotions firsthand, who would it be. Which specific match/venue? It could be current or past, a dominating performance or a very close match, your favorite player, or...

I found this discussion between Steve Tignor and Joel Drucker on tennis dot com to be a worthwhile read. You may want to read the below, and then draw and share your own perspectives...

Bjorn Borg beat Rod Laver 6-3, 7-5 in a World Invitational Tennis Classic rubber, 1976 on green clay in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA The event featured 8 players (4 men, 4 women) playing a combination of singles and doubles matches with a points system to determine the winner. First prize...

The current record in the number of GS titles after 30th birthday holds Federer along with Aussie ATGs Laver and Rosewall at number 4. Behind them are Nadal and Djokovic with 3 GS titles. Which Big 3 member reaches 5 GS titles after 30th Birthday, who doesn't and why?

Rafa's winning percentage on clay is often shown in a way that doesn't give it as much praise as it should receive. To show you what I mean I've used the formula y = x/(1-x) What this does is show how win percentage (x-axis) correlates with how many average wins/loss (y-axis) What this shows...

Rosewall, Laver, Connors and Agassi are the best former players known for their longevity in the Open Era. So how Federer's 2017 season compare to theirs at the same age ? Thoughts ?

If they like each other and think each other awesome - why would we disagree with either of them? Sure, debate is fun, but I call for respect all around and no more trolly-trash. CAUSE LOOK:

Saw pics of him in laver cup with a blue racquet. Is this a ltd. Speed or something else?

This thread is about Rod Laver's temperament - and how much it contributed to his success' I've never seen a Grand Slam, and when I imagine it, the picture that comes to my mind is one of sheer and utter dominance - straight sets, breadsticks, bagels - that sort of thing. Hence, I find the...

But win no Slams. Would you take this over Andy Murray's career. So to put that into some context, imagine A.Zverev (aged 19) starts winning Masters 1000 events this year (2017) and carries on doing so until he's 74 or so. Who would have the greater career, assuming Murray's stays as it is?

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...

Just a match you remember when they were on fire, even if their opponent was not. Please only give the best one you remember from each player. It doesn't matter when it was or who it was against, they just need to be on their game that day. (If this is already a thread, let me know so I can...

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!

If a passerby glanced at random Player v Player threads- (ie. Djokovic v Federer, Federer v Nadal, Djokovic v Lendl) they would see a lot of talk about Grand Slams. Obviously, Grand Slams are the crux of the sport, the pinnacle of pinnacles, and the crowning achievements for most tennis players...