2016 Talk Tennis Annual Awards

[Chicharito]

Suggestions for awards first of all then your nominees for the awards.

Monica Puig 'Moment' of the year
Best forehand
Most improved player
Match of the year
Worst sportsmanship
Best sportsmanship
Biggest letdown player
Most exciting masters
Best 1handed BH
Best 2handed BH
Best Serve
Slam of the year
Worst Masters
Shot of the Year

My other suggestions
WTA match of the Year
Rivalry of the Year

Any more?

Off the top of my head matches of the year would be Fed Cilic at Wimbledon, Nadal Delpo Rio and Raonic Murray WTF.

Shot of the Year

 

[mike danny]

Match of the year: Fed-Cilic. Mainly because it occurred in a GS.

Shot of the year: I nominate Murray's shot to save SP against Nishikori at 6-5 in the 1st set tiebreak for the Japanese at the WTF

Best slam: Tough one, as the slams haven't really been great this year. I nominate Wimb simply because, among the 4, this one has been less bad.

Moment of the year: Murray snatching YE no.1 from the hands of Djokovic after Nole had twice the amount of points Murray had just 6 months ago in the final match of 2016.

 

[KINGROGER]

The fist pump after that shot was epic.

 

[Tatenda]

nadal first pump celebration at the Olympics semifinal vs delpotro while 5-6 down(if I am not mistaken) after he won a point to go 0-40: up on del Porto serving for the match

is the celebration of the year
#pureepicness

 

[Deleted member 743561]

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[rchjr2091]

Definitely needs to be nominated for match of year : Nadal / Lopez in Rio Oympics doubles final . I can't be the only one who remembers that one .

 

[Maestroesque]

Fistbumperer!

 

[tacou]

Raonic/Murray definitely has recency bias going for it but I'll second that nom. Also, puig for moment of the year for sure.

 

[Noelan]

Djokovic/ Nishikori Rome, Wawrinka /Evans USO, Murray/Delpotro DC.

 

[mike danny]

Djokovic/ Nishikori Rome, Wawrinka /Evans USO, Murray/Delpotro DC.

Djokovic-Nishikori at Rome was a great match, I'll give you that. Nishikori couldn't have played any better and yet he still lost to a pretty sub par Novak that day.

But the quality of play was great.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Still awesome even after countless replays.

 

[Djokovic2011]

Still awesome even after countless replays.

I miss that Novak.

 

[uliks]

Awesome match. And i was there to see it live.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

I miss that Novak.

Well make sure you don't miss 2017.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Outside of Novak winning RG, it was a sh*t year for tennis. No awards should be given.

 

[nowhereman]

I think it would be best if we stuck to last year's template. https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/2015-ttw-awards-nominations-thread.549241/
The categories are as follows:
Moment of the year
Best forehand
Most improved player
Match of the year
Worst sportsmanship
Best sportsmanship
Biggest letdown player
Most exciting masters
Best 1handed BH
Best 2handed BH
Best Serve
Slam of the year
Worst Masters

We could add in your suggestion of shot of the year, though.

 

[Red Rick]

I want to nominate @Sysyphus for prediction of the year who predicted about a year ago that Andy Murray would be YE#1 this year.

 

[nowhereman]

Moment of the year - torn between Novak's NCYGS and Murray's usurping of the #1 ranking
Best forehand - Novak I guess
Most improved player - Pouille
Match of the year - hmm, I'd go with Fed - Cilic at Wimbledon or maybe Nadal - Delpo at Rio
Worst sportsmanship - Nicky
Best sportsmanship - no idea
Biggest letdown player - no idea
Most exciting masters - Rome
Best 1handed BH - Stannis Wawratheon
Best 2handed BH - Muzziah
Best Serve - Karlobot
Slam of the year - AO
Worst Masters - Toronto (lol, it was a ghost town this year)
Shot of the year - I'd agree with your pick

 

[Deleted member 743561]

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[nowhereman]

Last year's "template" was created before you even registered, looks like... were you someone else on here?

Haha, no. I remember there being awards given last year, right around the time I joined. So I did some searching and found that thread.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Best slam: Aus Open
Best moment: Puig winning gold in Rio, Murray becoming year end number one, Kerber winning the Aus Open. (I'd say Kerber or Murray becoming number one but they didn't get to play the match where it would determine number 1 ranking, Kerber got it when Serena lost in the USO SF and Murray got it when Raonic gave a walkover.)

Shot of the year: Flipkens behind the back shot! Google it if you haven't seen it!
Worst sportsmanship: Kyrgios against Zverev.
Most improved player: Pouille.

 

[Mainad]

Best slam: Aus Open
Best moment: Puig winning gold in Rio, Murray becoming year end number one, Kerber winning the Aus Open. (I'd say Kerber or Murray becoming number one but they didn't get to play the match where it would determine number 1 ranking, Kerber got it when Serena lost in the USO SF and Murray got it when Raonic gave a walkover.)

That's true but it was the WTF final that determined who would end the year as number #1. If he had lost to Djokovic, he would have lost the number #1 ranking.

 

[Tenisfan3]

The categories are as follows:
Moment of the year: Wawrinka winning USO and Murray becoming 1
Best forehand: Del Potro
Most improved player:Raonic
Match of the year:Federer vs Cilic Wimbledon
Worst sportsmanship: Djokovic toegate vs Wawrinka
Best sportsmanship:Murray conceding point in one of the masters don't remember which
Biggest letdown player:mugikori. Totally useless player
Most exciting masters:Cincinnati
Best 1handed BH:Thiem
Best 2handed BH:Murray
Best Serve:Raonic
Slam of the year:USO
Worst Masters:Toronto

 

[MichaelNadal]

Glad this has started and is being done. This year was too much of a snoozefest for me to want to do the labor this time

 

[InsideOut900]

Moment of the year - Federer beating Cilic from 2 sets down
Best forehand - Federer
Most improved player - Federer(approaching peak,no?)
Match of the year - hmm, I'd go with Fed - Cilic (of course)
Worst sportsmanship - Nicky
Best sportsmanship - Federer(won the sportmanship award after all)
Biggest letdown player - Federer,just 2 Slam semis,damn injuries
Most exciting masters - ROGERs Cup
Best 1handed BH - Federer
Best 2handed BH - Muzziah
Best Serve - Federer
Slam of the year - Wimbledon
Worst Masters - Miami
Shot of the year - Federer BH passing shot against Djokovic

Fixed

 

[Aussie Darcy]

That's true but it was the WTF final that determined who would end the year as number #1. If he had lost to Djokovic, he would have lost the number #1 ranking.

Hence me saying Murray getting year end number 1 cause he was playing for the ranking. I love those matches where it's like 'whoever wins will be number 1'. I so badly wanted a Serena v Kerber USO final where the number 1 ranking was to be determined but just wanted meant to be.

 

[Sartorius]

Moment of the year: Djokovic winning FO & Delpo at Rio; Kerber winning AO
Best forehand: Delpo *insert delpo fh grunt*
Most improved player: Raonic, Murray (something different about him this year and it showed), Delpo
Match of the year: Fed - Cilic & Fed - Raonic at Wimbly, by some margin
Biggest letdown player: Tsonga for me, could have been a lot better. Some close defeats.
Most exciting masters: Rome. Djokodal clash was supposed to be interesting, and it kinda was. One of the better matches this year.
Best 1handed BH: Wawa
Best 2handed BH: Djokovic
Best Serve: Raonic, also Murray's 2nd serve
Slam of the year: FO because of Novak
Worst Masters: Toronto, and as usual Miami

 

[Russeljones]

Last year's "template" was created before you even registered, looks like... were you someone else on here?

Some people read stuff here years before they join. I was one such.

 

[beast of mallorca]

Haha, no. I remember there being awards given last year, right around the time I joined. So I did some searching and found that thread.

liar, liar pants on fire.............

 

[Krish872007]

Moment of the year - Djokovic wins RG
Best Forehand - Djokovic
Best 1 Handed BH - Wawrinka
Best 2 Handed BH - Murray
Most Improved Player - Raonic
Biggest Letdown Player - Nishikori
Match of the Year - Federer def. Cilic (Wimbledon) in Best of 5, Del Potro def. Nadal (Olympics) in Best of 3
Worst Sportsmanship - Kyrgios
Best Serve - Karlovic
Best Slam - Wimbledon
Most Exciting Masters - Rome
Worst Masters - Toronto

 

[Chicharito]

Monical Puig 'Moment' of the year: Puig wins Gold
Best forehand: Delpo
Most improved player: Pouille
Match of the year: Fed Cilic Wimbledon
Worst sportsmanship: stupid award
Best sportsmanship: stupid award
Biggest letdown player: Nadal
Most exciting masters: ehh
Best 1handed BH: Wawa
Best 2handed BH: Nishikori
Best Serve: Stupid award
Slam of the year: Wimbledon
Worst Masters: Toronto
Shot of the Year: Fed v Djoker AO

My other suggestions
WTA match of the Year
Rivalry of the Year: Thiem Zverev

I think it would be best if we stuck to last year's template. https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/2015-ttw-awards-nominations-thread.549241/
The categories are as follows:
Moment of the year
Best forehand
Most improved player
Match of the year
Worst sportsmanship
Best sportsmanship
Biggest letdown player
Most exciting masters
Best 1handed BH
Best 2handed BH
Best Serve
Slam of the year
Worst Masters

We could add in your suggestion of shot of the year, though.

Cheers this is what I asked for in the OP, the other awards from last year. Thank you for helping out.

 

[Simon_the_furry]

not a category, but this was so good I had to mention it:
Save of the year:

 

[Simon_the_furry]

Biggest letdown player:mugikori. Totally useless player

*breathe in*
BOI.

 

[HuusHould]

'Moment' of the year - Djokovic securing the NCYGS
Best forehand - Del Potro
Most improved player- Marcus Willis
Match of the year - Federer v Cilic
Worst sportsmanship - Kyrgios v Zverev
Best sportsmanship - Jacky Sock v Hewitt (told him to challenge serve)
Biggest letdown player-
Most exciting masters -
Best 1handed BH- Wawrinka
Best 2handed BH- Murray
Best Serve - Raonic
Slam of the year- Wimbledon
Worst Masters-
Shot of the Year- Dustin Brown's drop volley vs Kyrgios @ Wimby

My other suggestions
WTA match of the Year- Aus Open final (Kerber v Williams)
Rivalry of the Year- still Kyrgios v Wawrinka

 

[Tennis_Fever]

I wait all year for this thread. @MichaelNadal isn't this your baby?!?

Moment of the year: The Olympics were fun
Best forehand: Delpo
Most improved player: Raonic
Match of the year: Federer-Cilic, Wimby
Worst sportsmanship: Kyrgios
Best sportsmanship: Sock
Biggest letdown player: Tough call here. sh%t year with Fed and Nadal out to injury, but how about everyone in the top 10 not named Murray, Djokovic, or Stanimal? But probably Kyrgios
Most exciting masters: Cincy/Real Slam
Best 1handed BH: Duh. Stanimal!
Best 2handed BH: don't really care
Best Serve: Dr. Ivo
Slam of the year: US Open (for the final alone)
Worst Masters: most of them

 

[nowhereman]

liar, liar pants on fire.............

If you say so.

 

[Pablo1989]

Federer vs Cilic best match of the year? LOL There are a lot of better matches this year: Nishikori-Murray in Davis Cup, Del Potro-Murray in Davis Cup, Del Potro-Cilic in Davis Cup, Murray-Raonic in WTF, Murray-Raonic in AO, Nadal-Pouille in US Open, Djokovic-Nishikori in Rome...

 

[every7]

Great thread idea @Chicharito

I have done awards for WTA and ATP

Monica Puig 'Moment' of the year: Monica Puig (OGs) / JMDP (DC)
Best forehand: JMDP (ATP) / Kvitova (WTA)
Most improved player: JMDP (ATP) / Kerber (WTA)
Match of the year: JMDP vs Andy Murray (ARG vs GBR DC) /
Worst sportsmanship: Djokovic (ATP) / Naomi Broady accusing Jelena Ostapenko to get her defaulted in a match (WTA)
Best sportsmanship: Nadal (ATP) / Shuai Zhang (WTA)
Biggest letdown player: Coric (ATP) / Kvitova (WTA)
Most exciting masters: Monte Carlo (ATP)
Best 1handed BH: Wawrinka (ATP)
Best 2handed BH: Murray (ATP) / Serena (WTA)
Best Serve: Karlovic (ATP) / Serena (WTA)
Slam of the year: USO (ATP) / AO (WTA)
Worst Masters: IW (ATP) / China Open (WTA)
Shot of the Year: Fed backhand against Djokovic ar AO 2016

Rivalry of the Year: Murray versus idiot Stakhovsky (this guy is seriously an idiot for sure)

 

[MichaelNadal]

I wait all year for this thread. @MichaelNadal isn't this your baby?!?

Moment of the year: The Olympics were fun
Best forehand: Delpo
Most improved player: Raonic
Match of the year: Federer-Cilic, Wimby
Worst sportsmanship: Kyrgios
Best sportsmanship: Sock
Biggest letdown player: Tough call here. sh%t year with Fed and Nadal out to injury, but how about everyone in the top 10 not named Murray, Djokovic, or Stanimal? But probably Kyrgios
Most exciting masters: Cincy/Real Slam
Best 1handed BH: Duh. Stanimal!
Best 2handed BH: don't really care
Best Serve: Dr. Ivo
Slam of the year: US Open (for the final alone)
Worst Masters: most of them

Nothing epic happened this year, but it will always be my baby

 

[metsman]

not a category, but this was so good I had to mention it:
Save of the year:

mugikori could have cured cancer in the midst of that match and it still wouldn't have saved that absolutely dismal performance he put forth.

 

[SpinToWin]

I want to nominate @Sysyphus for prediction of the year who predicted about a year ago that Andy Murray would be YE#1 this year.

I don't remember who it was... but the prediction of the year hands down was the guy who said that Kerber was ready for a slam before the Aussie... what happened since, who'd have thunk

 

[Bender]

Why even bother

Everyone knows that the Nadal is the winner of all the criteria available

On a completely unrelated note, we should also add the criteria 'Most Beautiful Player', and 'Most Humble Player'.

 

[BVSlam]

Monica Puig 'Moment' of the year - Nadal wins Doubles Gold in Rio
Best forehand - Nadal
Most improved player - Claydal
Match of the year - Nadal vs. Murray Monte Carlo SF
Worst sportsmanship - Federer, Djokovic and Murray
Best sportsmanship - Beautinadal, Humbledal
Biggest letdown player - Nadal could never let anyone down
Most exciting masters - Monte Carlo
Best 1handed BH - Nad- ehm
Best 2handed BH - Nadal
Best Serve - Nadal
Slam of the year - US Open, but just barely. Certainly not Wimbledon
Worst Masters - Miami, Toronto, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris
Shot of the Year - Nadal's searing down the line shots and passes in the SF and F of Monte Carlo. Too many to mention!