2020 US Open - Peak Recent Elo Ranking of Remaining 12

[Meles]

PCB - 15
Shapo - 7
Coric - 8
Zverev - 3
Berrittini - 5
Rublev - 6
Tiafoe - 22
Mad Weed - 3
Pospisil - 28
Demon - 9
FAA - 23
Thiem - 4

Final 8 could all be top ten caliber after tomorrow save PCB and might well have been all top 10 if Novak had not screwed the pooch.

1992: (lol)
Courier
Agassi
Sampras
Volkov - 11
Ferreira - 4
Chang - 2
Lendl
Edberg

1992 really like what might have been this year if Nadalovic were in QFs. If Pospisil or Tiafoe come through later today then 2020 definitely more depth, but not at the top. Ferreira not even close to Tim in level, and played to 11 that Summer. Chang 5 for peak in 1992.

Discustingly weak field, no?

 

[Meles]

And here we have US Open fields ranked back to 1978

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/djokos-delight-elo-ranks-the-us-open-fields-from-1978.569296/

I'll pull up some of the top ones and do the rankings though most of the young players in current field will have higher peak rankings for their career not yet realized.

2009:
Fed
Soderling - 3
Djoko
Verdasco - 6
Gonzalez - 2
Nadal
Delpo - 2
Cilic - 4

Cilic peak was 9 at that time and to be technical Delpo was 4. Nadal kind of shaky that year. So far I'd rate Shapo and Zverev higher than SOderling talent wise. Coric/Fiasco a wash.

This comp also ruined by covid.

 

[yokied]

I know everyone loves to talk trash about PCB but he does have a lot of variety in his game. I wish he would be more aggressive early in the points because his transition and net game is actually pretty good (winning doubles credentials). He trolled Novak pretty hard in the 5-4 game. He went down 0-40 with three soft errors, then came back with good aggressive, deceptive play and a very good disguise FH drop shot that generated Novak's first ball abuse outburst. And again, at 5-5 played some mean ball that Novak just didn't see coming.

Thanks for stepping into the ELO gap in the market left by the absence of our statalogical saviour @Lew II.

 

[Meles]

I know everyone loves to talk trash about PCB but he does have a lot of variety in his game. I wish he would be more aggressive early in the points because his transition and net game is actually pretty good (winning doubles credentials). He trolled Novak pretty hard in the 5-4 game. He went down 0-40 with three soft errors, then came back with good aggressive, deceptive play and a very good disguise FH drop shot that generated Novak's first ball abuse outburst. And again, at 5-5 played some mean ball that Novak just didn't see coming.

Thanks for stepping into the ELO gap in the market left by the absence of our statalogical saviour @Lew II.

PCB at his best has done this to quite a few opponents; if anyone would put a player over the edge its Pablo.

 

[Meles]

Quarterfinal quality in the bag:
PCB - 15
Shapo - 7
Coric - 8
Zverev - 3
Rublev - 6
Mad Weed - 3
Demon - 9
Thiem - 4

Pablo’s tenacity will be quite a test for Shapo. RaoMug hasn’t maintained consistency for many years so Demon’s tenacity and skill on fast hard should trouble Thiem. Tsits the biggest casuality save idiot Nole. Might have some great matches.

 

[JaoSousa]

Is anybody else very confused about this thread?

 

[Meles]

Is anybody else very confused about this thread?

see post 2 thread. on ipad with no pc so this is a bit rough.

 

[Steffi-forever]

I don’t think it’s a weak field. Most of them are just at the beginning of their prime. Medvedev, Thiem, Zverev, Shapo and Felix (and Tsitsipas of course) will contest a lot big slam matches in the future and will win a lot of titles.

 

[Meles]

I don’t think it’s a weak field. Most of them are just at the beginning of their prime. Medvedev, Thiem, Zverev, Shapo and Felix (and Tsitsipas of course) will contest a lot big slam matches in the future and will win a lot of titles.

Would have been a great field with Novak. The comparable is the great 1992 field. There you still had some old guard players mixing it up with the youngerer. With Novak we'd be saying he alone trumps Edberg/Lendl. Courier was great at this point, but frankly Thiem's current level easily on par. Demon a poor man's Chang, but much better serve game. Coric better than Volkov. Rublev better than Ferreira. Mad Weed close enough to young Sampras and far more entertaining. Shapo is our young Agassi pretender (better serve game by a margin at least). Nole/Zverev on par with over the hill Lendl and Edberg.
Courier
Agassi
Sampras
Volkov - 11
Ferreira - 4
Chang - 2
Lendl
Edberg

My only reservation is the tennis we are getting on the sped up US Open. Mild weather should put a damper on the speed, but still a lot of snoozefests so far.