All active Slam champions now aged 30 or over!

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The sobering statistic has finally arrived. Marin Cilic turns 30 years old today (happy birthday, Marin!) and with that fact, the statistic many of us have been keenly anticipating or keenly dreading is finally here ie. for the first time in the Open Era, and possibly before, there are no active male Grand Slam champions under the age of 30!

There are currently 7 active players who have won Slams. In order of age:

Federer: 37 years, 1 month.
Wawrinka: 33 years, 6 months.
Nadal: 32 years, 3 months
Djokovic and Murray: 31 years, 4 months.
Del Potro and Cilic: 30 years.

The Old Guard Marches On!!

Discuss or disgust. :cool:
 
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Mainad said:
The sobering statistic has finally arrived. Marin Cilic turns 30 years old today (happy birthday, Marin!) and with that fact, the statistic many of us have been keenly anticipating or keenly dreading is finally here ie. for the first time in the Open Era, and possibly before, there are no active male Grand Slam champions under the age of 30!

There are currently 7 active players who have won Slams. In order of age:

Federer: 37 years, 1 month.
Wawrinka: 33 years, 6 months.
Nadal: 32 years, 3 months
Djokovic and Murray: 31 years, 4 months.
Del Potro and Cilic: 30 years.

The Old Guard Marches On!!

Discuss or disgust. :cool:
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I'm not as panicked about this situation as many here. While we'll probably go through a true weak era in about 5 years and our present Next gens aren't setting the world on fire, the cream will rise to the top again.
 
lud said:
Not only in tennis,in all other sports best in world are over 30.
CR7,Messi,Modric
James,Curry
Phelps
Bo.t
Hamilton,Rosberg
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How many are still active (Phelps and Rosberg are retired now, aren't they)?
 
Only 7 active slam winners on the tour must be close to a record low also. If Fed retires before any new slam winners are added we will be in a position where only 6 guys have won slams since Rafa held up the RG trophy for the first time in 2005 - that is insane!
 
Mainad said:
The sobering statistic has finally arrived. Marin Cilic turns 30 years old today (happy birthday, Marin!) and with that fact, the statistic many of us have been keenly anticipating or keenly dreading is finally here ie. for the first time in the Open Era, and possibly before, there are no active male Grand Slam champions under the age of 30!
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Very sad, but things are about to change.
 
People under the age of 30 are over-rated anyways.

Whats the problem?! Im interested if OP thinks its disgust or discuss, since Murray is on the list of geriatrics?
 
At least until 2012 Federer had an age advantage over the other big4. 23-31 is a much better age for tennis than 18-25.

So he played 67.9% of his h2h against them with age advantage.
 
Mainad said:
It's discuss or disgust. It's no fault of any of the over 30s that they are still better than the young Guns!
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Damn straight!

And I cant help it if I’m like a fine wine that gets better with age, while the next gen are like a cheap scotch that needs longer in the barrel to mature properly! With a little while in a port cask to round out the flavour nicely.... mmm, scotch.....
 
titoelcolombiano said:
Only 7 active slam winners on the tour must be close to a record low also. If Fed retires before any new slam winners are added we will be in a position where only 6 guys have won slams since Rafa held up the RG trophy for the first time in 2005 - that is insane!
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It was 6 active slam champs in 2013, after the retirements of Roddick and Ferrero, and before Wawrinka won his first slam.

Those being Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Murray, Hewitt and Del Potro.
 
Lew said:
At least until 2012 Federer had an age advantage over the other big4. 23-31 is a much better age for tennis than 18-25.

So he played 67.9% of his h2h against them with age advantage.
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Yet people in 18-22 won much more GS (as well as other tournaments) than people in 29-31.

Feds "age advantage" lasted till he was 28 at most. For every player who was better in 31 than 25/26 or in 30 than 24/25 or in 29 than 23/24 you can show me I can show you at least ten who were better at the younger age (big 3 included).

With "stats" like this can you really expect anyone to take you seriously?
 
Tornes said:
Yet people in 18-22 won much more GS (as well as other tournaments) than people in 29-31.

Feds "age advantage" lasted till he was 28 at most. For every player who was better in 31 than 25/26 or in 30 than 24/25 or in 29 than 23/24 you can show me I can show you at least ten who were better at the younger age (big 3 included).

With "stats" like this can you really expect anyone to take you seriously?
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Lew has a hard time coping with peak Djokovic losing so many times to old man Federer so he's made it his life mission to post this kind of crap.
 
duaneeo said:
Very sad, but things are about to change.
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Nothing will change in a couple of years...it is more likely that either De Potro or Cilic snatch one or two during 2019-2021 time period and maybe even Anderson winning his first (and probably only!) than that a player aged under 30 wins grand slam!...
 
Tornes said:
Yet people in 18-22 won much more GS (as well as other tournaments) than people in 29-31.

Feds "age advantage" lasted till he was 28 at most. For every player who was better in 31 than 25/26 or in 30 than 24/25 or in 29 than 23/24 you can show me I can show you at least ten who were better at the younger age (big 3 included).

With "stats" like this can you really expect anyone to take you seriously?
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We're talking about recent years.

Now players peak at 30.
 
Players don't ****ing peak at 30.

The real top players can take a dump on Wimbledon centre court and that feces will have more talent than the guys in their 20s right now

It took a better tennis player to be 15th in the world in 2012 than it does to be top 5 now.
 
True Fanerer said:
Lew has a hard time coping with peak Djokovic losing so many times to old man Federer so he's made it his life mission to post this kind of crap.
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"so many times"? 2 of their last 12 GS matches or yec finals?
 
Dimitris said:
I can only see Thiem and Zverev winning a slam before the old guard retires. It's gonna be a truly weak era for some years it seems
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Why? Don't expect a player like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to emerge every generation. Fed is too old now and not doing damage in the recent Slams, but Nadal and Djokovic are only in their 31s and 32s which is a good age to compete. If you keep those high standards, you will complain about suppoused weak eras all your life, since no one is gonna be like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in your lifetime.
 
Sport said:
Why? Don't expect a player like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to emerge every generation. Fed is too old now and not doing damage in the recent Slams, but Nadal and Djokovic are only in their 31s and 32s which is a good age to compete. If you keep those high standards, you will complain about suppoused weak eras all your life, since no one is gonna be like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in your lifetime.
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An all time great emerges every decade or so. All you have to do is look at the history of tennis.
 
Sport said:
Why? Don't expect a player like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to emerge every generation. Fed is too old now and not doing damage in the recent Slams, but Nadal and Djokovic are only in their 31s and 32s which is a good age to compete. If you keep those high standards, you will complain about suppoused weak eras all your life, since no one is gonna be like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in your lifetime.
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Of course I'm not talking about someone reaching the level of these three, but outside Theim and Zverev we haven't seen a young player break through so far. Kyrgios will not go anywhere with this attitude and it's very early to talk about Shapovalov or Tsitsipas (Even though I wish it, since I am Greek). Even not considering the big 3 (or 4) who else reaches slam finals? Wawrinka, Cilic, del Potro, even Anderson, none of them youngsters. In the past, even with the big 4 being dominant, players like Cilic, Tsonga or Berdych reached slam finals while young. I just don't see it now
 
Lew said:
We're talking about recent years.

Now players peak at 30.
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Not true. Look no further than big 3. Federer 22-26, Nadal 21, 23, 27, Djokovic 23 and 28 (average of 24,2, almost exactly the number it is historically "supposed"to be - 24).

Also, your "recent years" means just since 2012. By that time everything was as it was almost since beginning of OE and peak age was hovering between 23 and 25 (for reference see http://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/seasons). And even after that peak age of players never went beyond 29.

7 seasons are definitely not enough to conclude any statistically relevant conclusion. Let alone some that is in contrary to stats even of the said period.
 
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Meles said:
What can I say, LostGen weak and shows the last decade weaker than we thought. Is the Big 4 now the Big Fraud?:D
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You are correct. Zverev, Shapo and Tsit aren't the ones who should have prevented this scenario. It is Dimi, Raonic and Nishikori, who have competed for many years and should be at their peak.

Raokortrov are the pinnacle of a generation where there is zero world class players.
 
George Turner said:
You are correct. Zverev, Shapo and Tsit aren't the ones who should have prevented this scenario. It is Dimi, Raonic and Nishikori, who have competed for many years and should be at their peak.

Raokortrov are the pinnacle of a generation where there is zero world class players.
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Tier below Big 4 - Berdych, Ferrer, Tsonga, Monfils, Gasquet

Dimitrov- 8-21 combined h2h
Raonic- 14-11 combined h2h
Nishikori- 26-16 combined h2h

48-48 combined W/L record against those 5 players

Not going to cut it.
 
True Fanerer said:
Tier below Big 4 - Berdych, Ferrer, Tsonga, Monfils, Gasquet

Dimitrov- 8-21 combined h2h
Raonic- 14-11 combined h2h
Nishikori- 26-16 combined h2h

48-48 combined W/L record against those 5 players

Not going to cut it.
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Pigeons all for the most part. Dimitrov has tried to break loose of his shackles once in a while, but the rest are just not that good. Ferrer and Berdy a cut above in some ways, but both had weak serves (well Bendy weaker than it should be for his height).
 
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