In the wake of some nice findings by Borgforever, Elegos and Izznews about the pre 1920 era I post here some pre 1950 rankings, i found in the book by Paula Stuck von Recnizek, Tennis Faszination, edited in Munich in 1968. They rely on a sampling by Dr. Esser, some German expert, i assume, mostly there are from ca. 1930:
F. G. Low:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Brookes, W.M. Johnston, R. Doherty, Wilding, Lacoste, Cochet, Larned, McLoughlin
Arnold Herrschel:
Tilden, H. L. Doherty, Wilding, Cochet, Borotra, Brookes, R. Doherty, Richey, Pim, Roper-Barrett
Lacoste:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Cochet, Johnston, Wilding, Borotra, R. Doherty, Brookes, Larned, W. Renshaw
Maurice Blein:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Borotra, Cochet, Johnston, Wilding, Borotra, Larned, Vines, W. Renshaw
E.C. Potter:
Tilden, H. L. Doherty, brookes, Cochet, Johnston, Wilding, Lacoste, Whitman, Borotra, Perry.
P. M. Harry in Revue de Tennis:
Tilden, Cochet, H.L. Doherty, Wilding, Johnston, Lacoste, brookes, W. Renshaw, R. Doherty, Sears
Ph. Nutt:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Brookes, cochet, Lacoste, R. Doherty, Johnston, Wilding. McLoughlin, S.H. Smith (whoever this is)
Two rankings from ca. 1950:
Edgar Joubert:
Tilden, Cochet, Budge, Kramer, Borotra, Lacoste, Perry, R. Doherty,H. L. Doherty, Brookes, Wilding, Patterson.
Roderich Menzel:
Tilden, Budge, Cochet, R.Doherty, Vines, L. Doherty, Kramer, McLoughlin, Lacoste, Perry, von Cramm, Brookes, Withman, Johnston, Borotra, Crawford, Wilding, Riggs, Larned, Wright, Richards, Patterson, Williams, Anderson, Mahoney.
I will let those rankings speak for themselves. Some short comment: In all the older lists, Laurie Doherty is always ranked second only to Tilden. Only in the younger lists by Joubert and Menzel, Reggie is ranked above him, Why? I don't know.
Edgar Joubert
F. G. Low:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Brookes, W.M. Johnston, R. Doherty, Wilding, Lacoste, Cochet, Larned, McLoughlin
Arnold Herrschel:
Tilden, H. L. Doherty, Wilding, Cochet, Borotra, Brookes, R. Doherty, Richey, Pim, Roper-Barrett
Lacoste:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Cochet, Johnston, Wilding, Borotra, R. Doherty, Brookes, Larned, W. Renshaw
Maurice Blein:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Borotra, Cochet, Johnston, Wilding, Borotra, Larned, Vines, W. Renshaw
E.C. Potter:
Tilden, H. L. Doherty, brookes, Cochet, Johnston, Wilding, Lacoste, Whitman, Borotra, Perry.
P. M. Harry in Revue de Tennis:
Tilden, Cochet, H.L. Doherty, Wilding, Johnston, Lacoste, brookes, W. Renshaw, R. Doherty, Sears
Ph. Nutt:
Tilden, H.L. Doherty, Brookes, cochet, Lacoste, R. Doherty, Johnston, Wilding. McLoughlin, S.H. Smith (whoever this is)
Two rankings from ca. 1950:
Edgar Joubert:
Tilden, Cochet, Budge, Kramer, Borotra, Lacoste, Perry, R. Doherty,H. L. Doherty, Brookes, Wilding, Patterson.
Roderich Menzel:
Tilden, Budge, Cochet, R.Doherty, Vines, L. Doherty, Kramer, McLoughlin, Lacoste, Perry, von Cramm, Brookes, Withman, Johnston, Borotra, Crawford, Wilding, Riggs, Larned, Wright, Richards, Patterson, Williams, Anderson, Mahoney.
I will let those rankings speak for themselves. Some short comment: In all the older lists, Laurie Doherty is always ranked second only to Tilden. Only in the younger lists by Joubert and Menzel, Reggie is ranked above him, Why? I don't know.
Edgar Joubert
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