Andy Roddick lost to the eventual champion in 10 Grand Slams!

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1. 2001 Wimbledon: lost to Ivanisevic in 3rd round
2. 2001 US Open: lost to Hewitt in the qf's
3. 2002 US Open: lost to Sampras in the qf's
4. 2003 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the semis
5. 2004 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the finals
6. 2005 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the finals
7. 2006 US Open: lost to Federer in the finals
8. 2007 Australian Open: lost to Federer in the semis
9. 2007 US Open: lost to Federer in the quarters
10. 2009 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the finals

Wonder who holds the record for most losses to the eventual champion.
 
JennyS said:
1. 2001 Wimbledon: lost to Ivanisevic in 3rd round
2. 2001 US Open: lost to Hewitt in the qf's
3. 2002 US Open: lost to Sampras in the qf's
4. 2003 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the semis
5. 2004 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the finals
6. 2005 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the finals
7. 2006 US Open: lost to Federer in the finals
8. 2007 Australian Open: lost to Federer in the semis
9. 2007 US Open: lost to Federer in the quarters
10. 2009 Wimbledon: lost to Federer in the finals

Wonder who holds the record for most losses to the eventual champion.
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It is not like he would have won all those however.
 
Lendl lost in 11 Slam finals.... plus who knows more

That is still pretty cool to know Roddick looses the the champ so much
 
Wow, how would you feel coming up against Federer again...

I wonder if he knows those stats or if he does, ever think about them:)
 
NadalandFedererfan said:
It is not like he would have won all those however.
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Could well have won at least 2, probably 4 Wimbledons (2004,2009, maybe 2005, probably 2003), US Open 2006, and he would have had a good chance against gonzalez in AO 2007.

Roddick would have been the legend of a generation, had Fed not been around. Andy really is THAT good.
 
joeri888 said:
Could well have won at least 2, probably 4 Wimbledons (2004,2009, maybe 2005, probably 2003), US Open 2006, and he would have had a good chance against gonzalez in AO 2007.

Roddick would have been the legend of a generation, had Fed not been around. Andy really is THAT good.
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I think you might be giving Roddick a little too much credit. When I went back and looked a Roddick's chances of winning various slams over the last 6 years. It appears Roddick would have won probably not more than 3.


Hes not beatin Gonzo at the AO 07. Gonzo was playing the best tennis of his life there. 06 its tough to say he gets by Blake at the USO, playing his best tennis. And he still has to run into Hewitt at Wimbeldon, so there is no guarantee for that either. 07 USO, doubtful he is taking DJokovic out who was giving Fed fits there. Roddick has lost to plenty of guys at the slams, that Roger had no bearing over. Yes Andy is good, but he certainly no automatic to win these slams with Fed out
 
GameSampras said:
I think you might be giving Roddick a little too much credit. When I went back and looked a Roddick's chances of winning various slams over the last 6 years. It appears Roddick would have won probably not more than 3.


Hes not beatin Gonzo at the AO 07. Gonzo was playing the best tennis of his life there. 06 its tough to say he gets by Blake at the USO, playing his best tennis. And he still has to run into Hewitt at Wimbeldon, so there is no guarantee for that either. 07 USO, doubtful he is taking DJokovic out who was giving Fed fits there. Roddick has lost to plenty of guys at the slams, that Roger had no bearing over. Yes Andy is good, but he certainly no automatic to win these slams with Fed out
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roddick beat gonzo in 2007 6-1 6-4

but then again roddick would be top seed for those events that fed didn't play so he would have a different draw completely
 
GameSampras said:
I think you might be giving Roddick a little too much credit. When I went back and looked a Roddick's chances of winning various slams over the last 6 years. It appears Roddick would have won probably not more than 3.


Hes not beatin Gonzo at the AO 07. Gonzo was playing the best tennis of his life there. 06 its tough to say he gets by Blake at the USO, playing his best tennis. And he still has to run into Hewitt at Wimbeldon, so there is no guarantee for that either. 07 USO, doubtful he is taking DJokovic out who was giving Fed fits there. Roddick has lost to plenty of guys at the slams, that Roger had no bearing over. Yes Andy is good, but he certainly no automatic to win these slams with Fed out
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Gonzo and Blake are mugs with no ability to win (unlike Roddick), they're not winning a grand slam final no matter who they're playing against. Roddick's 2nd set tiebreak choke in Wimbledon is the kind of choke these guys would have every game in a grand slam final.
 
EtePras said:
Gonzo and Blake are mugs with no ability to win (unlike Roddick), they're not winning a grand slam final no matter who they're playing against. Roddick's 2nd set tiebreak choke in Wimbledon is the kind of choke these guys would have every game in a grand slam final.
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At the time Blake was playing his best tennis of his career. Gonzo was playing awesome at the AO. And Roddick hasnt shown a whole lot of ability to win slams either over the years. We are talking about the same Roddick right? The 1 slam wonder? To automatically give Roddick slam wins, IMO should not be plausible based on roddick's track record.


I believe Roddick would have managed a couple more slams.. But to just automatically give Roddick a ton of slams, in the abscence of Fed? No
 
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Remember Tsonga when he beat Nadal? That's what Blake and Gonzo were like, except Blake isn't nearly as good as the other two. Doesn't matter how amazing they played in the round before, they magically lose all of their ability to play as soon as they get to the final.
 
I would kind of have to disagree. Blake AT THE TIME was playing very good tennis. The very best tennis he would ever produce in 06 at the USO. And Tsonga hasnt proved a whole hell of a lot either. I dont see any slams next to his name. Hes inconsistent, and has been injury plagued as well
 
It just shows that Roddick isn't 'quite' good enough to be winning multiple majors or maybe at the most, 2. If Federer wasn't around the era would be considerably weaker and Roddick would still probably only have 2 - 3 slams in an era of multiple and various champions. Ironically it would have probably then been remembered as a stronger era than it is now. Lawl.
 
Hewitt also lost 10 times to the eventual champion(6 to Federer)

Chang lost 10 times to the eventual champion(6 times at the USO)

8 time major winner Ivan Lendl lost 23 times to the eventual champion(11 times in the final)

18 time major winner Chris Evert lost 23 times to the eventual champ at majors(16 of those times in the final, 10 to Martina)
 
GameSampras said:
I think you might be giving Roddick a little too much credit. When I went back and looked a Roddick's chances of winning various slams over the last 6 years. It appears Roddick would have won probably not more than 3.


Hes not beatin Gonzo at the AO 07. Gonzo was playing the best tennis of his life there. 06 its tough to say he gets by Blake at the USO, playing his best tennis. And he still has to run into Hewitt at Wimbeldon, so there is no guarantee for that either. 07 USO, doubtful he is taking DJokovic out who was giving Fed fits there. Roddick has lost to plenty of guys at the slams, that Roger had no bearing over. Yes Andy is good, but he certainly no automatic to win these slams with Fed out
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Some good points. I have to protest the one in bold, though. Roddick was playing out of his mind in that quarterfinal match against Federer---Federer just took it anyway.

I realize none of us have crystal balls, and I hate to play the game of "what if", but I really think that if Roddick had pulled that match out against Federer, there was no stopping Roddick in the semis or finals, especially with that crowd.

In fact, I would rank that loss as the 2nd best match Roddick has ever played, the best being the Wimbledon match he just lost to Federer

GameSampras said:
To automatically give Roddick slam wins, IMO should not be plausible...
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I agree, but I don't think anyone here is *automatically giving* Roddick anything---just making an observation and wondering about alternative consequences, which is fine. Speculation is one of the most fun (and innate) things about being a fan of any sport.

It is not *automatically giving* Roddick Slam wins to expect that he could have pulled off 3-4 career Slams if Federer wasn't in his way
 
Moose Malloy said:
Hewitt also lost 10 times to the eventual champion(6 to Federer)

Chang lost 10 times to the eventual champion(6 times at the USO)

8 time major winner Ivan Lendl lost 23 times to the eventual champion(11 times in the final)

18 time major winner Chris Evert lost 23 times to the eventual champ at majors(16 of those times in the final, 10 to Martina)
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Agassi lost to the eventual Major champion 12 times:

'88 RG to Wilander
'90 RG to Gomez
'90 US Open to Sampras
'91 RG to Courier
'92 RG to Courier
'93 Wimbledon to Sampras
'95 US Open to Sampras
'97 US Open to Rafter
'99 Wimbledon to Sampras
'02 US Open to Sampras
'04 US Open to Federer
'05 US Open to Federer

Yevgeny Kafelnikov is another player with 10 losses to that particular Major's eventual Champion.

'94 AO to Sampras
'95 AO to Agassi
'95 RG to Muster
'96 AO to Becker
'97 RG to Kuerten
'99 US Open to Agassi
'00 AO to Agassi
'00 RG to Kuerten
'01 RG to Kuerten
'01 US Open toHewitt

Honorable mentions not already mentioned:

Todd Martin 9
Courier 9

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McEnroe also lost 10 times to the eventual champion.

Honorable mentions not already mentioned:

Todd Martin 9
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I wonder if there are any other non-major winners who lost this many times to the eventual champion.
 
NamRanger said:
I'm sure if Roddick had a good coach he would have won more slams by now. Dean Goldfine and John Roddick aren't exactly the best choices.
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roddick wasted crucial years with goldfine and John roddick, he should have hired stefanki at the end of 2005
 
Andy Roddick lost to the eventual champion in 10 Grand Slams!


Which just proves he is not championship quality, next topic
 
Nebula said:
sad thing is, if roddick lived up to expectations and won as many slams as sampras you would love him and be one of his fans
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Maybe but he didnt... We americans as well like to have a great player to get behind. We had Andre, Pete, and for a while Courier, and Mac and Connors. Mr. Roddick just didnt make the cut.


Probably not.. The considering how arseholish Roddick has been over the years, and some the crap he spews, particularly to line judges. He runs his mouth more than he plays tennis
 
GameSampras said:
Maybe but he didnt... We americans as well like to have a great player to get behind. We had Andre, Pete, and for a while Courier, and Mac and Connors. Mr. Roddick just didnt make the cut.


Probably not.. The considering how arseholish Roddick has been over the years, and some the crap he spews, particularly to line judges. He runs his mouth more than he plays tennis
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And Mac and Connors were angels :roll:
 
GameSampras said:
Maybe but he didnt... We americans as well like to have a great player to get behind. We had Andre, Pete, and for a while Courier, and Mac and Connors. Mr. Roddick just didnt make the cut.


Probably not.. The considering how arseholish Roddick has been over the years, and some the crap he spews, particularly to line judges. He runs his mouth more than he plays tennis
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he runs his mouth because he cares about his career, something noone can ask more of, ok roddick might not be the most talented to hold a racket, but he's done alot more than the likes of davydenko,nalbandian, murray (ATM anyway) and others who have way more talent.

success is taking what talent you have and doing the best with it - im sure roddick has made the most out of his talent.

people like you are just spoilt that roddick didn't live up to expectations, you only like sampras because he was successful, his game is based on his serve, and he got into arguments, but i see why you hate roddick and loved sampras, because sampras won 14 majors. idiot.
 
thejoe said:
And Mac and Connors were angels :roll:
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No but they were successful and had all time great HOF careers. Something A-fraud cant attest to. These guys could let their talking on the court and collected some slams. Roddick sitting on his 1 lone slam shouldnt talk as if he is something special
 
GameSampras said:
No but they were successful and had all time great HOF careers. Something A-fraud cant attest to. These guys could let their talking on the court and collected some slams. Roddick sitting on his 1 lone slam shouldnt talk as if he is something special
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So success means you are above the rules now? I guess Federer should go around and do the same thing.
 
Nebula said:
game sampras is just a football/tennis fan who only roots for the most successful players.
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Of course, because he is a glory hunter. He identifies himself with successful people because *insert long psychological profile of GameSampras that should be painfully obvious*.
 
NamRanger said:
So success means you are above the rules now? I guess Federer should go around and do the same thing.
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With his arrogance? good lord.... I think he already does.

Hell this is a guy who admitted he didnt even want a rival like Nadal. He wanted to go back to the days of being without one. Anoother guy who never gives his opponents much credit. Trashes Nadal's game when he first came on the scene. And always some damn lame excuse why he loses. Oh my back is bad!!!! Im bed stricken with mono!! Yet I reach slam finals.. Its all a bunch of crap.
 
NamRanger said:
Of course, because he is a glory hunter. He identifies himself with successful people because *insert long psychological profile of GameSampras that should be painfully obvious*.
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well, he should convert to being a federer fan since he is the most successful player of all time.
 
Nebula said:
sad thing is, if roddick lived up to expectations and won as many slams as sampras you would love him and be one of his fans
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Nebula said:
game sampras is just a football/tennis fan who only roots for the most successful players.
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Quoted for truth. He probably had Roddick winning 10+ slams or so in his pro-American style when Roddick won his 1st GS, and now that that's the only one he has, Roddick is a failure to Game Sampras.

Let's not forget that this is the guy that once called Switzerland a nation of losers. Shows what standards GS has for success.
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
Quoted for truth. He probably had Roddick winning 10+ slams or so in his pro-American style when Roddick won his 1st GS, and now that that's the only one he has, Roddick is a failure to Game Sampras.

Let's not forget that this is the guy that once called Switzerland a nation of losers. Shows what standards GS has for success.
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no disrespect, i don't really enjoy watching james blake play - but not because he is not successful as sampras, that would just be idiotic as sampras isn't as successful as federer.

rooting for the winner is bad, i reckon most of the roddick haters here on TW would adore roddick if he won more majors, james blake too, you should root for a player because a)you like there game b) you can identify with them a) you like them as a person. Something i doubt anyone can say about sampras
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
Quoted for truth. He probably had Roddick winning 10+ slams or so in his pro-American style when Roddick won his 1st GS, and now that that's the only one he has, Roddick is a failure to Game Sampras.

Let's not forget that this is the guy that once called Switzerland a nation of losers. Shows what standards GS has for success.
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I knew Roddick was a clown when I first saw him at Wimbeldon 01 getting demolished by Goran , than watched 31 year old Pete blow him off the court at the USO like he was an juniors player . Overrated then, overrated now
 
GameSampras said:
I knew Roddick was a clown when I first saw him at Wimbeldon 01, than watched 31 year old Pete blow him off the court at the USO. Overrated then, overrated now
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did you watch the other 2 matches when roddick owned sampras in miami and hoston when sampras was still playing good tennis. Roddick was injured in US open or he would have won.

roddick v smapras H2H - 2-1 in favour of roddick
 
Nebula said:
did you watch the other 2 matches when roddick owned sampras in miami and hoston when sampras was still playing good tennis. Roddick was injured in US open or he would have won.

roddick v smapras H2H - 2-1 in favour of roddick
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Sampras got him where it counted. By that time Pete had already broken the slam record, and was sticking around to win one more. Pete's career was esentially over by that point. He was only hunting for one more slam. By his own admission. He wasnt playing for the meaningless tournaments. He was playing for the slams. He even admitted in doiing so
 
What a way to go out though.. Destroying the "next big american" A-fraud. You think Pete really care about tournaments like Miami during the last 2 season or so of his career? Please..

Fed is only 28? And he only cares about slams now too. HEnce why thats about all he has won this year. Hes barely won any smaller tournaments this year. When you get to that point in your career, you cant dominate on the week in week out basis as you used to or you have been there done that. Then slams only matter by that point
 
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