Note
This was taken from a forum website.
OK I will try to break down their games by a rating usually based on my reading of a no of articles as well as watching the game closely.
Scores (out of 10)
SAMPRAS FEDERER
Forehand - 8 9
(both have gr8 forehands SAmpras -running forehand is amazing but fed has more angles and more vicious spins and makes very few unforced errors with it. Fed can control a game just based on his forehand)
Backhand- 7 8
( sampras's comparatively weaker side of his game. fed has very strong backhand but makes a number of unforced errors)
Serve - 10 7
(sampras - best serve in history. Fed gets broken more often than he likes to)
Volley- 9 7
(sampras's bread and butter..federer whenever he approaches the net makes classy volleys)
service returns- 7 9
(largely based on number of aces the opponent has served against them..rare to see more than 10 aces scored in a match against fed while sampras has yielded over 15 aces in a match on numerous occasions. Although Sampras's return from his backhand side wasnt great.)
Speed and athletism-9 9.5
( both of them are ballet dancers on court but I believe fed is slightly faster and has retrieved impossible balls on a number of occasions)
Defense 8 10
( Fed has probably the best defense in the game)
Endurance- 9.5 10
(Sampras (although he has won) has had to be carried out due to exhaustion on a couple of occasions. Sampras gets 9.5 coz of the number of 5 set matches he has won. Federer is a machine when it comes to endurance.)
mental edge - 10 8
(fed has had trouble finishing off straight forward matches while Sampras has won solely based on will power on a few occasions)
Consistent pressure 8 9
(Talking about pressurising the opponent. Most of the time Sampras does "just enough" to win while players playing against fed are on their toes through out their match.)
Playing the big points - 10 10
(This what made them so good. Playing the big points well)
playing incredible and fancy shots - 9 10
( Fed does it very often. Sampras gets 9 largely coz of his slam dunk style overhead smash)
Game strategy - 9 8
(Sampras faced a larger "variety" of oppposition so had to come up with different strategies. Have to give Sampras the edge on this one.)
Overall
SAMPRAS - 113.5 FEDERER- 114.5
Result - its very close. I would say its a 51% probability fed will win while 49% sampras will prevail. the match also depends on the other factors like conditions (grass- Sampras has more chance, clay- Federer , Hardcourts -difficult to say). Also the crowd backing (fed is the most popular of this generation while sampras was labelled boring during his time; Agassi as well as a few other superstars were more popular).
This is the best simulation I could run.
Hope you guys found this interesting.
This was taken from a forum website.
OK I will try to break down their games by a rating usually based on my reading of a no of articles as well as watching the game closely.
Scores (out of 10)
SAMPRAS FEDERER
Forehand - 8 9
(both have gr8 forehands SAmpras -running forehand is amazing but fed has more angles and more vicious spins and makes very few unforced errors with it. Fed can control a game just based on his forehand)
Backhand- 7 8
( sampras's comparatively weaker side of his game. fed has very strong backhand but makes a number of unforced errors)
Serve - 10 7
(sampras - best serve in history. Fed gets broken more often than he likes to)
Volley- 9 7
(sampras's bread and butter..federer whenever he approaches the net makes classy volleys)
service returns- 7 9
(largely based on number of aces the opponent has served against them..rare to see more than 10 aces scored in a match against fed while sampras has yielded over 15 aces in a match on numerous occasions. Although Sampras's return from his backhand side wasnt great.)
Speed and athletism-9 9.5
( both of them are ballet dancers on court but I believe fed is slightly faster and has retrieved impossible balls on a number of occasions)
Defense 8 10
( Fed has probably the best defense in the game)
Endurance- 9.5 10
(Sampras (although he has won) has had to be carried out due to exhaustion on a couple of occasions. Sampras gets 9.5 coz of the number of 5 set matches he has won. Federer is a machine when it comes to endurance.)
mental edge - 10 8
(fed has had trouble finishing off straight forward matches while Sampras has won solely based on will power on a few occasions)
Consistent pressure 8 9
(Talking about pressurising the opponent. Most of the time Sampras does "just enough" to win while players playing against fed are on their toes through out their match.)
Playing the big points - 10 10
(This what made them so good. Playing the big points well)
playing incredible and fancy shots - 9 10
( Fed does it very often. Sampras gets 9 largely coz of his slam dunk style overhead smash)
Game strategy - 9 8
(Sampras faced a larger "variety" of oppposition so had to come up with different strategies. Have to give Sampras the edge on this one.)
Overall
SAMPRAS - 113.5 FEDERER- 114.5
Result - its very close. I would say its a 51% probability fed will win while 49% sampras will prevail. the match also depends on the other factors like conditions (grass- Sampras has more chance, clay- Federer , Hardcourts -difficult to say). Also the crowd backing (fed is the most popular of this generation while sampras was labelled boring during his time; Agassi as well as a few other superstars were more popular).
This is the best simulation I could run.
Hope you guys found this interesting.