George Turner
Hall of Fame
To be controversial, I'm gonna look at the opponents sampras and federer each faced during their wimbledon wins (quarter final onwards) to see who had the most impressive wins overall. i will give a mark of 5 for top quality opposition, 2 for good opposition, 1 for so-so opposition, 0 for rubbish opposition.
Sampras 1993.
QF Agassi; Not in his best form at this time. 2
SF Becker; Past his prime. 2
F Courier; Clay courter, though had beaten Edberg in semis. 1
1994.
QF Chang; Decent player, not good on grass. 0
SF Martin; The Berdych/Ferrer of the Sampras era. 1
F Ivanisevic; Not one of his best matches, a very boring final. 1
1995.
QF Shuzo Matsuoka; Who?? 0
SF Ivanisevic; Was in his best grass court form for this match. 2
F Becker; past prime, served 16 double faults and only got half his first serves in. 2
1997.
QF. Becker; Pretty washed up by this time. 1
SF. Todd Woodbridge; Much better at doubles than singles. 0
F. Pioline; Random finalist. 0
1998.
QF. Phillopousis; The inconsistent Kyrgios of the Sampras era, hard to score accurately. 1
SF. Henman; Nearly man of Wimbledon. 1
F. Ivanisevic; His last good performance (until 2001 Wimbledon). 2
1999.
QF. Phillopouis; retired while leading. Sampras admitted he dodged a bullet here. -1
SF. Henman; Still the nearly man of Wimbledon. 1
F. Agassi; in top form and Sampras dismantled him. His best Wimbledon win. 5
2000.
QF. Gambill; Random with a double handed forehand. 0
SF. Voltchkov; One of the worst players to reach a major semi. 0
F Rafter; A nearly great. 2
Total score; 23. Beating Agassi in 1999 made that his best Wimbledon win, while 1997 was his worst.
Federer 2003.
QF Schalken; About on par with Kevin Anderson. 0
SF. Roddick; His first major semi. 1
F. Phillopousis; Played well in this tournament inc. a win over Agassi. 1
2004.
QF Hewitt; Slightly past his peak but still quality on grass. 2
SF Grosjean; handy on grass, one of the best players not to reach a major final. 1
F Roddick; at his peak and played a fantastic match but Federer still won. 2
2005.
QF Gonzalez; Never amazing on grass. 0
SF Hewitt; Still ranked in the top 5. 2
F Roddick; 2
2006.
QF Antic; Liked playing on grass; beat Djokovic in the previous round! 1
SF Bjorkman; About as old as my Dad. 0
F. Nadal; Not at his grass peak but still a high standard and had 6-1 h2h vs Fed. 2
2007.
QF Ferrero; Past his prime and not a grass courter. 0
SF Gasquet; Out of his element here but had beaten Roddick previous round. 1
F Nadal; Was playing better than last year. 5
2009.
QF Karlovic; Serve bot. 0
SF Haas; Had a good tournament, beat Djokovic. 1
F. Roddick; Played well but Fed was lucky to win this match so only giving him one mark. 1
2012
QF Youzhny; Out of his depth. 0
SF Djokovic; Prime Djokovic; top of the rankings. 5
F Murray; Played well and the home favourite, top win for Fed. 5
2017.
QF Milos Raonic; Fortunate to beat Fed last year, was pretty disappointing here. 1
SF Tomas Berdych; Nearly man of this era. 1
F Cilic; Injured, didn't turn up. 0
Total score; 34. 2012 his best win beating Djokovic and Murray, 2009 probably his worst as it was his weakest final performance.
Feds score is inflated by 2012, apart from that there's not much difference in quality of opposition. If you looked at players like Mcenroe and Borg you'd probably find their opposition is of a similar caliber.
Sampras 1993.
QF Agassi; Not in his best form at this time. 2
SF Becker; Past his prime. 2
F Courier; Clay courter, though had beaten Edberg in semis. 1
1994.
QF Chang; Decent player, not good on grass. 0
SF Martin; The Berdych/Ferrer of the Sampras era. 1
F Ivanisevic; Not one of his best matches, a very boring final. 1
1995.
QF Shuzo Matsuoka; Who?? 0
SF Ivanisevic; Was in his best grass court form for this match. 2
F Becker; past prime, served 16 double faults and only got half his first serves in. 2
1997.
QF. Becker; Pretty washed up by this time. 1
SF. Todd Woodbridge; Much better at doubles than singles. 0
F. Pioline; Random finalist. 0
1998.
QF. Phillopousis; The inconsistent Kyrgios of the Sampras era, hard to score accurately. 1
SF. Henman; Nearly man of Wimbledon. 1
F. Ivanisevic; His last good performance (until 2001 Wimbledon). 2
1999.
QF. Phillopouis; retired while leading. Sampras admitted he dodged a bullet here. -1
SF. Henman; Still the nearly man of Wimbledon. 1
F. Agassi; in top form and Sampras dismantled him. His best Wimbledon win. 5
2000.
QF. Gambill; Random with a double handed forehand. 0
SF. Voltchkov; One of the worst players to reach a major semi. 0
F Rafter; A nearly great. 2
Total score; 23. Beating Agassi in 1999 made that his best Wimbledon win, while 1997 was his worst.
Federer 2003.
QF Schalken; About on par with Kevin Anderson. 0
SF. Roddick; His first major semi. 1
F. Phillopousis; Played well in this tournament inc. a win over Agassi. 1
2004.
QF Hewitt; Slightly past his peak but still quality on grass. 2
SF Grosjean; handy on grass, one of the best players not to reach a major final. 1
F Roddick; at his peak and played a fantastic match but Federer still won. 2
2005.
QF Gonzalez; Never amazing on grass. 0
SF Hewitt; Still ranked in the top 5. 2
F Roddick; 2
2006.
QF Antic; Liked playing on grass; beat Djokovic in the previous round! 1
SF Bjorkman; About as old as my Dad. 0
F. Nadal; Not at his grass peak but still a high standard and had 6-1 h2h vs Fed. 2
2007.
QF Ferrero; Past his prime and not a grass courter. 0
SF Gasquet; Out of his element here but had beaten Roddick previous round. 1
F Nadal; Was playing better than last year. 5
2009.
QF Karlovic; Serve bot. 0
SF Haas; Had a good tournament, beat Djokovic. 1
F. Roddick; Played well but Fed was lucky to win this match so only giving him one mark. 1
2012
QF Youzhny; Out of his depth. 0
SF Djokovic; Prime Djokovic; top of the rankings. 5
F Murray; Played well and the home favourite, top win for Fed. 5
2017.
QF Milos Raonic; Fortunate to beat Fed last year, was pretty disappointing here. 1
SF Tomas Berdych; Nearly man of this era. 1
F Cilic; Injured, didn't turn up. 0
Total score; 34. 2012 his best win beating Djokovic and Murray, 2009 probably his worst as it was his weakest final performance.
Feds score is inflated by 2012, apart from that there's not much difference in quality of opposition. If you looked at players like Mcenroe and Borg you'd probably find their opposition is of a similar caliber.
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