Back to Back 5 Setters - Big 4 and Sampras and Borg

[McEnroeisanartist]

Occasions when the Big 4 and Sampras played Back to Back 5 Setters

Nadal
2007 Wimbledon - W 3rd, W 4th
2009 Australian - W SF, W F
2010 Wimbledon - W 2nd, W 3rd

Murray
2005 US Open - W 1st, L 2nd
2016 French Open - W 1st, W 2nd

Djokovic
2012 Australian - W SF, W F
2012 French Open - W 4th Round, W QF

Federer
2013 Australian - W QF, L SF

Sampras
1990 Australian - W 1st, W 2nd
1992 US Open - W 3rd, W 4th
1995 Australian - W 4th, W QF
1996 French Open - W 2nd, W 3rd
1997 Australian Open - W 4th, W QF

Borg
1973 Wimbledon - W 3rd, W 4th, L QF
1974 French - W 4th, W QF
1976 US Open - W 4th, W QF
1977 Wimbledon - W SF, W F
1980 US Open - W QF, W SF, L F

 

[Deleted member 512391]

Wow, Pete was crazy good!

 

[tennis_pro]

Borg lost in 5 today.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Occasions when the Big 4 and Sampras played Back to Back 5 Setters

Nadal
2007 Wimbledon - W 3rd, W 4th
2009 Australian - W SF, W F
2010 Wimbledon - W 2nd, W 3rd

Murray
2005 US Open - W 1st, L 2nd
2016 French Open - W 1st, W 2nd

Djokovic
2012 Australian - W SF, W F
2012 French Open - W 4th Round, W QF

Federer
2013 Australian - W QF, L SF

Sampras
1990 Australian - W 1st, W 2nd
1992 US Open - W 3rd, W 4th
1995 Australian - W 4th, W QF
1996 French Open - W 2nd, W 3rd
1997 Australian Open - W 4th, W QF

Borg
1973 Wimbledon - W 3rd, W 4th, L QF
1974 French - W 4th, W QF
1976 US Open - W 4th, W QF
1977 Wimbledon - W SF, W F
1980 US Open - W QF, W SF, L F

very interesting

some others, in order to have more samples:

lendl
1981 RG - W SF, L F
1982 DC (QF, FRA vs TCH) - W 1st single, L 2nd single
1986 wimbledon - W QF, W SF
1988 wimbledon - W R32, W R16
1992 USO - W R16, L QF

edberg
1985 dallas - W R16, L QF
1986 USO - W R64, W R32
1989 RG - W SF, L F
1992 USO - W R16, W QF, W SF

1996 AO - W R128, L R64

becker
1985 wimbledon - W R32, W R16

1987 DC (PO, USA vs FRG) - W both matches in 5 sets
1992 wimbledon - W R16, L QF
1996 AO - W R128, W R64

ivanisevic
1992 barcelona olympics - W R64, W R32, W R16, W QF yes: 4 straight 5-setters won... and on clay ! (i think this is the record for the open era)
1993 wimbledon - W R128, W R64, L R32
1997 DC (group I, AUT vs CRO) - L 1st single (retired in the 5th), W 2nd single (only DC loss on clay for muster)
1998 wimbledon - W SF, L F
2001 wimbledon - W SF, W F

noah
1979 RG - W R128, L R64
1982 DC (QF, FRA vs TCH) - W both matches in 5 sets
1985 RG - W R32, L R16
1987 AO - W R32, W R16
1987 key biscayne - W R64, W R32
1989 key biscayne - W R64, W R32, W R16
1989 USO - W R32, W R16

 

[Tenez!]

With Noah in the list there's nary a doubt where you come from

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

With Noah in the list there's nary a doubt where you come from

actually i included/checked noah because of the high number of 5 sets matches he played... which suggested a decent amount of "consecutive 5-setters".

looking at the list, it wasn't such a bad guess...

 

[Deleted member 512391]

edberg
1985 dallas - W R16, L QF
1986 USO - W R64, W R32
1989 RG - W SF, L F
1992 USO - W R16, W QF, W SF
1996 AO - W R128, L R64

Edberg's run was ridiculous at the USO 1992. Not only that he won three consecutive five-setters, but he was a break down in each of them! And then he went to beat Sampras in the final ...

 

[McEnroeisanartist]

Hewitt - played more 5 set matches than anyone - 26-19
2005 Australian Open W 4th, W QF
2009 Wimbledon W 4th, L QF

Agassi
1996 Australian Open W 4th, W QF
2005 US Open W 4th, W QF, W SF

Connors
1981Wimbledon W QF, L SF
1988 Wimbledon W 3rd, L 4th
1991 French Open W 2nd, L 3rd

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Edberg's run was ridiculous at the USO 1992. Not only that he won three consecutive five-setters, but he was a break down in each of them! And then he went to beat Sampras in the final ...

... not to mention the quality of his opponents in this streak !
(krajicek, lendl, chang)

 

[HipRotation]

Definitive proof of Federer's weak era as he was not pushed to back to back 5 sets enough

 

[Deleted member 512391]

... not to mention the quality of his opponents in this streak !
(krajicek, lendl, chang)

It was a phenomenal tournament for Stefan.

Guga deserves to be mentioned as well.

1997 French Open W 3rd, W 4th, W QF

He beat three former champions, Muster in 4th round (in five sets), Kafelnikov (in five), the defending champion in QF, Bruguera (straight-sets destruction) in the final and Medvedev, the finalist in 1999, in 3rd, in five as well.

 

[touzin1994]

What really makes these guys stand out is the number of W's you see there.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Hewitt - played more 5 set matches than anyone - 26-19

you mean... than anyone active, right ?
a certain number of players played more 5-setters than hewitt in the open era :
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/atp-5-set-records-five-set.335267/

63 nastase 42-21
58 lendl 36-22
51 vilas 29-22
50 noah 30-20
49 agassi 27-22
48 sampras 33-15
47 becker 32-15
46 lapentti 30-16
45 edberg, hewitt 26-19

and probably a few others...
Nb: connors, surprisingly, didn't play that many 5-setters...

 

[touzin1994]

I'd be interested to see how many of them went on to win the respective tournament that they played their respective back-to-back five-setters.