Best active Player Never to win a specific slam?

Best player not to win a particular slam?

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jamesblakefan#1

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Who's the best active player never to win at a particular slam?

Andy Murray (Australian Open) - 2 finals, 1 SF, 23-7 career record

Jo Wilfried Tsonga (Australian Open) - 1 final, 1 SF, 1 QF, 20-6 career record

Novak Djokovic (Roland Garros) - 1 final, 3 SF, 2 QF, 31-8 career record

Robin Soderling (Roland Garros) - 2 finals, 1 QF, 19-8 career record (*only player to beat both Nadal and Federer at Roland Garros)

Andy Murray (Wimbledon) - 1 final, 3 SF, 1 QF, 30-7 career record

Andy Roddick (Wimbledon) - 3 finals, 1 SF, 1 QF, 41-12 career record

Andy Murray (US Open) - 1 final, 1 SF, 22-7 career record
 
Tommy Haas would have definately won one Grand Slam had he not been injured that often during his career. I am absolutely adamant about that. There is a reason he was ranked No. 2 in the World rankings at one stage....
 
probably roddick at wimbledon or hewitt at the AO

reason being, when u look at their overall titles its arguable that grass was roddick's best surface n slow hardcourt hewitt's. yet they won their slams elsewhere n never got over the line at the tourney they arguably had their best chances

u could prolly make a similar argument for djok and the FO, but despite being great on clay realistically he's always had better chances on hardcourts due to nadal's dirt dominance. would still expect him to win it at some stage tho.
 
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Andy Roddick Wimbledon.


Murray and Djokovic will end winning all thos on the list. Tsonga may have a chance.
 
Andy Roddick in Wimbledon. He was soooooo close to winning that. I'm sure he still has nightmares over the 2009 Wimbledon 2nd set TB.
 
Roddick by far, made 3 wimbledon finals only to lose all to fed, Murray failed at both his AO finals so I think not, and Murray lost just as many USO finals as Roddick and also failed there. Soderling comes a close second though.
 
TeflonTom said:
probably roddick at wimbledon or hewitt at the AO

reason being, when u look at their overall titles its arguable that grass was roddick's best surface n slow hardcourt hewitt's. yet they won their slams elsewhere n never got over the line at the tourney they arguably had their best chances

u could prolly make a similar argument for djok and the FO, but despite being great on clay realistically he's always had better chances on hardcourts due to nadal's dirt dominance. would still expect him to win it at some stage tho.
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Hewitt never liked the old rebound ace, only made it past the 4th round once (Finals in 05). So I disagree about his best chances being at AO. He probably could have won 1-2 more Wimbys and another USO if not for Fed's dominance at those 2 events.
 
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Roddick by far, made 3 wimbledon finals only to lose all to fed, Murray failed at both his AO finals so I think not, and Murray lost just as many USO finals as Roddick and also failed there. Soderling comes a close second though.
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Why does Roddick losing all his Wimbledon finals mean yes, when Murray losing both his AO finals means no? What's the difference?

Plus Murray lost his only USO final to Federer, the same guy Roddick lost HIS second USO final to?
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
Hewitt never liked the old rebound ace, only made it past the 4th round once (Finals in 05). So I disagree about his best chances being at AO. He probably could have won 1-2 more Wimbys and another USO if not for Fed's dominance at those 2 events.
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hewitt is a funny one. he whined a lot about the rebound ace, but it played pretty similar to the slow spring hardcourts in the US that he loved - won both his Masters at IW, won Delray Beach, San Jose, Scottsdale twice, n a bunch of other finals.

plus he won a bunch of titles in the australian hardcourt season played on surfaces virtually identical to the AO

ive always thought he used the surface as an excuse for underperforming at melbourne park. on paper, the surface suited his game best of all the slams.
 
Mainad said:
Why does Roddick losing all his Wimbledon finals mean yes, when Murray losing both his AO finals means no? What's the difference?
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roddick is already a grand slam winner.

once murray proves he has the stuff to win a slam, then he enters this discussion
 
Djokovic at the French. He has all the tools to win there, he should hang in there and hope Nadal has a freak off-day and loses early there. Just like Federer did in 2009.
 
TeflonTom said:
once murray proves he has the stuff to win a slam, then he enters this discussion
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The OP asked who is the best active player never to win a specific Slam. He didn't ask who is the best active Slam winner never to win a particular Slam! That's a different thread.
 
Mainad said:
The OP asked who is the best active player never to win a specific Slam. He didn't ask who is the best active Slam winner never to win a particular Slam! That's a different thread.
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the best active players never to win specific slams ARE players who have already won a slam

why? because their inability to get over the line at a slam that they have had big chances at is amplified by the fact that they are proven grand slam winning material

someone like murray hasnt proven hes able to win a slam at all, so he just doesnt rate in this discussion
 
Oddly phrased question ..

I think the best player on the list is Djokovic, so I have to go with him at the French.

Roddick at Wimbledon is close.
 
Magnetite said:
Oddly phrased question ..

I think the best player on the list is Djokovic, so I have to go with him at the French.

Roddick at Wimbledon is close.
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You're right, I should have said most accomplished player at a slam to never win said slam, to avoid Nalbytards throwing their hat into the ring, but that's a mouthful.
 
Roddick at Wimbledon. In any other era he would have won at least a couple of the finals he was in. His game is perfect for grass. It's just such a shame that he was born around the time Fed was.
 
Djokovic, by a wide margin, is the best player on the list, and the FO is the only slam he hasn't won, so I'll make it simple and go with him. If the question were worded differently, you might choose Roodick, I suppose, as he was closer at Wimbledon. But Djokovic is an infinitely better player than Roddick.
 
TeflonTom said:
the best active players never to win specific slams ARE players who have already won a slam

why? because their inability to get over the line at a slam that they have had big chances at is amplified by the fact that they are proven grand slam winning material

someone like murray hasnt proven hes able to win a slam at all, so he just doesnt rate in this discussion
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Well, that's just YOUR opinion. The OP clearly disagrees with you otherwise he wouldn't have included Murray, Soderling and Tsonga in the list of options, would he? So as far as the OP and I are concerned, those 3 players are very much a part of this discussion whether you like it or not!
 
Andy Roddick at Wimbledon. I have no idea how Djokovic has nearly as many votes. Roddick has been in 3 Wimbledon finals. Djokovic has been in 1 French Open final. Take away Nadal and Djokovic has 2 French Open finals (2008, possibly winning that year too), but take away Federer and Roddick has 4 Wimbledon finals, and probably 2 or 3 titles, so that is no advantage for Djokovic either even for those who want to go that silly avenue of eliminating people to bolster their argument. Djokovic will probably get the French at some point anyway though.
 
Antonio Puente said:
Djokovic, by a wide margin, is the best player on the list, and the FO is the only slam he hasn't won, so I'll make it simple and go with him. If the question were worded differently, you might choose Roodick, I suppose, as he was closer at Wimbledon. But Djokovic is an infinitely better player than Roddick.
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Djokovic is an infinitely better player overall but that is because he is twice as strong on hard courts or indoors as Roddick on any surface, and is twice as strong on any surface as Roddick on clay. To just compare Roddick on grass to Djokovic on clay however, it is pretty close. Djokovic overall is probably still better on clay than Roddick on grass by a bit, but he hasnt performed that great at RG compared to his clay court abilities and performances in general. Roddick at Wimbledon > Djokovic at Roland Garros thus far.
 
Mainad said:
Why does Roddick losing all his Wimbledon finals mean yes, when Murray losing both his AO finals means no? What's the difference?

Plus Murray lost his only USO final to Federer, the same guy Roddick lost HIS second USO final to?
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His finals were much more competitive, thus higher in quantity and quality.
 
Sim said:
Andy Roddick in Wimbledon. He was soooooo close to winning that. I'm sure he still has nightmares over the 2009 Wimbledon 2nd set TB.
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Why do people always harken back to that 2nd set tie-break?

It's not like it was the 3rd set tie-break and championship point - Federer could have easily come back from a 2 set deficit, don't you think?
 
there is a world of difference between comin back from two sets down n being square at one all

Sure fed coulda come back, but its a mammoth job. dont think he's ever done it in a slam final
 
easily roddick, if federer didn't exist he would have won 2003/2004/2009 wimbledons. and probably would have lost wimbledon 2005 (he didn't play well, he did get lucky to get that far tbh)
 
Rusty669 said:
Tommy Haas would have definately won one Grand Slam had he not been injured that often during his career. I am absolutely adamant about that. There is a reason he was ranked No. 2 in the World rankings at one stage....
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perhaps an Aussie Open title.

i think if he took Fed out in the 5th set at the '06 AO, he runs thru Keifer and Baghdatis for the title in that one....and that was on the injury comeback side of his career.
 
I am going to take "Best active Player" to mean "best when playing the specific final they lost" based off the list the OP provided.

So going by that rule I have to say its Andy Roddick at Wimby by a country mile.
 
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