Best fifth set ever
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Eragon
Banned
The Nadal-Djokovic 5th set at RG 2013 had some of the highest quality play I've ever seen on a Claycourt (particularly from Nadal, after he went a break down). I'd have to give it my vote of those.
Other epic 5th sets?
Federer-Safin AO 2005
Federer-Nadal Rome 2006
Nadal-Coria Rome 2005
Djokovic-Wawrinka AO 2013
Other epic 5th sets?
Federer-Safin AO 2005
Federer-Nadal Rome 2006
Nadal-Coria Rome 2005
Djokovic-Wawrinka AO 2013
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Nadal vs Djokovic AO2012.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
And the moral of the story is: Nadal is "Mr. 5th set".
Rock Strongo
Legend
That's Connors.
Anyway, my contribution would be Roddick - El Aynaoui, AO 03. High quality throughout.
Tenez101
Banned
Found a full "fifth set record" list online for those who are interested.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Reliability-Zone/Reliability-5th-Set-Record-Career-List.aspx
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Reliability-Zone/Reliability-5th-Set-Record-Career-List.aspx
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monfed
Guest
AO 12.
10buzzsaws.
10buzzsaws.
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Nathaniel_Near
Guest
Djokovic has been Mr 5th Set for the last few years now.
Flash O'Groove
Hall of Fame
According to this thread, the best fifth set ever happened either since 2010 or in 2005. I guess a lot of people here have been watching tennis since either 2005 or 2010 (or even 2012).
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Nathaniel_Near
Guest
This would certainly make sense given the demographic of the board in general. Even older members will struggle to remember many of the older amazing 5th set battles specifically between players who are less famous, more often remembering the iconic battles between the very top dogs.
Russeljones
Talk Tennis Guru
Do you know there was tennis before Federer and Roddick?
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Isner Mahut xD
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SuperHead
Guest
The Isner-Mahut fifth set was the most epic-it lasted literally forever and you couldn't decide who would win. I mean c'mon not 20-18, not 30-28, not 50-48 but 70-68!!!!! :shock: That's just wicked awesome!
clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
Nadal is Mr epic. Nadal vs AnyOne can produce an epic match on any surface.
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6-3 6-0
Guest
Wimbledon 2009 and then Wimbledon 2008 finals above all in tier 1.
Tier 2 includes comebacks from being a break down to win like RG2013SF, AO2012F and USO2011SF.
Tier 2 includes comebacks from being a break down to win like RG2013SF, AO2012F and USO2011SF.
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Goosehead
Legend
I didn't see it but the fith set of the 1980 u s open final must have been really amazing to see..borg had come from 2 sets down v McEnroe in that final and it was 4-4 in the 5th set till supermac broke borg..its quite tense watching it now on youtube even though we know now that mac won.
I agree with Wimbledon 2008 too..2 all time greats at their peak (or pretty close to it)..going toe to toe in the 5th set of the final of the major with the most history..also the fading light added to the drama..
I agree with Wimbledon 2008 too..2 all time greats at their peak (or pretty close to it)..going toe to toe in the 5th set of the final of the major with the most history..also the fading light added to the drama..
Flash O'Groove
Hall of Fame
In term of drama Wimbledon 2008 was amazing. It was not only the match, it was all the story behind it. The spanish pirates stealing the jewel of his majesty the king of tennis. God I loved the Nadal-Federer rivalry!
Chico
Banned
How classy. :shock:
Why am I not surprised at comments like this. Typical real Nadal fans in their true colors.
McEnroeisanartist
Hall of Fame
McEnroe-Connors - 1980 U.S. Open Semifinal. Anti-climatic tiebreaker though. Sadly.
Russeljones
Talk Tennis Guru
Connors - Krickstein (1991 USO), capped off an epic match.
The 2008 final is the most dramatic 5th set of the Roger Federer era. The 2012 AO final had avg rally duration of 1 minute. All you need to know about the time wasting abilities of the combatants.
The 2008 final is the most dramatic 5th set of the Roger Federer era. The 2012 AO final had avg rally duration of 1 minute. All you need to know about the time wasting abilities of the combatants.
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
I was stunned by Nadal's performance in the 5th set of SF against Djokovic at RG this year. Truly exceptional.
Chico
Banned
I disagree. There was nothing exceptional in Nadal's performance, beside couple of lucky shots that should have landed out.
Djokovic was better player in that match and should have won it if Pacal Maria was not biased and officials agreed to water down the extremely dry and dusty court as they should have.
Worst 5th set ever.
Not to mention Pacal Maria's earlier incorrect overrules that gave Nadal some crucial breaks in previous sets.
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Monsieur_DeLarge
Semi-Pro
These were two I thought of. Restricting ourselves to the past five years or so (for the sake of TTW's infants), I'd say the Isner/Mahut match, and the '08 & '09 Wimbledon finals.
Going further back again, there's also a couple of Boris Becker's matches I'd mention offhand:
- Becker vs Lendl in the 1988 Masters final. Won on a net-cord dribbler in the fifth set tie-break (all over YouTube if you'e interested)
- Sampras vs Becker in the 1996 Masters final. Becker took it the distance by winning the fourth set TB 13-11, and was broken only once in the entire match ~ but at 4-4 in the final set; Pistol Pete really knew how to pick his moments.
I can think of a few women's finals with Steffi Graf as well which were fairly loaded with final-set drama.
Regards,
MDL
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
Nope. Djokovic got beaten by Nadal and he was certainly not the better player in that match. LOL "lucky shots". Yeah, Djokovic was very unlucky that Nadal managed to hit almost three times as many winners as he did from the ground in the 5th set. :lol:
Chico
Banned
Sorry, but you are wrong. Nadal didn't deserve to win that match.
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
I know it hurts, but Nadal took it to Djokovic in the 5th set.
I was all for Djokovic in that match. I was so damn sick of Nadal winning RG, but I had to tip my hat at Nadal's clutch performance.
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6-3 6-0
Guest
It doesn't matter who deserves, its the end result that matters. RNadal won his 8th title at RG, deal with it.
Sincd you take everything against NDjokovic personally, this is not to diminish his fighting spirit, but to say RNadal didn't deserve to win is nothing but you doing the same.
6-1 6-3 6-0
Banned
Perhaps you could be a little more specific as to which point you're referring to, with a more rigorous argument than 'you are wrong'. Here are the relevant sections of Sid_Vicious' post for you to try to refute;
Djokovic lost to Nadal. That is an irrefutable fact. You can, however, try to refute the bolded point in the quote.
I can't find the statistics for winners by set, unfortunately, so unless either of you can provide evidence for this statistic, then this point cannot be argued over.
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
From the RG website.
Nadal 5th set: 14 FH winners, 5 backhand winners
Djokovic 5th set: 6 FH winners, 2 backhand winners.
I was a bit off. It was not "almost three times" the winners. Still, it was a significant margin.
Chico
Banned
Sorry, but after that classless and rude comment about Djokovic's deceased coach, you lost all arguments.
6-1 6-3 6-0
Banned
Sid_Vicious has provided evidence. So that's 19 winners to 8 for Nadal, and has amended his statement to account for the statistics.
Your turn, Chico. Please provide your argument.
6-1 6-3 6-0
Banned
What argument? I'm not the one arguing about anything. You are arguing that-
in response to
Chico
Banned
Sorry, but should apologize for that disgusting comment, before continuing any further discussion.
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
My main point was that Nadal did much more than hit a "few lucky shots that landed in" as Chico put it.
I have that match on my computer and watched it recently. The winner count does not even tell the whole story. Nadal's groundstrokes had some serious zip on them midway through the 5th. Some of the biggest shots were not even winners. For example, when Nadal broke Djokovic back in the 5th set, he won the point with an enormous CC backhand that Djokovic could not do much with.
Smasher08
Legend
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I know it hurts, but Nadal took it to Djokovic in the 5th set.
I was all for Djokovic in that match. I was so damn sick of Nadal winning RG, but I had to tip my hat at Nadal's clutch performance.
Great poast sir.
Defensive Tennis
Rookie
As a Coria Fan, that one still stings a little.
As far as best 5th set goes, I would have to agree with the 1980 Borg VS. McEnroe Wimbledon match.Similar threads
