Best player born from 1970-2000

[lud]

'70 - Agassi
'71 - Sampras
'72 - Rafter
'73 - Rusedski
'74 - Kafelnikov
'75 - Rios
'76 - Kuerten
'77 - Canas
'78 - Haas
'79 - Ljubicic
'80 - Safin
'81 - Federer
'82 - Roddick
'83 - Verdasco
'84 - Soderling
'85 - Wawrinka
'86 - Nadal
'87 - Djokovic
'88 - Del Potro
'89 - Nishikori
'90 - Raonic
'91 - Dimitrov
'92 - Sock
'93 - Thiem
'94 - Pouille
'95 - Kyrgios
'96 - Coric
'97 - A.Zverev
'98 - Tsitsipas
'99 - Shapovalov
'00 - Auger-Aliassime

Do you agree?
79 Blake
78 Karlovic
82 Ferrer,Nalbandian
76 Moya
96 Khachanov
91 Raonic
88 Cilic
83 Muller
are all hon. mentions

 

[Standaa]

Not too sure about '81, the rest I agree with

 

[lud]

Not too sure about '81, the rest I agree with

What about '71 and '87? El Aynaoui and Murray are pretty good

 

[ak24alive]

'70 - Agassi
'71 - Sampras
'72 - Rafter
'73 - Rusedski
'74 - Kafelnikov
'75 - Rios
'76 - Kuerten
'77 - Canas
'78 - Haas
'79 - Ljubicic
'80 - Safin
'81 - Federer
'82 - Roddick
'83 - Verdasco
'84 - Soderling
'85 - Wawrinka
'86 - Nadal
'87 - Djokovic
'88 - Del Potro
'89 - Nishikori
'90 - Goffin
'91 - Dimitrov
'92 - Sock
'93 - Thiem
'94 - Pouille
'95 - Kyrgios
'96 - Coric
'97 - A.Zverev
'98 - Tsitsipas
'99 - Shapovalov
'00 - Auger-Aliassime

Do you agree?
79 Blake
78 Karlovic
82 Ferrer,Nalbandian
76 Moya
96 Khachanov
91 Raonic
88 Cilic
83 Muller
are all hon. mentions

MURY not an honourable mention??
Ban Thread. Delete OP(oster).

Spoiler

Joe King.

 

[Enceladus]

'70 - Agassi
'71 - Sampras
'72 - Rafter
'73 - Rusedski
'74 - Kafelnikov
'75 - Rios
'76 - Kuerten
'77 - Canas
'78 - Haas
'79 - Ljubicic
'80 - Safin
'81 - Federer
'82 - Roddick
'83 - Verdasco
'84 - Soderling
'85 - Wawrinka
'86 - Nadal
'87 - Djokovic
'88 - Del Potro
'89 - Nishikori
'90 - Goffin
'91 - Dimitrov
'92 - Sock
'93 - Thiem
'94 - Pouille
'95 - Kyrgios
'96 - Coric
'97 - A.Zverev
'98 - Tsitsipas
'99 - Shapovalov
'00 - Auger-Aliassime

1990 - Raonic

 

[Hamnavoe]

70 - Petch

 

[lud]

1990 - Raonic

I agree. I was positive he is born in 1991

 

[dking68]

01’ - Sinner
02’ - Shelton
03’ - Alcaraz
04’ - Fils

 

[Djokodalerer31]

Ugh...isn't there really anybody better than Sock for '92?? Yikes...

 

[Biotic]

Ugh...isn't there really anybody better than Sock for '92?? Yikes...

There's Diego Schwartzman.

There' s also the GOAT

Spoiler

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

Missed this thread first time round. ROFLMAO at everything after Delpo.

 

[daggerman]

I think we can safely replace Coric with Medvedev

 

[Kralingen]

73-79 is disgusting, nearly as bad as 93-99

 

[Gonzo_style]

Missed this thread first time round. ROFLMAO at everything after Delpo.

Funny u said that, Delpo at his best is 2x better player than Cilic but looking only at their results im not so sure...

 

[dking68]

I’m changing 98’ to Ruud

 

[Shaolin]

73-79 is disgusting, nearly as bad as 93-99

You're insane.

Kafelnikov, Rios and Kuerten played incredible tennis.

Mid-late 90s to early 00s was amazing, so many different styles/players/surfaces.

 

[Kralingen]

You're insane.

Kafelnikov, Rios and Kuerten played incredible tennis.

Mid-late 90s to early 00s was amazing, so many different styles/players/surfaces.

3 consecutive years bearing the fruit of Cañas Haas Lube is not my idea of incredible tennis.

All 3 of those guys you listed were great - when they were great. Each also had close to the worst longevity of any Slam winner/world #1 and were completely cooked and irrelevant before age 30, or even 27.

 

[crimson87]

This thread just tells you everything you need to know about the career inflation era

 

[Underdog]

73-79 is disgusting, nearly as bad as 93-99

Kuerten is great. Three times RG champion and former world number 1. An injury took him out.

 

[Shaolin]

3 consecutive years bearing the fruit of Cañas Haas Lube is not my idea of incredible tennis.

All 3 of those guys you listed were great - when they were great. Each also had close to the worst longevity of any Slam winner/world #1 and were completely cooked and irrelevant before age 30, or even 27.

They are legendary players and not irrelevant in any way. Here we are over 20 years later still talking about them and many many people still appreciate their tennis.

Also, they played in an era before homogenization of courts so longevity and dominance by one player was much more difficult.

 

[DSH]

Ugh...isn't there really anybody better than Sock for '92?? Yikes...

Sock sucks!

 

[FeroBango]

These are all top professionals of their field but damn, there has been some form of undeniable drought.

 

[Fabresque]

Pretty pointless to argue something like this but Coric over Khachanov?

I think Khachanov is better.

 

[tudwell]

Pretty pointless to argue something like this but Coric over Khachanov?

I think Khachanov is better.

96 is clearly Medvedev at this point. But this thread was originally made in 2018.

 

[Fabresque]

96 is clearly Medvedev at this point. But this thread was originally made in 2018.

Did not notice the thread date and also did not remember Medvedev being born in 96. But yes he absolutely clears both of them by miles.

 

[Sudacafan]

No

 

[EvonneFedererBorgster]

Wait…RUSEDSKI is the greatest player born in 1973!?
Whoa Nelly!