Best player never to make a Grand Slam final

[Hewex]

Who is on that list and is Ferrer in the conversation?

 

[Kaz00]

Davydenko?

 

[Andres]

Jose Luis Clerc?

 

[Sentinel]

Vijay Amritraj.

 

[Tammo]

Mardy Fish?????

 

[batz]

Tim Henman - SIX slam semis.

 

[Love all]

Gasquet, Robredo, Ljubicic

 

[Augustus]

Tommy Haas?

 

[Augustus]

Gasquet, Robredo, Ljubicic

Robredo certainly not, he never even made a semi.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Arazi??? the ball striking talent of that guy is... was...

Million dollar arm with a 10 cent head...

 

[The Wreck]

I'd go with Henman, for now.

 

[Mustard]

In no particular order:

Tim Henman
Nikolay Davydenko
Younes El Aynaoui
David Ferrer
Tommy Haas
Nicolas Kiefer
Guy Forget
Emilio Sanchez
Karel Novacek
Wayne Ferreira
Sebastien Grosjean
Guillermo Canas
Felix Mantilla
Jose Luis Clerc
Ivan Ljubicic

 

[jukka1970]

Who is on that list and is Ferrer in the conversation?

If this list also includes Past Players. My vote has to be for Tim Henman, he was so close the year that Ivanisevic won Wimbledon.

If it's only of people still playing, I'd go Davydenko

 

[Hood_Man]

Tim Henman, 6 semi finals.

Aside from Coria blowing his big chance in 2004, whoever beat Henman in the semi final would go on to win the tournament.

 

[Antonio Puente]

In no particular order:

Nikolay Davydenko

Based on talent, he would be my choice. If you go by performance, it might be someone else.

 

[DrpShot!]

Tim Henman, 6 semi finals.

10 char bump

 

[egn]

In order of the only ones who I truly feel deserved to have made one that didn't

Davydenko
Henman
Clerc
Grosjean
Mantilla

 

[tacou]

dav y

 

[stringertom]

Best to Never Make Semis

Younes El Aynaoui...epic tough loss at AO to Roddick still one of my top 10 matches all-time.

 

[tennis_fan_182]

Tim Henman!! Lol, you really have to start digging up nobodies when talking about players who never even made a final.

 

[topspin18]

Davydanko is my vote

 

[MichaelNadal]

I say Ferrer.

 

[Raistlin]

Mark Philippousis:twisted:

 

[got spin?]

Philippousis won Oz and made a few slam finals.

Rise to top 10
At the 1998 U.S. Open, Philippoussis reached his first Grand Slam final, losing to fellow Australian Patrick Rafter. In January 1999, Philippoussis and Jelena Dokić won the Hopman Cup for Australia, defeating Sweden's Åsa Carlsson and Jonas Björkman in the final tie. This remains the only time that Australia won the Hopman Cup.
On 29 March 1999, Philippoussis entered the top 10 for the first time and stayed there for 10 weeks. He advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1999 for the second straight year, where he retired in the second set against Sampras after having won the first set. During that match, Philippoussis suffered a moderate cartilage tear in his left knee and underwent arthroscopic surgery four days later. Sampras later remarked that he "dodged a bullet out there". Philippoussis returned to professional tennis seven weeks later at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships and lost his second round match after receiving a bye in the first round. He did not play again until October in Singapore, where he lost in the second round. He finished 1999 at No. 19.

Strait from Wiki

 

[Raistlin]

Philippousis won Oz and made a few slam finals.

Rise to top 10
At the 1998 U.S. Open, Philippoussis reached his first Grand Slam final, losing to fellow Australian Patrick Rafter. In January 1999, Philippoussis and Jelena Dokić won the Hopman Cup for Australia, defeating Sweden's Åsa Carlsson and Jonas Björkman in the final tie. This remains the only time that Australia won the Hopman Cup.
On 29 March 1999, Philippoussis entered the top 10 for the first time and stayed there for 10 weeks. He advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1999 for the second straight year, where he retired in the second set against Sampras after having won the first set. During that match, Philippoussis suffered a moderate cartilage tear in his left knee and underwent arthroscopic surgery four days later. Sampras later remarked that he "dodged a bullet out there". Philippoussis returned to professional tennis seven weeks later at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships and lost his second round match after receiving a bye in the first round. He did not play again until October in Singapore, where he lost in the second round. He finished 1999 at No. 19.

Strait from Wiki

PHILIPPOUSIS SLAM RESULTS


Australian Open 4R (1996, 1999, 2000, 2004)
French Open 4R (1997, 2000)
Wimbledon F (2003)
US Open F (1998 )


straight from wiki too

 

[IvanisevicServe]

Tim Henman!! Lol, you really have to start digging up nobodies when talking about players who never even made a final.

Yeah, Henman's a real nobody.

 

[egn]

PHILIPPOUSIS SLAM RESULTS


Australian Open 4R (1996, 1999, 2000, 2004)
French Open 4R (1997, 2000)
Wimbledon F (2003)
US Open F (1998 )


straight from wiki too

either way thread isbest to never make a grand slam final..

 

[Tennis_Monk]

Assuming TW forum members are not eligible to be named in this thread.

If so, in ATP tour, i would say Tim Henman

 

[glazkovss]

Davy, he has won 3 M1000s, and was WTF winner, runner-up. In slams he lost to Federer on many occasions, I can recall at least 4, in every slam except Wimbledon, and some of those were tough matches. So, gotta say he has been unlucky at slams after he blown his best shot at a final in 2005 RG.

 

[SStrikerR]

Younes El Aynaoui...epic tough loss at AO to Roddick still one of my top 10 matches all-time.

I just saw the highlights of that the other day, that match looked insane.

 

[soleil]

Definitely Davydenko. Love his game.

 

[mcr619619]

davy, im always curious why davy hides his skills in GS...