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Thanks.Ecuador - Nicolas Lapentti.
Thanks.Ecuador - Nicolas Lapentti.
Maybe Dementieva for Russia.
How come Denmark, Belgium, Romania, India don't figure when you have included Poland and Brazil ?
Switzerland: Marc Rosset and Patty Schnyder? (She must still be ahead of Timea Bacsinszky?)
Now included. Not sure if you'll agree with all my choices though!
For Romania: Andrei Pavel > Adrian Voinea.
For Italy: Sara Errani > Flavia Pennetta (given your rules. I wish I didn't have to say this, as Errani is one of my least favorite players and I believe her to be totally overrated).
True, but only just (Pavel has 1 more 4th round at a Slam).
Aaagh...forgot about Errani's FO final. You're right again. Thanks.
Denmark: Kurt Nielsen (Two Wimbledon finals)
Which means what other than that she was able to make 1 more slam final? Dementieva has more titles and olympic gold in singles where she beat guess who, Dinara Safina. She also made 7 semis.Safina has 3 Slam finals and the world #1 ranking. Dementieva has 2 Slam finals.
Which means what other than that she was able to make 1 more slam final? Dementieva has more titles and olympic gold in singles where she beat guess who, Dinara Safina. She also made 7 semis.
U.S: John Isner
Corretja should be ahead of Ferrer I think?
Netherlands - Tom Okker and Betty Stove.
Byron Black is the best tennis player from Zimbabwe.
He has a QF at Wimbledon (2000) and a QF at the US Open (1995).
A career high rank of 22 also.
For me it would be Henman for GB. Could have won Wimbledon if it wasn't for prime pistol and the rain.
Yes, plus Safina also held the number #1 ranking. But I do respect Dementieva's achievements also and I did consider her. In the end, I opted for whoever achieved the best results at the Slams. But I respect your different point of view and opinion.
Female for Argentina has to be Paola Suarez. Reached a career high of #9 and in 2004 got to the SF of the French and the QF of Wimbledon
Ukraine...well the only woman I can even think of is Alona Bondarenko.
And the female for India would have to be Sania Mirza by a landslide
Scotland: Andy Murray
The outer realms of our Solar System: sureshs
Still think it's debatable, but I get your point. Wasn't Dementieva regarded as the best women never to win a slam, when she retired by a fair amount of experts?Safina has 3 Slam finals and the world #1 ranking. Dementieva has 2 Slam finals.
Dementieva won more singles titles (16 to 12) won WAY more matches (576-360) and spent a decade ranked in the world's top 10 players. A perfect example of how slam results don't tell the whole story. Dementieva was literally a point away from a 3rd final at wimbledon I'm 2009 anyway. Safina really doesn't win this one.
Never made a Slam quarter-final therefore does not meet my criteria.
Then no Indian woman meets your criteria because it hasn't happened yet. Mirza is the only one ever the make the 4th round of a major and the only one ever to reach a top 30 ranking...then she hurt her wrist and couldn't continue to compete in singles. Based on your....ehem...criteria...there is no woman from India that's any good
On Denmark, I remember reading that Woz was the first Dane to reach a slam final since some guy way back when.
Edit: Kurt Nielsen, Wimbledon RU in 53 and 55.
It was a toss-up between him and Rusedski. In the end, I plumped for Greg because of his US Open final.
For New Zealand it would be Chris Lewis and Onny Parun. Onny made the Australian Open final (1973) and also qualified and competed in the World Tour Finals. He also was a US Open quarterfinalist in 1973 and also a quarterfinalist at the French Open in 1975. He won the French Open doubles in 1974 (with Dick Crealy)Apologies if this has been done before but I wanted to see what people thought who are the best man and woman player from each of the most prominent tennis nations never to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era. I have made my choice on names who have at least made a Slam quarter-final:
My thoughts (? where I can't think of a suitable candidate):
Argentina:
David Nalbandian and Paola Suarez
Australia:
Mark Philippoussis and Wendy Turnbull
Belgium:
Xavier Malisse and Yanina Wickmayer
Brazil:
Fernando Meligeni and ?
Canada:
Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard
Chile:
Marcelo Rios and ?
China:
Zheng Jie and ?
Croatia:
Mario Ancic and ?
Czech Republic:
Tomas Berdych and Helena Sukova
Denmark:
Caroline Wozniacki and ?
Ecuador:
Nicolas Lapentti and ?
Egypt:
Ismail El Shafei and ?
France:
Cedric Pioline and Nathalie Tauziat
Germany:
Tommy Haas and Anke Huber
Great Britain:
Greg Rusedski and Jo Durie
India:
Vijay Amritraj and ?
Italy:
Corrado Barazzutti and Sara Errani
Japan:
Kei Nishikori and Kimiko Date
Morocco:
Younes El Aynaoui and ?
Netherlands:
Tom Okker and Betty Stove
New Zealand:
Chris Lewis and ?
Poland:
Jerzy Janowicz and Agnieszka Radwanska
Romania:
Andrei Pavel and Simona Halep
Russia:
Nikolay Davydenko and Dinara Safina
Serbia:
Slobodan Zivojinovic and Jelena Jankovic
Slovakia:
Miloslav Mecir and Dominika Cibulkova
South Africa:
Kevin Curren and Amanda Coetzer
Switzerland:
Marc Rosset and Patty Schnyder
Spain:
Alex Corretja and Garbine Muguruza
Sweden:
Robin Soderling and Catarina Lindqvist
Ukraine:
Andriy Medvedev and ?
United States:
Todd Martin and Mary Jo Fernandez
Zimbabwe:
Byron Black and ?
What names would you pick for each (and please add more countries if you feel I have left anyone out)?
Why not? Amateur/pro era?I've mentioned Kurt Nielsen, but he doesn't fit the criteria, obviously. Actually, no male Danish player qualifies. Kenneth Carlsen did manage to beat Stefan Edberg on Centre Court in '94, but he didn't make it to the QF.