leonidas1982
Hall of Fame
60's: Rod Laver / Roy Emerson
70's: Jimmy Connors
80's: Ivan Lendl
90's: Pete Sampras
00's: Roger Federer
70's: Jimmy Connors
80's: Ivan Lendl
90's: Pete Sampras
00's: Roger Federer
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Best US Open Champion(s) by Decade
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I have to give Lendl the nod for the '80's. Lendl and McEnroe won 3 Us Opens in the 1980's. But Lendl was in more finals. He was in four finals he lost the Open - '82, '83, '88, and '89. That gives a total of 7 Us open finals Lendl was in. thats 70% of all the Open finals in the '80's. As for McEnroe he was only in one final he lost the '85 Open. Mcenroe has a grand total of 4 Us open finals, only giving him 40% of the total Us opens in the '80's. So Lendl is defintely the better Us Open player in the '80's.
davey25
Banned
For the women:
60s- Maria Bueno or Margaret Court
70s- Chris Evert or Billie Jean King
80s- Martina Navratilova
90s- Steffi Graf
2000s- Serena Williams (though Serena, Henin, Venus, Clijsters, all were exceptional U.S Open performers and champions this decade. This is the event all the cream of womens tennis rose to the top more than once and produced some amazing displays from all 4)
60s- Maria Bueno or Margaret Court
70s- Chris Evert or Billie Jean King
80s- Martina Navratilova
90s- Steffi Graf
2000s- Serena Williams (though Serena, Henin, Venus, Clijsters, all were exceptional U.S Open performers and champions this decade. This is the event all the cream of womens tennis rose to the top more than once and produced some amazing displays from all 4)
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Yes, but
Agree with your point. Actually Lendl was in 8 finals not 7. You missed listing the '84 final above.
Agree with your point. Actually Lendl was in 8 finals not 7. You missed listing the '84 final above.
pc1
G.O.A.T.
Subjectively here's my champions in their best years.
1924 Bill Tilden for 1920's.
1932 Ellsworth Vines for 1930's
1947 Jack Kramer
1952 Frank Sedgman
1969 Rod Laver
1970's is tough because Newcombe didn't have a great year overall in 1973 despite winning two majors but I saw him in that tournament and he was so dominant in the later rounds, defeating a very powerful Jimmy Connors in straight sets along the way but despite that I suppose I will pick Connors in 1978. Connors was near his peak but I still believe Borg would have won if he wasn't hurt that year.
1984 John McEnroe
1995 Pete Sampras
2004 Roger Federer
My choices are who I think were the best champions in that one year for the decade.
1924 Bill Tilden for 1920's.
1932 Ellsworth Vines for 1930's
1947 Jack Kramer
1952 Frank Sedgman
1969 Rod Laver
1970's is tough because Newcombe didn't have a great year overall in 1973 despite winning two majors but I saw him in that tournament and he was so dominant in the later rounds, defeating a very powerful Jimmy Connors in straight sets along the way but despite that I suppose I will pick Connors in 1978. Connors was near his peak but I still believe Borg would have won if he wasn't hurt that year.
1984 John McEnroe
1995 Pete Sampras
2004 Roger Federer
My choices are who I think were the best champions in that one year for the decade.
boredone3456
G.O.A.T.
Men
60's- Emerson
70's- Connors
80's- Lendl
90's Sampras
00's Federer
Women
60's- Court
70's- Evert
80's- Navratilova
90's- Graf
00's- Henin or Venus
60's- Emerson
70's- Connors
80's- Lendl
90's Sampras
00's Federer
Women
60's- Court
70's- Evert
80's- Navratilova
90's- Graf
00's- Henin or Venus
I would pick Connors in 76 over 78. He legitimately beat Borg on clay in a tough match. If you look at the tournaments stats that year, Connors was dominant. I think he only lost six matches all year, and he had the misfortune to meet an on fire Roscoe Tanner in the quarters at Wimbledon, or I think he would have won that as well.
from what I've seen of the '76 match, [parts of sets, the tiebreak, end of final set] it was a thriller...perhaps Jimmy's best match...a win over Bjorn, on clay, somehow raises it up a notch...
tho', I always found the 82 final against Lendl pretty compelling...
have only seen tidbits of '78...seemed like Jimmy was hot, Bjorn was overwhelmed & hurt, which clearly did not help
pc1
G.O.A.T.
It was fast clay (Har tru) and I don't think Borg was at his peak now. Impressive win still but I do think Connors was a bit better than Borg on Har Tru in 1976.
Possibly 1976 could be a better choice. Either one is not bad.
