Can current US players snatch a slam?

kangaroo1973

Semi-Pro
Do you think that current US players : Tien, Fritz, Shelton , Korda Snatch a slam?
I would bet my money either on Fritz, who is really good on HC and his run at USO few months ago was pretty impressive. Or Tien, I really like his Tennis IQ, the way he outmanouevred Medvedev in Australia was a sight to behold.
Korda is too inconsistent and Shelton?
He has serious weakness in the form of ROS
Tbh, all of them have exploitable weaknesses
Fritz- movement, has great groundies though, his BH is severely underrated imo.
Korda- inconsistency , mental fragility
Shelton- bad ROS and exploitable BH
Tien- great ROS, high tennis IQ, average serve.
If I had to Pick one , i would choose Fritz.
 

Aabye5

G.O.A.T.
Do you think that current US players : Tien, Fritz, Shelton , Korda Snatch a slam?
I would bet my money either on Fritz, who is really good on HC and his run at USO few months ago was pretty impressive. Or Tien, I really like his Tennis IQ, the way he outmanouevred Medvedev in Australia was a sight to behold.
Korda is too inconsistent and Shelton?
He has serious weakness in the form of ROS
Tbh, all of them have exploitable weaknesses
Fritz- movement, has great groundies though, his BH is severely underrated imo.
Korda- inconsistency , mental fragility
Shelton- bad ROS and exploitable BH
Tien- great ROS, high tennis IQ, average serve.
If I had to Pick one , i would choose Fritz.

Too me, it's Tiafoe > Fritz > Shelton > Paul. Not sure where I would put Tien and Korda. Haven't seen enough of Tien and Sebi would have to be very careful with his scheduling.
 

Drighiz

Rookie
Realistically, Sinner has proven to be "The Great Filter". It would take something extraordinary for him to lose to a less than exceptional player. If he gets a ban, then anything is possible.
 

Jonwj86

New User
If Sinner, Carlos and Novak aren’t playing then Fritz has a shot on hardcourt if he can go into serve bot mode. Shelton has the most potential and yet has the most maturing to do as far as shot selection, mental fortitude, tennis IQ. His technique on both strokes can break down as demonstrated in the Sinner AO semi. He needs to do what Sinner did and revamp his whole team and bring in someone like a Darren Cahill to get him mentally tough. Tiafoe is just too inconsistent to put it together for a full slam. Tien and Michelson seem like they have potential to be solid players but too early to tell
 

nolefam_2024

Bionic Poster
If Sinner, Carlos and Novak aren’t playing then Fritz has a shot on hardcourt if he can go into serve bot mode. Shelton has the most potential and yet has the most maturing to do as far as shot selection, mental fortitude, tennis IQ. His technique on both strokes can break down as demonstrated in the Sinner AO semi. He needs to do what Sinner did and revamp his whole team and bring in someone like a Darren Cahill to get him mentally tough. Tiafoe is just too inconsistent to put it together for a full slam. Tien and Michelson seem like they have potential to be solid players but too early to tell
Fritz can beat Carlos on faster hard court I think. At least right now. Djokovic beat Carlos in set 3 and 4 convincingly. So did zverev in ATP finals.

And as Djokovic is declining I don't know if he will forever be able to beat Fritz.

Sinner is a harder problem for Fritz.
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
Fritz has come the closest making the final of the US open last year. Trouble for him and any other Slam hopefuls is the mighty wall of Sincaraz especially the Sinner part. They are the tough hurdles to get past. Fritz and other hopefuls probably need a bit of luck in trying to avoid them.
 

sureshs

Bionic Poster
Do you think that current US players : Tien, Fritz, Shelton , Korda Snatch a slam?
I would bet my money either on Fritz, who is really good on HC and his run at USO few months ago was pretty impressive. Or Tien, I really like his Tennis IQ, the way he outmanouevred Medvedev in Australia was a sight to behold.
Korda is too inconsistent and Shelton?
He has serious weakness in the form of ROS
Tbh, all of them have exploitable weaknesses
Fritz- movement, has great groundies though, his BH is severely underrated imo.
Korda- inconsistency , mental fragility
Shelton- bad ROS and exploitable BH
Tien- great ROS, high tennis IQ, average serve.
If I had to Pick one , i would choose Fritz.
Tien is still Learning.
 

sureshs

Bionic Poster
If all of them played together on court against Sinner on the other side, they have a 50-50 chance of winning.
 

nolefam_2024

Bionic Poster
Taylor Fritz in 2024 had hold + break sum of 108.5 . He is almost a slam contender with this number.



Fritz 108.5 - almost a contender
Paul 110.4 - contender


Rest of the American players are not close.
Shelton 103.8
Tiafoe 101.7
Korda 104.3
 
No probably not. Canada was never exactly known for producing great tennis players. Of course America can’t produce any for the last 20 years either. It’s a European dominant sport now. Countries like America and Canada all their athletic talent goes into teams sports where you can make way more money


Who’s gonna waste all that time and money on tennis? I wouldn’t if I was athletically inclined. I’m gonna wanna make some serious money
 

Jonwj86

New User
Taylor Fritz in 2024 had hold + break sum of 108.5 . He is almost a slam contender with this number.



Fritz 108.5 - almost a contender
Paul 110.4 - contender


Rest of the American players are not close.
Shelton 103.8
Tiafoe 101.7
Korda 104.3
Taylor Fritz in 2024 had hold + break sum of 108.5 . He is almost a slam contender with this number.



Fritz 108.5 - almost a contender
Paul 110.4 - contender


Rest of the American players are not close.
Shelton 103.8
Tiafoe 101.7
Korda 104.3
I think guys like Paul and Demon don't really have that extra mph that they need to beat Sinner. Jannik is essentially just a better version of them and is a matchup nightmare for the style they play. Paul matches up better against Carlos in that he's great moving forward, can attack the second serve, and can get enough balls back to draw errors when Carlos implodes
 

atatu

Legend
Let's be honest, it all depends on Sinner and Alcaraz, it those guys are injured or go into some weird mental slump like Novak did for a year or so, then yeah maybe Fritz or Paul could sneak one out. I don't seen any of them pulling a Madison Keys and beating the #1 and #2 players at a slam.
 

struggle

Legend
TP is my dude, but it'll be a "tough row" for him to win a slam.

Tiafoe? no, i don't see it.

Fritz? most likely of the batch.

Korda? Huge upside, but who knows....

Shelton? His balls haven't even dropped yet, still acts like a kid.
 

Rosstour

G.O.A.T.
TP is my dude, but it'll be a "tough row" for him to win a slam.

Tiafoe? no, i don't see it.

Fritz? most likely of the batch.

Korda? Huge upside, but who knows....

Shelton? His balls haven't even dropped yet, still acts like a kid.

Shelton has more balls than all of them combined. He wins matches he has no business winning, bulldozing through his crappy technique with pure power and belief.

Fritz could easily do it if he doesn't have to face one of the B3 in the Final.
 

junior74

Bionic Poster
The calm youngster Tien may become the most successful of them all? Great IQ, top shot tolerance. Must improve his serve.
Shelton has game, attitude and fitness to win a slam. But he makes poor choices too often.
Fritz lacks footwork/ fitness to perform at his best over two weeks.
Tiafoe is Finnish.
Korda is afraid of winning (the game itself is very high level when his brain works).
Paul has too few weapons.

As I see it.
 

Aabye5

G.O.A.T.
Realistically, Sinner has proven to be "The Great Filter". It would take something extraordinary for him to lose to a less than exceptional player. If he gets a ban, then anything is possible.

What about Wimbledon? Fritz (so far) is the only one who has shown he can compete there, but he might have a chance to grab a win there if he doesn't play Sinner.
 

Aabye5

G.O.A.T.
Tiafoe is done, IMO. He's headed to Finland with Medvedev, Rublev, etc.

I think Shelton is the most likely to win one.

Why is he done? Med and Rublev have shown declines in form, but Foe had a great run at the USO last year.
 

ChaelAZ

G.O.A.T.
I am not sure outright they could, but if there was aligned stars that got them a bit easier to quarters, that would be a case they could.
 

Drighiz

Rookie
What about Wimbledon? Fritz (so far) is the only one who has shown he can compete there, but he might have a chance to grab a win there if he doesn't play Sinner.
Yeah I agree, but it's a big IF, because I would think one is pretty much bound to have to go through Sinner eventually to win it. The main hope for any of them is definitely a ban, even 3 months would do.
 
Yes, I share the opinion that Fritz is really the only one, but he would get it through a busted draw or an opponent that is carrying a bit of an injury. Paul surprisingly has reached the semis, but he seems to choke in big moments.
 

atatu

Legend
The calm youngster Tien may become the most successful of them all? Great IQ, top shot tolerance. Must improve his serve.
Shelton has game, attitude and fitness to win a slam. But he makes poor choices too often.
Fritz lacks footwork/ fitness to perform at his best over two weeks.
Tiafoe is Finnish.
Korda is afraid of winning (the game itself is very high level when his brain works).
Paul has too few weapons.

As I see it.
I'm a big Tien fan, but I don't know how you can say Paul has too few weapons and at the same time state that Tien might be the most successful of them all. I'd be happy if Tien had a Nakashima type of career.
 

junior74

Bionic Poster
I'm a big Tien fan, but I don't know how you can say Paul has too few weapons and at the same time state that Tien might be the most successful of them all. I'd be happy if Tien had a Nakashima type of career.

I wasn't trying to "state" anything, really. I even added a question mark. And I know it's very early to predict Tien's career. But I saw glimpses of Simon in him at AO. Fun and rare to see young players with such a developed shot selection and competitive mentality. But it could very well be a one off. We thought Karatsev would do great things, for instance, but he is back on the Challengers tour.
 

Quaichang

Professional
Do you think that current US players : Tien, Fritz, Shelton , Korda Snatch a slam?
I would bet my money either on Fritz, who is really good on HC and his run at USO few months ago was pretty impressive. Or Tien, I really like his Tennis IQ, the way he outmanouevred Medvedev in Australia was a sight to behold.
Korda is too inconsistent and Shelton?
He has serious weakness in the form of ROS
Tbh, all of them have exploitable weaknesses
Fritz- movement, has great groundies though, his BH is severely underrated imo.
Korda- inconsistency , mental fragility
Shelton- bad ROS and exploitable BH
Tien- great ROS, high tennis IQ, average serve.
If I had to Pick one , i would choose Fritz.
Right now I don’t see any of them winning a slam. Fritz has all the pieces but he is just not an elite mover which is why he gets exploited by Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic.
 

atatu

Legend
I wasn't trying to "state" anything, really. I even added a question mark. And I know it's very early to predict Tien's career. But I saw glimpses of Simon in him at AO. Fun and rare to see young players with such a developed shot selection and competitive mentality. But it could very well be a one off. We thought Karatsev would do great things, for instance, but he is back on the Challengers tour.
Fair enough, I'm a big fan, it's just really tough to be 5'11" and be successful these days, although guys like Schwartzman played at a very high level. Simon was at his peak in 2015/2016, hard to believe that was around ten years ago.
 

TennisManiac

Hall of Fame

Remember this name (Colton Smith)​


This guy stands as good a chance as any American in my opinion. Just give him some time. ;)
 
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RSJfan

Hall of Fame
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onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
Fritz can beat Carlos on faster hard court I think. At least right now. Djokovic beat Carlos in set 3 and 4 convincingly. So did zverev in ATP finals.

And as Djokovic is declining I don't know if he will forever be able to beat Fritz.

Sinner is a harder problem for Fritz.
I don't Fritz will be able to beat Djokovic in the next few years.
 

roysid

Legend
You need to change the title to US men. The women are winning time to time.
I don't think any US man will win slam in next few years.

Fritz - One dimensional game. Will be overcome by others with variety
Taifoe - Game is good. Only plays best in US Open. Prone to choke in 5 setters
Shelton - Game has too many holes
Paul - Too boring. Cannot beat the top guys
 

RSJfan

Hall of Fame
You need to change the title to US men. The women are winning time to time.
I don't think any US man will win slam in next few years.


Taifoe - Game is good. …
 

socallefty

G.O.A.T.
Maybe they are more interested in slamming a snatxh than snatching a Slam - many have a party boy reputation.
 

roysid

Legend
You posted a link to a post from 2020. See the date first.
Tiafoe was playing better than Fritz in semi. Suddenly at the end of 4th set, he choked. And then two breaks down in 5th set.
Similar thing happened in Wimbledon against alcaraz.
Atleast his game is not one dimensional like Fritz
 
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