Connors 91 vs. Federer 19

[stringertom]

Connors gets the nod as a WC who lost the first two sets of his magical run and then beat a red hot Haarhuis in the QFs after the Dutch player had smoked #1 seed Becker two rounds earlier. The comeback vs Krickstein in 4R from 2-1 sets down and 2-5 down in the fifth to win in a TB on his 39th birthday on Labor Day was literally “giving the people what they want!”

 

[Devilito]

Connors at 39 in 1991 would be something like if Fed made the same run at 45 in another 7 years. Different times makes a huge difference.

 

[EloQuent]

A more impressive run than both was that of Pancho Gonzales, who was also a semifinalist, at his worst surface, at the age of 40 years and 3 months in RG 1968.

When the open era was just starting, before the sport was really professional? eh

 

[zvelf]

Stan is better than anyone Connors played, but relatively speaking, Otte, Ruud, and Mayer are not.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

When the open era was just starting, before the sport was really professional? eh

Pancho beat the amateur king Emerson over five sets in QF. That's as good a slap in the face as any, losing to the ancient pro goat on the most demanding surface aptly demonstrating how superior the pros were initially.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Can you imagine Fed doing this? Ha

 

[oldmanfan]

Will Fedr in his SF interact with the crowd the same way Connors did back 1991?

Imagine that

All Fedr has to do is fist pump for similar results. If Fedr riled the crowd like Connors did? Not sure if the crowd could handle the epicness.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Connors, but it's actually close, considering it's RG and Fed hasn't made a/any SF since AO18.

Fixed your grammar.
Thank me later

 

[Tommy Haas]

Federer 2019 would probably chopstick peak Connors.