Could the following players have reached top 10 and/or reaching Slam finals during 2014-2019 if they were born in the 1990s

Goran Ivanisevic
Richard Krajicek
Mark Phillippoussis
Mario Ancic


Many may disagree, but....






Raomug reached a Wimbledon final, while Raomug and Dimitrov both reached World No.3 Ranking.
 
My detailed analysis of those players, if they had been born in 1990 or later:
- Ancic: better overall groundgame and especially netgame than both Raonic and Dimitrov, although Raonic has a bigger forehand. Serve better than Dimitrov but not at the same league as Raonic.
Verdict: probably reaching the lower end of top 10 (No.8-10)

- Ivanisevic: a more inconsistent (in groundies, although they can be improved by modern training) version of Cilic with much better serve and also better netgame.
Verdict: probably reaching as high as No.4.

- Phillippoussis: an equivalent of Kyrgios with better serve, groundstrokes (both wings) and netgame. Probably has 2hbh today. Suffer the same discipline problem.
Verdict: May be reaching No.8-10 for a short period.

- Krajicek: you have Raonic, add a Federer-sque netgame talent and Cilic-level mobility, then you have Krajicek. Worse consistency and injury problems, but modern training and science can help a lot. Probably has a 2hbh today (which can help his ROS), but more likely to become an one-hander than a modern-day Scud.
Verdict: probably reaching as high as No.4-5 with some deep Wimbledon runs in occasions like 2016.
 

chimneysweep

Semi-Pro
I think prime Ivanisevic would have a super good chance. He was the only one who was virtually equal on a consistent basis to a prime/peak Sampras on grass. They played 4 times at Wimbledon from 92-98 and while Sampras leads 3-1 it could have just as easily been 2-2 or even 3-1 for Ivanisevic, as he had huge chances to win the 95 and 98 encounters, and many of the stats favored him, but he couldnt win the important points and had numerous missed opportunities in both 5 set losses. He could have conceviably won 3 or 4 Wimbledons (and not just in a remove said player way ala Roddick) in that he had real chances of winning even with Sampras in the field in each of 92, 95, 98. He also made the 94 final but was pretty outclassed by Sampras that particular day. So in a field headed by old Djokovic on his worst surface, Kne-dal almost a decade after his grass prime, and grandpa Federer, I would give him a good shot.

Krajicek and Philippoussis would be hit or miss like they were then, but in a year they hit form they would have a good shot too. The depthless field would help them greatly in their primes though as unlike then there would be few people in early rounds to take them out even on a horrific day.
 
Any of the top 3 could have reached a Wimbledon final in this era, yes.

Doubt any of them would have won, although we don't know how someone like Krajicek would have matched up against, say, Novak Djokovic on grass.
Kevin Anderson 2015 and Sam Querrey 2016 can give us some clues about how a redhot Ivanisevic/Krajicek is capable of.
 

chimneysweep

Semi-Pro
Kevin Anderson 2015 and Sam Querrey 2016 can give us some clues about how a redhot Ivanisevic/Krajicek is capable of.

True, and all those guys play a similar style way better than Anderson or Querrey could ever dream of. Well not sure on Ancic, but for sure those other 3. Ancic is kind of an unknown as his health problems curtailed him before he had fully matured. He was pretty good though, some Federer fans believe his performance in the 4 4 4 win over Ancic was his best ever Wimbledon match. He had a real shot of beating Roddick in the 04 semis.
 

chimneysweep

Semi-Pro
I think Ancic can reach final with a draw similar to Raonic in 2016 or Cilic in 2017. Winning the final is another matter.

As I just edited in he is a difficult one for me as his health problems curtailed him. I absolutely agree even his 04-06 level could easily reach the final with a draw like Raonic or Cilic those couple years though. And would probably give a more competitive final in both than those guys did (Raonic gave Murray a decent enough match but Ancic could probably do better than that).
 
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