Defeating 2 All Time Greats in one Grand Slam but not winning that Grand Slam

[McEnroeisanartist]

I was wondering when has a player defeated two all time greats in a Grand Slam but did not win that Grand Slam: All Time Great defined as one of the 12 men in the open era who ended their careers with 6 or more Grand Slams. In the last 30 years:

1986 French Open - Pernfors defeated Edberg and Becker
1986 US Open - Mecir defeated Wilander and Becker
1991 US Open - Courier defeated Sampras and Connors
1992 Wimbledon - Ivanisevic defeated Lendl, Edberg, and Sampras
1992 US Open - Courier defeated McEnroe and Agassi
1992 US Open - Lendl defeated Connors and Becker
1995 US Open - Agassi defeated Edberg and Becker
2010 Wimbledon - Berdych defeated Federer and Djokovic

Any that I am missing?

 

[Deleted member 716271]

2016 US...Djokovic commits Serbian on Black crime by defeating Muhammad Ali and the GURU but loses in the final to a tattooed Swiss man with a dad bod.

 

[Deleted member 743561]

Djok's RG of last year was pretty close. Finally KO'd Nadal there, then got by Murray (even though he's not necessarily an ATG) only to be denied by Stan in the final. At that time, I was actually upset at the outcome because I wanted the Nadal-slayer to get his reward.

 

[Deleted member 512391]

I was wondering when has a player defeated two all time greats in a Grand Slam but did not win that Grand Slam: All Time Great defined as one of the 12 men in the open era who ended their careers with 6 or more Grand Slams. In the last 30 years:

1986 French Open - Pernfors defeated Edberg and Becker
1986 US Open - Mecir defeated Wilander and Becker
1991 US Open - Courier defeated Sampras and Connors
1992 Wimbledon - Ivanisevic defeated Lendl, Edberg, and Sampras
1992 US Open - Courier defeated McEnroe and Agassi
1995 US Open - Agassi defeated Edberg and Becker
2010 Wimbledon - Berdych defeated Federer and Djokovic

Any that I am missing?

Wow, that Ivanisevic's run in 1992 was incredible and he lost the final only after five sets. He's an absolute winner in that list, imo.

 

[TupeloDanger]

I don't know if you're missing any or not, but one worth a mention happened the year before, when Kevin Curren took out Edberg, Mac, and Connors in subsequent rounds on the fast grass of Wimbledon before succumbing to some kid named Becker.

 

[McEnroeisanartist]

I don't know if you're missing any or not, but one worth a mention happened the year before, when Kevin Curren took out Edberg, Mac, and Connors in subsequent rounds on the fast grass of Wimbledon before succumbing to some kid named Becker.

Yes that is a great one. Of course, in being lazy and limiting it to the last 30 years, I accidentally left that one out.

 

[abmk]

I don't know if you're missing any or not, but one worth a mention happened the year before, when Kevin Curren took out Edberg, Mac, and Connors in subsequent rounds on the fast grass of Wimbledon before succumbing to some kid named Becker.

that was the 1st that came to mind , but then I saw - within last 30 years so ..

 

[Prabhanjan]

IIRC, Tsonga had taken out Murray and Nadal to reach AO 08 finals and lose to Nole. Though Murray may not be ATG.

 

[Bender]

Wawrinka took out Djokovic's toe, legs, and probably wrist in one round at the the US Open 2016.

That's three ATGs in one match, first in world history.

 

[darrinbaker00]

Karolina Pliskova beat both Williams sisters, then lost to Angelique Kerber in the 2016 US Open final.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

I was wondering when has a player defeated two all time greats in a Grand Slam but did not win that Grand Slam: All Time Great defined as one of the 12 men in the open era who ended their careers with 6 or more Grand Slams. In the last 30 years:

1986 French Open - Pernfors defeated Edberg and Becker
1986 US Open - Mecir defeated Wilander and Becker
1991 US Open - Courier defeated Sampras and Connors
1992 Wimbledon - Ivanisevic defeated Lendl, Edberg, and Sampras
1992 US Open - Courier defeated McEnroe and Agassi
1995 US Open - Agassi defeated Edberg and Becker
2010 Wimbledon - Berdych defeated Federer and Djokovic

Any that I am missing?

I don't know if you're missing any or not, but one worth a mention happened the year before, when Kevin Curren took out Edberg, Mac, and Connors in subsequent rounds on the fast grass of Wimbledon before succumbing to some kid named Becker.

some lendl ones (he did it every 10 years, apparently !)
- 1992 USO: lendl defeated both connors and becker before losing to edberg in the QF
- 1982 USO: lendl defeated both wilander and mcenroe before losing to connors in the final

and on the losing side for lendl...
- 1979 USO: tanner defeated both lendl and borg before losing to gerulaitis in the SF

great thread/trivia

 

[tennis_pro]

1992 US Open - Lendl defeated Connors and Becker but Connors was like 40 years old xD.