Djokovic vs Sampras

[Deleted member 748597]

Djokovic

17 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1
292+ weeks at #1
122 consecutive weeks at #1

Sampras

14 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1 (consecutive)
286 weeks at #1
102 consecutive weeks at #1

Did anyone believe 10 years ago that Novak could surpass/equal nearly all of the PETE's important stats?

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Pete is still greater at 2 slams

He is greater at 3 slams than Nadal

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Three have already surpassed him.

There will be more. The few records he's got left will vanish in a few decades.

To my great delight.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Pete is still greater at 2 slams

He is greater at 3 slams than Nadal

So how can Ned be the GOAT?

 

[ForehandRF]

Pete is still greater at 2 slams

He is greater at 3 slams than Nadal

And yet he is not that loved on TTW.He had some amazing achievements

 

[UnderratedSlam]

And yet he is not that loved on TTW.He had some amazing achievements

He was a class A servebot. Best android ever to come out of a tennis factory.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

He was a class A servebot. Best android ever to come out of a tennis factory.

PETE smoked the competition.

 

[NonP]

10 years ago, no, but after '11 I knew it was a real possibility. Still hoping he edges out Fedal in the Slam race.

P.S. Pistol was the real #1 in '99, or at least has as strong a case as, say, '60 (Big) Pancho. So it's quite arguable these two boast the most years as #1 in the pre/post-OE. Yet another similarity between these two GOATs.

 

[RS]

Djokovic

17 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1
292+ weeks at #1
122 consecutive weeks at #1

Sampras

14 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1 (consecutive)
286 weeks at #1
102 consecutive weeks at #1

Did anyone believe 10 years ago that Novak could surpass/equal all of the PETE's important stats?

Hardly anybody did I think.

 

[Milanez82]

Isner is a serve bot.
Pete had 'the touch'
And ability to hit the impossible.

 

[junior74]

Why would anybody believe Novak would surpass Sampras, when embryovic only had one slam?

 

[Towny]

Wimbledon titles
Sampras - 7
Djokovic - 5

USO titles
Sampras - 5
Djokovic - 3

Consecutive YE#1
Sampras - 6
Djokovic - 2

I wouldn't say he's passed ALL Sampras' important records. But he's been super impressive and is ahead of or equal to Sampras in almost every category. Truly a remarkable player and he's likely to win even more

 

[Nadal_Django]

Sampras is better on grass and fast hard.

Djokovic is better on slow hard and clay.

Indoors they are pretty even, although Sampras was playing on carpet in those days.

Overall they are pretty close I would say.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

I have edited the OP.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

PETE smoked the competition.

He sure did.

Blasted aces at absurd speeds.

That's basically all he did though.

95% of his game was blasting service winners.

Kinda like Karlovic. A more advanced model though.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

PETE still got the higher peak except on clay and spring HC.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

PETE still got the higher peak except on clay and spring HC.

Coz that's where the real tennis was still played in the 90s.

Pete hated playing tennis. Which is ironic.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Novak will never pass PETE...

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Novak will never pass PETE...

Did you copy-paste someone's post from 2010?

 

[Deleted member 748597]

 

[Deleted member 748597]

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Did you copy-paste someone's post from 2010?

If it works, it works.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Did he leave a tip to the photographer?

 

[Breakpointerer]

 

[USO]

Djokovic

17 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1
292+ weeks at #1
122 consecutive weeks at #1

Sampras

14 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1 (consecutive)
286 weeks at #1
102 consecutive weeks at #1

Did anyone believe 10 years ago that Novak could surpass/equal nearly all of the PETE's important stats?

Sampras was the best of his era. Djokovic is the 3rd best of his era. Sorry.

 

[Antonio Puente]

Djokovic

17 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1
292+ weeks at #1
122 consecutive weeks at #1

Sampras

14 Slams
5 YECs
6 YE #1 (consecutive)
286 weeks at #1
102 consecutive weeks at #1

Did anyone believe 10 years ago that Novak could surpass/equal nearly all of the PETE's important stats?

Djoker passed Sampras years ago in the #1 tiebreaker outside of slams - career slam. Pete was a complete no show on one surface.

It's funny that, today, the real #1 tiebreaker is rarely brought up on this forum. Why? Nadal, Fed and Djoker all have a career slam, so no one can be hurt by referencing it, and if referencing it doesn't somehow benefit your player, what's the point?

 

[Red Rick]

IMO Djokovic passed Sampras in 2016

 

[Deleted member 744633]

Novak will never pass PETE...

Agreed. You can't pass someone you already passed a few years ago

 

[BeatlesFan]

And yet he is not that loved on TTW.He had some amazing achievements

90% of the people posting here never saw him play, that’s why.

 

[blablavla]

He sure did.

Blasted aces at absurd speeds.

That's basically all he did though.

95% of his game was blasting service winners.

Kinda like Karlovic. A more advanced model though.

that's better than blasting non-sense on internet all day long though

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

unironically considering pete a servebot should be ban-worthy LOL

 

[RS]

IMO Djokovic passed Sampras in 2016

Agree.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

unironically considering pete a servebot should be ban-worthy LOL

PETE*

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Sampras was the best of his era. Djokovic is the 3rd best of his era. Sorry.

PETE is greater than Djokomug?

 

[Red Rick]

unironically considering pete a servebot should be ban-worthy LOL

If you break more on HC than on clay then you're a servebot and there's nothing more to it

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

PETE*

Pit Sam Press

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

If you break more on HC than on clay then you're a servebot and there's nothing more to it

medvedev servebot

 

[Red Rick]

medvedev servebot

Does fit nicely in Sampras category. About as talented as well although more athletic

 

[NoleFam]

PETE still got the higher peak except on clay and spring HC.

So basically he has the higher peak July and after. Lol. January - June is a different story.

 

[zuluzazu]

Please die, ok?

@Red Rick You neee to see my signature to know how seriously you should take this posters opinions. According to him fed has choked all the 5 setters he has ever played(except 2 due to fitness issues) and it had nothing to do with the opponent.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

@Red Rick You neee to see my signature to know how seriously you should take this posters opinions. According to him fed has choked all the 5 setters he has ever played(except 2 due to fitness issues) and it had nothing to do with the opponent.

Magnanimous failure to understand.

 

[Red Rick]

Aren't we all dying ever so slowly?

 

[Heliath]

Sampras is better on grass and fast hard.

Djokovic is better on slow hard and clay.

Indoors they are pretty even, although Sampras was playing on carpet in those days.

Overall they are pretty close I would say.

Djokovic's career winrate on grass: 84.1%
Sampras' career winrate on grass: 83.5%

Djokovic's career winrate on clay: 80.1%
Sampras' career winrate on clay: 63%

Djokovic's career winrate on HC: 84.4%
Sampras' career winrate on HC: 80.6%

Djokovic's career winrate indoors: 78.6%
Sampras' career winrate indoors: 77.7%

Sampras literally wins in nothing and loses really badly on clay, so how on earth is that "overall pretty close"?

 

[TheNachoMan]

Pete is still greater at 2 slams

He is greater at 3 slams than Nadal

RAFA has used RG to stat pad for the past 15 years

 

[Breakpointerer]

RAFA has used RG to stat pad for the past 15 years

obligatory

 

[topher]

Coz that's where the real tennis was still played in the 90s.

Pete hated playing tennis. Which is ironic.

Isn’t it about time to bury the hatchet, Andre?

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Pancho smoked the competition too.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Djokovic's career winrate on grass: 84.1%
Sampras' career winrate on grass: 83.5%

Djokovic's career winrate on clay: 80.1%
Sampras' career winrate on clay: 63%

Djokovic's career winrate on HC: 84.4%
Sampras' career winrate on HC: 80.6%

Djokovic's career winrate indoors: 78.6%
Sampras' career winrate indoors: 77.7%

Sampras literally wins in nothing and loses really badly on clay, so how on earth is that "overall pretty close"?

winrate > titles
lolol

 

[Deleted member 744633]

Isn’t it about time to bury the hatchet, Andre?

LOL, outstanding!

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Does fit nicely in Sampras category. About as talented as well although more athletic

I love your self-depreciating humour once you realise that you are in a deep sheet.

It is like watching Netherlands's players give interviews after a WC final.