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Sorry.
Every open era great has won the YEC
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yearend exhibition championship
does anyone remember how many did borg or laver bother to win?
does anyone remember how many did borg or laver bother to win?
abmk
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Its pretty arguable Becker was #1 in 1989.
abmk
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says the Nadal fanboy. would've said the opposite if defending former "favorite" Sampras.
Yes, Borg won 2.
Masters started in 1970 and only started booming/overtaking WCT finals in importance from mid-late 70s onwards. So not that relevant in case of Laver.
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Yeah sure, cry me a river !
Genious at Work
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The YEC is an important tournament, but it is not a requisite to be an Open Era Great. Just like not having a losing H2H against your main rivals is not a requisite. You can ask Fed. And let's not pretend like Fed or Djokovic would have ever won the French Open either if they had been in the position to play Nadal there. Cute thread, though.
Genious at Work
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Did I ever say nobody gives a f*uck about slam?
Genious at Work
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You can substitute "slam" with a variety of things, like "RG Title", "H2H", "Olympics Gold", "Masters Titles", "# of weeks at #1", etc. Having a YEC championship is not a requisite for anything.
I'm still wondering how many rivers you will cry if that happens.
Yes, the YEC is a hole in Nadal's resume, but Fed and Djokovic also have holes in their resumes.
YEC are bigger than any of those you listed above except RG. Your question is still irrelevant since I've never claimed "nobody gives a f*uck about slam".
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i never defended pete for his exhibition titles.........tennis is/was always about grandslam titles.........there are a different number of other tournaments which keeps hundreds of pro players busy through the season but the true measure of greatness was always centered around slams........
the tournament is just another masters event given its best of 3 nature, it is actually lesser than a masters event as it is slightly forgiving in the form of a round robin format........it can never be compared to slams which are a true test of ability for men as they have to go through best of 5 starting from round 1 till 7 rounds.........
King No1e
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Are you being dense on purpose? YEC titles don't judge GOAThood on their own, but they are a factor. Give me 3 players with Becker's exact resume except one of them has 0 YEC titles. Who gets ranked last out of them?
travlerajm
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Didn’t the Year End Championships used to be best-of-5 at least in the final? If so, I’d say it mattered more then than it does now.
StrongRule
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And nobody cares about that except Nadal haters. Really, I NEVER heard anyone being called an ATG for number of WTF titles.
Nadal_Django
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Oh but it matters. It matters a lot...
King No1e
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I never said anything about the number of WTF titles. If Rafa already had a WTF title in the bag, then I would agree that this tournament isn't important for him anymore. But he doesn't. And both his competitors do. It's a box he just hasn't checked off on his resume. If he really went all-in on fast HC for a year and won just 1 each at Miami, Paris, and WTF, he'd easily be at #1 in the Fedalovic race.
abmk
Bionic Poster
yeah, that's what you say *now*.
LOL, YEC requires you to beat atleast 4 top 10 players, unlike Masters tournaments. Its why RR format. Because you have only top 10 players. Something you pretend not to understand.
Slams > YEC > Masters
but then keep being bitter as your boy Nadal hasn't won it.
Beckerserve
Legend
Depends on who has OG. Ill have OG every day over WTF.
Beckerserve
Legend
Depends on who has OG. Ill have OG every day over WTF.
UnderratedSlam
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Yeah, right, you're all big fans of ONE player - BUT you're all totally unbiased.
Sure.
UnderratedSlam
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Your fact, not A fact.The fact that the WTF is apparently (for some) prerequisite for GOAThood, hence the discussion about Nadsy not having it, and you pointing at Borg for having holes in his resume, when his resume (as impressive as it is) is not related to the GOAT debate (again, for those that condone it, I don't) says that it is you who has problems with logic. Then you went one step further, and announced that it is apparently either GOAT, or "nobody" with nothing in between. Two infractions only solidified by the hint for multiple personality issues (the "we").
Enormous difference.
King No1e
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Good point. OG is a big hole in Fedovic's achievements while WTF is missing in Nadal's.
Beckerserve
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What about Agassi v sampras? Interesting to see what people think years later given Sampras had no OG less M1000 and never reached an FO final.
Beckerserve
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Yes my point is if there are holes to have they are the holes to have.
Should be a good final today. Thiem to win
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What the hell. Unbelievable that someone on a tennis forum can say something like this. Many teeny boppers like yourself have been brainwashed by this current era of inflated achievements of 3 people... If Wilander walks into any room, you would feel his presence.
You really need perspective. Mats Wilander is a tennis superstar. 7 slams, world number 1, 3 time Davis Cup champion, Wimbledon winner in doubles.
abmk
Bionic Poster
6 slams is too big a difference.
Sampras better than Agassi on fast HC, grass and indoors. Agassi on slow HC and clay
Way more # of weeks and years for Sampras at #1.
Sampras with edge in h2h.
Beckerserve
Legend
But Edberg had more weeks at no.1? Past few weeks there have been numerous threads about weeks at no.1 lol.
I agree Becker is greater btw. Obviously as i am a Becker fan
King No1e
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Bamos Thiem!
Xemi666
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Me? The ones who'll be crying will be the likes of you after #21
Exactly. See you at #21.
so you decide who real tennis fans are? i watch tennis since 1995, and every player who was considered goat or goat candidate dominated the wtf in his prime, except one player. guess who?
this thread alone has over 400 comments. and there have been many others about nadals failure at the wtf.
nadal has zero wtf, only two wimbledons which is the most important slam, and is many many many weeks behind federer and djokovic abd few others in weeks number 1.
it is impossible to overlook these things.
duaneeo
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No, it just illustrates your lack of knowledge. You don't speak for "most people."
StrongRule
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Most important slam? LMAO. This is why you shouldn't be taken seriously. Yeah, Federer's best slam is of course the most important.
I wonder if RG would be the "least important slam" if Federer had more than 1 title there.
Some Federer fans think their hero deserves more credit for being good on grass than Nadal for being MUCH better on clay. This is honestly sad.
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Me? The ones who'll be crying will be the likes of you after #21
Exactly. See you at #21.
Still, zero WTF. Big hole, big hole.
Most important slam? LMAO. This is why you shouldn't be taken seriously. Yeah, Federer's best slam is of course the most important.
I wonder if RG would be the "least important slam" if Federer had more than 1 title there.
Some Federer fans think their hero deserves more credit for being good on grass than Nadal for being MUCH better on clay. This is honestly sad.
wimbledon has always been the most important slam. before federer and after federer.
NoleFam
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He actually would achieve the career Super Slam if he won it and would join Agassi as the only two to ever do it.
StrongRule
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Last time I checked it gives 2000 points, just like all the other slams. The fact that it is the oldest slam doesn't change it. You are basically saying that a good player on grass is by default greater than a good player on clay? This sounds like total BS, and you know it. Every player has a favorite surface, and being great on grass isn't any better than being great on clay.
Phoenix1983
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The YEC remains Nadal's eternal weakness.
So be it.
So be it.
StrongRule
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Nadal can't get every possible record.
NoleFam
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But you said winning it would add nothing to his legacy. A career Super Slam would have been a big deal and gave him something over his rivals.
paris bercy also has same amount of points as rome and cincinnati, ask a player what tournament he would rather win.
every player who is equally strong on all surfaces will choose wimbledon as the slam he wants the most to win.
StrongRule
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How many tennis fans even heard about this "super slam"? I hear about it just for the second time, first time was somewhere in 2013. On the other hand, every person who follows tennis knows about the 13 RG record. So all that talk about RG not being important for him makes no sense to me.
NoleFam
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The RG record was already far out of reach for anyone to ever break even before he won 13 though and I would say at 12, double the amount of Borg, he had already set that mark. Adding another didn't do much for his legacy. It just added another Slam to his count which is great but still if he had won RG and WTF, the WTF title is the one that would have stood out because he would have completed a rare set.
StrongRule
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First of all, if you didn't notice that was his 20th slam. So far nobody ever won more than that. Also, I don't understand how any slam might not add anything to his legacy. 13 is greater than 12, it is a big question how far he can get there. The numbers are unreal.
NoleFam
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It doesn't add much to his RG legacy is what I mean. You are talking about his RG legacy and having 13 of them. Sure that 13th one took him to 20 to tie the record so in the grand scheme of things it was monumental that he won it but it would have been monumental had he won any of the 4 Slams, not just RG.
there is no rule that says that the player with the most slams is the goat. it is an opinion.
and as long nadal doesnt win another wimbledon and at least 1 wtf, he will never ever be goat in my eyes, even if he wins 30 french opens
alexio
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agree doesn't really matter whether it's 13 or 14 (small difference) ,,would be much better to win any other slam for his legacy in the future
