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John Mcenroe (Born 1959) - Bjorn Borg (Born 1956)
H2H overall 7 - 7 In slams 3 - 1
Jmac - USO 1980, Wimb 1981, USO 1981
Borg - Wimb 1980
* Mcenroe was 3 years younger than Borg and won every GS meeting after Wimbledon 1980.
John Mcenroe (Born 1959) - Jimmy Connors (Born 1952)
H2H overall 20 - 14 In slams 6 - 3
Jmac - USO 1979, Wimb 1980, USO 1980, RG 1984, Wimb 1984, USO 1984
Connors - Wimb 1977, USO 1978, Wimb 1982
*Mcenroe was 7 years younger than Connors overtaking him any meeting after Wimbledon 1982. Connors matched up well enough to stay with Jmac for 5 years.
John Mcenroe (Born 1959) - Ivan Lendl (Born 1960)
H2H overall 15 - 21 In slams 3 - 7
Jmac - USO 1980, Wimb 1983, USO 1984
Lendl - RG 1981, USO 1982, RG 1984, USO 1985, USO 1987, RG 1988, AO 1989
* Lendl was only one year younger than Mcenroe but dominated Mcenroe after their first GS encounter winning 7 out of 9 meetings. Lendl was a bad match up for Mcenroe in terms of grand slam meetings.
Bjorn Borg (Born 1956) - Jimmy Connors (Born 1952)
H2H overall 15 - 8 In slams 5 - 3
Borg - Wimb 1977, Wimb 1987, Wimb 1979, Wimb 1981, USO 1981
Connors - USO 1975, USO 1976, USO 1978
* Connors was 4 years older than Borg and only won 1 gs match against Borg after 1976 (6 of their 8 GS meetings occurred after that year).
Ivan Lendl (Born 1960) - Boris Becker (Born 1967)
H2H overall 11 - 10 In slams 1 - 5
Lendl - USO 1992
Becker - Wimb 1986, Wimb 1988, Wimb 1989, USO 1989, AO 1991
* Becker was 7 years younger than Lendl winning all 5 of their previous meetings before Lendl defeated him once at the end of his career at the USO (his best GS record) where he had 8 consecutive finals in previous years.
Ivan Lendl (Born 1960) - Mats Wilander (Born 1964)
H2H overall 15 - 7 In slams 5 - 4
Lendl - USO 1982, USO 1983, RG 1984, RG 1987, USO 1987
Wilander - RG 1982, AO 1983, RG 1985, USO 1988
* Wilander was 4 years younger than Lendl being almost even with him as they traded wins and losses in gs matches from 1982-1985. Lendl got the upperhand in 1987 with 2 wins and Wilander got the last in 1988. Lendl seemingly matches up well with Wilander regardless of age difference.
Stefan Edberg (Born 1966) - Ivan Lendl (Born 1960)
H2H overall 14 - 13 In slams 5 - 4
Edberg - AO 1985, Wimb 1990, USO 1991, AO 1992, USO 1992
Lendl - USO 1986, Wimb 1987, AO 1990, AO 1991
*Even though Edberg is 6 years younger than Lendl he has a almost dead even H2H with Lendl winning one more match overall and also in slams. Lendl seemingly matches up very well considering the higher age difference than with Wilander.
Stefan Edberg (Born 1966) - Mats Wilander (Born 1964)
H2H overall 9 - 11 In slams 2 - 3
Edberg - AO 1985, AO 1990
Wilander - AO 1984, USO 1987, AO 1988
*Wilander and Edberg have a 2-2 record against each other at AO born only 2 years apart having a fairly even H2H overall and in slams.
Boris Becker (Born 1967) - Pete Sampras (Born 1971)
H2H overall 7 - 12 In slams 0 - 3
Sampras - Wimb 1993, Wimb 1995, Wimb 1997
* Becker being 4 years older than Sampras never won a GS match against him
in 3 meetings. Becker lost all 3 matches at his best GS (winning at age 17 and winning 3 titles there before his 3 FO title)
Jim Courier (Born 1970) - Pete Sampras (Born 1971)
H2H overall 4 - 16 In slams 2 - 6
Courier - USO 1991, RG 1994
Sampras - USO 1992, Wimb 1993, AO 1994, AO 1995, USO 1995, RG 1996
* Sampras comprehensively beat Courier winning 6 out of 7 gs encounters after their first meeting in 1991. Sampras H2H with Courier is very dominant even outside of grand slam tournaments.
Andre Agassi (Born 1970) - Jim Courier (Born 1970)
H2H overall 5 - 7 In slams 2 - 4
Agassi - RG 1990, AO 1996
Courier - RG 1989, RG 1991, RG 1992, USO 1992
* Agassi and Courier are born the same year yet Courier has a 3-1 record against Agassi at RG. Splitting their meetings on Hard court Courier was seemingly a bad match up for Agassi on Clay.
Andre Agassi (Born 1970) - Pete Sampras (Born 1971)
H2H overall 14 - 20 In slams 3 - 6
Agassi - RG 1992, AO 1995, AO 2000
Sampras - USO 1990, Wimb 1993, USO 1995, Wimb 1999, USO 2001, USO 2002
* Sampras is one year younger than Agassi comprehensively beating him at the USO (4 - 0) and Wimbledon (2 - 0). Agassi only beats Sampras at his best GS tournament (AO with 4 titles) and Sampras's worst GS tournament ( 1 semifinal, 3 quarterfinals). Even with the dominant H2H Agassi manages to meet Sampras at his preferred Grand Slams more often than not.
Deep runs at Grand Slams
Jim Courier - Won first Slam title on 32nd GS match
- Won last Slam title on 73rd GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 122nd GS match
Bjorn Borg - Won first Slam title on 23rd GS match
- Won last Slam title on 143rd GS match
- Made last final run on 157th GS match
Stefan Edberg - Won first Slam title on 21st GS match
- Won last Slam title on 170th GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 196th GS match
Boris Becker - Won first Slam title on 19th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 170th GS match
- Never made another SF/F run again
Jimmy Connors - Won first Slam title on 29th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 190th GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 278th GS match
John Mcenroe - Won first Slam title on 29th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 120th GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 201st GS match
Ivan Lendl - Won first Slam title on 80th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 220th GS match
- Made last final run on 238th GS match
Pete Sampras - Won first Slam title on 21st GS match
- Won last Slam title on 241st GS match
- Retired after that last US Open title
Andre Agassi - Won first Slam title on 66th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 231st GS match
- Made last final run on 270th GS match
Current Era players still active
Federer - Current GS count - 17
- Overall GS record - (260 - 41)
- Overall Win/Loss - (913 - 210)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 279th GS match
Nadal - Current GS count - 12
- Overall GS record - (164 - 23)
- Overall Win/Loss - (639 - 125)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 186th GS match
Djokovic - Current GS count - 6
- Overall GS record - (152 - 29)
- Overall Win/Loss - (513 - 131)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 168th GS match
Murray - Current GS count - 2
- Overall GS record - (113 - 28)
- Overall Win/Loss - (416 - 130)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 141st GS match
Ferrer - Current GS count - 0
- Overall GS record - (107 - 43)
- Overall Win/Loss - (529 - 259)
Age is only 1/3 of the story, H2H is only 1/3 of the story, Dominance of your main rivals and the field is only 1/3 of the story. In the end Father Time always wins.
Father Time Overall H2H - (Infinity > Zero)
H2H overall 7 - 7 In slams 3 - 1
Jmac - USO 1980, Wimb 1981, USO 1981
Borg - Wimb 1980
* Mcenroe was 3 years younger than Borg and won every GS meeting after Wimbledon 1980.
John Mcenroe (Born 1959) - Jimmy Connors (Born 1952)
H2H overall 20 - 14 In slams 6 - 3
Jmac - USO 1979, Wimb 1980, USO 1980, RG 1984, Wimb 1984, USO 1984
Connors - Wimb 1977, USO 1978, Wimb 1982
*Mcenroe was 7 years younger than Connors overtaking him any meeting after Wimbledon 1982. Connors matched up well enough to stay with Jmac for 5 years.
John Mcenroe (Born 1959) - Ivan Lendl (Born 1960)
H2H overall 15 - 21 In slams 3 - 7
Jmac - USO 1980, Wimb 1983, USO 1984
Lendl - RG 1981, USO 1982, RG 1984, USO 1985, USO 1987, RG 1988, AO 1989
* Lendl was only one year younger than Mcenroe but dominated Mcenroe after their first GS encounter winning 7 out of 9 meetings. Lendl was a bad match up for Mcenroe in terms of grand slam meetings.
Bjorn Borg (Born 1956) - Jimmy Connors (Born 1952)
H2H overall 15 - 8 In slams 5 - 3
Borg - Wimb 1977, Wimb 1987, Wimb 1979, Wimb 1981, USO 1981
Connors - USO 1975, USO 1976, USO 1978
* Connors was 4 years older than Borg and only won 1 gs match against Borg after 1976 (6 of their 8 GS meetings occurred after that year).
Ivan Lendl (Born 1960) - Boris Becker (Born 1967)
H2H overall 11 - 10 In slams 1 - 5
Lendl - USO 1992
Becker - Wimb 1986, Wimb 1988, Wimb 1989, USO 1989, AO 1991
* Becker was 7 years younger than Lendl winning all 5 of their previous meetings before Lendl defeated him once at the end of his career at the USO (his best GS record) where he had 8 consecutive finals in previous years.
Ivan Lendl (Born 1960) - Mats Wilander (Born 1964)
H2H overall 15 - 7 In slams 5 - 4
Lendl - USO 1982, USO 1983, RG 1984, RG 1987, USO 1987
Wilander - RG 1982, AO 1983, RG 1985, USO 1988
* Wilander was 4 years younger than Lendl being almost even with him as they traded wins and losses in gs matches from 1982-1985. Lendl got the upperhand in 1987 with 2 wins and Wilander got the last in 1988. Lendl seemingly matches up well with Wilander regardless of age difference.
Stefan Edberg (Born 1966) - Ivan Lendl (Born 1960)
H2H overall 14 - 13 In slams 5 - 4
Edberg - AO 1985, Wimb 1990, USO 1991, AO 1992, USO 1992
Lendl - USO 1986, Wimb 1987, AO 1990, AO 1991
*Even though Edberg is 6 years younger than Lendl he has a almost dead even H2H with Lendl winning one more match overall and also in slams. Lendl seemingly matches up very well considering the higher age difference than with Wilander.
Stefan Edberg (Born 1966) - Mats Wilander (Born 1964)
H2H overall 9 - 11 In slams 2 - 3
Edberg - AO 1985, AO 1990
Wilander - AO 1984, USO 1987, AO 1988
*Wilander and Edberg have a 2-2 record against each other at AO born only 2 years apart having a fairly even H2H overall and in slams.
Boris Becker (Born 1967) - Pete Sampras (Born 1971)
H2H overall 7 - 12 In slams 0 - 3
Sampras - Wimb 1993, Wimb 1995, Wimb 1997
* Becker being 4 years older than Sampras never won a GS match against him
in 3 meetings. Becker lost all 3 matches at his best GS (winning at age 17 and winning 3 titles there before his 3 FO title)
Jim Courier (Born 1970) - Pete Sampras (Born 1971)
H2H overall 4 - 16 In slams 2 - 6
Courier - USO 1991, RG 1994
Sampras - USO 1992, Wimb 1993, AO 1994, AO 1995, USO 1995, RG 1996
* Sampras comprehensively beat Courier winning 6 out of 7 gs encounters after their first meeting in 1991. Sampras H2H with Courier is very dominant even outside of grand slam tournaments.
Andre Agassi (Born 1970) - Jim Courier (Born 1970)
H2H overall 5 - 7 In slams 2 - 4
Agassi - RG 1990, AO 1996
Courier - RG 1989, RG 1991, RG 1992, USO 1992
* Agassi and Courier are born the same year yet Courier has a 3-1 record against Agassi at RG. Splitting their meetings on Hard court Courier was seemingly a bad match up for Agassi on Clay.
Andre Agassi (Born 1970) - Pete Sampras (Born 1971)
H2H overall 14 - 20 In slams 3 - 6
Agassi - RG 1992, AO 1995, AO 2000
Sampras - USO 1990, Wimb 1993, USO 1995, Wimb 1999, USO 2001, USO 2002
* Sampras is one year younger than Agassi comprehensively beating him at the USO (4 - 0) and Wimbledon (2 - 0). Agassi only beats Sampras at his best GS tournament (AO with 4 titles) and Sampras's worst GS tournament ( 1 semifinal, 3 quarterfinals). Even with the dominant H2H Agassi manages to meet Sampras at his preferred Grand Slams more often than not.
Deep runs at Grand Slams
Jim Courier - Won first Slam title on 32nd GS match
- Won last Slam title on 73rd GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 122nd GS match
Bjorn Borg - Won first Slam title on 23rd GS match
- Won last Slam title on 143rd GS match
- Made last final run on 157th GS match
Stefan Edberg - Won first Slam title on 21st GS match
- Won last Slam title on 170th GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 196th GS match
Boris Becker - Won first Slam title on 19th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 170th GS match
- Never made another SF/F run again
Jimmy Connors - Won first Slam title on 29th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 190th GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 278th GS match
John Mcenroe - Won first Slam title on 29th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 120th GS match
- Made last semifinal run on 201st GS match
Ivan Lendl - Won first Slam title on 80th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 220th GS match
- Made last final run on 238th GS match
Pete Sampras - Won first Slam title on 21st GS match
- Won last Slam title on 241st GS match
- Retired after that last US Open title
Andre Agassi - Won first Slam title on 66th GS match
- Won last Slam title on 231st GS match
- Made last final run on 270th GS match
Current Era players still active
Federer - Current GS count - 17
- Overall GS record - (260 - 41)
- Overall Win/Loss - (913 - 210)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 279th GS match
Nadal - Current GS count - 12
- Overall GS record - (164 - 23)
- Overall Win/Loss - (639 - 125)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 186th GS match
Djokovic - Current GS count - 6
- Overall GS record - (152 - 29)
- Overall Win/Loss - (513 - 131)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 168th GS match
Murray - Current GS count - 2
- Overall GS record - (113 - 28)
- Overall Win/Loss - (416 - 130)
- Won last Slam title (currently) on 141st GS match
Ferrer - Current GS count - 0
- Overall GS record - (107 - 43)
- Overall Win/Loss - (529 - 259)
Age is only 1/3 of the story, H2H is only 1/3 of the story, Dominance of your main rivals and the field is only 1/3 of the story. In the end Father Time always wins.
Father Time Overall H2H - (Infinity > Zero)
