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Hall of Fame
Lendl vs Sampras, 1990 US Open (19 year old Pete vs 30 year old Lendl - the first of 14 slams for Pete, 5 of which were in NYC, and the end of an astonishing 8 straight finals appearances in NY for Lendl)
Nadal vs Agassi, 2005 Rogers Cup (19 year old Rafa vs 35 year old AA - crazy to think Rafa has played Agassi and Jannik Sinner in his career lol)
Federer vs Sampras, 2001 Wimbledon (19 year old Fed vs 29 year old PETE - can't have a battle of generations thread without mentioning this one, easily one of the most significant torch passings in all of sports)
Borg vs Lendl, 1981 French Open (only a 4-year age gap between the two, but this a big passing of torch in tennis history as it was Borg's 11th and final slam win capturing a record 6 RG titles, while this was the first of many RG and slam finals for Ivan over the next decade)
Nadal vs Medvedev, 2019 US Open (33 year old Rafa vs 23 year old Med - this is a pretty historic one since it was the first time a next-gen player went toe-to-toe with a big 3 member in a slam final)
What are your favourite battle of the generations matches?
Nadal vs Agassi, 2005 Rogers Cup (19 year old Rafa vs 35 year old AA - crazy to think Rafa has played Agassi and Jannik Sinner in his career lol)
Federer vs Sampras, 2001 Wimbledon (19 year old Fed vs 29 year old PETE - can't have a battle of generations thread without mentioning this one, easily one of the most significant torch passings in all of sports)
Borg vs Lendl, 1981 French Open (only a 4-year age gap between the two, but this a big passing of torch in tennis history as it was Borg's 11th and final slam win capturing a record 6 RG titles, while this was the first of many RG and slam finals for Ivan over the next decade)
Nadal vs Medvedev, 2019 US Open (33 year old Rafa vs 23 year old Med - this is a pretty historic one since it was the first time a next-gen player went toe-to-toe with a big 3 member in a slam final)
What are your favourite battle of the generations matches?
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