Ferreira, Ferrero or Ferrer?

Ferreira, Ferrero or Ferrer?

  • Ferreira

    Votes: 3 12.0%

  • Ferrero

    Votes: 18 72.0%

  • Ferrer

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Total voters
    25
ScentOfDefeat

ScentOfDefeat

G.O.A.T.
I didn't know where to put this thread since Ferrer is still an active player. If the moderators want to move it to the Former Player section, it's up to them. Anyway, who's your favorite of these three?

I rank them like this: 1) Ferreira, 2) Ferrer, 3) Ferrero.

I loved watching Wayne Ferreira play and he was a nightmare for Pete Sampras. Very complete player, no glaring weaknesses, quite reliable, but lacked perhaps the motivation to take it to the next level. Anyway, a very dangerous player nobody fancied to play in the early rounds of any tournament.

Ferrero came about at a time I stopped watching tennis (a period of about 3 years), he was even friends with some people I know, but I never really followed his career and his game doesn't quite do it for me.

Ferrer is a fighter and one of my favorite current players in terms of work ethics and perseverance. He probably deserved a better career than Ferrero but was unlucky to face the current generation of players who are still at the top of the game.
 
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Ferrero, no contest for me.

I admired him for his all-court tennis (which was quite remarkable back then for a Spaniard), attractive playing style and being an intelligent fellow to match.
Too bad he was so unlucky with illness for quite a long periode during his prime (chicken pox if I remember correctly).
 
Wow, people really seem to like Ferrero. I always thought of him as quite generic. The kind of game the Kiefer/Grosjean type of players had at the time and I couldn't stand. I just thought Ferrero did it a little better than those two.

Could you please rank them from 1-3, just so I can have a more detailed idea of your preferences?
 
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vanioMan said:
Ferrero.

I can never forget his match vs Agassi in the 2003 US Open semis.
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That run was great from him. Very good player on clay and HC - clearly the best of these 3 at least.

Real shame he became injured in 2004, would have no doubt produced some good matches with the rest of the top guys from then.
 
ScentOfDefeat said:
Wow, people really seem to like Ferrero. Could you please rank them from 1-3, just so I can have a more detailed idea of your preferences?
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Have to admit I missed out on most of Ferreira, so hard to judge here.

1) Ferrero >>>>> 2) Ferrer (for his tenacity and fighting spirit) > 3) Ferreira ?
 
For anyone who misses Ferrero, at least his spiritual successor is rising in the junior ranks...
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Anyway:

1. Ferreira - all court game
2. Ferrer - persistence, resilience
3. Ferrero - fun enough to watch, I suppose
 
Ferrero was a quality tennis player, especially on clay. I think he would have been a worthy opponent for Nadal at the FO. He was doing well until just after AO 2004, then was never the same. Ferrer and Ferreira don't compare.
 
My only memory of Ferrero is that my dad thought he, Moyà and Federer looked alike and that he kept saying FerrerO to Ferrer.
Didn't see Ferreira.

But I guess I'd have to pick Ferrero.
 
Anaconda said:
Ferrero was a quality tennis player, especially on clay. I think he would have been a worthy opponent for Nadal at the FO. He was doing well until just after AO 2004, then was never the same. Ferrer and Ferreira don't compare.
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His last top quality match before he was injured was the Rottadam final with Hewitt. What a match.
 
Ferrero in my mind is a no brainer. You can simply write of David when he faces top guys, you never knew with Ferrero. And personally Ferreira was not my favorite since Sampras was :)
 
People are honestly saying Ferrer is a better player than Ferrero...

What has the world come to.
 
Ferrer wouldn't win a slam in any era.. "Deserves a better career". Come on now.
 
Noleberic123 said:
He was willed himself into the top 10. He should be around 30 in the world if it wasnt for his work ethic
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Exactly. He maximized his talent. He's a very hard worker though and deserves everything he has accomplished, but I just can't gift him slams.
 
Read. The. Opening. Post.

"Anyway, who's your favorite of these three?"

I appreciate the OP also states: "Ferrer is a fighter and one of my favorite current players in terms of work ethics and perseverance. He probably deserved a better career than Ferrero but was unlucky to face the current generation of players who are still at the top of the game."

Well, that's debatable.
 
Absolutely Ferrero for me..

One of my favorite players over the years. Very entertaining game to watch.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
Read. The. Opening. Post.

"Anyway, who's your favorite of these three?"

I appreciate the OP also states: "Ferrer is a fighter and one of my favorite current players in terms of work ethics and perseverance. He probably deserved a better career than Ferrero but was unlucky to face the current generation of players who are still at the top of the game."

Well, that's debatable.
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It's not really debatable IMO (who is a better player that is), I'm not sure there's a single shot Ferrer does better?

But yes Ferrer being a personal favorite is fair enough.
 
NatF said:
It's not really debatable IMO (who is a better player that is), I'm not sure there's a single shot Ferrer does better?

But yes Ferrer being a personal favorite is fair enough.
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It's debatable as to whether he would've won a Slam in another time. Many seem to think he would've, so there's a debate there. Weak era proponents especially like this view.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
It's debatable as to whether he would've won a Slam in another time. Many seem to think he would've, so there's a debate there. Weak era proponents especially like this view.
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I see, well that's debatable. It's the whole deserved a better career that peeked my interest...I'd say Ferrero (like anyone else) deserved to have an injury free career and perform to the best of his abilities - which he unfortunately couldn't from early 04 onwards.
 
NatF said:
I see, well that's debatable. It's the whole deserved a better career that peeked my interest...I'd say Ferrero (like anyone else) deserved to have an injury free career and perform to the best of his abilities - which he unfortunately couldn't from early 04 onwards.
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Indeed that's a very fair and strong counter. He could've achieved a lot more than he did.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
Indeed that's a very fair and strong counter. He could've achieved a lot more than he did.
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On balance I probably consider injuries more of a handicap than 'strong era'. Especially considering Ferrero became injured straight after his best season, when he probably had room to grow.

As it stands his career is a lot better than Ferrer's, there's nothing unfair about that.
 
It's a no brainer!

1. Ferrero: 1-3 in Slam finals, highest rank #1.

2. Ferrer: 0-1 in Slam finals, highest rank #3.

3. Ferreira: 0-0 in Slam finals, highest rank #6.
 
daddy said:
Ferrero in my mind is a no brainer. You can simply write of David when he faces top guys, you never knew with Ferrero. And personally Ferreira was not my favorite since Sampras was :)
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Sampras was also my favorite but I recognize that Ferreira was extremely dangerous.
 
Sabratha said:
Ferrer wouldn't win a slam in any era.. "Deserves a better career". Come on now.
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He made a Slam final but faced Nadal. The difference between them isn't as huge as some people want to believe. Ferrero was number 1 in a transitional period, Ferrer was just behind the top 3 or 4 of his era, all of which are legends of the game. It's debatable.

Personally, I think Albert Costa on clay was better than both.

But the question is who's your favorite.
 
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ScentOfDefeat said:
He made a Slam final but faced Nadal. The difference between them isn't as huge as some people want to believe. Ferrero was number 1 in a transitional period, Ferrer was just behind the top 3 or 4 of his era, all of which are legends of the game. It's debatable.

Personally, I think Albert Costa on clay was better than both.

But the question is who's your favorite.
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Ferrero was number 1 with peak Federer, Roddick, Coria and Hewitt around. Also with Agassi and Kuerten. Considering there very best level the gap between Ferrero and Ferrer is a big one.
 
Bukmeikara said:
Ferrero was number 1 with peak Federer, Roddick, Coria and Hewitt around. Also with Agassi and Kuerten. Considering there very best level the gap between Ferrero and Ferrer is a big one.
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Eh? How could Ferrero have been No. 1 with peak Federer around? :D

That said, I quite liked Ferrero and his game
 
I really like(d) Ferrero, El Mosquito.

One of those guys who really got me interested in tennis as a kid. Smooth game, quick. Seemed like a nice fella too.
 
H2h ferrer Ferrero 7-2. Nadal Ferrero 7-2. Nadal would have destroyed the fly mosquito. Ferrero has the french open I will give him that tho. Wayne Ferreira was staple on the tour in the 90s. Dam solid player.
 
Anaconda said:
He's asking who your favourite is, not who the best player is.
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Fair point. At the risk of showing my age, I seem to recall Ferreira was quite a good player who didn't achieve as much as he could have done.

I'm not as familiar with Ferrero. Ferrer I know very well, of course.
 
Mainad said:
Fair point. At the risk of showing my age, I seem to recall Ferreira was quite a good player who didn't achieve as much as he could have done.

I'm not as familiar with Ferrero. Ferrer I know very well, of course.
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You should watch Ferrero, even 90's clay (a poster who seems to hate every player on tour) would probably enjoy watching him. Aside from lacking a big serve and a Murray return, he literally had everything. Quality player, very good on clay, and I'd say he was good on hard. Career cut short due to illness. Cincy 2006 and beating Nadal on clay were his biggest achievements past making the SF at AO.
 
ScentOfDefeat said:
He made a Slam final but faced Nadal. The difference between them isn't as huge as some people want to believe. Ferrero was number 1 in a transitional period, Ferrer was just behind the top 3 or 4 of his era, all of which are legends of the game. It's debatable.

Personally, I think Albert Costa on clay was better than both.

But the question is who's your favorite.
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If he made a slam final against Ferrero, I'd bet he'd lose also.

Albert Costa is better than Ferrer, but in my opinion, worse than peak Ferrero.

Anyways, I'd rank my favorites as Ferrero, Ferreira and Ferrer. Ferreira was the talented South African, no?
 
Sabratha said:
If he made a slam final against Ferrero, I'd bet he'd lose also.

Albert Costa is better than Ferrer, but in my opinion, worse than peak Ferrero.

Anyways, I'd rank my favorites as Ferrero, Ferreira and Ferrer. Ferreira was the talented South African, no?
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Well, it depends whether peak Ferrero is the one who won RG in 2003 (beating Costa in the SF) or the one who lost the RG final to Costa the year before. Costa proved to be the better player on that occasion and their head-to-head is quite close (4-3 to Ferrero but let's not forget Costa was 5 years older and the last match of Albert's career was actually a tough three-setter he lost to Ferrero). It's closer than one might think.

Yes, it's the South-African. :)
 
Ferrero way above the other players for me. Really wish he didn't wither and fade away the exact minute that Nadal emerged on the scene. Would've been fun to see a Nadal/Ferrero rivalry for a few years.
 
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