Atennisone
Hall of Fame
Does anyone know the record for this?
Fewest service games lost to win Grand Slam?
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Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
Sampras, 2 service games, 1997 Wimbledon
HetTheGreaterer
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Fedr
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Not that I doubt you, but Federer's Wimby 2017 must be close to this.
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Borg and Nadal are up there i guess. I don't know the exact numbers.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
He lost one service game to Lajovic, one to Dimitrov and one to Berdych.
So 3. But yeah, still impressive, especially since Fed was 10 years older than Pete was at 1997 Wimb.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Forgot about the Dimitrov one. Was going to guess 2 against Berdych and I knew he got broken against Lajovic.
Sampras deserves this one though.
mightyrick
Legend
Sampras is no surprise to me. He was the king of the "get-one-break-and-you-win-the-match" strategy.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
He also lost a game to Zverev. Statistically speaking, players hold at a higher rate today than they did in 1997. Relative to 1997, it's rather amazing sampras did that.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
True. Huge props to Pete.
And it seems like fed lost 4 service games at Wimb last year. One against the elder Zverev too.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Djokovic rarely breezes through GS draws anyway.
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Except for AO 2011. Nobody could touch him. He was just playing like a God. I remember predicting him to win before it started, but I wasn't sure if he could get through Nadal. Then I watched his 1R vs Granollers and those doubts vanished. By the QF stage I considered it inevitable the way he outclassed Berdych. It was a dream come true; seeing the beauty and class of Djokovic's game in full flow through an entire Slam and watching him tear through a draw.
junior74
Bionic Poster
What's the point in excluding the final?
GabeT
G.O.A.T.
Fed lost one single service game on the way to the Wimbledon finals. Unfortunately that was in 2015 and then he met a very different opponent in the final. 2015 US Open had similar results, with Fed losing only two service games on his way to the final.
It all depends on who you play.
It all depends on who you play.
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
I'm not saying he's up there with Fed and Pete, but just saying it's impressive for Nadal who doesn't have a big serve.
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
Nadal on a tear goes like 87/41 on clay, Fed's probably in the low to mid 90s on grass, so if he has a Slam without sets lost I imagine he's closer.
But yeah Sampras at Wimbledon is very likely to take it.
junior74
Bionic Poster
I think everyone agrees he is not a big server, but since the title was "Fewest service games lost to win Grand Slam", it just seemed so odd
vanioMan
Legend
It also caused him shoulder problems (see IW 2011 final).
clayqueen
Bionic Poster
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Cilic wouldn't have broken my serve in that match.
Sure. Still counts though. Just like Nadal's USO 2017.
clayqueen
Bionic Poster
Show me a picture of Anderson sobbing.
Fedeonic
Hall of Fame
I've counted 5, 1 to Verdasco, 1 to Youzhny and 3 to Djokovic.
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That is as many service games as Sampras lost in his 7 Wimbledon finals .(He won 5 of the 7 finals without being broken)
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Impressive.
He was a beast there.Broken in all but one match (Almagro), altogether 9 times. Does not belong in this discussion.
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