Final Eight Frankestein/Bride of Frankenstein Players

[Robert F]

Create a Tennis Frankenstein from the ATP and Bride of Frankenstein from the WTA. You have to use the players from the Final 8 of the Year Finals of both Tours. You can use a player only once for the male and female Frankensteins.

8 Categories:
Forehand
Backhand
1st Serve
2nd Serve
Return of Serve
Movement
Volleys/Touch
Mental Fortitude

ATP
Jannik Sinner
Novak Djokovic
Holder Rune
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Daniil Medvedev
Alexander Zverev
Carlos Alcaraz
Andrey Rublev

WTA
Jessica Pegula
Aryna Sabalenka
Elena Rybkina
Maria Sakkari
Iga Swiatek
Cori Gauff
Ons Jabeur
Marketa Vondrousova

 

[Robert F]

ATP
Forehand--Alcaraz
Backhand--Sinner
1st Serve--Zverev
2nd Serve--Rune
Return of Serve--Rublev
Movement--Medvedev
Volleys/Touch--Tsitsipas
Mental Fortitude--Djokovic

WTA
Forehand--Swiatek
Backhand--Vondrousosva
1st Serve--Rybikna
2nd Serve--Sakkari???
Return of Serve--Sabalenka
Movement--Gauuf
Volleys/Touch--Jabeur
Mental Fortitude--Pegula

It's tough to figure out where to put Swiatek, even harder to figure out where to put Djoker.

 

[tennis3]

Have you ever read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein? It's nothing like the movie version (except the 1994 Branagh version). But even this differs from the novel in many ways:

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Forehand: Paire
Backhand: Karlovic
1st Serve: Volandri
2nd Serve: G. Coria
Return of Serve: Isner
Movement: Dick Norman
Volleys/Touch: Enqvist
Mental Fortitude: Tomic

 

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[RaulRamirez]

You deserve some serious replies to your post. I like the concept, and will try to get back to it.

 

[RaulRamirez]

Maybe something like this? It's a bit of a tennis Sudoku but without an obvious solution:

Forehand--Tsit
Backhand--Rune
1st Serve--Zverev
2nd Serve-- Rublev?
Return of Serve--Sinner?
Movement--Medvedev
Volleys/Touch--Alcaraz
Mental Fortitude--Djokovic

WTA (even more difficult)

Forehand--Iga
Backhand--Saba
1st Serve--Ryba
2nd Serve--Sakkari?
Return of Serve-- Pegula?
Movement--Gauff
Volleys/Touch--Jabeur
Mental Fortitude--Vondro?

 

[Robert F]

Forehand: Paire
Backhand: Karlovic
1st Serve: Volandri
2nd Serve: G. Coria
Return of Serve: Isner
Movement: Dick Norman
Volleys/Touch: Enqvist
Mental Fortitude: Tomic

This would be a true Monster of Frankesnstein player!

 

[Robert F]

Maybe something like this? It's a bit of a tennis Sudoku but without an obvious solution:

Forehand--Tsit
Backhand--Rune
1st Serve--Zverev
2nd Serve-- Rublev?
Return of Serve--Sinner?
Movement--Medvedev
Volleys/Touch--Alcaraz
Mental Fortitude--Djokovic

WTA (even more difficult)

Forehand--Iga
Backhand--Saba
1st Serve--Ryba
2nd Serve--Sakkari?
Return of Serve-- Pegula?
Movement--Gauff
Volleys/Touch--Jabeur
Mental Fortitude--Vondro?

Interesting to take Tsiti FH over Alcaraz.
I also thought about Sinner for ROS.

With the women it is like where do you put Pegula and Sakkari?

 

[RaulRamirez]

Interesting to take Tsiti FH over Alcaraz.
I also thought about Sinner for ROS.

With the women it is like where do you put Pegula and Sakkari?

That's why I like this thread, and would hope more would jump in. You can only use a player once, and you have to use each one time.
With the women, I think Pegula doesn't have too many easily exploitable weaknesses, and hits fairly big from both wings, but Iga's FH is great and Saba smokes her bh.
I thought about Sakkari for movement, but Coco covers even better.
For Vondro, I like her volley and touch, but preferred Ons's, and I don't know that Ons has great mental fortitude (relatively) so...

I don't know that Tsit's FH is better than Carlos's but Carlos has more of an edge in the other category.
This was a challenge.

 

[Mazz Retic]

Have you ever read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein? It's nothing like the movie version (except the 1994 Branagh version). But even this differs from the novel in many ways:

Best adaptation including spin offs?

 

[nolefam_2024]

This is great concept for 2024 as well.

 

[Berrettini_Fan]

I prefer Power Rangers

 

[Robert F]

FOR 2024:

8 Categories:
Forehand
Backhand
1st Serve
2nd Serve
Return of Serve
Movement
Volleys/Touch
Mental Fortitude

Here are the players to choose from:

ATP
Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz
Alexander Zverev
Novak Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev
Taylor Fritz
Andrey Rublev
Casper Ruud


WTA
Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Swiatek
Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula
Elena Rybakina
Jasmine Paolini
Qinwen Zheng
Emma Navarro

 

[nolefam_2024]

FOR 2024:

8 Categories:
Forehand
Backhand
1st Serve
2nd Serve
Return of Serve
Movement
Volleys/Touch
Mental Fortitude

ATP
Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz
Alexander Zverev
Novak Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev
Taylor Fritz
Andrey Rublev
Casper Ruud


WTA
Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Swiatek
Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula
Elena Rybakina
Jasmine Paolini
Qinwen Zheng
Emma Navarro

Wait movement fritz? I would have even swapped fritz with Ruud

Fritz is the worst.

 

[Robert F]

Wait movement fritz? I would have even swapped fritz with Ruud

Fritz is the worst.

I haven't chosen yet, just listed the players to choose from.

 

[Robert F]

Forehand Alcaraz Swiatek
Backhand Sinner Sabalenka
1st Serve Zverev Rybankina
2nd Serve Fritz Navarro
Return Rublev Pegula
Movement Medv Gauff
Volleys Ruud Paolini
Mental Djokovic Zheng