Greatest HC match of 21st century in terms of peak quality

[JaxTeller]

IMO.,... Nadal vs Verdasco AO2009, Nadal vs Djokovic USO 2011(peak quality was unreal in this match), Fed vs Safin05AO,Fed Vs Nadal 09AO, Djokovic vs Wawrinka 2013AO

 

[Deleted member 756514]

2020 USO final

 

[Hitman]

Nadal v Verdasco AO 2009 first

 

[ImmorTAL Big 3]

2020 USO final

The quality was really unbearable

 

[TheNachoMan]

First 4 sets of AO 2009 final

 

[mike danny]

The quality was really unbearable

I would consider it unbelievable even.

 

[mike danny]

Nadal-Dasco 2009, Fed-Nadal 2009, Fed-Safin 2005 and Djokrinka 2013 are in the running.

I'd also add Agassi-Blake USO 2005.

 

[Deleted member 756514]

Nadal won both of them. In a span of 48 hours.

 

[ForehandRF]

Federer-Fish Indian Wells 2008

 

[TheNachoMan]

Nadal Berdych AO 2012 is underrated too

 

[JaxTeller]

Nadal Berdych AO 2012 is underrated too

Yeah agreed.. best match berdych ever played

 

[TheNachoMan]

Yeah agreed.. best match berdych ever played

2012 Berdych would unironically smoke the competition today.

 

[Third Serve]

Yeah agreed.. best match berdych ever played

he was better here:

 

[TheNachoMan]

he was better here:

We don’t count that muddy red surface.

 

[mehdimike]

Although Nadal Verdasco was a fun match, we need to remember how many short balls Rafa gifted to him. If Novak had been on the other side of the net, I would say he would have beat Verdasco in a tight 4set match at Max. And Weirdly I feel like 2012 Nadal for instance could have handled 2013 Stan better than Novak did. Does any of you share the same feeling?! Match-up struggles are really something you can't fathom well.

Anyway my pick is Novak Vs Stan in 2013.

 

[UnforcedTerror]

Opelka vs. Isner @ 2022 Dallas Open. Unreal tennis.

 

[Kralingen]

Agassi-Sampras USO '01 is every bit as good as the other mentioned.

 

[dapchai]

Nadasco AO '09 SF. Hitting 46 forehand winners in 5 hrs and 10 mins against the peak defensive Nadal? You gotta be kidding me.

 

[mike danny]

Federer-Fish Indian Wells 2008

The beginning of the strong era that exposed Fraud-erer.

 

[The_Order]

The Nadal v Verdasco AO09 match was just crazy.

Djokovic v Wawrinka AO13 also off the charts.

Nadal v Federer AO09 minus the 5th set - geez if Fed had kept it going in the 5th it would've been #1.

Federer v Safin AO05

Agassi v Sampras US01

They mostly happened at the AO...

 

[mike danny]

Although Nadal Verdasco was a fun match, we need to remember how many short balls Rafa gifted to him. If Novak had been on the other side of the net, I would say he would have beat Verdasco in a tight 4set match at Max. And Weirdly I feel like 2012 Nadal for instance could have handled 2013 Stan better than Novak did. Does any of you share the same feeling?! Match-up struggles are really something you can't fathom well.

Anyway my pick is Novak Vs Stan in 2013.

It's not weird at all. Nadal is a terrible match-up for Stan even more than he was for Fed.

 

[abmk]

Among the ones mentioned:

Safin-Fed AO 05 1st
Nadal-Dasco AO 09 2nd
Nadal-Fed AO 09 3rd
Djoko-Wawa AO 13 4th

Others:

Agassi Safin AO 04 SF
Roddick-El Ayanoui AO 03 QF

first 2 sets of fed-roddick USO 07 QF

 

[junior74]

2020 USO final

Closely followed by Djokovic - Fritz at AO21?

 

[Kralingen]

I liked the AO '07 SF, AO '13 SF, AO '08 SF, USO '04 F, and AO '05 F in terms of watching a player truly ascend to heights that tennis rarely reaches if ever.

We don't have to think in terms of peak quality between two players.

 

[Russeljones]

2009 WTF Final was crazy.

 

[Breakpointerer]

Closely followed by Djokovic - Fritz at AO21?

Up there with Djokovic-Simon AO16

 

[mike danny]

2009 WTF Final was crazy.

You sure you have the right match in mind? It was a comfortable win for Davy.

 

[MichaelNadal]

First 4 sets of AO 2009 final

This

 

[ForehandRF]

First 4 sets of AO 2009 final

Truth has been spoken

 

[aldeayeah]

I liked the AO '07 SF, AO '13 SF, AO '08 SF, USO '04 F, and AO '05 F in terms of watching a player truly ascend to heights that tennis rarely reaches if ever.

We don't have to think in terms of peak quality between two players.

politely disagree

 

[ForehandRF]

I liked the AO '07 SF, AO '13 SF, AO '08 SF, USO '04 F, and AO '05 F in terms of watching a player truly ascend to heights that tennis rarely reaches if ever.

We don't have to think in terms of peak quality between two players.

The AO rulz ?

 

[spottishwood]

Apart from the ones mentioned:
Rafter Agassi WC'00, Nadal murray WTF'10.

 

[Third Serve]

I liked the AO '07 SF

which one?

 

[aman92]

Nadal Verdasco AO 2009 and Stan Djokovic AO 2013 stand out

Among the Women's shout out to Capriati-Henin from USO 2003

 

[MadariKatu]

Nadal- Djokovic 2012 AO

 

[spottishwood]

which one?

Both of 'em were destruction anyways.

 

[Apun94]

2020 USO final

This is by far the most unbelievable quality of tennis in a slam final. Really was unreal

 

[ledwix]

The AO is probably the premiere hard court slam of the 21st century. I'm a patriotic American saying that, but from a TV spectator standpoint, something about Laver Arena seems perfectly oriented toward exhibiting pure tennis of the highest quality, whereas Ashe Stadium feels off in some turbulent, sporadic way.

AO has been the best slam in general for a while, IMO, besides the 2022 fiasco.

As for peak quality, I'd go for the AO 2009 final, which included several of the best points and arguably the best point in history.

 

[The Blond Blur]

 

[NeutralFan]

Abmk coming up with us open 2004 final

 

[NeutralFan]

Us open 2011 third set , nothing beat that set

 

[Third Serve]

This is by far the most unbelievable quality of tennis in a slam final. Really was unreal

It was certainly mindblowing

 

[spottishwood]

It was certainly mindblowing

Dw mate. In the golden era of tennis, even USO2020 will be surpassed.

 

[Sport]

AO 2009 final.

 

[Incognito]

Dont know what happened to Verdaco at AO 2009 but he did beat Murray (one of the favorites that year) and a well playing Tsonga before facing Nadal. According to him, some encouraging words from Agassi and spending time with Gil Reyes did wonders to his mentality and physical fitness. His serve and forehand were to behold those two weeks.

 

[onefineday]

Monfils Nishikori at one of the US Spring tournaments.

 

[The Big Foe fan]

Federer-Fish Indian Wells 2008

Fed devotee, you are correct

 

[MichaelNadal]

Nadal Verdasco AO 2009 and Stan Djokovic AO 2013 stand out

Among the Women's shout out to Capriati-Henin from USO 2003

Venus Henin USO 2007

 

[aman92]

Venus Henin USO 2007

Another banger

 

[Entername]

2012 Berdych would unironically smoke the competition today.

I'd love to see what 2008 Tsonga, 2012 Berdych or 2009 Verdasco could do to someone like Zverev or Stefanos on RLA