Greatest Matches Ever, Round by Round

[King No1e]

1st Round: 2010 Wimbledon, Isner vs Mahut
2nd Round: 2012 Wimbledon, Rosol vs Nadal
3rd Round: 2008 Australian Open, Hewitt vs Baghdatis
4th Round: 2013 Australian Open, Djokovic vs Wawrinka
Quarterfinal: 2005 US Open, Agassi vs Blake
Semifinal: 2018 Wimbledon, Nadal vs Djokovic
Final: 2012 Australian Open
(Before the pitchforks come, 2008 Wimbledon a close second)

 

[guitarra]

1st Round: 2010 Wimbledon, Isner vs Mahut
2nd Round: 2012 Wimbledon, Rosol vs Nadal
3rd Round: 2008 Australian Open, Hewitt vs Baghdatis
4th Round: 2013 Australian Open, Djokovic vs Wawrinka
Quarterfinal: 2005 US Open, Agassi vs Blake
Semifinal: 2018 Wimbledon, Nadal vs Djokovic
Final: 2012 Australian Open
(Before the pitchforks come, 2008 Wimbledon a close second)

This is one of the most overrated matches ever.

 

[boredone3456]

1st round Wimbledon 1969: Pancho Gonzales def Charlie Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9

 

[NatF]

This is one of the most overrated matches ever.

His second choice is overrated as well to be fair.

 

[BrokenGears]

Overrated lmao what constitutes overratedness

I can’t believe I haven’t realized how bad this forum is at arguing crap

 

[guitarra]

His second choice is overrated as well to be fair.

Agreed.

 

[jukka1970]

Overrated lmao what constitutes overratedness

I can’t believe I haven’t realized how bad this forum is at arguing crap

oh that's because you've been here less then a year. keep watching, you haven't seen anything yet.

 

[Phoenix1983]

Yes, because all of the greatest matches have come since 2005. I would suggest the following for most rounds (can't think of any 2nd/3rd round epics to counter your suggestions at present, but there must be some)

1R: Gonzales-Pasarell, W 1969
2R:
3R:
4R: Chang-Lendl, FO 1989
QF: Sampras-Agassi, US 2001
SF: Borg-Gerulaitis, W 1977
F: Nadal-Federer, W 2008

 

[Red Rick]

Pitchforks are out

QF

Roddick - El Aynaoui

 

[tacou]

Yes, because all of the greatest matches have come since 2005.

How is someone supposed to rate a match they have never seen?

 

[ABCD]

How is someone supposed to rate a match they have never seen?

That is impossible and inappropriate. To rate a match you have to see it at the time when it was played. I am sure that Phoenix1983 is slightly older than me (I am close to 60) so he sow all matches he mentioned.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

From a pro-Rafa point of view (matches not involving Rafa but that benefited his legacy):
Rd 1: Roger Federer v Luis Horna - RG 2003
Rd 2: Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky - Wimbledon 2013
Rd 3: Novak Djokovic v Sam Query - Wimbledon 2016
Rd 4: Roger Federer v John Millman - US Open 2018
QF: Federer v Anderson - Wimbledon 2018
SF: Federer v Djokovic - RG 2011
F: USO 2009, USO 2012, Wimby 2013, Wimby 2014, Wimby 2015, USO 2015, RG 2016, USO 2016

The heartbreakers:
Rd 1: Rafa v Darcis - Wimby 2013
Rd 2: Rafa v Rosol - Wimby 2012
Rd 3: Rafa v Fabio - USO 2015
Rd 4: Rafa v Soderling - RG 2009
QF: Rafa v Djokovic - RG 2015
SF: Rafa v Djokovic - Wimby 2018
F: AO 2012, 2014 & 2017, Wimby 2011, USO 2011

 

[BGod]

I think Wawrinka vs. Novak AO 13 is the best 4th Round match of the OE.

Lot of great quarterfinals but I mean Roddick vs. El Aynaoui was just insane.

The semis & final are always going to be controversies but I go with Borg v. McEnroe 1980 followed by 09 Wimbledon. Yes 09>08 in my opinion.

For semifinal I pick Safin v. Fed AO 05. Always about both guys having match points no? Close behind is USO 11 between Novak & Roger.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

I think Wawrinka vs. Novak AO 13 is the best 4th Round match of the OE.

Chang-Lendl the greatest because Chang actually won the tournament IMO. Djokorinka was better tennis, but greatness includes other factors too.

For semifinal I pick Safin v. Fed AO 05. Always about both guys having match points no? Close behind is USO 11 between Novak & Roger.

So many choices: AO 69 Laver-Roche, Wim 74 Rosewall-Smith, AO 75 Newcombe-Roche (poor Tony), Wim 77 Borg-Gerulaitis, USO 80 Mac-Jimbo, USO 84 Mac-Jimbo and Lendl-Cash (GOAT day), AO 85 Edberg-Lendl, AO 91 Lendl-Edberg, USO 92 Edberg-Chang, Wim 95 Pete-Goran, AO 04 Safin-Agassi, AO 05 Safin-Fed, AO 09 Nadal-Verdasco, USO 11 Djok-Fedr, RG 13 Nadal-Djokr, Wim 18 Djoker-Nadal...

 

[tennisfan2015]

1992 Stutgart F Tomic Vs Tomic

 

[King No1e]

I think Wawrinka vs. Novak AO 13 is the best 4th Round match of the OE.

Lot of great quarterfinals but I mean Roddick vs. El Aynaoui was just insane.

The semis & final are always going to be controversies but I go with Borg v. McEnroe 1980 followed by 09 Wimbledon. Yes 09>08 in my opinion.

For semifinal I pick Safin v. Fed AO 05. Always about both guys having match points no? Close behind is USO 11 between Novak & Roger.

Roddick vs El Aynaoui was one I almost forgot in my list. That was a timeless classic match.

 

[Phoenix1983]

How is someone supposed to rate a match they have never seen?

The OP called this thread the greatest matches ever by round. Highly unlikely that all such matches occurred from 2005 onwards. That was my point.

 

[Phoenix1983]

How is someone supposed to rate a match they have never seen?

double post

 

[Phoenix1983]

How is someone supposed to rate a match they have never seen?

The OP called this thread the greatest matches ever by round. Highly unlikely that all such matches occurred from 2005 onwards. That was my point.

 

[Sport]

His second choice is overrated as well to be fair.

It isn't, but you are still butthurt 10 years later.

 

[King No1e]

The OP called this thread the greatest matches ever by round. Highly unlikely that all such matches occurred from 2005 onwards. That was my point.

Maybe my title was a misnomer, but I still stand by my SF and F match picks.

 

[King No1e]

The OP called this thread the greatest matches ever by round. Highly unlikely that all such matches occurred from 2005 onwards. That was my point.

Maybe my title was a misnomer, but I still stand by my SF and F match picks.

 

[NatF]

It isn't, but you are still butthurt 10 years later.

Not butthurt at all, phenomenal match just not the hands down greatest like many think. It's up there with a few matches.

Federer had three back to back epics, winning all three would have been insane - would have preferred wins in 07 & 08 and losing 09 to be honest though.

 

[tacou]

The OP called this thread the greatest matches ever by round. Highly unlikely that all such matches occurred from 2005 onwards. That was my point.

I understand that. But I'm not, nor do I think anyone else, should disqualify themselves from such threads just because they haven't been following tennis for ~60 years.

Now, if someone explicitly said "tennis before 2005 was trash/inferior to the modern game" I would not support that. But again, I can't rank matches based off Wikipedia score lines.