How many of Federer's slam finals would Sampras have won?

[federerhoogenbandfan]

Since I created a thread on how many of Pete's slam finals would Roger have won, just for fun, how many of Roger's 7 slam finals vs the opponents he faced those days do you believe Pete would have won? These are the 7:

2003 Wimbledon final vs Phillipousis
2004 Australian final vs Safin
2004 Wimbledon final vs Roddick
2004 U.S Open final vs Hewitt
2005 Wimbledon final vs Roddick
2005 U.S Open final vs Agassi
2006 Australian final vs Bhagdatis

 

[jamauss]

My guesses/preditions...

2003 Wimbledon final vs Phillipousis - Win
2004 Australian final vs Safin - Loss (Safin pwnd Pete at US Open on hard courts)
2004 Wimbledon final vs Roddick - Win, but close match
2004 U.S Open final vs Hewitt - Loss (same reason as above)
2005 Wimbledon final vs Roddick - Win
2005 U.S Open final vs Agassi - Could go either way
2006 Australian final vs Bhagdatis - Win

 

[Moose Malloy]

2005 U.S Open final vs Agassi - Could go either way

Yes, because Sampras had so much trouble vs Agassi at the US Open(4-0)

2004 Australian final vs Safin - Loss (Safin pwnd Pete at US Open on hard courts)

And 30 year old Sampras pawned Safin at the '01 US Open a year after losing to Safin (why does everyone forget this?) A fitter, faster 24 year old Sampras(who played equally well from the baseline as he did at the net in his younger days) would do just fine.

 

[Grimjack]

None. Sampras is the GOAT. Federer is a pretender to the throne, and would have paled had he been forced to earn his keep on court at the same time as Pete in his prime.

We've seen, as recently as the last US Open that an ancient Agassi can STILL give Fed fits. Imagine how tough Fed would have found Agassi in his prime? And hell, Pete o\/\/ned Andre at the slams.

Federer would have been good-but-not-great. A staple in the top five, but probably with an empty trophy case. A latter-day Michael Chang.

 

[ksbh]

Dude, have you considered naming yourself Bitterjack?

You never seem to have anything pleasant to say about anybody but Federer.

None. Sampras is the GOAT. Federer is a pretender to the throne, and would have paled had he been forced to earn his keep on court at the same time as Pete in his prime.

We've seen, as recently as the last US Open that an ancient Agassi can STILL give Fed fits. Imagine how tough Fed would have found Agassi in his prime? And hell, Pete o\/\/ned Andre at the slams.

Federer would have been good-but-not-great. A staple in the top five, but probably with an empty trophy case. A latter-day Michael Chang.

 

[Moose Malloy]

You never seem to have anything pleasant to say about anybody but Federer.

No kidding. The 'Nadal is on steroids' tirade is particularly telling.

 

[my-add]

hey grimjack, I think u have an IQ of a fruit-fly:mrgreen:

 

[Tennis_Goodness]

I hate teenage posters like GrimJack!

 

[jhhachamp]

2004 Australian final vs Safin - Loss (Safin pwnd Pete at US Open on hard courts)

What about the following year when Pete was even older and farther from his prime? Pete took out Safin the following year, remember? In addition to this, Safin did not bring his best stuff to that match, he was steamrolled by Federer. This was probably because he was physically and mentally finished after winning many tough matches just to get the final.

2005 U.S Open final vs Agassi - Could go either way

This is perhaps the easiest one for me to see. Sampras always beat Agassi at the US Open, do you think that Agassi was a better player in 2005 than in 1995 when Sampras beat him at the Open? Sampras in his prime versus Agassi of 2005 would be a huge favorite.