How many slams would Agassi have without Sampras

[grafselesfan]

Agassi has lost to Sampras 6 times in big slam matches:

1990 U.S Open final in 3 easy sets
1993 Wimbledon quarters in 5 sets
1995 U.S Open final in 4 sets
1999 Wimbledon final in 3 sets
2001 U.S Open quarters in 4 very tough sets
2002 U.S Open final in 4 sets

How many slams do you believe Agassi would currently have without Sampras.

I am going to guess Agassi would have won the following:

1995 U.S Open
2002 U.S Open
1999 Wimbledon

So I would say he would have 11 slams today. As for the others I believe he would have:

1990 U.S Open- lost to Lendl in the final
1993 Wimbledon- lost to Becker in semis or Courier in final
2001 U.S Open- lost to Hewitt in the final, although not really sure what would have happened. This year was wide open with a ton of contenders

 

[EtePras]

Still 8. Agassi was too much of a mental midget to win slams.

 

[IvanAndreevich]

Still 8. Agassi was too much of a mental midget to win slams.

Contradiction in that sentence.

 

[drwood]

Still 8. Agassi was too much of a mental midget to win slams.

That's why he's the only man in history to win the career Golden Slam...sheesh, at least show some respect.

 

[TennisandMusic]

Still 8. Agassi was too much of a mental midget to win slams.

Part of his mental problem was how Sampras beat him.

 

[EtePras]

Actually, maybe even 6. He had to beat Sampras in the Australian Open twice.

 

[drwood]

Agassi has lost to Sampras 6 times in big slam matches:

1990 U.S Open final in 3 easy sets
1993 Wimbledon quarters in 5 sets
1995 U.S Open final in 4 sets
1999 Wimbledon final in 3 sets
2001 U.S Open quarters in 4 very tough sets
2002 U.S Open final in 4 sets

How many slams do you believe Agassi would currently have without Sampras.

I am going to guess Agassi would have won the following:

1995 U.S Open
2002 U.S Open
1999 Wimbledon

So I would say he would have 11 slams today. As for the others I believe he would have:

1990 U.S Open- lost to Lendl in the final
1993 Wimbledon- lost to Becker in semis or Courier in final
2001 U.S Open- lost to Hewitt in the final, although not really sure what would have happened. This year was wide open with a ton of contenders

Probably 12 total (1990, 95, 02 US; 99 Wimb); he would not have been able to beat both Safin and Hewitt to win the 01 US Open, and Courier owned him in the early 90s, so probably wouldn't have beaten him at 93 Wimby.

A more interesting question is how many slams Courier would have had w/o Sampras...

 

[clayman2000]

USO 90 final would then be Lendl vs Agassi. I see Lendl taking that one.

Wimby 93 is tough because he was the defending champ, and he had beaten Becker the year before, and he wasnt exactly in great form. Courier was definitely in form, but Agassi definitely had the edge on grass. I say Andre takes it

Agassi takes USO 95 no question.

In the 99 Wimby it would of been him vs Henman. He was in form so i say he wins there

In 01 USO i say he looses to Hewitt in the final, he was on fire

02 USO, its likely him vs teenager Roddick, so he takes it easy.

Add 4 more so that puts him at 12. Also remember that those 2 more wins in the early 90's may have changed the way he trained and such

 

[grafrules]

I would say only 9. The only extra one he wins is Wimbledon 99.

1990 U.S Open final Lendl beats him easily since he played like dog doo in that final and Lendl owned him then anyway. His only chance is if Becker beats Lendl in the semis and he gets to play his personal pigeon Becker in the finals, but the awful way he played that final Becker even probably beats him too despite his historic ownership of Becker. I know Sampras was playing great but even washed up McEnroe put up a much more competitive score vs Sampras than Agassi managed to in that final.

1993 Wimbledon he was completely out of shape. I have no idea how he managed to somehow take Sampras to 5 sets in the quarters in the shape he was in. Still I see him definitely losing to Becker or Courier here.

1995 U.S Open he could win but Courier owned him from 91-95 and was in great form too, plus Agassi would have been nervous as he had everything to lose here after a dominant summer. He would have been nearly as nervous playing his longtime personal nemisis as playing Pete. So I say Courier takes him here too.

1999 Wimbledon he wins, no doubt.

2001 U.S Open he loses to Hewitt in the final I guess, or maybe to Safin or Rafter depending how the draw panned out. There were so many contenders there he was unlikely to beat all of them, and Hewitt did pretty well vs him around that time.

2002 U.S Open I see him losing to Hewitt in the final. Without Sampras beating Agassi at the 01 U.S Open and some other events I see Agassi ranked atleast #2 and seeded in the opposite half. Hewitt had a very off day in the semis which resulted in his first loss to Agassi in 4 meetings. In all likelihood he would have had a better day in the final, as he rarely around then played as poorly as he did in the semis, and won. Anyway the quick turnaround from semis to final is harder for an older player like Agassi.

So I would say 9 slams, only adding the 99 Wimbledon title.