I was bored, so...

ibbi

ibbi

G.O.A.T.
Because I know you're all as fascinated by this as I am, and because it is the off season. I give you the complete epic presentation of...

EVERY WINNER OF THE GRAND SLAM WOODEN SPOON WINNER IN THE BIG 3 ERA

2003 Wimbledon: Dick Norman
2003 US Open: Joachim Johansson

2004 Australian Open: Rainer Schüttler (How far he fell)
2004 Roland Garros: Joachim Johansson
2004 Wimbledon: John van Lottum
2004 US Open: Marat Safin (Just the motivation he needed for the new year)

2005 Australian Open: Félix Mantilla
2005 Roland Garros: Fabrice Santoro
2005 Wimbledon: Vince Spadea
2005 US Open: Noam Okun

2006 Australian Open: Fernando Vicente
2006 Roland Garros: Oliver Marach
2006 Wimbledon: Greg Rusedski
2006 US Open: Jeffrey Morrison

2007 Australian Open: Luis Horna
2007 Roland Garros: Fernando Gonzalez (from the sublime^ to the ridiculous)
2007 Wimbledon: Juan Monaco
2007 US Open: Fernando Gonzalez (what a year! sweep for south america!)

2008 Australian Open: Donald Young
2008 Roland Garros: Viktor Troicki
2008 Wimbledon: Igor Kunitsyn
2008 US Open: Brendan Evans

2009 Australian Open: Kristof Vliegen
2009 Roland Garros: Lu Yen-hsun
2009 Wimbledon: Nicolás Lapentti
2009 US Open: Dmitry Tursunov

2010 Australian Open: Robin Haase
2010 Roland Garros: Rainer Schüttler
2010 Wimbledon: Ramón Delgado
2010 US Open: Illya Marchenko

2011 Australian Open: Denis Gremelmayr
2011 Roland Garros: Daniel Brands
2011 Wimbledon: Lukáš Lacko
2011 US Open: Karol Beck

2012 Australian Open: Gilles Müller
2012 Roland Garros: Éric Prodon
2012 Wimbledon: Alex Bogomolov Jr.
2012 US Open: Mikhail Kukushkin

2013 Australian Open: Tommy Haas
2013 Roland Garros: Denis Kudla
2013 Wimbledon: Carlos Berlocq
2013 US Open: Lukáš Lacko

2014 Australian Open: Federico Delbonis
2014 Roland Garros: Albert Montañés
2014 Wimbledon: Ivo Karlović (n)
2014 US Open: Julien Benneteau

2015 Australian Open: Blaž Kavčič
2015 Roland Garros: Maxime Hamou
2015 Wimbledon: Thomaz Bellucci (Nadal one win away from taking it)
2015 US Open: Paul-Henri Mathieu

2016 Australian Open: RAFAELLLLLL NADALLLLLL
2016 Roland Garros: Julien Benneteau
2016 Wimbledon: Santiago Giraldo
2016 US Open: Julien Benneteau

2017 Australian Open: Feliciano Lopez
2017 Roland Garros: Damir Džumhur
2017 Wimbledon: Malek Jaziri
2017 US Open: Andreas Haider-Maurer

2018 Australian Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas
2018 Roland Garros: Nicolás Jarry
2018 Wimbledon: Yoshihito Nishioka
2018 US Open: Sam Querrey

2019 Australian Open: Michael Mmoh
2019 Roland Garros: Bernard Tomic
2019 Wimbledon: Dennis Novak (D Novak the wooden spoon, and Novak D the champion)
2019 US Open: Jiří Veselý

2020 Australian Open: Hugo Gaston
2020 US Open: Marc Polmans
2020 Roland Garros: Quentin Halys

2021 Australian Open: Andreas Seppi
2021 Roland Garros: Gilles Simon
2021 Wimbledon: Pablo Carreno Busta
2021 US Open: Pablo Carreno Busta

2022 Australian Open: Roman Safiullin
2022 Roland Garros: Maxime Cressy
2022 Wimbledon: Félix Auger-Aliassime
2022 US Open: Ben Shelton

2023 Australian Open: Ernesto Escobedo
2023 Roland Garros: Quentin Halys (takes the Roland Garros Wooden Spoon for second time in career)
2023 Wimbledon: Laurent Lokoli
2023 US Open: Otto Virtanen

2024 Australian Open: Marcos Giron

I know what you're thinking, and I agree. It was DEFINITELY worth the wait. Congratulations to Julien Benneteau, holder of 3 wooden spoons in tennis' gilded age.
 
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Standaa

Standaa

G.O.A.T.
wait, isn't it a bit coincidental that there's a wooden spoon for every GS?

edit: nevermind, I'm dumb failing to realize there HAS to be one in every tournament
 
Steve0904

Steve0904

Talk Tennis Guru
ibbi said:
Because I know you're all as fascinated by this as I am, and because it is the off season. I give you the complete epic presentation of...

EVERY WINNER OF THE GRAND SLAM WOODEN SPOON WINNER IN THE BIG 3 ERA



2004 Australian Open: Rainer Schüttler (How far he fell)
2004 US Open: Marat Safin (Just the motivation he needed for the new year)


2007 Roland Garros: Fernando Gonzalez (from the sublime^ to the ridiculous)
2007 US Open: Fernando Gonzalez (what a year! sweep for south america!)

2019 Wimbledon: Dennis Novak (D Novak the wooden spoon, and Novak D the champion)


I know what you're thinking, and I agree. It was DEFINITELY worth the wait. Congratulations to Julien Benneteau, holder of 3 wooden spoons in tennis' gilded age.
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Love these. Hilarious. :D
 
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pj80

Legend
Some other notable Grand Slam "wooden spooners" include:
Goran Ivanišević (1995 Australian Open)
Mary Pierce (2002 Australian Open)
Caroline Wozniacki (2007 French Open)
Ana Ivanovic (2010 Wimbledon Championships)
Karolína Plíšková (2015 US Open)
Jelena Janković (2016 French Open)
Naomi Osaka (2017 French Open)
Jeļena Ostapenko (2018 French Open - she was the defending champion, having won in 2017).

Greg Rusedski (1994 and 1995 US Open, 2006 Wimbledon Championships), Nicolás Lapentti (1996 French Open, 1997 and 2009 Wimbledon Championships) and Julien Benneteau (2014 and 2016 US Open, 2016 French Open) can claim three wooden spoons throughout their career.

Greg Rusedski only one to defend his wooden spoon title.
Nicolás Lapentti only one with channel wooden spoon title
 
Krish872007

Krish872007

Talk Tennis Guru
NatF said:
What a time to be alive that was lol.
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I concur - I have some of these gems bookmarked:

 
Third Serve

Third Serve

Talk Tennis Guru
Krish872007 said:
I concur - I have some of these gems bookmarked:

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Beautiful. Thanks for saving so the uninitiated like myself can view them.
 
Subway Tennis

Subway Tennis

G.O.A.T.
2019 Wimbledon wooden spoon honouree Dennis Novak deservea a special mention.

He did double duty all through the year popping up in clickbait thread titles designed to scare Djokovic fans.

ie "Novak loses 1st round"
"Novak withdraws"
"Novak injured etc etc"
 
gjm127

gjm127

Hall of Fame
Nadal had no chance against 5th set Verdasco in AO'16. Should he really get the wooden spoon that year? I mean, he didn't fail, Verdasco just overpowered him.
 
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