Is winning 3 slams on 3 surfaces in a Calendar year, the closest feat to CYGS?

[Phoenix1983]

Perhaps he owns the most Wimbledon titles....oh....wait...

Okay, perhaps he owns the most USO titles...oh...wait...

Okay, perhaps he owns the most AO titles....oh....wait...

Being grammatically correct, you should have said that Federer is not the sole record holder at any of these events.

Because, as you well know, he does indeed own the most titles at all three of the above-named events (albeit the record shared with others).

 

[underground]

The closest feat to CYGS is holding all 4 majors at the same time (non-CYGS).

Federer was technically closest, he was 2 points away from doing so (2009 FO - 2010 AO).

 

[moonballs]

Nope, Lavers CYGS in 1969 is the closest to today's CYGS.

 

[Goosehead]

The closest feat to CYGS is holding all 4 majors at the same time (non-CYGS).

Federer was technically closest, he was 2 points away from doing so (2009 FO - 2010 AO).

not really..like I said on page one; it looks close retrospectively, but in reality Federer was long way from having any 4 majors at once..

..in losing 2009 USO Final federer failed to win match number 21 out of the 28 he needed to hold those 4 majors in a row. long way short.

 

[hoodjem]

Whatever Roger did.

After all, he's god.

 

[ultradr]

Exclude time after 2003 from this discussion.

There's only small difference between surfaces now. It was much harder to
do in the past.

 

[mike danny]

Exclude time after 2003 from this discussion.

There's only small difference between surfaces now. It was much harder to
do in the past.

You are talking as if a lot of guys have done it repeatedly in the last decade. It is just as hard to do it as it was back then. Because now everybody can play on all surfaces so you have to go though the top players pretty much everytime to do it.

But the truth is:since Laver only 1 guy came the closest to the CYGS: Roger Federer

And it is based on simple maths. He simply won 27 of the 28 matches he played in GS in 2006 and 2007.

Since Federer, nobody else has won 27 matches in the slams in 1 season.

EDIT: he had 1 walkover in 2007. The Haas match at W. But still nobody else besides him in the last decade has won as many matches as him in the slams in 1 season. 27 in 2006 and 26 in 2007. The best his rivals managed to do is: Nadal 25 in 2010 and Djokovic 25 in 2011 (because he also had a walkover at the FO vs Fognini)

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

Your biased trolling has gone down in level these days.

Fed does share the record for most Wimbledon and USO titles.

Sharing is not "owning" the record as pushed by others.

 

[yoloiamtheman]

Winning 3 majors + losing in a final to an all time great in that surface is the closest to a CYGS and doing it twice is even incredible.

 

[bullfan]

Vote goes towards what benefits fed, and is against Nadal. More fed fans than Nadal fans.

 

[forehand fan]

Weak clay era. Since clay is the weakest surface for Djokovic, Federer, Safin, old Agassi, Roddick, Murray, Hewitt.

And it shows when 0 RG champions like Ferrer, Soderling and Nole are making RG finals.

Also Fed who fluked out 1 RG title is making 5 RG finals. People argue that Fed is a lot worse than even Kuerten.

And RG 2011 is the proof. Grand papa Fed can make RG final and still beats Nole who was in semis also due to weak clay field.

Toughest guys on clay were Almagro, Ferrer, who are undefeated vs Fed. I mean lol.

HC and grass field was very deep.

well i was not talking about nadal's clay competition only.. i found his opponents in the 2009 ao, 2010 uso , and 2010 uso very easy also

 

[mike danny]

Vote goes towards what benefits fed, and is against Nadal. More fed fans than Nadal fans.

Because 3 slam wins + 1 final > 3 slam wins + 1 QF

 

[eldanger25]

I think it goes like this (just talking performances at the majors, not across the tour over the course of a calendar season) - Open Era only:

CYGS (Laver 1969)

3 slams on 3 surfaces plus a final (N/A)

3 slams on 2 surfaces plus a final (Federer 2006-07)

3 slams in 3 tries, barred from 4th (Connors 1974)

3 slams on 3 surfaces, loss before finals in 4th (Nadal 2010)

3 slams on 2 surfaces, loss before finals in 4th (Novak 2011; Wilander 1988; Federer 2004)

All that said, I think Nadal having blocked another man from a 4th straight major on 3 separate occasions in major finals - 2006, 2007, 2012 - is as impressive as his 3 slams on 3 surfaces feat in 2010.

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

I think it goes like this (just talking performances at the majors, not across the tour over the course of a calendar season) - Open Era only:

CYGS (Laver 1969)

Yes, and of all other 3-majors years, the one standing out is:

3 slams in 3 tries, barred from 4th (Connors 1974)

I've thought Connors was quite capable of winning the Grand Slam if he played the FO that year, but that is "woulda/shoulda/coulda" territory.

 

[Fiji]

Nope. Not at all.