Kuerten or Hewitt- Whose Career Would You Rather Have

[T1000]

...I agree.

Also: Hewitt is an enormous racist ********.

He's not racist. Anytime this happens to a black guy its immediately considered racism. Hewitt was making the point that it was the same linesperson that called the foot fault on him earlier.

 

[slice bh compliment]

That's what Hewitt said after the fact.
During the blow-up, it was.....
Look at him (the linesman who called the FFs), mate...and look at him (James Blake). You tell me the similarities.

 

[LiveForever]

He's not racist. Anytime this happens to a black guy its immediately considered racism. Hewitt was making the point that it was the same linesperson that called the foot fault on him earlier.

sigh. This is so true. People are just always waiting vigilantly to throw the race card.

 

[lacoster]

Pure speculation. A slam is a slam and the record books say that Guga has more slams than Hewitt. What slams you win is irrelevant.

Not true. You have to equate different slams to reflect player versatility. Do you remember Sergi Bruguera? Yeah, he won two FO's. Bruguera liked skipping all big grass and indoor tournaments because he knew he had no chance. According to your assertion, Bruguera = Hewitt.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

since i absolutely dispise Hewitt and his on court rants and shenenigans, i cannot separate the person form the achievements (in this case i just cant...) i would not like to have anything Hewitt related...

so the answer: Guga

 

[Baikalic]

hewitt clearly.

kuerten is mostly a one surface wonder.

I thought kuerten had decent results on HC?
Hewitt does have a game more suited to all surfaces, he does pretty well the entire season.

 

[Bhagi Katbamna]

I made a mistake when I said one Wimby is worth at least 4 FO's. It is worth 10(to me anyways).

 

[nfor304]

Hewitt for sure, he had hotter women.

I dunno about that. The only women I can remember him with are his current wife Bec and Kim Clijsters, plus he got married at like 25 and was with Clijsters for about 4 years and didn't have much time as a single guy.

Guga is a pretty big celebrity in Brazil, so I bet he gets more than his fair share of Brazilian ladies.

I would prefer to be guga in this department.

 

[aphex]

I thought kuerten had decent results on HC?
Hewitt does have a game more suited to all surfaces, he does pretty well the entire season.

decent, yes...but hardly hewitt's calibre...

best result at australian: 3rd round (once)
best result at usopen: QF (twice)

of course there's the 2000 YEC, but anyone can get hot for a week...

 

[hewittboy]

Definitely Hewitt. More balanced record as opposed to Kuerten's which is clay heavy.

 

[RafaNike]

Definitely Hewitt. More balanced record as opposed to Kuerten's which is clay heavy.

same for me too.

 

[JeMar]

The only correct way of phrasing the question is "Who has the hotter wife?"

 

[matchmaker]

Definitely Guga, one of my all time favorites. When he drew the heat on the clay at RG I had shivers down my spine.

I would want to have his carreer but also his charisma to go with it.

 

[Tsonga#1fan]

While the USO is my favorite slam and Wimbledon is THE most prestigious, I'd take Guga's. Those three French championship's alone put him in the company of greatness like Borg, Nadal and Lendl. It's a shame injuries cut his career so short he could play on fast indoor and hard courts too. Guga is so much more respected by his peers too.

 

[lawrence]

While the USO is my favorite slam and Wimbledon is THE most prestigious, I'd take Guga's. Those three French championship's alone put him in the company of greatness like Borg, Nadal and Lendl. It's a shame injuries cut his career so short he could play on fast indoor and hard courts too. Guga is so much more respected by his peers too.

I hate how this whole "Hewitt is hated on tour" thing is played out.
ESPN makes Hewitt seem hated, the Arg's (aside from delpo) have beef with him, and there was that whole "racial incident" right?

I don't think people realize that Hewitt and Blake have practiced together since, and Hewitt has even on one occasion lent Blake his clothes when his got lost in transport so he could play. He's even danced with Serena at the Wimbledon celebrations and played mixed dubs with her.

Just wanted to get that out there, because I think Hewitt is downplayed way too much on these boards because of a few stupid incidents. Regardless, I'd say his career is much better than Guga's just for the fact that he had a strong hold for the 2 years he was #1.

 

[Tsonga#1fan]

Hewitt for sure. Wimbledon is the biggest and most prestigious tennis tournament and even without the US Open win, I would take the wimby win over 4 French Open wins.

I'll bet Sampras would gladly trade one of his Wimbledon's for a French. He has plenty to spare. Kuerten has three French titles and has Hewitt won three of anything?

 

[Anaconda]

I'll bet Sampras would gladly trade one of his Wimbledon's for a French. He has plenty to spare. Kuerten has three French titles and has Hewitt won three of anything?

Hewitt has won 4 queens title.


Hewitt is one of my favourites but Kuerten won 3 slams. Guga takes it.