Last 20 slam winners were over 28 years old

[Lew II]

2015 RG - Wawrinka 30 yo
2015 WI - Djokovic 28
2015 UO - Diokovic 28
2016 AO - Djokovic 28
2016 RG - Djokovic 29
2016 WI - Murray 29
2016 UO - Wawrinka 31
2017 AO - Federer 35
2017 RG - Nadal 31
2017 WI - Federer 35
2017 UO - Nadal 31
2018 AO - Federer 36
2018 RG - Nadal 32
2018 WI - Djokovic 31
2018 UO - Djokovic 31
2019 AO - Djokovic 31
2019 RG - Nadal 33
2019 WI - Djokovic 32
2019 UO - Nadal 33
2020 AO - Djokovic 32

 

[canta_Brian]

This is an illness. Get help.

 

[Mainad]

This is an illness. Get help.

Who, Lew or tennis?

 

[junior74]

Your Thiem is gonna come.

 

[Deleted member 768841]

Well, I hope that a next gen wins something, however they must wait until Nadal becomes the undeniable slam KING!!!!

 

[Mainad]

Your Thiem is gonna come.

Time for Thiem?

 

[Service Ace]

Weakest era in the history of the sport

 

[Deleted member 768841]

Weakest era in the history of the sport

Lmao

 

[junior74]

Time for Thiem?

He has a chance, statistically, 1.5 years from now.

Your Thiem is gonna come is my favourite Thiem song.
Thiem after Thiem is great, too.

 

[Mainad]

He has a chance, statistically, 1.5 years from now.

Your Thiem is gonna come is my favourite Thiem song.
Thiem after Thiem is great, too.

If I could turn back Thiem.

 

[junior74]

If I could turn back Thiem.

Thiem is on my side

 

[Mainad]

Thiem is on my side

I had the Thiem of my life.

 

[junior74]

I had the Thiem of my life.

Wasted Thiem

 

[Lew II]

Weakest era in the history of the sport

Last 20 Slam winners were also the richest Slam winners in history.

 

[Third Serve]

This is sad to look at, in all honesty.

 

[RelentlessAttack]

Almost perfectly aligns with the beginning of the weak era (2014). Thanks for your hard work exposing the inflation era as always Lewis

 

[KINGROGER]

More proof of this weak inflation era. Lew must be a closet Federer fan as he keeps on proving Novak’s weak competition.

 

[Jonesy]

The golden era.

If a player wants to be a GS champion these days he needs to elevate his level to beat the Goats. No freebies for Thiem, but his level is getting higher by the day because of the challenge.

 

[JaoSousa]

Last 20 Slam winners were also the richest Slam winners in history.

Because Stanislass Wawrinka is a million times better than Rod Laver.

 

[Lew II]

,

 

[Phoenix1983]

Last 20 Slam winners were also the richest Slam winners in history.

You talk about money now more than Dan Lobb used to in Former Pro forum when praising Hoad.

 

[daggerman]

Weakest era in the history of the sport

There's a pretty glaring lack of statistical evidence to support this claim.

 

[ND-13]

Oh, God. That is a bad look.

Djokovic is capable of winning against the strongest of competitions . It is not his fault that current pposition is not great . He had the most toughest of competition from 2007-14. He toughed it out and is now reaping the benefits

 

[travlerajm]

2015 RG - Wawrinka 30 yo
2015 WI - Djokovic 28
2015 UO - Diokovic 28
2016 AO - Djokovic 28
2016 RG - Djokovic 29
2016 WI - Murray 29
2016 UO - Wawrinka 31
2017 AO - Federer 35
2017 RG - Nadal 31
2017 WI - Federer 35
2017 UO - Nadal 31
2018 AO - Federer 36
2018 RG - Nadal 32
2018 WI - Djokovic 31
2018 UO - Djokovic 31
2019 AO - Djokovic 31
2019 RG - Nadal 33
2019 WI - Djokovic 32
2019 UO - Nadal 33
2020 AO - Djokovic 32

The sadder number is that the last 14 slam winners were over 31, an age when most players used to be retired.

 

[Eren]

What about now?

The first young ATG showed up in the form of Alcaraz. Let's measure it from then. You'll see the younger guys suddenly win more and more.

 

[Third Serve]

Thought Lew made a comeback at first lol

 

[Clay lover]

Let's face it - without Sinner or Alcaraz no one probably was beating 36-7 yo Djokovic during the span from Wimby last year to Wimby this year.

Before these two, especially Alcaraz, emerged you could probably still be like "maybe Djokovic is too good". But once one half-decent player showed up and beats him while Djokovic continues to dismantle the rest of the tour as an old man, the contrast tells you how weak the pre-Alcaraz generation has been.

I give Djokovic full credit - he deserves all the slams and there's no proof anyone, even if better than the lost or next gen, could have beaten Djokovic in any of the slams he earned. But admitting Djokovic's opponents were kinda weak and acknowledging Djokovic's greatness are not mutually exclusive - he would have won all those had the generation been stronger anyway, but it doesn't mean the generation wasn't objectively weak.

 

[RS]

Thought Lew made a comeback at first lol

He would be having a field day lol

 

[TMF]

The sadder number is that the last 14 slam winners were over 31, an age when most players used to be retired.

And it didn't stop there. 2020 and beyond got even worse before the arrival of Alcaraz.

The inflation era became the hyperinflation era

 

[duaneeo]

2015 RG - Wawrinka 30 yo
2015 WI - Djokovic 28
2015 UO - Diokovic 28
2016 AO - Djokovic 28
2016 RG - Djokovic 29
2016 WI - Murray 29
2016 UO - Wawrinka 31
2017 AO - Federer 35
2017 RG - Nadal 31
2017 WI - Federer 35
2017 UO - Nadal 31
2018 AO - Federer 36
2018 RG - Nadal 32
2018 WI - Djokovic 31
2018 UO - Djokovic 31
2019 AO - Djokovic 31
2019 RG - Nadal 33
2019 WI - Djokovic 32
2019 UO - Nadal 33
2020 AO - Djokovic 32

What's more sad is that there were only 5 finalists under the age of 28.

 

[fedfan24]

2 alcaraz level players since 2020 and Djokovic is a 17-18 slam guy, nowhere near 24 slams or 5000’weeks or whatever he has at number 1.