Most Historic Weekend of Tennis in the History of the Sport?

[haqq777]

So After the Rafa/Dimitrov semi-final, I started pondering on this a bit, and it seems this weekend will indeed be the most historic in terms of GS titles/achievements for all finalists.

There are 76 GS titles between, Serena, Venus, Roger, Rafa and the Bryan brothers.

105 GS titles if we include WIlliams doubles titles, 2 mixed titles for both Serena and Venus, 4 mixed for Mike Bryan and 7 for Bob Bryan.

Can any other moment in history of tennis trump this? I know the question can become subjective and prone to bias (Masters, 500, 250s, Olympics, DC etc) very easily but how about grand slam titles won?

Just found this to be mind boggling how much the guys playing over the weekend have achieved.

Thoughts?

 

[clayqueen]

I think all our Christmases have come at once. It's surreal that these 4 titans of the singles game are playing in 2 dream finals that no one dared dream of. I wanted a Venus/Serena final but thought it would never happen, it's a pipe dream then when Venus won her match, I thought it would be almost impossible for both Federer to make the final so when Fed beat Stan, I felt so down, thinking Fed had taken the one slot in the final on offer to Fedal. This is simply far too good to be true.

 

[haqq777]

I think all our Christmases have come at once. It's surreal that these 4 titans of the singles game are playing in 2 dream finals that no one dared dream of. I wanted a Venus/Serena final but thought it would never happen, it's a pipe dream then when Venus won her match, I thought it would be almost impossible for both Federer to make the final so when Fed beat Stan, I felt so down, thinking Fed had taken the one slot in the final on offer to Fedal. This is simply far too good to be true.

I know what you mean. I'm ecstatic! Both the semifinals on the guys side were tight 5 setters with high quality tennis. Venus's match against Coco was a thriller as well. As a tennis fan, I can not ask for more. Hoping for both finals to be very high quality. And may the best man/woman win.

 

[SinjinCooper]

If/when the most historic weekend of tennis in the history of the sport comes, it sure as hell isn't going to happen in Australia.

 

[Mainad]

With an average age of 34 and a half, all 4 finalists must be the oldest 4 finalists in the history of tennis (at least in the Open Era) to contest both the men's and women's singles finals at a Slam!

All 4 have no less than a total of 60 Slam titles between them including 11 at the Australian Open and 5 other AO finals (Venus being the only 1 of the 4 who hasn't already won an AO title).

Each of the men and women finalists have met each other only once before in an AO final and each one went the distance: 2003 for Serena and Venus with Serena winning in 3 sets; 2009 for Nadal and Federer with Nadal winning in 5 sets.

All 4 finalists are turning back the pages of history. Who could have dreamt of such a line-up for both men and women in the finals of the 1st Slam of 2017?

 

[Phoenix1983]

With an average age of 34 and a half, all 4 finalists must be the oldest 4 finalists in the history of tennis (at least in the Open Era) to contest both the men's and women's singles finals at a Slam!

You're surely right, although I don't have the energy to check!

I do know that on the men's side, the finalists (Fed at 35, Nadal at 30) have the oldest aggregate age since Rosewall and Anderson (37 and 36 respectively) at the 1972 AO.

I suspect the all-Williams final on the women's side (Venus 36, Serena 35) has the highest aggregate age since the early days of women's tennis, if not ever.

 

[ABCD]

Who could have dreamt of such a line-up for both men and women in the finals of the 1st Slam of 2017?

Me. I said zillion times that Federer/Nadal improved over time.