Prime Nadal Would Beat Prime Sampras

The realization is this. A prime Nadal would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Nadal beat Sampras, I feel Nadal would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Nadal is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Nadal's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Nadal, I dont think so. Nadal has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Nadal's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Nadal's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.
 
The realization is this. A prime Nadal would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Nadal beat Sampras, I feel Nadal would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Nadal is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Nadal's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Nadal, I dont think so. Nadal has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Nadal's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Nadal's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Add bagels to that as well. If he could bagel the great Federer, I see many more for Sampras.
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
This just keeps getting worse and worse.

I don't know why I bother but I'll try to explain.

Nadal's biggest weakness in his game is return of serve while Sampras has arguably the best overall serve in the history of the game,so you're pitting Sampras's biggest strength against Nadal's biggest weakness.

Nadal's biggest strength is his baseline game and amazing defense obviously(one of the best ever)but unlike anyone today Sampras has the ability to take that strength away because of his speed coming to the forward(he was overall one of the fasters movers on tour in his era) and his great net game,that would work even more due to the fact that Nadal stays so far behind baseline.

So for the reasons stated above I would favour Sampras over Nadal off clay,especially they play in 90s conditions.

Obviously Nadal is too great of a player and too mentally tough not to win some but overall I give Sampras the edge off clay.
 

icedevil0289

G.O.A.T.
It's been a really long time since I've done this, but:

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Deleted member 21996

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Using ragged pants at a Ceremony:

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The realization is this. A prime Karlovic would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Ivo beat Sampras, I feel Dr Ivo would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Karlovic is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Karlovic's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Karlovic, I dont think so. Ivo has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Karlovic's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Ivo's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Plus, Ivo's 6'10. He would dominate Sampras in the paint, dunk on him all day.
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
The realization is this. A prime Labadze would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Labadze beat Sampras, I feel Labadze would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Labadze is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Labadze's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Labadze, I dont think so. Labadze has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Labadze's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Labadze's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Plus Labadze likes to smoke pot and has a bear belly.
 
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Deleted member 21996

Guest
The realization is this. A prime Azarenka would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Azarenka beat Sampras, I feel Azarenka would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Azarenka is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Azarenka's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Azarenka, I dont think so. Azarenka has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Azarenka's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Azarenka's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Plus Azarenka likes to wooooo and has a nice set of legs.
 

vbranis

Professional
The realization is this. A prime Berrer would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Berrer beat Sampras, I feel Berrer would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Berrer is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Berrer's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Berrer, I dont think so. Berrer has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Berrer's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for Pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Berrer's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.
 
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P_Agony

Banned
Shouldnt you use GameSampras instead of Drakulie to represent Sampras :).

drakulie is the best to represent anything. I'm picking him to represent anyone.

In fact, I would pick drakulie to win a handicap match against GameSampras and Nadal_Freak together!
 

Lifted

Semi-Pro
The realization is this. A prime Mia Smith would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Mia Smith beat Sampras, I feel Mia Smith would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Mia Smith is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Mia Smith's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Mia Smith, I dont think so. Mia Smith has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Mia Smith's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Mia Smith's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.
 
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Deleted member 21996

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Yeah, he just lucky to win in a weak era ;-)

so far we established he gets owned by Mia Smith, Victoria Azarenka, Tommy Haas, Ivo karlovic, Irakli Labadze...

now tell me that this is not a weak era....:)
 

P_Agony

Banned
so far we established he gets owned by Mia Smith, Victoria Azarenka, Tommy Haas, Ivo karlovic, Irakli Labadze...

now tell me that this is not a weak era....:)

Those are some big names. Heck, Nadal_Freak would have owned Sampras.
 

viduka0101

Hall of Fame
The realization is this. A prime Garcia-Lopez would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Garcia-Lopez beat Sampras, I feel Garcia-Lopez would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Garcia-Lopez is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Garcia-Lopez's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Garcia-Lopez, I dont think so. Garcia-Lopez has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Garcia-Lopez's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Garcia-Lopez's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Plus he likes to drink whiskey and has a dog named Charlie.
 
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The realization is this. A prime Garcia-Lopez would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Garcia-Lopez beat Sampras, I feel Garcia-Lopez would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Garcia-Lopez is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Garcia-Lopez's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Garcia-Lopez, I dont think so. Garcia-Lopez has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Garcia-Lopez's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Garcia-Lopez's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Plus he likes to drink whiskey and has a dog named Charlie.

I love your avatar. :D
 

JeMar

Legend
The realization is this. A prime Santoro would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Santoro beat Sampras, I feel Santoro would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Santoro is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Santoro's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Santoro, I dont think so. Santoro has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Santoro's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Santoro's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.
 

The-Champ

Legend
The realization is this. A prime Nadal would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Nadal beat Sampras, I feel Nadal would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Nadal is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Nadal's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Nadal, I dont think so. Nadal has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Nadal's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Nadal's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.


Not even the most obsessed of Nadal fans would guarantee Nadal beating a prime sampras. Why would a ******* who bashes Nadal everytime he gets a chance, start a thread like this?

Tired of shoving Federer's "greatness" down everyone's throat? Is this a new ******* tactic? "Nadal is better than all the legends" Federer has superior achievements to Nadal, they are contemporary, therefore automatically Federer is the "best ever"?

You cannot prove Nadal would beat Samrpas. What has been proven is that Nadal can beat Federer, not once (that would be a fluke), but multiple times.
 

viduka0101

Hall of Fame
Not even the most obsessed of Nadal fans would guarantee Nadal beating a prime sampras. Why would a ******* who bashes Nadal everytime he gets a chance, start a thread like this?

Tired of shoving Federer's "greatness" down everyone's throat? Is this a new ******* tactic? "Nadal is better than all the legends" Federer has superior achievements to Nadal, they are contemporary, therefore automatically Federer is the "best ever"?

You cannot prove Nadal would beat Samrpas. What has been proven is that Nadal can beat Federer, not once (that would be a fluke), but multiple times.

lately he's been praising roddick and nadal
i think he's trying to make the sampras era look weaker:idea:
 

Bilbo

Semi-Pro
The realization is this. A prime Karlovic would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Ivo beat Sampras, I feel Dr Ivo would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Karlovic is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Karlovic's athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Karlovic, I dont think so. Ivo has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Karlovic's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Ivo's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

Plus, Ivo's 6'10. He would dominate Sampras in the paint, dunk on him all day.

"And im so high, get ur swag on, and im so high". Sir, u r high. Generally u post well, but this is some garbage.

Karlovic is a good returner???:shock:
 
The realization is this. A prime Michael Jackson would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Michael Jackson beat Sampras, I feel Michael Jackson would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Michael Jackson is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Michael Jackson athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Michael Jackson, I dont think so. Michael Jackson has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Michael Jackson's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Michael Jackson's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.
 

oberyn

Professional
Prime Sampras would beat prime Sampras.

I'd go with prime Sampras on clay and slow hardcourts. I think it's too close to call on a fast hardcourt, and I'd defnitely give prime Sampras the edge on grass. Indoors, of course, there's just no way that prime Sampras can keep up with prime Sampras.

Of course, if you could find a way to give prime Sampras' serve to prime Sampras, it would be a completely different story.
 
The skeptics are out there. But really, how silly some of the critics look saying sampras is better than nadal. No way no how. I did admire what Pete did, but Nadal is on another world athletically. People dont realize how mentally strong Nadal really is. It is just silly to say sampras is better, because nadal is physically and mentally stronger than Pete was.
 

Toxicmilk

Professional
The skeptics are out there. But really, how silly some of the critics look saying sampras is better than nadal. No way no how. I did admire what Pete did, but Nadal is on another world athletically. People dont realize how mentally strong Nadal really is. It is just silly to say sampras is better, because nadal is physically and mentally stronger than Pete was.

Not Nadal skeptics, Conquistador skeptics, rather.
 

OTMPut

Hall of Fame
It is just silly to say sampras is better, because nadal is physically and mentally stronger than Pete was.

Care to exhibit supporting evidence that he is physically and mentally stronger than pete?

Or is it just another teenage girlish view of strength (oh gosh look at Nadal, he is super strong, no?)?

Somethings you might not have noticed:
1. Pete now has stronger knees than Nadal (how many years is the age difference?)
2. Today's pete still serves better than Nadal. Oh wait isn't nadal physically stronger?

My theory is that Nadal is sh*t scared off the tennis ball coming across the net. That is why he hangs around 10 feet behind baseline. How can that be called a mental strength.
 

380pistol

Banned
The realization is this. A prime Michael Jackson would defeat a prime Sampras in a best of 3 surface series. Grass, Clay, and Hardcourt...
Not only would Michael Jackson beat Sampras, I feel Michael Jackson would have a shot at beating Sampras on grass. Please note that Michael Jackson is quite possibly the most underrated hard court player maybe of all time. That being said, Michael Jackson athletic ability and net play would prevail
A lot of people think Pete's length and his serve would prove to be tough for Michael Jackson, I dont think so. Michael Jackson has a great return of serve and would give Pete fits because of the amount of spin he puts on the ball..
Michael Jackson's heavy ball to me would prove to be kryptonite for pete's forehand. This matchup would be one to talk about, as both players seem to have an answer for each other's strengths. I see Michael Jackson's athletic ability being too much for Pete, and trust me-Sampras is one heck of an athlete.

This one killed it!!!! LOL!!! But it wouldn't be his athletic ability, but his ability to moonwalk. What surface do you summize is more conducive to the moon walk. You know MJ was a Smooth Criminal now.
 

Cenc

Hall of Fame
maaaaan
you dont need 3 topics to say the same thing
and only reason why you do that is to start wars and to provoke others
but nobody takes it seriosuly any more so u should rather consider opening topic about some other stupid opinion
 
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