Round of 32 by age

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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Roland Garros 2024, Women's Singles Semi-Finals

17: Andreeva
20: Gauff
23: Swiatek [turned 23 on 31 May]
28: Paolini

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 1
20-24: 2
25-29: 1
30-34: 0
35-39: 0
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Roland Garros 2024, Men's Singles Semi-Finals

21: Alcaraz
22: Sinner
25: Ruud
27: Zverev

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 2
25-29: 2
30-34: 0
35-39: 0
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
@James P

Just did a dive into the teens in the men's draw. Now that Fils and Van Assche have turned 20 (and Van Assche has dropped out of the top 100), we are back down to three teens in the top 100: Mensik, Michelsen, and Shang. The first two of those three both let slip two-set leads today and ended up losing - Mensik faced very tough opposition in Bublik, and even Lloyd Harris isn't easy. Shang got a good win against Cristian Garin.

There is currently only one teen ranked between 101 and 200: Dino Prizmic. He lost in round 2 of qualifying. 17-year-old Joao Fonseca - the youngest man in the top 500 - lost in round 1 of qualifying.

Henry Searle, who is 18 and ranked #568, got a wild card and plays Marcos Giron tomorrow.

So, two teens left after less than a day's play (Shang and Searle). This is quite different from how things used to be in the first few years I followed Wimbledon, in the late 80s.
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Searle just lost to Giron, so round 2 of Wimbledon men's singles will have one teenager in it.

In 1985, two of the four slam winners (Becker at Wimbledon and Edberg at the Australian Open) were teens at the time they won and a third winner (Wilander at Roland Garros) was 20.

There are a couple of 20-year-olds still in the Wimbledon draw, but not all that many:

- Nobody in the top half.
- Mpetshi Perricard (who won his round 1 earlier today) - he turns 21 on Monday 8 July, so on the day he'd play his R4 match if he makes it that far.
- Fils (who also won his round 1 earlier today) - he only turned 20 on 12 June, so is the youngest player left apart from Shang.
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024, Men's Singles 3rd Round

20: Mpetschi Perricard [turns 21 on Monday July 8], Fils
21: Shelton, Alcaraz, Rune
22: Sinner, Nakashima, Musetti
23: Comesana
24: Kecmanovic, Popyrin
25: Shapovalov, Ruusuvuori, De Minaur
26: Tiafoe, Humbert, Fritz, Safiullin
27: Paul, Bublik, Tabilo, Zverev, Halys
28: Medvedev, Norrie
30: Pouille
33: Dimitrov
34: Struff
36: Bautista Agut
37: Monfils, Fognini, Djokovic

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 11
25-29: 14
30-34: 3
35-39: 4
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024 Women's Singles, 3rd Round

20: Shnaider, Gauff
21: Bouzas Maneiro, Raducanu
22: X. Wang, Kostyuk, Kartal
23: Swiatek, Sun, Navarro
24: Yastremska, Andreescu
25: Rybakina, Kalinskaya, Samsonova
26: Badosa
27: Ostapenko, Dart, Kasatkina
28: Haddad Maia, Krejcikova, Sakkara, Vekic, Paolini
29: Putintseva, Pera, Jabeur, Svitolina, Keys
30: Collins, Zhu
33: Wozniacki [turns 34 on Thursday July 11]

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 12
25-29: 17
30-34: 3
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024 Women's Singles, 4th Round

20: Gauff
21: Raducanu
22: X. Wang
23: Sun, Navarro
25: Rybakina, Kalinskaya
26: Badosa
27: Ostapenko
28: Krejcikova, Vekic, Paolini
29: Putintseva, Svitolina, Keys
30: Collins

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 5
25-29: 10
30-34: 1
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024, Men's Singles 4th Round

20: Mpetschi Perricard [turns 21 on Monday July 8], Fils
21: Shelton, Alcaraz, Rune
22: Sinner, Musetti
25: De Minaur
26: Humbert, Fritz
27: Paul, Zverev
28: Medvedev
33: Dimitrov
36: Bautista Agut
37: Djokovic

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 7
25-29: 6
30-34: 1
35-39: 2
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024 Women's Singles, Quarter-Finals

23: Sun, Navarro
25: Rybakina
27: Ostapenko
28: Krejcikova, Vekic, Paolini
29: Svitolina

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 2
25-29: 6
30-34: 0
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024, Men's Singles Quarter-Finals

21: Alcaraz
22: Sinner, Musetti
25: De Minaur
26: Fritz
27: Paul
28: Medvedev
37: Djokovic

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 3
25-29: 4
30-34: 0
35-39: 1

NOBODY IN BETWEEN MEDVEDEV AND DJOKOVIC. LOST GENS!
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
All four women's semi-finalists will be in their late 20s. No golden oldies, as the oldest player left is 29 (Svitolina), but the youngest is 25 (Rybakina).
 
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G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024, Men's Singles Semi-Finals

21: Alcaraz
22: Musetti
28: Medvedev
37: Djokovic

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 2
25-29: 1
30-34: 0
35-39: 1

ONLY ONE PERSON BETWEEN MUSETTI AND DJOKOVIC. LOST GENS!
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Tano said:
Rybakina is already 25?
I thought she was a few years younger.
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I always check the players' birthdays before I post this. That's not to say I never make mistakes. Her birthday is 17 June 1999, so she turned 25 shortly before the tournament began. (I only list their birthday if it is strictly within the 14 days of the tournament; hence I noted that Mpetshi Perricard turned 21 on Monday and that Wozniacki will turn 34 tomorrow. So, I didn't note that she only turned 25 recently, nor for example that Sinner turns 23 soon).
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
James P said:
One 22 year old Italian is going to make the SF, by George. Just not the expected one.
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Given that Musetti is now 22, it's high time he made a slam SF. Just would have expected it to be Roland Garros.

I think he definitely has the game to win Roland Garros one day. Among players his age or so, Alcaraz is obviously better than him on clay, but I'm not convinced Sinner is much better on clay, if at all. If Musetti can improve his fitness, he has a good shot to get a title there eventually.
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon 2024, Men's Singles Final

21: Alcaraz
37: Djokovic

By Age Bracket:
15-19: 0
20-24: 1
25-29: 0
30-34: 0
35-39: 1

NOBODY BETWEEN ALCARAZ AND DJOKOVIC. LOST GENS!
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
US Open 2024, Men's Singles 3rd Round

18: Mensik [turned 19 on 1 September 2024, during the 4th round of the event]
19: Shang
21: Shelton
22: Diallo, Cobolli, Draper, Musetti, Lehecka
23: Sinner, Machac, Arnaldi, Comesana, Nakashima
25: De Minaur, Ruud, Etcheverry, Popyrin
26: Fritz, Rublev, Tiafoe
27: Paul, Borges, Zverev
28: Medvedev, Van De Zandschulp, Griekspoor
30: O'Connell, Thompson
33: Goffin, Dimitrov
34: Evans
37: Djokovic

By Age Range:
15-19: 2
20-24: 11
25-29: 13
30-34: 5
35-39: 1
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
US Open 2024, Men's Singles 4th Round

22: Draper
23: Sinner, Machac, Nakashima
25: De Minaur, Ruud, Popyrin
26: Fritz, Rublev, Tiafoe
27: Paul, Borges, Zverev
28: Medvedev
30: Thompson
33: Dimitrov

By Age Range:
15-19: 0
20-24: 4
25-29: 10
30-34: 2
35-39: 0

Writing this late, it was very noticeable how both the top and the bottom end of the R3 age range got chopped prior to R4.

A middle-aged dominated event, with late 20s heavily overrepresented relative to early 20s.
 
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G.O.A.T.
US Open 2024 Women's Singles, 3rd Round

20: Krueger, Shnaider, Gauff
21: Boozes Maneiro, Zheng
22: Kostyuk, Stearns
23: Swiatek, Potapova, Navarro
25: Samsonova, Kalinskaya, Niemeier
26: Ruse, Badosa, Sabalenka
27: Ponchet
28: Haddad Maia, Muchova, Paolini, Vekic, Mertens
29: Putintseva, Svitolina, Keys, Alexandrova
30: Pegula, Wang
33: Pavlyuchenkova
34: Wozniacki
35: Azarenka
37: Errani

By Age Range:

15-19: 0 (! - how times have changed for teenagers in women's tennis!)
20-24: 10
25-29: 16
30-34: 4
35-39: 2

That is an old women's field.
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
US Open 2024 Women's Singles, 4th Round

20: Shnaider, Gauff
21: Zheng
23: Swiatek, Navarro
25: Samsonova
26: Badosa, Sabalenka
28: Haddad Maia, Muchova, Paolini, Vekic, Mertens
30: Pegula, Wang
34: Wozniacki

By Age Range:

15-19: 0
20-24: 5
25-29: 8
30-34: 3
35-39: 0

Fairly similar age distribution to the men's event: No teens, nobody in the second half of their 30s, mostly 20-somethings, considerably more late 20-somethings than early 20-somethings.
 
Aabye5

Aabye5

G.O.A.T.
helterskelter said:
US Open 2024, Men's Singles 4th Round

22: Draper
23: Sinner, Machac, Nakashima
25: De Minaur, Ruud, Popyrin
26: Fritz, Rublev, Tiafoe
27: Paul, Borges, Zverev
28: Medvedev
30: Thompson
33: Dimitrov

By Age Range:
15-19: 0
20-24: 4
25-29: 10
30-34: 2
35-39: 0

Writing this late, it was very noticeable how both the top and the bottom end of the R3 age range got chopped prior to R4.

A middle-aged dominated event, with late 20s heavily overrepresented relative to early 20s.
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They didn't like what they saw with Wimbledon --- Lost Gens
 
flyingboris

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helterskelter said:
US Open 2024 Women's Singles, 4th Round

20: Shnaider, Gauff
21: Zheng
23: Swiatek, Navarro
25: Samsonova
26: Badosa, Sabalenka
28: Haddad Maia, Muchova, Paolini, Vekic, Mertens
30: Pegula, Wang
34: Wozniacki
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It’s crazy to me that Gauff is still at the youngest end of this list. She feels like a total veteran of the tour at this point.
 
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helterskelter said:
US Open 2024, Men's Singles 4th Round

22: Draper
23: Sinner, Machac, Nakashima
25: De Minaur, Ruud, Popyrin
26: Fritz, Rublev, Tiafoe
27: Paul, Borges, Zverev
28: Medvedev
30: Thompson
33: Dimitrov

By Age Range:
15-19: 0
20-24: 4
25-29: 10
30-34: 2
35-39: 0

Writing this late, it was very noticeable how both the top and the bottom end of the R3 age range got chopped prior to R4.

A middle-aged dominated event, with late 20s heavily overrepresented relative to early 20s.
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It's really mid 20's heavily overrepresented compared to other age groups. 12/16 aged 23-27.
 
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G.O.A.T.
US Open 2024 Women's Singles, Quarter-Finals

21: Zheng
23: Swiatek, Navarro
26: Badosa, Sabalenka
28: Haddad Maia, Muchova
30: Pegula

By Age Range:

15-19: 0
20-24: 3
25-29: 4
30-34: 1
35-39: 0
 
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Jonas78

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As ive said before; it seems 30 isnt the new 25 after all, for those who believe human nature can change in 20 years.

Big3(4) was just a huge aberration, helped by some weak later generations.
 
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G.O.A.T.
US Open 2024, Men's Singles Quarter-Finals

22: Draper
23: Sinner
25: De Minaur
26: Fritz, Tiafoe
27: Zverev
28: Medvedev
33: Dimitrov

By Age Range:
15-19: 0
20-24: 2
25-29: 5
30-34: 1
35-39: 0
 
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helterskelter

G.O.A.T.
Jonas78 said:
As ive said before; it seems 30 isnt the new 25 after all, for those who believe human nature can change in 20 years.

Big3(4) was just a huge aberration, helped by some weak later generations.
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I just don't agree with this, as I've said before, too. I think the age range shows a clear change from the past that isn't just about the big 3/4. It's not as much of a shift as it was, but there are still way more older players making later rounds now, and far fewer teenagers. No point us continuing to argue it, though!
 
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helterskelter said:
I just don't agree with this, as I've said before, too. I think the age range shows a clear change from the past that isn't just about the big 3/4. It's not as much of a shift as it was, but there are still way more older players making later rounds now, and far fewer teenagers. No point us continuing to argue it, though!
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Arguing is what we do around here isnt it? :laughing: :laughing: ;)
 
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US Open 2024 Women's Singles, Semi-Finals

23: Navarro
26: Sabalenka
28: Muchova
30: Pegula

By Age Range:

15-19: 0
20-24: 1
25-29: 2
30-34: 1
35-39: 0
 
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