Slams with two epic semi finals

[GuyForget]

ill get the ball rolling with

W88 Edberg-Mecir, Becker-Lendl
W95 Sampras-Ivanisevic, Becker-Agassi
W01 Rafter-Agassi, Ivanisevic-Henman
FO21 Tsitipas-Zverev, Djokovic-Nadal

 

[CHillTennis]

ill get the ball rolling with

W88 Edberg-Mecir, Becker-Lendl
W95 Sampras-Ivanisevic, Becker-Agassi
W01 Rafter-Agassi, Ivanisevic-Henman
FO21 Tsitipas-Zverev, Djokovic-Nadal

Those matches were donut af.

 

[objection_]

Rg 2009 and ao 2017

 

[buscemi]

1984 U.S. Open: Lendl/Cash and McEnroe/Connors

 

[Cashman]

1988 Australian Open is one of my favourites

Top 4 seeds played two five-setters (Cash d Lendl and Wilander d Edberg). Wilander then defeated Cash in another five-setter in the final.

The quality was a bit variable but the matches were certainly epic.

 

[BorgTheGOAT]

1981 US Open
1990 US Open
1988 Wimbledon
1989 Wimbledon
1991 French Open
2012 Australian Open

 

[NAS]

1981 US Open
1990 US Open
1988 Wimbledon
1989 Wimbledon
1991 French Open
2012 Australian Open

Also add 2001, 2018Wimbledon, 2017 AO, 2021 French open from the top of my head

 

[urban]

Wim 1927
Wim 1936
RG 1962
Wim 1969
USO 1980

 

[Gizo]

Yes the 1980 USO was my first thought.

2 of the 4 quarter-finals went to 5 sets (with the other 2 going to a 4th set) as well.

Mac winning 5 setters against both Connors and Borg in consecutive days, after playing in a QF against Lendl 2 days earlier and a 5 set doubles final one day before, was Herculean stuff.

 

[jrepac]

1984 U.S. Open: Lendl/Cash and McEnroe/Connors

First one that came to mind for me

 

[WCT]

1984 U.S. Open: Lendl/Cash and McEnroe/Connors

I'll take this over 1980 because I think Lendl/Cash beats Borg/Kriek. Borg killed him the last 3 sets. Cash had match point in the 5th set.

 

[urban]

Most epic quarterfinal probably was Wimbledon 1949. All four matches went 5 sets, Schroeder-Sedgman (classic with mps for Sedg), Sturgess-Parker, Bromwich-Falkenburg (revenge for final 1948), Drobny-Brown, who had beaten Gonzalez.

 

[GuyForget]

W1992 QFs... 7 out of 8 of them were Wimbledon champions

 

[EvonneFedererBorgster]

1991 USO Navratilova d Graf/Seles d Capriati

 

[CHillTennis]

There is no such thing as an epic tennis match.

Sorry to tell you mate.

 

[Dan Lobb]

There is no such thing as an epic tennis match.

Sorry to tell you mate.

Presumably means five sets.

 

[Brian11785]

1991 USO Navratilova d Graf/Seles d Capriati

This is unquestionably my number 1 and the first one that came to mind.

 

[Larry Duff]

1984 U.S. Open: Lendl/Cash and McEnroe/Connors

I stayed up to watch these, the Lendl Cash was super exciting. (I lived in Britain at the time)

 

[Vincent-C]

First one that came to mind for me

You betcha!

 

[Vincent-C]

I'll take this over 1980 because I think Lendl/Cash beats Borg/Kriek. Borg killed him the last 3 sets. Cash had match point in the 5th set.

I have a large soft spot for Johan Kriek, but.. yeah. And Connors made Mac84 play big time there, right after getting crushed at Wimbledon. Massive stuff.

 

[CHillTennis]

Presumably means five sets.

But how does that make it epic?

The word epic is used to describe a heroic deed in a long poem or novel.

 

[WCT]

I have a large soft spot for Johan Kriek, but.. yeah. And Connors made Mac84 play big time there, right after getting crushed at Wimbledon. Massive stuff.

Their 80 semi is a bit closer than 84 because it went down to a 5th set tiebreaker. However, I think the quality of their 84 match is consistently higher. Between the both players.

Kriek could beat anyone when he was on. His problem was the opposite was true.
What a shotmaker when on, though.

 

[Third Serve]

2005 AO not bad with maybe the GOAT match between Fed and Safin and another solid semifinal in Roddick-Hewitt.

 

[Ballmachine87]

Surely that must be a record that will stand the test of time.

W1992 QFs... 7 out of 8 of them were Wimbledon champions

 

[tennistiger]

French Open 89:
Chang - Chesnokov and Becker - Edberg

 

[Vincent-C]

French Open 89:
Chang - Chesnokov and Becker - Edberg

Forgot about that! Good call.

 

[BGod]

1984 U.S. Open: Lendl/Cash and McEnroe/Connors

1988 Australian Open is one of my favourites

Top 4 seeds played two five-setters (Cash d Lendl and Wilander d Edberg). Wilander then defeated Cash in another five-setter in the final.

The quality was a bit variable but the matches were certainly epic.

These.