Players peak in their 20s but there's no great players in today's tennis. It's possible that the most gifted, best athletes doesn't choose tennis as a profession, rather they chose other sports(e.g. soccer) because of a more rewarding career. There are countless of great soccer players in Europe in their 20s, imagine of a portion of them grew up playing tennis rather than soccer and became a pro tennis player today. The ATP field would have a much greater depth and strength. With the pool having quality players, every match would be entertaining/exciting, even if it's the 1st round.
In America there are also so many great athletes. Unfortunately they chose to play other rewarding sports rather than tennis. Baseball, basketball, football, hockey, etc...all occupied with great athletes and there's no room for tennis. People asked why there's no great American tennis players today. According to the sporting.blog(
https://thesporting.blog/blog/the-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-us), tennis is the #9 most popular sport in the USA.
| Rank | Sport | Popularity (%) |
|---|
| 1 | American Football | 74.5 |
| 2 | Basketball | 56.6 |
| 3 | Baseball | 50.5 |
| 4 | Boxing | 23.4 |
| 5 | Ice Hockey | 22.1 |
| 6 | Soccer | 21.6 |
| 7 | Golf | 19.7 |
| 8 | WWE | 16.7 |
| 9 | Tennis | 15.5 |
| 10 | Motorsports | 14.6 |
Tennis is weak today and it's not because the lacks of great global athletes. We do have a lot but since tennis is the least attraction, there's no depth and strength and now we have CIE.
