Top 10 players by decade. 70s-2010s

[The_Mental_Giant]

I think it should be mentioned that Nadal in 2010 won 3 slams on 3 different surfaces. A feat that has not been equaled yet.

Yes, and also winning 3 slams in a row during the same calendar year.. I think nobody did that in the open era, other than laver.. well who obviously won the 4 in a row.. but 3 of them being held on grasscourts, still heck of an achievement though.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

But they didnt, and thats what really matters.

We are arguing the facts not the ifs/what/could/maybes


Thats why Wawrinka is ranked above ferrer, didnt you see the first post? wawrinka is ranked 5th, Ferrer is 7th.

And again we are not talking only about peak, but achievements and also consistence. Ferrer is by far the most consistent non-big4 , he is always reaching QF/SF and rarely lost to mugs on his heyday.. he got more often dominated by the Big4 though (although not much by andy murray)

Even with the facts, Del Potro and Soderling got to #4 in the world (Soderling has 2 slam finals and Del Potro has a slam win). Rankings aside, they were better.

 

[The_Mental_Giant]

Even with the facts, Del Potro and Soderling got to #4 in the world (Soderling has 2 slam finals and Del Potro has a slam win). Rankings aside, they were better.

Yes, one of those 2 slam finals of Soderling was in 2009. And the Slam win of Delpo was in 2009 too.

We are discussing 2010's and going strictly by that Ferrer is the better player of the three. One slam final, 1 master 1000 title, and lots of weeks in top3, top5 and top10 respectively. Ferrer has always been more consistent than Soderling or Delpotro, where are all the deep runs of Delpo at the AO? he always lost in the first rounds..