Top 10 Upsets of the 2010s

[clout]

Yep another 2010s wrap-up thread. This time lets talk about the 10 biggest upsets of this decade of tennis:

1. Sam Querrey def. Novak Djokovic; 2016 Wimbledon R3
2. Denis Istomin def. Novak Djokovic; 2017 Australian Open R2
3. Lukas Rosol def. Rafael Nadal; 2012 Wimbledon R2
4. Sergiy Stakhovsky def. Roger Federer; 2013 Wimbledon R2
5. Steve Darcis def. Rafael Nadal; 2013 Wimbledon R1
6. Kevin Anderson def. Roger Federer; 2018 Wimbledon QF
7. Kei Nishikori def. Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic def. Roger Federer; 2014 US Open SF (these two go hand-in-hand)
8. Tomas Berdych def. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic; 2010 Wimbledon QF and SF, respectively (these two also go hand-in-hand)
9. Jo-Wilfred Tsonga def. Roger Federer; 2011 Wimbledon QF
10. Stan Wawrinka def. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal; 2014 Australian Open QF, and F, respectively (these two also go hand-in-hand)

HM:
Mischa Zverev def. Andy Murray; 2017 Australian Open R4
John Millman def. Roger Federer; 2018 US Open R4
Fabio Fognini def. Rafael Nadal; 2015 US Open R3
Nick Kygrios def. Rafael Nadal; 2014 Wimbledon R4
Marco Chichinato def. Novak Djokovic; 2018 French Open QF
Andreas Seppi def. Roger Federer; 2015 Australian Open R3
Gilles Muller def. Rafael Nadal; 2017 Wimbledon R4
Kevin Anderson def. Andy Murray; 2015 US Open R4
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Stan Wawrinka; 2014 French Open R1
Milos Raonic def. Roger Federer; 2016 Wimbledon SF
Lucas Pouille def. Rafael Nadal; 2016 US Open R4
Jurgen Melzer def. Novak Djokovic; 2010 French Open QF
Guido Pella def. Marin Cilic; 2018 Wimbledon R2 (if I remember correctly, Cilic was the 2nd fav to win the title that year after Fedr)

 

[James P]

Oh, a list of who beat the Big 3 at slams, huh?

 

[clout]

Oh, a list of who beat the Big 3 at slams, huh?

I mean I don't think Berdych losing to the world number 40 is as big of an upset as one of the big 3/4 losing to the world number 40

 

[clout]

Damn a lot of these took place at Wimbledon, didn't even notice that initially lol

 

[papertank]

Cool idea! And great list. You definitely hit all the main ones I can think of. One change I would make is to place Rosol d. Nadal as 1st. That match was the first one that showed the big 4 (especially Nadal and Federer) were mortal after going deep in pretty much every slam the previous 3-4 years.

The one infamous match I see you've missed...Robredo d. Federer

 

[NoleFam]

Federer losing to Berdych at Wimbledon in 2010 was a huuuugge upset. It is much higher ranked than you have it and probably only third to Djokovic/Querrey and Djokovic/Istomin. He hadn't lost before the final there in 8 years.

 

[King No1e]

1. Istomin def Djokovic AO17
2. Rosol def Nadal W12
3. Stakhovsky def Federer W13
4. Kyrgios def Nadal W14
5. Querrey def Djokovic W16
6. Brown def Nadal W15
7. Robredo def Federer USO13
8. Cilic-Nishikori final USO14
9. Willis def Berankis W16
10. Wawrinka def Djokovic AO14

 

[King No1e]

Federer losing to Berdych at Wimbledon in 2010 was a huuuugge upset. It is much higher ranked than you have it and probably only third to Djokovic/Querrey and Djokovic/Istomin. He hadn't lost before the final there in 8 years.

Berdych's run to the Wimbledon final really catapulted him to perennial top 10 status. It was like night and day, he broke the top 10 and stayed between #5-9 for pretty much all the next 5 years.

 

[mavsman149]

2016 Wimbledon Marcus Willis beating Ricardis Berankis