Toughest Slam Draw Ever?
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tacou
G.O.A.T.
It would definitely be one for the ages.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
federer's AO 2004 and USO 2007 were not easy by any means. in the later he had to go through numbers 5,4 and 3 back to back
What a joke. If anything, Safin's draw was far more impressive; Considering what happened in 2003. Federer played an extremely burnt out Safin in that final.
kiki
Banned
1980 USO: J mac beats Lendl at the quarters, Connors at the semis and Borg at the F
1982 FO: Wilander beats Lendl in the R16, Gerulaitis in the quarters, Clerc in the semis and Vilas in the F
I think Chang in 89 went through a hard draw too in 89
What about 1977 Wimbledon for Borg? Edmondson , the former AO cjhampion in R1, Fibak in R16,Nastase in the quarters, Vitas in their legendary semi and, finally, Connors in the last match...
1982 FO: Wilander beats Lendl in the R16, Gerulaitis in the quarters, Clerc in the semis and Vilas in the F
I think Chang in 89 went through a hard draw too in 89
What about 1977 Wimbledon for Borg? Edmondson , the former AO cjhampion in R1, Fibak in R16,Nastase in the quarters, Vitas in their legendary semi and, finally, Connors in the last match...
Brian11785
Hall of Fame
I think the OP is right. As Fed and Rafa's ranking starts to slip, it will become increasingly tougher for them. Graf's months-from-retirement performance at the '99 French (beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds) is, to me, as impressive of an exclamation mark at the end of a career as they come.
Tough and easy draw is so relative. Rankings don't reflect how someone is good on particular surface and they also don't reflect the current form.
Also the same players are easy for some guys and tough for others. Sometimes low level players get hot and play like slam champions.
Also the same players are easy for some guys and tough for others. Sometimes low level players get hot and play like slam champions.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
he had to go through hewitt nalbandian and ferrero. not easy by any means
NatF
Bionic Poster
Federer's draw was certainly tough, Safin was erratic in the final though. I will agree with you that Safin had a very tough road to get to that final though. Roddick vs Safin is a match I watched just the other day, good quality stuff there! Anyone would have had trouble with those 2 that day.
It's funny you say that, because Safin in 2008 still managed to wipe the floor with Djokovic (at that time was the #2 player in the world) at Wimbledon. Safin never got a chance at Wimbledon; 2001 makes the QF's, 2002 he played badly which will happen, 2003 = injured, 2004 = blisters, 2005 = injured 2006 & 2007 = playing crap because of these injuries have caught up to him, 2008 he made the SF's but was still a shadow of what he was. I do believe Safin could have won Wimbledon if he was fully fit and focused, regardless of his height and regardless of whether Federer or Nadal were around; Safin is fully capable of beating anyone on any surface.
Safin was just gone in that final, Federer's draw wasn't nearly as tough as Safin's given what happened in 2003 or the quality of players he came up against. I don't blame Safin for being a mess in that final - I was more surprised he was their in the first place.
tipsa...don'tlikehim!
Talk Tennis Guru
Yep indeed tough draw!
Lovely_Bone
Rookie
Nadal's draw at the 2013 Wimbledon. It was so tough that he lost on the first round. Doesn't get much tougher than that!
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