We had 4 teenagers in the top 100...
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Booster Gold
Rookie
The day before his 20th birthday seems a bit of a stretch for "teenager"
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Is that it? Seems like there should be like 10.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
Maybe 2016? on 05/09/16 there were 4 teenagers(I checked random weeks over the last several years)
Coric(19)
Zverev (19)
Fritz (18)
Chung(19)
looks like the last time there were 5 teenagers was 2008(again, I'm just spot checking rankings every few months)
Coric(19)
Zverev (19)
Fritz (18)
Chung(19)
looks like the last time there were 5 teenagers was 2008(again, I'm just spot checking rankings every few months)
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
Nadal remains the best ever tennis teenage prodigy by far.
austintennis2005
Professional
Nope.
Seles, Maureen Connelly and Hingis all wayyyyy better than claydal
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
Not in terms of level of play, absolutely no
BlueB
Legend
True, but girls mature earlier.
BlueB
Legend
Absolutely yes. Seleš was absolutely murdering that ball and Hingis outsmarting everyone. I didn't watch Connelly enough to pass the judgment.
Swingmaster
Hall of Fame
Wow, Fritz was in there at 18? He must've had some really high hopes for himself at that point. Same with Chung. Most people said Coric would be a lowish ceiling/high floor kind of guy, which is about what he is.
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
I respectfully disagree, sir/Ma'am.
austintennis2005
Professional
Borg also was better as a teen
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
We had 4 teenagers in the top 100...
...at the beginning of the week. Brandon Nakashima jumped into the top 100 for the first time, joining Sinner, Musetti, and Alcaraz before turning 20 on the third (Sinner will be 20 on the 16th). Wonder when the last time is the ATP had four teenagers in the top 100?
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Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Seles, yes. Hingis, no. The real competition would come a bit later.
BGod
G.O.A.T.
1984:
Wilander
Sundstrom
Cash
Edberg
Krickstein
Arias
All finished YE Top 20 being aged 20 or younger. But those at 20 (Arias, Wilander, Sundstrom) were inside the Top 20 prior to turning. Arias had actually reached his career high #5 months before his 20th and Wilander well inside Top 10.
To end 85, Wilander at 21 was #3, Edberg at 19 was #5 & Becker at 18 was #6.
Wilander
Sundstrom
Cash
Edberg
Krickstein
Arias
All finished YE Top 20 being aged 20 or younger. But those at 20 (Arias, Wilander, Sundstrom) were inside the Top 20 prior to turning. Arias had actually reached his career high #5 months before his 20th and Wilander well inside Top 10.
To end 85, Wilander at 21 was #3, Edberg at 19 was #5 & Becker at 18 was #6.
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Borg, Becker, and Wilander will have something to say about that. Not to mention several WTA greats.
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
No one showed the level of play that nadal had displayed.
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
say no more
None of these compare to the time (RG10?) when Nadal tried to lift the RG trophy and hit himself in the face
D
Deleted member 771911
Guest
ATP are making a big deal of teen Sinner's Citi win. Saying it's historic and what an achievement it is for someone his age.
Like tennis never happened before 2009.
Like tennis never happened before 2009.
These prove that Novak has perfected the drunken master techniques.
say no more
RF-18
Talk Tennis Guru
Sorry
Roflmao!
TearTheRoofOff
G.O.A.T.
An understandable cutoff point, though?
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