What are the top 10 best matches??

[icedevil0289]

I only started watching tennis since 2006 and because of that have not been able to witness many great matches. I was wondering if you guys could reccomend 10 matches, that as a tennis fan, one should watch for high quality matches and the high tensity as well. I don't necessarily want to watch a beat down, so any matches that are rather close, but still great quality tennis would be nice. I guess, just to narrow it down, within the last 2 decades, so 80's til now. I guess thats still a lot of matches, but I feel like I missed out on great tennis within the last two decades. You guys can count out wimbledon 2008 if thats on your list because I have already seen it. Thanks in advance.

 

[icedevil0289]

i guess I should also specify mens tennis.

 

[boredone3456]

Well I can't really give you ten matches...as I know more about 80's womens tennis then mens and have seen more womens matches from that era due to taped television. but here are a few mens matches I would Recommend from the 90's and beyond:

1998 Wimbledon Final Between Sampras & Ivanisevic

1992 Wimbledon Final between Agassi & Ivanisevic (one of the first tennis matches I remember watching as it was played, a really good match)

1999 French Open Final Between Agassi & Medvedev

1999 Us Open Final between Agassi & Todd Martin

2001 Wimbledon Final between Ivanisevic & Rafter (this was a really good match, one of my personal favorites)

Like I said...can't really recommend 10...but these were pretty good matches, at least in my humble opinion.

 

[icedevil0289]

thank you.

 

[boredone3456]

Not a problem. I limited my range to the Slams because those will probably be easier for you to find in some form or another, but those were all really tight 5 set matches so there is plenty of excitement in them

 

[abmk]

Borg vs Mcenroe wimbledon 80 F

Borg vs Connors wimbledon 81 SF

Federer Safin AO 2005 SF

Federer Nadal Rome 2006 F

Sampras Becker YEC 96 F

Sampras Agassi USO QF 2001

Connors Mcenroe Wimbledon 1982 F

Connors Mcenroe USO 84 SF

Federer Nadal Wimbledon 2007 F

Lendl Cash USO 84 SF

Lendl Wilander USO 88 F

Agassi Ivanisevic wimbledon 92 F

Agassi Rafter wimbledon 2000 SF

Agassi Rafter wimbledon 2001 SF

Sampras Ivanisevic Wimbledon 95 SF

Becker Edberg Wimbledon 1990 F

Agassi Safin AO 2004 SF

Rafter Ivanisevic wimbledon 2001 F

Sampras Ivanisevic wimbledon 98 F

Sampras Federer 2001 Wimbledon 4th round.

There you go, not 10, but 20 matches !

Of course leaving out wimledon 08 F and AO 2009 SF

 

[icedevil0289]

Borg vs Mcenroe wimbledon 80 F

Borg vs Connors wimbledon 81 SF

Federer Safin AO 2005 SF

Federer Nadal Rome 2006 F

Sampras Becker YEC 96 F

Sampras Agassi USO QF 2001

Connors Mcenroe Wimbledon 1982 F

Connors Mcenroe USO 84 SF

Federer Nadal Wimbledon 2007 F

Lendl Cash USO 84 SF

Lendl Wilander USO 88 F

Agassi Ivanisevic wimbledon 92 F

Agassi Rafter wimbledon 2000 SF

Agassi Rafter wimbledon 2001 SF

Sampras Ivanisevic Wimbledon 95 SF

Becker Edberg Wimbledon 1990 F

Agassi Safin AO 2004 SF

Rafter Ivanisevic wimbledon 2001 F

Sampras Ivanisevic wimbledon 98 F

Sampras Federer 2001 Wimbledon 4th round.

There you go, not 10, but 20 matches !

Of course leaving out wimledon 08 F and AO 2009 SF

omg, thank you so much. Actually I have yet to see the semifinal between nadal and verdasco that everyone loved so much.

 

[abmk]

No problem.

 

[heathcliff]

us open 89, 2nd rnd: becker - rostagno
us open 89, qf: agassi - connors
french open 90, 4th rnd: leconte - chesnokov
us open 90, 4th rnd: j mcenroe - e sanchez
us open 90, qf: sampras - lendl
aus open 91, sf: lendl - edberg
us open 91, 1st rnd: connors - p mcenroe
us open 91, 4th rnd: connors - krickstein
us open 92, 4th rnd: lendl - becker
us open 92, qf: edberg - lendl again

you can watch some clips on youtube
have fun!

 

[hoodjem]

WCT Finals 1972 : Rosewall versus Laver 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6

 

[Borgforever]

WCT Finals 1972 : Rosewall versus Laver 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6

Excellent choice this battle of all battles. In a way unbeatable. One of my top ten favorite matches. Rosewall here -- unfathomable... The duels, the shotmaking, the drama, the thrills and last but definitely not least the clutch by Kenny in the end against Mr. Clutch-maestro himself!

Maybe of one of my top five matches. Hard to judge.

 

[saram]

omg, thank you so much. Actually I have yet to see the semifinal between nadal and verdasco that everyone loved so much.

I am watching it again right now. Best match ever....

 

[crabgrass]

A few personal favourites:

1981 volvo masters final lendl beats gerulaitis from 2 sets down and there's some stray cat that runs across the court a couple of times.

1984 french open final lendl finally gets the monkey off his back and wins his first grand slam title from 2 sets down to mcenroe and for once the crowd is rooting for him...mac regards this loss as the biggest disapointment of his career.

1988 nabisco masters final becker beats lendl in an epic, won't find a more dramatic ending then this one.