What will happen with tennis when The Big 3 retire?

[Cortana]

I have a strange feeling about this.

It seems like we will wait decades to witness something similar like today. The last 10 years and maybe the next 3-4 years will be a period of time with records in tennis that will last for an eternity. We had Federer and Nadal, we have Djokovic now. They might end up as the 3 best tennis players this game has ever seen. GS records (total, RG, AO), weeks #1, Masters titles, WTF titles, so many matchups between them.

Will we ever see something like that again? Or will tennis die in a couple of years?

 

[Rubens]

 

[tennis_pro]

Tennis will take a huge shot and I mean HUGE shot.

 

[PMChambers]

Sorry, thought you meant, Connors, Mac & Borg. (Vilas & Lendl).
It never really got to those highs again, but tennis continued and evolved.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

Op tennis will found some new star , may be little late but it will, it is a cycle which always goes on.
Then we fans of big three will debate who was better in former players forum.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

I am from Sampras era , I thought no body can become big like Sampras and see now.

 

[Cortana]

It just seems impossible now to win a GS title as a teenager.

 

[skip1969]

Op tennis will found some new star , may be little late but it will, it is a cycle which always goes on.
Then we fans of big three will debate who was better in former players forum.

now THERE'S something to look forward to! i'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it!

 

[skip1969]

this will be me, soundtrack included, maximum volume.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

now THERE'S something to look forward to! i'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it!

Ha ha ha, I am already thinking about KG 1965, Korsero, boby one. I guess Nat F will play the roll of his favourite poster Bobby one..twisted.

 

[augustobt]

It just seems impossible now to win a GS title as a teenager.

specially because pretty much every player/court plays the same and the game is way more physical nowadays.

 

[tennis_pro]

now THERE'S something to look forward to! i'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it!

I'm gonna be 30 by the time something changes in tennis.

 

[morten]

They have won so much not because they are so great but because the rest of the players in this era are crap. In the 90s and before that you always had about 10 great players at the same time.. And because of the slow surface and robotic same style tennis i will no longer watch tennis in the future.. And the boring rallies will not entertain crowds and future generations and they will do different sports. I know it sounds negative but i am really worried, almost given up... At my level and playing myself is great, but pro level is pretty much dead...

 

[4-string]

Dudi Sela will complete his cygs.

 

[PMChambers]

They have won so much not because they are so great but because the rest of the players in this era are crap. In the 90s and before that you always had about 10 great players at the same time.. And because of the slow surface and robotic same style tennis i will no longer watch tennis in the future.. And the boring rallies will not entertain crowds and future generations and they will do different sports. I know it sounds negative but i am really worried, almost given up... At my level and playing myself is great, but pro level is pretty much dead...

Can you please pick any year in the 90s and identify the 10 top players? I doubt you can. 1990 is probably only year with solid players.

 

[tennisfan2015]

What happens to the world when we die?

 

[West Coast Ace]

The tour will take a hit. I see some 250 events dying; prize money contracting at 500s and maybe even 1000s. The Asia Swing especially- since they have no homegrown players - the events will see huge drop offs in interest. Hate to say it but in my 12 years straight of going to tournaments there, most of the fans are bandwagon hoppers of the top guys. Many have told me when their favorite retires, they're done with tennis.

 

[Diehard]

I have a strange feeling about this.

It seems like we will wait decades to witness something similar like today. The last 10 years and maybe the next 3-4 years will be a period of time with records in tennis that will last for an eternity. We had Federer and Nadal, we have Djokovic now. They might end up as the 3 best tennis players this game has ever seen. GS records (total, RG, AO), weeks #1, Masters titles, WTF titles, so many matchups between them.

Will we ever see something like that again? Or will tennis die in a couple of years?

Im already getting depressed over this!! Thats why even though im a Nadal fan ive decided to cherish Djokovic as he the last of the true greats left at or near their peak.

 

[weakera]

Either new stars emerge or pro Tennis will be crippled.

 

[haqq777]

Dudi Sela will complete his cygs.

LOL!

 

[metsman]

Peak Pastoral Symphony is top 5 symphony ever in my book.

 

[Tshooter]

This I guess like 90%+ of the threads has been beaten to death already but apparently you haven't heard.

They're shutting down the tour after The Big 4 retire (they're still going to run it out so long as Murray sticks around) . It's been planned for already and all the pieces are in place.

Of course, this is barring the election of Ted Every One Hates Me for a Good Reason Cruz, Donald the Clown or the Fat Guy from Jersey. In such an event anything may happen though the state of the tennis tour should be the last thing to concern you irrespective of your nationality.

 

[THE MAN]

Life goes on.....
Just enjoy the ride

 

[NoleFam]

Tennis will be dead. It will be like deadlands while tennis awaits for the next talented star and dominant force. Right now, I hear lots of fans complaining instead of appreciating what we got to witness the last 10 years. It will never and I mean never happen again. It was the perfect storm that came to fruition but almost impossible to be duplicated.