Which Decade Produced the Greatest Players?

[clout]

I posted this a couple weeks ago, but I'll give it another shot as I initially posted it in the Former Pros Talk section, which caused it to have a bit less replies and views overall.

So anyways, which decade produced the greatest tennis players? We'll go from players born in the
1930s all the way to the 1990s.

Some notables include:

1930s - Laver, Rosewall, Emerson and Hoad

1940s - Newcombe, Nastase and Ashe

1950s - Borg, Connors and McEnroe

1960s - Lendl, Becker, Edberg and Wilander

1970s - Sampras, Agassi, Courier and Kuerten

1980s - Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and Wawrinka

1990s - Zverev, Dimitrov, Raonic, Kygrios and Thiem

 

[r2473]

Federer

 

[Raul_SJ]

Impossible to pick. Every eras produces great players.

1990s - Zverev, Dimitrov, Raonic, Kygrios and Thiem

But I have a feeling this Millennial crop will under-perform the other eras.

 

[dgold44]

Today’s decade by far lol

Fed nadal and djoker make the last 15 yrs the greatest ever

 

[dgold44]

What fake calender cycle are you on as your decades are off by decades

 

[Harry_Wild]

Rafa!

 

[MatsPhilander]

2000's.

 

[Soul]

I don't know. It's hard to say, for me at least. The game has changed so much. I'm old enough to remember when wooden racquets were used and how the game was played with that. Now composite racquets produce so much power and speed on tennis balls that tennis is played much different from the recent past.

 

[hollywood9826]

Federer and Nadal in my opinion are the two greatest ever, so no way I can vote any other way.

 

[Deleted member 756486]

80s.

Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Mury GOAT.

 

[clout]

What fake calender cycle are you on as your decades are off by decades

LOL this is by birth year and not the duration of their actual careers. Sorry if that was a bit confusing on my part!

 

[clout]

I'd probably say the players born in the 80's are the strongest group of players too. Their top end talent is superior to every other decade, the only one that can somewhat compete with them is the players born in the 1930's, but that was when tennis was still sort of a country club sport and it had yet to evolve to what it is today. Plus, the second tier talent and beyond is greater than ever before in the big 3/4 era. I honestly believe the entire field of the Fed/Rafa/Djoker era, especially from 2007-2013 in particular, was deeper than any other span in tennis history

 

[dgold44]

Federer and Nadal in my opinion are the two greatest ever, so no way I can vote any other way.

And djoker / sampras are the next 2 best ever

Sorry It’s not Borg or laver

 

[tennis_pro]

I posted this a couple weeks ago, but I'll give it another shot as I initially posted it in the Former Pros Talk section, which caused it to have a bit less replies and views overall.

So anyways, which decade produced the greatest tennis players? We'll go from players born in the
1930s all the way to the 1990s.

Some notables include:

1930s - Laver, Rosewall, Emerson and Hoad

1940s - Newcombe, Nastase and Ashe

1950s - Borg, Connors and McEnroe

1960s - Lendl, Becker, Edberg and Wilander

1970s - Sampras, Agassi, Courier and Kuerten

1980s - Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and Wawrinka

1990s - Zverev, Dimitrov, Raonic, Kygrios and Thiem

lel

 

[Steady Eddy]

90's. The 1890's that is. The Renshaw brothers and Lottie Dodd will never be matched.

I'll never forget those matches.

 

[Rafaisdabest]

70's, 80's and 90's for me, I still miss Hewitt, Safin, Roddick and Ferrero all the time..