Who Has The Most Annoying Habit / Idiosyncrasies???

Who Has The Most Annoying Habit / Idiosyncrasies???

  • Agassi (eg. nose snorting, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Federer (eg. flicking hair by shaking head, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hewitt (eg. "comeon!", inverted palm sign, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • J. McEnroe (eg. curse words, argue with umpires, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lendl (eg. dusting racket grip, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Nadal (eg. socks pulling, scratching ass, etc)

    Votes: 2 100.0%

  • Roddick (eg. arranging shirt, cap prior to serving, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Safin (eg. smashing rackets, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Sampras (eg. tongue drooping, shrugging shoulders, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Wilander (eg. spitting, etc)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    2
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Multiple-Poll : Select those habits that annoy you...
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I find Nadal's socks pulling really unnecessay...hard for me to imagine that it is not done on purpose and it is actually a habit...There are others like Lendl's dusting his racket grip with saw-dust, who else can you think of that had annoying habits?
 
Rusedski always asking for the towel annoyed me big time. And Nadal pulling his socks is annoying as well.
 
Mr.Federer said:
Rusedski always asking for the towel annoyed me big time. And Nadal pulling his socks is annoying as well.
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lol I was looking for the Rusedski one...always gets the towel then pulls up his socks irritating!!!
 
It's Agassi for me. I feel bad for those ball boys who get one after it's rolled through his snot. Nadal's murph-picking was a close second.
 
Rumjungle said:
It's Agassi for me. I feel bad for those ball boys who get one after it's rolled through his snot. Nadal's murph-picking was a close second.
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haha damn!!! Does he change his towel? Imagine after 5 sets of tennis, amount of snorts in 1 towel...
 
Klippy said:
Federer flicking his hair? I find that cool!
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Yes for his fans, it's cool...but if you put yourself in Hewitt's shoe, having lost 9 times in a row, and Federer just slams a winner past you at the baseline, struts away and flicking his hair by shaking his head...as proud as a peacock literally & figuratively, it will drive you boiling hot and super-annoyed...
But if Federer is reading this, continue doing it, obviously it is working well!!!
 
Sorry I did not include Rusedski in the poll for long toweling down and socks pulling...Counting the replies...

Rusedski Count = 3 and counting...
Please indicate if you vote for Rusedski...
 
Nadal, with the butt picking. It's just nasty. Plus sometimes afterwards he will hold his hand right under his nose, as if smelling a rose.
 
Wilander can really spit a chunk!!! especially at the French Open...I really pity his opponents have to slide through his spit when they change ends...
 
Even though Boris Becker was my favorite player as I was growing up, he had that horrible habit of coughing before his opponent's serve. That dry cough was always a sore spot with many of Becker's opponents. I remember McEnroe mentioning it and saying it was a major distraction. Of course that year at Wimbledon when he went to the bathroom and ended up getting a massage must have been pretty annoying too.
 
That was when Becker had blond hair and very young then..., he coughed alot..yes dry cough,,,pretty irritating...but when he got older, I don't remember he coughed much. But he would be very sulky, sat at the side with spectators, talking to himself when he is losing to Sampras in big matches...really a whiner...
 
you forgot One habit that wasn't on the poll???An how can you guy's miss it? lol Guess you guy's do it too!!! thats why you miss it lol..Anyways the one Habit I hate. It really Annoys me like eeck-(Covers eyes)..Are when players Tugg at themselves..like you know When they tugg at thier Tallywackers.I seen more then one male player do this?? an y I do not know?? ok my say is done!!
 
To me it's got to be Hewitt and his "COME ON!", as he's staring at his opponent and a mishit ball, it's as if he's looking over and saying "F***YOU!"
I wanted to add, I find Hewitts habit, most annoying, but Agassi's booger/snot blowing is the most repulsive!
 
Ever isnce the AO I haven't really seen Hewitt do a staredown. He seems to turn around and yell come on at his family and coach in his box. And I voted for Nadal because he takes SO LONG! Watching him live, here's the summary of him.
1. Opponents out on the court at the start of the match halfway to the chair. Nadal is still inside of the place that they're supposed to walk out of together fixing his socks.
2. Opponent is out waiting for the coin toss, Nadal is getting a drink and taking his time to set up his drinks perfectly then comes at his own pace.
3. Opponent is walking to baseline for warm up. Nadal gets to service line then sprints to where the ball boys stand and then goes to the baseline.
4. Umpire calls time to end warm up and opponent goes to sit down. Nadal takes at least 10 extra serves before going back.
5. Nadal serves first! Plays with his socks, fixes his drinks, picks his butt, then sprints to baseline to start match (opponent had been waiting for at least 45 seconds.)
6. Nadal points at every single shot that is close to the line that opponent hits, umpire overrules every time.
7.Opponent hits ball out for a break by Nadal! Whats this? The first ever triple vamos quadruple fist pump? Then sprints to chair.

*Nothing against Nadal just picking on him right now*
 
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Very surprised that Mary Pierce's strange serve preparations weren't included in this Poll .... but Agassi's nose blowing is too much for me.
 
Great. I'd forgotten Becker's cough and Lendl's sawdust. Now I can relive them, while I watch Nadal touching his socks.
At least one thing urban referred to:
Connors did some really bad things, that would be censored, if one tries to write it down.
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is covered by frodo's post, others were, um, hip movements and racquet handle pointing.
 
I actually don't mind Lendl's, Nadal's, and Hewitt's gestures because they all have one thing in common. I assimilate their habits with those of pro basketball and baseball players. Like the basketball player's pre-game ritual and how baseball players fiddle with their batting gloves and such before stepping up to the plate.
 
LendlFan said:
Very surprised that Mary Pierce's strange serve preparations weren't included in this Poll .... but Agassi's nose blowing is too much for me.
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Forgot about Pierce until you brought that up! That's definitely up there, right behind Agassi's snot shooting.
 
Mary Carillo years ago said Pierce had to 'rebabe' between points. Rearrange her braid, breathe deep, fix her shirt/skirt. Just take way too much time.

What about Lendl pulling his eyelashes out.
 
DashaandSafin said:
Lol no one voted for Safin =)
Keep it that way.
How is that annoying? Its downright entertaining.
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It is because Safin is a virtuoso at work. It surely is priceless in the classic way only Safin can do.
 
hahaa

You guys are out your minds. Kiefer all they way, this guy is like a 90 year old full of bad habbits when his on the tennis court. Doesn't stop from being entertaining though, but this guys is the most strange figure on a tennis court....
 
Yours, 'hip movement' and 'racket pointing' is a nice term for the habits of the young and not so young Jimmy Connors. He had an obsession with that part of his body and used to live out his adolescent sexual phantasies on court in a very rude way.
 
bebots said:
Mary Carillo years ago said Pierce had to 'rebabe' between points. Rearrange her braid, breathe deep, fix her shirt/skirt. Just take way too much time.
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MagicMT said:
Pierce would need a lot more time than 30 seconds or whatever to become a babe :lol:
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ZING! Interesting...

urban said:
I think, it was a salute introduced by the Swedes, especially Wilander, and is called the 'wisch'.
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You are correct, but I think the spelling is "vicht."
 
nadal should losen his pants a bit. scratching his arse on tv?? I would nvr do it! Where is his mannars!
 
Additional trivia, Byron Black had a number of idiosyncracies. The most amazing one was how in a rally while he was playing a match he would try to adjust/pick at his shirt collar while playing a point.
 
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