Who is the most arrogant tennis player of all time?
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beast of mallorca
G.O.A.T.
marcub
Banned
Sampras - if anything - is shy, that`s what may remotely come across as arrogance, and here I agree with you that Raonic may be the same way. But it`s shyness really, not at all arrogance.
Tomic, like some have mentioned, promises to beat even Connors.
Legend of Borg
G.O.A.T.
I still don't see how Raonic is even remotely close to arrogant.
If people are mistaking shyness for arrogance then that's another matter.
If people are mistaking shyness for arrogance then that's another matter.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Nadal just edges him, though.
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
It is so strange, we have pages and pages of Federer talking trash about other players and they still don't get it. They just can't deal with Federer not being the best at something, they have to face reality now period.
Lendl
Semi-Pro
I have gone to the Cincinnati Masters tournament for maybe 10-12 years and always stay at the player hotel and have been around a lot of current and past players while there. By far the rudest person has been Greg Rusedski. I don't think any players even liked him. He was always by himself and acted like a total ass when he was walking around as if people needed to stay out of his way and bow to him as he came and went.
Runner up for rudest is Safin and his Russian entourage. You picture tennis players eating sushi and drinking bottled water. Safin was a chain smoker that always had alcohol in his hand
Anyone mentioning Federer is crazy to me. My wife and I came back one day and were at the elevator the same time as him and we were across the hall getting in and his elevator wasn't working so we waited for him to get in ours and hassled him about not knowing how to work it, etc. and he was a total jokester and friendly. After that anytime we passed him he was friendly and smiled and said "HI".
Also the nicest was surprisingly Carlos Moya. Many times he'd practice on an outside court and he was very popular with the ladies and he would go out the back of the court to avoid any autographs and I didn't think that was real friendly but one year his room was right next to ours and we got to see him and his girlfriend (wife?) all the time and it was the year he won it so he was there for the whole tourney and he was always asking us if we were having fun, enjoying the tournament, etc. We left on maybe Friday and wished him luck for the remainder of the tourney and he ended up winning it but I'm sure I'll never talk to him again
Runner up for rudest is Safin and his Russian entourage. You picture tennis players eating sushi and drinking bottled water. Safin was a chain smoker that always had alcohol in his hand
Anyone mentioning Federer is crazy to me. My wife and I came back one day and were at the elevator the same time as him and we were across the hall getting in and his elevator wasn't working so we waited for him to get in ours and hassled him about not knowing how to work it, etc. and he was a total jokester and friendly. After that anytime we passed him he was friendly and smiled and said "HI".
Also the nicest was surprisingly Carlos Moya. Many times he'd practice on an outside court and he was very popular with the ladies and he would go out the back of the court to avoid any autographs and I didn't think that was real friendly but one year his room was right next to ours and we got to see him and his girlfriend (wife?) all the time and it was the year he won it so he was there for the whole tourney and he was always asking us if we were having fun, enjoying the tournament, etc. We left on maybe Friday and wished him luck for the remainder of the tourney and he ended up winning it but I'm sure I'll never talk to him again
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
You were in the elevator with Fed and didn't faint !!!
How arrogant of you not to faint.
Mick
Legend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8HaUVCwDuA
2:57
"I have more natural ability in one finger than he (Lendl) has in his whole hand." - John McEnroe
2:57
"I have more natural ability in one finger than he (Lendl) has in his whole hand." - John McEnroe
Terre Battu
Rookie
Leyton Hewitt hands down!
DragonBlaze
Hall of Fame
I don't know why some people are picking Federer. Seriously, I haven't seen decades of tennis like some posters here have, but still I cannot see how one can compare Federer to the likes of Mcenroe/Connors after having gone back and watched/read a lot of stuff.
Federer is a sore loser though.
Also people picking Nadal are equally bad, if not worse. I think some fans here are letting their personal hate towards Federer/Nadal for whatever reason cloud their judgement. That seems to happen a lot on these boards....
Federer is a sore loser though.
Also people picking Nadal are equally bad, if not worse. I think some fans here are letting their personal hate towards Federer/Nadal for whatever reason cloud their judgement. That seems to happen a lot on these boards....
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merlinpinpin
Hall of Fame
Definitely. Picking one or the other either is hate talking or means people don't know what 'arrogant' means, in my opinion. Guy like Rios comes to mind immediately when you think about that (can't think of anyone else who had the gall to say that he had no source of inspiration among the greats of the past as he was better than all of them, and with 0 slam, too! :shock
In the list above, I guess you'd have to go with Connors, so finding him in 1st place is no surprise. That he is followed by the magical TTW "Federer in 2" is quite hilarious, though... :roll:
DragonBlaze
Hall of Fame
Definitely. Picking one or the other either is hate talking or means people don't know what 'arrogant' means, in my opinion. Guy like Rios comes to mind immediately when you think about that (can't think of anyone else who had the gall to say that he had no source of inspiration among the greats of the past as he was better than all of them, and with 0 slam, too! :shock
In the list above, I guess you'd have to go with Connors, so finding him in 1st place is no surprise. That he is followed by the magical TTW "Federer in 2" is quite hilarious, though... :roll:
Completely agree. I guess everyone has different definitions but being a dick/sore loser does not fall into the same category as arrogant. Anyways it doesn't matter, this is TW. Nadal/Djoker fans are gonna vote for Fed, Fed fans vote Nadal, and other Nadal fans vote Djoker.
namelessone
Legend
If we were making a poll of all time, very few guys from today would meet the required arrogance quota.
ark_28
Legend
Pete is one of the most humble guys to ever play the game, as he said in the gull of fame speech "I am a tennis player nothing more and nothing less, that is more than enough for me it always was"
What are you smoking to name him?
Russeljones
Talk Tennis Guru
49 people know what they're talking about.
niff
Legend
High Fiiiiiiiive, I agree bub. I like to think that Greg was crying with envy when Sampras won the USO in 02, after he got snarky about him earlier that week.
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Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Is Federer in 2, the new Connors in 5 ?
tusharlovesrafa
Hall of Fame
rafa in 0........
dominikk1985
Legend
rios easily. I think federer is also a little arrogant but not nearly as bad as rios.
SLD76
G.O.A.T.
rusedski was the same guy who threatned to out other dopers when he got caught doping. class act.
SLD76
G.O.A.T.
also, no mention of Henin or Serena?
I mean, maybe Henin is more classless than arrogant but still.
And though I love Serena, at her heyday the arrogance was embarassing.
I always saw it as karma when sharapova destroyed her after she had the nerve to say no one could beat her on grass. *eyeroll*
I mean, maybe Henin is more classless than arrogant but still.
And though I love Serena, at her heyday the arrogance was embarassing.
I always saw it as karma when sharapova destroyed her after she had the nerve to say no one could beat her on grass. *eyeroll*
Lendl
Semi-Pro
You're joking right? I sat next to him at the bar with a ton of other players and he was the only one not drinking and acting crazy. He was polite and like a mouse sitting there people watching drinking ice water. Very pleasant to us.
Shellovic
Rookie
I'm not joking. He gets totally crazy when you're sitting a couple of rows off the court and whispering about last point between the points.
He was losing anyway, and he shouted like an idiot towards us.
If you can't handle losing, don't react it off on the fans..
DavaiMarat
Professional
This thread is arrogant...
...but Raonic? Really? He hasn't even been on the tour long enough to do anything really stupid yet. Yes, he's well spoken for a young man and has a confident demeanor but what has he done to deem himself a jerk?
...but Raonic? Really? He hasn't even been on the tour long enough to do anything really stupid yet. Yes, he's well spoken for a young man and has a confident demeanor but what has he done to deem himself a jerk?
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
What is up with your avatar, what is that all about?
Paul Murphy
Hall of Fame
Connors/Sampras.
Paul Murphy
Hall of Fame
And how does Nadal get on the list?
I don't see it - he's one of the least arrogant players I've ever seen.
I don't see it - he's one of the least arrogant players I've ever seen.
If you are comparing female players as level, Navratilova is undoubtedly one of the most arrogant players of all time.
She has regularly labelled herself the greatest female player and greatest female athlete of all time. She is completely obsessed with her career achievements and legacy, unlike Graf, Evert, Serena etc whose lives don't revolve so much around tennis.
Like McEnroe, she has been a prominent tennis pundit to massage her ego, remain in the limelight and constantly remind people about how great she is.
She has regularly labelled herself the greatest female player and greatest female athlete of all time. She is completely obsessed with her career achievements and legacy, unlike Graf, Evert, Serena etc whose lives don't revolve so much around tennis.
Like McEnroe, she has been a prominent tennis pundit to massage her ego, remain in the limelight and constantly remind people about how great she is.
kaleidoskope
Professional
LOLed a lot while reading this thread.
Connors is not even in the same league...IMVHO
Connors is not even in the same league...IMVHO
kiki
Banned
He is the cookiest ( along young Jimbo), but not arrogant; there is a slight difference between both concepts
Smasher08
Legend
I second that. Everyone else on the list is dwarfed by her.
billnepill
Hall of Fame
After achieving the number one in singles, an Argentine reporter ask him what it felt like to be at the same status as Guillermo Vilas; he answered "Vilas was No. 2 and I'm No. 1."[citation needed]
He was fined US$10,000 for speeding during the 1998 Stuttgart tournament.[7]
In a confusing incident, he ran over his physical trainer, Manuel Astorga, with his jeep, leaving him gravely injured at the foot. Astorga was later fired as trainer.[7]
After a magazine published some photos of him dancing seductively with a woman at a Paris disco, his girlfriend (later to be his first wife), Giuliana Sotela, broke up with him. During a Davis Cup press conference, he read a letter, asking Sotela for forgiveness. He ended the press conference in tears.[8]
He was accused by his second wife, María Eugenia Larraín, of throwing her out of his car while driving to visit his daughter in Costa Rica. Larraín arrived to Santiago's airport in dramatic fashion, in a wheelchair and showing multiple bruises on her legs. He claimed those bruises were caused by falling while skiing.[7]
He was arrested in Rome in 2001 after he punched a taxi driver in the nose and then had a fight with the policemen arresting him.[8]
In 2003, while training for a Davis Cup tie with Ecuador, he allegedly urinated on some men in a La Serena bar's bathroom and was later expelled from his hotel after being accused of swimming nude. As a consequence, the Chilean team missed a flight to Ecuador the following day. He later apologized for the incidents.[7][9]
In 2003, he and a friend were expelled from a Santiago bar after insulting other clients and being involved in a brawl with some waiters. Both were arrested and later released.[7]
He reportedly told Monica Seles to move her "fat ass" while on a lunch queue, but he has denied this.[8]
During the 1997 Wimbledon tournament he commented that grass was for "cows and soccer" and not suitable for tennis play.[8]
He was disqualified from the 2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup tennis tournament in Los Angeles, California during a first round match with Gouichi Motomura of Japan and fined US$5,000 for saying "**** you" to the chair umpire.[8]
During a post-match interview at the Basel tournament, he insulted a journalist under his breath after she asked him whether he had Native American ancestry.[10]
He tried to moon some reporters who were recording him while partying outside his apartment in Reñaca.[8]
He fired his coach Larry Stefanki shortly after he became World No. 1, claiming that he wanted to go in a different direction.
He won the Prix Citron 'award' several different years (many in a row) for being the most disagreeable player on tour.
He was fined US$10,000 for speeding during the 1998 Stuttgart tournament.[7]
In a confusing incident, he ran over his physical trainer, Manuel Astorga, with his jeep, leaving him gravely injured at the foot. Astorga was later fired as trainer.[7]
After a magazine published some photos of him dancing seductively with a woman at a Paris disco, his girlfriend (later to be his first wife), Giuliana Sotela, broke up with him. During a Davis Cup press conference, he read a letter, asking Sotela for forgiveness. He ended the press conference in tears.[8]
He was accused by his second wife, María Eugenia Larraín, of throwing her out of his car while driving to visit his daughter in Costa Rica. Larraín arrived to Santiago's airport in dramatic fashion, in a wheelchair and showing multiple bruises on her legs. He claimed those bruises were caused by falling while skiing.[7]
He was arrested in Rome in 2001 after he punched a taxi driver in the nose and then had a fight with the policemen arresting him.[8]
In 2003, while training for a Davis Cup tie with Ecuador, he allegedly urinated on some men in a La Serena bar's bathroom and was later expelled from his hotel after being accused of swimming nude. As a consequence, the Chilean team missed a flight to Ecuador the following day. He later apologized for the incidents.[7][9]
In 2003, he and a friend were expelled from a Santiago bar after insulting other clients and being involved in a brawl with some waiters. Both were arrested and later released.[7]
He reportedly told Monica Seles to move her "fat ass" while on a lunch queue, but he has denied this.[8]
During the 1997 Wimbledon tournament he commented that grass was for "cows and soccer" and not suitable for tennis play.[8]
He was disqualified from the 2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup tennis tournament in Los Angeles, California during a first round match with Gouichi Motomura of Japan and fined US$5,000 for saying "**** you" to the chair umpire.[8]
During a post-match interview at the Basel tournament, he insulted a journalist under his breath after she asked him whether he had Native American ancestry.[10]
He tried to moon some reporters who were recording him while partying outside his apartment in Reñaca.[8]
He fired his coach Larry Stefanki shortly after he became World No. 1, claiming that he wanted to go in a different direction.
He won the Prix Citron 'award' several different years (many in a row) for being the most disagreeable player on tour.
PrinceMoron
Legend
If you spoke German then you would have Boris Becker on your list.
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