Fiero425
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Fluke; Pennetta? A litte confused here! I guess the fluke was the upset of Serena by R. Vinci in the SF! Unlucky top player; Chang? Gonna leave that alone! Overrated!
Who is your favourite single-slam winner?
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Fluke; Pennetta? A litte confused here! I guess the fluke was the upset of Serena by R. Vinci in the SF! Unlucky top player; Chang? Gonna leave that alone! Overrated!
Rosstour
G.O.A.T.
Fluke; Pennetta? A litte confused here! I guess the fluke was the upset of Serena by R. Vinci in the SF! Unlucky top player; Chang? Gonna leave that alone! Overrated!
specific examples aside, (and feel free to quibble) the difference exists.
Some single-Slam players were unlucky not to get more (Roddick, JMDP) and some were lucky to even get one.
kevin qmto
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Michael Chang. Definition of a guy who doesn’t seek the limelight, just wanted to play the game and play it well, and he sure did.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Old school - Yannick Noah.
Current players - DelPo
I like Thiem more than any of them, but he is not going to be a 1-Slam wonder. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a multiple-Slam winner in one month.
Current players - DelPo
I like Thiem more than any of them, but he is not going to be a 1-Slam wonder. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a multiple-Slam winner in one month.
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del Potro!
I loved, loved, LOVED that USO '09 final!
I loved, loved, LOVED that USO '09 final!
mike danny
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I remember him in 2003. The ponytail guy. Seemed pretty good. A shame he fell off the map after that Wimb win. Had potential.
BorgTheGOAT
Legend
Not sure what kind of doping this was that makes such a big difference. Korda completely destroyed Rios he would have beaten him with or without doping.
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
My favorite one-slam winner is the magnificent Thomas Muster! Former #1 ranked player with 44 career titles. @Musterrific
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
Apparently you don't understand that juice aids in recovery after matches which let Korda be at his best vs Rios in that final.
Korda is a human skeleton that would have been absolutely dead tired after 6 straight matches (who knows, maybe after 3 matches...truth is we will never know but if he didn't need the juice in the first place he wouldn't have taken it).
Phoenix1983
G.O.A.T.
Good picks. I suspect Andreescu won't remain a one-slam wonder for long though!
Larry Duff
Legend
it needs a poll then I could vote for not sure.
Slowtwitcher
Legend
Ivanisevic and Thiem.
Jack the Hack
Hall of Fame
I like a lot of the players mentioned already, but nobody has listed one of my favorites...
Carlos Moya!
I'm not allowed to share the details, but I got to spend a couple hours with Carlos and his family a few years ago in a social setting. He's a very nice guy and humble about his tennis accomplishments. Like Roddick and Muster, Moya also reached #1 in the world. Aside from his French Open title, he was also a finalist at the Australian Open and a semifinalist at the US Open.
Of course, he's also the coach of Nadal now and he was one of Rafa's early inspirations, having also grown up on Majorca.
Carlos Moya!
I'm not allowed to share the details, but I got to spend a couple hours with Carlos and his family a few years ago in a social setting. He's a very nice guy and humble about his tennis accomplishments. Like Roddick and Muster, Moya also reached #1 in the world. Aside from his French Open title, he was also a finalist at the Australian Open and a semifinalist at the US Open.
Of course, he's also the coach of Nadal now and he was one of Rafa's early inspirations, having also grown up on Majorca.
Olli Jokinen
Hall of Fame
Stich and Sabatini.
Olli Jokinen
Hall of Fame
Hey, I played with the Wilson Aggressor too! Great stick, played with them for 10 years until they both cracked.
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
Jana Novotná: her story at Wimbledon, her resolve and her tragic end make her one Singles triumph at SW19 a precious moment in the history of the sport.
Good call with Novotna. Amazing that she pulled it together enough to win W after what happened.
beast of mallorca
G.O.A.T.
Delpotro
Jack the Hack
Hall of Fame
That's a pretty nice list, especially expanding it out to the doubles categories.
For men's doubles, I'm sure there are lots of great stories, but I liked how Mats Wilander and Joakim Nystrom, who were childhood friends, won the Wimbledon doubles title together in 1986. While Mats won 7 singles Slams, including a couple on grass at the Australian Open, many people feel like he has a hole in his resume by not doing better than a QF in singles at Wimbledon. I feel like the doubles title at Wimbledon helps fill that void a bit, plus it was Nystrom's only Slam in any category. Mats once made a comment that the happiest moment he ever had on a tennis court was when he won that Wimbledon doubles because he got to share it with his best friend.
In mixed, Jack Sock and Melanie Oudin winning the US Open was pretty epic. After Oudin's epic US Open QF run in singles in 2009, that mixed title in 2011 is pretty much the cap of her career since she was sidelined with injuries after that. Of course, Sock has won a couple other Slams in doubles now, but that was Oudin's only one.
For people from the PNW, Travis Parrot of Portland, Oregon won the 2009 US Open mixed with Carly Gullickson as their only Slam title. Others, like Jonathan Stark of Medford, Oregon, and Patrick Galbraith (now the USTA President) of Tacoma, Washington won a couple Slams each in doubles, so I guess they are out of this conversation.
Pitti
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I like a lot of the players mentioned already, but nobody has listed one of my favorites...
Carlos Moya!
I'm not allowed to share the details, but I got to spend a couple hours with Carlos and his family a few years ago in a social setting. He's a very nice guy and humble about his tennis accomplishments. Like Roddick and Muster, Moya also reached #1 in the world. Aside from his French Open title, he was also a finalist at the Australian Open and a semifinalist at the US Open.
Of course, he's also the coach of Nadal now and he was one of Rafa's early inspirations, having also grown up on Majorca.
Wow! Moya was my first tennis idol!! How could I forget him?? I remember that when I started playing tennis as a kid, I saw on a newspaper a beautiful photo of him serving at Wimbledon in trophy position. My grandfather cut that photo (without me knowing), laminated it at a printing house and gifted it to me a couple of days later. It became the most prized picture of my room and of my childhood: whenever I saw it I remembered tennis (meaning fun time with friends, challenges, professional players like Moyá...) and my grandfather! Good times...
P.S.: You dug up this memory with the photos of Moyá. Thank you!
skaj
Legend
I like a lot of the players mentioned already, but nobody has listed one of my favorites...
Carlos Moya!
I'm not allowed to share the details, but I got to spend a couple hours with Carlos and his family a few years ago in a social setting. He's a very nice guy and humble about his tennis accomplishments. Like Roddick and Muster, Moya also reached #1 in the world. Aside from his French Open title, he was also a finalist at the Australian Open and a semifinalist at the US Open.
Of course, he's also the coach of Nadal now and he was one of Rafa's early inspirations, having also grown up on Majorca.
That first picture reminded me how lovely his forehand was.
TimHenmanATG
Hall of Fame
Sir Timothy Henman.
That 2001 Wimbledon final against Rafter is still seared into my memory, like it were yesterday.
Fair play to Paddy, but Timbo was on fire that day.
Serving and volleying amongst a fervent and partisan SW19 crowd on Centre Court, and delivering the title which had never been achieved by a male British player since Fred Perry in the 1930s.
I was also pleasantly surprised when Queen Elizabeth II (Her GOATjesty) knighted our Timothy in 2005.
I reckon Tim could've gone on to win more Grand Slam titles, but why would he need to after his exploits in 2001?
That 2001 Wimbledon final against Rafter is still seared into my memory, like it were yesterday.
Fair play to Paddy, but Timbo was on fire that day.
Serving and volleying amongst a fervent and partisan SW19 crowd on Centre Court, and delivering the title which had never been achieved by a male British player since Fred Perry in the 1930s.
I was also pleasantly surprised when Queen Elizabeth II (Her GOATjesty) knighted our Timothy in 2005.
I reckon Tim could've gone on to win more Grand Slam titles, but why would he need to after his exploits in 2001?
kevin qmto
Hall of Fame
Too much brandy has a habit of rewriting our memories.
edberg volleys
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As a tennis fan, nothing tops this moment:
King No1e
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Cash defeated Czech at Wimbledon.
King No1e
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Goran saying Nadal has no chance, after being told he had no chance at Wimbledon 2001:
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