Who was your favorite player when you started watching tennis?

[JoshDragon]

Mine was Roger Federer. I started watching tennis in 2005, during Wimbledon.

When did you start watching tennis and who was your favorite player?

 

[ubermeyer]

Roger Federer...

 

[tacotanium]

Roger Federer for me too. watched my first tennis game (that i remembered) was him vs. Nadal. He has a form that no others have and that's why, his backhand is beautiful.

 

[woodrow1029]

I started getting into tennis at the end of Connors' career and the start of Chang's. They were my 2 favorites when I started watching tennis.

 

[dincuss]

Agassi was my favorite, because he was the only one I knew when I was a kid.

 

[フェデラー]

Rafael Nadal

 

[Camnation]

Agassi was my favorite, because he was the only one I knew when I was a kid.

Same. 10 char

 

[Terr]

Agassi and Sampras.

Still my all time favourites.

 

[sanchino]

Bjorn Borg, late 70's when I was 13 y/o during the height of the Connors vs. Borg era just before McEnroe emerged......my first pro quality racquet was a Bancroft Bjorn Borg Personal.

 

[T1000]

Started watching in 98 and liked sampras and then hewitt

 

[JeMar]

Raftah!

(10)

But I've watched a TON of old matches and if I had been born earlier, my favorite would have been McEnroe.

 

[deltox]

Started with Jmac, then Agassi. first 2-3 years of my tennis watching youth.

 

[Linfei]

Steffi Graf and Pete Sampras, and started to watch around early or Mid of 90's.

 

[MsDeb]

ugh... i'm old. Billie Jean. and Arthur Ashe.

 

[Toxicmilk]

Andre Agassi for sure.

 

[shaysrebelII]

all I knew were sampras and agassi. Since my crappy racquet way back when was a wilson, and pete used a wilson, I was a pete fan.

once it became apparent that roddick was gonna be pete's successor (at least when it comes to Americans with big serves,) I became a roddick fan. I still didn't pay too much attention tho, until this federer dude started winning everything.

 

[Jchurch]

I was first a Sampras fan, but Federer is who really got me watching tennis.

 

[Woodersen]

Stefan Edberg. Always wanted to be able to serve and volley like him. Also, Chang vs. Lendl match got me really interested.

 

[flyinghippos101]

Agassi FTW

 

[NamRanger]

Agassi. 10 chars.

 

[egn]

Stefan Edberg. I was a casual fan but I really became involved 1992 US Open Final. Prior to that it was just hey tennis is on.

 

[Carsomyr]

Agassi, but Federer has since eclipsed him.

 

[Linfei]

Steffi Graf and Pete Sampras, and started to watch around early or Mid of 90's.

Actually I stopped watching tennis in the early 2000' due to the retirement of Graf and Sampras, and I didn't restart to watch tennis until around 2004 when I found Federer, who attracted me to be back to watch this sport again, and finally I pay more and more attention to this sport... and almost be addicted to it now...

 

[VivalaVida]

Agassi was my first favorite player.

 

[GameSampras]

Sampras.. Started watching at the Australian Open in 1995.. Then quit watching from 03-04.. Then got back into it late 05. Been watching it ever since.. Well I try to

 

[settolove]

Steffi Graf and then Pete Sampras. I started watching Wimbledon in the very early 90s. I probably watched before that but I can't remember any other players.

 

[jman]

Rafter and Alex Corretja.

 

[DarthFed]

Federer...i wishi had gotten into this sport before that...if i did it would have still been fed back in 2001 and probably Agassi

 

[Tennis_Bum]

Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker in 80's and early 90's. Now Fed.

 

[zagor]

Goran and Agassi.

 

[CountryHillbilly]

Goran and Agassi.

Goran, of course. Agassi, yuk.

I remember the first match I watched was against Becker.

Beker je bio pravi stereotip Nemca, tacno kako su nas ucili nastavnici i rodbina. Visok, plav, lud i nadmen

Never liked Agassi. Neither when he was a young punk, nor when he was a responsible adult with lots of character and class.

 

[zagor]

Goran, of course. Agassi, yuk.

I remember the first match I watched was against Becker.

Beker je bio pravi stereotip Nemca, tacno kako su govorili ucitelji i rodbina. Visok, plav, lud i nadmen

Never liked Agassi. Neither when he was a young punk, nor when he was a responsible adult with lots of character and class.

LOL,Becker was a good friend with Boba Zivojinovic was he not? I liked young Agassi's game much better because he was very agressive,going for winners all the time.As a responsible adult with a lot of class and such he played a pretty conservative high% tennis,it was smart and effective but not as fun.

Goran I liked his serve and he was such an entertaining character on court,a bit like Safin but even more crazy.

 

[JustBob]

John Newcombe.

Yeah, I'm old.

 

[CountryHillbilly]

LOL,Becker was a good friend with Boba Zivojinovic was he not? I liked young Agassi's game much better because he was very agressive,going for winners all the time.As a responsible adult with a lot of class and such he played a pretty conservative high% tennis,it was smart and effective but not as fun.

Yeah, they were great friends. Becker said something like "Boba taught me how to live life..."

Completely forgot about Boba. What was his highest rank? Did he ever reach Top 10?

 

[Purostaff]

Federer.. 2004 AO

 

[zagor]

Yeah, they were great friends. Becker said something like "Boba taught me how to live life..."

Completely forgot about Boba. What was his highest rank? Did he ever reach Top 10?

Yeah,my friend's dad actually says Boba kinda ruined Becker,he said Becker was a nice hardworking kid before Boba taught him a few things about how to live life .

I don't know about Boba's ranking,I know he reached Wimbledon and AO SF.In AO QF he beat Mcenroe in famous sandwich eating match.

 

[Dilettante]

McEnroe and Lendl.

 

[LeftySpin]

Nadal, during the 2007 Wimbledon. I only started watching recently but his abstract way of hitting grabbed my attention. I like unique becuase it makes you feel different and not like every other player.

 

[CountryHillbilly]

Yeah,my friend's dad actually says Boba kinda ruined Becker,he said Becker was a nice hardworking kid before Boba taught him a few things about how to live life .

I don't know about Boba's ranking,I know he reached Wimbledon and AO SF.In AO QF he beat Mcenroe in famous sandwich eating match.

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-04/sports/sp-553_1

I wish I could have seen that.

 

[tennismonster]

Rafa! ) im a newbie haha

 

[Blinkism]

First it was Agassi, then it was Hewitt, then it was Federer, and now it is Nadal

 

[alucard123]

Andre Agassi!

 

[veritech]

i was a fan of agassi because he's the only name that i knew. had i watched tennis a few years earlier, sampras would've been my favorite.

 

[jaggy]

Actually Stan Smith then changed to Nastase.

 

[TheMagicianOfPrecision]

Mine was Roger Federer. I started watching tennis in 2005, during Wimbledon.

When did you start watching tennis and who was your favorite player?

I started watching in late 1987,my favourites obviously was Edberg and Wilander, during the 90`s it was Agassi and since 2001 Federer.

 

[Gen]

Stephan Edberg

 

[animagriever]

I saw some AO '06 but it wasn't until AO '07...Federer's domination... I know I'm a tad late getting into tennis (I started lessons after this).... Now it's one of my greatest passions... I'm obsessed with it... being on this forum proves it

 

[nomie]

Late eighties. Michael Chang. He was a fighter.

 

[P_Agony]

Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.

 

[Nuke]

Connors...