Who's the greatest carpet player ever?

[Holmes]

Tough to argue here, it is certainly close. GSC 97 Rafter, YEC finals 94/96 against Becker and the 99 final against Agassi come to mind.

The Rafter match was insanity. Made a 2 time slam champ and excellent serve and volleyer look like a chump.

 

[buscemi]

Sampras + it's not even a debate, won YE 5 times, + always beat Becker when it mattered. Lendl amazing stats in his era, but Sampras was in another league, both mentally + in terms of aggression

Pete's 1997 WTF title was on indoor hard, so he had 4 WTFs on carpet. He also won the Grand Slam Cup on carpet 2/5 times he played.

Meanwhile, McEnroe won WTF 3 times, all on carpet, and won the WCT Finals on carpet 5/9 times he played.

McEnroe also has the highest winning percentage on carpet, the most consecutive wins, and is tied for the most titles.

I'm still picking McEnroe.

 

[Chairman3]

Hoover
Oreck is a really close second though

And Dyson is definitely dominating the modern game

 

[mental midget]

close call here. going w mac and pete, with borg/lendl/becker right behind them. i miss carpet.

 

[BGod]

Mac numbers are just stupid.

But growing up it felt like Pete won a bunch of all-time matches.

 

[80s New Wave]

Lendl is my favorite but objectively it really has to be McEnroe.

 

[bluetrain4]

What's the date range of The Great Carpet Extinction? It took a number of years, but when did it start? Was Becker's entire career in the carpet era or was it starting to change by the end?

 

[Kralingen]

Mac.