Will some tennis player ever win 30 Grand Slams?

[Sudacafan]

Hey I'm a rog fan and definitely not trolling him.
Despite outplaying his opponent throughout the entire match, feder has often failed to capitalize on big points, costing him 7-8 slams, and plenty of other big trophies...
The latest example of which is WIM19,

I rewatched passages of the match yesterday, and Fed, apart from playing superb quality points, also did very stupid unforced errors in important points.
His instability cost him the match.
That trait is probably caused by age, among “mental disorders”, which may be a hard word for unclutchness.

 

[BeatlesFan]

It was Pete Sampras - who was almost the first player to focus on that. He won 14 slams and retired when he figured it was enough.

Actually it was Lendl who was the first player to openly state, "I play only for the grand slams." He said that in 1986, but he was the first player to go to the AO and announce it was a big priority for him to win it. Wilander followed suit, then Edberg in 1982 and then '85, respectively.

 

[Sport]

Excellent post again. Those are very important points. Thanks for sharing.
That's why I figured that GOAT discussions are futile. A slam in a weak era is different from the one in a strong era.
The level of play, quality of opposition etc all matter.

And as you know, # of slams never used to be the biggest criteria to measure GOATness. Most of the earlier players did not even play the AO. They never considered # of slams as a benchmark to anything.
It was Pete Sampras - who was almost the first player to focus on that. He won 14 slams and retired when he figured it was enough. Had he (and players such as Borg etc) made slams a priority - they would have won more.
Now Fedalvoic are chasing # of slams alone. Once they retire there will another player who takes Fedalovic as a benchmark and aims to better them, and considering the state of competition probably will..

Wise words, as usual. I concur with you 100%.

 

[Sport]

Grand slam title, 30+ ? yes, that's already been done. Martina Navratilova won 18 GS singles, 31 GS womens doubles, and 10 GS mixed doubles - 59 total which has to make her a better candidate for the greatest of all time over the men's big three. Not as impressive as Margaret Court - (24 singles, 19 doubles, 21 mixed doubles) - GOAT!

To win 30+ mens singles GS, another Fed/Nadal/Djokovic will have to surface with no rivals or injuries. Seems unlikely and would be horrible for tennis.

Good analysis.

 

[Sport]

Novak will, it seems.

 

[toxicity]

I would like to see that, but 2-3 slam is realistic. 2 slam next year and one lucky in the next two years. One small injury and he will not come back to same level where he is now.

 

[alexio]

no

 

[alexio]

Novak will, it seems.

unlikely