Worst Men's #1 Player Poll

[bcslice]

Here are the ten players with the shortest runs at the top spot. Compare and vote for your least accomplished #1 male player.

John Newcombe - 8 weeks

Thomas Muster - 6 weeks

Marcelo Rios - 6 weeks

Carlos Moya - 2 weeks

Yevgeny Kafenikov - 6 weeks

Patrick Rafter - 1 week

Marat Safin - 9 weeks

Juan Carlos Ferrero - 7 weeks

Andy Roddick - 13 weeks

Some of you mentioned Gustavo Kuerten (who spent 43 weeks at #1) and Lleyton Hewitt (who spent 80 weeks at #1). Based on those numbers, I'm not including them in this poll. Let's be fair here and base this on the players' accomplishments and not our personal opinions on their playing style.

 

[rhubarb]

Slight amendment, Ferrero had 8 weeks.

 

[gugafanatic]

Dude you need to include a poll in your thread. I belive you have to tick one of the boxes at the bottom when making a new thread. You must list the number of options you want in the poll, in this case 9.

Re-invent the thread.

Ha, I probably posted while you were still putting up the poll. Its regular occurence.

 

[Tchocky]

Thanks for the poll...bcslice.

 

[bcslice]

I think that some of you aren't really voting based on results. Sure, you may not like Roddick, but you have to admit that he finished 2003 with a vengeance and that he won the US Open. Or you might think that JC Ferrero is a one-surface player (which is inaccurate) but you must remember that he won the French Open in 2003 and then reached the 2003 US Open final (beating Agassi along the way).

I don't understand why those of you who voted for Roddick and Ferrero didn't vote for Rios. He never won a Slam title! Are you serious?

 

[Ariel]

Andy Roddick was 13 weeks at the top, but 8 of those weeks were off-season, and two were the AO, where he lost the lead. So he was something like 2-3 weeks at the top, tops.

 

[bcslice]

Andy Roddick was 13 weeks at the top, but 8 of those weeks were off-season, and two were the AO, where he lost the lead. So he was something like 2-3 weeks at the top, tops.

Yes. but at least he won a Grand Slam title. You can't argue with that. Also, using this logic, we'll have to go back and subtract weeks at #1 from all the year-end #1 players, right? Because in your opinion they don't deserve them?

 

[Kevin Patrick]

It's really not fair that you included Newcombe. When the computer started (in '73) he was near the end of his career. 8 weeks is not indicative of how long he truly was #1 from the 60s to '72/'73.

 

[bcslice]

It's really not fair that you included Newcombe. When the computer started (in '73) he was near the end of his career. 8 weeks is not indicative of how long he truly was #1 from the 60s to '72/'73.

Good point, KP...I was in such a rush to get this up based on the other thread, that I didn't even think about that. Good thing no one voted for him!

 

[Kevin Patrick]

Here's another way to approach this list-who actually achieved the ranking, not just backed into it do to a scheduling quirk?
It may seem that Rios or Moya have the least impressive career of the names listed, but they actually had the pressure of having to win a match in order to be #1('98 Lipton Final for Rios, '99 Indian Wells SF for Moya)
Rafter just backed into it do to a scheduling quirk in the summer of '99, he diidn't even have to play the week he got it. Ditto Muster. Kafelnikov got it during a 6 match losing streak.
Safin, Ferrero, & Roddick were all having great years when they got to #1.

 

[federerhoogenbandfan]

I voted for Rios since he never won a Grand Slam, and only reached one career Slam final. He also flamed out earlier than others from injuries, inconsistency, and disinterest.

 

[King Andre]

I voted for Carlos Moya
he's by far the most inconsistent ex world #1. Even Roddick doesnt lose as much to players ranked below him as Moya does.
not only that, but moya doesnt seem to have any "fight" left in him, especially in long matches.

 

[bcslice]

It seems a bit unfair that many of you voted for Roddick. Now, Andy is not my favorite player by any means, but you can't dismiss his accomplishments. He's already reached more Slam finals than Moya, Rios, Muster, and Ferrero, and as many as Kafelnikov (although Kafelnikov has a 2-1 record in Slam finals to Andy's 1-2).

For those of you who voted for Roddick over Moya, Rios, Muster, and Ferrero: get real!

 

[Andres]

I think Marcelo Rios was #1 for one week, too