Worst slam winners of all time
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TheAssassin
G.O.A.T.
Gaudio 
Badabing888
Hall of Fame
Petra Korda. How he kept it in the year he got busted i still don’t know.
zverev2018
Semi-Pro
Gaudio
All of the above.
Legend of Borg
G.O.A.T.
gaudio
Sport
G.O.A.T.
Solid candidate.
MarcusInKensington
Hall of Fame
Djokovic
Enceladus
Legend
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
I like Gaudio. Him denying Coria the title was funny.
You might get different answers when you separate the tournament winning performances vs player careers.
You might get different answers when you separate the tournament winning performances vs player careers.
Enceladus
Legend
I do not agree. Korda was a great player, defeating Sampras at USO 1997, and in Wimbledon 1997, match with Pete got five sets.
Sport
G.O.A.T.
A man who defeats Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in his path to the US Open title cannot be the worst Grand Slam winner ever. If we add the fact that Del Potro has two Olympic Medals after beating Djokovic twice at the Olympics, your claim is delusional.
Stop being butthurt by his victory over Federer and be more objective.
Mustard
Bionic Poster
A hard question to answer, since a major winner earns their title over a distance and many matches. It's probably Gaston Gaudio, since nearly everybody gave Gaudio no chance and assumed that Guillermo Coria would win. Coria had won 37 of his last 38 matches on clay, and had beaten then Italian Open champion Carlos Moya in straight sets in the quarter finals despite Moya serving for both the first 2 sets (Coria missed the 2004 Italian Open with injury). Coria also recovered from serve-and-volleyer Tim Henman outplaying him for the first set and a half in the semi finals, as Coria won 13 games in a row to turn the tide. Then again, Gaudio had beaten both Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian in straight sets in the quarter finals and semi finals, when I expected Gaudio to lose both matches, so perhaps Gaudio should have been taken more seriously by us all. As a matter of fact, I was surprised when Gaudio beat Guillermo Canas in the first round. At that time, I thought Canas would be a French Open champion at some point.
Even more surprising is that Gaudio had a short temper a lot of the time, so how he managed to win the French Open is incredible.
Yeah, Petr Korda smashed Marcelo Rios in the 1998 Australian Open final with much better tennis on the day. And there were a few instances from the late 1990s until around a decade later of players being given pills or medicine by ATP trainers/doctors with banned substances in it. A lot of the players who tested positive for something were from Argentina. In another (Coria's), a banned substance wasn't even listed on the label.
Even more surprising is that Gaudio had a short temper a lot of the time, so how he managed to win the French Open is incredible.
Yeah, Petr Korda smashed Marcelo Rios in the 1998 Australian Open final with much better tennis on the day. And there were a few instances from the late 1990s until around a decade later of players being given pills or medicine by ATP trainers/doctors with banned substances in it. A lot of the players who tested positive for something were from Argentina. In another (Coria's), a banned substance wasn't even listed on the label.
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Standaa
G.O.A.T.
Nope, can’t leave a like this time..
Deon Sanders
Legend
Gaudio and then Del Potro
Funny how they are both from Argentina
Funny how they are both from Argentina
MasturB
Legend
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
ABZ if he wins one.
Deon Sanders
Legend
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Why?
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
I hope ABZ likes some Nirvana:
"I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed"
Standaa
G.O.A.T.
Why is now Zverev called Anyone but Zverev ? I thougth ABZ was a movement against him? I’m lil bit confused here
Deon Sanders
Legend
I thought ABZ stood for ashole, bich, Zverev
Standaa
G.O.A.T.
That sounds equally as valid.
TimHenmanATG
Hall of Fame
Richard Krajicek shouldn't be included in this debate.
Yes, the draw opened up for him at 1996 Wimbledon, but that was in the days before court homogenisation. With his serve and strong ground-strokes, he was always considered a dangerous player at SW19.
In addition, he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon two years later, in 1998, and the quarter-finals six years later, in 2002.
He also reached a semi-final at Roland Garros, a semi-final at the Australian Open, and 3 quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
Add to that, 2 Masters titles, 14 other ATP titles, and a career high ranking of no.4, and it's obvious that he isn't - by any stretch of the imagination - in the ''worst player to win a Grand Slam'' discussion.
Yes, the draw opened up for him at 1996 Wimbledon, but that was in the days before court homogenisation. With his serve and strong ground-strokes, he was always considered a dangerous player at SW19.
In addition, he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon two years later, in 1998, and the quarter-finals six years later, in 2002.
He also reached a semi-final at Roland Garros, a semi-final at the Australian Open, and 3 quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
Add to that, 2 Masters titles, 14 other ATP titles, and a career high ranking of no.4, and it's obvious that he isn't - by any stretch of the imagination - in the ''worst player to win a Grand Slam'' discussion.
Terenigma
G.O.A.T.
Deon Sanders
Legend
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Funny because she's won the most ever, regardless of gender.
Incognito
Legend
Incognito
Legend
AM75
Hall of Fame
And she had two babies during her career, and won GSs between baby 1 and baby 2 with no fuzz, but you can be only the worst of them all if you don't share left-liberal values.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Gaston Gaudio, Thomas Johansson and all the AO winners back when it wasn't viewed as a slam.
donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Stephens and Ostapenko.
obsessed
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Totally. I just show my love through hatred.
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Well, to be fair she does have pretty some toxic intolerant views. I agree with OP that it hurts her image and my opinion of her, but it doesn't take away from GOAThood
Atennisone
Hall of Fame
lol, he is the best ever one-time slam winner
Atennisone
Hall of Fame
Stephens has at least won Miami and been a runner-up at RG, but youre right about Ostapenko
is it level of play or the player? Because Agassi sucked at the AO finals the Clement one was particularly terrible to watch
Towser83
G.O.A.T.
Delpo is probably one of the best single slam winners in tennis and could have won more without injuries and the big 4
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