Of the 12 players listed, vote for your favourite. Top 4 go through to semifinals. In the event of a tie, when poll closes, any player tied in top 4 will be included in next round. Poll closes Monday 10 pm -- Edited by indiana on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:04:42 PM
So, probably fuelled by a glass of two of Pinot Noir and a nice fuzzy feeling amidst all the madness, I thought in the absence of tennis for the next few weeks, folks might enjoy participating in this fantasy tennis event. The top 8 men and top 8 women of all time (as measured by grand slam wins) have gathe...
So, the big final - Seles, the outsider, what a tournament she has had, versus Serena the 2nd seed. The final is on hard court. Seles won 9 slams, 6 of those where on hard courts. Her hard court slam record overall is 96 wins to 14 losses, 87% win loss. Serena has 13 of her 23 slams on hardcourts, 188 wins to...
the big final, the man who set up the Laver Cup, plays his hero in the final Federer has won 20 slams, 11 on hardcourt. His win loss record in those events is 191 v 29 losses, 87% Laver won 11 slams and the Grand Slam twice, but nothing major on hardcourts, slams didnt play on them in those days. But he would h...
Our 2nd sem final pits two greats of the game, Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver on grass!! Borg won 11 slams but 5 of those (plus a losing final) where on the grass courts of Wimbledon - his Wimbledon grass court record was 51-4 and 92.7%, what an amazing record and a baseliner to boot!! The way he swapped from clay...
The second semi is a mouthwatering affair, certainly for Americans! Chris Evert, the Darling of American tennis in the 1970's and 80s versus the greatest player of the modern era, Serena Williams. And grass is the selected surface! Chrissie won 18 slams in total, 3 of those where at Wimbledon but she...
The first womens semi final is between two naturalised Americans, Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova, and it is on clay (as both played on the hard and grass in the QF stage). Monica has 9 grand slam titles and 4 RU spots. She played in 3 French Open finals and won 2 of those, in 1990 and 91. Her overall wi...
Two of the grass and hard court titans of the game meet up and this time it is on clay - as Indy predicted! So what are their records on clay? Roger has won 20 slam titles in total with 1 win and 3 losing finals in Paris, between 2006 and 2009. His overall record on Paris clay is 70-17 which is around an 80% W/L...
Our final mens quarterfinal pitches Rafa versus Rod, another mouthwatering match. This is on hardcourt. Rafa , of course, is the greatest ever on clay and some think the greatest full stop. The clay master has 19 slams, but of those 5 of them are on hardcourt surfaces in Australia or US. He does also ha...
So, the final match in the quarter finals piches Serena Williams versus Billy Jean King. Serena is thought by many to be the greatest ever; Billy Jean is possibly the most influential player of all time and played in the most famous match in American tennis history, the Famous Battle of the Sexes in Hou...
I know this forum is based more around international tennis tournaments, but whats everybodys thoughts on the uk situation? Obviously we are coming up to the weekend and I guess there are over 200 events uk wide happening. Do you think the lta should act and cancel all events?
So this is the one I have been waiting for and the Gods of tennis have thrown up clay for this match as well as the ladies match! Where do we start with this? Novak Djokovic - possibly the GOAT in many peoples eyes, if not yet, possibly by the end of his career. Novak has won 17 slams, all 4 slams, but won just...
So match three commences, we all know the rules by now! Steffi Graf versus Chris Evert and on clay courts as well. Steffi won 22 slams in her career, 6 of those where on the clay of Roland Garros, where she played 9 finals in total. She is the last non American citizen in this event, although she is marr...
Out of the blue my son has booked a ground pass for us on the first Tuesday. If anyone has any advice on how to make the most of this I'd be really grateful.
Match 2 has been drawn to be played on grass, meaning clay will come up in the bottom half of the draw. For grass courts though, this is a match for the ages. 4th seed - Helen Wills Moody has won 19 slams in total, 15 of those on grass at Wimbledon and the US Open, and has won 8 Wimbledon titles in total. She al...
Match 2 sets up a game between two of the best grass players ever, but on hardcourts (like the ladies, clay is hiding away til later!). This match is Pete Sampras who is 4th seed and won 14 slams, 7 of those on hardcourts, with 5 in the US and 2 in Australia. Emerson was for a while the GOAT, with 12 slams to h...
The mens opening match has been selected and is on GRASS. Federer is perhaps the greatest man player of all time - perhaps but others will argue with that! Federer has won 20 slams, 8 of which were on grass. But facing him is Bill Tilden. Tilden won 10 slams and 4 Pro slam titles in his career and of the 10 sl...
Opening match of the event and the match is an intriguing one. The court draw has made this a HARDCOURT match up. Possibly the greatest player of all time, Margaret Court of Australia, playing Monica Seles, former Yugoslavian, US Citizen and also Hungarian citizen as well. Court won 24 slams, at a...
Jack Pinnington plays his first ITF event for 6 months, the first in a series of 3 high grade events in Spain Boys R1 (L32) Luka Petrovic v (WC) Carles Arteche Vaquer (ESP) (Q) Xavi Matas Ortega (ESP) v William Nolan (Q) Henrique Rocha (POR) v Jack Pinnington Jones Girls R1 (L32) Amelia Bissett v Julia Av...
QR1: (q1) Billy Harris WR 807 (CH = 609 in October 2018) vs Eduardo de Almeida (BRA) UNR QR1: Riaan du Toit (CAN) WR 1532 (CH = 1271 last September) vs Alexander Romay UNR Evan Hoyt should be in the main draw, conceivably as the top seed.
QR1: (q3) Aleksei Khomich (BLR) WR 1154 (CH = 1130 in April 2018) vs Elliott Farmer UNR QR1: Joshua Rose UNR (CH = 1643 in June 2017) vs (q12) Buvaysar Gadamauri (BEL) WR 1862 (CH = 1547 last December) QR1: Kyle Rae UNR vs Alexandros Koutsothanasis (GRE) UNR QR1: (q6) Sean Hodkin WR 1254 (CH = 1182 in J...
