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Vote for your favourite player below [26 vote(s)]

Andre AGASSI
0.0%
Arthur ASHE
19.2%
Jimmy CONNORS
3.8%
Stefan EDBERG
11.5%
Goran IVANISEVIC
7.7%
John MCENROE
30.8%
Miloslav MECIR
3.8%
John NEWCOMBE
3.8%
Ken ROSEWALL
19.2%
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For information:most slams wins in their careers: Rosewall, Connors and Agassi appear in this list, all others are either still playing or got knocked out of this event

Titles # 1. Switzerland Roger Federer 20 2. Spain Rafael Nadal 19 3. Serbia Novak Djokovic 17 4. United States Pete Sampras 14 5. Australia Roy Emerson 12 6. Australia Rod Laver 11 Sweden Björn Borg 8. United States Bill Tilden 10 9. United Kingdom Fred Perry 8 Australia Ken Rosewall United States Jimmy Connors Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Andre Agassi

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Aargh - I pressed the wrong button. It was between Newcombe and Rosewall, both of whom I have backed all through. I meant to go for Newcombe but pushed Ken instead! No matter, I can live with my mistake. IMO either would be a worthy winner although Jonny Mac looking favourite at the moment.

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14 votes in, maybe half what we might get and mcenroe has established a 3 vote lead, on 5. Time for others to catch him but at the moment the other votes are spread over 5 players.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

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brittak wrote:

Aargh - I pressed the wrong button. It was between Newcombe and Rosewall, both of whom I have backed all through. I meant to go for Newcombe but pushed Ken instead! No matter, I can live with my mistake. IMO either would be a worthy winner although Jonny Mac looking favourite at the moment.

 Hi Brittak, I'm happy to make a note and amend the totals if you prefer to swap? Newcombe has 0 and rosewall 2 as it stands, it would make both 1 vote if you swap. Let me know. Cheers 



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Thanks Jon, dont worry. Leave with Ken Rosewall - it might mean that one of my choices might make the top 3!

Cheers (and btw thanks for doing all this. From last week I know how much time this takes so cheers for committing the time).


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brittak wrote:

Thanks Jon, dont worry. Leave with Ken Rosewall - it might mean that one of my choices might make the top 3!

Cheers (and btw thanks for doing all this. From last week I know how much time this takes so cheers for committing the time).

 No worries, I enjoy it in fact. Largely. 

 

I plan one more poll event next week, the favourite of favourites , a sort of version of a strictly xmas special! Then I think that will see me done for a while ! 



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A votes come in for Newc, so hes now on 1 as it happens.

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14 votes in, maybe half what we might get and mcenroe has established a 3 vote lead, on 5. Time for others to catch him but at the moment the other votes are spread over 5 players.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

 Ken moves onto 3 votes now, 16 votes in. 

 

Closes at 5.30 , hopefully still plenty of action to come.



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Mens votes at 16. Past rounds for mens weve averaged 20 so I hope we have another 6 or so to beat that left.

Vote closes at 5.30

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Mac adds another, in control now

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Big spread now of players on 2 or 3. Needs on of them to gain momentum to pressure mac.

19 votes in now, so up to par almost and plenty of time left

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Agassi and Mecir the two with no votes so far. Nearly voted for Andre, but in terms of what he adds to the game still (and thus throughout his life), decided that Jonny Mac couldn't be beat. He was certainly one of the first people that really made tennis exciting for me since it wasn't a sport I grew up playing.

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Michael D wrote:

Agassi and Mecir the two with no votes so far. Nearly voted for Andre, but in terms of what he adds to the game still (and thus throughout his life), decided that Jonny Mac couldn't be beat. He was certainly one of the first people that really made tennis exciting for me since it wasn't a sport I grew up playing.

 Indy yet to vote ? !

 

No andre and steffi dream win then!



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6 hours left!

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I feel sorry for Mecir but head and heart says let's add another vote for Johnny Mac.

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