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Who is the GREATEST EVER PLAYER? New poll event


1 hour left in the mens groups, half expecting the now customary last second swooper who tends to vote as close to the deadline as possible!!

Either way, closes at 6 pm, so looking out expectantly!

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3 mins left! Waiting for a swoop!

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No swoop! Woaah!

So, groups determined, just one play off, in group 4 (as per ladies).

That will close at 10.15pm (unless tied in which case I will extend by an hour).

Semis groups will go up shortly after that is all decided.

22 votes in each mens group, 21 in each womens, pleased with that and hope that the semis gets everyone thinking!

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In terms of countries, here is an interesting set of info:

Womens last 12 -

USA 6 players
Australia 2
Belgium, Germany, Brazil, GB 1 each

Mens last 12:

USA, Australia 3
GB 1.5 (Perry in tb playoff)
Switzerland, Serbia, Spain, Romania 1 each
Sweden 0.5 (Borg in tb playoff)

Across the two groups, USA has 9, Australia 5, GB 2 1/2 of the last 24 players in the field. So 2/3rds come from the grand slam nations, France though is absent and it shows how, despite the depth they clearly have over time, they just havent seemed to have found that superstar or stars

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If there are no tie breaks in the womens or mens events, the final polls will be put up just after 6.30 pm this evening. If either event requires a tie break (none of the groups currently do), then the finals will go up later, probably around 1030pm.

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So, the womens final 4 is known and quite possibly one surprise in the list!

The 4 are:

Maria Bueno
Margaret Court
Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova

Poll to decide among these 4 who this Board believes is the Greatest Female Tennis Player of All Time will be posted this evening.

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Every group has had a very consistent 21 or 22 votes in womens and mens so far during this event, sets a marker for the finals in case anyone is wondering how much more voting there will be left at any given time. Finals are sometime a couple more , so between 21 and maybe a tops of 24 or 5 , I would anticipate...

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The final 4 men are decided and its

Roger Federer
Rod Laver
John McEnroe
Pete Sampras

A big and interesting 4, representing 4 clear and distinct periods.

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Bueno came 3rd in her round 1 group, and yet has made the final. Momentum?!

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All 4 men won their opening groups, clear that they are the top 4 according to this board. Good voting board!

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JonH comes home wrote:

All 4 men won their opening groups, clear that they are the top 4 according to this board. Good voting board!


Hmm, well consistency anyway. The government has consistently supported Cummings   



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Polls closed and let it be recorded that this board voted Steffi Graf and Rod Laver as the greatest players of all time.

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Out of interest, did anyone vote for Steffi and Rod throughout. I voted Steffi from the start but voted Ken rosewall and then Fed ahesd of Laver in earlier rounds.

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Jon, thank you so much for this additional and final poll ( for now )

A great thing about these two polls is that I imagine most of us in truth feel that there is no definitive greatest male or female players, edpecially when we have such generation spreads.

But there cerrtainly are varying opinions, some quite strongly held, as to who we each consider them to be, interesting discussions to be had, and interesting round by round results to look at.

And in the end on this occasion, we have voted two men and two women clearly ahead of the rest with a couple of definite winners.

Well done to Rod snd Steffi

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indiana wrote:

Jon, thank you so much for this additional and final poll ( for now )

A great thing about these two polls is that I imagine most of us in truth feel that there is no definitive greatest male or female players, edpecially when we have such generation spreads.

But there cerrtainly are varying opinions, some quite strongly held, as to who we each consider them to be, interesting discussions to be had, and interesting round by round results to look at.

And in the end on this occasion, we have voted two men and two women clearly ahead of the rest with a couple of definite winners.

Well done to Rod snd Steffi


 Thanks Indy, I very much enjoyed this one, probably of the ones I have run, I enjoyed it the most.

I also found out over the past weeks that I much prefer the early rounds of polls and not so much the latter. Seeing who is the overall champion is interesting but seeing lots of polls and options, less familiar names and the ensuing stories people tell about them, that is where the real interest for me lies. if I could do just first round polls and stop there, I would be left very happy - sadly , it is ultimately all about the final poll, the rest isnt relevant unless there is a final, but the fun is in the early part!  



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