Greatest Players of All Time - according to Tennis Abstract

jsackmann · Social player

Greatest Players of All Time - according to Tennis Abstract

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

jsackmann wrote:
I can pretty much guarantee that #63 is not in your top 50! (probably not #62 either; I don't have a good feel on the conventional wisdom regarding #61) Then things get tight ... at least half of #51-60 could easily be rated higher, much higher in a couple of cases.

yep, the plan now is one next Tuesday, then hopefully back to three per week starting on the 9th.

Thanks Jeff, I wait with interest !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Out of interest , Jeff, are you aware of any place where any discussion is taking place on this - you dont have a chat function in your site do you?

jsackmann · Social player

Nope, no chat on the site. I don't know of other discussions online; there is occasionally chatter on twitter, but it tends to focus on a handful of the current/recent players. I'm guessing it'll pick up in a couple of months when I start *really* offending people.

indiana · Tennis legend

jsackmann wrote:
Nope, no chat on the site. I don't know of other discussions online; there is occasionally chatter on twitter, but it tends to focus on a handful of the current/recent players. I'm guessing it'll pick up in a couple of months when I start *really* offending people.

Oh dear yes, I could see your algorithms and your parentage being called into question

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
jsackmann wrote:
I can pretty much guarantee that #63 is not in your top 50! (probably not #62 either; I don't have a good feel on the conventional wisdom regarding #61) Then things get tight ... at least half of #51-60 could easily be rated higher, much higher in a couple of cases.

yep, the plan now is one next Tuesday, then hopefully back to three per week starting on the 9th.
Thanks Jeff, I wait with interest !

Wow, this was left field ! I can honestly say I have never, ever, heard of her!

https://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/08/01/the-tennis-128-no-63-ora-washington/

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
jsackmann wrote:
I can pretty much guarantee that #63 is not in your top 50! (probably not #62 either; I don't have a good feel on the conventional wisdom regarding #61) Then things get tight ... at least half of #51-60 could easily be rated higher, much higher in a couple of cases.

yep, the plan now is one next Tuesday, then hopefully back to three per week starting on the 9th.
Thanks Jeff, I wait with interest !
Wow, this was left field ! I can honestly say I have never, ever, heard of her!

https://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/08/01/the-tennis-128-no-63-ora-washington/

Although I pride myself with the names of the past I have heard of, sadly I have never heard of Ora Washington until now

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

jsackmann wrote:
I can pretty much guarantee that #63 is not in your top 50! (probably not #62 either; I don't have a good feel on the conventional wisdom regarding #61) Then things get tight ... at least half of #51-60 could easily be rated higher, much higher in a couple of cases.

yep, the plan now is one next Tuesday, then hopefully back to three per week starting on the 9th.

Next entry is now scheduled for Tuesday 16th August.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

GAMEOVER wrote:
jsackmann wrote:
I can pretty much guarantee that #63 is not in your top 50! (probably not #62 either; I don't have a good feel on the conventional wisdom regarding #61) Then things get tight ... at least half of #51-60 could easily be rated higher, much higher in a couple of cases.

yep, the plan now is one next Tuesday, then hopefully back to three per week starting on the 9th.
Next entry is now scheduled for Tuesday 16th August.

I can imagine its a massive undertaking and presumably this isnt Jeffs job. Im amazed he does one a week on average let alone three!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

62 on the list is Amelie Mauresmo.

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/08/16/the-tennis-128-no-62-amelie-mauresmo/

Its a while since I dug out my list but dont think she was in my top 50, but I rated her highly as a player and a person

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

After a gap of a couple of weeks we have player no 62 Amelie Mauresmo. She is on my list.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
62 on the list is Amelie Mauresmo.

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/08/16/the-tennis-128-no-62-amelie-mauresmo/

Its a while since I dug out my list but dont think she was in my top 50, but I rated her highly as a player and a person

I checked my notes and Mauresmo definitely wasnt in my top 50.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

In 61 is Ilie Nastase - unarguably a talent, a forerunner for mr K!

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/08/18/the-tennis-128-no-61-ilie-nastase/

He wasnt in my top 50 but Id have put him somewhere like this , so spot on

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
In 61 is Ilie Nastase - unarguably a talent, a forerunner for mr K!

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/08/18/the-tennis-128-no-61-ilie-nastase/

He wasnt in my top 50 but Id have put him somewhere like this , so spot on

Yes he was on my list. His antics probably cost him the 1972 Wimbledon final. He sort of let Rumania down when the USA beat Rumania in the Davis Cup final on clay in Bucharest.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

We have player no 60. the 1952 Wimbledon champion Frank Sedgman .He is on my list and he started the ball rolling for the post war Aussie champions.