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Greatest Players of All Time - according to Tennis Abstract


Ive now got just 3 out of 8 of the first top 50 players named. Not doing too well!

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We have  no.42 and it is Althea Gibson . She was on my list. 



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And she was on mine at 38th so that was pretty close to Jeff - hurrah!

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/09/26/the-tennis-128-no-42-althea-gibson/

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Another great write up , Jeff, thank you

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No 41 is Doris Hart on my list

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I also had Doris Hart on mine but a lot higher at 22nd. I havent read the narrative yet, but wherever she is placed , she is one of the all time greats !

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Here is Doris Harts write up

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/09/28/the-tennis-128-no-41-doris-hart/

And at 40th on the list, we have Stefan Edberg

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/09/29/the-tennis-128-no-40-stefan-edberg/

Now, I had Edberg at 45th on my list so in the same ball park, and I thnk Jeff has got this one pretty much spot on!

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GAMEOVER wrote:

No 41 is Doris Hart on my list


 Did you get Hart spot on Gameover? Well done!!



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JonH comes home wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:

No 41 is Doris Hart on my list


 Did you get Hart spot on Gameover? Well done!!


 No I had her higher at  no.22., Similarly I had Stefan Edberg at 36.  Certainly getting them all now even if we rate them differently. I had to do yesterday's comment in a hurry and it should have been in 2 sentences. 



-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Thursday 29th of September 2022 08:28:57 AM

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GAMEOVER wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:

No 41 is Doris Hart on my list


 Did you get Hart spot on Gameover? Well done!!


 No I had her higher at  no.22., Similarly I had Stefan Edberg at 36.  Certainly getting them all now even if we rate them differently. I had to do yesterday's comment in a hurry and it should have been in 2 sentences. 



-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Thursday 29th of September 2022 08:28:57 AM


 Yep, I am guessing the next 39 or so players will be more or less aligned to what we have predicted, certainly in terms of who the players are if not their rating.

 

 



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Edberg was the player I probably most based my game on when I played a lot as player in my 20's. I loved his serve, it was for me the one I tried to copy time and time again, and his volleys surpassed anyones of that era and maybe since. I was not really a fan as such, I was drawn to the bigger personalities like Boris, or prior to that McEnroe and subsequently Agassi. But as a gamestyle, Edberg's was the one that I probably admired the most.

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Interesting in retrospect that Edberg beat Wilander in this rating table. Big question now is where Becker will be, on tennis alone he will be in the next few posted. Will external factors influence his rating

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JonH comes home wrote:

Interesting in retrospect that Edberg beat Wilander in this rating table. Big question now is where Becker will be, on tennis alone he will be in the next few posted. Will external factors influence his rating


 Hopefully not. I am most interested in an on-court assessment 



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39th on the list is Kim Clijsters.

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/10/01/the-tennis-128-no-39-kim-clijsters/

I didnt have Kim on my final list but had her on an earlier draft before taking her out. Glad she made the real top 50 though !

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JonH comes home wrote:

Interesting in retrospect that Edberg beat Wilander in this rating table. Big question now is where Becker will be, on tennis alone he will be in the next few posted. Will external factors influence his rating


 Hopefully not. I am most interested in an on-court assessment 


 No, Im sure it is largely on court - Jeff wrote that in some ties on his scoring system he has used doubles to break the tie, and in one or two cases moved players based on their off court achievements. Which doesnt feel like anyone has moved down for being a naughty boy off court ! 



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