tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post236616095551969890..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: The end of Federer-Nadal? Reflections on a golden age in men's tennisJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-23905894632628098842016-11-29T09:24:02.792+05:302016-11-29T09:24:02.792+05:30Just came across Jack Kramer's personal list o...Just came across Jack Kramer's personal list of the greatest players of all time (he was writing in 1979) : <br /><br />Writing in 1979, Kramer considered the best ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, Bill Tilden, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs, and Pancho Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Björn Borg, and Jimmy Connors. He felt unable to rank Henri Cochet and René Lacoste accurately but felt they were among the very best.shrikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898755392584822638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-68283637757048933632016-11-26T19:08:08.872+05:302016-11-26T19:08:08.872+05:30It is in no particular order :)
I havent heard of...It is in no particular order :)<br /><br />I havent heard of Rosewall being ranked with Laver. But an all time great nonetheless. Some names I missed out on, in that list - <br /><br />Bill Tilden, Jimmy Connors, Ellsworth Vines, Lew Hoad, Newcombe, Agassishrikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898755392584822638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-90608579575649539092016-11-26T18:54:32.097+05:302016-11-26T18:54:32.097+05:30Interesting list. You'd put Rosewall that far ...Interesting list. You'd put Rosewall that far down? Not that I'm an expert on the details of that era and the amateur-pro schism that has made it so difficult to assess records/stats, but knowledgeable old-timers always seem to place him very close to LaverJabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-46596140644394135192016-11-26T18:47:14.690+05:302016-11-26T18:47:14.690+05:30It's so very hard to engage in GOAT debates in...It's so very hard to engage in GOAT debates in Tennis. In Cricket, you have measures of success like Batting and Bowling average which have exhibited remarkable stability over time. No such metric exists in Tennis. Also it's a far far more physical sport than Cricket placing a far greater premium on athleticism than pure skill. It's possible to sport a tummy and still be a great batsman or bowler even in our times (Inzamam ul Haq for instance)...But next to impossible in Tennis<br /><br />My top 10 in Tennis at this time of the day (in no particular order) : Laver, Sampras, Federer, Gonzales, Borg, Don Budge, Kramer, Nadal, Djokovic, Rosewall/McEnroeshrikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898755392584822638noreply@blogger.com