Who is the greatest male tennis player of all time?

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   Jinesh07posted 12 years ago

   With Federer leading the pack in terms of Grand Slams, many are stating that he is the greatest player of all time. However, are the efforts of Borg, McEnroe and others greater even though they did not win as many slams?

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      LakeShow Tposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I would go with Federer or Sampras. It's hard to say with Federer though, as he is the all-time leader in Grand Slams but he also did much of that during a weak era in men's Tennis. Once Rafael Nadal entered the scene he has certainly got the best of Federer, which could also make his case for being someone who could potentially be considered the greatest after a few more years.

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      Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      This is biased toward one gender.
      
      Mens- Federer.
      
      Womens- Navratilova

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         Jinesh07posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         The male gender was purely because I don't know much about women's tennis. Sorry if I have offended you

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            Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You didn't offend me.

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      rebekahELLEposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I love watching Federer play, but I don't think he's the best of all time. I think he's amazing and thrilling to watch play, but already Nadal is the youngest player in the open era to win a career Golden Slam, all 4 Grand Slams and an Olympic gold for his country. Federer has lost more than twice as many times to Nadal as he has wins over him.
      
      I think they both have what some earlier players didn't have, and that's the ability to make people of all ages want to watch them play. Their grace, strength and control is inspiring.

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   klarawieckposted 12 years ago

   Nadal, for sure.

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   Jinesh07posted 12 years ago

   Nadal would definitely have won more Slams in his early career if he had stayed fully fit. I think his style of play may mean he will not keep playing as long as Federer has.

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   Peter Owenposted 12 years ago

   Rod Laver, Autstralia - showing my age

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   SimeyCposted 12 years ago

   It's got to be Borg for me; he was amazingly fit - even fitter than Nadal is, won 6 French Opens, Wimbledon 5 times in a row and had an incredible tempriment - what a lot of people do not realize is that he retired at 24 - just imagine how many tournaments he could have won if he stayed playing into his 30s (Federer is 30 this year).
   
   During Grand Slam tournaments he won an incredible 90% of all matches - and 41% of all tournaments he entered!
   
   There's no doubt that Federer and Nadal are up there in the top three or four ever but Borg simply had the most all round game that was unbeatable at times (especially on clay...Nadal has a similar 'factor' on clay, but still....

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   optimus grimlockposted 12 years ago

   sampress thats funny agasi was better. none of these guys today could beat borg or macenroe!!!

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      LakeShow Tposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah. Agassi was better than Sampras even though Sampras has more career grand slams by quite a bit, more head-to-head wins, more head-to-head wins in grand slams, and more head-to-head wins in grand slam finals. Right. I liked Agassi and did not care too much for Sampras, but I can't put Agassi over Sampras.

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   Greek Oneposted 12 years ago

   Navratilova by far

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      SimeyCposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      LOL forgot about 'him'!

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      Disturbiaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You are too funny!

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   Joy56posted 12 years ago

   Nadal is pretty damn good.  He is right handed and plays with his left.  Looks good, and is like a warrior.......

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   jponiatoposted 12 years ago

   Billie Jean King.

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    Stevennix2001posted 12 years ago

    Men's tennis:  I would have to say Pete Sampras, as he played against harder competition than Federer ever did, as he didn't have anyone to challenge him during his run.
    
    Women's tennis:  The Williams sisters have dominated that sport together for years, so I'd say it's a tie between them.

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Hey Steven,
       
       Why did you use two different criteria?
       
       I'll concede your point on the Men.
       
       But, if you look at the Women? Have the sisters actually had the competition? Not really.
       
       Just a thought.

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          Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Well to be fair, I don't really follow women's tennis cagsil, as the only ones that I know of are the Williams sisters, anna kournikova and maria sharapova.  that's it.  I'm sure there's better tennis players for women that I could've mentioned, but as i said, i don't follow women's tennis. Not that I follow men's tennis anymore, but I know a lot more about men's tennis than i do about womens.

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             Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Okay. No problem. I don't follow neither, either. I just know a little bit of the history of the sport. I did watch a little bit when I was younger, which is why I was questioning it. That's all.

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                Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                That's cool. I knew you were just asking, so I just answered.  To be honest, tennis isn't really my favorite sport, as I'm more into basketball and football.  And even those, I don't really follow as constantly as i used to when I was a kid. 

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    LakeShow Tposted 12 years ago

    Since it seems like some have thrown the greatest female tennis player of all-time into the mix, I think that would have to be Steffi Graf. Hasn't she won over 20 grand slam titles? I remember she was pretty much unbeatable in her era.

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    Don Shipposted 12 years ago

    Federer, of course!

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    europewalkerposted 12 years ago

    Roger Federer!

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    I am DB Cooperposted 12 years ago

    I think I'd have to separate it into the wooden racket era and the modern era, because tennis changed so much with the modern rackets. The game lost some of its finesse and became more about power and speed. I'll take Bjorn Borg for the wooden racket era, and I'll give Roger Federer the edge over Sampras for the modern era. I don't really think Sampras' competition was much better than Federer's, they were just more famous.
    
    When discussing tennis from the wooden racket era, it's also important to remember that the Grand Slam wasn't a big deal back then. Borg skipped the Australian Open for most of his career.

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    nickybilleposted 12 years ago

    In tennis you see the Nadal is the best plays in the clay court and on grass the Roger Federer  plays game well.
    
    But, I like Andy Roddick.

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    Info Bucketposted 12 years ago

    My choice....Roger Federer!

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