Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[ashkor87]

Form is temporary, class is permanent...Osaka, Andreescu, Bencic will always be there, and winning. Most of the others mentioned above are just players who are having a good run at the moment...some are a wee bit overrated and always have been - unfortunately, they are the ones with high rankings. But class will win out.

[ashkor87]

And Leylah and Raducanu ..will win often..

[Deuce]

Form is temporary, class is permanent...Osaka, Andreescu, Bencic will always be there, and winning. Most of the others mentioned above are just players who are having a good run at the moment...some are a wee bit overrated and always have been - unfortunately, they are the ones with high rankings. But class will win out.

And Leylah and Raducanu ..will win often..

I agree about Osaka - if she is motivated, which is questionable going forward...

I disagree about Andreescu... In 3 1/2 years- which is basically her entire WTA career thus far -, she has been a top player for a grand total of 6 injury interrupted months. That's half of one year.
For the other 3 years, she has been either injured, or not playing at a top 20 level...

Bencic will probably be a top 20 - 25 player for a few years... but I'd be surprised - not shocked, but surprised - if she ever wins a Major...

Raducanu... she's a BIG question mark. Is she committed enough to be a consistent presence in the top 20? She certainly hasn't done anything since the U.S. Open (other than retire and withdraw and complain about injuries). I'd like her to do well, but the only thing she's showing is that she gives up quite easily, thus making people question her commitment. Kind of the opposite of Leylah when it comes to her effort and dedication to tennis.
I see her career path going forward (once her Wimbledon and U.S. Open points disappear) as being similar to Sorana Cirstea's - up and down, possibly entering the top 20 briefly, but never coming very close to top 10...

Leylah... I really don't know. If judged on guts alone, she'd win multiple Majors. I see her as being in and out of the top 20, perhaps dipping into the top 10 at times, and pretty much always inside the top 30.

[Deuce]

This is quite funny...

"Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me..."

[ti-amie]

Never forget people buy the tickets for the Finals, mens and women's, way ahead of time. The number of people in the stands has nothing to do with the popularity or lack thereof of the finalists.

[ponchi101]

But RG is famous for re-sales, and you can get pretty good tickets outside. If you get a "bad" final, you can dump those tickets easily.
Scalping is not an unknown phenomenon in Paris

[meganfernandez]

This is quite funny...

"Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me..."

haha... I thought you were saying "me, me, me!" like you wanted to answer them. Because I wanted to answer them, too. This is one tennis trivia quiz I could nail. Fun commentary, esp by Monfils.

[ponchi101]

Ok, for the oldies. RG champions, MEN's, from 1980 through 1999. WITH NO GOOGLE!
Answers in the spoiler

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80-81 Borg, 82 Wilander, 83 Noah, 84 Lendl, 85 Wilander, 86-87 Lendl, 88 Wilander, 89 Chang, 90 Gomez (the tough one), 91-92 Courier, 93-94 Bruguera, 95 Muster, 96 Kafelnikov, 97 Guga, 98 Moya, 99 Agassi

[ponchi101]

Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.

[meganfernandez]

Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.

I actually tried to memorize all the Slam winners in the Open Era during the lockdown. I was memorizing all kinds of stuff. It was my sourdough. I didn't get to women's RG, though. But off the top of my head

1995 Aranxta?
1996 Aranxta?
1997 Majoli
1998 Mary Pierce?
1999 Graf
2000 Capriati
2001 Capriati
2002 Serena
2003 Henin
2004 Myskina
2005 Henin
2006 Henin
2007 Henin
2008 Ivanovic
2009 Kuznetsova
2010 Schiavone
2011 Li Na
2012 Sharapova
2013 Serena
2014 Sharapova
2015 Serena?
2016 Muguruza
2017 Ostapenko
2018 Halep
2019 Barty
2020 Swiatek
2021 Krejcikova
2022 Swiatek

[ptmcmahon]

As a Canadian, my memorization was always Stanley Cup Winners. The funny thing is I can tell you who won every Stanley Cup from 1970 (ten years before I was born) until about 1997 or 1998. The last 23 years though - I only can remember the last two off top of my head (since it was same team back to back.)

[ponchi101]

Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.

I actually tried to memorize all the Slam winners in the Open Era during the lockdown. I was memorizing all kinds of stuff. It was my sourdough. I didn't get to women's RG, though. But off the top of my head

1995 Aranxta?
1996 Aranxta?
1997 Majoli
1998 Mary Pierce?
1999 Graf
2000 Capriati
2001 Capriati
2002 Serena
2003 Henin
2004 Myskina
2005 Henin
2006 Henin
2007 Henin
2008 Ivanovic
2009 Kuznetsova
2010 Schiavone
2011 Li Na
2012 Sharapova
2013 Serena
2014 Sharapova
2015 Serena?
2016 Muguruza
2017 Ostapenko
2018 Halep
2019 Barty
2020 Swiatek
2021 Krejcikova
2022 Swiatek

Impressive

[meganfernandez]

As a Canadian, my memorization was always Stanley Cup Winners. The funny thing is I can tell you who won every Stanley Cup from 1970 (ten years before I was born) until about 1997 or 1998. The last 23 years though - I only can remember the last two off top of my head (since it was same team back to back.)

That is very strange!

[meganfernandez]

Needless to say, the women's is WAY, WAY, WAAAAYYYYY more difficult. Some really slippery banana peels there.

I actually tried to memorize all the Slam winners in the Open Era during the lockdown. I was memorizing all kinds of stuff. It was my sourdough. I didn't get to women's RG, though. But off the top of my head

1995 Aranxta?
1996 Aranxta?
1997 Majoli
1998 Mary Pierce?
1999 Graf
2000 Capriati
2001 Capriati
2002 Serena
2003 Henin
2004 Myskina
2005 Henin
2006 Henin
2007 Henin
2008 Ivanovic
2009 Kuznetsova
2010 Schiavone
2011 Li Na
2012 Sharapova
2013 Serena
2014 Sharapova
2015 Serena?
2016 Muguruza
2017 Ostapenko
2018 Halep
2019 Barty
2020 Swiatek
2021 Krejcikova
2022 Swiatek

Impressive

But not 100% correct. 1988 was Aranxta, 2000 was Pierce

[ti-amie]