With Roland Garros just around the corner, get ready for our Survivors' Pool,You Can't Win Jack and Predictions contests.
For our SP players, remember: just the LAST NAME of the player, unless two players with the same last name play on the same day.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:52 pm
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!
Probably something about nostalagia and the younger years of your life being more meaningful.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:16 pm
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
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:52 pm
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!
Probably something about nostalagia and the younger years of your life being more meaningful.
Some players complain about grass courts - and some people even want them banned, because they make up only a tiny part of the schedule, and are difficult to maintain.
I think anyone who complains about grass courts should be invited to play on this little known surface (link below).
(I'll bet that Ashkor has probably played on this surface...)
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:16 pm
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
Boris is not only one of the winningest players at Wimbledon, he is also one of the few that have lost more finals.
88-90, Edberg, 91-Stich, 95-Pete. Tied with Rosewall, I think, and Connors.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:14 pm
Boris is not only one of the winningest players at Wimbledon, he is also one of the few that have lost more finals.
88-90, Edberg, 91-Stich, 95-Pete. Tied with Rosewall, I think, and Connors.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:14 pm
Boris is not only one of the winningest players at Wimbledon, he is also one of the few that have lost more finals.
88-90, Edberg, 91-Stich, 95-Pete. Tied with Rosewall, I think, and Connors.
Drobny lost 5 out of 8 major finals, and Rosewall lost all 4 Wimbledon finals he made...including once to Drobny!
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:14 pm
Boris is not only one of the winningest players at Wimbledon, he is also one of the few that have lost more finals.
88-90, Edberg, 91-Stich, 95-Pete. Tied with Rosewall, I think, and Connors.
Drobny lost 5 out of 8 major finals, and Rosewall lost all 4 Wimbledon finals he made...including once to Drobny!
Equally impressed by the trivia. was this Closed Era?
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:17 amDrobny ...
I had to look it up
Drobny lost ONLY two Wimbledon finals, but that was in the 40's and 50's. That puts him on par with Mac and Edberg, plus Lendl (we were talking about him before).
Four seems to be a bad number of Slam finals lost. Borg lost 4 USO finals, Goolagong also, and they never won it. I guess we would have to look up if somebody has lost 5 finals are the same slam.
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:17 amDrobny ...
I had to look it up
Drobny lost ONLY two Wimbledon finals, but that was in the 40's and 50's. That puts him on par with Mac and Edberg, plus Lendl (we were talking about him before).
Four seems to be a bad number of Slam finals lost. Borg lost 4 USO finals, Goolagong also, and they never won it. I guess we would have to look up if somebody has lost 5 finals are the same slam.
Murray at the Australian Open - 2010, 11, 13, 15, 16. First loss to Roger, other four to Novak. Might be the record for most match wins at a tournament without a title.
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