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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:46 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:44 am
by ptmcmahon
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:15 pm
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.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:38 am
by ashkor87
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:20 pm
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
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
awesome effort! I can remember every male wimbledon champion from 1960 onwards (shows you how old i must be, I suppose)
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:49 am
by Owendonovan
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:44 am
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:15 pm
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.
Bam!
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:02 am
by Deuce
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...)
India's Dung Courts - a Whiff of Nostalgia...
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Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:54 pm
by meganfernandez
ashkor87 wrote:meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:20 pm
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
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
awesome effort! I can remember every male wimbledon champion from 1960 onwards (shows you how old i must be, I suppose)
From 1960! Wow! I get confused by
the Becker/Edberg years. But I remember Becker was in a ton of finals even though he only won 3. Like 7 finals.
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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:14 pm
by ponchi101
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.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:00 pm
by meganfernandez
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.
That's some good trivia.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:17 am
by ashkor87
Drobny ...
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:19 am
by ashkor87
As the grass season starts...one player I like is Ann Li...she has the game to do well..
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:26 am
by ashkor87
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!
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:45 pm
by meganfernandez
ashkor87 wrote: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?
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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:47 pm
by meganfernandez
This popped up on Twitter. Forgot all about her.
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Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:34 pm
by ponchi101
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.
Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:46 pm
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:34 pm
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.