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2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players (Federer wins for 8th consecutive year)

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Welcome to the 2013 MTF Favourite Active Players Thread.

Like always you have to name at least 5 players or votes won’t count.

It would be much appreciated if you would include reasons for your decisions but it’s not a requirement.

Of course you can only vote once for the same player.

Please make sure before you are going to vote if you have already mentioned your players before.

It's easy to check if you have already posted in a thread: Just click on "search this thread", advanced search and write down your name under "search by user name".


Here is how the points will be distributed:

#1 = 10
#2 = 9
#3 = 8
#4 = 7
#5 = 6
#6 = 5
#7= 4
#8= 3
#9 = 2
#10= 1


Hopefully many people will participate :)



The Top 10 of the previous years were:

2006 MTF Top 10 Favourite Players Of All Time

1 Federer
2 Safin
3 Rafter
4 Agassi
5 Kuerten
6 Sampras
7 Nadal
8 Ivanisevic
9 Edberg
10 Roddick
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=67982


2007 MTF Top 10 Most Favourite Players Of All Time

1 Federer
2 Safin
3 Agassi
4 Nadal
5 Kuerten
6 Sampras
7 Nalbandian
8 Edberg
9 Rafter
10 Djokovic
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=96187


2008 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Safin
3 Nadal
4 Nalbandian
5 Gasquet
6 Djokovic
7 A. Murray
8 Tsonga
9 Baghdatis
10 Youzhny
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=117042


2009 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Nadal
3 Safin,
4 Djokovic
5 Nalbandian
6 A. Murray
7 Tsonga
8 Simon
9 Gasquet
10 Roddick
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=139437


2010 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Nadal
3 Djokovic
4 Nalbandian,
5 Roddick
6 Söderling
7 Del Potro
8 Gasquet
9 Gulbis
10 Murray, A.
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=160295


2011 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Djokovic
3 Nadal
4 Del Potro
5 Nalbandian
6 Gasquet
7 Söderling
8 Murray, A.
9 Roddick
10 Davydenko
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=175018


2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Del Potro
3 Djokovic
4 Tsonga
5 Murray
6 Nalbandian
7 Ferrer
8 Nadal
9 Gasquet
10 Haas
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=195010


First update 2013: #125

Second update 2013: # 275

Third update 2013: #390

Fourth update 2013: #450

Fifth update 2013: #515




Final results (in parantheses the ranking of the players from 2012):

1 Federer, Roger 2063 (1)
2 Del Potro, Juan Martin 1453 (2)
3 Djokovic, Novak 1259 (3)
4 Tsonga, Jo Wilfried 1107 (4)
5 Nadal, Rafael 1040 (8)
6 Haas, Tommy 1012 (10)
7 Dimitrov, Grigor 1002 (13)
8 Wawrinka, Stanislas 996 (19)
9 Murray, Andy 816 (5)
10 Gasquet, Richard 723 (9)

11 Ferrer, David 696 (7)
12 Hewitt, Lleyton 609 (14)
13 Gulbis, Ernests 532 (26)
14 Berdych, Tomas 521 (18)
15 Janowicz, Jerzy 504 (55)
16 Nishikori, Kei 443 (16)
17 Davydenko, Nikolay 345 (15)
18 Monfils, Gael 317 (21)
19 Simon, Gilles 309 (22)
19 Tomic, Bernard 309 (29)

21 Raonic, Milos 286 (17)
22 Paire, Benoit 276 (41)
23 Kohlschreiber, Philipp 252 (28)
24 Baghdatis, Marcos 249 (25)
25 Llodra, Michael 248 (26)
26 Dolgopolov, Alexandr 242 (11)
27 Tipsarevic, Janko 230 (20)
28 Fognini, Fabio 223 (36)
29 Almagro, Nicolas 200 (34)
29 Söderling, Robin 200 (12)

31 Youzhny, Mikhail 194 (24)
32 Isner, John 189 (23)
33 Verdasco, Fernando 158 (30)
34 Goffin, David 151 (37)
35 Cilic, Marin 141 (39)
36 Stepanek, Radek 138 (42)
37 Lopez, Feliciano 132 (32)
38 Bellucci, Thomaz 121 (45)
39 Rosol, Lukas 113 (53)
40 Berankis, Ricardas 98 (50)

41 Chardy, Jeremy 95 (59)
42 Karlovic, Ivo 94 (44)
43 Mahut, Nicolas 93 (40)
44 Berlocq, Carlos 86 (136)
45 Benneteau, Julien 85 (57)
46 Pospisil, Vasek 83 (56)
47 Seppi, Andreas 79 (51)
48 Mathieu, Paul Henri 78 (49)
49 Brown, Dustin 73 (94)
49 Kubot, Lukas 73 (62)

51 Monaco, Juan 71 38
52 Fish, Mardy 68 43
52 Harrison, Ryan 68 33
54 Troicki, Victor 66 46
55 Nieminen, Jarkko 65 47
56 Robredo, Tommy 64 71
57 Klizan, Martin 59 84
58 Melzer, Jürgen 56 54
59 Kyrgios, Nick 52 NEW
60 Tursunov, Dmitry 51 72

61 Baker, Brian 48 (58)
62 Carreno-Busta, Pablo 44 (NEW)
62 Rochus, Olivier 44 (66)
64 Brands, Daniel 43 (122)
64 Hanescu, Victor 43 (94)
66 Copil, Marius 42 (76)
67 Granollers, Marcel 41 (67)
68 Andujar, Pablo 38 (63)
68 Russell, Michael 38 (84)
70 Zeballos, Horatio 37 (NEW)

71 Dodig, Ivan 34 (136)
72 Bolelli, Simone 31 (65)
73 Kuznetsov, Andrej 31 (112)
73 Matosevic, Marinko 31 (74)
73 Zimonjic, Nenad 31 (61)
76 Clezar, Guilherme 30 (206)
76 Sijsling, Igor 30 (153)
78 Pella, Guido 29 (NEW)
78 Sock, Jack 29 (103)
80 Lacko, Lukas 28 (102)

81 Chiudinelli, Marco 25 (63)
81 Haase, Robin 25 (68)
81 Montanes, Albert 25 (76)
81 Querrey, Sam 25 (97)
85 Bedene, Aljaz 24 (76)
85 Millman, John 24 (119)
85 Przysiezny, Michal 24 (129)
88 Baker, Jamie 23 (NEW)
88 De Bakker, Thiemo 23 (68)
88 Lu, Yen-Hsun 23 (82)
88 Ungur, Adrian 23 (87)

92 Sousa, Joao 22 (NEW)
92 Williams, Rhyne 22 (NEW)
94 Becker, Benjamin 21 (206)
94 Kavcic, Blaz 21 (103)
96 Anderson, Kevin 20 (97)
96 Krajinovic, Filip 20 (112)
96 Quinzi, Gianluigi 20 (157)
96 Young, Donald 20 (119)
100 Mannarino, Adrian 19 (76)

101 Bhambri, Yuki 18 (NEW)
101 Ebden, Matthew 18 (70)
101 Elias, Gastao 18 (103)
101 Jaziri, Malek 18 (129)
101 Mayer, Florian 18 (35)
101 Petzschner, Philipp 18 (48)
101 Ram, Rajeev 18 (193)
101 Tecau, Horia 18 (145)
101 Weintraub, Amir 18 (93)
110 Nestor, Daniel 17 (119)

111 Crivoi, Victor 15 (129)
111 Delbonis, Federico 15 (157)
111 Monteiro, Thiago 15 (NEW)
111 Muller, Gilles 15 (116)
111 Di, Wu 14 (129)
116 Evans, Daniel 14 (136)
116 Guccione, Chris 14 (NEW)
116 Peliwo, Filip 14 (157)
116 Ramos, Albert 14 (NEW)
116 Vesely, Jiri 14 (NEW)
116 Volandri, Filippo 14 (NEW)

122 Dzumhur, Damir 13 (NEW)
122 Giraldo, Santiago 13 (76)
122 Harrison, Christian 13 (NEW)
122 Istomin, Denis 13 (112)
122 Schwank, Eduardo 13 (122)
122 Sela, Dudi 13 (82)
122 Soares, Bruno 13 (NEW)
122 Zemlja, Grega 13 (NEW)
130 Bozoljac, Ilija 12 (179)
130 Bryan, Bob 12 (97)
130 Bryan, Mike 12 (103)
130 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo 12 (110)
130 Johnson, Steve 12 (NEW)
130 Kudla, Denis 12 (NEW)
130 Mirnyi, Max 12 (76)

137 Ciorcila, Patrick 11 (NEW)
137 Lorenzi, Paolo 11 (NEW)
137 Mayer, Leonardo 11 (145)
137 Phau, Björn 11 (88)
137 Vinciguerra, Andreas 11 (NEW)

142 Balasz, Attila 10 (136)
142 Cipolla, Flavio 10 (88)
142 Devvarman, Somdev 10 (145)
142 Donskoy, Evgeny 10 (NEW)
142 Gutierrez-Ferrol, Sergio 10 (NEW)
142 Kontinen, Henri 10 (110)
142 Saville, Luke 10 (NEW)
142 Zopp, Jürgen 10 (179)
150 Falla, Alejandro 9 (NEW)
150 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel 9 (129)

152 Huta Galung, Jesse 9 (103)
152 Murray, Jamie 9 (NEW)
152 Navarro, Ivan 9 (122)
152 Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel 9 (59)
156 Dutra Silva, Rogerio 8 (NEW)
156 Ghem, Andre 8 (NEW)
156 Grigelis, Laurynas 8 (103)
156 Kunitsyn, Igor 8 (NEW)
156 Lopez, Marc 8 (167)
156 Martin, Fabrice 8 (136)
156 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard 8 (103)
156 Schoorel, Thomas 8 (153)
156 Soeda, Go 8 (167)
156 Struff, Jan-Lennard 8 (NEW)

166 Basic, Mirza 7 NEW
166 Bautista-Agut, Roberto 7 193
166 Cuevas, Pablo 7 193
166 Garin, Christian 7 NEW
166 Gil, Frederico 7 84
166 Goodson, James 7 NEW
166 Maamoun, Karim-Mohamed 7 NEW
166 Mergea, Florin 7 NEW
166 Zhang, Ze 7 NEW

175 Bemelmans, Ruben 6 (157)
175 Dancevic, Frank 6 (73)
175 Daniel, Taro 6 (NEW)
175 Frederikkson, Francis 6 (NEW)
175 Kokkinakis, Thanasi 6 (NEW)
175 Levine, Jesse 6 (167)
175 Melo, Marcelo 6 (NEW)
175 Safwat, Mohamed 6 (NEW)
175 Skupski, Ken 6 (NEW)
175 Smyczek, Tim 6 (NEW)
175 Suzuki, Takao 6 (167)
175 Velotti, Agustin 6 (NEW)

187 Bloomfield, Richard 5 (NEW)
187 Fleming, Colin 5 (NEW)
187 Groth, Samuel 5 (NEW)
187 Herbert, Pierre-Hughes 5 (145)
187 Junqueira, Diego 5 (NEW)
187 Machado, Rui 5 (97)
187 Paes, Leander 5 (167)
187 Reister, Julian 5 (NEW)
187 Skupski, Neal 5 (NEW)

196 Arguello, Facundo 4 (NEW)
196 Gabashvili, Teymuraz 4 (157)
196 Ginepri, Robby 4 (153)
196 Nielsen, Frederik 4 (206)
196 Podlipnik, Hans 4 (NEW)

201 Andreozzi, Guido 3 (NEW)
201 Capdeville, Paul 3 (193)
201 De Schepper, Kenny 3 (NEW)
201 Dlouhy, Lukas 3 (NEW)
201 Frunza, Nicolae 3 (NEW)
201 Ilhan, Marsel 3 (NEW)
201 Kontinen, Micke 3 (NEW)
201 Kuzmanov, Dimitar 3 (NEW)
201 Stakhovsky, Sergiy 3 (116)
201 Teixeira, Maxime 3 (NEW)
201 Ward, James 3 (NEW)

212 Amritraj, Prakash 2 (NEW)
212 Bagnis, Facundo 2 (NEW)
212 Bogomolov, Alex 2 (NEW)
212 Golubev, Andrey 2 (88)
212 Hajek, Jan 2 (129)
212 Kutrovsky, Dimitar 2 (193)
212 Marchenko, Illya 2 (NEW)
212 Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian 2 (NEW)
212 Milton, Joshua 2 (179)
212 Norman, Dick 2 (179)
212 Pavic, Mate 2 (NEW)
212 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben 2 (97)
212 Starace, Potito 2 (179)

225 Broady, Liam 1 (NEW)
225 Cervantes Huegun, Inigo 1 (NEW)
225 Fatic, Nerman 1 (NEW)
225 Fucsovics, Marton 1 (NEW)
225 Ignatik, Vladzimir 1 (NEW)
225 Klahn, Bradley 1 (NEW)
225 Lajovic, Dusan 1 (167)
225 Mitchell, Benjamin 1 (NEW)
225 Odesnik, Wayne 1 (206)
225 Rice, David 1 (NEW)
225 Thiem, Dominic 1 (NEW)
 
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Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Jo Wilfried Tsonga
2. Juan Martin Del Potro
3. Kei Nishikori
4. Michael Llodra
5. Benoit Paire
6. Daniel Brands
7. Stanislas Wawrinka
8. Roger Federer
9. Alejandro Falla
10. Tomas Berdych
 
#6 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Nadal
2. Tomic
3. Tsonga
4. Monfils
5. Dimitrov
6. Berlocq
7. Janowicz
8. Nishikori
9. Berdych
10. Djokovic
 
#7 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Ferrer
2. Dolgopolov
3. Brown
4. Fognini
5. Monfils
6. Janowicz
7. Stepanek
8. Davydenko
9. Lorenzi
10. Ramirez Hidalgo
 
#8 · (Edited)
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1.Davydenko ---> Simply sublime ! Pleasure for my eyes. Fast & Swift risky aggressive player. The thrill when he is playing is out of this world.
2.Federer ---> GOAT ! The most talented player ever to step on a tennis court. Aggressive tactician ! Something beautiful to watch!
3.Blake ---> DAT Forehand :drool: DAT serve motion :drool:
4.Stepanek ---> Sexy volleys making me wanna cum . Incredible touch and talent. Eastern grip on FH + Continental grip on BH + risky tactics :drool:
5.Nalbandian ---> Backhand.
6.Robredo ---> The only retriever which i like a lot. Weaker version of Gaudio.
7.Hewitt ---> Beautiful defensive game not exactly a retriever. Perfect and fluid shots.
8.Haas ---> Gorgeous All-around game.
9.Soderling ---> Power ! I want more of it!
10.Simon ---> The only counter-puncher which i like. There's something to his extremely ordinary shots. Moderate spin , moderate speed , moderate accuracy , moderate serve. Still don't give a fuck if his game isn't likeable.
 
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1-Andy Murray
2-Novak Djokovic
3-Juan Martin Del Potro
4-Jerzy Janowicz
5-Bernard Tomic
6-Girgor Dimitrov
7-Richard Gasquet
8-Gael Clownfils
9-Tomas Berdych
10-Rafa Nadal
oh god many surprises here :eek:
i didnt want to know that much :p
 
#10 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Henri Kontinen
2. John Millman
3. Bernard Tomic
4. Jerzy Janowicz
5. Taro Daniel
6. Pierre-Hughes Herbert
7. Attila Balazs
8. Micke Kontinen
9. Joshua Milton
10. Kei Nishikori
 
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Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Roger Federer
2. Stanislas Wawrinka
3. Milos Raonic
4. Kei Nishikori
5. Tommy Haas
6. David Nalbandian
7. David Ferrer
8. Jesse Levine
9. Matthew Ebden
10. Grigor Dimitrov
 
#20 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Andy Murray
2. Roger Federer
3. David Ferrer
4. Albert Montanes
5. Nicolas Almagro
6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
7. Andreas Seppi
8. Kei Nishikori
 
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#21 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

01. Flavio Cipolla :worship:
02. Jérémy Chardy
03. Edouard Roger-Vasselin
04. Marco Chiudinelli
05. Ruben Bemelmans
06. Marcel Granollers
07. Victor Crivoi
08. Benoît Paire
09. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras
10. Liam Broady
 
#26 · (Edited)
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1.) Federer: Everything about his game seems effortless and beautiful. I'm a huge fan of him as a player and person and love the variety on his one-handed backhand.
2.) James Blake: My favorite American Player ever. Huge forehand, great story, very classy guy.
3.) Stan Wawrinka: The “other” Swiss player. I really like his game. The match at the AO against Djokovic….I’ve never seen a one handed backhand hit better for a full match.
4.) Juan Martin Del-Potro: Posesses the biggest forehand on tour when healthy, and one of the kindest, most affable players on Tour.
5.) Jo-Wilfred Tsonga- Incredibly Entertaining and Fun. Dynamic player who can hit winners from anywhere. Top-class attitude on court.
6.) Gael Monfils- Definition of a showman. Incredibly fun to watch. You have to stop caring if he wins and just watch him play.
7.) Marcos Baghdatis- Very emotional entertaining player. I really enjoy watching him play
8.) Grigor Dmitrov- The next generation. Love one-handed backhands and hope he is able to perfect it and move to the top.
9.) Jack Sock: My favorite young American player. Big serve and forehand. Seems to have a good attitude as well.
10.) Mardy Fish: I enjoy the way he gets to the net and has a great feel to his game when its on.
Honorable Mentions (In this Order): Haas, Nalbandian, Tomic, Djokovic
 
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Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

3.) Andy Roddick: I’m cheating here but he is still ranked 41 in the world and I love how hard he competed. 1st serve percentage was always very high for hitting so big.
As Andy has officially retired you have to name him in the retired players thread:

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=228210

Please edit your list in here.

Thanks and also for adding reasons for your votes :)


1. Roger Federer












2. David Nalbandian
3. John Isner
4. Lu Yen-Hsun
5. Daniel Brands
Still no Tommy Haas? :awww:

Here's the current top 10 after the selections of 59 posters:

1-Federer - 267
2-Tsonga - 158
3-Del Potro - 156
4-Djokovic - 138
5-Nalbandian - 127
6-Murray - 126
7-Tomic - 120
8-Gasquet - 112
9-Ferrer - 89
10-Hewitt - 84
(...)
23-Nadal - 49


Federer is obviously winning this again, the real fight is for second place. Nadal's popularity reaching new lows it seems unless all the Nadal fans are yet to make their list. There might be a slight error in this count, one poster voted Roddick, what I did was ignore that vote and count as if he had only made a top 9, but not really sure what the policy is in such cases.
Thank you very much for counting the votes until now :)

I wasn't online for over a week.

It's good that you didn't included the vote for Andy as he has to be named in the retired players thread.

I always leave out the post of someone when the list has to be edited and count it later on once it is corrected.
 
#27 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Andreas Seppi
2. Lleyton Hewitt
3. Roger Federer
4. Juan Martin Del Potro
5. Simone Bolelli
6. Fabio Fognini
7. David Nalbandian
8. Nicolas Almagro
9. Fernando Verdasco
10. Santiago Giraldo
 
#30 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Andy Murray
2. Robin Soderling
3. Jack Sock
4. Richard Gasquet
5. Tomas Berdych
6. Bernard Tomic
7. Juan Martin Del Potro
8. Lleyton Hewitt
9. Kei Nishikori
10. ?
 
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#32 ·
Re: 2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players Thread

1. Roger Federer
2. James Blake
3. Jo Wilfried Tsonga
4. Richard Gasquet
5. Nicolas Almagro
6. Rafael Nadal
7. Michael Llodra
8. Radek Stepanek
9. David Nalbandian
10. Nikolay Davydenko
 
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