Which Retired Pros Would do the Best on Tour Today?

Realistic answers please with all things considered.

i.e. age, playing style, current fitness level.

Pete Sampras. He almost beat Federer in NY this year.

jajaj mm* agassi :p

Puerta

Thomas Blake.

Marcello Rios...

Magnus Larsson

Karol Kucera.

u mean if they just step on court as is?

laver

Tati Rascon

Marat Safin

Pete Sampras. He almost beat Federer in NY this year. You seriously believed the outcome of that match? :lol: :o

jajaj mm* agassi :p For sure, if his back were to hold up. His hand eye coordination is the best ever and his return game would still be potent.

Thomas Blake. :tape: I smell the sarcasm, Blake struggles even at the best of times and Thomas is not even 1/3 the player that his little brother is. :lol: :o

Marcello Rios... For sure, a great returner, amazing improviser and so talented. Federer would have stiff competition from Rios on the most talented challenge. ;)

Thomas Blake.
:D

Agassi & Rios easy.

ilie nastase

Joachim Johansson

Miroslav Mecir

Marat Safin

:haha:

Lleyton Hewitt too.

Alexander Popp

Peter Lundgren

Lendl would school Nadal on clay.

Puerta

He's ranked in the top 200.

Berasategui, Bruguera, Chang, counterpunchers and moonballers in general

the zombie of pancho gonzales

Agassi & Rios easy.

Exactly, Rios only lacked on the mental side and unfortunately had too many injuries.

Kaarsten Braasch.

Guillermo Coria.

Do you mean in their prime physical condition? Because I'm sure in their current condition none of them could do very well. ;)
Assuming we're talking about returning in their youthful form:

Agassi, if he could move well enough.

Sampras on fast surfaces, although there seem to be fewer of those. :lol:

Laver had a good serve, great speed, variety and power, mental strength... with updated technology he might be more of a force than one would think.

Rios could do damage, but I'd think he'd get occasional big wins rather than lots of tournaments. He didn't seem to have the mental strength or drive required sometimes.

But the more I think about it all, the more I'm not sure... :confused: oh well

Boris Becker

Lendl would school Nadal on clay.

Um...no...


Stefan Edberg

Roger Federer

Um...no...


Stefan Edberg

Don't worry Sawan, nothing wrong with your head always being clouded with shit :wavey:

Joachim Johansson

Not retired. Making a comeback next year. I love PimPim

Does this refer to retired pros at their current age, or at their prime? In the former case, noone. In the latter, someone with a big serve and agressive, precise groundstrokes. Lendl, Sampras, Becker.

What about Jonas Bjorkman?

Jack Kramer is still alive.

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I take that back, about it being nit-wittery.

ANY pro, playing today, who doesn't recognize what Jack has done to give them a paycheck, and doesn't fade him a set in gratitude...deserves to have all his favorite rackets taken from him and demolished as he looks on.

Roger Federer

Yeah, sure:rolleyes:

Alex Corretja

Thomas Blake.

:haha: :haha:

marcelo rios. :worship:

...
Boris Becker
Andre Agassi

Ivan Lendl

From what I understand from carefully reading tennis forums, we are in "The Mug Era".

So, I would assume that any retired pro would do very well on tour today.

Magnus Norman
Guga

Roger Federer


Agreed. Too bad we are stuck with his twin Roger Federror these days. :o