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2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (Marat wins 3rd consecutive time)

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I hope Action Jackson won't mind it if I'm going to run this poll this year again.

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 Retired Players

1 Rafter
2 Edberg
3 Agassi
4 Ivanisevic
5 Sampras
6 Henman
7 Corretja
8 Borg
9 Becker
10 McEnroe, J.
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=117124

MTF 2010 Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1 Safin
2 Edberg
3 Rafter
4 Sampras
5 Kuerten
6 Agassi
7 Ivanisevic
8 McEnroe, J
9 Santoro
10 Becker
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=160296

MTF 2011 Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1 Safin
2 Edberg
3 Sampras
4 Rafter
5 Kuerten
6 Agassi
7 Ivanisevic
8 McEnroe
9 Santoro
10 Borg
http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=175020


Final results (ranking from previous year in parantheses) :

1 Safin, Marat 602 (1)

2 Roddick, Andy 478 (NEW)
3 Agassi, Andre 470 (6)

4 Edberg, Stefan 447 (2)
5 Sampras, Pete 390 (3)

6 Kuerten, Gustavo 376 (5)
7 Ferrero, Juan Carlos 342 (NEW)
7 Rafter, Patrick 342 (4)
9 Santoro, Fabrice 298 (9)
10 Henman, Tim 274 (11)
10 Ivanisevic, Goran 274 (7)

12 McEnroe, John 244 (8)
13 Gonzalez, Fernando 239 (NEW)
14 Borg, Björn 235 (10)
15 Becker, Boris 228 (15)
16 Ancic, Mario 158 (17)
17 Lendl, Ivan 145 (21)
18 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny 141 (18)
19 Ljubicic, Ivan 133 (NEW)
20 Moya, Carlos 108 (12)

21 Courier, Jim 104 (25)
22 Coria, Guillermo 98 (20)
22 Gaudio, Gaston 98 (19)
24 Krajicek, Richard 96 (22)
25 Grosjean, Sebastian 93 (26)
26 Muster, Thomas 88 (27)
27 Stich, Michael 86 (29)
28 Rios, Marcelo 82 (16)
29 Chang, Michael 73 (31)
30 Laver, Rod 65 (28)
30 Phillippoussis, Mark 65 (13)

32 Clement, Arnaud 58 (NEW)
33 Corretja, Alex 52 (14)
33 Mecir, Miroslav 52 (23)
33 Noah, Yannick 52 (24)
36 Schüttler, Rainer 45 (NEW)
37 Ashe, Arthur 41 (33)
37 El Aynaoui, Younes 41 (43)
37 Johansson, Thomas 41 (40)
40 Rosewall, Ken 39 (31)

41 Schalken, Sjeng 38 (47)
42 Connors, Jimmy 37 (43)
43 Lapentti, Nicolas 34 (30)
44 Escudé, Nicolas 32 (41)
44 Leconte, Henri 32 (55)
46 Johansson, Joachim 31 (47)
46 Pavel, Andrei 31 (42)
48 Bahrami, Mansour 29 (65)
48 Dent, Taylor 29 (71)
48 Kiefer, Nicolas 29 (35)
48 Rosset, Marc 29 (55)
48 Zivojinovic, Slobodan 29 (NEW)

53 Rusedski, Greg 28 (65)
54 Björkman, Jonas 25 (35)
54 Nastase, Ilie 25 (92)
56 Pioline, Cedric 21 (55)
57 Calleri, Agustin 20 (39)
57 Korda, Petr 20 (86)
59 Arazi, Hicham 19 (59)
59 Carlsson, Kent 19 (49)

61 Arthurs, Wayne 17 (53)
61 Canas, Guillermo 17 (76)
61 Jarryd, Anders 17 (92)
61 Norman, Magnus 17 (37)
61 Sargsian, Sargis 17 (78)
61 Scrichaphan, Paradorn 17 (50)
67 Wilander, Mats 16 (45)
68 Hrbaty, Dominik 15 (NEW)
68 Luczak, Peter 15 (NEW)
70 Martin, Todd 14 (105)

71 Berasategui, Alberto 13 (55)
71 Kucera, Karol 13 (52)
73 Ferreira, Wayne 12 (78)
73 Medvedev, Andrej 12 (60)
73 Vilas, Guillermo 12 (65)
76 Larsson, Magnus 11 (45)
77 Forget, Guy 10 (65)
77 Hardfield, Diego 10 (NEW)
77 Lejnieks, Karlis 10 (NEW)
77 Richey, Cliff 10 (NEW)

81 Cash, Pat 9 (71)
81 Gerulaitis, Vitas 9 (60)
81 Lee, Martin 9 (NEW)
81 Roche, Tony 9 (NEW)
81 Vermeer, Mike 9 (NEW)
81 Washington, MaliVai 9 (NEW)
87 Labadze, Irakli 8 (NEW)
87 Lloyd, John 8 (NEW)
87 Mantilla, Felix 8 (71)
87 Rajski, Marciej 8 (NEW)

91 Acasuso, José 7 (NEW)
91 Costa, Albert 7 (111)
91 Horna, Luis 7 (78)
91 Verkerk, Martin 7 (NEW)
95 Boetsch, Arnaud 6 (86)
95 Golmard, Jerome 6 (NEW)
95 Haarhuis, Paul 6 (111)
95 Woodbridge, Todd 6 (63)
99 Bates, Jeremy 5 (NEW)
99 Clavet, Francisco 5 (86)
99 Emerson, Roy 5 (92)
99 Enqvist, Thomas 5 (37)
99 Siemerink, Jan 5 (65)

104 Carlsen, Kenneth 4 (NEW)
104 Hoad, Lew 4 (NEW)
104 Krachtovil, Michel 4 (92)
104 Zabaleta, Mariano 4 (71)
108 Aspelin, Simon 3 (78)
108 Bruguera, Sergi 3 (50)
108 Gambill, Jan-Michael 3 (NEW)
108 Koenig, Robbie 3 (NEW)
108 Koevermans, Mark 3 (98)
108 Nyström, Joakim 3 (111)
108 Panatta, Adriano 3 (98)
108 Panatta, Claudio 3 (NEW)
108 Sanguinetti, Davide 3 (111)
108 Vemic, Dusan 3 (NEW)

118 Gaudenzi, Andrea 2 (86)
118 Günthardt, Heinz 2 (NEW)
118 Karbacher, Bernd 2 (98)
118 Svensson, Jonas 2 (111)

122 Alami, Karim 1 (105)
122 Chesnokov, Andrei 1 (63)
122 Eltingh, Jakko 1 (111)
122 Koellerer, Daniel 1 (NEW)
122 Masur, Wally 1 (NEW)
122 Spadea, Vince 1 (98)
122 Westphal, Michael 1 (111)
122 Woodforde, Mark 1 (78)
 
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#150 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1. Ivanisevic
2. Ljubicic
3. Edberg
4. Agassi
5. Connors
6. Stich
7. Becker
8. Rafter
9. Mcenroe
10. Zivojinovic
 
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#153 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1. Andy Roddick
2. Juan Carlos Ferrero
3. Bjorn Borg
4. Andre Agassi
5. Stefan Edberg
6. Ivan Lendl
7. Thomas Muster
8. Sergi Bruguera
9. Carlos Moya
10. Jim Courier
 
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#155 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

Cliff Richey, Ivan Lendl, Guillermo Vilas, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Stephan Edberg, Rod Laver, Petr Korda, Arthur Ashe, Roscoe Tanner
 
#157 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1. Andy Roddick
2. Marat Safin
3. Stefan Edberg (purely based on footage, obviously)
4. Andre Agassi
5. Mario Ancic
6. Carlos Moya
7. Patrick Rafter
8. Jimmy Connors (footage, again)
9. Juan Carlos Ferrero
10. Tim Henman (ironically couldn't stand him while he was active)
 
#162 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1- Gonzalez
2- Agassi
3- Safin
4- Roddick
5- Nadal
 
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#176 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

Great thread. Since it's 4am and I can't sleep, here goes:

1. Kuerten
2. Ivanisevic

3. Becker
4. Muster
5. Corretja
6. Pioline
7. Santoro
8. Arazi
9. Safin
10. Wally Masur

And of course the king, Oscar Hernandez, number 0.

I hope not to have to vote for Soderling anytime soon :sad:
 
#196 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

I hope not to have to vote for Soderling anytime soon :sad:
Yes, hopefully we will get to see him back on the court next year.

You have to name at least 5 players so you have to add one more player to make your vote count :)

Haven't sorted my list out yet, but thought I'd point out that Santoro, Henman, Moya and Philippoussis are among those playing in the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall this week http://www.statoilmasterstennis.com/schedule/. If you're in the UK, at least, you can catch quite a lot of the matches live on ITV4. I'm looking forward to seeing Santoro: I don't think I ever saw him play live, and I've heard so much about him.
It's always great to see the former players live. I haven't seen Santoro myself yet but had the pleasure to see 2 of my favorite retired players this year in Halle - Edberg and Stich.

I planned to go to the Zurich Open next year but unfortunately the tournament got cancelled as they lost the sponsor BNP Paribas.

Man of principles, stickes with his list all these years .

Is any active player even close to be considered to enter the list ?
Seppi comes to mind ;)
 
#179 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1. Guy Forget
2. Jim Courier
3. Pete Sampras
4. Henry Leconte
5. Marc Rosset
6. Stefan Edberg
7. Andre Agassi
8. Marat Safin
9. Fabrice Santoro
10.Andy Roddick
 
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#182 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1. Sébastien Grosjean
2. Juan Carlos Ferrero
3. Carlos Moya
4. Oat Rafter
5. Marat Safin
 
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#184 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1. Fernando Gonzalez
2. Marat Safin
3. Tim Henman
4. Goran Ivanisevic
5. Ivan Lendl
6. Pete Sampras
7. Gaston Gaudio
8. Mark Philippoussis
9. Martin Verkerk
10. Gustavo Kuerten
 
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#185 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

Ferrero
Sampras
Kuerten
Corretja
Santoro

(I was reaching a bit to name five, but I chose Kuerten because he seems like a nice person, Corretja because he was a good player and is a friend of Juanqui's and Fabrice Santoro because his game was really interesting and varied).
 
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#187 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

1) Bjorn Borg
2) The magician
3) Krajicek
4) Kuertin
5) Bahrami
6) Nasty
7) Edberg
8) Becker
9) Lendl
10) Leconte
 
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