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

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#1 · (Edited)
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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#4 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

Clement is not retired! He said himself it's false, he will continue.
 
#5 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1: Stefan Edberg :)inlove: yep, I am guilty of being smitten by the man :D)
2: Bjorn Borg
3: Fabrice Santoro (The Magician :worship:)
4: Marat Safin
5: Boris Becker
6: Ken Rosewall
7: Andre Agassi
8: Ivan Lendl
9: Pat Rafter
10: Arthur Ashe

(Yep, very unique I know :eek:)
 
#11 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

It's more or less the same as usual, and more tactical voting than really preferring some to the others...

1. Agassi
2. Stich
3. Rafter
4. Escudé
5. Edberg
6. Srichaphan
7. Grosjean
8. Kuerten
9. Costa, Albert
10. Safin
 
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#12 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1. McEnroe
2. Safin
3. Edberg
4. Becker
5. Agassi
6. Kuerten
7. Courier
8. Lendl
9. Laver
10. Sampras
 
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#15 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1- Marat Safin
2- Bjorn Borg
3- Thomas Muster
4- Sebastien Grosjean
5- Fabrice Santoro
6- Richard Krajicek
7- Yevgeny Kafelnikov
8- Nicolas Escude
9- Carlos Moya
10- Petr Korda
 
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#21 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

#1 - Stefan Edberg
#2 - Andre Agassi
#3 - Marat Safin
#4 - Rod Laver
#5 - Bjorn Borg
#6 - Arthur Ashe
#7 - Jim Courier
#8 - Tim Henman
#9 - John McEnroe
#10 - Gustavo Kuerten
 
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#25 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1) Krajicek
2) Edberg
3) Kuerten
4) Rafter
5) Gaudio
6) Rusedski
7) Boetsch
8) Rosset
9) Svensson
10) Larsson

I'm always sure the first place in this ranking, the other ones are chosen subconsciously ;)
 
#26 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

First update:

1 Safin, Marat 78
2 Edberg, Stefan 63
3 Agassi, Andre 59
4 McEnroe, John 55
5 Rafter, Patrick 53
6 Kuerten, Gustavo 48
6 Santoro, Fabrice 48
8 Borg, Björn 42
9 Becker, Boris 39
10 Krajicek, Richard 32

11 Stich, Michael 30
12 Ivanisevic, Goran 27
13 Sampras, Pete 25
14 Grosjean, Sebastian 19
15 Moya, Carlos 18
16 Courier, Jim 17
16 Muster, Thomas 17
18 Chang, Michael 15
18 Noah, Yannick 15
20 Rios, Marcelo 12
20 Rusedski, Greg 12

22 Escudé, Nicolas 10
22 Lendl, Ivan 10
24 Ancic, Mario 9
24 Carlsson, Kent 9
24 Dent, Taylor 9
24 Laver, Rod 9
24 Leconte, Henri 9
29 Arthurs, Wayne 8
29 Coria, Guillermo 8
29 Henman, Tim 8
29 Mecir, Miroslav 8

33 Ashe, Arthur 6
33 El Aynaoui, Younes 6
33 Gaudio, Gaston 6
33 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny 6
33 Medvedev, Andrej 6
38 Canas, Guillermo 5
38 Rosewall, Ken 5
38 Scrichaphan, Paradorn 5
38 Boetsch, Arnaud 4
38 Lapentti, Nicolas 4
38 Phillippoussis, Mark 4
38 Zivojinovic, Slobodan 4

45 Connors, Jimmy 3
45 Gerulaitis, Vitas 3
45 Koevermans, Mark 3
45 Rosset, Marc 3
49 Cash, Pat 2
49 Corretja, Alex 2
49 Costa, Albert 2
49 Siemerink, Jan 2
49 Svensson, Jonas 2
49 Woodbridge, Todd 2

55 Eltingh, Jakko 1
55 Korda, Petr 1
55 Larsson, Magnus 1
 
#29 · (Edited)
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1- Ivan Lendl
2- Pete Sampras
3- Anders Jarryd
4- Bjorn Borg
5- Mats Wilander
6- Miloslav Mecir
7- Guillermo Vilas
8- Joakim Nystrom
9- Michael Stich
10- Thomas Muster
 
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#34 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1- Ivan Lendl
2- Pete Sampras
3- Roger Federer
4- Bjorn Borg
5- Mats Wilander
6- Miloslav Mecir
7- Guillermo Vilas
8- Joakim Nystrom
9- David Nalbandian
10- Thomas Muster
Fran, this is only a thread for your favourite retired players. You can't meld the list with still active players ;)

So please edit your choices :)
 
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