View Poll Results: Who is (arguably) the biggest star tennis star in last 40 Years?
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Bjorn Borg
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17.87% |
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Pete Sampras
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2.42% |
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Roger Federer
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109 |
52.66% |
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Rafael Nadal
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6.28% |
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Novak Djokovic
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6.76% |
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Mats Wilander
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0.97% |
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John McEnenroe
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2.42% |
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Ivan Lendl
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0.48% |
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Jimmy Connors
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0.97% |
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Andre Agassi
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19 |
9.18% |
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02-17-2013, 01:22 AM
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#46
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Federer doesn't have the best sponsor deals for nothing.
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02-17-2013, 01:23 AM
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#47
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Hakeem
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
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Originally Posted by Fishnet
It's not silly.
Being a number one today means nothing. There's no competition and results are anything but credible.
This is what a tennis star looks like:
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This is definitely SetSampras. Inb4 banned in 2 weeks.
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Originally Posted by Clay Death
affirmative.
it may have more of meaning in team sports like basketball.
it does not apply to tennis at all.
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I think posts like this should be a banable offence.
I'm sure I'm at least 2% stupider for having read it.
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02-17-2013, 01:31 AM
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#48
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
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Originally Posted by HKz
Has to be Agassi or McEnroe, for completely different reasons, lol. Borg was certainly popular, but from his time, more people who don't even care about tennis can regurgitate "McEnroe" more often. Agassi was just able to give tennis a new face that tennis isn't just filled with the stereotypical type of players. He was the charismatic player that many sports have, but sadly wasn't able to have the career like Sampras had. Federer is kind of hard to say. Obviously being so in-tune with this generation, it could be easy to say Federer, and many people who don't follow tennis definitely know who Federer is. Obviously all are stars, but to say "the biggest" really hard to say. I'll say Agassi though.
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02-17-2013, 01:37 AM
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#49
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Fed...and it's not even close.  The biggest tennis crossover star ever and in the very top tier of most globally recognised figures. |
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02-17-2013, 02:09 AM
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#50
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Andre & Djoko.
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Proud hater of disgusting talentless OCD cheating moonballing BORE.
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02-17-2013, 02:16 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
borg and then mcenroe (the poll spelled it wrongly btw).
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02-17-2013, 03:17 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
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Originally Posted by fivebargate
Fed...and it's not even close. The biggest tennis crossover star ever and in the very top tier of most globally recognised figures.
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This.
Ignore Fishface or whatever that double account's name is. How illiterate can you be? Read the first post: it's about star power/name recognition, etc. It's fine if you don't like Federer or if you don't think he's the greatest of all time. But that's now what this thread is for. We have dozens of threads for "who is GOAT" or whatever.
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02-17-2013, 04:22 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Quick scan for the first joke post in the thread
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Originally Posted by Federer in 2
Gotta be Djokovic.
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Aaaand there it is. Didn't take too long. Alright, next thread
(According to popular opinion, though not my own, has to be Borg) |
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02-17-2013, 04:39 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishnet
It's not silly.
Being a number one today means nothing. There's no competition and results are anything but credible.
This is what a tennis star looks like:
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Hey SetSampy. Quickly troll as much as you can. You are about to be banned 
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Federer will rise.
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02-17-2013, 05:13 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
After this year, it will be Djokovic
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02-17-2013, 05:18 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
where's Becker?
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02-17-2013, 06:17 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Has to be Borg IMO.
Americans always overhype their players, might as well have included Roddick in the poll.
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02-17-2013, 07:44 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
Taking the difference in media coverage especially after the World Wide Web into account, I voted Borg.
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02-17-2013, 07:49 AM
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
John Isner.
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02-17-2013, 11:59 AM
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#60
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Re: Biggest tennis star in last 40 Years
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Originally Posted by Fishnet
Just pathetic so many people voting for Federer.
Sampras is much greater than Federer. He was a true champion - a fighter, with great technique, defeated other great champions and constantly humiliated pushers and retrievers. He was the true greatest champion of tennis, with a complete game and the attitude to go with it.
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Very funny. Sampras was also incredibly boring, both on and off court. People not interested in tennis hardly remember him. Everyone remembers McEnroe and Borg. |
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