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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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#30 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1- Gustavo Kuerten
2- Stefan Edberg
3- Pete Sampras
4- Marc Rosset
5- Marat Safin
6- Patrick Rafter
7- Michel Kratochvil
8- Jonas Bjorkman
9- Nicolas Kiefer
10- Tim Henman
 
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#33 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1 - Joachim Johansson
2 - Paradorn Srichaphan
3 - Marat Safin
4 - Taylor Dent
5 - Andrei Pavel
6 - Gaston Gaudio
7 - Sebastien Grosjean
8 - Martin Verkerk
9 - Agustin Calleri
10 - Peter Luczak
 
#38 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

Can you vote Clement, Gonzalez, Schuttler, Nalbandian?
Seems to be that not as they are not tecnically retired
 
#39 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Andrei Pavel - Forever my #1 :dance:

2. Yevgeny Kavelnikov
3. Stefan Edberg
4. Jonas Bjorkman
5. Jerome Golmard
6. Sebastien Grosjean
7. Gaston Gaudio
8. Pat Rafter
9. Thomas Muster
10. Agustin Calleri
 
#41 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1 Sampras
2 Safin
3 Agassi
4 Becker
5 Courier
6 Borg
7 Gonzo (does he count now?)
 
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#43 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Edberg
2. Kuerten
3. Norman
4. Muster
5. Becker
6. Rafter
7. T. Johansson
8. Ivanisevic
9. McEnroe
10. Lendl
 
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#45 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Safin - the personality, the looks, the drama
2. Edberg - volleys so nice, they can never be replicated
3. Santoro - tennis genius
4. Rafter - meet me after
5. Gonzalez - still cannot get over this
6. Rios - too much talent
7. Courier - articulate and funny. I'd grab a beer with this guy.
8. Ivanisevic - the original headcase of men's tennis
9. Lendl - as Snoop Dogg once said, "Ivan was the truth"
10. Sampras - I used to like him so much and then his post-retirement years revealed a real ornery, unpleasant guy
 
#79 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Ancic
2. Ivanisevic
3. Mansour Bahrami
4. Borg
5. Becker
6. Stich
7. Rafter
Sadly, i'd like to add Ljubicic as number 8 if that's okay. Next year he will be higher. ;)
Also, can't believe only two of us remembered Bahrami, such a ridiculously funny player with good, soft hand-skills on the court.:worship:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Vqp6UveIU
 
#48 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Krajicek
2. Ivanisevic
3. Sampras
4. Schalken
5. McEnroe
 
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#49 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Goran I
2. Pete Sampras
3. Mark P
4. Ancic
5. Gonzalez
6. Edberg
 
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#50 · (Edited)
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Marat


2. Kafelnikov
3 Edberg
4. Mecir
5. Järryd
6. Korda
7. Santoro
8. Sampras
 
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#51 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Andre Agassi (legend - loved his shotmaking ability :bowdown:)
2. Pat Rafter (such a classy and great guy on and off the court, nothing to hate about him, still bummed to this day that he never won Wimbledon :sad:)
3. Marat Safin (such a shame he only won 2 grand slams, but that 2005 AO SF against Roger :worship:)
4. Michael Chang (always supporting the Asians, and he won his only grand slam at the age of 17)
5. Jim Courier (found his style of play quite interesting)
6. John McEnroe (You can't be serious man!!! :yeah:)
 
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#53 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

Agassi (my all time fav)
Safin (love him)
Coria (still missing the guy)
Gaudio (best bh)
Thomas Musterminator
Kuerten
Pat Rafter
Kafelnikov
Carlitos Moya
Crazy Dany Koellerer (how couldnt you miss him? he is THE man)
 
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#54 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

1. Tim Henman :worship:
2. John McEnroe (a classic case!)
3. Andre Agassi (much respect)
4. Ivan Lendl
5. Boris Becker
 
#55 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1. Andre Agassi (best of the best, see him on my avy :))
2. Serge Sargsian
3. Pete Sampras (Andre's all time rival)
4. Guillermo Coria
5. Mark Phillippoussis
6. Jim Courier
7. Seba Grosjean
8. John McEnroe
9. Ivan Lendl
10.Guga Kuerten
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#209 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1. Andre Agassi (best of the best, see him on my avy :))
2. Serge Sargsian
3. Pete Sampras (Andre's all time rival)
4. Guillermo Coria
5. Mark Phillippoussis
6. Jim Courier
7. Seba Grosjean
8. John McEnroe
9. Ivan Lendl
10.Guga Kuerten
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Update:
1. Andre Agassi (best of the best, see him on my avy :)) :worship::worship::worship:
2. David Nalbandian :worship::worship:
3. Serge Sargsian :worship:
4. Pete Sampras (Andre's all time rival)
5. Guillermo Coria
6. Mark Phillippoussis
7. Seba Grosjean
8. John McEnroe
9. Ivan Lendl
10.Guga Kuerten
 
#167 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (5th update in post #146)

Lee, as much as I would love to count your 10 points for Guga I'm not allowed to as you already voted in here before ;)

Guga
Pete Sampras
Nicola Lapentti
Mario Ancic
Gaston Gaudio
Alex Corretja
Jim Courier
Nicolas Kiefer
You just named 8 players back then which means you can mention 2 players for the rank 9 and 10.
 
#58 ·
Re: 2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Retired Players (1st update in post #26)

Henman
Rafter
Schalken
Grosjean
Edberg
Santoro
Stich
Ancic
Gambill
Becker

SO damn hard.

Kuerten/Arazi/Bjorkman/Safin/Pavel/El Aynaoui/H-T Lee get very honourable mentions from my sig.

Even Boetsch and Golmard were under consideration ;)
 
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