Every ATGs have had their fair share of players who could never beat them. Federer had Ferrer and Youzhny who he never lost to in 17 meetings. Nadal had Gasquet who he never lost in 18 meetings. Djokovic has Monfils who he has beaten in all 20 meetings. Lendl had Mayotte, and Borg had Gerulaitis who they both beat 17 times. The common trend here is that these players are from the exact same generation as the player they struggled against. Ferrer and Youzhny are about a year younger than Federer. Gasquet is two weeks younger than Nadal. Monfils is about year older than Djokovic. Lendl and Mayotte are the same age, and Gerulaitis was born two years before Borg. That means that they were young and old at the same. While Djokovic Monfils is the most lopsided h2h in men’s tennis, Monfils had 3 match points in Dubai 2020 against a healthy Djokovic. He also gave him a tough fight in Toronto masters 2014. It’s not a good h2h, but he played prime Djokovic several times. Fritz, OTOH, is about a decade younger than Djokovic and has never come close to beating him in 11 meetings. There were meetings where Djokovic was blatantly struggling or injured, yet Fritz couldn’t beat him, such as the recent USO meeting. Given this context, I think this h2h and matchup is worse than Monfils Djokovic. Discuss
Darth Alcaraz
Usually players don't lose to their poor man's versions ( and maybe in this case that's putting it lightly) There´s nothing in Fritz's game, even some unpredictability or randomness, that could trouble the old man. Everything Fritz does Djokovic does better x 10, and considering that if it wasn't for Sinneraz he would still be winning slams left and right it's only to be expected.
Fritz gets too much hate. He's a battler and is always in the mix. Not the most naturally talented player or athlete but he's made the most of his gifts imo.
U bastards
They went 5 sets at 2R 2021 AO. And yes, Taylor should have won the USO QF. That shysty mfer....
They went 5 sets at 2R 2021 AO. And yes, Taylor should have won the USO QF. That shysty mfer....
Djoker came out for that match cocky as hell and I give it to him. For the 1st 2 sets, was on point. The last 2, not so much. Nerves got to Taylor big time. When you DF to lose a match....
You think he would of been able to beat him at least once especially this old, inactive version. Anyway one of the poster is correct, worse players than Fritz have beaten Novak. What does that say? You can't use H2H to rank players.
But if Novak hang on long enough I'm sure Fritz will beat him at some point.
But if Novak hang on long enough I'm sure Fritz will beat him at some point.
The h2h djokovic-monfils as well as sinner-de minaur are also beautiful examples of battles between a lion and a chicken (altough smaller age gap)
Honestly the should have at least beaten him once.
The USO match was winnable but he bottled it in every big point and some of other matches, I’m not sure. I mean look worse players have defeated Djokovic before especially on his bad days, Djokovic had some of those bad days with Fritz and Fritz still couldn’t win. I still remember AO 2021 where Djokovic looked so physically hampered.
For his ability, I’d say his H2H is embarrassing and the guy has defeated Alcaraz just a week ago playing lights out of tennis, it’s strange he couldn’t do this with Djokovic who is much older.
If this was prime Djokovic I’d not bat an eye but this older Djokovic, I’m not sure, he should have done better
The USO match was winnable but he bottled it in every big point and some of other matches, I’m not sure. I mean look worse players have defeated Djokovic before especially on his bad days, Djokovic had some of those bad days with Fritz and Fritz still couldn’t win. I still remember AO 2021 where Djokovic looked so physically hampered.
For his ability, I’d say his H2H is embarrassing and the guy has defeated Alcaraz just a week ago playing lights out of tennis, it’s strange he couldn’t do this with Djokovic who is much older.
If this was prime Djokovic I’d not bat an eye but this older Djokovic, I’m not sure, he should have done better
Don't Djokovic fans herald Djokovic as the mark of professionalism? Why is he so regularly afflicted by a lack of concentration or why does have low regard for many matches, resulting in his having lost numerous times to "mugs"?
Carlos is 16 years younger and won the first match they ever played. I think Carlos, being an ATG, should be leading this H2H by now.
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This and also his pathetic performance against one-legged Nadal at 2022 Wimbledon kinda lower my opinion on Fritz forever
The now #4 losing to a 38-year Djokovic at his best slam whilst Sincaraz both beat him comfortably is a prime indicator of how weak this era is outside of those two.
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