MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread (results in #435 & #436)

Eden · Jan 26, 2014

Welcome to the 2014 MTF Favourite Players Thread

This year there won't be a seperate thread for active and retired players but please make sure that you post a Top 10 for your favourite active players and a Top 10 for your favourite retired ones.

Like always 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

The Top 10 of the previous years were:

Active players

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 Active Players

1 Federer
2 Safin
3 Nadal
4 Nalbandian
5 Gasquet
6 Djokovic
7 A. Murray
8 Tsonga
9 Baghdatis
10 Youzhny

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=117042

2009 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Nadal
3 Safin,
4 Djokovic
5 Nalbandian
6 A. Murray
7 Tsonga
8 Simon
9 Gasquet
10 Roddick

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=139437

2010 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Nadal
3 Djokovic
4 Nalbandian,
5 Roddick
6 Söderling
7 Del Potro
8 Gasquet
9 Gulbis
10 Murray, A.

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=160295

2011 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Djokovic
3 Nadal
4 Del Potro
5 Nalbandian
6 Gasquet
7 Söderling
8 Murray, A.
9 Roddick
10 Davydenko

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=175018

2012 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Del Potro
3 Djokovic
4 Tsonga
5 Murray
6 Nalbandian
7 Ferrer
8 Nadal
9 Gasquet
10 Haas

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=195010

2013 MTF Top 10 Favourite Active Players

1 Federer
2 Del Potro
3 Djokovic
4 Tsonga
5 Nadal
6 Haas
7 Dimitrov
8 Wawrinka
9 Murray
10 Gasquet

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=228202

Retired players

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

MTF 2012 Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1 Safin
2 Roddick
3 Agassi
4 Edberg
5 Sampras
6 Kuerten
7 Ferrero
7 Rafter
9 Santoro
10 Henman
10 Ivanisevic

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=195011

MTF 2013 Top 10 Favourite Retired Players

1 Safin
2 Nalbandian
3 Agassi
4 Roddick
5 Kuerten
6 Edberg
7 Santoro
8 Rafter
9 Ferrero
10 Henman

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=228210

I hope many people will participate in this year's edition of the players thread

Favorite Retired Players:

1 Safin, Marat 589 (1)

2 Roddick, Andy 440 (4)
3 Nalbandian, David 365 (2)

4 Agassi, Andre 359 (3)
5 Sampras, Pete 345 (11)
6 Edberg, Stefan 338 (6)
7 Kuerten, Gustavo 268 (5)
8 Gonzalez, Fernando 237 (15)
9 Ferrero, Juan Carlos 229 (9)
10 Rafter, Patrick 227 (8)

11 Ivanisevic, Goran 222 (12)
12 Davydenko, Nikolay 184 (NEW)
13 Becker, Boris 170 (14)
14 Santoro, Fabrice 169 (7)
15 Borg, Björn 166 (21)
16 McEnroe, John 142 (18)
17 Ancic, Mario 99 (17)
18 Ljubicic, Ivan 89 (23)
19 Grosjean, Sebastian 86 (20)
20 Blake, James 83 (13)
20 Henman, Tim 83 (10)

22 Lendl, Ivan 76 (42)
23 Moya, Carlos 71 (19)
24 Coria, Guillermo 65 (16)
25 Philliouppissis, Marc 62 (24)
26 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny 60 (22)
27 Stich, Michael 48 (33)
28 Malisse, Xavier 46 (28)
29 Clement, Arnaud 45 (30)
30 Krajicek, Richard 40 (37)
30 Norman, Magnus 40 (46)

32 Gaudio, Gaston 39 (27)
33 Connors, Jimmy 37 (48)
34 Johansson, Joachim 35 (31)
34 Mecir, Miloslav 35 (32)
36 Schuettler, Rainer 30 (35)
37 Kiefer, Nicolas 29 (39)
38 Lapentti, Nicolas 26 (48)
38 Rios, Marcelo 26 (25)
40 Björkman, Jonas 25 (35)
40 Chang, Michael 25 (29)
40 Courier, Jim 25 (33)
40 Nastase, Ilie 25 (52)
40 Wilander, Mats 25 (89)

45 Ashe, Arthur 24 (71)
45 Bahrami, Mansour 24 (64)
45 Leconte, Henri 24 (58)
45 Pavel, Andrei 24 (25)
45 Rochus, Olivier 24 (NEW)
50 Srichapan, Paradorn 23 (44)
50 Vilas, Guillermo 23 (71)

52 Luczak, Peter 21 (77)
53 Dent, Taylor 20 (52)
54 El Aynaoui, Younes 19 (38)
54 Laver, Rod 19 (42)
56 Noah, Yannick 18 (60)
57 Muster, Thomas 17 (44)
58 Calleri, Agustin 16 (58)
59 Meligeni, Fernando 15 (50)
60 Cash, Pat 13 (64)

61 Schalken, Sjeng 12 (50)
62 Chela, Juan Ignacio 10 (95)
63 Escudé, Nicolas 9 (55)
63 Fibak, Wojciech 9 (77)
63 Gambill, Jan-Michael 9 (107)
63 Johansson, Thomas 9 (62)
63 Navarro, Ivan 9 (NEW)
63 Tiriac, Ion 9 (77)
69 Arazi, Hisham 8 (52)
69 Hernandez, Oscar 8 (NEW)

71 Acasuso, José 7 (69)
71 Arthurs, Wayne 7 (74)
71 Bruguera, Sergi 7 (67)
71 Fleming, Peter 7 (89)
71 Ilie, Andrew 7 (NEW)
71 Pioline, Cedric 7 (95)
77 Berasategui, Alberto 6 (55)
77 Carlsson, Kent 6 (89)
77 Corretja, Alex 6 (41)
77 Korda, Petr 6 (NEW)
77 Krickstein, Aaron 6 (NEW)
77 Kucera, Karol 6 (40)
77 Newcombe, John 6 (107)
77 Pernfors, Mikael 6 (NEW)
77 Siemerink, Jan 6 (107)

86 Enqvist, Thomas 5 (107)
86 Gerulaitis, Vitas 5 (NEW)
86 Knowles, Mark 5 (NEW)
86 Koellerer, Daniel 5 (NEW)
86 Roche, Tony 5 (95)
86 Rusedski, Greg 5 (83)
86 Wheaton, David 5 (NEW)

93 Boetsch, Arnaud 4 (NEW)
93 De Voest, Rik 4 (NEW)
93 Niland, Conor 4 (83)
93 Novak, Jiri 4 (67)
93 Saretta, Flavio 4 (83)
93 Sargsian, Sargis 4 (60)
93 Järryd, Anders 3 (NEW)
93 Orantes, Manuel 3 (NEW)
93 Rosset, Marc 3 (89)
93 Woodbridge, Todd 3 (125)

103 Bastl, George 2 (NEW)
103 Glickstein, Shlomo 2 (NEW)
103 Von Cramm, Gottfried 2 (NEW)
106 Canas, Guillermo 1 (95)
106 Emerson, Roy 1 (NEW)
106 Rochus, Chritophe 1 (NEW)
106 Stoltenberg, Jason 1 (NEW)
106 Trifu, Gabriel 1 (NEW)
106 Ulrich, Torben 1 (103)
106 Westphal, Michael 1 (NEW)
106 Zivojinovic, Slobodan 1 (62)

Favorite Active Players:

1 Federer, Roger 1390 (1)

2 Wawrinka, Stan 1073 (8)
3 Del Potro, Juan Martin 980 (2)

4 Djokovic, Novak 804 (3)
5 Dimitrov, Grigor 771 (7)
6 Nadal, Rafael 600 (5)
7 Tsonga, Jo Wilfried 539 (4)
8 Gulbis, Ernests 482 (13)
9 Nishikori, Kei 480 (16)
10 Haas, Tommy 476 (6)

11 Murray, Andy 472 (9)
12 Hewitt, Lleyton 414 (12)
13 Ferrer, David 374 (11)
14 Monfils, Gael 351 (18)
15 Berdych, Tomas 326 (14)
16 Gasquet, Richard 289 (10)
17 Janowicz, Jerzy 279 (15)
18 Dolgopolov, Alexandr 178 (26)
19 Thiem, Dominic 175 (225)
20 Fognini, Fabio 169 (28)

21 Simon, Gilles 153 (19)
22 Cilic, Marin 142 (35)
23 Paire, Benoit 138 (22)
23 Youzhny, Mikhail 138 (31)
25 Raonic, Milos 136 (21)
26 Pospisil, Vasek 129 (46)
27 Kyrgios, Nick 123 (59)
28 Tomic, Bernard 115 (19)
29 Isner, John 112 (32)
29 Kohlschreiber, Philipp 112 (23)

31 Mahut, Nicolas 110 (43)
32 Verdasco, Fernando 107 (33)
33 Rosol, Lukas 101 (39)
34 Söderling, Robin 100 (29)
35 Goffin, David 97 (34)
36 Brown, Dustin 93 (49)
36 Lopez, Feliciano 93 (37)
38 Tipsarevic, Janko 91 (27)
39 Llodra, Michael 82 (25)
40 Baghdatis, Marcos 75 (24)

41 Karlovic, Ivo 74 (42)
42 Tursunov, Dimitri 68 (60)
43 Stepanek, Radek 66 (36)
44 Coric, Borna 65 (NEW)
45 Young, Donald 60 (96)
46 Almagro, Nicolas 58 (29)
46 Robredo, Tommy 58 (56)
48 Berlocq, Carlos 57 (44)
49 Bellucci, Thomaz 54 (38)
50 Bautista Agut, Roberto 53 (166)

51 Fish, Mardy 47 (52)
52 Benneteau, Julien 46 (45)
53 Cuevas, Pablo 43 (166)
54 Seppi, Andreas 41 (47)
55 Kubot, Lukasz 40 (49)
56 Chardy, Jeremy 39 (41)
57 Melzer, Jürgen 38 (58)
58 Sock, Jack 31 (78)
59 Kokkinakis, Thanasi 30 (175)
59 Nieminen, Jarkko 30 (55)

61 Lajovic, Dusan 27 (225)
62 Darcis, Steve 26 (NEW)
62 Klizan, Martin 26 (57)
62 Mayer, Leonardo 26 (137)
62 Troicki, Victor 26 (54)
66 Querrey, Sam 23 (81)
66 Stakhovsky, Sergiy 23 (201)
68 Kuznetsov, Andrey 22 (73)
69 Przysiezny, Michal 21 (85)
69 Sela, Dudi 21 (122)

71 Berankis, Ricardas 20 (40)
72 Chiudinelli, Marco 19 (81)
72 Harrison, Ryan 19 (52)
72 Sijsling, Igor 19 (76)
75 Brands, Daniel 18 (64)
75 Dodig, Ivan 18 (71)
75 Morgan, Jonathan 18 (NEW)
75 Zverev, Alexander 18 (NEW)
79 Copil, Marius 17 (66)
79 Evans, Daniel 17 (116)
79 Lu, Yen-Hsun 17 (88)
79 Montanes, Albert 17 (81)

83 Becker, Benjamin 16 (94)
83 Mathieu, Paul Henri 16 (48)
83 Matosevic, Marinko 16 (73)
83 Muller, Gilles 16 (111)
87 Andujar, Pablo 15 (68)
87 Dancevic, Frank 15 (175)
87 Monaco, Juan 15 (51)
87 Russell, Michael 15 (68)
87 Zeballos, Horacio 15 (70)

92 Anderson, Kevin 14 (96)
92 De Bakker, Thiemo 14 (88)
92 Groth, Samuel 14 (187)
92 Hanescu, Victor 14 (64)
92 McGee, James 14 (NEW)
92 Mayer, Florian 14 (101)
92 Schwartzman, Diego 14 (NEW)
92 Zimonjic, Nenad 14 (73)

100 Baker, Brian 13 (61)
100 Kontinen, Henri 13 (142)
100 Vesely, Jiri 13 (116)
103 Carreno Busta, Pablo 12 (62)
103 Devvarman, Somdev 12 (142)
103 Millman, John 12 (85)
103 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard 12 (156)
107 Nishioka, Yoshihito 11 (NEW)
107 Struff, Jan-Lennard 11 (156)
109 Becuzzi, Enrico 10 (NEW)
109 Cipolla, Flavio 10 (142)
109 Daniel, Taro 10 (175)
109 Donskoy, Evgeny 10 (142)
109 Guccione, Chris 10 (116)
109 Schwank, Eduardo 10 (122)
109 Sousa, Joao 10 (92)

116 Alund, Martin 9 (NEW)
116 Bedene, Aljaz 9 (85)
116 Cuevas, Martin 9 (NEW)
116 Elias, Gastao 9 (101)
116 Gabashvili, Teymuraz 9 (196)
116 Gonzalez, Maximo 9 (NEW)
116 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues 9 (187)
116 Kutrovsky, Dimitar 9 (212)
116 Milton, Joshua 9 (212)
116 Pavic, Mate 9 (212)
116 Peralta, Julio 9 (NEW)
116 Soeda, Go 9 (156)
116 Weintraub, Amir 9 (101)
116 Williams, Rhyne 9 (92)
116 Ze, Zhang 9 (166)
116 Zopp, Jürgen 9 (142)

132 Di, Wu 8 (111)
132 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo 8 (130)
132 Giraldo, Santiago 8 (122)
132 Istomin, Denis 8 (122)
132 Johnson, Steve 8 (130)
132 Kamke, Tobias 8 (NEW)
132 Mitchell, Benjamin 8 (225)
132 Sandgren, Tennys 8 (NEW)
132 Virgili, Adelchi 8 (NEW)

141 Bemelmans, Ruben 7 (175)
141 Delbonis, Federico 7 (111)
141 Donaldson, Jared 7 (NEW)
141 Figueroa, Pablo 7 (NEW)
141 Haase, Robin 7 (81)
141 Jarry, Nicolas 7 (NEW)
141 Pella, Guido 7 (76)
141 Schoorel, Thomas 7 (156)
141 Thompson, Clay 7 (NEW)
141 Ungur, Adrian 7 (88)

151 Bollelli, Simone 6 (72)
151 Bryan, Bob 6 (130)
151 Garin, Christian 6 (166)
151 Granollers, Marcel 6 (67)
151 Huta Galung, Jesse 6 (152)
151 Lopez, Marc 6 (156)
151 Mott, Blake 6 (NEW)
151 Olivetti, Albano 6 (NEW)
151 Saville, Luke 6 (142)

160 Bryan, Mike 5 (130)
160 Clezar, Guilherme 5 (76)
160 Edmund, Kyle 5 (NEW)
160 Estrella, Victor 5 (NEW)
160 Falla, Alejandro 5 (150)
160 Gojowczyk, Peter 5 (NEW)
160 Krajinovic, Filip 5 (96)
160 Kudla, Denis 5 (130)
160 Mannarino, Adrian 5 (100)
160 Marcan, Dino 5 (NEW)
160 Petzschner, Philipp 5 (101)
160 Tiafoe, Francis 5 (NEW)

172 Barnett, Sam 4 (NEW)
172 Ebden, Matthew 4 (101)
172 Gil, Frederico 4 (166)
172 Hernych, Jan 4 (NEW)
172 Hutchins, Ross 4 (NEW)
172 Ilhan, Marsel 4 (201)
172 Kavcic, Blaz 4 (94)
172 Mirnyi, Max 4 (130)
172 Nestor, Daniel 4 (110)
172 Ram, Rajeev 4 (101)
172 Ramos, Albert 4 (116)
172 Robert, Stephane 4 (NEW)
172 Tecau, Horia 4 (101)
172 Witten, Jesse 4 (NEW)

186 Balasz, Attila 3 (142)
186 Gawron, Marcin 3 (NEW)
186 Ginepri, Robby 3 (196)
186 Inglot, Dominic 3 (NEW)
186 Kendrick, Robert 3 (NEW)
186 Menendez, Adrian 3 (212)
186 Mergas, Florin 3 (166)
186 Safiullin, Roman 3 (NEW)

194 Chung, Hyeon 2 (NEW)
194 Fleming, Colin 2 (187)
194 Lama, Gonzalo 2 (NEW)
194 Lizariturry, Juan 2 (NEW)
194 Lorenzi, Paolo 2 (NEW)
194 Luz, Orlando 2 (NEW)
194 Marie, Jules 2 (NEW)
194 Thompson, Jordan 2 (NEW)

202 Burgos, Victor Estrella 1 (NEW)
202 Crivoi, Victor 1 (111)
202 Dustov, Farrukh 1 (NEW)
202 Gombos, Norbert 1 (NEW)
202 Kubler, Jason 1 (NEW)
202 Majchrzak, Kamil 1 (NEW)
202 Mektic, Nikola 1 (NEW)
202 Peliwo, Filip 1 (116)
202 Quinzi, Gianluigi 1 (96)
202 Smyczek, Tim 1 (175)
202 Wachiramanowong, Kittipong 1 (NEW)
202 Wang, Jimmy 1 (NEW)

janko05 · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1.Djokovic
2.Wawrinka
3.Darcis
4.Rosol
5.Davidenko

Slasher1985 · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

I didn't play last year, so sorry Eden.

I will be early this year.

Active:
1. Federer
2. Kyrgios
3. Nishikori
4. Wawrinka
5. Copil
6. Del Potro
7. Hewitt
8. Janowicz
9. Dimitrov
10. Bautista-Agut

Eden · Feb 16, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Slasher1985 said:
I didn't play last year, so sorry Eden.

No problem.

Thanks for participating this year

Kat_YYZ said:
I predict a huge bump for #Stanimal this year! :lol: #bandwagon

He is doing good so far indeed

ironbmike said:
All-time:
1) Roddick
2) Sampras
3) Federer

I considered to add the option for such an all-time list but then I thought it would be too much to have 3 sections.

Przemek said:
Give the title to Fed already :lol: so NID

Nothing is for sure

Johnny Groove said:
Damn near impossible to keep the retired list to 10.

Usually it's the other way around and people find it difficult to keep the active list to 10 names.

Schumacher said:
Note that both Nadal and Federer appeared together in "top 10" only for 4th time (if I am correct) and all those 4 posters are Nadal fans.

It's easier to appreciate Roger when you are a Rafa fan

Thanks for mentioning this

Qampunen said:
Retired:
1. Nicolas Kiefer
2. Iván Navarro
3. Fabrice Santoro

You have to mention 2 more players as it is required to name at least 5 players

bobtherobot said:
Favourites

2. Rafa/Andy (Can't really decide between them)

You have to decide for one of them, otherwise I can't count your vote

Pablo23 said:
*If Robin doesn't count for retired yet, all below him rise a spot in the Retired list, then #10 is Fernando González. Then, Robin goes in the Active list, at #4, and all below him fall a spot.

As long as Robin hasn't officially announced his retirement he will belong to the active players

Slasher1985 · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Retired:
1. Sampras
2. Chang
3. Borg
4. Roddick
5. Ferrero
6. Nalbandian
7. Vilas
8. Nastase
9. Ivanisevic
10. Moya

Newcomer · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1.Berdych
2.Djokovic
3.Tomic
4.Paire
5.Rosol

GSMnadal · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1. Nadal
2. Verdasco
3. Monfils
4. Berdych
5. Tomic
6. Gulbis
7. F. Lopez
8. Wawrinka
9. Dimitrov
10. Janowicz

Federer&Hingis · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active
1.Federer
2.Raonic
3.Wawrinka
4.Nishikori
5.Pospisil
6.Dimitrov
7.Haase
8.Del Potro
9.Goffin
10.Rosol

Retired
1.Edberg
2.Santoro
3.Schalken
4.James Blake
5.Krajicek
6.Thomas Johansson
7.Bjorkman
8.Rosset
9.Grosjean
10.Magnus Norman

Eddy DoubleD · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1. Juan Martin Del Potro
2. Grigor Dimitrov
3. Bernard Tomic
4. Ernests Gulbis
5. Kei Nishikori
6. Nick Kyrgios
7. Alexander Zverev
8. Jiri Vesely
9. Thanasi Kokkinakis
10. Robin Soderling

Fogmeister · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active Players

1. Dimitrov - it's clearly the player I've been following the most last year.
2. Bellucci - he's a mug, but he's from my country and is a very nice guy. :shrug:
3. Wawrinka - upgraded him to 3rd because of today's title.
4. Federer - downgraded to 4th cause I want him to retire and stop ruining legacy ASAP.
5. Bautista Agut - first time I saw him play vs. Delpo, really like it. Takes Nando's spot as my fav spaniard.
6. Del Potro - it's impossivel not to like the Gentle Giant.
7. Gulbis - downgraded him a bit, cause of some disappointing matches in Slams.
8. Berlocq - so much heart, what a fighter.
9. Janowicz - crazy Jerzy, tennis needs more guys like him.
10. Thiem - saw some matches, like his game a lot.

NovakTheGoat · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

6. Dolgopolov - Very fun and good player to watch, I like his unqiue style of play even though he's a mug. Hope Magnus saves him one day Stan style.
5. Janowicz - Fan since Aus Open last year
4. Wawrinka - Fan since 2009 Wimbledon match against Murray
3. Dimitrov - Fan since 2011 Wimbledon match against Tsonga
2. Del Potro - Fan since Aus Open 2009
1. Djokovic - Fan Since Wimbledon 2007 and started watching Tennis after that.

Fogmeister · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Retired - it's very difficult for me to do this, since I wasn't really a big follower of tennis in the 90's. But let's do it, a top 5, cause top 10 is too much, I would be forcing.

1. Kuerten - best brazilian player ever.
2. Krajicek - beat Sampras at Wimbledon, always like it Dutch players and teams (football, volleyball).
3. Rafter - best style of tennis I've ever saw.
4. Nalbandian - so sad he's gone without a slam.
5. Norman - not much of playing, more cause of coaching Soderling and Wawa. :lol:

Honorable mention --> Soderking, let's face it, he's retired. :shrug:

Advantage_Set · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Doktor Carpet said:
2. Krajicek - beat Sampras at Wimbledon, always like it Dutch players and teams (football, volleyball).

Must be hard though, we have so many mugs and crappy teams.

1. Djokovic - my personal GOAT, but oh, well..
2. Wawrinka - joined the bandwagon since AO 2013 last year, what a match. Fully deserved slam win today.
3. Ferrer - for sheer fighting spirit. I reckon he's a big twat off court, though.
4. Tsonga - for clownishness and the volleys.
5. Del Potro - typical Argentinian, good guy.
6. Gasquet - for his near perfect one-handed backhand.
7. Nadal - though I liked him much better in his capris.
8. Isner - for being a mental giant.
9. Kohlschreiber - for his shotmaking ability.
10. Nishikori - for his potential greatness.

Honorable mentions:
Hewitt, Mahut, Sijsling.

Dishonorable mentions:
- Dimitrov: seems to fail every time.
- Federer: legend, but I hate his aura and the way his fans and people who don't know tennis think the sport's nothing without him.
- Murray: horrible on-court attitude.

sirbenson · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1. Tsonga
2. Verdasco
3. Federer
4. Dimitrov
5. Baghdatis
6. Wawrinka
7. Isner
8. Del Potro
9. Kohlschrieber
10. Fognini

Tsonga and Nando really joint faves, just a toss of the coin really haha!

Kat_YYZ · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

I predict a huge bump for #Stanimal this year! :lol: #bandwagon

Saraya! · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1. Tipsarevic
2. Dimitrov
3. Kyrgios
4. Djokovic
5. Hewitt
6. Wawrinka
7. Federer
8. Ferrer
9. Almagro
10. Berdych

Sebes · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

1.Federer - The Artist
2.Janowicz - Polish hammer with huge heart
3.Del Potro - Forehand and some of his point celebrations are youtube classics
4.Wawrinka - Powerful and aesthetically pleasing off both wings.
5.Tsonga - Still one of the most enjoyable to watch when showing his explosiveness
6.Haas - going strong regardless of age and his resurgence had been very inspiring
7.Monfils - most unpredictable player on tour, always full of emotions watching this guy
8.Davydenko - underrated clean ball-striker
9.Kubot - S&V for the win !
10.Dimitrov - BabyFed,enough said

R0B1S · Jan 26, 2014

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1.Federer
2.Wawrinka
3.Monfils
4.Gulbis
5.Davydenko
6.Haas
7.Djokovic
8.Hewitt
9.Ferrer
10.Tsonga

rinnegan · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active Players

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Grigor Dimitrov
3. Kei Nishikori
4. Ernests Gulbis
5. Stanislas Wawrinka
6. Richard Gasquet
7. Gilles Simon
8. Benoit Paire
9. Janko Tipsarevic
10. Fabio Fognini

Retired Players

1. Andre Agassi
2. Marat Safin
3. Mario Ancic
4. Boris Becker
5. John McEnroe

Police of Mind · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active:

1. Simon - Tactically superb, love his cerebral approach and he seems like a top guy.
2. Llodra - The last of dying (dead) breed and a complicated character.
3. Fognini - Most alpha tennis player you'll ever see.
4. Nieminen - Ah, if only he had a big serve...
5. Haas - Guaranteed entertainment, whether GOATing or imploding.
6. Dolgopolov - Complete headcase but always interesting.
7. Benneteau - I would give anything to see him win a title.
8. Ferrer - A testament to hard work.
9. Hewitt - Still has the desire when he could've retired a long time ago, got huge respect for him.
10. Robredo - Balls of steel, far better to watch than MTF believes, a classic clay courter.

Retired players:

1. Malisse - Outrageously talented, always lit up the court. Will miss him for years.
2. Gonzalez - As bad as his backhand was seeing him unwind that forehand was always a thrill.
3. Moya - Was my fave growing up.
4. Bruguera - Clay courter to the extreme.
5. El Aynaoui - Great character, the tour could do with someone like him nowadays.
6. Nalbandian - When he was on, only Federer could rival him in quality and aesthetics.
7. Schalken - Unorthodox would be an understatement.
8. Kafelnikov - His backhand is always overlooked. Lives like a king these days.
9. Chang - Biggest fighter I've seen on court.
10. Rafter - Absolute joy to watch unlike many of his contemporaries.

InfoKenway · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active:

1.Nishikori
2.Murray
3.Federer
4.Seppi
5.Monfils
6.Tsonga
7.Simon
8.Berdych
9.Youzhny
10.Haas/Fognini/Davydenko

InfoKenway · Mar 1, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

InfoKenway said:
Active:

1.Nishikori
2.Murray
3.Federer
4.Seppi
5.Monfils
6.Tsonga
7.Simon
8.Berdych
9.Youzhny
10.Haas/Fognini/Davydenko

1. I like his game very much and he is great person. Also i was following him when he was 16.
2. Well, i always liked his smart game,which is gone after 2012.
3. I am relaxing when i watch his matches.
4. South Tyrolean is always very calm and has the best smash after Roger. Also i like when he fights.
5. CircusGael is very entertaining to watch.
6. He is always positive and was really explosive.
7. Smart game + BIG FH.
8. I hated him,but Twitter and this year's his positiveness kinda helped me to support for T-Berd.
9. Colonel's aggressiveness + Emotional.

TigerTim · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Murray
Hewitt
Kohlschreiber
Tsonga
Wawrinka
Mahut
Llodra
Robredo
Isner
Ferrer

LaurenceGiustino · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active Players:

1- Nadal - the GOAT
2- Del Potro - I liked him more when he was a mental giant. Now he's a choker but still like him. He is a nice guy though.
3- Hewitt - I've always liked his game, his personality, his fighting spirit and his C'MON!! AO 2005 was the best GS ever, mostly because of his epic matches.
4- F.López - Very entertaining to watch.
5- Fognini - Clown, but nice to watch. I became his fan after his fantastic winning streak in Sttutgart, Hamburg and Umag last year.
6- Djokovic - I used to like him more, but some of his clownish attitudes on court are a bit tiring to watch.
7- Wawrinka - He is a good example that never is too late to win your first GS. Very nice guy.
8- Zeballos
9- Simon

That's all. I will add one more just to complete the list.

10- Kittipong Wachiramanowong

Retired Players (I started to watch tennis in 2002 so i'll make only a Top 5 for this):

1- Coria
2- Safin
3- Nalbandian
4- Gaudio
5- Roddick

Moonball Pusher · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active:
1) Federer
2) Wawrinka
3) Dimitrov
4) Del Potro
5) Janowicz
6) Tsonga
7) Isner
8) Ryan Harrison
9) Querrey
10) Rosol

All-time:
1) Roddick
2) Sampras
3) Federer

Newcomer · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

ironbmike said:
Active:
1) Federer
2) Wawrinka
3) Dimitrov
4) Del Potro
5) Janowicz
6) Tsonga
7) Isner
8) Ryan Harrison
9) Querrey
10) Rosol

All-time:
1) Roddick
2) Sampras
3) Federer

:haha:

Rychu · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active:

1. Federer
2. Del Potro
3. Janowicz
4. Hewitt
5. Haas
6. Gasquet
7. Fognini - for the clowning alone :lol:
8. Przysiezny
9. Fish - wtf happened to Mardy? is he retired?
10. Djokovic

Rychu · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Honorable mention

- Any talented shotmaker with good mindset, teasing-pleasing groundstrokes, preferably nice OHBH and volley skills

Nirjhor · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Active players

Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Tommy Haas
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Grigor Dimitrov
Mikhail Youzhny
Matthew Ebden
Lleyton Hewitt
Jordan Thompson
Thanasi Kokkinakis

Nirjhor · Aug 9, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

Nirjhor said:
Active players

Roger Federer

Stanislas Wawrinka

Tommy Haas

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Grigor Dimitrov

Mikhail Youzhny

Matthew Ebden

Lleyton Hewitt

Jordan Thompson

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Retired Players

Stefan Edberg
Bjorn Borg
Gustavo Kuerten
Marat Safin
David Nalbandian
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Carlos Moya
Tim Henman
Boris Becker
Magnus Norman

Thanks Eden for doing this.

ProdigyEng · Jan 26, 2014

Active only... will do retired later:

1. Jerzy Janowicz - this guy is so fun to watch. Win or loss he is always so passionate and also has a great game for his size.

2. Novak Djokovic - Nole is an amazing guy on and off court. He is so nice to his fans and I was so grateful to get my pic with him at WTF. His defense is sublime and so is his ability to change direction on shots.

3. Andy Murray - I do not think you will find a more genuine guy in Tennis. Andy is so true to himself and has never let success change who he is. He is funny and witty. I love his counter punching style.

4. Juan Martin Del Potro - Juan is a gentle giant and I have loved watching him for a while now. I love how he can be on the defence for a while and then just rip a running forehand winner.

Those guys are my main favourites and I really do not have an order for them myself in terms of rankings so it was hard to place them. Jerzy will need the vote most.

5. Tomas Berdych
6. Gael Monfils
7. Donald Young
8. Ross Hutchins
9. Dustin Brown
10. Jonathan Morgan (Groove)

Honorable mentions to David Marrero, Fernando Verdasco, Leander Paes, Radek Stepanek, Lukasz Kubot, Robert Lindstedt, Colin Fleming, Dom Inglot, Treat Huey, Jamie Murray, John Peers and Johnny Marray on the doubles side of things I wish there was a comp for doubles teams.

Also honorable mentions to Thannasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios the future of ATP and both who I am following with interest.

More singles guys I could have voted including Youzhny but 10 is all I can vote

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Fogmeister · Jan 26, 2014

Re: MTF 2014 Favourite Players Thread

ProdigyEng said:
10. Jonathan Morgan (Groove)

Really nice of your part citing Groove!

Chris Kuerten said:
9. Von Cramm

Did you mention him cause of Facebook discussion yesterday or already liked him?

:haha:

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