[Sniperdoggy]

I mean why does the US,EUROPE,AUSTRALIA get the grand slam's but South America and Asia get left out does anyone know the answer to this Im just curious??

 

[r2473]

How about Antartica or Africa?

 

[Johnny Groove]

Advice.

In life, for any question you are unsure of the answer to, the answer is usually money.

 

[Sniperdoggy]

whoops forgot about africa sorry anyone know the answer antartica is too cold by the way the players would die of frost bite in 5 minutes

 

[MaxPower]

Mostly tradition. Tennis got a great tradition in the slam countries, like US, France, UK and Australia

In South America and especially Asia the tradition isn't as strong. South America has been coming strong with mainly Argentina but in the history of tennis still fairly new.

Asia has been lacking a strong tennis tradition and only had sporadic good players. I think the reason they place tournaments in Thailand, China, Japan and so on is mainly MONEY. It's a big fan base for TV and merchandise which translates too $$$$

China after all has a masters in Shanghai and that is a big step forward. South America should focus on getting a Masters. Would make sense to perhaps have one in Brazil or Argentina

 

[bobbynorwich]

antartica is too cold by the way the players would die of frost bite in 5 minutes

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[navy75]

Money. Tradition. Infrastructure. Fan base. Media attention.

 

[guga2120]

Money. Tradition. Infrastructure. Fan base. Media attention.

Money and tradition, yes. The other 3, no. That ridiculous stadium with no roof did not even look full, and there were 2 americans playing.

 

[navy75]

Glad that you realized your question was xenophobic in leaving out Africa and Antarctica.

So I'm guessing that you'd like to see 10+ Grand Slams annually? I'm all for a cold weather outdoor tournament, btw, as I've always thought tennis strongly favoured players who could adapt to heat better.

 

[romismak]

Is this joke thread of what? because those slams are tradition , history they are were they are for decades- with AUS switching, but still the same country, and when they started slams in late 19th century, they didn´t know what was tennis in Asia or South America in those times, it was sport - white sport for high society on grass.

 

[Sniperdoggy]

I included africa after I forgot it and antartica well i guess you want your favorite players to freeze to death

 

[stewietennis]

Australia is kind of a part of Asia. What I don't get is why three majors are so close geographically - New York, London and Paris.

 

[Sniperdoggy]

last time i checked where living in the 21st century not the 19th!!

 

[Emperor Yi]

I think we all know the answer to that but we are avoiding it.



Racism. And the only solution is to



kill all the white people! Oh yeah, we're gonna make them cry

 

[Paylu2007]

I think we all know the answer to that but we are avoiding it.



Racism. And the only solution is to



kill all the white people! Oh yeah, we're gonna make them cry

lololololol.. but I'm white!!

 

[The Magician]

South Africa does have a long history with tennis. Argentina or Brazil has also had good players and tennis is popular. Really the biggest problem is there are only 4 slams so you can't just put one in every continent. Personally the FO should be moved to South America, after Nadull winning it all the time there's really no history left and no reason to keep it in France.

 

[finishingmove]

safari slam then

wouldn't give one to those choking latinos

 

[Ouragan]

Well, think about it, where did tennis originate? Tough one eh? Then Asutralia and US are former British colonies, and you've got the answer to your half assed question.

 

[atennisfan]

Why has cricket world cup never hosted by USA?

Why has rugby world cup never hosted by China?

why has badminton world cup series never taken place in Australia?

etc..

etc..

hats off to the OP for making this thread..... Not!

 

[36645]

the four gs tradition will be the toughest to disrupt, i think. it's definitely time for a south american GS...their players have more than earned one