The Rankings Thread (ATP)

[Fiero425]

Nastase is definitely a guy for whom the Slam count doesn't do justice. He was the best player on tour for two years (72-73), with one of the better single-Slam seasons in 73 (that honor goes to Andy Murray in 2016). By my still-in-development system, the best single-Slam seasons are:

1. Andy Murray, 2016
2. Ivan Lendl, 1985
3. Novak Djokovic, 2012
4. Ilie Nastase, 1973
5. Novak Djokovic, 2013
6. Ivan Lendl, 1989
7. Novak Djokovic, 2014
8. Jimmy Connors, 1976
9. Rod Laver, 1968
10. John McEnroe, 1983
11. Jimmy Connors, 1978
12. Rafael Nadal, 2005
13. Andre Agassi, 1995
14. Stefan Edberg, 1990
15. Roger Federer, 2012
16. Rafael Nadal, 2007
17. John McEnroe, 1979
18. John McEnroe, 1980
19. Stefan Edberg, 1987
20. Thomas Muster, 1995

You have a criteria that keeps Bjorn Borg off this list? W/O chk'n I'm sure his "1976" would qualify! Am I missing something? Does Connors' season take precedent! OTTH, Borg won Wimbledon, The WCT Final, The US Pro, & other assorted events! He was named POY, #1 by Tennis Mag., & was Runner-Up to Connors at the USO! Borg pretty much owned Connors after that w/ Jimmy winning 1978 USO over Borg who had an injured thumb! Bjorn was literally, unintentionally slamming his racket into the ground after a serve he wasn't able to grip the racket well enuf! They had a couple epic battles at Wimbledon, but Borg wore him down in 5 sets!

 

[mrzz]

That's one of the problems with modern society and probably why there is such a high level of mental health issues among the younger generations. No longer is it good enough to be one of the best at anything in your own local area. Instead you are frequently compared with the best in the world... not only the active plyers of a trade... but compared to the best ever of all time. This now seems to be the way the world operates - you can't be moderately good at anything - you have to be one of the best of all time or you are chump change. This extends way beyond tennis and sports...

I stopped reading at the second phrase, as this is clearly not greatest post of all time.