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[marmar]

Who is the greatest male tennis player of all time?

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	Roger Federer
	1 (33%)
	Bjorn Borg
	0 (0%)
	Pete Sampras
	1 (33%)
	Rafael Nadal
	0 (0%)
	Rod Laver
	1 (33%)
	Ivan Lendl
	0 (0%)
	John McEnroe
	0 (0%)
	Andre Agassi
	0 (0%)
	Fred Perry
	0 (0%)
	somebody else (whom?)
	0 (0%)
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[dhill926]

1. Rocket Rod.....

2 Slams.......

Fed #2. Thought Nadal could go to the top before last year, maybe he still can....

[joeybee12]

2. Federer...no doubt about it...if you voted for someone else...

I question whether you follow tennis.

[Iggo]

3. Been playing tennis since the mid-60's, and I voted for Borg.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Same Here, Iggo

I probably didn't start playing until around 1970, but i voted for Borg too.
GAC

[Iggo]

10. Well, Dad put a racket in my hand as soon as I could hold one.

Which was about 5 yrs old, so I was a few years ahead of my contemporaries.

But that's the thing: Borg and MacEnBrat were going at it when I was a teenager and in my tennis playing prime. So I think I'm probably following the trend of voting for the best player of MY era.

[Kingofalldems]

4. I'd like to see the best in a wooden racket tournament

That would determine the winner.

[TBF]

5. That's why it has to be determined by era -

today's kids have never played with a wooden racket ...

[tishaLA]

6. It's impossible to choose

From a pure talent standpoint, I'd say McEnroe was the best I have ever seen, but he lacked the discipline of Roger and Borg. (I recently rewatched some of Borg's Wimbledon play and I have to confess how astonished I was that he came to the net so much more than I remember; I recall him being basically a baseliner, but my memory is either really faulty or that his willingness to come to the net has been clouded by the fact that so many players used to serve and volley back then, unlike now. Chris Evert served and volleyed more than almost any player today, for heaven's sake!)

I'm too young to have seen Laver, sadly, so I have to go by the exemplary things others have said about him.

ETA: Don Budge and Big Bill Tildon probably deserve a place in this poll, too, but nobody's old enough to have seen them play, now that Ted Tinling has passed.

[bigwillq]

7. I voted for Fed, even though I can't stand him. (nt)

[taterguy]

9. McEnroe because he inspired a Pretenders lyric

Others had more talent but he was by far the most interesting tennis player.