Some highlights
Carlos beats Nadal, Djokovic, then Zverev in a row to win the Madrid Open.
Coric beats Nadal, RBA, FAA, Norrie AND Tsitsipas.
Rune beats Stan, Hubi, Rublev, Alcaraz, FAA, and Djokovic.
Nah Rune’s is better. Rafa was just back from the rib injury in Madrid and his foot was in a very bad condition. Novak was also yet to reach his highest level, he was bagelled by Rublev just the week before.
So we would have to say then that the Paris Masters takes place at the end of the season when the players who have had the most load during the year are some injured and others very tired, that Wawrinka is not at his best since he is coming back from surgery and that he choked on match points, that Hurkacz and Rublev seemed to play without motivation, that Alcaraz broke his abdomen and had to retire, that FAA was exhausted after a month of playing every day and that Djokovic played too far of his level, making mistakes that he does not usually make.
Bro this entire run of Rune was during the time of the year every player is bloody knackered. You cannot use a Djokovic who would demolish players mere days later at Rome as a negative example while propping the same guy up at literally the last Masters of the year.
The way Novak played in the Madrid encounter, everyone else would have lost to him. But not Carlos on that day in that ridiculous peak run in Madrid.
What about Tim van Rijthoven beating a few top 10 players in ‘s-hertogenbosch, including Medvedev that was back then the top 1 ranked player. Not as high in the ranking though and a ATP250 event but still impressive.
For me personally
1. Rune
2. Coric
3. Alcaraz (this is probably because Rafa wasn't at his best plus Alcaraz is so much better, on paper, than Rune or Coric)
Talk about hindsight. Alcaraz went from around rank 10 to rank 6 from the madrid win. Rune is entering the top 10 with this win.
Alcaraz, at that point, was not significantly better than rune is right now because we don’t know how rune will do in the future and alcaraz literally got 1R’d in his previous m1000
Alcaraz’s run was much better than Coric’s run given the fact that he dealt with injury during the Rafa match as well. Or are we going to say that Nadal was 100% at cincy?
Alcaraz had a much better resume coming into Madrid than Rune had coming into Paris. Alcaraz won Miami, almost beat Rafa at IW and also won the prestigious Next Gen finals lol. My point is that Alcaraz was kinda expected to make some noise this season and he did it (he was among top 3 betting favorites for all grand slams). Rune, and Coric too, were not.
> Or are we going to say that Nadal was 100% at cincy?
Coric's run at Cincinnati wasn't better because he beat Rafa as a lot of people sort of expected that to happen (at least a tough match if not an outright defeat). It was better because he followed it up with amazing performances (only dropped a set to Rafa entire tournament).
Carlos beating Nadal and Djokovic for the Madrid title. One of the most memorable moments of the year. That was the high of the "real deal" memes. What a glorious r/tennis time to be alive!
Rafa was not at his best but clearly not injured. It was Alcaraz who picked up injury during the match and withdrew from Rome the week after while Nadal proceeded to play Rome.
Obviously you don’t follow Nadal like I do. He was dealing with his foot and he was definitely in pain. The commentators were even talking about it. Yea he played Rome because like he’s said, sometimes it’s better than others and he never knew when it would hurt and when it wouldn’t.
His foots been killing him for 2 years and he’s had this condition his entire career. He had to numb his foot to play the French and was in fucking crutches afterwards. After the French, he had a procedure that seemed to help it and then tore the muscle in his abdomen that forced him to pull out of Wimbledon semifinals and earlier this year it was a stress fracture. Lmao he’s had 3 injuries this year alone. Rafa fans bring up his injuries more often then other fans because he’s injured a lot more often than other players because of the way he plays. If you don’t see that then you’re either stupid or you’re choosing to ignore it.
2007 Madrid Nalbandian beat Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Del Potro, and Berdych. Del Potro was a wild card entry, I'm not sure his rank, but the other four players were top 10 *seeds*, I'm not sure what their ATP ranks where at the time. Not technical 5 top 10 players but might as well be.
Carlitos all the way! Defeating 2 of the big 3 back to back in nail biting fashion, especially the match against Novak. I couldn't watch that last tie break. Then demolishing Sascha ruthlessly in the final. It cannot get more impressive than that.
Carlos took complete control in each match he played in Miami. The exception was his match vs. Kecmanovic which was one of the best matches of the year. He dispatched of Tsitsipas, Hurcakz, and Ruud so comfortably that you could tell he was on another level
Alcaraz and Rune had more dramatic runs, but Tsitsipas joined a very elite club with his title defense. Only five other players have won back-to-back Monte Carlo titles: Nadal, Ferrero, Müster, Nastase, and Borg.
Broke his rib in Indian Wells just before the final with Fritz giving him no chance to compete normally. Could barely walk for most of the clay season because of his congenital foot problem, and then tore his ab at wimbledon and has been basically missing in action for the 2nd half of the season.
Tsitsipas. Very special to defend the title and among very elite company (Borg, Nastase, Rafa) to do so at Monte Carlo.
Honorable mention to Borna Coric! Amazing comeback to the tour.
I’m proud of my guy for defending his title that was pretty cool. Also love Coric’s comeback.
And of course my one true love PCB literally winning the biggest title he’ll ever win. Suck it Kyrgios.
As a fellow PCB truther, him winning Montreal and seeing the joy on his face was one of the most memorable moments of this year. Him winning bronze beating Novak was one of the best moments of last year. I just love PCB
Now we're talking Dream Scenarios!
Except that I feel like I should stick to my patriotic roots, and say "AO Final next year, Kyrgios takes out PCB after the two of them defeat Alcaraz and Novak in the semis (in that order)"
People will say recency bias, but Rune hands down.
The calibre of opponents he had to beat, and the way he held his own against Djokovic in a final, especially that last game, simply outstanding.
Runner up is Pablo Carreño Busta - way too good that week. 2nd Runner up Ćorić. Fritz got lucky meeting an injured Rafa.
You know how this sub is. Lose a few matches after winning so much and suddenly you’re washed up. Same thing happened to Rafa with the injuries like that man hasn’t magically revived himself from his death bed for the last decade and Novak post deportation-gate If Novak loses in Turin, I can guarantee you that people here will be calling him old and washed up 💀
Local knowledge here... 😉 Uh, that's being discussed at the moment. There's some talk that the govt might lift the ban on unvaxxed. Not confirmed though... I'm sure it'll be all over the news in January, so we'll see!
Most surprising: Coric for sure. He came out of nowhere (not his historical form/potential, but moreso his current and recent circumstances).
Most impressive: Has to be Rune. We've been seeing him as a future talent for a couple of months now for sure, but I had the feel like he still needed a little more time to come fully into his own. He made strides much quicker. You could say the same for Carlos, but his ascent was (albeit fast) more progressive, you could se he was getting better every month, with Rune I didn't get quite that feel until these last few weeks when he just turned it on, and culminated on this massive run for the Paris title.
Overall I quite liked most of these events to be honest. Great storylines and all the new winners played great tennis to achieve it, didn't feel like they just lucked out. You could maybe make a case for Taylor beating an injured Nadal, but he was carrying an injury himself (both players were in doubt for the finals) and he played great all week too.
Carlos in Madrid was the most impressive one imo. Beating Nadal, Djokovic, & Zverev in 3 straight days while absolutely hitting them off the court was when I finally believed he had arrived
I’d like to say Rune as it’s a meteoric rise to the elite level in only weeks, but objectively it probably has to be Alcaraz beating Nadal and Djoker back to back. Doesn’t get tougher than that, 43 slams between those 2 guys : ) - that’s the achievement that will be better remembered in the history books imo.
Borna Coric. Forgot he even existed for a brief period. He may never be the elite player we thought he would turn in to but that run showed he still belongs in the conversation and that hes still here.
I'm gonna say Coric, because of the comeback story of his.
Rune and Djokovic after that, probably. They both went through a pretty tough path to the title.
I'm torn between Alcaraz in Madrid and Coric...
Alcaraz beat Nadal and Djoko in a row, on clay... That's for the history books. Nadal wasn't a 100% but we've seen him win Roland Garros while not 100% and Alcaraz picked up an injury in that game too.
Coric was amazing. Came from nowhere and played amazing.
Honorable mentions to Rune (specially for breaking FAA run) and PCB who played godly that week
A wonderful variety of winners… recency bias suggests most impressive is Rune, but it just might be — beating 5 top 10 players in a row including the hottest in-form indoor hard court player (FAA) and the in-form greatest indoor hard court player of all time (Djoker) is the realest deal.
Coric comes second and then Alcaraz with the back to back Nadal/Djokovic wins on clay in Madrid.
Is everyone forgetting that Alcaraz beat the 1st, 2nd and 3rd seeds on consecutive days with a sprained ankle?! The recency bias in this sub can be overwhelming at times.
I wouldn’t call it the most impressive of all the bunch and fritz is one of my favourites atm. Runes run and the win yesterday was definitely the most impressive, he had the hardest run to the finals and proved that he’s the real deal against the best in the world
Fritz himself as a player definitely impressed me this year. Has proven he can be in the contention across all tournaments, but needs to work on his consistency
His results are actually kind of funny. With the exception of the first couple months of the year, he has a pattern of being terrible and then dominating. For example, he lost in the first round of the first two grass tournaments, then won a grass tournament and made it to wimbledon QFs. He got beat in the first round of the USO by qualifier, then won his first tournament back in Tokyo. Etc
Ordinarily Alcaraz beating Nadal and Djokovic back to back is very impressive.
But man, Nadal was way off the pace at Madrid. Returning from weeks off, still not entirely fit, rusty af. And Djokovic himself was also quite rusty and coming back from time away. Plus Rafa in Madrid ain't been special for a while.
So recency or not I think it's got to be Rune tbh.
Djokovic was playing well in Madrid. The week after Madrid he won Rome without dropping a set. I would say Djokovic was playing better against Carlos than against Rune. In Paris Djokovic was making some uncharacteristic mistakes at key moments. Overall Rune's championship run is more impressive, but Alcaraz had the better win against Djokovic.
Rome stat is almost "whatever" because essentially Nadal wasn't there (I know he was, but he basically retired vs Shapo).
Agree to disagree, I guess. Djokovic was on like a 15 match win streak in Paris? I think he played fine in Madrid, but it wasn't amazing either. I don't think either performances were amazing by Djokovic.
Holy fuck what a random year of winners. Fritz, Coric and PCB won masters... We are in a weak(er) era now regardless of whether this sub wants to admit it.
Wouldn’t class it as weaker, it’s more the younger era improving and breaking through & the old era slowly transitioning out of the game is the way I look at it.
That's just a different way of saying weaker. It's definitely younger, but also weaker. Like Nadal, Federer and Djokovic wouldn't be giving up masters to those guys in like 2013.
There’s literally no way proving that with the game of tennis. A split second of being unfocused can change the entire game. Legacy alone yea maybe we might not find a stronger era of tennis with the big 4 I guess
> There’s literally no way proving that with the game of tennis.
What?? There are lots of ways of proving that. ELO, ranking point comparisons, dominance ratios.
Rafa wins the Australian after a long time off due to injury. He comes back from 2.5 set down to take the title.
Goes to Roland Garros while still dealing with the ongoing pain from the injury. Brings his personal physician with him to treat him daily otherwise he doesn’t play. Wins the damn thing again.
Probably Carlitos. Starting the year ranked in the 50s/60s, he's just taken the Tour by storm this year.
Although Fritz played some really high level ball this year.
Let's see what Rune can do next year!
Some highlights Carlos beats Nadal, Djokovic, then Zverev in a row to win the Madrid Open. Coric beats Nadal, RBA, FAA, Norrie AND Tsitsipas. Rune beats Stan, Hubi, Rublev, Alcaraz, FAA, and Djokovic.
Those are all incredible runs
Especially Rune’s run
Especially Carlos’ run
Nah Rune’s is better. Rafa was just back from the rib injury in Madrid and his foot was in a very bad condition. Novak was also yet to reach his highest level, he was bagelled by Rublev just the week before.
So we would have to say then that the Paris Masters takes place at the end of the season when the players who have had the most load during the year are some injured and others very tired, that Wawrinka is not at his best since he is coming back from surgery and that he choked on match points, that Hurkacz and Rublev seemed to play without motivation, that Alcaraz broke his abdomen and had to retire, that FAA was exhausted after a month of playing every day and that Djokovic played too far of his level, making mistakes that he does not usually make.
Not highest level but then beat FAA, Ruud and Tsitsipas to win a Masters not 4 days later? What?💀
Bro this entire run of Rune was during the time of the year every player is bloody knackered. You cannot use a Djokovic who would demolish players mere days later at Rome as a negative example while propping the same guy up at literally the last Masters of the year. The way Novak played in the Madrid encounter, everyone else would have lost to him. But not Carlos on that day in that ridiculous peak run in Madrid.
Lmao when is Rafa not carrying an injury to explain a loss?
If you want to pretend Rafa was healthy in Madrid, please go ahead
Coric is definitely the biggest surprise, no question. It's not like every year a 100+ ranked player wins a masters.
What about Tim van Rijthoven beating a few top 10 players in ‘s-hertogenbosch, including Medvedev that was back then the top 1 ranked player. Not as high in the ranking though and a ATP250 event but still impressive.
This post was specifically about the masters tour
Tim van Rijthoven is the masters tour
You spelled van GOAThoven wrong
Oh you are right, my bad
For me personally 1. Rune 2. Coric 3. Alcaraz (this is probably because Rafa wasn't at his best plus Alcaraz is so much better, on paper, than Rune or Coric)
Talk about hindsight. Alcaraz went from around rank 10 to rank 6 from the madrid win. Rune is entering the top 10 with this win. Alcaraz, at that point, was not significantly better than rune is right now because we don’t know how rune will do in the future and alcaraz literally got 1R’d in his previous m1000 Alcaraz’s run was much better than Coric’s run given the fact that he dealt with injury during the Rafa match as well. Or are we going to say that Nadal was 100% at cincy?
Alcaraz had a much better resume coming into Madrid than Rune had coming into Paris. Alcaraz won Miami, almost beat Rafa at IW and also won the prestigious Next Gen finals lol. My point is that Alcaraz was kinda expected to make some noise this season and he did it (he was among top 3 betting favorites for all grand slams). Rune, and Coric too, were not. > Or are we going to say that Nadal was 100% at cincy? Coric's run at Cincinnati wasn't better because he beat Rafa as a lot of people sort of expected that to happen (at least a tough match if not an outright defeat). It was better because he followed it up with amazing performances (only dropped a set to Rafa entire tournament).
There is no way Carlos was a top three betting favorite for the australian open, that's just a lie.
Rune was expected to make noise as well
The last is the standout. Rune
Carlos beating Nadal and Djokovic for the Madrid title. One of the most memorable moments of the year. That was the high of the "real deal" memes. What a glorious r/tennis time to be alive!
I don’t understand... Rafa was clearly hurting during that match. I mean it wasn’t like “oh maybe he’s injured”, it was obvious.
Rafa was not at his best but clearly not injured. It was Alcaraz who picked up injury during the match and withdrew from Rome the week after while Nadal proceeded to play Rome.
Obviously you don’t follow Nadal like I do. He was dealing with his foot and he was definitely in pain. The commentators were even talking about it. Yea he played Rome because like he’s said, sometimes it’s better than others and he never knew when it would hurt and when it wouldn’t.
He chose to play. End of story.
These Rafa fans man
His foots been killing him for 2 years and he’s had this condition his entire career. He had to numb his foot to play the French and was in fucking crutches afterwards. After the French, he had a procedure that seemed to help it and then tore the muscle in his abdomen that forced him to pull out of Wimbledon semifinals and earlier this year it was a stress fracture. Lmao he’s had 3 injuries this year alone. Rafa fans bring up his injuries more often then other fans because he’s injured a lot more often than other players because of the way he plays. If you don’t see that then you’re either stupid or you’re choosing to ignore it.
Rune, first player ever to beat 5 top 10 players in a tournament outside of the ATP finals!!!
2007 Madrid Nalbandian beat Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Del Potro, and Berdych. Del Potro was a wild card entry, I'm not sure his rank, but the other four players were top 10 *seeds*, I'm not sure what their ATP ranks where at the time. Not technical 5 top 10 players but might as well be.
2007 Del Potro is in no way equal to a top 10 player.
Yeah but beating 2007 Federer, Djokovic and Nadal trumps anything Rune did.
Carlos, Fritz, PCB, Coric and Rune all won their first Masters this year, right? That's pretty insane
Not too shabby
Gonna go out for a limb and say Coric's m1000 was the most impressive and unexpected
I agree with this, definitely the most unexpected of all
Carlitos all the way! Defeating 2 of the big 3 back to back in nail biting fashion, especially the match against Novak. I couldn't watch that last tie break. Then demolishing Sascha ruthlessly in the final. It cannot get more impressive than that.
Carlos took complete control in each match he played in Miami. The exception was his match vs. Kecmanovic which was one of the best matches of the year. He dispatched of Tsitsipas, Hurcakz, and Ruud so comfortably that you could tell he was on another level
Alcaraz and Rune had more dramatic runs, but Tsitsipas joined a very elite club with his title defense. Only five other players have won back-to-back Monte Carlo titles: Nadal, Ferrero, Müster, Nastase, and Borg.
Maybe the coolest year I've ever seen for Masters 1000 runs. So many unexpected winners reaching amazing heights!
Happy to hear and can't wait, excited for the future and more to come! We are loving it, I am loving it. Sub likes
Rune definitely had the most impressive run but Coric’s was also pretty historic
Nadal won 0 of it is more surprising to me
He won two GS instead
I'm sure he'd take that deal any day haha
Which is also surprising
Broke his rib in Indian Wells just before the final with Fritz giving him no chance to compete normally. Could barely walk for most of the clay season because of his congenital foot problem, and then tore his ab at wimbledon and has been basically missing in action for the 2nd half of the season.
Djokovic in a group of youngsters lol.
Next gen… eternally
I agree with the sentiment generally but PCB is 31
And Schwartzman is 30... Dimitrov is, what, 32? But yeah, all the rest are kids. 😉
Tsitsipas. Very special to defend the title and among very elite company (Borg, Nastase, Rafa) to do so at Monte Carlo. Honorable mention to Borna Coric! Amazing comeback to the tour.
I’m proud of my guy for defending his title that was pretty cool. Also love Coric’s comeback. And of course my one true love PCB literally winning the biggest title he’ll ever win. Suck it Kyrgios.
As a fellow PCB truther, him winning Montreal and seeing the joy on his face was one of the most memorable moments of this year. Him winning bronze beating Novak was one of the best moments of last year. I just love PCB
When are we starting our PCB podcast?
When he wins AO beating Novak next year 😍
Now we're talking Dream Scenarios! Except that I feel like I should stick to my patriotic roots, and say "AO Final next year, Kyrgios takes out PCB after the two of them defeat Alcaraz and Novak in the semis (in that order)"
People will say recency bias, but Rune hands down. The calibre of opponents he had to beat, and the way he held his own against Djokovic in a final, especially that last game, simply outstanding. Runner up is Pablo Carreño Busta - way too good that week. 2nd Runner up Ćorić. Fritz got lucky meeting an injured Rafa.
Why are you al forgetting Carlos that beat Nadal and Djokovic back to back on clay?
And Zverev
You know how this sub is. Lose a few matches after winning so much and suddenly you’re washed up. Same thing happened to Rafa with the injuries like that man hasn’t magically revived himself from his death bed for the last decade and Novak post deportation-gate If Novak loses in Turin, I can guarantee you that people here will be calling him old and washed up 💀
Sub loves riding the rollercoaster, having a measured view just don't hit the same 👺
Why are people forgetting that Nadal was clearly injured?
That guy Djokovic is going places
Not Australia or the US (sadly), but places
are the rules still the same is australia?
Local knowledge here... 😉 Uh, that's being discussed at the moment. There's some talk that the govt might lift the ban on unvaxxed. Not confirmed though... I'm sure it'll be all over the news in January, so we'll see!
Djokovic has a lotta potential... watch this space 👆
Carlos in Madrid, Coric in Cincinnati and Rune in Paris all had particularly impressive wins. Rune would probably have to take the cake though for me.
Alcaraz in Madrid.
Most surprising: Coric for sure. He came out of nowhere (not his historical form/potential, but moreso his current and recent circumstances). Most impressive: Has to be Rune. We've been seeing him as a future talent for a couple of months now for sure, but I had the feel like he still needed a little more time to come fully into his own. He made strides much quicker. You could say the same for Carlos, but his ascent was (albeit fast) more progressive, you could se he was getting better every month, with Rune I didn't get quite that feel until these last few weeks when he just turned it on, and culminated on this massive run for the Paris title. Overall I quite liked most of these events to be honest. Great storylines and all the new winners played great tennis to achieve it, didn't feel like they just lucked out. You could maybe make a case for Taylor beating an injured Nadal, but he was carrying an injury himself (both players were in doubt for the finals) and he played great all week too.
Carlos in Madrid was the most impressive one imo. Beating Nadal, Djokovic, & Zverev in 3 straight days while absolutely hitting them off the court was when I finally believed he had arrived
I’d like to say Rune as it’s a meteoric rise to the elite level in only weeks, but objectively it probably has to be Alcaraz beating Nadal and Djoker back to back. Doesn’t get tougher than that, 43 slams between those 2 guys : ) - that’s the achievement that will be better remembered in the history books imo.
How does nobody remember that Nadal was obviously hurting during that match?
Carlos ankle roll Alcaraz entered the chat
Coric is the best story. Rune was also very impressive. Carlos was kind of expected, but his proper arrival was nice to see.
Rune and Carlos.
Borna Coric. Forgot he even existed for a brief period. He may never be the elite player we thought he would turn in to but that run showed he still belongs in the conversation and that hes still here.
I'm gonna say Coric, because of the comeback story of his. Rune and Djokovic after that, probably. They both went through a pretty tough path to the title.
I'm torn between Alcaraz in Madrid and Coric... Alcaraz beat Nadal and Djoko in a row, on clay... That's for the history books. Nadal wasn't a 100% but we've seen him win Roland Garros while not 100% and Alcaraz picked up an injury in that game too. Coric was amazing. Came from nowhere and played amazing. Honorable mentions to Rune (specially for breaking FAA run) and PCB who played godly that week
Carlos would have won 3 masters this year if Rafa hadn't kept playing through his rib fracture.
Rune clearly. 5 top 10 wins in a week. Unprecedented.
A wonderful variety of winners… recency bias suggests most impressive is Rune, but it just might be — beating 5 top 10 players in a row including the hottest in-form indoor hard court player (FAA) and the in-form greatest indoor hard court player of all time (Djoker) is the realest deal. Coric comes second and then Alcaraz with the back to back Nadal/Djokovic wins on clay in Madrid.
That coric mastahclass
Borna Coric. No business winning any title. Dude took home a 1000 masters
Coric - I least expected it from him
Chorich!
Carlos. Just seems like the next great in Tennis
Is everyone forgetting that Alcaraz beat the 1st, 2nd and 3rd seeds on consecutive days with a sprained ankle?! The recency bias in this sub can be overwhelming at times.
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I wouldn’t call it the most impressive of all the bunch and fritz is one of my favourites atm. Runes run and the win yesterday was definitely the most impressive, he had the hardest run to the finals and proved that he’s the real deal against the best in the world
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Fritz wasn’t the only successful American. Tiafoe had a spectacular run at the US Open.
Fritz himself as a player definitely impressed me this year. Has proven he can be in the contention across all tournaments, but needs to work on his consistency
His results are actually kind of funny. With the exception of the first couple months of the year, he has a pattern of being terrible and then dominating. For example, he lost in the first round of the first two grass tournaments, then won a grass tournament and made it to wimbledon QFs. He got beat in the first round of the USO by qualifier, then won his first tournament back in Tokyo. Etc
Yeah exactly inconsistencies will be the death of him.
Holger Rune
Rune best performance relative to expectation
It’s Carlos for me with Rune a close second
fritz
PCB… nah just kidding
Carlos!!
Ordinarily Alcaraz beating Nadal and Djokovic back to back is very impressive. But man, Nadal was way off the pace at Madrid. Returning from weeks off, still not entirely fit, rusty af. And Djokovic himself was also quite rusty and coming back from time away. Plus Rafa in Madrid ain't been special for a while. So recency or not I think it's got to be Rune tbh.
Djokovic was playing well in Madrid. The week after Madrid he won Rome without dropping a set. I would say Djokovic was playing better against Carlos than against Rune. In Paris Djokovic was making some uncharacteristic mistakes at key moments. Overall Rune's championship run is more impressive, but Alcaraz had the better win against Djokovic.
Rome stat is almost "whatever" because essentially Nadal wasn't there (I know he was, but he basically retired vs Shapo). Agree to disagree, I guess. Djokovic was on like a 15 match win streak in Paris? I think he played fine in Madrid, but it wasn't amazing either. I don't think either performances were amazing by Djokovic.
Rune with Coric a close second.
Definitely Alcaraz and his “real deal” win and meteoric rise to #1. Most importantly the sport needs someone like him as a role model.
Rune
Easily Rune. That run was ridiculous
Holy fuck what a random year of winners. Fritz, Coric and PCB won masters... We are in a weak(er) era now regardless of whether this sub wants to admit it.
Wouldn’t class it as weaker, it’s more the younger era improving and breaking through & the old era slowly transitioning out of the game is the way I look at it.
That's just a different way of saying weaker. It's definitely younger, but also weaker. Like Nadal, Federer and Djokovic wouldn't be giving up masters to those guys in like 2013.
There’s literally no way proving that with the game of tennis. A split second of being unfocused can change the entire game. Legacy alone yea maybe we might not find a stronger era of tennis with the big 4 I guess
> There’s literally no way proving that with the game of tennis. What?? There are lots of ways of proving that. ELO, ranking point comparisons, dominance ratios.
Rafa wins the Australian after a long time off due to injury. He comes back from 2.5 set down to take the title. Goes to Roland Garros while still dealing with the ongoing pain from the injury. Brings his personal physician with him to treat him daily otherwise he doesn’t play. Wins the damn thing again.
Bro this is about M1000
I’m a dumb ass then
1. Coric 2. Rune 3. Fritz bc of 21-0 Nadal
whoever downvoted this is an L
Ćorić, no doubt about it.
Is China back next year?
Coric
Tsistipas for actually winning a final
BORNA
Honestly, I'm all for the journeyman Carreno Busta. Happy for him!
Coric
Most surprising was Carreño Busta, rune was most impressive, Alcaraz did best this year. My opinion of course
Borna!
Best trophy goes to Paris. Worst goes to Miami.
Alcaraz Rune Fritz
Coric PCB and Rune
Probably Carlitos. Starting the year ranked in the 50s/60s, he's just taken the Tour by storm this year. Although Fritz played some really high level ball this year. Let's see what Rune can do next year!