Fabulous thirties

[herios]

Because last week we had all 3 ATO Tour event winners guys aged 30+, I counted how many have been won up to date by players in their thirties and it is 7 out of 15.
That is a very big percentage, almost 50% (46.6).

These are the players, in the age order:
Ivo Karlovic 35
Victor Estrella Burgos 34
Roger Federer 33
David Ferrer 32 (2 titles)
Guillermo Garcia Lopez 31
Gilles Simon 30

One of them, Estrella Burgos established a new record, being the oldest player who won his first title on the Tour in the Open era.
This statistic is just a testament to the fact that the average age of the players is going up, they retire later and the young players are breaking out later as well.

Does anybody think we will see in the current era, next few years, Jimmy Connors record, him being the oldest winner at 37, broken?

 

[Front242]

It's certainly possible on grass. Karlovic could easily win Newport next year with his serve alone and if he got back to decent fitness Haas could win Halle this year. The latter is a tougher ask since he's only just coming back from yet another shoulder surgery though. Cetainly Dr. Ivo at Newport is a distinct possibility.

 

[auto-pilot]

I think Ferrer will still be winning titles at 35.
I'll wait and see about 37.

 

[herios]

Now, after 3 more events, out of the 18 this year, the thirties club won 50% or 9 of them.
David Ferrer leads the charge with 3 titles
Roger Federer has 2 and
Karlovic, Burgos, GG Lopez, Simon one each of them.

 

[El Dude]

Does anybody think we will see in the current era, next few years, Jimmy Connors record, him being the oldest winner at 37, broken?

I'm not sure where you're getting that being a record. Ken Rosewall's last title was the Tokyo Gunze Open International in late 1977 at the tender age of 43. Rosewall actually won a Slam at age 37, the 1972 Australian Open. By my count Rosewall won 23 tournaments after turning 37. Crazy.

 

[El Dude]

I think Roger Federer could be winning minor tournaments into the late 30s...if he wants to. The way he's playing I can see him being a threat in best of three formats for years to come...again, if he wants to.

 

[shawnbm]

Muscles was such a tennis animal--almost universally acclaimed is having the finest slice backhand in the history of the game.

 

[Carol]

Great Ferru, and he is almost 33! :clap

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2015-03-04/david_ferrer_the_most_successful_man_not_to_win_a_slam.html

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

pancho gonzalez last title age 43yrs, defeating 19yr old jimmy Connors in 3 (I think), los angeles pacific open(?) September 1971.

 

[El Dude]

If we want to go way back, Bill Tilden won his last pro Slam at age 42 and his last title (that I could find) at age 47. Tilden was playing professionally into his 50s. Of course the game was different back then.

 

[Carol]

If we want to go way back, Bill Tilden won his last pro Slam at age 42 and his last title (that I could find) at age 47. Tilden was playing professionally into his 50s. Of course the game was different back then.

Then maybe Ferru has still a chance?