How Many Grand Slam Titles will Andy Murray Win?

[Kieran]

I kind of subscribe to Carol's theory, that Andy was on the rise with lendl until 2013, then his back operation became imperative, and he took a long time to recover, falling off the pace and losing Lendl at the same time, and it's only now we'll see him back at his best. he was playing better the last six months, but the missing link was Lendl, and he just looks so much more confident and certain in his play...

 

[El Dude]

Well the tour will be much more interesting if Murray can challenge Novak more regularly.

 

[Front242]

Andy hasn't proven he can beat Novak yet. The rest of the year will tell a lot. I don't personally put Lendl in his camp down to winning this last slam. It was merely a dream draw. He played great in the final in fairness but Raonic thought the idea was to wallop the ball into the net every second point. I still think Andy is more natural on grass than Novak though and picked Andy to win Wimbledon even before the draw. Interesting months ahead for sure.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Well the tour will be much more interesting if Murray can challenge Novak more regularly.

In 2012-13, the chief rival of Novak was Rafa.

In 2014-15, the chief rival of Novak was Aging Federer.

In 2016-17, it looks like the chief rival of Novak will be Andy Murray.

Hope, the current win inspires Andy to stop Novak a few times in GS matches during the next couple of years.

 

[Kieran]

Well, he beat Novak in Rome, and if you mean in slams, he's beaten him in slam finals. Can he beat him again ? I think he can, if he maintains the mentality he showed since Paris. Novak isn't unassailable by any means, though as we all know, he's favourite until somebody proves otherwise...

 

[the AntiPusher]

Well, he beat Novak in Rome, and if you mean in slams, he's beaten him in slam finals. Can he beat him again ? I think he can, if he maintains the mentality he showed since Paris. Novak isn't unassailable by any means, though as we all know, he's favourite until somebody proves otherwise...

The GS format plays into Novak's main strength , his consistency vs Andy. When Andy plays Novak his consistency breaks down and is unable to "hit through" Novak like Sam did at Wimbledon or Stan did at RG. Whereas it's the opposite for Novak vs Andy, his consistency goes up and he is able to hit thru Andy's counterpunching strokes, IMO.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

He beat Novak in Rome XD like that means anything! How about Rio or the US Open, and then I will listen again.

 

[Kieran]

He beat Novak in Rome XD like that means anything! How about Rio or the US Open, and then I will listen again.

He's beaten Novak at the US Open. he's the Wimbledon champ again, the man can win at the highest levels. Novak has been making hay against a second rate Roger, a third rate Andy, a fourth rate Rafa and a fifth rate field for so long that people forget - he can be beaten, and Andy isn't far off it...

 

[lob]

But he didn't. He was given a 2nd chance and then became the Cilic the next match...

True that. It is painful. It was apparent that the Raonic of the SF will be very lucky to win the final.

BUT in Roger's case, these chokes happened way too often for him in big matches..saying he has no business losing that match is like saying that Rafa should have won tournament X if he wasn't injured. You get a pass only so long....Roger started choking sometimes in GS QF/SF/F starting 2008... he had become so accustomed to seeing opponents choke against him that he couldn't adapt when he lost a step and the enemy wouldn't retreat...I mean Milos was not playing stellar tennis..somewhere along the line Roger declared his kinship to club Safin/Nalby/Tsonga/Berdych.

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[rafanoy1992]

He beat Novak in Rome XD like that means anything! How about Rio or the US Open, and then I will listen again.

I think beating Novak at any tournament is something to be proud of because of how well Djokovic is playing since 2015.

It's true that he would rather have beaten him in a major but beating him at Rome after losing to Madrid was still a good achievement to Murray.

 

[Riotbeard]

Just got back from a wonderful vacation!

To answer the OP, I think Andy gets to 5. one slam in 2017, and one more in 2018.

It's hard to gauge the lendl effect for the wimby win, as Front pointed out. Andy only had to play people that he should have beaten. It's easier said than done to win that type of tournament, but he did not have to overcome even Roger, much less Novak.

 

[BIG3]

It is so wild open that I can't vote. It all depends on Novak. Murray is clearly the second best in tour, on all surface (even THE best on grass).

Their rivalry is different from Fedal.
1. The up-hand one, Novak is not as injury prone as Rafa. It is hard to expect Murray has the LUCK to reap majors like Fed in 2009.
2. The underdog, Murray doesn't have aging issue. Theoretically, he can reverse the trend, even close H2H against Nole. There is no such possibility for Fedal.

They are in prime with unbelievable consistency, might turn out most major final meetings in history.