Tennis Generations, Part Two: Before the Open Era

[El Dude]

OK, I'm finally back on the horse with this series. Here's Part Two.

In case anyone is wondering, here is what I have planned:

1. Open Era Generations - Introduction
2. Before the Open Era
3. Gen 1: Dominance from Down Under (1934-38)
4. Gen 2: Ashe and Who? (1939-43)
5. Gen 3: A New Era (1944-48)
6. Gen 4: Connors & Crew (1949-53)
7. Gen 5: First and Greatest of the Swedes (1954-58)
8. Gen 6: Johnny & Ivan (1959-63)
9. Gen 7: Matty, Stefan, and Boris (1964-68)
10. Gen 8: American Greatness (1969-73)
11. Gen 9: Inbetweeners (1974-78)
12. Gen 10: Generation Federer (1979-83)
13. Gen 11: Rafa & Novak (1984-88)
14. Gen 12: The Donald Young Guns, aka the Lost Generation (1989-93)
15. Gen 13: A New Hope? (1994-98)

All titles are tentative. Anyhow, my hope is to average one per week to take us through the quieter fall season.

 

[Kirijax]

El Dude! Great stuff as always! Looking forward to this series!

 

[Great Hands]

Really enjoyed reading that, El Dude! A really good overview - nice to see you big up Pancho - as you say, he is often forgotten when people talk about all-time greats. I look forward to the next instalment!

 

[Riotbeard]

Great work El Dude. It was a really interesting read. Looking forward to the next one when you can get into a bit more detail!

 

[El Dude]

Thanks, folks.
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Great work El Dude. It was a really interesting read. Looking forward to the next one when you can get into a bit more detail!

Yeah, I hear that. I almost didn't write this one, and just start off with the 1934-38 generation, but it felt wrong not to acknowledge the older greats.

Some generations are going to be more in-depth than others, because some are just so much better (and more interesting). For instance, the first one is probably the greatest of all time and the second one of the worst.

I will probably put more detail into the more recent generations, because there's just more info out there.

 

[Riotbeard]

Thanks, folks.
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Great work El Dude. It was a really interesting read. Looking forward to the next one when you can get into a bit more detail!

Yeah, I hear that. I almost didn't write this one, and just start off with the 1934-38 generation, but it felt wrong not to acknowledge the older greats.

Some generations are going to be more in-depth than others, because some are just so much better (and more interesting). For instance, the first one is probably the greatest of all time and the second one of the worst.

I will probably put more detail into the more recent generations, because there's just more info out there.

No, I think it was interesting, and worth doing. It made me want to do a little history in nineteenth century newspapers about some of these figures when I have a little bit of time.

 

[El Dude]

No, I think it was interesting, and worth doing. It made me want to do a little history in nineteenth century newspapers about some of these figures when I have a little bit of time.

That would be great!