Tournament of Champions (Men)

[Kirijax]

Tennis.com is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their Tennis Magazine by doing a Tournament of Champions. They have picked 32 Grand Slam title winners from the last 50 years, seeded them by how many Grand Slam titles they won, and decide the winner by deciding who would win on grass, clay and hard courts. The first set is played on clay, the second set is on hard and the final set is on grass. It's interesting to see the two players compared and of course it starts up a huge debate on who should have won and all, but it's interesting to see the set up. The first round is going on now and it will be played out until the final in April 17. Note: The rankings and draws were made at the end of 2014 so Novak Djokovic's ranking would be a bit higher now.

The men's seeds are:
No. 1 Roger Federer
No. 2 Rafael Nadal
No. 3 Pete Sampras
No. 4 Roy Emerson
No. 5 Bjorn Borg
No. 6 Rod Laver
No. 7 Jimmy Connors
No. 8 Ivan Lendl
No. 9 Ken Rosewall
No. 10 Andre Agassi
No. 11 John McEnroe
No. 12 Novak Djokovic
No. 13 Mats Wilander
No. 14 John Newcombe
No. 15 Boris Becker
No. 16 Stefan Edberg
No. 17 Jim Courier
No. 18 Guillermo Vilas
No. 19 Manuel Santana
No. 20 Gustavo Kuerten
No. 21 Arthur Ashe
No. 22 Jan Kodes
No. 23 Johan Kriek
No. 24 Lleyton Hewitt
No. 25 Andy Murray
No. 26 Marat Safin
No. 27 Patrick Rafter
No. 28 Sergi Bruguera
No. 29 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
No. 30 Stan Smith
No. 31 Ilie Nastase
No. 32 Fred Stolle

The Brackets:

Tournament Home Page
Men's Bracket and Results

 

[Kirijax]

First round results so far:

No. 1 Federer defeats No. 32 Stolle 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 Nadal defeats No. 31 Nastase 6-4, 7-6 (5)
No. 3 Sampras defeats No. 30 Smith 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 Laver defeats No. 27 Rafter 6-4, 7-6 (4)
No. 7 Connors defeats No. 26 Safin 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
No. 8 Lendl defeats No. 25 Murray 6-3, 7-6 (5)
No. 9 Rosewall defeats No. 24 Hewitt 6-4, 7-6(5)
No. 10 Agassi defeats No. 23 Kriek 6-4, 6-4
No. 11 McEnroe defeats No. 22 Kodes 7-5, 6-3
No. 14 Newcombe defeats No. 19 Santana 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
No. 16 Edberg defeats No. 17 Courier 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
No. 18 Vilas defeats No. 15 Becker 6-3, 7-6 (10)

 

[Kirijax]

No. 4 Emerson defeats No. 29 Kafelnikov 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Tomorrow: No. 5 Borg vs. no. 28 Bruguera

 

[Kirijax]

No. 5 Borg defeats No. 28 Bruguera 6-3, 6-4.

Tomorrow: No. 12 Djokovic vs. No. 21 Ashe

 

[Kirijax]

No. 12 Djokovic defeats No. 21 Ashe 6-3, 7-5.

Tomorrow: No. 13 Mats Wilander vs. No. 20 Gustavo Kuerten.

 

[Kirijax]

No. 20 Kuerten defeats No. 13 Wilander 7-6(4), 7-6(5). :laydownlaughing

This sets up the 2nd round.

No. 1 Roger Federer vs. No. 16 Stefan Edberg
No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 18 Guillermo Vilas
No. 3 Pete Sampras vs. No. 14 John Newcombe
No. 4 Roy Emerson vs. No. 20 Gustavo Kuerten
No. 5 Bjorn Borg vs. No. 12 Novak Djokovic
No. 6 Rod Laver vs. No. 11 John McEnroe
No. 7 Jimmy Connors vs. No. 10 Andre Agassi
No. 8 Ivan Lendl vs. No. 9 Ken Rosewall

Men's Bracket

 

[Kirijax]

The Just for Fun tournament continues and these are the results.

No. 1 Roger Federer defeated No. 16 Stefan Edberg 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
No. 2 Rafael Nadal defeated No. 18 Guillermo Vilas 7-5, 6-4
No. 3 Pete Sampras defeated No. 14 John Newcombe 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
No. 4 Roy Emerson defeated No. 20 Gustavo Kuerten 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Bjorn Borg defeated No. 12 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
No. 11 John McEnroe defeated No. 6 Rod Laver 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(10)
No. 10 Andre Agassi defeated No. 7 Jimmy Connors vs. 7-5, 7-6(6)
No. 9 Ken Rosewall defeated No. 8 Ivan Lendl 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

They really need to tell who is on this panel and explain their choices a bit better because some of these results are :cover.

But it's just for fun so take it with a grain of salt I guess.

Here are the quarterfinal matchups:

No. 1 Roger Federer vs. No. 9 Ken Rosewall
No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 10 Andre Agassi
No. 3 Pete Sampras vs. No. 11 John McEnroe
No. 4 Roy Emerson vs. No. 5 Bjorn Borg

Bracket

 

[Kieran]

So, how are they going to rig this so Federer wins? Pete will beat Rafa?

 

[DarthFed]

^ They could do the smart thing and have one out of many players who will beat Rafa on both grass and hard court sets. Pete is one of them.

 

[Kieran]

They had Mac beat Laver, and Guga beat Mats. This thing isn't based upon anything but rambling subjectivity...

 

[Kieran]

I would have had Rafa beating both Pete and Federer, because that's what Rafa does, but I can't help but concur with their conclusion in the final.

Our Winner: Sampras
3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4



:clap :clap :clap

 

[DarthFed]

I would have had Rafa beating both Pete and Federer, because that's what Rafa does, but I can't help but concur with their conclusion in the final.

Our Winner: Sampras
3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4



:clap :clap :clap

I'd have it reversed. Roger would have been the favorite vs Pete on any hard court, and a pretty big one on slower hard courts. They did have the semi with Rafa correct though similarly, Rafa would be favorite on slow hards while Pete would be favorite on fast hards.

 

[Kirijax]

So just to post the final scores.

Quarterfinals:
No. 1 Roger Federer defeated No. 9 Ken Rosewall 7-6(4), 7-5
No. 2 Rafael Nadal defeated No. 10 Andre Agassi 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(5)
No. 3 Pete Sampras defeated No. 11 John McEnroe 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Bjorn Borg defeated No. 4 Roy Emerson 6-4, 5-7, 6-4


Semifinals:
No. 1 Roger Federer defeated No. 5 Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 Pete Sampras defeated No. 2 Rafael Nadal 4-6, 7-5, 6-4


Final:
No. 3 Pete Sampras defeated No. 1 Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

 

[Fiero425]

Thanks! Well worth posting to my blog that was becoming a Nole tribute! lol! :angel: