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Sampras Reigns As Top Player In Open Era Photo By Susan Mullane By David MacCarthy 09/28/2004 Roger Federer raised more than the U.S. Open title trophy after his thorough thrashing of Lleyton Hewitt in the Flushing Meadows final. In sweeping his third Grand Slam title of the season to secure the year-end No. 1 rank, Federer's stellar season raised the issue of his place among the greatest players of the Open Era. It has been a record-setting season for Federer, whose U.S. Open triumph marked the first time in Open Era history a man won his first four Grand Slam finals — 2003 Wimbledon and the 2004 Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles. Federer became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three majors in a single season and joined Jimmy Connors, who won three Grand Slam championships in 1974, Rod Laver, who swept the Grand Slam in 1969 and Wilander as only the fourth man in the Open Era to win at least three majors in a single season. With all the talk about Federer’s dominance this year, and his name being batted about in the best ever category, I found it interesting to revisit an article posted last year on the Tennis Week site, Raymond Lee’s Numbers Reveal The No. 1 Player Of The Open Era". As with Mr. Lee’s take on the greatest female players of the Open era, I found the analysis of the top men intriguing reading. To make a solid, conclusive analysis of players’ career achievements in an attempt to rank them, I believe it is important to use relevant and accurate data that can be measured and objectively and consistently. A player’s overall career match record, important titles won, as well as other significant milestones and accomplishments are integral when comparing records over several years. In the modern era, many experts have placed great emphasis on winning Grand Slam titles, the total amount of time a player reigned as the world's top-ranked player, and winning the season-ending ATP Tour championships. Adding the number of Tennis Masters Series' titles to this list could be an important benchmark. However, the Masters Series was only incorporated in 1990, and while similar high profile events were contested prior to that, it would not be fair to assign Masters Series equivalents after the fact. The data I used for determining the top players of the Open Era came from the following categories: Career Won-Loss percentage Won-Loss percentage in the player’s best 5 year period Career Grand Slam titles ATP Tour Championships (includes the Grand Prix Masters event) Year-end No. 1 rankings Weeks ranked No. 1 All of the data reflected in the chart below comes from the ATP and ITF. After a careful statistical analysis of the six categories listed above, I've reached the conclusion that two players stand above all others as the greatest of the Open Era: Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl. Sampras and Lendl, who once trained together at Lendl's Connecticut home, are statistically tied. However, as Sampras finished first in four categories, he earns the distinction of being the top player in the Open Era. Increased depth in the men’s game has made it more difficult for even the top-ranked player to post a yearly winning percentage above 85 percent. This is reflected in Sampras’ career won-loss record of 77 percent, and his record for his best five years of 84 percent. He ranked sixth in winning percentage for his best 5 years, just narrowly behind Becker in fifth place — the mere difference of one match victory. In all other categories, Sampras ranked first, tying with Lendl for the most number of ATP Tour Championships. Leading four out of six categories tipped the scales in favor of Sampras, demonstrating his dominance over his peers for the better part of decade. Numbers don’t lie, and using accurate data from the ATP has led me to the judicious conclusion that Pete Sampras is the current definitive leader among all the great players of the Open era. By the end of this decade we should all check in to see if Roger Federer’s accomplishments may alter that assessment. Note: Agassi’s statistics are through the 2003 season. Although he is still an active player, his 2004 results would have no bearing on the analysis, and are therefore not included here. Best 5 Year Periods (alternate choices noted in brackets) Connors: 1974, 1976-1978, 1982 390-34 (.920) 51 titles, 7 Grand Slams. Borg 1976-1980 358-35 (.911) 42 titles, 8 Grand Slams. McEnroe 1979-1981, 1983-1984 402-55 (.880) 49 titles 7 Grand Slams (1982: 71-10 .876 5 titles 1985: 74-8 .902 9 titles) Lendl 1982, 1985-1987, 1989 420-37 (.919) 53 titles 6 Grand Slams (1981: 95-16 .856 9 titles; 1983: 76-15 .835 8 titles; 1984: 62-16 .795 3 titles 1 Grand Slams; 1988: 41-8 .837 3 titles; 1990: 54-12 .818 5 titles 1 Grand Slam) Agassi 1994-1995, 1999, 2002-03 288-59 (.830) 26 titles 5 Grand Slams (1998: 68-18 .791 5 titles; 2001: 45-15 .750 4 titles 1 Grand Slams) Wilander 1983-1985, 1987, 1988 329-75 (.814) 26 titles, 6 Grand Slams Edberg 1987-1991 355-78 (.820) 25 titles, 4 Grand Slams Becker 1986, 1988-1991 313-59 (.841) 29 titles, 4 Grand Slams Sampras 1993-1997 354-67 (.841) 39 titles, 9 Grand Slams Statistically speaking, this evidence points to Connors possessing the most impressive numbers, followed by Borg, Lendl, McEnroe, Sampras, Agassi, Becker, Wilander, and Edberg. It is still interesting to note that Sampras’ numbers don’t reflect the totality of his presence and domination on the men ’s tour for more than a dozen years in the 1990s and into this decade. Many leading analysts have placed Sampras in the top three all-time. The data here places him fifth. Numbers don’t always reflect the whole picture. Any set of data can be gathered to come up with a conclusion. There is more than one set of statistics that can be used to rank players. There is no right or wrong answer, or definitive ranking list for the greatest players of all-time, or from a certain era. The aforementioned players are all great, all are current or future Hall of Famers, who have made significant and unique achievements throughout their careers. For the fans, it’s fun to speculate and calculate rankings for the giants of the modern game, but it can never take away from their actual achievements on court. David MacCarthy is a freelance writer and tennis statistician, originally from New York and now based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been an enthusiastic tennis nut since the 1970s and recently spent time researching player records for this story at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. http://www.sportsmediainc.com/tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=1151 9&bannerregion= -- 獲得他人注意的方法很多但建立名聲與尊敬的最佳途徑便是通過歲月的考驗你的名字最後是無人可以抹滅與忘記的！ -Rod Laver- -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.67.217.1