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Open Era Two Time Slam Winners
By: masterclass Date: February 11, 2014, 5:48 pm
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The following 9 players have all won their total of 2 majors in
the Open Era:
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Player Majors won Age YE #1 Wks #1
Master's Cups Titles Matches W/L
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Stan Smith (USA) US, WC 25 2 N/A
1 36 760-262 (.708)
Ilie Nastase (ROU) US, RG 26 1 N/A
4 56 779-305 (.719)
Johan Kriek (RSA, USA) AO (2) 24
14 374-222 (.628)
Sergi Bruguera (ESP) RG (2) 23
14 447-271 (.623)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) RG, AO 24 6
26 609-306 (.666)
Patrick Rafter (AUS) US (2) 25 1
11 358-191 (.652)
Marat Safin (RUS) US, AO 25 9
15 422-267 (.612)
*Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) US, WC 21 2 80
2 29 596-238 (.715)
*Andy Murray, OBE (GBR) US, WC 26
28 429-133 (.763)
*still active
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Discuss your thoughts, memories, about their relative
contributions, impact, popularity, playing styles, etc. Don't
feel compelled to rank or rate them, but do so if you wish... :)
Notice that I included some basic accomplishment data above that
are pretty much common to all. The age given is the age they won
their second major. One is of course free to discuss their other
accomplishments.
Note that I purposely didn't include specific international or
team events like Olympics, Davis Cup, or doubles in my brief
summary.
In my opinion, those events should not be compared to the main
tennis tour singles events for many different reasons.
The Olympics now include the sport of tennis as one of the
multitude of Olympic events. 'Twas not always so, and has only
happened 7 times in the Open Era. Davis Cup and doubles are
obviously team events. In my opinion, both the Olympics and
Davis Cup should be played entirely for one's country. There
should be no monetary award or tour ranking points associated.
Of course, Olympic and Davis Cup achievements can be part of a
player's resume or CV, but it is my belief that these
achievements stand on their own, and shouldn't have their value
compared to the main tennis tour events. They mean different
things to players and their audiences and comparisons should
only be carefully made within each context.
I find it interesting that all of the inactive players were
under 27 years old when they won their second and final major.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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