Re: Greatest Slam Stretches in the Open Era
- From: Javier González Nicolini <jagonzal@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:36:40 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 30, 1:19 pm, Sakari Lund <sakari.l...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:29:58 -0700 (PDT), Javier González Nicolini
<jagon...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 30, 11:31 am, "Vari L. Cinicke" <cini...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is it? Longest continuous stretch with a 2 slam a year average and
no zero slam years?
Seems a tough hurdle to overcome since even a single 2 slam years is
rare indeed. A minimum of a 3 year stretch is needed to qualify for this
version of tennis royalty.
The Queens
Martina Navratilova
7 year stretch from 1981 to 1987 when 27 slams were held
15 W + 7 F + 2 SF + 2 QF + 1 4R
Steffi Graf
6 year stretch from 1991 to 1996 when she played 21 of 24 slams held
12 W + 3 F + 3 SF + 2 QF + 1 1R
Adding 1980 adds only 1 more slam. If you relax the continuous stretch
requirement, Graf rules the tennis universe with 21 slam wins over 10
years. Remarkable in any case.
Monica Seles - 4 year stretch with 8 slams that interrupted Graf's
dominance until ...
Chris Evert - 3 year stretch with 6 slams
The Kings
Roger Federer
6 year stretch from 2003 to 2008 that is still current. One slam in 2009
gets him to a 7 year stretch. Amazing!
13 W + 4 F + 3 SF + 2 4R + 1 3R + 1 1R
Bjorn Borg
3 year stretch from 1978 to 1980 when he played 9 of the 12 slams
6 W + 2 F + 1 QF
Pete Sampras
3 year stretch from 1993-1995 when he played in all 12 slams
6 W + 1 F + 1 SF + 2 QF + 1 4R + 1 1R
CBNCigar
Lendl with 5 slams from 1985 to 1987
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Cheers,
vc
Raja?
No, Vari. "Strange ways to make Federer look good, even though you
don't need strange ways for that" :-)
I know :)
But this "find somewhat obscure stat, add arbitrary restriction that
makes your guy come out on top (*), present as list" MO is Raja 101.
Different target, as you said.
(*) in this case the 2+ average that takes out eight of Sampras' slams
out of the picture
.
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