Officially, Rafa has surpassed Sampras

[Ricardo]

14 majors each, Rafa has the career GS, excels better in his fav slam (9 vs 7) and performed considerably better in MS1000; he has moved past Sampras and has only Fed and Laver to close in.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

now it reads..

Federer 17.

Sampras, Nadal 14.

Emerson 12.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Well, officially, they're tied, but yeah, on my list, Nadal surpassed Sampras.

 

[Ricardo]

officially his 14 is more significant than Sampras's 14, because he has the whole set and in their respective best slam, he makes an incredible history of 9 RG as compared to Pete's 7 Wimbledon (which Fed tied which makes it not unique). He has more breadth and depth in GS performance overall.

 

[brokenshoelace]

officially his 14 is more significant than Sampras's 14, because he has the whole set and in their respective best slam, he makes an incredible history of 9 RG as compared to Pete's 7 Wimbledon (which Fed tied which makes it not unique). He has more breadth and depth in GS performance overall.

I don't disagree, which is why he's 2nd on the all time list in my book.

 

[Denis]

yup, second-best player ever so far.

 

[TennisFanatic7]

Congratulations to him. Don't like the way he plays and can't stand his uncle but he's still a very decent guy and of course, massively talented.

Very close to see whether he'll catch and pass Roger's tally, it'll be damn close!

 

[Ricardo]

yup, second-best player ever so far.

and the best ever is?

 

[Denis]

yup, second-best player ever so far.

and the best ever is?

Well, that's moot really. Until someone beats or equals Federer's records that is.

 

[Ricardo]

Congratulations to him. Don't like the way he plays and can't stand his uncle but he's still a very decent guy and of course, massively talented.

Very close to see whether he'll catch and pass Roger's tally, it'll be damn close!

what's wrong with Tony? he is also a decent guy who likes to give an honest answer in interviews. I'd personally like to see him break the record, records are made to be broken..... unless you are the type of fans whose main intention of watching tennis is to idolise someone, who are sad to see their heroes lose the records.

 

[Ricardo]

yup, second-best player ever so far.

and the best ever is?

Well, that's moot really. Until someone beats or equals Federer's records that is.

i thought Laver was in contention, with 2 calenderr GS.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

yup, second-best player ever so far.

and the best ever is?

Well, that's moot really. Until someone beats or equals Federer's records that is.

Or Jimbo's 109 tourny record.

 

[huntingyou]

In defense of Sampras, he has a couple of records of his own that still allows him to be at the levle of Roger, Laver and Rafa. 7 consecutive years YE#1 and of course his 14 Slams out of 18 tries! Big time player for sure.

 

[TennisFanatic7]

Congratulations to him. Don't like the way he plays and can't stand his uncle but he's still a very decent guy and of course, massively talented.

Very close to see whether he'll catch and pass Roger's tally, it'll be damn close!

what's wrong with Tony? he is also a decent guy who likes to give an honest answer in interviews. I'd personally like to see him break the record, records are made to be broken..... unless you are the type of fans whose main intention of watching tennis is to idolise someone, who are sad to see their heroes lose the records.

The way he conducts himself in Rafa's box just annoys me for some reason. I also don't like that he took Rafa and basically bred him to be this tennis monster when I'd much rather have seen what he was capable of becoming naturally. He even raised him to play with his wrong hand because it's more difficult to play against.

Not trying to discredit Rafa in any way, I have nothing against him and I understand why people disagree with what I've said, if you get it you'll see what I'm talking about, if not, fair enough, I won't be able to change your mind by going into it any further, and this thread is about praising Rafa anyway, and quite rightly.

 

[rafanoy1992]

I knew when Nadal won his 12th Slam title, he would surpass Sampras in Slam titles. It was just a matter of when he will do it. Well, he just needs one more title to surpass Sampras and move behind Federer.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

a lot of connors titles were joke titles on some b-list tour. anyway he only won a few majors. 7 or 8.

 

[crystalfire]

massive respect for what he has done but tbh it has all been pretty much on clay.

 

[brokenshoelace]

massive respect for what he has done but tbh it has all been pretty much on clay.

No, not really.

 

[crystalfire]

massive respect for what he has done but tbh it has all been pretty much on clay.

No, not really.

just saying if you look at all the major titles: 9/14 slams on clay. 19/27 masters clay.

 

[brokenshoelace]

massive respect for what he has done but tbh it has all been pretty much on clay.

No, not really.

just saying if you look at all the major titles: 9/14 slams on clay. 19/27 masters clay.

That's still far from "all pretty much on clay."