If the future of the world was at stake, who would I pick to play a winner-takes-all match?
Before we get into this impossible debate, I am setting up some parameters. We are not debating off-court achievements, nor crowd favouritism, nor how gracefully our players, who are only drawn from the Open era, might have conducted themselves.
One of Seles’s great assets was her see-ball, hit-ball simplicity: there simply was not a lot to go wrong, and she never over-complicated what is essentially a straightforward game in her own mind. But she never did win Wimbledon, which is one reason why she comes in relatively low on this list.Tricky one, this. Borg had a relatively short career but his record is so good that I’m giving him a chance in my squad.
At Wimbledon, though, his win percentage of 83 is good but not great, exposing the relative vulnerability of his serve. At the two hard-court slams, that figure ticks up to 84, but at Roland Garros it reached a mind-boggling 97.‘The Rocket’ only comes into our calculations briefly, as he played most of his career before the advent of the Open era, but to win the calendar grand slam in 1969 was a rare and historic feat which has yet to be repeated in the men’s game.
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