2007-02-20 16:33:04 · 21 answers · asked by jay83 1 in Sports ➔ Tennis
Agassi and Sampras
Graf and Seles
Mcenroe and Borg
Navratilova and Evert
Venus and Serena
2007-02-20 22:51:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Martina Navratilova-Chris Evert
Margaret Court-Billie Jean King
Chris Evert-Evonne Goolagong
Steffi Graf-Gabriela Sabatini
Martina Navratilova-Hana Mandlikova
Richard Williams(!)-Martina Hingis
Steffi Graf-Monica Seles
Venus Williams-Lindsay Davenport
Justine Henin-Kim Clijsters
Serena Williams-Venus Williams
Jimmy Connors-Bjorn Borg
Ivan Lendl-John McEnroe
Pete Sampras-Andre Agassi
Rod Laver-Ken Rosewall
Stefan Edberg-Boris Becker
Mats Wilander-Ivan Lendl
Boris Becker-Ivan Lendl
Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer
Pete Sampras-Jim Courier
Goran Ivanisevic-Tim Henman
2007-02-21 03:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by giggledude 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You all just named every rivalry in tennis history. I especially liked Henman vs. Wimby SF. My 2 cents:
Right now:
Federer v. Nadal. They play infrequently now so it's hard to know what's going to happen like if they play in Dubai next week, for instance. Or when the clay court season starts. It's very exciting.
Serena v. Sharapova/The World - Serena sort of embarassed everyone, ESPECIALLY Maria when she raced to her 3rd Aussie Open title last month. I think the next 10 or so matches Serena plays will carry a lot of weight and a lot of interest. And I'm sure Maria wants revenge more than she's ever wanted revenge, after being blitzed in a Grand Slam final.
Ever: Navratilova v. Evert - Just because of the high quality of the matches and nearly every one of their matches in history was a SF or final. That's hard to mess with. Plus they played like a million times (give or take) and they had that love/hate thing.
Men are harder. But I think I'd jump on the Sampras-Agassi bandwagon, just because of how much they lifted their games in anticipation of the other doing the same. They were so obviously the best of their generation.
2007-02-21 05:19:53 · answer #3 · answered by kowtow21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say Pete Sampras vs Andre Agassi. The lever of tennis between the two is just unbelievable. There are so many great tennis players out there in the world but Pete and Agassi just give us a show that is worth every second. They were both very competitive and were always looking for small ways from volleys to drop shots to beat each other.
2007-02-21 10:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by Maitte E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best rivalry to ever hit tennis was probably the rivalry of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Their game play just contradicts and yet helps one another's tennis so well. The best server of the time and the best return of serve of all time. Sampras was serve and volley and Agassi played a lot of baseline. They are the best tennis rivals in tennis history partly because they improved each others games.
2007-02-20 18:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by battousai800 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Men: Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras (honorable mention: Goran Ivanisevic vs. himself)
Women: Martina Navratilova vs. Chris Evert (although the most interesting was the Steffi Graf/Monica Seles rivalry)
2007-02-21 03:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by trombass08 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many though.
Borg, McEnroe
Lendl, McEnroe
Connors, Lendl
Becker, Edberg
Sampras, Agassi
There are so many GREAT matches played between these guys. It's hard to name the best rivalry. I just thank them for their greatness in tennis ;)
2007-02-21 07:01:33 · answer #7 · answered by C L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have been the perfect for the instances they have been lively. could they beat the perfect of immediately; no one is familiar with, and its silly to take a position. Borg won the 1st matchup with McEnroe, yet later lost in between the main classic of fits in Wimbledon background. Borg probable bring about the previous maximum persons think of is in simple terms too early, yet while the sport will become an obsession, its time to end.
2016-12-17 15:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recent right? the top 6 players in mens tennis against each other minus Federer...ok ok ok...probably Justine Henin Hardinne vs. anybody in the top 5 spots (will include venus and serena) because you see she isnt particularly big or overly strong but fast chases down everything and is mentally tough...over the last four years she has won 5 major titles (with 5 runner ups also) while missing out a lot of playing time with injuries...
2007-02-20 17:15:53 · answer #9 · answered by doingitright44 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Roger Federer VS. Rafael Nadal
Federer is probably THE BEST all time, but has lost to Nadal on a number of occasions. Even Federer himself feels unsecure about his game when playing against Nadal, and let me tell you, Federer is always confident in his game.
2007-02-21 03:04:27 · answer #10 · answered by tomes12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steffi Graf n Monica Seles
Sampras n Agassi
Edberg n Borg
2007-02-20 19:13:56 · answer #11 · answered by Dr Vrijilesh Rai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋