What's Up? Topic #34; entries 7/2023 - 05/2024

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Current News: Djokovic d Herbert 1st Rd. French!  Zverev d Nadal 1st Rd.!  Djoker #1 Rank: 428 wks!

Fan Page - Borg/Navratilova - (70's-90's)

Bjorn Borg - '73-81

Bjorn Borg's a former world #1 tennis player from Sweden widely considered to be one of the greatest in tennis history. Between '74 & '81 he became the 1st male pro to win 11 Grand Slam Open Era singles titles: 6 @ the French Open & 5 cons. @ Wimbledon. He won 3 YE Chps. & 15 GP Super Series titles.




Borg set numerous Open Era records that still stand, including winning 41% of the GS singles tourneys he entered & 90% of those matches, winning both the FO & Wimbl. for 3 cons. yrs,  and winning 3 GS w/o losing a set. His total career match win rate of 82.74% remains in top 2 of the era.


per wiki: A teenage sensation at the start of his career, Borg's unprecedented stardom and consistent success helped propel the rising popularity of tennis during the 1970s. As a result, the professional tour became more lucrative, and in 1979 he was the 1st player to earn more than $1 million in prize money in a single season. He also made millions in endorsements throughout his career. However, the constant attention and pressure eventually caused burnout & his retirement at the age of 26.

Navratilova & Evert

Martina Navratilova was World #1 for a total of 332 wks in singles, & a rec. 237 wks in doubles, making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both singles & doubles for over 200 wks. She was YE singles #1, 7 times, including a record 5 cons. yrs, as well as YE doubles #1, 5 X's, including 3 cons. yrs during which she held ranking for the entire year.

She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles (an all-time rec.), & 10 major MD's titles, marking the Open-Era rec. She won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. Navratilova holds the records for most singles titles (167) & doubles titles (177) in the Open Era. Her rec. as #1 in singles ('82–86) is the most dominant in pro tennis. She was ranked in the world's top 10 in singles for a rec. 20 cons. yrs ('75-94), a span which included 19 yrs top 5, 15 yrs top 3, & 7 years as #1.

Fan Page Novak "Nole" Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic is a Serbian pro tennis player who's been ranked World #1 in men's singles by the ATP 428 wks. He's considered 1 of the greatest players of all time. Coached to best results by former Slovak player Marián Vajda. Parting in '17, back in '18; leaves '22. G. Ivanisevic brought in '19, out in '24! Vemić in '25! Gómez-Herrera in '26! - - - (Comments?) ;-)

French Open 2016 - Completes Nole-Slam

per Wiki: Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in men's history, & held the #1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 428 wks. In majors, Djokovic has won an all-time rec. 10 Aussie Open titles, including an Open Era rec. 3 cons. titles twice; '11–13, then '19-21 (the only player). He's won 7 Wimbledon titles, 4 USOs, & 3 French Opens titles. In 2016, he became the 8th player to achieve the CGS by winning the '16 FO; accomp. again @ '21 FO & '23 FO. Djokovic the 3rd man to hold all 4 Major titles at once, the 1st since Laver in '69, & the 1st ever on 3 diff. surfaces (HC, Clay, & Grass; the 6th man to win GS & Slam Singles title on all the surfaces). He's overtaken Sampras for his 8th YE #1 Ranking: 3 > Federer, Nadal, & Connors. ;-)

24 Majors - (72 Bigs) - (101 Title wins) & counting

Nole (The Master) - - - Tribute (Pt.1) & (Pt.2)

Update: Novak took Olympic Gold def. Alcaraz to be the 3rd male to complete & achieve the Golden CS behind Agassi & Nadal & a Career Super Slam w/ Agassi! ;-)

Djokovic's won the ATP World Tour Finals 7 times (4 cons., a rec.) & holds the best match winning rate (83.7 %) in Open Era, as of Nov. 2023. Nole owns the all-time record of 40 Masters 1000 series titles; 4 > Nadal. Djokovic's records incl. breaking the single-season rec. w/ 6 titles in 2015, winning 31 cons. ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series matches, playing the finals at all 9 ATP Masters 1000 tourneys (shared w/ Federer & Nadal), & the only player to win 9 of the 9 events @ least twice (GM).

Djokovic leads Serbia to win Inaugural ATP Cup over Nadal/Spain in Sidney in 2020!

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7 YEC's - '08, 4 str: '12-15, '22-23

Nole's my new fave player, on par w/ Lendl! He had to play "2nd fiddle" to Borg, McEnroe, & Connors 45+ years ago! Both were #1 while opposed on all sides! Fedal's fading as Djoker #'s in the Rec. Bk. supplanting them; H2H rivalries, Majors, Masters, & %!

Current News: Novak drops AO Final! Nole upset IW, Rome, & FO! WD's Miami, MC, & Madrid! Eastbourne & Mallorca going on! Novak WD's GATC! ;-)

Djokovic '26 Season / Geneva (100th) - #7 - 3760 ATP Pts.

What's Up? Topic #17; entries 10/15 - 01/16

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