Always discussions as to "who the best are that never won a Grand Slam"....

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Permalink Reply by tennisbum on March 2, 2011 at 4:42pm

active players included or just the retired ones to be in the list?

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Permalink Reply by Mark T. on March 2, 2011 at 4:46pm

All players.  So if you want, you could already include James Blake, who at one time was Top 5 ranked.  If I am remembering correctly Conchita Martinez was also Top 5 ranked but never won any of the big ones.

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Permalink Reply by CoachV - William Vazquez on March 3, 2011 at 10:01pm

Hey leave my coaches son out of this!!! LOL JK keep him in.

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Permalink Reply by Mark T. on March 4, 2011 at 10:46am

So I don't recognize these guys, who are they?

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on March 2, 2011 at 7:24pm

Kevin Curren always came so damn close at Wimbledon.  Monster serve.
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Permalink Reply by Bobby on March 3, 2011 at 12:35am

Conchita Martinez won Wimbledon in 94. 

How about Marcelo Rios, reached number 1 ranking in 98, but never won a Grand Slam.

Better topic of discussion yet, what's better or given the choice, which of these two scenarios would you prefer to achieve?: Winning one grand slam title (one-slam wonder) but never reached number 1 ranking OR reached a number 1 ranking but never won one single Slam?  Okay, discuss amongst yourselves.  Or maybe the question should be, which one is harder to achieve between the two scenarios?

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on March 3, 2011 at 9:13am

Great question Bobby.  My first instinct was to say 1 slam, but then I thought of Thomas Johansson and second-guessed myself.  Maybe I'd go with reaching number 1.  No one could ever take that away from you.  You'd be able to say, "At one point, I was the best tennis player on the planet. Period."

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Permalink Reply by Mark T. on March 3, 2011 at 10:44am

I totally agree with Mr. Mayor, and good catch on Conchita Martinez.  At least for the men the number 1 ranking would be more of a feat without winning a slam.  The way ranking points are distributed I would think now more than ever it would be almost impossible. Rios did it, but that was before they changed the points for events. 

On another note, Kevin Curren was a beast.  Someone else would be Miloslav Mecir.  He played great during his day.

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