![]() Whilst the injury was minor, the mental road to recovery was not. Then, a dark chapter of tennis happened and in 1993 she was stabbed on court by an unstable spectator. In an era of Graf & Navratilova, Seles was already number #1 in the world and on her way to making tennis history. By just 20 years of aged she had already won eight Grand Slams! Tennis fans around the world are probably familiar with the story of Monica. Monica Seles v Steffi Graf - 1995 US Open Final ![]() The big left-handed serve bringing him his only Grand Slam title.Ĩ. Ivanišević became the lowest-ranked player and the first wildcard entry to win Wimbledon. In a match lasting just over three hours, Ivanišević defeated Rafter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7. It was Ivanišević's first singles final since 1998. 1 players Carlos Moyá, Andy Roddick and Marat Safin and in the semi-finals beat home favorite Tim Henman in a five set, rain-affected semifinal, setting up a match with the previous year's runner-up and former US Open champion Patrick Rafter. This ranking was too low to be in the main draw, but as he previously reached 3 Wimbledon Finals (losing all three times to Agassi & Sampras) he was awarded a wildcard entry. If ever there was a fairy tale story about tennis this would surely be the script.īy the summer of 2001, Ivanišević was ranked the world No. Goran Ivanisevic v Pat Rafter - 2001 Wimbledon Final So our team at the IHCTA talked over lunch what the greatest tennis matches of all time were.ġ0. ![]() We’ve been blessed with great rivalries (on court) and matches generation after generation. The beautiful thing is that you were part of tennis history. We envy those people, for us, when it gets to the nail biting 5th set, break-points and tie-breaks we can’t handle it, and we’re not even playing! Let’s start with a truthful statement, everyone is going to have a different opinion on what is the greatest tennis match of all time, it may come down to the era you were born, were you rooting for Bjorn Borg or John Mcenroe, Steffi Graf or Monica Seles, Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi, Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal… perhaps you were lucky enough to be impartial to a player and you could simply enjoy the sport for all it’s beauty. ![]()
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