re: Face it Federer is the GOAT

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Who were these juggernauts that Sampras faced?? Agassi was arguably the best player he played against consistently. Rafter was good too. Chang and Courrier were good players, but no better than top-5 players of today. Phillipossis? Kraciek? Muster? Henman?

Federer has had to play against Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Agassi, Hewitt, etc...

Sorry, but I think Fed has played better completion than Sampras

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Sampras also played Becker and Edberg. And of course the great Marcelo Rios.

Though I agree with you.

Sampras sucked on clay.

I consider Borg to be better than him or Federer. He won six French's on clay and then five Wimbledon's on grass when it was fast as hell. You don't appreciate how awesome a feat that is. Its like a race car driver winning Daytona or Bristol in the same year he wins a top Formula 1 race. There is a reason Foyt and Andretti are considered to be above everyone else.

Sampras had a booming serve, part of it thanks to the racquets but guess what? Borg beat Roscoe Tanner in Wimbledon final and he was serving 150 mph.

and Laver has to be considered to be right up there with Federer. Go watch some Youtube videos. He is sitting there in his 40's holding his own with a young prime Jimmy Connors. You guys don't appreciate how good Laver really was.

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He is sitting there in his 40's holding his own with a young prime Jimmy Connors

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Do you mean 37?

You've lost a ton of credibility here.

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Roscoe Tanner in Wimbledon final and he was serving 150 mph

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I thought the supposed 150 was in Paris?

Thought he was 40 at the time. My mistake. Still pretty impressive when you think about it considering Jimbo was destroying his peers such as Rosewall. Laver was past his prime at that point.

As for Roscoe Tanner, he had a huge serve. Its also a little relative. He was making those big serves with wood racquets and Borg had to return them with a wood racquet. I'm not going to compare him to Sampras, but only mention him to point out Borg could handle a guy with a huge serve.

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Never won the U.S. Open

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And how many French's did Pete win? At least Borg made the open finals four times. Lost to Connors twice and then McEnroe twice. That is what it took to beat Borg. No losing in first few rounds because it wasn't your favorite surface.

Take away those improved racquets and I doubt Sampras fares as well. He did have a very good one-handed backhand that allowed him to place shots. Tanner was a one tricker as was Goran.