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 | j5961628 (0)
06/02/2005 | flat, flat, flat....
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 | Andrekos (0)
01/20/2005 | One of the greatest players of all time. His record speaks for itself, 7 grandslams in 7 years, during an era when McEnroe, Lendl and then Edberg and Becker were at their peaks. A grinder who was deadly accurate with his shots. A thinker, who used his mental strength to outwith his opponents. I will never forget his Australian Open victory in 1988 and then his US Open triumph in the same year: two of the greatest ever matches. His comeback in the mid 1990s was admirable, with vintage play he made the top 40.
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 | jessicadeklerk (0)
11/17/2004 | Great player and what others also have said in here: His mental strength was so very important. I was so happy to have met in 2002 in Eindhoven ( Netherlands) One of the most precious moments of my life. And nowadays still such an active and sportive man, which I admire very much! Tack Mats!
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 | tennisguru (0)
07/03/2004 | I judge players by their talent and when it comes to talent, wilander is second to none. He had wicked topspin on both wings and pin-point passing shots. The French is where one's ability is tested to its limits and Mats came out trumps on 3 occassions. Can you imagine a 17 year old kid bursting onto the scene and blowing away all the top seeds to take the french crown? He proved it was no fluke by winning grand slams over and over. Of the 33 singles titles he won, 7 were grand slams. I cannot think of another player with such a high ratio of success in major tournaments.... not even Sampras. Mats's greatest asset was his mind. An ultra cool temperament and the presence of mind to outthink his opponents set him apart from the competition. Boris and Edberg are hyped about more but they won fewer slams than this Swedish god of the courts. Mats rules
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| archivist (0)
10/09/2003 | The classy Swede won 4 of the 5 two-week-long events in 1988 and made it to number one in the world by beating Ivan Lendl in a five-set U.S. Open final, one of the best matches I've ever seen. Wilander, like Rosewall and Lendl, never won Wimbledon. I wouldn't want to take the '88 Wimbledon title away from Stefan Edberg (another classy Swede), but I wish Wilander had taken that title at some point in his career. Wilander was perhaps the smartest player in tennis; another player famously said that the biggest weapon in tennis was "Wilander's brain". As matches wore on, Wilander's anticipation of his opponent's shots just got better and better. Wilander also had the best topspin lob I've ever seen. In the '88 Lipton semifinal, Wilander again and again hit lob winners that made the 6'4" Yannick Noah look helpless at net. Wilander also had a great gesture, the "vischt", that he used to congratulate himself after big shots; it was his low-key response to Connors' big double-pumps.
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| tenniscrazypretoria (0)
10/01/2003 | An accomplished clay court game, adaptable baseline game(1988 he won 3 of 4 grand slams)patient,vicious topspin and smart. at times he appeared to be a clone of Bjorn Borg, without the magic of the Borg game. He really played second fiddle to Ivan Lendl most of his career. Nevertheless his grand slam achievements and a world no.1 ranking speak volumes about his talent and effectiveness of his game.
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 | riaanonymer (0)
09/16/2003 | 2nd best tennis teenager in history. Could have won a lot more
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