Name two One-Slam Wonders who also reached the No. 1 rank.
First correct answer = Wall Of Fame listing.
Winner / Correct answer: Friday, May 5, 2017.
Murph and Raj get first 30 minutes.
I know I am wasting my time given the cheap freaking freaks I am stuck with, but if you are not named Raj and Murph, you can still post the answer within the first 30 minutes but that will count as 'help' (yeah, strange word and concept!!!!).
Raj and Murph can choose to opt for your suggestion or go with what they think is appropriate. If they go with your suggestion and it's correct, you get freaking nothing - and they get the WOF. Geeeezzzzz!!!!!!
And socks are freaking meant for your feet not your hands!!!!!! Geeezzz!!!!
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Carlos Moyá
Posted by: O | 04/29/2017 at 08:57 AM
Roddick and Ferrero
Posted by: Nipurn | 04/29/2017 at 09:21 AM
I agree with Nipurn
Posted by: Raj | 04/29/2017 at 09:46 AM
Nipurn is right
Posted by: Vr | 04/29/2017 at 09:47 AM
Thomas Muster, Andy Roddick
Posted by: Mardn | 04/29/2017 at 10:53 AM
I missed the early start time but I'm going for Andy Roddick and Patrick Rafter.
Posted by: Murph | 04/29/2017 at 11:53 AM
1) Use search engine or website of choice. Examples include Google and Wikipedia.
2) Make a list of all ATP No1's who you know are low on the GS pole. Examples include Roddick and Moya.
3) Check number of Slams for each.
4) Post your reply to www.tennisplanet.me
5) There might be a simple skills test required to claim your prize. You may also be required to switch to a larger racket to improve your tennis, especially if you're a pro.
@TP: no hard feelings :)
Posted by: Veglia | 04/29/2017 at 02:15 PM
WINNER: O.
Posted by: Tennis Planet | 04/29/2017 at 04:39 PM
Thanks TP for giving Raj and me a special dispensation. I just returned to this site to let it be known I learned Rafter was wrong. Turns out so was Roddick. So be it.
Posted by: Murph | 04/29/2017 at 07:31 PM
"Rafter was wrong" because he won TWO Slams.
"so was Roddick" because __________ ?
Posted by: Gary Moser | 04/30/2017 at 05:52 AM
... because he won two Slams - US Open and Brooklyn Decker
Posted by: Veglia | 04/30/2017 at 06:31 AM
LOL!
Posted by: Murph | 04/30/2017 at 10:03 AM
I looked up "One-Slam Wonder" in the Webster Dictionary, and two words came up: Gaston Gaudio
Posted by: DK | 04/30/2017 at 01:09 PM
Then I looked up "No-Slam Number 1 Wonder", and came up with Marcelo Rios (sp?). Anyways, can Ferrero, Roddick, or Moya be called a "One-Slam Wonder", when there's a guy like Gaudio in the same company?
Posted by: DK | 04/30/2017 at 01:20 PM
IMO, there's a very big difference between a one-Slam WONDER and a one-Slam WINNER.
But, tennis punditry --- as well as most fans --- have always seemed overly fixated on the "ONE" part.
Posted by: Gary Moser | 04/30/2017 at 02:56 PM
True, but this is where TP may have a point. Ferrero and Moya can probably be considered one-slam wonders while Roddick is more than that. I don't know. What I do know is that I like this return to origins WoF where you have to guess what TP is thinking of rather than solve crosswords ...
P.S. I still can't get over that "switch to bigger racket" theory though. TP I'll never ever forget that. Even Fed-on-PED theory (in which you had my support) is easier to forget that that.
Posted by: Veglia | 04/30/2017 at 05:06 PM