The 70's are marked by American Jimmy Connors, who dominated the first half with the Romanian Ilie Nastase, and then shares the head of the ATP with Argentine Vilas. All three are players of great charisma, but Connors could only be among the 10 largest ever. The U.S. had a very long race, and was the player who has won more tournaments on the ATP was open, a record hard to match. Vilas direct duels resulted in 5 wins and 4 losses. Connors
fully participated in one of the golden ages of tennis, the early 80's. The emergence of Swedish Bjorn Borg, McEnroe and Ivan Lendl, and above all the matches between Borg and McEnroe, as compared to its special flavor to those who are leading Federer and Nadal, the tennis world began on the first page to the amazing sport withdrawal of the Swedish game, with only 25 years and eleven Grand Slam tournaments to his credit.
But this is a time of great coherence between the perception of the fans on the level of the best players, and the record of games won and lost between them, one of the key contributions in this analysis. If any of these fans, I had asked for their preferences then surely have hesitated very little. Borg, McEnroe, Lendl and Connors are located in that order in the mind of the amateur. And the only direct competition that clashes a bit with the succession is the clash between McEnroe and Lendl, with advantage to the second by 21 games to 15. Borg and McEnroe played 14 games with 7 wins each, equally well in their matches at Wimbledon. But Borg was clearly superior on the track Connors (15-8) and Lendl (6-2).
is clear that the journey is still very subjective, but for now there is something that should allow us to say, between 60 and 80, only two players who really are eligible for the title of 'best player of all time. " They are Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, and both, in addition to many Grand Slam titles are well received because they managed to dominate the direct confrontations with rivals.
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