Tennis: Australian Open 2024

[Jezza]

Jezza, how 'bout losing GS finals from 2 sets up? Daniil has 3 (2 of them against Rafa), right? Wonder who else has 3+...

Medvedev is the only player in history to have lost slam finals more than once after being two sets up.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/austral ... fa884e5fde

[Jezza]

Losing in 5 sets (Final).

Roger Federer (5) = Wimbledon 2008, Australian Open 2009, US Open 2009, Wimbledon 2014, Wimbledon 2019

William Johnston (4) = US National 1916, US National 1920, US National 1922, US National 1925
John Bromwich (4) = Australian Championship 1937, Australian Championship 1947, Australian Championship 1948, Wimbledon 1948

Ernest Renshaw (3) = Wimbledon 1882, Wimbledon 1883, Wimbledon 1887
Jack Crawford (3) = US National 1933, French Championship 1934, Australian Championship 1936
Jaroslav Drobný (3) = French Championship 1946, Wimbledon 1949, French Championship 1950
John McEnroe (3) = Wimbledon 1980, Wimbledon 1982, French Open 1984
Rafael Nadal (3) = Wimbledon 2007, Australian Open 2012, Australian Open 2017
Daniil Medvedev (3) = US Open 2019, Australian Open 2022, Australian Open 2024

Wilberforce Eaves (2) = Wimbledon 1895, US National 1897
Herbert Roper Barrett (2) = Wimbledon 1908, Wimbledon 1911
Jean Borotra (2) = Wimbledon 1927, French Championship 1929
Francis Hunter (2) = US National 1928, US National 1929
Frank Parker (2) = US National 1942, US National 1947
Pat Cash (2) = Australian Open 1987, Australian Open 1988
Ivan Lendl (2) = French Open 1981, US Open 1988
Goran Ivanišević (2) = Wimbledon 1992, Wimbledon 1998
Novak Djokovic (2) = US Open 2012, Wimbledon 2023

William Renshaw (1) = Wimbledon 1890
Clarence Hobart (1) = US National 1891
Wilfred Baddeley (1) = Wimbledon 1896
Fred Hovey (1) = US National 1896
Laurence Doherty (1) = Wimbledon 1898
Norman Brookes (1) = Australasian Championship 1905
Alfred Dunlop (1) = Australasian Championship 1908
William Clothier (1) = US National 1909
Arthur Gore (1) = Wimbledon 1910
Tom Bundy (1) = US National 1910
Alfred Blemish (1) = Australasian Championship 1912
Wallace F. Johnson (1) = US National 1912
Anthony Wilding (1) = Wimbledon 1914
Ronald Thomas (1) = Australasian Championship 1920
Brian Norton (1) = Wimbledon 1921
Gerald Patterson (1) = Australasian Championship 1922
Richard Schlesinger (1) = Australasian Championship 1924
René Lacoste (1) = Wimbledon 1924
John Hawkes (1) = Australian Championship 1927
Bill Tilden (1) = French Championship 1927
Jack Cummings (1) = Australian Championship 1928
Harry Hopman (1) = Australian Championship 1932
Ellsworth Vines (1) = Wimbledon 1933
Wilmer Allison (1) = US National 1934
Fred Parry (1) = French Championship 1936
Don Budge (1) = US National 1936
Gottfried von Craam (1) = US National 1937
Elwood Cooke (1) = Wimbledon 1939
Bobby Riggs (1) = US National 1940
Dinny Pails (1) = Australian Championship 1946
Geoff Brown (1) = Wimbledon 1946
Ted Schroeder (1) = US National 1949
Herbert Flam (1) = US National 1950
Mal Anderson (1) = US National 1958
Neale Fraser (1) = Australian Championship 1960
Luis Ayala (1) = French Championship 1960
Nicola Pietragelli (1) = French Championship 1961
Roy Emerson (1) = French Championship 1962
Fred Stolle (1) = Australian Championship 1965
Tom Okker (1) = US Open 1968
Ken Rosewall (1) = Wimbledon 1970
Stan Smith (1) = Wimbledon 1971
Ilie Năstase (1) = Wimbledon 1972
Arthur Ashe (1) = US Open 1972
Jan Kodes (1) = US Open 1973
Manuel Orantes (1) = French Open 1974
Jimmy Connors (1) = Wimbledon 1977
John Lloyd (1) = Australian Open 1977 (Dec)
Roscoe Tanner (1) = Wimbledon 1979
Bjorn Borg (1) = US Open 1980
Stefan Edberg (1) = French Open 1989
Boris Becker (1) = Wimbledon 1990
Andre Agassi (1) = French Open 1991
Jim Courier (1) = French Open 1993
Andrei Medvedev (1) = French Open 1999
Todd Martin (1) = US Open 1999
Patrick Rafter (1) = Wimbledon 2001
Guillermo Coria (1) = French Open 2004
Andy Roddick (1) = Wimbledon 2009
Marin Cilic (1) = Australian Open 2018
Dominic Thiem (1) = Australian Open 2020
Alexander Zverev (1) = US Open 2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas (1) = French Open 2021

[K]

Thanks, Jezza!

Do you have favourite sites for tennis stats?

[Jezza]

^ Yep.

Ultimate Tennis Statistics.
https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com

Tennis Abstract.
https://www.tennisabstract.com

[K]

Who can forget Pat Cash losing B2B against the Swedes in the last Kooyong and first Flinders Park finals?!

[Jezza]

Huge effort from Dominic Thiem but he lost in five sets and five hours to Felix Auger-Aliassime.

'Thiem exited the court at about 1.45am to a standing ovation from an audience who seemed well aware they had witnessed a contest that went beyond the realm of ordinary tennis and entered a special plane.'

(SMH)

Thiem to retire at the end of the season.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-r ... t-2024-may