1) Lleyton Hewitt 58
2) Andre Agassi 7
Marat Safin 7
4) Carlos Moya 5
5) Juan Carlos Ferrero 3
6) Roger Federer 1
Pete Sampras 1
Paradorn Srichaphan 1
1) Paul-Henri
Mathieu 24
2) Paradorn Srichaphan 14
3) Richard Gasquet 10
Fernando González 10
5) David Nalbandian 6
Mikhail Youzhny 6
7) David Ferrer 2
8)
Mario Ancic 1
Karol Beck 1
James Blake 1
Taylor Dent 1
Robby Ginepri 1
Ignacio González-King 1
Feliciano López 1
Jarkko Nieminen 1
Janko Tipsarevic 1
1) Paradorn Srichaphan 38
2) Fernando González 14
3) Jiri Novak 6
4) James Blake 3
David Nalbandian 3
Rainer Schuettler 3
7)
Paul-Henri Mathieu 2
Andy Roddick 2
9) Guillermo Cañas 1
Roger Federer 1
Richard Gasquet 1
Robby Ginepri 1
Sebastien Grosjean 1
Xavier Malisse 1
Sjeng Schalken 1
Radek Stepanek 1
Mikhail Youzhny 1
1) Carlos Moya 40
2) Pete Sampras 16
3) Kenneth Carlsen 6
4) Richard Krajicek 4
Vincent Spadea 4
6) Albert Costa 3
7) Juan Ignacio Chela 2
Jiri Novak 2
9) Guillermo Coria 1
Scott Draper 1
Gustavo Kuerten 1
Dick Norman 1
Magnus Norman 1
Marcelo Ríos 1
Vladimir Voltchkov 1
1) Andy Roddick 15
2) Gustavo Kuerten 9
3) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 8
4) Marat Safin 6
5) Roger Federer 4
Tommy Haas 4
Tim Henman 4
Mark Philippoussis 4
9) Thomas Johansson 3
Nicolas Kiefer 3
Tommy Robredo 3
12) Hicham Arazi 2
Taylor Dent 2
Sebastien Grosjean 2
Magnus Norman 2
Andreas Vinciguerra 2
17) Andre Agassi 1
Thomas Enqvist 1
Jan-Michael Gambill 1
Goran Ivanisevic 1
Nicolas Lapentti 1
Ivan Ljubicic 1
Kristian Pless 1
Marcelo Rios 1
Greg Rusedski 1
1) Carlos Moya (*) 10
2) Alex Corretja 8
3) Andre Agassi 7
4) Paradorn Srichaphan 5
5) Guillermo Cañas 4
Tim Henman 4
7) Gustavo Kuerten 3
Jiri Novak 3
9) Wayne Arthurs 2
Jonas Bjorkman 2
Juan Carlos Ferrero 2
Todd Martin 2
Magnus Norman 2
Andy Roddick 2
Marat Safin 2
Pete Sampras 2
17) James Blake 1
Bob Bryan 1
Albert Costa 1
Wayne Ferreira 1
Fernando González 1
Sebastien Grosjean 1
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1
Lleyton Hewitt 1
Nicolás Lapentti 1
Cecil Mamiit 1
Nicolás Massú 1
Max Mirnyi 1
Jarkko Nieminen 1
Andrei Pavel 1
Sjeng Schalken 1
(*) Almost everyone
highlighted his victory over Costa at the Masters Cup (he was qualified for
semifinals and eliminated his countryman, letting Hewitt advance).
1) Lleyton Hewitt 13
2) Andy Roddick 11
3) Marcelo Ríos 10
4) Greg Rusedski 6
5) Andre Agassi 5
Marat Safin 5
7) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4
8) Guillermo Cañas 2
David Nalbandian 2
Marc Rosset 2
11) Albert Costa 1
Gastón Gaudio 1
Fernando González 1
Tommy Haas 1
Fabrice Santoro 1
Jeff Tarango 1
1) Richard Gasquet 49
2) Mario Ancic 6
3) Paul-Henri Mathieu 5
4) Brian Dabul 4
5) Rafael Nadal-Parera 3
Todd Reid 3
Mikhail Youzhny 3
8) Tomas Berdych 1
Mardy Fish 1
Robby Ginepri 1
Robert Kendrick 1
Gilles Muller 1
Robin Soderling 1
1) Andre Agassi 66
2) Pete Sampras 7
3) Andy Roddick 4
4) James Blake 2
5) Jan-Michael Gambill 1
Todd Martin 1
1) Guillermo Cañas 31
2) Fernando González 20
3) David Nalbandian 18
4) Gastón Gaudio 4
Gustavo Kuerten 4
6) Marcelo Ríos 1
André Sá 1
1) Carlos Moya 24
2) Marat Safin 22
3) Juan Carlos Ferrero 19
4) Roger Federer 12
5) Jiri Novak 3
6) Tommy Haas 1
Tim Henman 1
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1
Sjeng Schalken 1
1) Hewitt d.
Ferrero at Masters Cup 15
2) Sampras d. Agassi
at US Open 6
3) Cañas d. Hewitt at
Roland Garros 4
Cañas d. Moyá at Roland Garros 4
Hewitt d. Blake at US Open 4
Safin d. Kiefer at US Open 4
Safin d. Sampras at Australian Open 4
8) Costa d. Cañas at
Roland Garros 3
Hewitt d. Federer at Masters Cup 3
10) Agassi d. Hewitt
at US Open 2
Corretja d. Clement at Roland Garros 2
Ferrero d. Moya at Masters Cup 2
Moya d. Grosjean at Masters Series Paris 2
Schalken d. González at US Open 2
Youzhny d. Mathieu at Davis Cup final 2
16) Agassi d.
Feliciano Lopez at Masters Series Madrid 1
Corretja d. Sampras at Davis Cup 1
Gaudio d. Hewitt at Barcelona 1
Golmard d. Ivanisevic at Australian Open 1
González d. Roddick at Masters Series Cincinnati 1
Krajicek d. Blake at Wimbledon 1
Krajicek d. Philippoussis at Wimbledon 1
Kuerten d. Coria at Salvador de Bahia 1
Hewitt d. Agassi at San José 1
Hewitt d. Mantilla at Masters Series
Toronto 1
Hewitt d. Schalken at Wimbledon 1
Moya d. Hewitt at Masters Series
Cincinnati 1
Nalbandian d. Malisse at Wimbledon 1
Ríos d. Moya at Masters Series Toronto 1
Safin d. Hewitt at Masters Series Paris 1
1) Bastl d. Sampras
at Wimbledon 23
2) Srichaphan d.
Agassi at Wimbledon 6
3) Johansson d. Safin
at Australian Open 5
4) Costa d. Ferrero at Roland Garros 2
Kafelnikov d. Gaudio at Davis Cup (*) 2
A. Martin d. Hewitt at Australian Open 2
7) Agassi d. Haas in
Rome 1
Agassi d. Ríos at Miami 1
Ancic d. Federer at Wimbledon 1
Kuerten d. Safin at US Open 1
O. Rochus d. Safin at Wimbledon 1
Sampras d. Agassi at US Open 1
Schalken d. Kuerten at US Open 1
(*) Saved a 2-5
deficit in the fifth set and two match points and won 8-6.
-
“If Pete’s child
is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him”, by
Agassi.
-
“You have to
remember who I am and where I will be playing”, by Sampras, before the US Open.
-
“Pete is a step
and a half slower”, by Rusedski after losing to Sampras at US Open.
-
“Against him I
don’t need to be a step and a half quicker”, by Sampras.
-
“C’mon”, by
Hewitt.
-
Lleyton Hewitt
problems with the ATP.
-
“Paul will get
over it. If he was 25 years old, it might have destroyed his career, but he’s
young”, by Henri Leconte after Russia’s victory in Davis Cup.
-
One of the many
quotes from various sports pundits who kept insisting Sampras should retire.
-
“Yeah, I choked,
but shit happens”, by Safin.
-
“Today I smash
rackets for tomorrow we die”, by Safin.
-
“There’s nothing
so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things”, by
Safin.
-
During a phone
interview:
Safin: “Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe, I can’t hear you.
-
“This is better
than sex”, by Safin after winning the Davis Cup.
-
Marat Safin,
after winning Paris:
Q: Fabrice Santoro said before the match that this final (against Hewitt)
was going to be the N° 1 player in the world against the best player in the
world. What do you think about that?
MARAT SAFIN: Thanks, Fabrice. Thanks very much. I still love him too.
He’s even better, he beat me six times.
(*) I didn’t rank
this. Just mention all the suggested ones.
1) Hewitt d.
Ginepri 6-0 6-0 at Cincinnati 17
2) Hewitt d Nalbandian
6-1 6-3 6-2 at Wimbledon 6
3) Agassi d. Gimelstob
6-0 6-1 6-1 at US Open 4
4) Cañas d. Montañés 6-0 6-0 at Bastad 4
5) Agassi d. Ginepri
6-3 6-3 6-3 at US Open 2
Costa d. Ferrero 6-1 6-0 4-6 6-3 at Roland Garros 2
Hewitt d. Henman 6-1 6-2 at Indian Wells 2
Safin d. Hewitt 7-6 6-0 6-4 at Paris 2
Sampras d. Roddick 6-3 6-2 6-4 at US Open 2
10) Agassi d. Kratochvil
6-1 6-0 at Rome 1
Cañas d. Sá 6-1 6-0 at Montecarlo 1
Gambill d. Gaudio 6-0 6-2 6-0 at US Open 1
Grosjean d. Kafelnikov 7-6 6-3 6-0 at
Davis Cup 1
Kuerten d. Safin 6-4 6-4 7-5 at US Open 1
Safin d. Hewitt 6-3 6-1 at Hamburg 1
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Sampras with the
US Open trophy.
-
Sampras-Agassi
embrace after US Open final.
-
Ferrero
congratulating Costa at the end of Roland Garros final.
-
Hewitt with the
Wimbledon trophy.
-
Hewitt with the
N° 1 and Masters Cup trophy.
-
Tossing up
Youzhny, Safin and Kafelnikov in the air after Davis Cup victory.
-
French team
before the Davis Cup final.
-
Mathieu crying
after losing to Youzhny.
-
Safin winning in
Paris.
-
Kafelnikov and
Voltchkov in uzbekistan robes.
-
Hadad-Qureshi
sitting at Wimbledon.
-
Roddick
high-fiving the crowd after winning a fantastic point against Juan Chela at the
US Open.
-
Guga cheering up
with the whole crowd after defeating Sanguinetti at Roland Garros.
-
Roddick and
Ferrero in the promotion car at China.
-
Rafter, his wife
and his baby.
-
Srichaphan’s
ritual.
-
Wimbledon rain.
-
Any of Gambill’s
pictures.
A little off-topic:
- Anything featuring Daniela Hantuchova.
(*) I didn’t rank
this. Just mention all the suggested ones.
-
Hewitt goes on as
N° 1.
-
The great amount
of injured players.
-
All-baseliner
Wimbledon final.
-
Nalbandian
reaching Wimbledon finals.
-
Sampras, Agassi
and Safin defeated the same day at Wimbledon.
-
Sampras near end
of his career.
-
Sampras winning
the US Open.
-
Another
Sampras-Agassi final at a major.
-
Johansson winning
the Australian Open.
-
Srichaphan’s rise
in the game, showing it’s no longer limited to a few countries.
-
Chang winning an
ATP match.
-
Spadea top 100
again.
-
In spite of
raquet technology and the current size of players, small counterpunchers rule.
-
Only six
americans in top 50.
-
Ex president
George Bush getting a standing ovation during the Sampras-Roddick Houston
finals.
-
Chile out of the
World Group of Davis Cup.
A little off-topic:
-
Kournikova’s high
status while she cannot play tennis.
(*) I didn’t rank
this. Just mention all the suggested ones.
-
Bastl. defeats
Sampras at Wimbledon.
-
Nalbandian
reaches final at Wimbledon.
-
Sampras wins US
Open.
-
Sampras hitting
12 aces in the first set of US Open final.
-
Johansson winning
Australia.
-
Costa defeats
Ferrero at Roland Garros final.
-
Costa defeats
Safin at Masters Cup.
-
Safin crashes a
Marcedes at Indian Wells, demands a new one.
-
Moya’s year of
Grand Slams, not once getting past the 3rd round.
-
González defeats
Sampras at Key Biscayne.
-
González, who
goes hellbent for every shot, making the US Open quarters.
-
The devaluated
australian team at Buenos Aires.
-
Hewitt takes a
swipe of the flowers in Paris.
-
Agassi shaving
his head on a TV commercial.
-
When a bird was
hit by Michael Llodra in a doubles match at the Australian Open.
-
Ferrero’s hair at
the US Open.
-
Ferrero losing
the fifth set at the Masters Cup final.
-
Gaudio losing two
match points at the Davis Cup semifinal against Kafelnikov.
-
Saulnier losing
to Koubek at the Australian Open after winning the first two sets 6-0 6-1 (it
was 0-6 1-6 7-6 6-4 8-6).
-
Paradorn
Srichaphan.
-
Errors of
judgements during Haas-Roddick at Montecarlo.
(*) I didn’t rank
this. Just mention all the suggested ones.
1) Pete Sampras 19
2) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 15
Michael Chang 15
4) Marcelo Ríos 5
5) Goran Ivanisevic 4
6) Andre Agassi 2
Todd Martin 2
Mark Philippoussis 2
Mark Rosset 2
10) Francisco Clavet 1
Lleyton Hewitt 1
Richard Krajicek 1
Magnus Norman 1
Gianluca Pozzi 1
Franco Squillari 1
This award should be retired 1
Nobody, it’s better playing pro
tennis than really work 1
1) Lleyton Hewitt 34
2) Marat Safin 16
3) Roger Federer 9
4) Juan Carlos Ferrero 3
Gustavo Kuerten 3
6) Andre Agassi 2
Carlos Moyá 2
8) Guillermo Cañas 1
Tommy Haas 1
1) Lleyton Hewitt 69
2) Juan Carlos Ferrero 67
3) Marat Safin 66
4) Roger Federer 59
5) Andy Roddick 48
6) Carlos Moya 47
7) Andre Agassi 40
8) Gustavo Kuerten 36
9) Paradorn Srichaphan 34
10) Fernando González 33
11) Guillermo Cañas 30
Tommy Haas 30
13) Sebastien Grosjean 23
14) Tim Henman 17
15) David Nalbandian 15
Jiri Novak 15
17) Paul-Henri Mathieu 13
18) Gastón Gaudio 6
19) Mikhail Youzhny 5
20) James Blake 4
21) Rainer Schuettler 3
22) Albert Costa 2
Xavier Malisse 2
Max Mirnyi 2
Pete Sampras 2
26) José Acasuso 1
Guillermo Coria 1
Juan Ignacio Chela 1
Nicolas Escudé 1
David Ferrer 1
Goran Ivanisevic 1
Thomas Johansson 1
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1
Jarkko Nieminen 1
Mark Philippoussis 1
Patrick Rafter (retired) 1
Tommy Robredo 1
Sjeng Schalken 1
1) Richard Gasquet 12
2) Mario Ancic 8
3) Robin Soderling 6
4) Rafael Nadal-Parera 5
Paul-Henri Mathieu 4
6) Marcos Baghdatis 2
David Ferrer 2
Jarkko Nieminen 2
Todd Reid 2
10) Alex Bogomolov Jr. 1
Sean Cooper 1
Guillermo Coria 1
Brian Dabul 1
Taylor Dent 1
Arnaud Di Pasquale 1
Robby Ginepri 1
Luis Horna 1
Giller Muller 1
Olivier Mutis 1
Jean-Julien Rojer 1
Flavio Saretta 1
Andrei Stoliarov 1
Martin Verkerk 1
Andreas Vinciguerra 1
Luciano Vitullo 1
1) Mikhail
Youzhny 13
2) José Acasuso 7
3) James Blake 5
Richard Gasquet 5
Paul-Henri Mathieu 5
6) Guillermo Coria 4
7) David Ferrer 2
Gustavo Kuerten 2
Jarkko Nieminen 2
Robin Soderling 2
11) Mario Ancic 1
Frank Dancevic 1
Nikolay Davydenko 1
Taylor Dent 1
Jan Michael Gambill 1
Robby Ginepri 1
Fernando González 1
Harel Levy 1
Feliciano López 1
Nicolás Massú 1
Mark Philippoussis 1
Kristian Pless 1
André Sá 1
Raemon Sluiter 1
Franco Squillari 1
Paradorn Srichaphan 1
Radek Stepanek 1
Brian Vahaly 1
Martin Verkerk 1
1) Andre Agassi 21
2) Andy Roddick 17
3) Albert Costa 4
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4
5) Thomas Johansson 3
Lleyton Hewitt 3
Paul-Henri Mathieu 3
8) Fernando González 2
Tommy Haas 2
Tim Henman 2
David Nalbandian 2
Marcelo Ríos 2
Marat Safin 2
14) James Blake 1
Taylor Dent 1
Richard Krajicek 1
Xavier Malisse 1
Jiri Novak 1
Patrick Rafter (retired) 1
Pete Sampras 1
Davide Sanguinetti 1
1) Lleyton Hewitt 33
2) Marat Safin 11
3) Andre Agassi 8
4) Carlos Moya 7
5) Roger Federer 3
Tommy Haas (didn’t play) 3
7) Gustavo Kuerten 2
Paradorn Srichaphan 2
9) Juan Carlos Ferrero 1
Patrick Rafter (retired) 1
Andy Roddick 1
1) Juan Carlos Ferrero 28
2) Gustavo Kuerten 15
3) Marat Safin 8
4) Guillermo Cañas 7
5) Fernando González 4
Gastón Gaudio 4
7) Carlos Moya 3
8) Sebastien Grosjean 1
Lleyton Hewitt 1
Paul Henri Mathieu 1
1) Lleyton Hewitt 30
2) Roger Federer 17
3) Marat Safin 6
4) Pete Sampras 5
5) Tim Henman 4
6) Andre Agassi 3
Patrick Rafter (retired) 3
8) Goran Ivanisevic 2
9) Guillermo Cañas 1
David Nalbandian 1
Andy Roddick 1
Rainer Schuettler 1
Paradorn Srichaphan 1
1) Marat Safin 17
2) Lleyton Hewitt 16
3) Andre Agassi 7
4) Roger Federer 6
Andy Roddick 6
6) Tommy Haas 4
7) Fernando González 3
8) James Blake 2
Mikhail Youzhny 2
Carlos Moya 2
11) Guillermo Cañas 1