Wow, 1990 match, and the quality looks so amazing. I saw videos of tennis matches of 2000s that were in the worst quality, where you can't see the ball's trajectory. This is truly amazing.

@ptitprince7575

2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@alanchong7513

22 күн бұрын

My first reaction also! If all old matches were of this picture quality, gee, I would be watching endlessly!

how great Ivan Lendl was on this day.. amazing 🎉🎉🎉

Great and only victory on grass against Becker for Ivan Lendl. He really tried to win that "damn" Wimbledon but Becker and Edberg stood in his way many times.

@miguelbarahona6636

2 жыл бұрын

And Mcenroe, and Cash.

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguelbarahona6636 Leconte too in '85.

@suatkayatennis

2 жыл бұрын

@@martydav9475 Thank you very much for this well written post,i totally agree with you on this one. Lendl did all he can at Wimbledon even skipping the FO a couple of times but eveytime he met a superb serve-and-volley player that made his run end.

@maheshsukumar

Жыл бұрын

exactly....greatest grass court player to not win a wimbledon....Ivan was in hot form heading into all those mid-80's wimbledons. Even skipped French open couple times to get extra practise on grass. sadly for him he encountered Edberg and Becker inevitably in the title rounds, and also Mcenroe in the 83 sf. Like they say you've got to beat the best players to win the title....or atleast hope to keep winning when someone else knocks out the better players. (like how Federer bt Soderling at FO) My most sad memory about lendl at Wimbledon is not the losses to Edberg and Becker (they were better grass court players), but the golden chance he got in 1987. Doohan had stunned Becker early on, the draw had opened up, and Lendl himself edged out Edberg in the Semifinals....If only Lendl could have beaten Cash. Given a chance, thats the one result Lendl would love to go back in time and change in his career if given a chance.

@massambo5397

Жыл бұрын

And Pat cash as well!

2:26 that's gotta be one of the hardest hit backhands I've ever seen. It was a bullet. Also, how come they didn't fist pump after every point they won in those days?

@theacechip

3 ай бұрын

They didnt waste energy, therefore no groaning, moaning either (I dont call it grunting ever).

Late 80s-Early 90s: After Borg's retirement, we had Lendl, Becker, Edberg, Wilander, Sampras, Agassi, Chang, Courier with Connors and McEnroe still playing some tournaments at the time...Damn, that was an amazing era !

@rioverde1597

2 жыл бұрын

And to think that some people say the Federer, Nadal, nole is the greatest era in tennis 🙄

@nhatlongvu8896

2 жыл бұрын

@@rioverde1597 Fed, Rafa and Nole are sure the top 3 of all time 👍 but at the same time, they'd destroyed many others' careers. Fed overshadowed Roddick, Hewitt, Safin,...Nole and Rafa gave Berdych, Ferrer, Tsonga,...no chance (even though they're good players and have the ability to achieve more in other eras) 😥 Luckily we had Wawrinka, Murray (3GS) and DelPotro, Cilic (1GS) in the 2010s ⭐

@paolococuroccia5556

2 жыл бұрын

@@rioverde1597 agree with you

@bifftannen66

2 жыл бұрын

@@nhatlongvu8896 80's/90's tennis was great, the early 90's had such a variety of talent and generational overlap that it made everything more interesting. Actually until the point that Sampras found his groove and started dominating. That said the current BIG3 dominated the Safin/Roddick era, then came the BIG4 era which wasn't weak at all, and now even topping the current era at age 35-40. Their dominance is unheard of

What an incredible player Ivan Lendl is.He his epitome of hard work, commitment, efficiency,Court movement,divinity and above all a great anaylyst of the game.It is shear destiny that he could not win Wimbeldon.

@muralikrishnag1629

2 жыл бұрын

Divinity-dignity

@theacechip

3 ай бұрын

Respectfully disagree. the superior player on the day won the match. You can say the same to all the opponents who lost against Lendl during his GS titles.

Lendl wow! Still my favored player.. came slow close at Wimbledon😔

Lendl the ruthless machine!

The depth and width on those volleys is just mind boggling

@creepymanchildren

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and also lendl's shirt is badass

@blucat4

2 жыл бұрын

@@creepymanchildren Well, it's bad, anyway! :-)

Lendl volley skills are amazing

@benparsons4979

2 жыл бұрын

same for Becker

Lendl had a great grass court record for someone who was never at his best on that surface. Five semi-finals and two finals appearances at Wimbledon is testament to his determination. As this clip shows, he was capable of beating the best grass court players and winning Wimbledon, but on the day he wasn't good enough.

Lendl showed how good he could get on Grass. Dismissing Becker the way he did even in a lesser tournament is not easy and especially on grass. A tribute to Ivan’s ability to change his game to suit it as per the surface. So inspiring.

Boy, how fast the courts were back then !

I miss the shirts with the funky designs and the short shorts

@brocanova

2 жыл бұрын

Ever watched Aussie Rules?

@lucaantonelli1511

2 жыл бұрын

They will be back, fashion is cyclical

Back when grass was actually grass

From recall, as I watched all this on the 1990 ATP highlight show, Lendl beat John McEnroe in the semifinal. I recorded this episode actually. Amazing tournament for Ivan!

No huss, no fuss... Plain, simple and clean. ❤😌

That one-handed backhand was so so SWEET!! Both had it but Lendl was the best in my opinion.

@blucat4

2 жыл бұрын

Lendl had the best single handed backhand of anyone, ever!

Thank you for including aces in highlights here.

Bring on the classics!

2:27 damn that's smashed

Points were so sort in those times that there wasn’t even time for the players to sweat

@creepymanchildren

2 жыл бұрын

I love that after all these points the players just get ready for the next. There's no 15 second fist pump toward their box while they yell "come on". Just get on with the play like these two. Young players seem so needy toward their teams today.

@rafamessi3867

2 жыл бұрын

@@creepymanchildren there will be 15 second fist pump and yelling if there is an epic 35 shot rally something 40-50 shot epic rally Here not even a 5 shit rally just boring serve and volley What is there to fist bump and enjoy in those continuous 5 shot points

@blucat4

2 жыл бұрын

@@rafamessi3867 It's grass, and the old fast grass. There can't be any 30 shot rallies on this, especially with Becker serving.

@ipiap

2 жыл бұрын

@@rafamessi3867 Grasscourt tennis felt like a different branch of sports. It reqiuired quick thinking, determination, fast reaction. Current players are not committed to do this, they stay at the baseline and wait until some opportunity comes, which leads to "epic" or rather just overlong rallies. On clay is this the right strategy but not on grass. The lack of diversity led to the dominance of the Big Four, which had no challengers in the field of quick baseline tennis. Nadal had to face some low ranked SAV players at some early Wimbledon rounds and had zero chance against them.

@theacechip

13 күн бұрын

@@ipiap Even there, the current gen players overhit the ball on every shot, for the "reels" as it were.

Fantastic Ivan on grass ❤

Those slice passing shots, though.

wow, what a display of power by Lendl. Shame that he couldn't muster all those power and skills at Wimbledon semi final same year. Soundly beaten by the natural serve and volleyer, Stefan Edberg

@deltamarquees8158

4 ай бұрын

I believe he peaked too early in that tournament.He was very flat when he played against Edberg

The courts at queen's played more like a hard court, so weren't the greatest preparation for the grass of Wimbledon which back then had a much lower, faster skidding bounce. Nowadays, Wimbledon grass plays much more like this - it makes you wonder what Lendl (or Mats Wilander) might have managed at Wimbledon if the courts back then had been like this.

Lendl was another tennis level

Lendl was born in the wrong era. He would have really excelled had he been playing in the last 15-20 years. He still had a great career winning 8 slams though.

@thebigmonstaandy6644

2 жыл бұрын

yes.with modern rackets and his character he would easily domminate tennis now : big 4 would be like Nadal,Djokovic,Federer,Lendl

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebigmonstaandy6644 Agreed and which prompts the question: how many fewer Majors would Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have if Lendl had played in this era too?

@thebigmonstaandy6644

2 жыл бұрын

@@martydav9475 i think ,Lendl would play like Kuerten,who was a better player than Wawrinka and who played also in wrong era.Kuerten was a great player,he just get injuries to early(he was only 24-25). i suppose Lendl,Federer,Djokovic,Nadal would have like 15 GSs everybody.

@fundhund62

2 жыл бұрын

The 1980´s were one of the strongest eras in tennis history. 2003-2022 on the other hand was the weakest era this sport has ever seen. Small wonder that Lendl would have "excelled" in the last 20 years.

Masterful stuff

Best match of Ivan Lendl on grass. This was the era of the best grass players (Edberg and Becker), and so Ivan had no chance against them...

Tennis during that era was so much better to watch. No time wasting, timeouts and gamesmanship and no towelling down either as the points were finished in less than two minutes most games. I loved Lendl’s Mizuno tennis gear, it seemed they were much better attired then all started by Bjorn Borg in the late 70’s with Fila. Great upload and the picture is amazing definitely worth a subscription. 😇🙏🏿

Antes del big three estaba convencido q Lendl era lo máximo, q jugadorazo

@Luchon20082010

2 жыл бұрын

Es probablemente el goat, siempre ha estado como aspirante serio a llevarse ese título honorífico

Dammit such tennis !!

Lendl didn’t play RG that year (if I remember well he actually didn’t play the whole clay season) trying to train himself the best way on grass to have more chances to win Wimbledon. You see the results here. An alien. After this performance everybody thought he would have easily won the Championships. Unfortunately he lost vs Edberg in the semifinals.

Remember that very good... Was one of these matches which are not important... When Becker on the center court of wimbledon was a different players.. There it mattered and LENDL knew that..

Unbelievable level from Ivan that day, he was on fire. Boris looked slow though

I believe he actually beat Edberg in the semi's also. So he had wins over 2 of the worlds best grass court players in that era.

Vedendo questa partita al QUEENS contro Becker non riesco a capire come mai un giocatore come Lendl non abbia potuto mai vincere Wimbledon partita perfetta vincenti spettacolari e precisi nessun errore vittoria in sicurezza e scioltezza Lendl impressionante Becker mai entrato in partita veramente assurdo !!!

@frommemphistomilanello5625

7 ай бұрын

da beckeriano ti dico che Lendl giocò divinamente quella finale e forse, paradossalmente, il livello di forma più alto lo raggiunse proprio li al Queen's. Il tuo ragionamento è corretto, però sai meglio di me che le condizioni di forma possono cambiare da una settimana all'altra e Lendl forse arrivò paradossalmente a Wimbledon non al massimo come una-due settimane prima, tanto che perse abbastanza nettamente da Edberg in tre set in semifinale...Col tennis di oggi Lendl ne avrebbe vinti almeno tre quattro di Wimbledon

2:26 Lendl be like " I want to beat the shot speed record right now".

The difference in quality to today is remarkable. Tactically and athletically. Players were hellbent on serve and volleying which essentially killed off any tactics or athleticism in the game. It was a game of how good is your return. Watch some of the baseline rally’s from any major final from 2003 onward at Wimbledon.

@blucat4

2 жыл бұрын

The grass was much faster and the bounce less reliable. Serve and volley was the winning strategy on those courts.

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

Only on grass. They were great baseliners back then as now: Borg, Connors, Lendl, Wilander, Mecir etc.

@fundhund62

2 жыл бұрын

The quality of play was so much higher back then. Even the top players today are mediocre volleyers at best (Federer, Nadal) or downright terrible in the forecourt (Djokovic).

Please bring back some Sampras greatness too - the undisputed GOAT of his era.

@overkongen34

6 ай бұрын

His era came later.

Watching this in 1990 I just knew Lendl had peaked too soon. 2 weeks later Boris beat him in Wimbledon semis...AGAIN. Timing his form cost Lendl that year.

@suatkayatennis

2 жыл бұрын

You are wrong,it was Edberg that beat Lendl in the Wimbledon semis in straight sets.

Not one Rally , wow how the game has changed .

@kchuk1965

2 жыл бұрын

Was changed on purpose I’d say.

@ 2:24 some backhand pass ...

more of this please....the best tennis and the best players was played from 1985-2005

@halohawkxx

2 жыл бұрын

I miss the Serve & Volley Era of the Tennis Metagame ):

@tancredelegalileen9777

2 жыл бұрын

FALSE

@m.isiyam8619

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously bro😆🙄

@JahanVijeh

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt this was a classic era, but to say it was the best is very questionable.

@mtklaric

2 жыл бұрын

@@JahanVijeh McEnroe, Lendl, Wilander, Connors, Sampras, Edberg, Courier, Stich, Becker, Ivanisevic, Krajicek, Rafter, Bruguera, Chang, Agassi, Korda, Henman, Enquist, Kuerten, Costa, Corretja, Norman, Rosset, Martin, Kafelnikov, Muster, Rios, Rusedski, Bjorkman, Philippoussis, Sanchez, Forget, Pioline, Moya, etc... then came Federer, Roddick, Safin, Nalbandian....All names with character and a distinctive style of play. The best players and best time of tennis. Slow clay courts, fast grass courts and even faster indoor surfaces, much more diversity and style of play than now. Consider this, Sampras faced from McEnroe, through Lendl, Becker, Agassi, and even Federer, Roddick and Safin at the end. He didnt have it easy his whole career. After 2003, Federer had 5,6 years of no real competition. Hewitt, Roddick and Safin were just not his caliber. Although Safin is the most talented of them all. Even old Agassi was playing Federer at the end of his career in many finals. That says a lot about the competition from 2002 to 2006 when Agassi retired. The last legend from that generation. Hewitt was the prelude of the downfall of risk taking tennis, almost everybody plays the same today because of the homogenous surfaces. Even Federer adapted his game to these slower surfaces. Imagine what tennis we missed seeing from him because of this major change in the game. I mean, Hewitt winning Wimbledon in 2002 after they slowed it down so much...nuff said. Ivanisevic won a year earlier with the old fast grass. And after that came the boring defensive players of this era like Ferrero, Hewitt, Coria, Canas etc...and culminating with Nadal and Djokovic. Consider this too. Agassi and Courier are baseliners like Nadal and Djoker, but compared to them their game is so much more offensive than both Nadal and Djoker. When you take risk away from the game it becomes less interesting. All the spaniards would just almost skip grass season, they had no chance there pre 2002. Yet today, its very different. The tour has become like an year all round Roland Garros. If they keep going this way Wimbledon and Roland will become so similar that in 2040 they will just equalize everything. Mark my words. Thanks for reading.

He's no Pat Cash or John McEnroe, but he improved his grass court game tremendously. Great serve and volley but also using that chip backhand to make the ball drop at players feet or short angles cross court. It makes me wonder if Lendl came out to Australia at the start of his career and played the summer grass circuit and hooked up with Roachy alot earlier, just maybe he would have won a Wimbledon or 2. He's in great company with Ken Rosewall as one of the greatest to never win Wimbledon, unfortunately. Alot of respect for how professional and how hard he tried.

мда, 1-4 урада, вот и все розыгрыши, как я рад, что теннис стал лучше во всем

Wow… I mean as much as I liked Boris Becker I hated him every time he won against Lendle and I think I remember reading this news in newspaper that he won on grass against Becker just before the big Wimbledon(if I am right)… finally watching this in 30+ years later ..

Lendl came to the net quite often.

Those shirts belong in the Hall of Shame

One of the first times Lendl migrated to a racquet with a bigger head size. Why did he go back?

Just look at how fast that court is. Makes you wonder how well a guy like Isner or Cressy would have done back then

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

Or Feliciano Lopéz with his serving and volleying abilities.

Lendl was more under pressure in the Grand Slam tournaments. Even at his peak, he was still psychologically fragile in his most unfavourable context: grass, Grand Slam, finals, strong adversaries.

@jeromepedron4910

4 ай бұрын

That's what becker said recently. For him Lendl had the skills to win wimbledon but the problem was probably psychological.

Very good work with Navratilova in the games to restore peace.

Hardly any 'grunting' back then!

Lendl was better on grass than becker on clay

And all that with a sweet spot the size of a pea.

4:57 - mit csináljak ezzel? - rakd be a kocsiba 😁

Ivan Lendle 5 voudig winnaar van Wimbledon.

There is a misnomer that Lendl wasn't good on grass. He got to 3 grand slam finals on grass, and won Queens. Most so called grasscourt specialists never got close to either. By his standards though, he felt he had to be a better serve and volleyer to actually win Wimbledon.

@suatkayatennis

2 жыл бұрын

Yes i agree with you. 2 Wimbledon finals and semifinals on 5 other occasions.

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

@@suatkayatennis The trouble is the really top grass court players could beat him consistently: McEnroe, Becker, Leconte, Cash, Edberg. He could beat the lesser players but the top ones nearly always beat him when it mattered most. For all his practising and practising Lendl, like Djokovic, was never really an instinctive volleyer - as you would expect from a baseliner - and that was his undoing at Wimbledon against the very best grass court players.

@suatkayatennis

2 жыл бұрын

@@martydav9475 Yes thats correct. Lendl and Djokovic are not naturally vollyers and one of the serve-and-volley specialist found their way to the finals/semis to beat and expose Lendls grasscourt game.

@wisdon

2 жыл бұрын

He was convinced that he would need serve and volley to win Winbledon, but simply wasn't true Courier reached the final and hecwas a baseline player and Agassi won

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

@@wisdon Only two baseliners though won Wimbledon in the twenty-one years before the courts were slowed after 2001 - Connors in 1982 and Agassi ten years later in1992; all the other nineteen Wimbledons in that period were won by serve-and-volleyers.

Only On This Preparation Tournament Lendl Could Beat Becker On Grass. Boris Always Won In Wimbledon Against Ivan.

Why full serve volley guys?

Mizuno 90 sqi Lendl should have played that racquet up to his retirement.

back when tennis was good

Un Becker pas inspiré sur ce match et Lendl surprenant au filet. Et dire que Lendl n'a jamais gagné Wimbledon. Dommage

Really well played by Lendl! However, if I remember correctly, Lendl didn´t play the French Open in 1990 in order to fully concentrate on preparing for Wimbledon. Becker mainly used Queens to get into shape for Wimbledon. He basically never was at the top of his game in Queens. Even though he won the tournament in 1987, for example, the final against Connors was terrible by Becker´s standards. Plus, in 1990 Becker got dependant on sleeping pills. Just as in Wimbledon against Edberg in the 1st 2 sets, Becker just seemed off here. There are a few odd mistakes by Becker even in this short vid, which happened only around that time, 1990-1991.

@jliang70

5 ай бұрын

Becker won Queens at 1985 and also in 1988, he won Wimbledon in 1985 as an unseeded player. In 1988 he beat Edberg in the Queen's final and he said Edberg would crack with double faults in crucial moment in a match but it was Becker that crack in 1988 Wimbledon final. Lendl here played the best grass game but he was unfortunate in 1989 Wimbledon, he led Becker 2 sets to 1 until the rain stopped their semi final match and sort of put a stop to the momentum that Lendl had during the match, Becker came back to win the next two sets. Lendl in 1990 seemed to hedge his bet too heavily on the Wimbledon, reached his peak two or three weeks earlier then the later round of Wimbledon, while Becker and Edberg were still working on their form before Wimbledon. At Wimbledon semi Lendl's form already dipped below his best while Edberg was approaching his best.

@Donan777

5 ай бұрын

@@jliang70 Agree with most points, but Becker didn´t crack in the 1988 Wimbledon final. He was just getting more and more exhausted, physically and mentally, after losing one day of rest before the final, since he had to play the 4th set of the semifinal against Lendl. Plus, Edberg was playing tremendously well in the final.

Lendl had more ticks than Timex.

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the sawdust, the tapping his shoes - on grass - the head juts when he won a big point, the jerky shoulder-roll that followed it, the side-to-side movement of the head before some points etc.

Was there a rule they need to be in white?

Ivan Lendl was at his best & Becker was not at his best, looking exhausted..... Becker's game was not even 50% of his potential on that day. He was looking damn tired and exhausted. Otherwise, it would have been a different result. Anyways, Lendl played shots of his life (those return shots off Becker's serves).

Lendl peaked too early that year. It was the best he played on grass. He probably would have won Wimbledon on today’s slower courts

Looks like the serve and volley was not working for Becker that day.

C'est peu de dire qu'ils ne s'appréciaient pas. Il n'y a qu'à voir la poignée de mains.

Saw it live. Shame he choked 2 weeks later.

Its one strike tennis all the way. You have to feel sorry for spectators, it's not cheap for a ticket

Becker kept rushing the net, ball kept landing at his feet. I thought a great of the game would have learnt a bit faster and adapted!?!

Becker was sleeping😂

unfortunately doesn't mean much players are known to save their best for big events

@amitmarathe232

2 жыл бұрын

Which he did.. winning 8 grand slams, getting to 2 Wimbledon’s finals, 19 slam finals, 5 masters wins.

@lotus630

2 жыл бұрын

@@amitmarathe232 but he's 0-3 against Becker in Wimbledon that's what I meant very likely Becker is not trying his best in a smaller grass tournament

Not a single baseline rally if not wrong 😂

@fabioferri4805

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks god

Lendl deserved to win Wimbledon.....but....

How many Wimbledon did Lendl win? Zero, right?

@amitmarathe232

2 жыл бұрын

His effort was invaluable..in not winning he is still remembered. That shows his imprint on our minds and hearts.

Tutte je' l'ha fatte tutte e tutte je' so' entrate a Lendl povero Becker che ha cercato di scuotersi ma inutilmente non c'era niente da fare quel giorno Lendl era semplicemente più determinato e più forte.

Unpopular opinion : this is excruciatingly boring, like clockwork. Everyone in the stadium knows they are going to volley on every single point without fail, even when it's a slow second serve. Seems idiotic at times when it would have been better to construct a point and then go forward to finish at the net. I would never be a fan if this was the tennis today. Long boring defensive baseline rallies are equally as bad. Point construction increases the quality of the tennis.

@sharpvidtube

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree, it was good to have one surface for the serve volley game, that I find as entertaining as longer rallies. Some players didn't serve volley all the time, so there was still some variation. Grass is too similar to hard court now.

I though t no body can make it look easier than Roger

I just don’t remember Lendl serve and volleying ever. Lol.

@kchuk1965

2 жыл бұрын

Only on grass. It was felt back then that you couldn’t win on grass staying behind the baseline

@tdane5017

2 жыл бұрын

@@kchuk1965 eventually he had to learn how to serve and volley if he wanted to compete on grass. He always had the serve but his net game was horrible until he was forced to learn it.

@overkongen34

6 ай бұрын

He did it every single time on grass since '84.

フェデラーより強そう

This is embarrassing. Lendl had modern power

@martydav9475

2 жыл бұрын

But Lendl nearly always lost to Becker in Majors and Becker wasn't exactly without power himself.

Lendl couldn't move on the grass like Agassi, so he couldn't play stroke.

..

A very unpopular opinion for sure but… how boring was the way of playing back then. Serve/volley is definitely the less entertaining form of watching tennis. So repetitive and 0 excitement. Glad the sport changed for good. Ps: Before some serve/volley lovers come and get salty, it’s just my point of view 🤗

All the match was Serve and volly , too boring to watch 🤮

For those who are only watched modern tennis this S&W only highlights looks really boring.