R.I.P. to Pat Summerall and Tony Trabert

This match marks the transition from old-time tennis, of elegant and classic moves , to modern-day tennis, of power and speed.

This match represented the transition from 0ne era to another. Rosewall on the way out Connors starting his amazing run. Rosewall was a great player. and won many matches for a very long period of time.

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Real fun to see generations meet. Ken started in the late 40s and played Connors, who later played Agassi, who played Rafa and Roger..

@hendrik19601

10 ай бұрын

it's true, and you can see they allways had a lot of trouble to beat the older ones

@fjccommish

7 ай бұрын

Rafa and Roger don't hold a candle to real greats like Connors or Rosewell. Roger and Rafa are all racket, all gear.

@ritapita1126

4 ай бұрын

hogwash.. nadal 22 GS, and Roger 20 GS.. Connors 8 GS, never won Roland Garros..Ken Rosewell also 8 GS, never won RG@@fjccommish

@robertwebb3546

2 ай бұрын

@ritapita1126 Rosew all never won Wimbledon. He won Roland Garros in the amateur and open eras. He lost a decade of chances to win Slams because he turned pro to make a living

@rtreadwell7887

24 күн бұрын

If you include all slams - Pro Slams as well as GSs - Rosewall actually won 23; and then you may want to consider the men's and mixed doubles, in which he won another twenty or so slams. Connors was white hot that year, but the following year lost to Arthur Ashe in the Wimbledon final and John Newcombe in the Australian open final, both of whom had losing records against Rosewall. Funny game, tennis.

1974, I have been a fun of Jimmy Connors since then.What a great player ..if it is today ,I would still say "Go ,Connors!!!!

@bobmalack481

Жыл бұрын

I would not be a fun of Jimmy Conners, that would not be fan.

@Lava1964

10 ай бұрын

But you misspelled Connors.@@bobmalack481

The video says the match was played at Flushing Meadows. Not true. This match was played at Forest Hills. The tennis center at Flushing Meadows didn't open until 1978.

@godlaver5924

4 жыл бұрын

0:27 You are right Donald... The last match in grass in Forest Hills... Follow by 3 years over clay in the same place... and then in 1978 open Flushing... ESPN don't read books...

@alanchong7513

3 жыл бұрын

Good pick up! I noticed the error too! Forest Hills!

@skylaxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@godlaver5924 and Jimmy was the only one to win USO on all three surfaces 👍🎾

@godlaver5924

3 жыл бұрын

@@skylaxx King of Jimbo Open

@googoo-gjoob

3 жыл бұрын

@@godlaver5924 doesn't

Jimmy is in every era!

@aaronaragon7838

Жыл бұрын

No. The Agassi-Sampras-Becker Era was too much for his soft serving game. The 90s saw the end of the 70s generation. By 2000 the players were just too big, and only Agassi managed to survive until 2005.

Then In the 1991 US Open a 21 year old Jim Courier destroyed a 39 year old Connors in straight sets in the semis. A full circle moment for Connors

Conners was such a good player. Just keeps everything simple and never gave up on a point.

@CoachCala

2 жыл бұрын

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Rosewall did what most players of his generation did when serving. He holds both tennis balls (for first and second serves) in his tossing hand. If he gets the first serve in he then has to play the point holding a ball in his off hand. How can he then use his left hand to set up the racquet for his next stroke? Not with some difficulty. Most players of that era used a continental grip for every shot, so carrying a ball in the off hand was not so critical as it is in the modern game where the off hand is used to get the racquet back and to twist the racquet to the proper grip. The off hand is vitally important in the modern game, more so than it was in Rosewall's day. Rosewall does struggle with his ball toss in this match which contributed to his rash of double faults. I have to wonder if tossing one ball while holding onto another in the same hand contributed to his erratic ball toss.

@whatubeaccount1

2 ай бұрын

Ya it's just nuts that they did that. Steffi Graf I think did it in the beginning of her career even. Last big player to do it. It always amazes me how fast the old timers played. Many hardly took time between serves or points. They'd just get back to the line and hit it. Today's coaches tell their students to take time. Breathe. Make a plan. Set yourself up properly. Back then they had so many bizarre habits. Lots of amazing players including Rosewall though.

To be in the final of a slam at the age of 41 is a huge accomplishment. No shame in losing to Jimmy Connors at this stage of his career.

@michael8597

10 ай бұрын

Rosewall was only 39 then.

@meilstone

10 ай бұрын

​@@michael8597still quite old...

@michaelhegyan7464

10 ай бұрын

​​@@meilstoneif you remember..Connors had the run, at the US open, when he was 41...beating Krickstein, in that great five set match. Small world..Krickstein, was in my competitive program, back in 77', when he was 12.

@meilstone

10 ай бұрын

@@michaelhegyan7464 you refer to the 1991 US Open? He was only 39 then too :))

@michaelhegyan7464

10 ай бұрын

@@meilstone that's right..

The old racquets with gut strings had a special sound.

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9 ай бұрын

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Connors last final at a major was when he was 31..he lost... Mcenroes last final at a major was when he was 26..he lost...Rosewall was in 8 finals after the age of 33. He won 4 of them. He won 6 tournamounts in his 40s beating people like Nastase and Ashe. What other player in the open era has reached a final when they were 39..Nobody! And Rosewall reached 2.

@aaronaragon7838

Жыл бұрын

Kenny was one of the all time greats. He tore down much bigger opponents. 1974 was Jimbo's big year, but Borg, Mac, and Vilas presented new problems as Ashe, Newk, Smith, started fading.

The one record from Connors that will never be broken (even more so than the 109 titles which any of the 3 big guys might break) is the fact that Connors is the only player who has won the same major in three different surfaces. I know it is circumstantial but c’mon, it’s monster feat!

@kaialoha

3 жыл бұрын

USO is only Major that changed surfaces twice - Grass - Clay - Hard. AO went from grass to hard.

@colecoleman1499

3 жыл бұрын

If u look at the breakdown. 40 of his titles were meaningless at a very low level and he has worst head to head with every player of his gen. His number of titles present a very distorted view

@gunternetzer9621

2 жыл бұрын

@@colecoleman1499 You still have to win em.

@brucesmith1544

Жыл бұрын

@@colecoleman1499 Yeh, that loser only has 69 "meaningful" titles lol...McEnroe has 156 including doubles......I'm sure most were meaningless though : P

@alfredbenedek3398

10 ай бұрын

I always did & will facvor our Jimmy, but any & all rdcords were will be broken.= Borg made 5 Wimbled ons than just 4 - - Sampras made 12 GS. and . . . indeed. J.C. was a great player, in his own times, but things are differently played since than. Yet all the respect to Jimmy!

The rackets they played with are incredibly small. Amazing they hit with such precision and strength

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@kazitude1

9 ай бұрын

@@JimmyConnors-cy2xt 50+ years

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9 ай бұрын

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9 ай бұрын

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Can we take a moment to appreciate how good Connors is during the post match interview with Tony Trabert? He’s 21 or 22 here. He answers in complete thoughts. He’s respectful to Rosewall after thrashing him. He provides insight into how well he was playing and is a gracious champion. He won three majors that year and was not allowed to play the French because he competed in World Team Tennis.

@godlaver5924

2 ай бұрын

Great Champion. I love his attitude post Australian Open 1975 when he lost against Newcombe. Excellent.

Rosewall looked amazing to be 40 at the time, incredible physique and genetics.

Jimmy’s T2000 was like a trampoline. At this point, he was considered pretty much unbeatable. That ended when Arthur Ashe took him out at Wimbledon the following year.

@johnrobbins917

3 жыл бұрын

Trabert points out Jimbo's weakness...dealing with the low, soft slices to his forehand. This achilles heel would be targeted my many of Jimbo's opponents in the years to follow.

@Arturo-sm1tb

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnrobbins917 Both the 1975 and 1984 Wimbledon losses suffered by Connors were due to those low slices. Of course Bjorn beat him in a different way...by being more aggressive than Connors, and mixing up his game. In the early years, Borg simply tried to beat Jimmy from the baseline. That was never going to work....but Bjorn adjusted.

@peterbloink8738

Жыл бұрын

Partly; John Newcombe beat Connors at the next Australian Open, then Arthur at Wimbledon, with Manuel Orantes rounding out Jimmy's run of grand slam runners up at the '75 USO.

@emin7540

Жыл бұрын

@@peterbloink8738 I think it was Orantes (They had a wager) who figured out how to beat Connors. If you could bring back Connors in his prime to the future, he would be king because it is physically impossible to do what Orantes and those guys did back then thanks to Nick Bollettieri!

beautiful destructive tennis from an all time great!! JSC

@godlaver5924

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the question is... Classic Woodie Rosewall vs New Atomic Two-Handed Metalic Rosewall...

@godlaver5924

4 жыл бұрын

Ken faced his augmented version... he could fight and even win with the other youth but not with Jimmy.... the same style but Turbo Version...

@cpu554

4 жыл бұрын

​@@godlaver5924 Nothing like playing a Seamco aluminum racket,eh? I played a T2000 and that Seamco and they both kind of lacked. Nothing like the good old days.

@dpa71999

3 жыл бұрын

Ken Roswall was 39 here

@Arturo-sm1tb

2 жыл бұрын

@@cpu554 In other words, they were both terrible pieces of equipment. Its a total miracle that Connors played so well with that tiny trampoline of a racquet. One of the great mysteries in tennis history.

Ken Rosewall was 40 years (almost 40 as I was corrected) old when he appeared in his last Grand Slam final. Couple of months before he got drubbed in a similar fashion to the same Connors at the 1974 Wimbledon. This was a merciless drubbing. 6-1, 6-0, 6-1. Ten years later Connors would face Karma similarly from McEnroe who drubbed him at the 1984 Wimbledon final 6-1,6-1,6-2

@Arturo-sm1tb

2 жыл бұрын

Great analogy and analysis. But the difference with the McEnroe match was that Connors was only like 32 years old, still close to his prime. Mac was on another planet in 1984. That Wimbledon was a slow carving up of Jimmy...whereas this match was a sad destruction of an old champion. In the Mac match, I just remember all those low, fast slicing serves and shots to all corners of the court. Jimmy was toast.

@jasonlancaster4357

2 жыл бұрын

Rosewall was 39 not 40 but I take your point! Tennis wasn't particularly deep in those days....

@SobersRajakumar

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonlancaster4357 He was closer to 40 than 39. (39 yrs and 10 months) and calling him 40 didn't make the anecdote any less interesting. Also tennis and vitality of the game's depth is something quantified by the variables of the era. in fact, Tennis of the era may very well have been superior to today's game.

@gregoryphillips3969

Жыл бұрын

What l don't understand about the 1974 US Open was how was Rosewall able to get by a still in his prime John Newcombe in the semis? This question takes on more weight because Newcombe beat Connors just s few months later in the 1975 Australian Open final. This a real head scratcher for me. Newcombe would have fared better than Rosewall did had he made the US Open final in 74.

@SobersRajakumar

Жыл бұрын

@@gregoryphillips3969 Rosewall and Newcombe were from Australia. Rosewall probably had Newcombe figured out playing together a long time

I remember watching this as a child. A week or so later, I saw Connors demolish Harold Solomon in the final of what was then the Pacific Southwest at the L.A. Tennis Club. For its time, it was an awesome display of tennis.

Tow of the best backhands in history. Amazing how much speed Muscles put on his sliced BH. Mostly a flat shot with a bit of underspin that really goes through the court. Interestingly, Connors' BH is similar in this respect, but with more power behind the ball.

@johnrobbins917

3 жыл бұрын

the bh volleys from the hip by jimbo during the 2nd set are remarkable

@theoriginalthinker9199

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis of the similarities. At first glance they have very little in common. I think Rosewall because of his size, wanted to focus more on placement than power

@peterbloink8738

Жыл бұрын

Johnny Guitar and Theoriginal thinker both good comments about the similarities in their games, at the time it was thought that Connors was playing an entirely new type of game, probably because of his double handed backhand when in reality he was, for the most part, just young, very focused on success, very confident and super talented in an era when his was a generation that was getting to start their careers against the best of what had been the (separate) pro game, whereas the earlier generation did not get that opportunity until their mid to late 20s IF, and only IF, they were offered a contract to leave the traditional amateur circuit and join the pro tour. In one of Rod Laver's books he quotes John Newcombe's recollection of this match, where Newk says that despite Connors' demolition of Rosewall at Wimbledon only a couple of months earlier, he and the other Australian players at the '74 USO were very keen to watch this match because they believed it would be a very close contest because "...they both played the same type of game; fast court coverage, non dominant serve, good return of serve, flat, fast ground strokes". I'd never thought about it that way, but it's somewhat true. A comment was made in the early '60s when Ken dominated the pro game prior to Laver's ascension, where many players attributed part of Rosewell's dominance to the fact that he "...hit the ball so damned hard and never missed...". Basically by '74 he just shouldn't have made it to the final, and perhaps would not have had more the up and comers of the late '60s developed a bit closer to their potential.

@BenjWarrant

4 ай бұрын

Look at the difference between his arms. His racquet arm is enormous.

Huge difference between a 39 year old and a 22 year old. Also Conners being left handed, young, hungry and revolutionary as in ushering a new era as in how the game is played.

🎾 Just like you advised me once in Purchase? Mix up the strokes, & it worked like a charm! Yuo JAMES / Jimmy, you were / are the idealistic American tennis player t o me. = A - and, wish you a happy birthday - 71St. J.S.C. - I really was / am a fan of you, by remembering of you, faithfully! = 🎾

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impeccable serve and volley by connors. seems he had better pace on his serve as a younger player.

@johndickson9542

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, really, doesn't it seem that way? I was struck by that too when I saw one of his early matches. It seemed as if, even in his late 20s, he wasn't hitting it as hard. It wasn't known as a weapon, but the very young Connors really seemed to nail it.

@driger888

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndickson9542 seemed at some point he went to more of a spin serve. he's hitting it flatter here, and getting a lot of easy points.

@johndickson9542

2 жыл бұрын

@@driger888 It doesn't make sense that he'd willingly relinquish that weapon. Then again, it would have been unusual for there to be power-diminishing physical changes between 23 and 25 or 27. What's for sure is that his lack of a big serve was a real liability against McEnroe, Borg and Lendl and was certainly a reason why he had a losing record against all three.

@driger888

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndickson9542it happens. players can change there shots over time. roddicks forehand was much more dominating early in his career. different era, also, when few had big serves and connors could just grind it out. these days a big serve is a must. he was also older than borg, mac, and lendl. their primes didn't coincide. this tennis connors is playing here is as good as i've seen in the 70's. connors is definitely using a flat serve more frequently here. even his spin serve seems to be harder. its a shame he went away from it.

@johndickson9542

2 жыл бұрын

@@driger888 Connors is only three years older than Borg and was 28 when Borg retired. Their primes absolutely coincided. Connors is six years older than Mac, so their primes overlapped sufficiently.

The line judge standing behind Connors at the start of the 1974 U.S. Open men's singles final looks somewhat like Ken Farrar the former ATP Supervisor on the men's pro tennis tour during the 1980's.

JIMBO'S BACKHAND IS SUCH A CLASSIC SHOT.

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Jimmy hit those ground strokes deep with a lot of power.

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Yes I bought a t2000 racket in 1975 and I am also lefthanded I miss those days and that racket

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I’d like to see Ken Roswell and Connor’s in the new topspin game. Also be sweet to see these guys and laver. But crazy to think Roswell retired at the age of 46

this is so interesting to watch, though it's one-sided but a lot more variety and skill than in theses days

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Jimmy is killing the ball here.

This was the match that turned me onto tennis. While there were great players in the preceding era, it was still too much a genteel gentleman's game. Connors made it cool, a battler with his silver sword. The arrogant rebel image appealed to my younger self. I think I went out that day, after the match, and started hitting against a wall, with 2 hands on the backhand.

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Amazing tennis considering the Value village rackets

@danguee1

2 жыл бұрын

My mother had those racquets. I tried them a few times found the ball impossible to control with those trampoline racquets (and I'm a pretty decent club player). So, yes, amazing they played so well with such primitive racquets.

The rare match where Connors was the "big" server.

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Connors would be trouble for anyone, especially today's players who are use to the ability to perfectly position their body as if it were a practice rally, you would not be given time to move your self in a perfect hitting position back then! Connors had the greatest return of serve, some say Agassi did but Connors is using a tea spoon compared to Agassi's serving spoon lol!

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I don’t think age difference was the issue. It was a matchup issue. Jimmy just saw the ball well against Rosewall.

Connors definitely showed no mercy on the senior opponent

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Wow - wasn't vintage '74 Connors something else! He played with such freedom. Absolutely crushed Rosewall here (though Ken looked like his serving shoulder was inhibited/stiff - is that the story?) [edit]: love seeing that serve volley from Jimmy. Very aggressive....

@neilanthony1331

Жыл бұрын

At that stage of his career, Jimmy did a lot of serve-volleying, and for some reason he began to stay back more as his career progressed. Could that have been because of changes in racquet technology, which made it easier to return serve?

It’s like me playing against my dad lol

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Ken Rosewall and Connors both ended up having the same amount of grand slams too. 8.

Both of them using aluminum rackets. How early did they come out?

Complete domination by Jimmy Connors.... Never seen a major tennis final so one sided!

@tomloft2000

3 жыл бұрын

Connors was beaten by McEnroe 6-1 6-1 6-2 in the 1984 Wimbledon final.

@ag358

3 жыл бұрын

The conners McEnroe w final was much harder fought than this. Rosewall was dejected, his body language told everything.

@SuperHammaren

3 жыл бұрын

Nadal Federer in French Open 2008 was about the same one sided humiliation. But here it is the new versus the old. Ken moves about more like a golf than a tennis player..

@SobersRajakumar

3 жыл бұрын

@@ag358 Rosewall was 40 years old. This was no equal match

@haroldsmyth6685

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomloft2000 nobody but lendl beat. Mac in 84

What's interesting to me is how did Rosewall get by Newcombe in the semis to get to Connors? Newcombe was still extremely viable at that time and would have given Connors a better match. Best evidence of this was proven in 1975 when Newcombe beat Connors in the 1975 Australian Open final. When Connors was young at the peak of his powers if his opponent didn't have a strong serve the match was going to be over quickly. Newcombe not only had a great serve but he was a great tactician. But Rosewall deserves all of the credit for getting to this final which worked out well for Connors.

Forest Hill is stated at the very beginning of the commentary...while it is written flushing meadows in the subtitles

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1974 was Jimbo's perfect year. He won 3/3 Majors. The French banned him for being under contract w/World Team Tennis. He did not play at Roland Garros, where he would not play for 5 consecutive years. Björn Borg d. Manuel Orantes, 2-6, 6-7(4-7), 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 in 1974.

@godlaver5924

3 жыл бұрын

The Year of Revolution. Connors Aus-Wim-US, Borg RG, Vilas Masters.

@stevenwolfe7101

9 ай бұрын

Borg quoted on how he played: "I yust stayed in ze back court and hitt the ball and hit the bal and hit the ball until the udder player fall down." Not really a quote but an impression of his game. And McEnroe loved to go to the net against Borg because John had the fastest hands on the planet, as well as the fastest mouth. "You cannot be serious".

I remember this match well..being a sophomore in HS..Connors, very much a gentleman, during interview with Trabert. I had the great pleasure of meeting Rosewall, at a team tennis match, what a great man, and player..!!

I predict it will be closer than the Wimbledon final...

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It was at Forest Hills, not Flushing Meadows

Two points: Rosewall appears to be playing with the aluminium racket that I believe he endorsed. I wonder how much this would have affected his game after the wooden rackets that he used previously? Secondly, he was a month or two off forty; the troughs of one's game get deeper with age and the peaks fewer and further between. Connors was brilliant, but it may well have been a whole lot closer had Rosewall been ten years younger.

@johnrobbins917

3 жыл бұрын

Seamco racquet.

@driger888

2 жыл бұрын

i don't think there's anyway it couldn't have been closer. rosewall was pushing 40, but he played well enough to make it to the final. it may have been connors best match of his career.

@davanmani556

2 жыл бұрын

Connors had Pancho Segura coaching him.

Ken absolutely slaughtered here a young champion vs a older past it champion

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Connors qui a gagné l us open sur 3 surface différente,sur herbe contre ce joueur de la décennie précédente,sur terre contre Borg et sur dur contre Lendl (2 fois )

@victorpegala2698

3 жыл бұрын

Complet le Jimbo

@stevenwolfe7101

9 ай бұрын

Whatever you say. Kidding, I do speak French quite well. "Connors, who won the US Open played it on 3 surfaces .............".

Miss Pat and Tony. Also miss tennis on CBS.

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@cliffordedenshaw2523

9 ай бұрын

I didn't care for Tony that much...pat had to carry him off n on..when the big 3 played, I think the one guy Darren? forgot his last name did interviews with the players on the court, he should have been doing the analysis for pat..

pretty sure i read this holds the record for the fastest USO final.

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A great Australian!

Old era v new era.

Did Connors yell “Come on” at the very end while holding the trophy. Sounds like it was dubbed, since he wasn’t mic’ed up.

@peterbloink8738

Жыл бұрын

I think what he said was, "Bring me Rod Laver...." ; (which of course sowed the seeds for the staging of their famous challenge match at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas about six months later).

@SyncopateTheShot

Жыл бұрын

@@peterbloink8738 I interpreted it as, "give me more applause; I deserve it." Just my take. Could be wrong.

What's with the lines on the court?

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Where is (Mr. Muscle) now?💕

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You have to feel for Kenny......I play tennis and when you and your opponent are from different planets...well; it was a pretty dejected Rosewall, not because he wsa losing it was THE HOW.

It's hard to get past the "holding 2 balls" just before the first ball toss. It's kind of funny to see the second ball barely holding on for dear life in that pocket when Connors is serving. What's impressive, always will be is that super aggressive two handed backhand. I'll always wonder why no one ever replicated it.

What's funny is there is a quote from Connors saying how much he hated the modern style of play, and especially those players who rely on a big serve as their main weapon. Funny how he didn't have that quibble on this day. His serve is going off like a grenade here . . . especially compared to Rosewall, who basically just starts the point, then has to feel his way in.

@willnill7946

3 жыл бұрын

His serve is average here, what are you talking about. Yea rosewalls serve was garbage

@Lava1964

2 жыл бұрын

As I recall, Connors won the 1982 Wimbledon final without serving an ace against John McEnroe. You'll never see anyone achieve that quirky feat again.

@emin7540

Жыл бұрын

Modern day style is the rally right to each others sweet spot, that would never happen in the past!

@joncumber2020

9 ай бұрын

Like McEnroe, I think he resented the power that modern racquet technology created. The advance enabled baseline bound players to be become successful and negate the more athletic serve and volley/ net approach method. I agree with them.

Rosewall has the body language of a kid whose parents would not buy him an ice cream cone.

This is where Nadal, learned how to hit down the line in NEXT county! :)

@JimmyConnors-cy2xt

9 ай бұрын

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Can’t believe these guys won with those T-2000 (or whatever) sticks. My Dad owned one and when younger I tried it out while it was newly strung, in prime condition, and it was the most ridiculous, unwieldy frame imaginable. And this is coming from someone who initially learned to play the game as a kid using the terrible oversized Prince frames. 😄 At one point I asked my Dad to restring one of his old Jack Kramer wooden frames and I used that for quite a while. Quality wood was light years better for learning how to master ball control, timing, stroke production, etc. And I was using an old wood racquet as a kid to beat adults playing with metal frames when wood racquets were no longer even being MADE. 😂 Of course, when Wilson started making top quality graphite/kevlar sticks for club players, I switched. But even those racquets cannot remotely compare to the new ones. Almost anyone can “play” using the new models. Technique, refinement, and skill are not anywhere near as required as they once were. But that applies to a great many things, these days. Quelle surprise.

@stevenwolfe7101

9 ай бұрын

My first good tennis racquet was a TA Davis Imperial. I bought it in Pittsfield, Mass in the mid-fifties. It was, of course, wood; they were all wood then. I was in a tennis store and I saw this racquet on display; another customer had ordered it and had his name burned into the handle. Then, he never paid the full price. The owner of the store had it on sale at something like twenty-five dollars. I think it was a bit on the heavy side for me. When people saw it they ooohed and aahed -- until they saw me play.

JimBo and KenRo.

55:44 "Just missed it"

A generational shift in the tennis hierarchy. Mustn't have been as warm back then. Jimmy didn't need a towel between serves! What would the commentary have been without Trabert? ]

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9 ай бұрын

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Forgot Rosewall was still making majors finals that late in his career.

Connors was the new style. Muscles making too many easy errors

Ken Rosewall was 40 years old at that time.

@marcbrandes9682

Жыл бұрын

Few months shy of 40.

Comment Rosewall a atteint cette finale ainsi que celle de Wimbledon ? En 68, quand il a perdu contre Newcombe, on disait déjà qu'il était vieux. Pourquoi changeait on toujours de surface (une année sur gazon, une autre sur terre battue) ?

@godlaver5924

3 жыл бұрын

Rosewall en Dec 1975, il a terminé numéro 6 du classement ATP avec 41 ans

@godlaver5924

3 жыл бұрын

Pour 1975 en Etàits Units "The Green Clay" c'est la mode était la fureur commerciale. Pour 1978, Hard Courts était la décision finale pour son caractère encore plus pratique

Is Flushing Meadows, no Forrest Hills?!

@godlaver5924

3 жыл бұрын

Is Forest Hills. Incredible mistake of ESPN

@broscosmoline

3 жыл бұрын

Forest Hills, last US open to be played on grass (which was in bad shape ...they used to have to paint in green for the tv cameras). Forest Hills dug 'em up and replaced them with faux clay (Har Tru) in 1975

Kenny!!!!

It's a sweater vest, not a short-sleeve sweater.

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9 ай бұрын

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grass court🍀🍀🤠

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9 ай бұрын

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En 1975 Connors perdió las tres finales que ganó en 1974. Newcombe le ganó en Australia, Ashe en Wimbledon y Orantes en el US Open. Fue para bajarle un poco los humos...

Fino a metà anni 70, c'erano 3 slam su 4 sullerba...

The guy is about 40

@godlaver5924

4 жыл бұрын

2 months before 40 years

Steve Garvey vs. Pete Rose

The last final on grass, if I’m right

Why would courts be that close together lol?

@richardbruno6070

Жыл бұрын

Because they didn't play on the different courts at the same time. They alternated the courts because the surface took such a beating.

These darn youtube captions are blocking Rosewall's backhand.

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9 ай бұрын

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I'm sure Connors holds the record for the fastest Grand Slam win ever over an outclassed and aging Ken Rosewall.

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@xanthromera

9 ай бұрын

@@JimmyConnors-cy2xt Nutter.

Strang that nobody back tnen was taught to return serve down the line. Everything was hit up the middle.

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Has a 39 year old ever won a grand slam?

Muscles not on his best day. Connors too tough.

@haroldsmyth6685

3 жыл бұрын

On grass

Back then prior to Borg & McEnroe coming on the scene the only person who could handle Connors was Arthur Ashe.

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9 ай бұрын

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@georgesmith4639

9 ай бұрын

@@JimmyConnors-cy2xt I was a kid in the 70's and I thought watching tennis was boring until you came along. We all wanted to get a T-2000 and smash backhands like that.

@JimmyConnors-cy2xt

9 ай бұрын

@@georgesmith4639 lol

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9 ай бұрын

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9 ай бұрын

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If he hadn't been banned from the French Open Connors would have easily won the slam in '74

@willnill7946

2 жыл бұрын

He wasn’t banned, he made the choice to play WCT I think it was, knowing he would not be able to play the French, which he lost in the first round in 73

@petermcgill1315

2 жыл бұрын

@@willnill7946 I’m pretty sure there was a ban for those playing that league. I’m a big fan of Jimmy’s but don’t think he had the game for those French clay courts.

@jameslux7406

2 жыл бұрын

@@petermcgill1315 I disagree. He won the 1976 US Open on clay, beating Borg in the final. He would have won the 74 French without much trouble.

@petermcgill1315

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameslux7406 hey, I would have loved to have seen Jimmy win a Grand Slam, but calling the US Open clay the same as the French clay is a big reach. But quite a few seeds fell early in that tournament... you never know, hey?

59:43 What did Connors say at the end ? Sounded like "Come on, for Christ's sake". Looked annoyed there. Must've been in a hurry to go celebrate with his team. 😂

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9 ай бұрын

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Connors non e` stato un giocatore esclusivamente di pressione da fondo campo ( opinione diffusa tra i non addetti ai lavori ) : perlomeno fino al 1977/1978 andava a rete con ragguardevole frequenza ( certo poi dipende contro chi giochi , quindi dalle capacita` che ha l'avversario di passarti e dalla tua capacita` di attaccarlo in un modo che lo induca all'errore o che ti permetta perlomeno di volleare in modo accettabile senza doverti tuffare tutte le volte , o di dover rindietreggiare a fondo superato da un pallonetto ... ) . L'analisi e` la seguente : piu` volee` e smash esegui nel corso di un match , maggiormente questi 2 colpi si automatizzano nel corso della partita stessa , diminuendo cosi` gli errori nel gioco di volo . Per contro meno scendi a rete in una partita , per l'identico motivo capovolto piu` errori commetti a rete , perdendo fiducia nelle tue capacita` di volleatore e cosi` scendendo ancora di meno a rete ( vedi finale di Wimbledon 1978 Connors Borg ... ) . Inoltre nei primi anni Connors si avvaleva anche di una prima palla di servizio discretamente penetrativa , permettendogli di vincere punti economici come dispendio energetico , e altresì tale prima di servizio gli consentiva di prodursi in un maggior numero di volee` e smah , allenando partita in corso questi 2 colpi .

wait....so John McEnroe was wrong on his famous "You Can't Be Serious". Here the announcers say that the chaulk on the baseline had gotten all moved around, so one cannot just go by chaulk buying. That is exactly what the umpire was telling McEnroe. McEnroe was having none of it.

@haroldsmyth6685

2 ай бұрын

Separate test for john lol

Looks more like mud than grass

You'd think a concept as basic and simple as keep your eye on the ball would be totally automatic to every pro in the world. But it's not.

Odd that Rosewall would defeat newcombe in the semifinals, gets overwhelmed by connors in the finals here, and yet, just a few months later, newcombe would defeat connors in the 75 aussie?....

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ken was 39 years old and his shoulder was stiff. Ken Rosewall had more class in his little finger than Connors etal combined. Tennis has become such a vulgar game Ken was beautiful to watch. Best match ever Rosewall/Laver WCT 1972 Tennis and all sports have been degraded.

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Sad to watch a slow, old Kenny Rosewall playing a guy at his physical peak, nearly 20 years younger. Not even fair to Kenny in 1974 in both this one and Wimbledon. Connors looks like a serve and volley specialist here, when in fact Connors had a very subpar service ability.

@leonecindodiez7913

2 жыл бұрын

Rosewall may be far from his prime here but he reached the USopen final...Thats not easy.

@theoriginalthinker9199

2 жыл бұрын

Rosewall made it to the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 74, by beating Stan Smith and John Newcombe in their primes, in the semis. Stan Smith was 6'4, Rosewall 5'7. I wouldn't feel sorry for "Muscles". He just ran into one of the greatest players of all time in their best year.

@gunternetzer9621

2 жыл бұрын

@@theoriginalthinker9199 Rosewall's mediocre service was exploited by the best returner at the time. That's why he got thrashed at Wimbledon too.

@theoriginalthinker9199

2 жыл бұрын

@@gunternetzer9621 Not quite as simple as that, but ok.

@gunternetzer9621

2 жыл бұрын

@@theoriginalthinker9199 Yes, Connors' power and the age gap didn't help, though in the Wimbledon semi final against Stan Smith and here against John Newcombe in the semi final, Rosewall outlasted younger opponents you would also consider had more power than him. Those matches probably took a lot out of him.

Rosewall almost loos like a amateur player against Connors here.

@aaronaragon7838

Жыл бұрын

I'm a big Jumbo fan, but it was the passing of the torch. Kenny took down Newk and Stan Smith on his way to the Wimbledon and USO tourneys, but didn't match up well against Jimmy. Two great champions.

Rosewall's game was tailored to break down serve and volley players. Jimmy's two-handed game foreshadowed modern tennis and the aging Rosewall, who beat the big servers to the finals, just couldn't cope with the young Connors. Newcombe and Ashe exposed Jimmy's game the next year and then Borg ended what could've ten more titles in Jimbo's trophy case.

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