Agassi Wilander French Open 1994

1st round Andre Agassi vs. Mats Wilander

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• Grand
• Slam
• French
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• Garros
• Agassi
• Wilander

[neibaf3]

@ indyk91: you are soooo right! Though Mark Woodforde is a close second... ;-)

[jkygogo]

Hi, does anyone know the score of this match?

Thanks.

[neibaf3]

6/2 7/5 6/1

[Pitonto]

In his prime Wilander was way better than Agassi on clay.

[zillyberlin]

he was actually wearing a wig back then... a fell appart when i read it ... his beautyful long hair- nothing but fake!

[datacipher]

@zillyberlin

Incorrect. The wig fell apart in 1990, when Agassi played against Gomez in the final. By 94, Agassi was wearing baseball caps both on and off court all the time, there was no need for the wig. On the very rare occasion when he did not wear the cap, he had grown his hair long on top as well (not buzzed on the sides, and short on top as it was in 1990), and he just let it drop all forward to cover the hairloss, though it was clearly quite thin and stringy.

[Globox822]

@Rimpianto guy is a freaking legend, one of the best ever, period!

[chapaev36]

@zillyberlin No, Agassi really did have long hair. He wore a wig for a while cover up a bald spot and then just started wearing the hat.

[Rimpianto]

@indyk91 - Ok, you may be right on some degree about being better all round players, but Edberg's volleys were pure poetry and cannot be compared to Nadal. Plus, I don't think this generation is better than the last one, there're just much less competitors.

[Rimpianto]

@Keolarrapao - Sorry, but do you know who Agassi is? He was 2005 us open finalist at age 35! And he didn't seems to be killed at all by much younger players.

[Keolarrapao]

Tennis of the 80's and 90's is way more fun to watch, because more human... :)

Anyway, I believe these guys would be "killed" by any current top 100...the power difference has become just too much.

[indyk91]

@kokser29 nadal has a lot more to his game than just power. he's improved a lot in the last few years. and his volley has improved immensely. you should watch him play more often if you think he doesnt come to the net. same goes for federer. federer has one of the most agressive styles in history. he comes to the net often and volleys extremely well. every generation tends to be an improvement on the last. federer and nadal are better all round player than becker, edberg and co.

[kokser29]

@indyk91 That is not my opinion. Nadal and Federer are not better than players from the eighteens or nighteens. I suppose that the old generation had more touch and played a nice tennis. Nadal is not nice to see, it is very powerful and they are playing only from the baseline no way to the net or serve and volley. The volley from Edberg, Stich, Sampras and Becker were excellent and they could play from the baseline too.

[indyk91]

@kokser29 i was only joking about henman. and kuerten, lendl, borg were all better than bruguera and stich. nadal and federer are better too.

[kokser29]

@indyk91 The greatest clay court player ever was Sergio Brugera and Michael Stich. Tim Henman wasn't a good clay court player but he is very friendly and smart.