A lot has changed in Tennis over the years. Most of the changes happened around the Eighties, the style of play altered dramatically, as did the racquets.
If we look back to the Eighties, especially the Tennis players of that Decade, there were a lot of brilliant players, some are now household names, let’s just take a look at my favorites from that Decade.
Undoubtedly the greatest player of the Decade had to be Bjorn Borg. This magical Swede absolutely dominated the sport of Tennis at the time. That was until he decided to retire at such an early age. What a loss to the game of Tennis that was, and who knows how many more Grand slams he would have gone on to win.
In contrast to Borg and towards the latter part of the Eighties, there was Stefan Edberg, probably one of the best serve and volley players at the time. This undoubtedly got him to the number one spot.
But not every great talent on the circuit at that time was Swedish, as a young German seemed to come to the fore in the Eighties, a certain Boris Becker. He won quite a few titles on the Tennis merry go round, but I suppose that he will always be remembered as the first teenager to win Wimbledon.
I suppose the steadiest player of the Eighties had to be the stoic Czech Ivan Lendl, another great player with a lot of tournament wins behind him, and a few grand slams as well.
I suppose the most memorable player of the Eighties had to be the American bad boy, John McEnroe. Not only was he a brilliant player at singles but he was a mean doubles player as well, and when things did not go all his own way, he always used to shout at the line judges “you cannot be serious, the ball was in!” - unforgettable and fun.
All of these played a major contribution to Tennis in the Eighties, along with many others, but when I think of Eighties Tennis, these are the ones I remember the most.
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