The Ten: Who are are biggest hotheads in tennis history? (VOTE)
Yes, John McEnroe is on the list. But he's hardly the only temper
Watch the fifth episode of The Ten: Hotheads on Sunday, December 9 at 8 p.m. ET on Tennis Channel:
Like The Zombies said, it's the time of the season. In last week's episode of The Ten, our panelists ranked the 10 greatest seasons in tennis history. Here's how they saw it (watch the entire episode, any time, on TennisChannel.com):
**1. Steffi Graf– 1988
Rod Laver – 1969
Martina Navratilova – 1983
Margaret Court – 1970
Jimmy Connors – 1974
John McEnroe – 1984
Roger Federer – 2006
Novak Djokovic – 2015
Serena Williams – 2002
Monica Seles – 1992**
Now, before we move on, let's take a moment to address the elephant in the room—or, perhaps, the bull outside the room. Where is Rafael Nadal? It's hard to fathom that his 2010 season, which included three Grand Slam titles and three ATP Masters 1000 titles, didn't make the cut. But such is the incredibly high bar set by the game's greatest men's and women's players over the past 50 years. Consider that Serena Williams' best season was ninth, and Roger Federer's top campaign seventh, and you can understand why some very deserving seasons had to go. Perhaps.
In any event, here's how you voted, with the same 10 seasons to consider:
Yeah, just a bit different. Federer moved up six spots to surpass Steffi Graf, whose golden 1988 season was No. 1 on our list. Margaret Court's 1970 season, fourth on our list, landed on the bottom of yours. Novak Djokovic's 2015 season went from eighth to fourth, and so on. Only John McEnroe's 1984 season, in which he went 82-3, was voted in the same position on both lists. Seriously.
Speaking of McEnroe...this week's **episode of The Ten considers the game's "greatest" hotheads. You know, Bernard Tomic, Marat Safin, Nick Kyrgios—players who had no problem showing an umpire, an opponent, or you and I exactly how they felt.
Now, it's time to let us know how you feel about the hottest of the hotheads:
Watch the fifth episode of The Ten: Hotheads on Sunday, December 9 at 8 p.m. ET on Tennis Channel:
