HONORABLE MENTION!

RONALD AGENOR: HAITI, TURNED PRO 1979 (1 PT)

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COMMENTS: One of the most durable tennis players of all time, he's won over
$2 million in prize money, and beat many of the top players of his era. 

JIMMY ARIAS: USA, TURNED PRO 1979 (1 PT)

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COMMENTS: When he first came up, he had the biggest forehand in the game!
He made it to the top 10 on the computer, played Davis Cup, had a lot of 
fun, until the other players figured out how to neutralize his forehand.

ALBERTO BERASATEGUI:SPAIN,TURNED PRO 1991 (.5 PT) TOP 10 PLAYER


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COMMENTS: I saw him play at the Lipton, a few months before he made it
to the finals of the French. Watching him live, I could not figure out 
how he hit his groundstrokes. While watching the French, I slowed the
VCR down and saw that he hit both the backhand and forehand with the
same side of the racquet.



EDDIE DIBBS: USA, TURNED PRO 1971 (1 POINT)

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COMMENTS: For some reason and perhaps the goes with other tennis fans, 
I can not separate this guy from Harold Solomon. Back in the early to 
mid 80's, there were a lot of Dibbs and Solomons on the tour,
(Kent Carlson comes to mind) but now the power game, low trajectory
with tons of spin is the rule.

THOMAS ENQVIST: SWEDEN, TURNED PRO 1971 (.5 POINT)

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COMMENTS: This guy has the potential to get hot and beat a lot of players or even
win a couple of grand slams, but his biggest weakness is that he is at least
two notches lower when he has to hit his shots on the run, not enough spin
to get them back in. A very dangerous and talented player.

WAYNE FERREIRA:S. AFRICA, TURNED PRO 1989 (0 POINTS) TOP 10 PLAYER


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COMMENTS: Weird looking guy, I have not seen him win a big match, His 
head is weak, he gets frustrated to easily, if his forehands are not
landing in. But I would not surprise if he wins the Australian before
he is through.

GUY FORGET: FRANCE, TURNED PRO 1982  (1 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER


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COMMENTS: Huge lefty serve, great Davis Cup performer! He is stuck 
between a baseliner and a serve and volleyer. He has great groundstokes, 
but not good enough to consistently beat people from the back, he has
great serve and volleys, but not good enough to consistently beat people
by attacking. But good enough to win close to $6 million.

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BRAD GILBERT: USA, TURNED PRO 1980 (1 POINT)


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COMMENTS: The exact same birthday as me, August 9th, 1961. Whoever said,
"you are only as good as your second serve", did not have Gilbert in mind.
His most famous tactic was to work the ball around, nice and deep, and 
come in on a weird looking, chip\slice\flat forehand down the line.

JAKOB HLASEK:SWITZERLAND, TURNED PRO 1983 (1 POINT) TOP 10 PLAYER


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COMMENTS: This guy looked like a prize fighter, he muscled his shots 
over the net, solid form, percentage game, very good competitor, could 
have had more impressive results.


RICHARD KRAJICEK:NETHERLANDS, TURNED PRO 1989 (1 POINT) TOP 10 PLAYER

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COMMENTS: His second serve is bad comparing to his
first serve. He can win anything when he is hot, but he can't stay got
for long.

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AARON KRICKSTEIN: USA, TURNED PRO 1983 (1 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER

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COMMENTS: He came right after Arias, the biggest forehand of his time, 
too many injuries, poor serve and no net game virtually worn him out.


TODD MARTIN: USA, TURNED PRO 1990 (1 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER

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COMMENTS: "Big foot", you can hear run a mile away, but his backhand
is superb, one of the best two-handed backhands of all-time. For a big
guy, his serve should be harder. He's knocked on the grand slam door many
times. He had a very nice run at the 1999 US Open, a finalist who took Andre
to the limit.

GENE MAYER: USA, TURNED PRO 1975 (1 POINT)


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COMMENTS: Great groundies, made weird faces on the court. Very good 
player, better, great competitor, top ten, better than his brother Sandy, 
retired too soon. 

TIM MAYOTTE: USA, TURNED PRO 1981 (1 POINT)


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COMMENTS: What a big head he has <g>. How he never won Wimbledon is
beyond me. How he never beat Lendl at Wimbledon is beyond me. Very good
player, great fundamentals, a lot of nice results.

MILOSLAV MECIR: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, TURNED PRO 1983 (1 POINT)


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COMMENTS: What a player he was, they called him the big cat, he never
seemed rushed, it was almost like he was not on the court, everything
effortless and fluid. A bad back forced him to retire.

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ANDREI MEDVEDEV:UKRAINE, TURNED PRO 1991 (.5 POINTS) TOP TEN PLAYER


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COMMENTS: If he does not recover now, he will fall off the tour before
he loses his hair. Great talent, great game, needs more intensity.He 
recovered enough in 1999 to get to the finals of the French, there he 
declared that he is back, let's hope he does play to his potentila for
the next several years, if so, look for more big results from the big
Ukrainian.


KAREL NOVACEK:CZECHOSLOVAKIA, TURNED PRO 1984( 1 POINT) TOP 10 PLAYER


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COMMENTS: A true veteran, grinder and competitor, big serve, nice game.

CEDRIC PIOLINE: FRANCE, TURNED PRO 1989 (1 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER



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COMMENTS: He definitely needs more intensity on the court, more fire
and determination. Great groundies, surprising first serve, but stiff 
with little variety.

RAUL RAMIREZ: MEXICO, TURNED PRO 1971 (1 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER 



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COMMENTS: His Davis Cup exploits will always be remembered, along with
his doubles victories with Brian Gottfreid.

RICHEY RENEBERG: USA, TURNED PRO 1987 ( 1 POINT)



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COMMENTS: Solid player without a weapon, I saw a few of his matches at 
SMU, very nice guy.

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MARTY RIESSEN: USA, TURNED PRO 1968  (1 POINT)

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COMMENTS: Don't have too much memory of Marty, the few times that I did
see him play, my thought was, "Hmmm, classical (old looking) strokes".

MARC ROSSET:SWITZERLAND, TURNED PRO 1988 (O POINTS) OLYMPIC CHAMPION



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COMMENTS: His approach is, "I'm going to hit, if it goes out so be it",
unfortunately, against the higher ranked players, they go out more often
than not. Oh yeah, huge serve.

GREG RUSEDSKI: ENGLAND, TURNED PRO 1991 (.5 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER

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COMMENTS: The fastest server in 1997, 143mph at the finals of the U.S. Open

MARAT SAFIN: RUSSIA, TURNED PRO 1997 (1 POINT) 

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COMMENTS: I'm writing this comment on sept 11th, 2000, the day after Marat
won his first grand slam by demolishing the greatest player ever, Pete
Sampras in straight sets. Marat safin is the future of modern tennis, he's
the next level - he will dominate!

EMILIO SANCHEZ: SPAIN, TURNED PRO 1984 (1 POINT) TOP TEN PLAYER

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COMMENTS: No weapons, his foot speed perhaps, but other than that, a
true grinder, percentage player and a $5 million+ winner in prize money.

BILL SCANLON: USA, TURNED PRO 1976 (1 POINT)



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COMMENTS: He always seemed like he was somewhere else, more motivation
and intensity, would have helped. One of the bigger serves of his time.

TOMAS SMID: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, TURNED PRO 1976  (1 POINT)



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COMMENTS: He played so much, it sometimes looked like he was playing two
tournaments on the same week. Great competitor.

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ELIOT TELTSCHER: USA, TURNED PRO 1976 (1 POINT)



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COMMENTS: The Zen master, weird looking backhand, funny looking hair, nice
game, top ten player.

MALIVAI WASHINGTON:USA, TURNED PRO 1989  (.5 POINTS)



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COMMENTS: He got lucky and made it to the finals of Wimbledon. Without
any weapons, his only hope is to get lucky again. Nice guy!

DAVID WHEATON:USA, TURNED PRO 1988 (O POINTS) $5,000.000+ PRIZE MONEY



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COMMENTS: He started off really well, in his quest to improve, he got 
worse. He Could never get a service motion that he liked. Ws criticized
by his peer for constantly wearing an American flag head band.


MARK WOODFORDE:AUSTRALIA, TURNED PRO 1984 (1 POINT) $5,000.000+

  

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COMMENTS:Probably one of the best doubles players in the open era, and
definitely one of the most successful.  Red headed lefty, looks like Rod Laver, one half of the 
great doubles team of Woodforde and (Todd) Woodbridge. For a guy who's
never made it to a grand slam or a Masters final, $5 million is a lot of
money.

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