John McEnroe (1959-) - One of the All-Time Great Tennis Players, Known for Explosive Outbursts and Tournament Victories

[DonRocks]

On 4/28/2015 at 12:14 AM, The Hersch said:

I thought we'd already established that John McEnroe is the greatest male tennis player of the open era.

I'd love to break this thread up, and give people like Johnny Mac his own, but I'm not sure how to do it without losing context.

Anyway, here's a fascinating video - I had no idea Connors and McEnroe were considering a coach-player relationship, even if briefly.

[DonRocks]

On 6/1/2018 at 4:10 PM, DaveO said:

Frankly I liked watching Johnny Mac play.  That doesn't make him best. 

I loved watching him play too, but McEnroe really was a complete, total jerk at times. Arguably the greatest wooden-racket player in history, and someone whose commentary I really enjoy, but a complete, total jerk at times. Here, for example - this serve by Chang was in by six inches:

[DaveO]

There is a new great series of interviews with John McEnroe done earlier this year.  They cover a wide variety of topics.  Entertaining:

Here is one of them:

In a different interview in the series he decribes Nadal and Jimmy Conners as the two hardest working competitors he has ever seen.  Many interesting comments