The usta videos are universally poor. Embarrassing really. There were better points even in the few matches they chose to use. I think they have some clueless intern make these - somebody with little knowledge of tennis - not just the specific subject matter but the game itself. “Wow!! McEnroe ran right into the net on that one and he hit it and won that point! “. Yeah… he does a point like that about 40 times a match…. They had a Michael stich career highlights one that was the worst I saw…. They didn’t even try on that one…..
It´s amazing to see how much tennis changed from his matches in 1979 to his matches in 1992. He played in an era of fast transition and still he managed to be succesfull both against old-school players in the 70s and top-spin baseliners in the 90s. If you take Nadal, Djokovic, Federer... they have not seen that much change in tennis throughout their careers.
This is not true for Federer. Roger started his career when fast balls were the standard and fast surfaces like grass or indoor were the reign of serve & volley. Later the game was slowed down and (almost) everyone transitioned to be baseliner. And he dominated both.
@@antoinev9733 fully wromg. weak forehand groun stroke; still great forehand volley. Edberg best volleyer ever. Mac best in escaping the gound stroke and gaining the net.
You know, the Tennis Authorities should amend the equipment rule book and depressurise the balls a tad bit. This will bring back the net-attacking, and serve and volley game back, and make tennis more interesting. It's quite boring to see Nadal and Djokovic going bom-bom groundstrokes all day long.
@@fundhund62 not only ... but quite sure , we live in a period where players are thinking that it is to tennis to adapt to themselves when for decades it was just the contrary. sad times.
It's the opposite, depressuring balls has killed serve & volley because with modern racquets there is too much advantage for baseline players against any brave net player. I think that serve & volley could be revived setting a limit on racket size, let's say 85, baseline players will be disadvantaged, top spins more difficult
It's a shame there are no YT vids of his non-slam finals and semis of 1984 (complete matches). He was an absolute beast and most opponents were down a set and a break before they even stepped on the court due to his aura and presence. He was pure genius and ripped everyone a new ahole in 84. All those tapes are somewhere but corporate greed will never allow them to be posted on YT. Tragic.
I was happy to see Borg hit a ball. Haven't seen any footage of him in 10+ years. Course. Started watching tennis in the late 70's, and McEnroe was THE most exciting player I've ever seen. The temper. The skill at going from rage to finesse player. He had power, but the 'touch' was why I say 'finesse.' Wow. Brings back memories. We have the 3 best players of all time, where they should be, but McEnroe was so divisive. I heard 4 people got heart attacks in Sweden from watching McEnroe/Borg at Wimbledon, one year.
Mac didn't have much power. He's a crafty left hander. Probably couldn't hit a serve past 110mph on a good day but backed it with great hands at the net and great disguise and serve placement. Let's debunk all the myths. Lol
It is always enjoyable to see a tennis player do something else with a ball than just *pure power* .... I have no issues with BECKER, COURIER, etc.... they were all fantastic champions, but it is great to see strategical points. In today’s tennis, I just get the feeling that whomever has the biggest muscles wins.
Clairement le plus doué de tous les temps ! Une prise en main unique et une technique non académique à plusieurs égards ! Il a le plus grand nombre de titres ATP (simple + double). Le meilleur double joueur de tous les temps !
Love guys coming to net. That needs to happen a ton more. Taylor Fritz hits amazing shots but stays back. Insanity. Alex (from Australia) does it brilliantly.
I liked John in interviews he seemed like a cool guy, on the court he was easy to dislike. Always complaining, tantrums and stuff. But OMG what a talent, the master of the drop shot, crazy wrist control, if he could see the spot, he could put the ball there. Didn't have overwhelming power but didn't need it the way he came to the net. He was just a freaking genius on the court.
A bit surprised at some of these choices. The Lendl clip was a 'meat and potatoes' point in Macs repetoire. Sure Lendl had a pwerhouse forehand and was a great rival but maybe the 1987 point against Lendl where Mac does a 180 spin around and 'feels' the ball reverse crosscourt? Quite a few 'emergency' lunge volleys ( fromberg) or desperate flicks ( v Sampras ) that were impressive but Mac was reknowned for his great hands so I was expecting at least one of those drop volleys and touch shots. Still, it's always great to see clips of the master
He read ur mind and gambled where you were going to hit. Pure genius we watched amazed. They were blasting it in 1984 1985. Saw Mac destroy prime Edberg at the great Western forum. Obliterated him. Even Edberg was amazed with Mac's volleys. Same year young Sampras played nobody had any idea.
Not even close to his best of us open. Could name 10 totally different and better shots. 1984 semi and final had so many. 1985 semi vs wilander had a ton. Zvojunovic 1987, Chang 1992. Lazy stuff.
It’s always like this with this channel. Their editors are clueless and don’t put the work in. Usually of 10 points they pick, about 8 are good but pedestrian and maybe 2 are excellent but not among the absolute best….
I've been on a classic McEnroe youtube kick, i think i've watched pretty much every video out there. I started watching tennis at the tail end of the classic Borg / McEnroe rivalry. Maybe it's just me but nothing does it for me like watching classic clash of style baseline vs. serve and volley with wooden rackets. McEnroe was a maestro. Each player seemed to have personalty. Now it just seems like a bunch of running from baseline to baseline hitting the same shot over and over again for hours. I really do feel like something was lost from the beauty of the game with the switch to the large head widebody rackets made of materials other than wood. I can't remember where, but in one McEnroe interview he makes an interesting and salient point: in baseball they moved to aluminum bats for youth baseball and people learning the game but kept the wooden bats for the pros. Tennis should have done the same. It's a lesser game now. You really had to know how to use touch and finesse and had to hit the ball better with the smaller sweet spot of the wooden racket.
It was strange to see the last point (rated #1) with Bjorn attacking the net and John content to just hang back. Didn't even do much with the overhead (gasp!).
this belongs in the Top 10 Worst Tennis Compilations. This should be called "Collection of Good Passing Shots Against Connors and Misc Volleys McEnroe Hit All the Time." Where are the miraculous shoe-top volleys? Where's the legendary run-around-the-ball-and-pass against Lendl at Flushing? This is just random Mac points. Might as well put in the forehand volley against Nole when he came out of the booth to hack around.
I am Japanese , so , can use little english. McEnroe's touch will make more amazing shot at storoke than volley. Volley have "2" pattern , 1:strong and angular 2.drop But storoke have many pattern than volley. And , most of McEnroe's strokes are flat , so , will need detailed touch.
In basketball, everyone wants the 3pointer. In tennis every one wants to hit hard from baseline. No more art and kraft. Funny thing is that at the rec level, in both sports, these players are the "better" players in the eyes of most. Thing is, they know how to shoot, or hit the ball well, but they don't necessarily play well. Key difference. Btw...no favorite here. I just try to use pieces from every player: touch (Mac), sharp (Edberg), approach (Connors/Laver), blocks (Boris), overhead (Laver)
Get real. All those points are good but not amazing. Any D1 college player could do each and every one. To think otherwise you don't know shit about tennis. Thing is McEnroe could do them repeatedly. Stretch volley was nice but thousands of players do it on courts everyday. Cross court pass on a short nothing ball BFD.
McEnroe ha imparato da Ilne Nastase a tirare le scarpe buttate racchetta chiamare fuori palla sulla riga etc....c destabilizzare non giudici di linea o di sedia ma l' avversario x farlo sbiellate era tutto calcolato altro che ragazzo moccioso era ed è vero Genius lui e Roger Federer serve and volley il tennis che piace a me First ball cannone ball second ball slice servizio ed a rete non terra di nessuno fatto come McEnroe lui attacca frontale a rete tutti dicono sbagliato lui lo faceva movimento non braccio che lo vedevano tutti ma frontale e di polso era talmente geniale che non sapeva neanche lui se metterla a destra sinistra o in centro d istinto in the sign of the Genius e Roger pure anche se diverso best job Maximus
It is such a pleasure to watch McEnroe's shot play.
Mac is an artist.
Mac's cross-court back hand was just genius. Always
There are 7 or 8 points in the Mac-Connors 84’ USO semi final better than most of these points
yeah, I was thinking "give me 30 minutes on youtube and I can come up with 10 better points."
The usta videos are universally poor. Embarrassing really. There were better points even in the few matches they chose to use. I think they have some clueless intern make these - somebody with little knowledge of tennis - not just the specific subject matter but the game itself. “Wow!! McEnroe ran right into the net on that one and he hit it and won that point! “. Yeah… he does a point like that about 40 times a match….
They had a Michael stich career highlights one that was the worst I saw…. They didn’t even try on that one…..
100% well said, bravo
None against Lendl?
Yes + points vs Lendl (1984 and 1987) or Chang (1991). Nice points but not a real best of: you CANNOT be serious ^^
Best hands in the business
It´s amazing to see how much tennis changed from his matches in 1979 to his matches in 1992. He played in an era of fast transition and still he managed to be succesfull both against old-school players in the 70s and top-spin baseliners in the 90s. If you take Nadal, Djokovic, Federer... they have not seen that much change in tennis throughout their careers.
This is not true for Federer. Roger started his career when fast balls were the standard and fast surfaces like grass or indoor were the reign of serve & volley. Later the game was slowed down and (almost) everyone transitioned to be baseliner. And he dominated both.
McEnroe Is One/If Not The Greatest Volleyer Of All Time.
Nope. Edberg is the best volleyer of all time.
@@hymansahak181 😂
Hardly
@@hymansahak181 fully wrong .
weak forehand's volley.
Mac was the best .
@@antoinev9733 fully wromg.
weak forehand groun stroke; still great forehand volley.
Edberg best volleyer ever.
Mac best in escaping the gound stroke and gaining the net.
You know, the Tennis Authorities should amend the equipment rule book and depressurise the balls a tad bit. This will bring back the net-attacking, and serve and volley game back, and make tennis more interesting. It's quite boring to see Nadal and Djokovic going bom-bom groundstrokes all day long.
USO 2013 was THE desaster.
The problem is the players, not the balls.. or rackets.. or strings.
@@fundhund62 not only ... but quite sure , we live in a period where players are thinking that it is to tennis to adapt to themselves when for decades it was just the contrary.
sad times.
@@antoinev9733 good point.
It's the opposite, depressuring balls has killed serve & volley because with modern racquets there is too much advantage for baseline players against any brave net player. I think that serve & volley could be revived setting a limit on racket size, let's say 85, baseline players will be disadvantaged, top spins more difficult
Amazing John. Legend 🎾
Pure 💎.people like McEnroe, Sampras, Federer used rackets as a wand !! 😇
federer the wiper ^^
The rackets Federer had were significantly different.
It's a shame there are no YT vids of his non-slam finals and semis of 1984 (complete matches). He was an absolute beast and most opponents were down a set and a break before they even stepped on the court due to his aura and presence. He was pure genius and ripped everyone a new ahole in 84. All those tapes are somewhere but corporate greed will never allow them to be posted on YT. Tragic.
Il più grande
I was happy to see Borg hit a ball. Haven't seen any footage of him in 10+ years. Course. Started watching tennis in the late 70's, and McEnroe was THE most exciting player I've ever seen. The temper. The skill at going from rage to finesse player. He had power, but the 'touch' was why I say 'finesse.' Wow. Brings back memories. We have the 3 best players of all time, where they should be, but McEnroe was so divisive. I heard 4 people got heart attacks in Sweden from watching McEnroe/Borg at Wimbledon, one year.
Mac didn't have much power. He's a crafty left hander. Probably couldn't hit a serve past 110mph on a good day but backed it with great hands at the net and great disguise and serve placement. Let's debunk all the myths. Lol
@@willkittwkas you said ... probably. In fact we quitte dont know. But mainly, power for à server volleyer is clearly not a quality ;)
It is always enjoyable to see a tennis player do something else with a ball than just *pure power* .... I have no issues with BECKER, COURIER, etc.... they were all fantastic champions, but it is great to see strategical points. In today’s tennis, I just get the feeling that whomever has the biggest muscles wins.
Magic!
Johnny Mac was a wizard with a racket
これら、現在のラケットではプロなら普通のプレーだけど、今から40年前のウッドラケットではスーパープレーなんです。スウィートスポットの狭さやウッドのしなり。それらを駆使してスピンをかけてコントロールする。コナーズのステンレスについては更に凄いこと。プロとは言えお見事です。
Clairement le plus doué de tous les temps ! Une prise en main unique et une technique non académique à plusieurs égards ! Il a le plus grand nombre de titres ATP (simple + double). Le meilleur double joueur de tous les temps !
John Mc...no words...
How did he hit that backhand like that! Amazing
McEnroe is the most gifted all around player both singles and doubles of all time.
The best of all times,i think
Love guys coming to net. That needs to happen a ton more. Taylor Fritz hits amazing shots but stays back. Insanity.
Alex (from Australia) does it brilliantly.
I liked John in interviews he seemed like a cool guy, on the court he was easy to dislike. Always complaining, tantrums and stuff. But OMG what a talent, the master of the drop shot, crazy wrist control, if he could see the spot, he could put the ball there. Didn't have overwhelming power but didn't need it the way he came to the net. He was just a freaking genius on the court.
Fantastico player
immenso MC ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mcenroe the goat the best
Haha appreciate your sarcasm however.
A bit surprised at some of these choices. The Lendl clip was a 'meat and potatoes' point in Macs repetoire. Sure Lendl had a pwerhouse forehand and was a great rival but maybe the 1987 point against Lendl where Mac does a 180 spin around and 'feels' the ball reverse crosscourt? Quite a few 'emergency' lunge volleys ( fromberg) or desperate flicks ( v Sampras ) that were impressive but Mac was reknowned for his great hands so I was expecting at least one of those drop volleys and touch shots. Still, it's always great to see clips of the master
Agree, that one is a masterpiece!!
imo #3 was the best point of the ten. But it was fun to see all of them.
He read ur mind and gambled where you were going to hit. Pure genius we watched amazed. They were blasting it in 1984 1985. Saw Mac destroy prime Edberg at the great Western forum. Obliterated him. Even Edberg was amazed with Mac's volleys. Same year young Sampras played nobody had any idea.
there are not again ivan lendl, years there were fight each other and some amazing point by both player
And those are the highlights?
‘87 USO v. Lendl had a terrific point in there too.
Mac was always angry. If it wasn't the ref, it was the crowd noise or his racket refused to listen. Still my 1st tennis
hero
At the time people were laughing at him, not with him. The only reason people now tolerate him is because Connors was a far nastier human being.
Legend
Not even close to his best of us open. Could name 10 totally different and better shots. 1984 semi and final had so many. 1985 semi vs wilander had a ton. Zvojunovic 1987, Chang 1992. Lazy stuff.
It’s always like this with this channel. Their editors are clueless and don’t put the work in. Usually of 10 points they pick, about 8 are good but pedestrian and maybe 2 are excellent but not among the absolute best….
I've been on a classic McEnroe youtube kick, i think i've watched pretty much every video out there. I started watching tennis at the tail end of the classic Borg / McEnroe rivalry. Maybe it's just me but nothing does it for me like watching classic clash of style baseline vs. serve and volley with wooden rackets. McEnroe was a maestro. Each player seemed to have personalty.
Now it just seems like a bunch of running from baseline to baseline hitting the same shot over and over again for hours.
I really do feel like something was lost from the beauty of the game with the switch to the large head widebody rackets made of materials other than wood.
I can't remember where, but in one McEnroe interview he makes an interesting and salient point: in baseball they moved to aluminum bats for youth baseball and people learning the game but kept the wooden bats for the pros. Tennis should have done the same. It's a lesser game now. You really had to know how to use touch and finesse and had to hit the ball better with the smaller sweet spot of the wooden racket.
You left out 2 great rallies from 1987. One against Zivojinovic and also the next match against Lendl!
John left hand is magnificent and outstanding
Only true tennis genius !
Mac’s hands are magic! If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would’ve made one hell of a Catholic priest.
Haha. Good one
The most talented of his time.
Ha giocato molti punti più belli di questo filmato.
Con todos los respetos a John pero desde que existen Nadal, Federer, Djokovic y Alcaraz... estos puntos son normalitos 😴🥱🙄
Certo, e con tutto il rispetto per Leonardo e Raffaello da quando esistono i pittori iperrealisti le loro opere hanno perso fascino
the master
It was so slow back then
A mad genius with loose wires and loose strings.
It was strange to see the last point (rated #1) with Bjorn attacking the net and John content to just hang back. Didn't even do much with the overhead (gasp!).
Genial
this belongs in the Top 10 Worst Tennis Compilations. This should be called "Collection of Good Passing Shots Against Connors and Misc Volleys McEnroe Hit All the Time." Where are the miraculous shoe-top volleys? Where's the legendary run-around-the-ball-and-pass against Lendl at Flushing? This is just random Mac points. Might as well put in the forehand volley against Nole when he came out of the booth to hack around.
you will find RG84 final full match on Yout' :)
just pain and joy, hope and desesparation .... full life ! :)
@@antoinev9733 omg that missed volley
@@sayresrudy2644 yes ! that close ! :'(((
As a great Mcfan, it was the day lendl obtained my full respect ^^^
@@antoinev9733 could have won a calendar slam 😢
@@sayresrudy2644 Mcenroe don't need any number or record
... he is Bigmac ;)
The Genius..
I am Japanese , so , can use little english.
McEnroe's touch will make more amazing shot at storoke than volley.
Volley have "2" pattern , 1:strong and angular 2.drop
But storoke have many pattern than volley.
And , most of McEnroe's strokes are flat , so , will need detailed touch.
I'm still waiting for the MASTER CLASS by John McEnroe.
U probz never be satisfied then shots were pure class
The only ones who missed the shots were the cameramen (or should I say the director/producer)!!!
Just one time I want to see Feds Nadal Djok do an exhibition using wooden racquets. Just to see...
everytimes i am thinking of this ... i laugh :)))
If not mistake, I remember Fed used wooden racquest at his beginming.
Whatever happened to Fromberg?
FromBerg to Borg
Of these the Sampras and Borg and Connors are clearly the best.
Some hits and misses here. There were numerous better points from the 1981 Final against Borg that aren't shown.
Actually think I liked #3 the best.
The point is, John is really good at tennis. That's just a fact.
No winners against Lendl ?
1:17
That last point, vs Borg, was awesome.
better caption: ten random points that John McEnroe won
Johnny Mac!
It's a paradox,but Big Mac was also the most silent player of the history,moved like a cat,hit clean ....
Otro tenis. Menos potencia pero más clase y estilo.
Ironically in this top ten of d gr8est servenvolley champ, most of the winners r from baseline. Good selection tho :-)
In basketball, everyone wants the 3pointer. In tennis every one wants to hit hard from baseline. No more art and kraft.
Funny thing is that at the rec level, in both sports, these players are the "better" players in the eyes of most. Thing is, they know how to shoot, or hit the ball well, but they don't necessarily play well. Key difference.
Btw...no favorite here. I just try to use pieces from every player: touch (Mac), sharp (Edberg), approach (Connors/Laver), blocks (Boris), overhead (Laver)
Boy has the game moved to slow compared to modern era, no wonder they slowed the courts down
The music is a bit over dramatic.
This is so ordinary
yess we see that every match today ! :))))
McEnroe is the only leftie with a one-handed backhand that I know of.
Shapovalov
Rod Laver, Feliciano Lopez, Michael Llodra, Guillermo Vilas, Henri Leconte, Guy Forget
Thomas Muster
I said THAT I KNOW OF. ;-)
@@omegamale7880 🤣🤣🤣
Looking at their physical bodies, I feel they can not play a 4 hour 5 set match.
Surely he has better points than this. Those were good passing shots but nothing spectacular
Pretty bad list...no Mc lendl 87 on an amazing pt?
Looks a bit like women's tennis compared to today
sure !! actual women'stennis is mainly a volley game :))))))
That left wrist...
#'s 7 & 6 were kind of "ho-hum". Nice, but pedestrian by Mac standards.
Get real. All those points are good but not amazing. Any D1 college player could do each and every one. To think otherwise you don't know shit about tennis. Thing is McEnroe could do them repeatedly. Stretch volley was nice but thousands of players do it on courts everyday. Cross court pass on a short nothing ball BFD.
McEnroe ha imparato da Ilne Nastase a tirare le scarpe buttate racchetta chiamare fuori palla sulla riga etc....c destabilizzare non giudici di linea o di sedia ma l' avversario x farlo sbiellate era tutto calcolato altro che ragazzo moccioso era ed è vero Genius lui e Roger Federer serve and volley il tennis che piace a me First ball cannone ball second ball slice servizio ed a rete non terra di nessuno fatto come McEnroe lui attacca frontale a rete tutti dicono sbagliato lui lo faceva movimento non braccio che lo vedevano tutti ma frontale e di polso era talmente geniale che non sapeva neanche lui se metterla a destra sinistra o in centro d istinto in the sign of the Genius e Roger pure anche se diverso best job Maximus
こりゃマズイ。今のトップ100全員がマッケンロー並かそれ以上にタッチが良いことが明らかになってしまっとる。
Omg. I would prefer to watch whatever than a full game of this level of tennis...they were players ahead of their time but it is quite boring
Considering he was using a piece of wood...
Not even remotely the best points.
Nothing from Wimbledon
it is just about ... USO !!
No McEnroe v Chang? You can go now 👎
what a disgusting role model for the young players of today....he should be ashamed of himself; but he's not because of what he is
he was ashamed and has discussed this a lot and made amends
I agree. He embarrassed himself and the US
: said the role model ^^^^
McEnroe was a drug user. Not really a big fan of his.
Me either. He was such a whiner and cringy.
as agassi ..., ... , ...
and you think that tennis is "clean" today ??
" you can't be serious !" ;)
pesima seleccion... muy vago para buscar buenos puntos.... hubo cientos de mejores puntos que no estuvieron
This is really a poor representation of his best points. So many are pretty average.
I’m annoyed I watched that.
The music sucks!
El big three hubiese derrotado facilmente a este sobrevalorado tenista..
Pretty poor selection 🙄
Average. Today’s players would squash Mac.
Just as Einstein would squash Newton. Every era has its own heroes
@@ManOnJupiter2
Einstein doesn’t even come close to Newton.
@@hymansahak181 true, it doesn't come close to him
Give Nadal and Djokovic an 80s racket and they probably wouldn't win a set against McEnroe.
Seriously. The play was so much slower then
This crap is the best they could come up with in all his matches?