"Raja" <krisraja@cs.uh.edu> wrote in message news:1112938962.739529.241310@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Lloyd has proved that Lendl's peak was between 1985-87 and Becker's> peak was at 1986, 1988 and 1989.>
So the only year when both were playing at peak was in 1986 was when> Becker was No.2 and Lendl was No.1.>
"Raja" <krisraja@cs.uh.edu> wrote in message news:1112972228.344304.227600@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> dizzy wrote:> > "Raja" <krisraja@cs.uh.edu> wrote in message> > news:1112938962.739529.241310@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> > > Lloyd has proved that Lendl's peak was between 1985-87 and Becker's> > > peak was at 1986, 1988 and 1989.> > >
So the only year when both were playing at peak was in 1986 was> when> > > Becker was No.2 and Lendl was No.1.> > >
3-3 ...tie.... no sign of any domination by anybody.> >
What serves to prove that both of them are historically in the same> tier ?> > Thanks for the effort, but we knew that long time ago.>
dizzy boy, you are getting too dizzy, I guess. My posts pretty much> refutes the statement that Becker owned Lendl at peak, it was not aimed> at deteriming tiers.
The stats you provided clearly show that Lendl *at his peak* had a tough time with *teenage* Becker on any surface they met. It speaks alot of his tier, regardless of your aims and wishes.
That would pretty lame - using one year of> head-head between two players to determine their tiers. LOL. Reread your original post.
If you want to> look at greatness of a player you have to explore every nook and cranny> of his records. Not really, what really matters is how they fared at the game's biggest tournaments.