Who will take the 07 slams? Here's my reckoning it goes by the biggest odds really.

Australian - Roger
French - Nadal
Wimbledon - Roger
U.S. - Roger

These are the favourites although I admit Nadal is a big threat at the Australian and Roger at the French. So we could get a 2slam-2slam or a 4slam-0slam. I hope Roger wins all four but as things stand now, these are the best bets.

Australian - Roger
French - Roger
Wimbledon - Roger
U.S. - Roger

:D

Oh No!!!! :o The Fed-worshippers are taking over my board!!

roflmao ;)

I will kiss his feet if he carries on doiing this kind of madness.......woah :halo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hp-EArV6s8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7TI941ZwUE&NR

AO - Fed
French - Nadal
Wimbledon - Fed
US Open - Fed


I will say, though, that i reckon that although Fed is favourite for the AO, it is the most likely slam to provide us with a surprise, and somebody totally unexpected comes and grabs it (Safin would be nice :wub: )

I agree, the AO is the most likely to have a surprise winner. And I would also love Safin to be the one to surprise us all :). But I also wouldn't mind Roddick or Hewitt or maybe one of the young guys like Baggy or Gasquet.

AO-Roddick
RG- FED
WIM-Roddick
USO-Murray

Hi liam_valid,

:ok: This is a great post...Because it is really quite "out of the box" in a real positive sense ;) :

*AO-Roddick I really want to agree with you because I like A-ROd as a personality: I mean the men's slams without him: well it would be boring (e.e. his comment on Agassi at the USO), But as a Tennis player he has some serious technical limits: Great serve, forehand but then the backhand is poor and his approach to the net is not powerful enough...As a conclusion, I can see him reaching the semi only if the drawn is generous with him and avoids Nadal or Federer in quarter...If he is in the semi he might have more chances against Nadal then FED but it is very tight...I really do not see him beating one of these two.

My forecast AO= Nadal/Federer (very difficult to call at the moment 50%-50%). :P

*RG- FED :pray: I will but Nadal will be there and really I do not know...

My forecast RG= FED (32%) NADAL(33%) GASQUET (10%)...Another player coming from Spain/Cyprus/Argentina (25%) and Serbia....( No US/No Australia)

*WIM-Roddick: Here I am more convince and I am almost sharing your view:
But the hypothesis to consider it is as following (for me at least):
If FED will win RG then A-ROD will do Wimbledon (in the final against FED)...
If not then FED would reach London like this year and will storm in the final and "eat" the grass...
I mean he will be a storm as this year

My Forecast= (FED Win RG) FED still 60% - A-ROD 30% Nadal 10%
(FED not having RG) FED 80% -A-ROD 15% Nadal 5%

*USO:It will depend on FED results...If he has nothing until then or only Wimbledon: Storm in New York...If he will be able to reach RG and one of the other two...
I do not know: He will go more easy: In that case might be a young gun can win...
It would be great to see Murray-Gasquet in the final for a big change with Major semi in which Murray will beat FED and Gasquet safin in two "enormous" 5 sets matches...But real Tennis leads me to:

My Forecast= FED 40% (whatever the scenario before) A-ROD 20% Young Gun (Murray/Gasquet in the first line) 40%

Up to you: What do you think? ;)

Clearly these are nothing more than 5 cent opinions :D

Ciao

I agree with dinky jo here as it's hard to see the slams going anywhere else.
Tennis veritas you make some educated guesses in your post.IMO if Rog&Rafa play to the form that they did this year then can anyone challenge them for their titles?

I feel the only significant diff will be Roddick in 2007 as players like Nalbandian,Lubo,Blake,Baggy can't take out the top2 on their best surfaces.
while Rog&Rafa are like the irresistible force v the immovable object when facing each other on their own patch.

Looking at next season I see Wimbledon as a certainty,and USO almost ironclad.That would give Roger 2 slams.
The French&AO could be hard to predict,as we just don't know how good Rafa could be at the AO.

Myself I would love to see the French&Wimbledon double by Federer,and Nadal to show his growing confidence on other surfaces by taking the AO.

Just can't see Roddick developing the belief that he can take Roger on grass or a hardcourt.He should have a major say in 2007 if he continues his rise.

Hi Brakkus (Good morning.)

I am here very early this morning precisely for that (I discover to make some mistakes :doh: ) on my forcasts for the AO (the most exciting GS 2007, I agree):

Yes there are three guys (at least) who can be able to give a lot of work even to Nadal & FED at the Top. Precisely:

A. Safin...Usual choice because he is a genius...Might be too much
B. Bagda...Yes I have some good feelings.
C. Youzhny: ahhh the match he did against Nadal at the USO for me it is more than enough to see him as a good outsider.
D. Eventually Haas..We always underestimate him: But 2007 it is the last chance for collecting at least a GS title..So, it could really be..

Forecast AO: FED 35%- Nadal 35% -One among the team above 30%

In any case AO Very very exciting...We will not sleep for two weeks for sure :blink:

BTW B) : My forcast is based on Nadal being very good at the AO: Very hot down there and the surface it is the best outside clay for his game.

Yes TV good call on the AO.I just feel that Roger won't dominate the AO like wimbledon&US.
Nadal would be the next logical choice there with the higher bounce and slower surface.The heat also as you say,is their anyone fitter than Rafa?Possibly not.

Inasmuch as I would like Fed to get all 4 ;) I would say that this prediction could really change as the year progresses.. I would say you could go into 'what if's?' here..

I would agree that it is difficult to see beyond Fed and Rafa for the slams next year, health and fitness permitting. How they both continue to just keep winning is just phenomenal.

What if Rafa were to win the AO? For me that would make Federer almost more likely to win RG. He is very good at bouncing back from slam defeats, for starters. Also it would take pressure ooff Fed for a calendar slam and he would just go about his business of accumulating tournaments. Both Fed and Rafa have such good teams around them and give themselves every chance ot maximising their potential.

Also, what if Fed were to beat Rafa in any of the clay court tournaments prior to RG? That would be great if he did.. the anticipation for RG would be even higher than it was last year.

If Fed were to win AO, then maybe Rafa could bounce back in Paris?

If Fed were to win RG then how would that impact his performance at SW19? If he plays anything like he did this year (which was frankly mind-blowingly good!) then I can't see anyone getting near to him.

The USO.. if Fed were to win the first 3, then would how would he respond to the pressure? I thought that the pressure got to him throughout RG this year for example. He just seemed far too serious, and it particularly in the final where he seemed to get so tight. I would say that FEd has to be the big favourite for USO, but if the calendar slam is on then paradoxically that could give him the least chance of winning it yet again..

If fed were to win the first 3 slams this year then he would be the first to hold all 4 slams in the men's game since Laver.. would be quite an achievement to put it mildly.

Anyway, from those ramblings, I would say that Fed could win 3 slams, and Rafa 1. I wouldn't be suprised if it would be just as it is this year. But if Fed were to win 3, then I would prefer it to be RG, SW19 and the USO.

From Rafa's perspective he has already gone on record as saying that the one that he wants the most would be SW19.. it would be a great acheivement if he did, esp with Fed in the draw.

Of course these are just conjectures, and there is always the capacity for an upset. Marat on his day can beat anyone, for starters.. And who knows, Fed or Rafa can just have bad days at the office? Fed didn't play that well at the AO this year, yet still won though..!

Ok.. so wishful thinking, 4 slams to Fed.. but more likely to be split between the Fedster and Rafa, and if so, hopefully 3-1 to Fed. Don't mind too muck in what order, but would be nice for him to get RG.. :)

I'm not sure what wil happen, as Petalp says we will have to reassess as we progress through the year. I don't think we will have the same results as last year though. I see Federer takign the French, andmayeb the Grand Slam. I'm also thinking that (although it may be too soon) Baghi could be a contender, although he'd need to meet an off form Fed o rget to th efinal and meet someoen else. Safin is always talked up ahea dof slams, it's just so hard to tell with him isnt; it? He's had good chances thsi year but lost out at crucial times and I have lost my confidence in him for the time being.

I really don't see Haas as a contender; he was world number two but just doesn't seem to have the weapons to beat a few of the world's elite in a row at a slam. A slam semi is the furthest I can see him going.

Safin also I don't think he will challenege much. It would be foolish to write him off but he just doesn't have a clue at the moment.

Hewitt, I think more and more as time goes on that he has had his moment in the sun, he won two slams was world number one for a long time and was hyped up like crazy, he should be in the top ten possibly top five but I can't see him winning another slam.

As for Roddick if he keeps plugging a way and playing well the odds are he will win a slam at some point in the next few years.

So in conclusion for this little analysis I agree Fed and Nadal will be the people to look out for at the slams next year but their main opposition will come from the young guns as opposed to the middle generation as people put it.