@@BlueberrySwede yeah f modern coaches who just want to be lazy and copy cat everyone into the same type of player. Also the tennis associations are to blame for not setting certain regularies of how tennis rackets have to be constructed, so that the game could have been open to all styles of play... without the new rackets and proper courts, players could still play serve and volley just as much as baseline, but all these changes in the past 10-15 years have created a mono culture of baseline tennis being the only option for every player.
Stefan Edberg. The best and most gracious volley specialist in the history of mankind. Especially his backhand volley is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
Totally agree, a combination of skills and athleticism that we've never seen since then. I miss this time when it was not all about power and they were coming at the net
@@lesparys It is not all about power - AT ALL ; they do the same things as in the past but faster - angles, tactics, plenty of tactics nowadays - more powerfull obviously but faster . Also in McEnroe era the serve and volley players you could count them with the fingers of one hand only ...Nowadays you can still play serve and volley in Wimbledon where the bounce is low and it is enough a volley hit badly to get the points - thats why Borg was successful in Wimbledon and why he run to the net
Thank you US Open Tennis Championships. 30 years on, still this is one of all-time classic Grand Slam finals. 2 of the most beautiful players, 2 of the greatest champions and 2 legends. Never get bored to watch them playing.
That may be applicable to Sampras, but not that much to Edberg… To even mention Edberg in the same sentence as Sampras is a mockery to the great american! 14 grand slams to 6…not in the same league…Edberg isn’t even in the top-10 list of open era players, let alone all-time one! While Sampras is always ranked top-5 regardless whether open era or not!…
@@Summon256 Their head to head was almost even: 8-6 to Sampras. Edberg also won both of their grand slam meetings. Whatever you think of their respective overall records, Edberg clearly gave Sampras a lot of problems. Sampras himself was on record saying how much he respected Edberg.
@@zeddeka I fail to see how any of this have to do with how greatness of each compares to one another...i can respect someone too without that person having track record full of achievements...there is gigantic hole between Sampras and Edberg and it's not even close!...At the time they played each other this wasn't the case, but Sampras started surpassing Edberg more and more and by the time 1997-1998 came around they were no longer in the same league!
Stephen Edberg, my all-time favourite player to watch! Glides around the court, such quick reflexes at the net and a backhand that left an imprint in my brain. My wife and I watched a lot of his matches and she started subconsciously imitated his backhand that it became her best shot! Too bad she stopped playing since.
I hate Mr. Foot fault and this loss really stung as a huge Sampras fan. If Sampras had serve and volleyed all his first serves, he would have had a much better chance.
@@sanjaygandhi7962 This 1992 US Open Final and the subsequent 1993 Aussie Semi proved that Edberg's volleying was far defter,more natural and more instinctive than Sampras's. Granted we are splitting hairs here.....but when it comes to the art of volleying, Edberg had no equals in his era......yes that includes McEnroe(who Edberg defeated at the 1989 and 1991 Wimbledons).
@@birdoffire983 Sampras tried to emulate Edberg later in his career. But in 1992 and 1993 Sampras was still in the like to play from the baseline mode, which Edberg exploited. Sampras took note although I think Sampras went to net way too much between 2000 and 2002.
well chang can thank becker for that, becker took edberg to 5 sets in the semifinal, edberg was tired by the 5th set vs chang and it cost him the match.
Edberg's peak was the 1991 US Open, where he crushed Lendl, Chang and Courier, playing sublime serve-volley tennis. But his greatest performance was in 1992 when he survived 3 consecutive gruelling 5 setters against Krajicek, Lendl and Chang just to make it to the final here, where he dropped the opening set to Sampras and still came out on top.
And in 1992, he went 5 sets with players who all had at least one grand slam. Edberg simply refused to stop fighting. Edberg then beat Sampras at the next slam 93 Aussie Open in the semi finals. Only player to beat Sampras in two consecutive Grand Slams.
Chang said Edberg was on fire that year and he really was. Edberg's match against Courier in the final was remarkable. Sampras and Edberg are in my top three fav players.
@@quasar4601 so true. If Edberg wanted to, he could've served bombs like Sampras but he chose a weaker serve to appeal to boomers like you and I. He also intentionally hit low paced forehands to keep the game interesting. What a hero!
hard courts are supposed to be fast. USTA decided to have more a spectacle for more views and popularity and slowed them down tremendously so that the ball slows down for many mortals to return them easily. So now, serve and volley was not as efficient as it was then. The ball sits up and anybody even I has a chance to return it with pace. the faster serve in a fast court provide sweeter returns, waist high level so that one could volley a winner. Reason why Edberg did not do well and had to retire. Reason why Pete also had to retire sooner. they didn't want to but what weapons they had could not be used efficiently. Many decades later. comes pickle ball. Scoring is different, one can not serve and volley and one can not serve over head. One can not step close to the net, the ball has no bounce, or very little and to make matter worse, the ball has holes where the ball slows down even more so that all mortals can play the game. I am telling you, this is getting more interesting by the minute.
I think Edberg won a 6 hour match against Chang one day earlier. Sampras got sick in his semifinal win against Courier. The rare year that all 4 top seeds made the semifinals. I thought Edberg would have nothing left. But Edberg had incredibly strong legs, and showed his incredible fitness. 1991 was pure magic for him, 1992 was an extreme grind.
@@mikemoggerson6651 Everything you said was 100% incorrect. First tennis was supposed to be part art form and part ballet and part chess match, when the ball is struck with control and set up there was a reason for that, the court is only 82 feet, it's tiny, the intrigue in the game increased the slower the ball was placed on the surface, it gave the fan a chance to see how the player was setting up for the next move, secondly, the rackets they used in this video are the same racket I use, there is nothing given to them, they had to create there own top spin, their own control, their own power, todays rackets and strings GIVE the player the top spin, the control and the power, there is no requirement of the player today to develop them, the technology essentially plays the game for them, third, why do you get excited that these advanced rackets can generate more power, where is the excitement in seeing a ball fly across the net faster ??? it doesn't make any sense, a MLB breaking ball and the greatest pitchers were the ones with the best curve ball, it takes more ability to control a slowly hit ball than to just smash it, there is no excitement in watching a ball hit so hard it just goes straight across the net, I think you are getting excited over something that is not only unexciting but there is a lack of personality, charisma in just hitting a straight shot for power, tennis was not created for speed, it is a thinking persons game, a game of strategy, control, shot making, net play, drop volleys, serve and volley, mid court volleys, it was never designed as a boring robotic baseline only pass the ball back and forth and using that silly 2HBH.
@@TimTheMusicMan yea, because running to the net every single time after you serve is a genius and thrilling strategy 😂 it would be so funny to see any modern star humiliate these slow and unathletic players. Their ground strokes were abysmal
My friend from middle school who got me into playing tennis at the age of 12 and I got to see this live about three sections up on the left side of one of the baselines. I was at college in Manhattan at the time and Edberg was my hero. I am pretty sure I still have the Infiniti visor that was complimentary on the seats when we got there. I remember meeting Phil Knight at that one because we were huge Nike sneaker-heads three decades before the word became a thing and my buddy spotted him in a box across from us. I got Edberg's signature on a poster at an Adidas promo event the following year. Looking back now, it's hard to believe what a lucky punk I was. Thanks for sharing, US Open. Legendary years 1992 and 2022-- can't wait for next year!
@@GalimahThat's gonna change now cause Federer is out, Nadal is on the way out and Djokovic is getting old. Let's see who steps up. Hopefully it's not Alcaraz winning everything. That would be boring.
Weird: watching those highlights you'd think Sampras won the match... 80% of the points shown were won by Pete. This was a great tournament for Edberg. More than 5 hours on the court in his three consecutive five setters against Krajicek, Lendl and Chang. The final in 4 was almost a walkthrough 😉!
@@ladcameo You got that straight! I have nothing against Sampras but the U.S. Open should have entitled this collection of video clips the Pete Sampras highlights package.
As a player and coach when I watch Edberg I pick up on how he constantly moves forward to,close and cut off the next shot:on his volleys. If you’re going to win you got to close in. Unfortunately the volley has become a lost art in modern tennis. So many players are obsessed with running around their backhand to try and hit extreme topspin with a western or semi western grip.
@@vitogirardi7477 seriously, the tennis associations should do the right thing and pass rules that only allow for certain types of rackets and bring back fast courts. Every other sport does rules to keep the integrity and beauty of the sport intact and not create monoculture style of play. But for some reason, in tennis they basically destroyed the beautiful game by allowing manufacturers to create rackets that completely tilt the game one way towards baseline rally and crazy high serve speeds. It is not the players all of a sudden hitting bombs because they are such better athletes, it is all about the rackets allowing them to hit the ball that fast that it makes serve and volley less appealing to play when you want to have success.
Stefan Edberg even kissed "a net" during his quarterfinal match against Lendl - when he won the point (let-cord) at 2:2 in the fifth set tiebreaker...😉😉
More like when you played attacking tennis instead of just slugging from the baseline waiting for the error, you could be #1. Though this point in time, Jim Courier, an offensive baseliner, was the #1.
I still can't believe he took out Currier and Sampras in back to back finals! The match against Currier was truly a masterpiece - saw it live and couldn't believe how he schooled Currier.
Both Courier and Sampras were still evolving in terms of their game. Courier got the better of Edberg quickly in the later finals, as did Sampras post this one.
Stephan Edberg won 59 titles in total He have 9 major titles total singles and doubles combined in open era He won 1 atp finals title in singles and 2 atp finals titles in doubles also he is best serve and volley player like John McEnroe In open era actually
Edberg was just a MAN and Sampras was so young still. Edberg was just on his game and overpowered Sampras with amazing accuracy, serve & volleys, and willpower.
Edberg represented a style of tennis that was declining at the time, Sampras had a more brutal style, and that was in line with the way the sport developed. Today, you would get punished every single time for the kind of groundstrokes and approaches Edberg produced. His volleys however would still be world-class today.
@@seveglider8406 The speed of the ball is so much higher today than 30-40 years ago. An Edberg style of play would be suicide no matter the quality of the volleys.
@@jatojo I think you underestimate the level of players that Edberg played against. This is not the 1960s or 1970s. Edberg played against hard-hitting baseliners like Agassi, Courier, Bruguera, Kuerten, Muster, Chang and even Becker when he stayed back. I think Edberg would still be able to compete today with modern technology and training.
My two fav players of alllllll Time! Does anyone know where I can find the full match of this? Extended highlights are just not enough for these two absolute legends. Thanks for the upload though.
As a child I wanted to play like Edberg, but the reality of serve and volley hit me hard in my self-esteem. The one-handed backhand is still central for me and I have never abandoned it. Wawrinka was my new source of inspiration!
Crisp volleys of Edberg along with sharp net play were treat for the eyes.Pity,his style of play withered away after this victory....powerful baseliners like Agassi,Courier took over..of course Sampras was there with Becker
Watching them play after all these years reminds one how similar they were. Sampras won more big tournaments and was the greater player overall. But their games are so, so alike.
This was a real tennis, full of skills and touch, beautifully constructed points. This art has disappeared once they started to change all surfaces into a clay court paced courts, with all that new racquet and string technology. Now players just outhit each other.
At 10:22, after losing another close one, Stefan can be seen saying in frustration: "Han har sån jävla röta, asså!" There's a bit of slang in there and it roughly tranlsates to. "Man, does he have luck or what! 😁😁
Day Before Stefan Played Michael Chang 5 Hours 28 Minutes.. Pete did Say this loss Made him A tougher - Better Player.. Unfortunately Stefan's Last Slam Aged only ( 26 )..
Se guardi un match dei giorni nostri i giocatori dopo pochi games sono completamente bagnati di sudore...in questo mach al terzo set direi quasi non sono sudati...eppure si danno da fare. Due tennis diversi:Forza, potenza estrema nei colpi di oggi. Tattica, tecnica, precisione dei colpi di ieri. E poi spettacolo, service and volley.
Edberg had amazing self confidence from a young age .... his slam record against all the top players must be one of the best. He was a better player than alot of his rivals, seemed like he based his game more on Mcenroe..... real quality about him.
Any chance to upload the semi-final match highlight between Edberg vs Chang in the same tournament. It's also one of the all-time classic matches. Many thanks in advance.
If I remember correctly, Edberg was down a break in the fifth set to both Chang and someone else....Lendl? And he came back and won both matches.....then Pete in the final....His conditioning was unequaled.
@@joemarshall4226 Yes, down in the fifth to Krajicek, Lendl, and Chang - unbelievable... All three are excellent matches with a beverage - relive when tennis had variety and contrasting styles...All gone, now...
@@frankcarbo6622 Yeah, we miss the serve and volley, although Maxime Cressy still uses it. Ivo Karlovic was the most successful S and V player ever, in terms of holding serve...something like 92% for his career. HIs chances of holding serve when he was down 0-40 was 51%! The amazing thing about today's player is that they cand do everything. Serve, return baseline, counter-punch, volley, drop shot. Their skills are amazing. The technology has made Serve and volley more difficult, but it's still a viable strategy to mix in.
Hi, this is so great. Would you mind to upload also the Edberg : Chang Semifinal? This really shows how Edberg got to this match. It is available on TH-cam already, but not in US Open Channel quality. Cheers
I remember that back in 1992 in the UK we only got to see live matches from Wimbledon. Occasionally I was able to watch Tennis highlights from other tournaments on a programme called 'Trans World Sport', this was one match that I recall watching highlights of from that time. Some superb shotmaking; ground strokes and Volleys. Thanks. 🙂
I caught the end of Edberg´s career, and I could never understand how he won so many games against players who were so much more powerful than him. The last great serve & volley player with the old school elegance.
As an Edberg fan I was kind of shocked he beat Pete honestly. He really attacked Pete’s backhand. Stefan played all great Americans of this generation in GS finals except Agassi
Sampras a view Years later, changed his Style a little bit. Edberg won this because he had so many times the final Netpoint. Look at Sampras around 1995/96, he ran also much more to the Net. Sampras in this Match was the much more better Baseline Player but lost the Match on the Net.
I love Pistol-Pete a lot for sure, but in a weird way I like Stefan Edberg even more. Back in 80's-90's you could see the craftmanship of the sport. I will not take anything away from Nadal and Djokovic because they lifted tennis back to where it should be. Mr Federer is a bit different. The J O Waldner of tennis. Thanks for uploading.
The US Open became the toughest tournament to win in the late 1970s when it switched to hardcourt. As Tony Trabert nicely put it, it was a neutral surface. Those who wanted to attack could attack, those who wanted to defend could defend. Consequently everyone played the US Open every year unless injured. Agassi missed his first 9 Australian Opens on rebound ace! Sampras missed 3 Aussie Opens. People like Muster and Moya didn't even bother turning up to Wimbledon. Another commentator Bill Threllfall once said only the best players win the US Open, they can be no one time wwinners like at the French and Wimbledon during that era. However, I think its true to say since the Majors have forced mandatory participation, increased points considerably and made surfaces all play at a similar speed, the US Open is still great to win but maybe doesn't quite have that elite prestige it did from the 1970s to 2000s. With Australian Open switching from rebound ace to plexicushion, they have closed the gap. Also, there is no Super Saturday anymore which really tested one's ability to win the US Open having best of five semifinal and final within a 24 hour period. That really helped with the satisfaction stakes if you won, especially playing the 2nd semifinal on Saturday evening.
Hard court players can do well on Grass courts and clay courts more than grass court specialist and clay court specialist as it is only 2 weeks between French open and Wimbledon
Edberg is (obviously) one of the great all-time players. As far as volleying goes, maybe the best ever. Yet Sampras was much better---his forehand was miles better, his backhand at least equal, his serve the best ever. While I remember this match, I was surprised that the series ended up only 8-6 in favor of Pete. Maybe has to do with the fact that Pete was really young for several of those matches.
Best volley ever in TENNIS
Stefen edberg
Edberg is an artist. So beautiful for the eyes to watch.
The beauty of the one-handed backhand and serve/volley game.
Edberg had one of the most beautiful games in tennis history and was one of the elite players of the 1980s and early 90s.
Almost extinct today, once Dimitrov and Tsitsipas quit, its over.
@@BlueberrySwede yeah f modern coaches who just want to be lazy and copy cat everyone into the same type of player. Also the tennis associations are to blame for not setting certain regularies of how tennis rackets have to be constructed, so that the game could have been open to all styles of play... without the new rackets and proper courts, players could still play serve and volley just as much as baseline, but all these changes in the past 10-15 years have created a mono culture of baseline tennis being the only option for every player.
@@BlueberrySwede musetti is a OH backhand player
Stefan Edberg. The best and most gracious volley specialist in the history of mankind. Especially his backhand volley is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
There were even better volley experts before him I am sure with the likes of Laver
@@quasar4601😂😂😂😂
Totally agree, a combination of skills and athleticism that we've never seen since then. I miss this time when it was not all about power and they were coming at the net
@@bluecolor1600John McEnroe. The softest...
@@lesparys It is not all about power - AT ALL ; they do the same things as in the past but faster - angles, tactics, plenty of tactics nowadays - more powerfull obviously but faster . Also in McEnroe era the serve and volley players you could count them with the fingers of one hand only ...Nowadays you can still play serve and volley in Wimbledon where the bounce is low and it is enough a volley hit badly to get the points - thats why Borg was successful in Wimbledon and why he run to the net
Edberg was always my favorite tennis player ever!
He was not my fav but in my top 5 all time along with Agassi and Federer and maybe Connors
One of the greatest champions in the open era. Always been an Edberg fan and always will be!
Thank you US Open Tennis Championships. 30 years on, still this is one of all-time classic Grand Slam finals. 2 of the most beautiful players, 2 of the greatest champions and 2 legends. Never get bored to watch them playing.
Agreed .... classic match.
That may be applicable to Sampras, but not that much to Edberg…
To even mention Edberg in the same sentence as Sampras is a mockery to the great american! 14 grand slams to 6…not in the same league…Edberg isn’t even in the top-10 list of open era players, let alone all-time one! While Sampras is always ranked top-5 regardless whether open era or not!…
Same here... great match. Both of them are among the legends. Thanks for the upload 😁👍🏻
@@Summon256 Their head to head was almost even: 8-6 to Sampras. Edberg also won both of their grand slam meetings. Whatever you think of their respective overall records, Edberg clearly gave Sampras a lot of problems. Sampras himself was on record saying how much he respected Edberg.
@@zeddeka I fail to see how any of this have to do with how greatness of each compares to one another...i can respect someone too without that person having track record full of achievements...there is gigantic hole between Sampras and Edberg and it's not even close!...At the time they played each other this wasn't the case, but Sampras started surpassing Edberg more and more and by the time 1997-1998 came around they were no longer in the same league!
Love me some Stefan Edberg. Such grace and humility.
Stephen Edberg, my all-time favourite player to watch! Glides around the court, such quick reflexes at the net and a backhand that left an imprint in my brain. My wife and I watched a lot of his matches and she started subconsciously imitated his backhand that it became her best shot! Too bad she stopped playing since.
I hate Mr. Foot fault and this loss really stung as a huge Sampras fan. If Sampras had serve and volleyed all his first serves, he would have had a much better chance.
Why have you called your favourite player Stephen?
@@sanjaygandhi7962
This 1992 US Open Final and the subsequent 1993 Aussie Semi proved that Edberg's volleying was far defter,more natural and more instinctive than Sampras's.
Granted we are splitting hairs here.....but when it comes to the art of volleying, Edberg had no equals in his era......yes that includes McEnroe(who Edberg defeated at the 1989 and 1991 Wimbledons).
@@BurnsTennis besides what I have mentioned, he has the attitude, in my opinion, of a true Champion.
@@birdoffire983 Sampras tried to emulate Edberg later in his career. But in 1992 and 1993 Sampras was still in the like to play from the baseline mode, which Edberg exploited. Sampras took note although I think Sampras went to net way too much between 2000 and 2002.
Edberg all time favourite..that French open final loss in 89 still hurts
Dream story for Chang and a great frustration for Edberg but overall Edberg will be remembered as a better player than Chang that I like...
@@SainyaHokageyes strange that Chang was never able to follow that freach oper up with more slams.
well chang can thank becker for that, becker took edberg to 5 sets in the semifinal, edberg was tired by the 5th set vs chang and it cost him the match.
I was a big fan of Edberg as a little kid but my fav all time was Agassi then Federer
Hurts me still too
Edberg's peak was the 1991 US Open, where he crushed Lendl, Chang and Courier, playing sublime serve-volley tennis. But his greatest performance was in 1992 when he survived 3 consecutive gruelling 5 setters against Krajicek, Lendl and Chang just to make it to the final here, where he dropped the opening set to Sampras and still came out on top.
And in 1992, he went 5 sets with players who all had at least one grand slam. Edberg simply refused to stop fighting. Edberg then beat Sampras at the next slam 93 Aussie Open in the semi finals. Only player to beat Sampras in two consecutive Grand Slams.
@@whyaskwhy000yes, that's a great achievement
Chang said Edberg was on fire that year and he really was. Edberg's match against Courier in the final was remarkable. Sampras and Edberg are in my top three fav players.
Edberg GOAT at the net!
I was born in 1995 and I'm still amazed of the serve and volley masterclass of the 90s ❤
Tennis had a lot of flavor in the 70s, 80s and early 90s until it became a POWER serve game with Pete and others.
@@quasar4601 so true. If Edberg wanted to, he could've served bombs like Sampras but he chose a weaker serve to appeal to boomers like you and I. He also intentionally hit low paced forehands to keep the game interesting.
What a hero!
hard courts are supposed to be fast. USTA decided to have more a spectacle for more views and popularity and slowed them down tremendously so that the ball slows down for many mortals to return them easily. So now, serve and volley was not as efficient as it was then. The ball sits up and anybody even I has a chance to return it with pace. the faster serve in a fast court provide sweeter returns, waist high level so that one could volley a winner. Reason why Edberg did not do well and had to retire. Reason why Pete also had to retire sooner. they didn't want to but what weapons they had could not be used efficiently. Many decades later. comes pickle ball. Scoring is different, one can not serve and volley and one can not serve over head. One can not step close to the net, the ball has no bounce, or very little and to make matter worse, the ball has holes where the ball slows down even more so that all mortals can play the game. I am telling you, this is getting more interesting by the minute.
I think Edberg won a 6 hour match against Chang one day earlier. Sampras got sick in his semifinal win against Courier. The rare year that all 4 top seeds made the semifinals. I thought Edberg would have nothing left. But Edberg had incredibly strong legs, and showed his incredible fitness. 1991 was pure magic for him, 1992 was an extreme grind.
When there was a sport called tennis, the golden era. Edberg one of the best ever.
Thats Correct
You see these types of comments about every sport. You will see them in 30 years about today, too.
Look at the baseline play from Edberg from 2:50 to 3:05, it looks even lighter than a modern player’s warm up lol. And it’s not just the racquets
@@mikemoggerson6651 Everything you said was 100% incorrect. First tennis was supposed to be part art form and part ballet and part chess match, when the ball is struck with control and set up there was a reason for that, the court is only 82 feet, it's tiny, the intrigue in the game increased the slower the ball was placed on the surface, it gave the fan a chance to see how the player was setting up for the next move, secondly, the rackets they used in this video are the same racket I use, there is nothing given to them, they had to create there own top spin, their own control, their own power, todays rackets and strings GIVE the player the top spin, the control and the power, there is no requirement of the player today to develop them, the technology essentially plays the game for them, third, why do you get excited that these advanced rackets can generate more power, where is the excitement in seeing a ball fly across the net faster ??? it doesn't make any sense, a MLB breaking ball and the greatest pitchers were the ones with the best curve ball, it takes more ability to control a slowly hit ball than to just smash it, there is no excitement in watching a ball hit so hard it just goes straight across the net, I think you are getting excited over something that is not only unexciting but there is a lack of personality, charisma in just hitting a straight shot for power, tennis was not created for speed, it is a thinking persons game, a game of strategy, control, shot making, net play, drop volleys, serve and volley, mid court volleys, it was never designed as a boring robotic baseline only pass the ball back and forth and using that silly 2HBH.
@@TimTheMusicMan yea, because running to the net every single time after you serve is a genius and thrilling strategy 😂 it would be so funny to see any modern star humiliate these slow and unathletic players. Their ground strokes were abysmal
Wow, this brings back great memories of when I was young.
Both were my favorite players. When they both played against each other like this, I couldn't decide who to root for..lol
Stefan Edberg Perfect player!
My friend from middle school who got me into playing tennis at the age of 12 and I got to see this live about three sections up on the left side of one of the baselines. I was at college in Manhattan at the time and Edberg was my hero. I am pretty sure I still have the Infiniti visor that was complimentary on the seats when we got there. I remember meeting Phil Knight at that one because we were huge Nike sneaker-heads three decades before the word became a thing and my buddy spotted him in a box across from us. I got Edberg's signature on a poster at an Adidas promo event the following year. Looking back now, it's hard to believe what a lucky punk I was. Thanks for sharing, US Open. Legendary years 1992 and 2022-- can't wait for next year!
great experience and story!
Absolutly fantastic. Sampras, Edberg, Agassi, Becker, ... were all one of a kind, wheras modern players are great athletes, but so uniform.
Tennis was more fun to watch back then. Modern era with 3 players with a combine record of more than 60 slams is just sad.
@@GalimahThat's gonna change now cause Federer is out, Nadal is on the way out and Djokovic is getting old. Let's see who steps up. Hopefully it's not Alcaraz winning everything. That would be boring.
What is so "boring" about the best players winning a lot? That is what is going to happen, but I sure would not call it "boring" lol.
Today's tennis is BORING! Every player played the same way on every surface. Very few can volley effectively.
@@seveglider8406 Is that "boring" tennis to you? Not much of a fan?
Thanks ! Hope to see the entire final in that same great quality !
Weird: watching those highlights you'd think Sampras won the match... 80% of the points shown were won by Pete.
This was a great tournament for Edberg. More than 5 hours on the court in his three consecutive five setters against Krajicek, Lendl and Chang. The final in 4 was almost a walkthrough 😉!
obviously the USTA, the commentators and presenters were crestfallen with the outcome.. awful selection of highlights package
I believe one of Pete's winners was shown twice.
exactly. looked like they showed all of Sampras' winners
Exactly what I felt, so weird..... I thought if I had remembered the result wrongly until the end of the video.
@@ladcameo You got that straight! I have nothing against Sampras but the U.S. Open should have entitled this collection of video clips the Pete Sampras highlights package.
Legends. Graceful, classy and calculated.
Thank you US Open Tennis Championships.
Cheers!
MM
As a player and coach when I watch Edberg I pick up on how he constantly moves forward to,close and cut off the next shot:on his volleys. If you’re going to win you got to close in. Unfortunately the volley has become a lost art in modern tennis. So many players are obsessed with running around their backhand to try and hit extreme topspin with a western or semi western grip.
yeah the racket tech has changed so much (lighter, bigger head) that it's more productive to focus your time on the power pass.
Maybe the old School and Volley come back within our lifetimes.
@@gazlives Don’t forget the polyester strings and the slowing down of both hard and grass courts
@@vitogirardi7477 This.
@@vitogirardi7477 seriously, the tennis associations should do the right thing and pass rules that only allow for certain types of rackets and bring back fast courts. Every other sport does rules to keep the integrity and beauty of the sport intact and not create monoculture style of play. But for some reason, in tennis they basically destroyed the beautiful game by allowing manufacturers to create rackets that completely tilt the game one way towards baseline rally and crazy high serve speeds.
It is not the players all of a sudden hitting bombs because they are such better athletes, it is all about the rackets allowing them to hit the ball that fast that it makes serve and volley less appealing to play when you want to have success.
No fist pumps, no swearing, no verbal intimidation, no grunting - just pure tennis played by two great gentlemen of the sport.
Edberg is one of the true legends of sports as a whole. And a national treasure of Sweden 🇸🇪 Wish I could be coached by him 🤗
I have only be a HUGE HUGE mega of fan of a few players and Edberg was one of them. I also was huge fan of Agassi and then Federer.
Fed would have done better with Becker, who set Novak on the path to dominance. A true tennis genius is Becker.
Edberg was the most spettacular players of all the times.
Until Federer
This is much more fun to watch than today's top players.
Today's tennis is BORING!
The BIG 3 are hard to beat
A fine set of highlights put together. I love the slow motions and the commentating is top notch as well.
Sampras had the smoothest service delivery of all time, and no one was better under pressure with that first serve.
The first that Stefan did after his triumph he went to Annet. It’s so beautifully and touchingly. He was the true Hero for me🙏🏻
Mats was crying....
@@joemarshall4226 No,Mats got Sonya after Anette .
@@suatkayatennis After he stopped crying
@@joemarshall4226 😂
Stefan Edberg even kissed "a net" during his quarterfinal match against Lendl - when he won the point (let-cord) at 2:2 in the fifth set tiebreaker...😉😉
in the 80's and 90's, when you Serve and Volley you could be N°1 !
Hey, at least now you can be n°32 😉
More like when you played attacking tennis instead of just slugging from the baseline waiting for the error, you could be #1. Though this point in time, Jim Courier, an offensive baseliner, was the #1.
Sampras's forehand technique was based on a revised version of Ivan Lendl's. You can see it in the way both of them positioned their elbow.
The beauty of serve and volley. It’s rare when both players with serve and volley in the final.
Now this is tennis, not the boring baseline exchanges we have today.
You clearly forgot what it was like to watch two serve and volleyers play 3 shot points for 2 hrs 😂
@@oberdot Ha? Even if those were "3 shot points" for 2 hours, it beats watching boring 20 shot points from the baseline for 4 hours.
I still can't believe he took out Currier and Sampras in back to back finals! The match against Currier was truly a masterpiece - saw it live and couldn't believe how he schooled Currier.
Both Courier and Sampras were still evolving in terms of their game. Courier got the better of Edberg quickly in the later finals, as did Sampras post this one.
My favorite player when I was a kid ☺️
Thank you Stefan edberg
Stefan Edberg, the last genuine serve and volleyer to be successful in tennis.
Pat Rafter?
@@krogdog Yes. Pat Rafter was great. He won 2 US opens with his uncompromising Serve and Volley game.
Stephan Edberg won 59 titles in total
He have 9 major titles total singles and doubles combined in open era
He won 1 atp finals title in singles and 2 atp finals titles in doubles also he is best serve and volley player like John McEnroe In open era actually
Edberg, Sampras, Agassi, Becker.....those days were so awesome!! I was glued to the tv.
Edberg was just a MAN and Sampras was so young still. Edberg was just on his game and overpowered Sampras with amazing accuracy, serve & volleys, and willpower.
Спасибо за возможность посмотреть классический элегантный теннис!Стефан невероятен:элегантный, умный,мощный игрок.Люблю его
Edberg represented a style of tennis that was declining at the time, Sampras had a more brutal style, and that was in line with the way the sport developed. Today, you would get punished every single time for the kind of groundstrokes and approaches Edberg produced. His volleys however would still be world-class today.
Today's players stand 15 feet behind the baseline to return serve. Sampras and Edberg would have a field day punishing them with their volleys!
@@seveglider8406 The speed of the ball is so much higher today than 30-40 years ago. An Edberg style of play would be suicide no matter the quality of the volleys.
@@jatojo I think you underestimate the level of players that Edberg played against. This is not the 1960s or 1970s. Edberg played against hard-hitting baseliners like Agassi, Courier, Bruguera, Kuerten, Muster, Chang and even Becker when he stayed back. I think Edberg would still be able to compete today with modern technology and training.
My two fav players of alllllll Time! Does anyone know where I can find the full match of this? Extended highlights are just not enough for these two absolute legends. Thanks for the upload though.
This was the first men's grand slam final I ever watched at 12 years old.
If you look at the highlights (without the end) you have to guess 6:1 - 6:2 - 6:1 for Sampras.
As a child I wanted to play like Edberg, but the reality of serve and volley hit me hard in my self-esteem.
The one-handed backhand is still central for me and I have never abandoned it.
Wawrinka was my new source of inspiration!
The last of the serve and volley artisans. By 1996 or so, it was a baseliners game.
Great highlights! Thanks for the upload.
It would have been even better if they had shown a few more winners from Edberg. Who won the tournament again...?
Crisp volleys of Edberg along with sharp net play were treat for the eyes.Pity,his style of play withered away after this victory....powerful baseliners like Agassi,Courier took over..of course Sampras was there with Becker
Until Federer arrived.
@@bugynites09 arrived?
Watching them play after all these years reminds one how similar they were. Sampras won more big tournaments and was the greater player overall. But their games are so, so alike.
Impressive jump over the net !!!!
Edberg was my favorite and then Sampras but come on dude (Sampras) show Edberg some respect at the end of this match.
This was a real tennis, full of skills and touch, beautifully constructed points. This art has disappeared once they started to change all surfaces into a clay court paced courts, with all that new racquet and string technology. Now players just outhit each other.
....And bigger, faster, & stronger players today.
@@vandrive5687
They aren't big
Edberg server and volley player high level 🎉
The of the greatest champions of the sport playing some of the most efficient and beautiful serve and volley tennis ever! 👏🤩🎾
At 10:22, after losing another close one, Stefan can be seen saying in frustration: "Han har sån jävla röta, asså!" There's a bit of slang in there and it roughly tranlsates to. "Man, does he have luck or what! 😁😁
Day Before Stefan Played Michael Chang 5 Hours 28 Minutes..
Pete did Say this loss Made him A tougher - Better Player..
Unfortunately Stefan's Last Slam Aged only ( 26 )..
Se guardi un match dei giorni nostri i giocatori dopo pochi games sono completamente bagnati di sudore...in questo mach al terzo set direi quasi non sono sudati...eppure si danno da fare. Due tennis diversi:Forza, potenza estrema nei colpi di oggi. Tattica, tecnica, precisione dei colpi di ieri. E poi spettacolo, service and volley.
2 great one handed backhands...which doesn't exist anymore
Agree. We're in the dark ages of tennis now of 2HB baseline robots.
Now this was real tennis...not todays ping pong from baseline
ping pong is about right, it's that much faster! Edberg would have been dismantled by a modern player if he tried that chip-and-charge stuff.
@@racketman2u modern player wouldn't know what to do with 1992 tech.
Edberg must have found it difficult with the all round fire power from Sampras - here he seems to cope well enough
There was no ATP requirement for fist pumping after every point back then.
Highlights : all Sampras. Title : Edberg.
Edberg had amazing self confidence from a young age .... his slam record against all the top players must be one of the best. He was a better player than alot of his rivals, seemed like he based his game more on Mcenroe..... real quality about him.
SAMPRAS WAS THEN JUST EDGING TOWARDS THE NEW ERA DOMINATED BY HIM FROM 1993 .
edberg is my favorite player of all time, i pattern my game after him, i am a serve and volleyer, and come in on someone's serve
It's a beautiful style to watch! We could add Patrick Rafter to this mix, as well, strictly serve a volley!!
@@braddakimo1954 yeah rafters peak years were 97 and 98
Pete not very happy about Edberg jumping the net after winning championship
Any chance to upload the semi-final match highlight between Edberg vs Chang in the same tournament. It's also one of the all-time classic matches. Many thanks in advance.
If I remember correctly, Edberg was down a break in the fifth set to both Chang and someone else....Lendl? And he came back and won both matches.....then Pete in the final....His conditioning was unequaled.
@@joemarshall4226 Yes, down in the fifth to Krajicek, Lendl, and Chang - unbelievable... All three are excellent matches with a beverage - relive when tennis had variety and contrasting styles...All gone, now...
@@frankcarbo6622 Yeah, we miss the serve and volley, although Maxime Cressy still uses it. Ivo Karlovic was the most successful S and V player ever, in terms of holding serve...something like 92% for his career. HIs chances of holding serve when he was down 0-40 was 51%! The amazing thing about today's player is that they cand do everything. Serve, return baseline, counter-punch, volley, drop shot. Their skills are amazing. The technology has made Serve and volley more difficult, but it's still a viable strategy to mix in.
The guy editing this video must hate Edberg, showing mostly Sampras winning points.
The highlights must have been put together by a big Sampras fan. Who won the final...?
Hi, this is so great. Would you mind to upload also the Edberg : Chang Semifinal? This really shows how Edberg got to this match. It is available on TH-cam already, but not in US Open Channel quality. Cheers
I remember that back in 1992 in the UK we only got to see live matches from Wimbledon. Occasionally I was able to watch Tennis highlights from other tournaments on a programme called 'Trans World Sport', this was one match that I recall watching highlights of from that time. Some superb shotmaking; ground strokes and Volleys. Thanks. 🙂
The golden age of tennis
Tennis was also great in the 50s and 70s
No one hit a backhand volley like Edberg, so silky and technically exquisite.
These old highlights are better than second class so 2022
wow, Edberg's serve on Match point looked a foot deep (out) :D guy was a heck of a player though
Both used same racquet, ProStaff 85, wonder what were differences in setup between both other than leather grip of Edberg and overgrip of Sampras?
Sampras the greatest server and stefan the greatest volleyer ❤❤❤
Please US Open Edberg Sampras 1992 final and Edberg Chang semifinal 1992 full matches please
The highlights must have been put together by a big Sampras fan. You see mostly winners by Sampras. Who won the final...?
Appreciated but never cared for Sampras. Edberg was one of my favorites.
Strange highlights all we got were Sampras points..then Edberg wins lol.
The highlights must have been put together by a big Sampras fan.
It is a real shame, that this match wasn't uploaded completely.
Edberg forehand so smooth🤔
His forehand stinks. It was his weakest shot. Do you play tennis?
Maria sakkari vs karolina psilkova us open 2021 full match please 🥺
Edberg playing with watch on the wrist and necklace around the neck. certainly different times :D
You should watch agassi in early 90-tis ...😅😂😂😂
You have to insert the score!
Pros playing under classic conditions. A lively ball! and near standard size rackets.
I caught the end of Edberg´s career, and I could never understand how he won so many games against players who were so much more powerful than him. The last great serve & volley player with the old school elegance.
Are there any points in this video where Stephen wins?
The highlights must have been put together by a big Sampras fan. You see mostly winners by Sampras. Who won the final...?
Man, I miss serve and volley tennis.
The Hair Styles of both Sampras and Edberg are really Old School
As an Edberg fan I was kind of shocked he beat Pete honestly. He really attacked Pete’s backhand. Stefan played all great Americans of this generation in GS finals except Agassi
Sampras a view Years later, changed his Style a little bit.
Edberg won this because he had so many times the final Netpoint.
Look at Sampras around 1995/96, he ran also much more to the Net.
Sampras in this Match was the much more better Baseline Player but lost the Match on the Net.
I love Pistol-Pete a lot for sure, but in a weird way I like Stefan Edberg even more. Back in 80's-90's you could see the craftmanship of the sport. I will not take anything away from Nadal and Djokovic because they lifted tennis back to where it should be. Mr Federer is a bit different. The J O Waldner of tennis. Thanks for uploading.
The US Open is hard tournament compared to the other grand slam tennis tournaments out thre.
Don't talk such utter tripe.
@@stevefowler3398 This has been the truth since the 1960s.
Unless you are blind Tennis has degrees of hardness and Complexities.
The US Open became the toughest tournament to win in the late 1970s when it switched to hardcourt. As Tony Trabert nicely put it, it was a neutral surface. Those who wanted to attack could attack, those who wanted to defend could defend. Consequently everyone played the US Open every year unless injured. Agassi missed his first 9 Australian Opens on rebound ace! Sampras missed 3 Aussie Opens. People like Muster and Moya didn't even bother turning up to Wimbledon.
Another commentator Bill Threllfall once said only the best players win the US Open, they can be no one time wwinners like at the French and Wimbledon during that era.
However, I think its true to say since the Majors have forced mandatory participation, increased points considerably and made surfaces all play at a similar speed, the US Open is still great to win but maybe doesn't quite have that elite prestige it did from the 1970s to 2000s. With Australian Open switching from rebound ace to plexicushion, they have closed the gap.
Also, there is no Super Saturday anymore which really tested one's ability to win the US Open having best of five semifinal and final within a 24 hour period. That really helped with the satisfaction stakes if you won, especially playing the 2nd semifinal on Saturday evening.
Hard court players can do well on Grass courts and clay courts more than grass court specialist and clay court specialist as it is only 2 weeks between French open and Wimbledon
this is real tennis
My favourite Tennis players ever 🎾🎾
Edberg is (obviously) one of the great all-time players. As far as volleying goes, maybe the best ever. Yet Sampras was much better---his forehand was miles better, his backhand at least equal, his serve the best ever. While I remember this match, I was surprised that the series ended up only 8-6 in favor of Pete. Maybe has to do with the fact that Pete was really young for several of those matches.
Edberg's backhand was better by miles. Everybody knows that. This highlight reel just shows all Sampras' best shots.
History shows that Sampras continues to dominate.