A lot has changed in Tennis over the years. Most of the changes happened around the Eighties, the style of play altered dramatically, as did the racquets.

Let’s just take a look back at some of the great players of the Eighties; not necessarily the best players of the Decade, but still some of the well known players.

One player must stand out above all others from the Eighties, when he was on top of his game he was almost untouchable, and his name was Bjorn Borg. He was one of the best players around at the time, but for some reason known only to himself, he decided to call it a day and retired whilst he was still quite young, what a waste of a great talent.

In contrast to Borg and towards the latter part of the Eighties, there was Stefan Edberg, probably one of the best serve and volley players at the time. This undoubtedly got him to the number one spot.

Then there was a young German teenager, with his Jump serve that astonished everybody by going on to win the most famous grass court tournament in the world, yes Wimbledon! Boris Becker was that man, although that was not his only achievement, not by a long way.

Then there was the Great Czech, Ivan Lendl. Lendl won a few grand slams and quite a few more tournaments in his time, but his baseline play was probably his greatest feature.

Who could forget John McEnroe, now that man could play. He could also argue, but no one will ever forget the amazing shots that he could play. If they were called out though, boy was there an argument!, but I suppose you have to be a little highly strung (sorry about the pun) to be a great Tennis player.

When I think of Tennis of the Eighties, these are a few of my favorite players, but there was undoubtedly a lot more. All of these have made a contribution to the way tennis is played today, and I for one will not forget them!

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