Thomas Muster: Best ATP Shots & Moments!

[@KazuzWoW]

44 titles even with a heavy knee injury in his young age. 12 titles + Roland Garros in 1995 insane. Never gave up a point and a true austrian Sport Legend🇦🇹

[@nhatlongvu8896]

Yeah...truely incredible, his 1995 season was out of this world

[@khmak9387]

1 title per month in 1995? 😮

[@unimaster781]

A true legend in a true legendary Time. The 90s.

[@macfamsc]

Thomas Muster was a relentless beast on the ATP Tour! Loved his intensity!

[@jantjevanleiden1]

I like the grunts of Muster.

[@mikimallek3572]

Please include him into hall of Fame! It is time!!!!

[@jorgeguisa7920]

Scratching my head as to how he was left out of this years Tennis Hall of Fame.. such an inspirational tennis story, such an amazing carreer.

[@tkramer62283]

Sadly, the Hall of Fame is a primarily a rigged popularity contest that does not adequately assess players' entire bodies of work. Muster should've been inducted years ago. Players like Stich, Rafter, Chang, Ivanisevic, Kafelnikov and Safin are surely Hall of Famers too, but Muster's resume is similar to or better than each one's.

[@alepian79]

What I cannot understand about Muster is all those folks (Gaudenzi included, who used to train with him) claiming he had limited technique and excellent physical and fighting qualities... sure, he was a heavy spinner with the ball, but these highlights show that he was able to aim at tight angles, closing out points with powerful strokes down the line, and even had a great touch and control at the net. More than most of his retriever opponents for sure!

[@jjak1983]

Great highlights! Muster is such a legend! My favorite player growing up! Made me pick up the tennis racket as a kid myself! So inspiring how he overcame his 1989 career-threatening injury. And note that these highlights don’t even include his French open win in 1995 (when he won 12(!) titles that year) and his many absolutely legendary daviscup matches for Austria.... like defeating Both Agassi & Chang in 1990 or that crazy 5hours and then some win against Stich in 1994!! What an absolute legend who never ever gave up! An all time favorite of mine ❣️🥎

[@OnramRiftz]

He was a mental giant, nerves made of steel! He won 80% of the finals he reached, that is an almost unmatched statistic.

[@alecmatty1733]

thomas muster is my favourite player ever supercool grinder style an came back from career threatening injury to dominate on clay an late career some top hard court wins also super heavy topspin before it was really born made him a pioneer

[@mrpiccolofan2]

The fact these videos featuring Muster, Ferrero or Coria didn't reach a high amount of views, indicates how "casuals" are the tennis fans nowadays..... So sad they don't even know of these great champions. At least, some of us were lucky to watch live matches of those amazing players!!. Thanks Tennis TV for the great job!!🙏

[@ChriChri-f7v]

Love him, his game, this guy! What a fighter, what a player! Bravo Thomas from France

[@nhatlongvu8896]

Muster's definitely the best clay-courter in the 90s, then we went on to see Rios, Kuerten, Moya, Coria, then The King Of Clay Rafael Nadal 🔥🔥🔥 He also won 8 Master titles, only behind Sampras and Agassi during the same era

[@willhunting7875]

don't forget Bruguera and Corretja, we add Ferrero too (appeared end 90'S). Jim Courier was Muster's pet hate.

[@tiagobeja4272]

@@willhunting7875 Albert Costa and Felix Mantilla

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

Brugera, but I would say Muster was more dominant in a particular year (1995)

[@nirs635]

Thomas Muster is such a legend

[@dormosev]

For me in the top 10 of all time

[@goxaviergo11]

Александар Дормошев maybe not THAT high.. Agassi, Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Borg, McEnroe, Edberg, Becker, Lendl are my top 10, not in order at all.

[@dormosev]

A Man Of Culture Yeah, you’re right, but top 20 for sure. Anyway, easy in the top 5 in this moment on the list of best clay court players of all times.

[@chamindujanith6337]

@@dormosev Only 1 Grand slam final in that era😂😂😂😂 So overrated.

[@chamindujanith6337]

@@patboywalton2277 Federer is better than Muster and all these others on clay. Nadal and Djokovic are of course better than Muster on clay. Borg was better than Muster on clay. So the top 4 clay court players of all time are 1)Nadal 2)Borg 3)Djokovic 4)Federer Then there are other great clay court players like Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl and Gustavo Kuerten. So that's 7 players who are way better than Muster on clay. And people here are talking about Muster being a easy top 5 clay court player. So overrated. Loosing to random players in every French Open other than 1995.

[@rolandlist286]

Thomas Muster, a great tennis player, he never gave up🤙

[@jonathangrant5176]

it's good to see thomas muster the courage to hit these shots

[@fasctastic6390]

Such a tennis legend!

[@SaulGoodman-w2x]

Fun fact: Becker never won a clay court title in his career. That matchpoint in '95 Monte Carlo final was the closest he got.

[@lucienfantke]

After seeing Thomas Muster training with a broken leg after his motorcycle accident and then afterwards having one of the best years on clay anyone ever had. Amazing. 😮

[@spongebobby188]

He had such a consistent and good single-topspin backhand....wish I had that backhand! 😆

[@cageynerd]

Obviously the inspiration for Justin's backhand and mine as well -- he was my idol growing up and now everyone always compliments me on my backhand.

[@mirnesnuhanovic9597]

Great player...so good..a fighter like Rafa..or Rafa is like him...it was joy to watch this.

[@darlaevitts3459]

Muster man. Relentless grinder. Played a lot like Vilas. He just kept coming.

[@EliasPfaiffer]

his 1995 season was out of this world!! In 1995, Muster enjoyed the best year of his career winning 12 tournaments, with 11 of those tournaments won on clay-courts. Between February and June 1995, Muster won 40 consecutive matches on clay (the longest winning streak on the surface since Björn Borg had won 46 matches between 1977 and 1979).

[@johndunbar2637]

When the sport was still diversified in terms of play. What a magnificent opposition in style in the 1995 Monte Carlo final against Becker in a rebounding match. A player with an extraordinary mind, to become number one after this terrible accident is great!

[@BrunoSilvaRox]

True legend of the sport!

[@nhatlongvu8896]

Dominic Thiem is like another version of Muster in this era. Both of them have great forehand, beautiful backhand, unmatched spirit. They're all so damn good on clay, pretty decent on hard, and come from Austria ⚡⚡⚡

[@fischputza]

Thiem is a snowflake compared to Muster

[@thischannelissodead7796]

cant wait to see his best moments

[@senpaizac4687]

Legend🇦🇹❤️

[@factsofmatter6513]

I used his all blue head racquets in the mid 90s. Great sticks

[@Man_008]

Muster is a clay king of his era, Nadal of 90's

[@tennisparisbrothers8001]

The first point though and the reaction 🤣❤️

[@skylaxx]

Bro fired up to the max 💪😅

[@garrydhintz8017]

The red court is so awesome! I've never seen it before!

[@elektrogstanzl]

THE BEST CLAY COURT PLAYER!

[@mikaswager4798]

Muster un des meilleurs joueurs de terre battue un combattant hors paire tu nous manques

[@call1a1rich]

he was a legend for us austrian kids. then he opened his mouth...

[@אליסושנסקי]

I like his grunt...

[@rwdsmail]

Legend of the clay courts

[@MrBasti1008]

Legend ❤️

[@zoppkv2060]

Muster a legend. Excellent video. Too bad that it wasn't included a great point from 1997 Cincy Masters semifinal match vs Chang. I have that somewhere on the VHS.

[@tkramer62283]

You have the entire 1997 Muster-Chang Cincy semifinal? I had part of it on VHS as well. I wish it was on KZbin. Muster's run in Cincinnati that year was quite fun.

[@georgemarius8652]

Before Djokovic and Nadal he was a clay master !!! Splendid player and a great man!

[@ivanandreevich8568]

He's hilarious!

[@phil9855]

He is a real austrian legend 🇦🇹 and is the only Austrian who win a Grand-Slam-title. I hope in a few months Thiem will had a Grand-Slam-title, then both are real 🇦🇹 legends

[@alexanderhelwig3650]

This aged really well 🇦🇹 🏆

[@WONGLER]

Muster was the Nadal of the 90s :-)

[@libertegomez9082]

Un guerrier ! !!un vrai!!

[@miguelangelerdozain7220]

Such nice memories. I loves how he smashed the ball. He was a bull

[@tingyenahkee1447]

I would like to see prime Muster face against Thiem, Nadal

[@cfoples]

@Raphael El Rille key word Prime but yes, Muster played Thiem in 2011

[@Kessra]

@@cfoples true, but Muster retiring after the match and Thiem more or less starting his career. I'd pay a lot to see prime Muster play against prime Nadal or even prime Thiem. Would be an interesting match. But AFAIK Muster was pretty much hated by most top players back then. Only a few could stand him and he claimed years later that he didn't want to be befriended with all those players also. Guess this is why he wasn't added to the hall of fame yet. It is a bit funny to see that Michael Stich was added back in 2018 and if you compare the achievements Muster is clearly ahead of him, but he simply hasn't won any match in Wimbledon or as #1 player.

[@Zach-xm5wc]

Before there was Rafa, before there was Guga... there was Der Muster.

[@meilstone]

The Bruce Willis of Tennis ❤😊

[@joec5344]

The Musterminator

[@SuAlC90]

the only number 1 who never won a wimbledon-match ;) decent player anyway

[@TheBrandner]

Gras is for the Cow - Muster in the 90'

[@Kessra]

Back in the days when serve & volley dominated almost all games and the different surfaces really had a dramatic impact in regards to which playstyle it benefited the most. Today almost all surfaces feel similar, even acknowledged by legends such as Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe. Muster was a baseline grinder, a wall to conquer. Each and every point needed to be earned and he never gave up. Nowadays only Nadal and maybe Thiem seem to have a similar work ethics and fighting spirit but today almost all players seem to be baseline huggers with similar playstyle, maybe caused by the slower-paced surfaces.

[@Kessra]

by the way, also the only number 1 player ever who never won a match whilst being number one ...

[@Kessra]

@@TheBrandner "You like to be in the dirt like a dog?" Medvedev 2021

[@TheBrandner]

@@Kessra hahahaha thats a good one too from Medvedev.. Because of Muster i am falling in Love with Tennis. I have everthing from him and his Racket the "Toms Reach Machine" I am watching him many times training in Austria. He has his House near from the place i am living a short time. But the most impressive thing i have seen from him was his Comeback where he had 90kg + and trinks and smoke very much and i have seen him many times in the Casino in Graz at that time. and from one day to the next he was training like a maniac every day and within a few months he was in 'top form" (for his age ,i think he was 42 around) This work ethic awarded him his hole career. Horst Skoff had much more Talent but had never this work ethic. Hard work pays Off.and Thiem is similar but unfortunately he doesn't have the psychological stability like Muster

[@katerinadicamella]

Thank goodness the clay is a bit darker than before, you can hardly see the ball back then...

[@woswasdenni1914]

lol the clay isnt darker but cameras got better

[@Sir_Leelord]

is that carlos moya at 0:33 ?

[@chtimixeur]

Yes it is. It's from their 1997 Masters match. You can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p327gIBvn6-UpaM

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

in 1995 he played on clay as well as any year Nadal had on the same surface. Facts.

[@tkramer62283]

I've made this point on message boards full of mostly younger people, and they just don't get it. I'm not saying that Muster was as incredible as Nadal overall. Of course Nadal went on to dominate for almost two decades. But Muster absolutely had two Nadal-like clay court seasons (outside of the Stich loss at the '96 French Open). In '95, Muster won Estoril, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Rome, Roland Garros and St. Polten in a row -- 35 consecutive matches.

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

@@tkramer62283 yeah it was dominating year for him. He played a final against Alberto Costa (Italian Open maybe- I’m not sure)and it was a display of two guys with the best one-handed backhands on clay that I’d ever seen up to that point

[@sludge86]

He was also the lead singer for Judas Priest, right?

[@anseinueseima408]

0:26 Lines person: wtf?

[@donpatrese]

*Grandfather on Clay*

[@Xavier-fp5dd]

OG king of clay

[@topbanana3413]

How could they play back then? I cant even see the ball...

[@williamc4221]

Muster rocking the bleach blonde Dutch Boy.

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

LOL.Muster has some dirty tricks to win some points.

[@frenkieschinkels6597]

The best Austrian tennisplayer. Thiem is much worse compared to Muster!

[@a.nacap1593]

back in the days i was sure he was doped

[@juanfedericocriado8229]

Muster holds the record for most ATP250 titles, just one away from Roger Federer

[@leecherlarry]

muster tennis very similar to thiem tennis .

[@CMaier-pi2gr]

Ich bin woldie Alte Muster und eine Nervensäge mir verfallen

[@CMaier-pi2gr]

Gaaaaaaas doll

[@fateish69]

if he had a better backhand, he would have been no 1 way longer. hardest worker in tennis until his austrian succeeder thiem

[@tkramer62283]

While Muster's one-handed backhand didn't have the weight of his forehand, it was typically a reliable shot. As you saw in these clips, he could produce some stellar shots off the backhand wing. The weak link in Muster's game was his serve. He just didn't earn many free points. Perhaps that was ok for most of his career, particularly on clay or slower hard courts, but I felt like it caught up to him on quicker surfaces and late in his career. The game started to shift ever so slightly in the later '90s. New players were becoming bigger and stronger. It was becoming increasingly difficult to out-grind people from the baseline. Having a fairly big serve to earn some free points became more of a necessity.

[@K543]

@@tkramer62283 Imagine Muster with the serve from Sampras or even Becker. The serve from Agassi wasn't great either by the way and he was much stronger on hardcourt, the backhand and return from Agassi was a lot better.

[@andreassteinhauer1724]

Serious? Did I missed it in the vid? Where is the French Open moment when he realized he won it? Without this moment the vid is nothing! Very disappointing!

[@egorzakharov2772]

cc’d

[@monstermichaeltoad5705]

Thiem has higher clay peak then Kneedal

[@thischannelissodead7796]

:)

[@hadia4364]

FIRST

[@alexgreco748]

how did we used to watch tennis on TV? I can't see the ball XD