Yannick Noah vs Guillermo Vilas Final Forest Hills 1986

[@serenadeduo]

Ah Vilas... one of the forgotten architects of the modern “behind the baseline” game. What a great player he was! Met him by chance at the US Open back in the early 2000’s. He was a genuinely pleasant guy who passed the time with me while waiting on line for a Heineken. One of those Open memories of a lifetime!

[@joeenglert]

hahaha...this was the match I loved watching and fell in love with that puma racket of Vilas...I was obsessed with that racket and had my sister get in touch with a friend of her's in germany who sent me one of those...I liked it so much, I actually got in touch with the factory in Germany and managed to get them to send me two more...loved those rackets sooooo much

[@roscoegarbonzo9966]

The great Arthur Ashe discovered 11 yr old Tennis phenomenon Yannick growing up in Cameroon & was responsible getting him on his way

[@gmnboss]

Authur Ashe commentary is golden

[@guillermoflores8975]

¡¡¡¡Qué par de EXTRAORDINARIOS jugadores!!!!

[@nathanmiller6051]

Wonderful! Thanks 🙏

[@gaelschroder1395]

je ne l'avais pas vu a l'époque alors que je me débrouillais toujours pour voir tout les matchs de yannick et franchement je m'en lasse pas quel beau service et smash...

[@leliondescavernes1747]

Oui et surtout quel dommage que Yannick se soit pris bêtement sa malle sur son pied à l'aéroport de Rome qqs jours plus tard...car sans cela,Yannick filait en demi-finale à Roland Garros face à Lendl, sûr et certain....

[@gaelschroder1395]

@@leliondescavernes1747 oui il avait fait final a la quinta et monte carlo 1/2 a philadelphie et 1/4 a boca west (key byscaine) dommage après il a une 1/2 a rome avec balle de match contre lendl...il aurait du rencontrer lendl en 1/2 a roland....dommage cette année la comme en 83 c'etait le meilleur sur terre ...Wilander étant off en 86

[@leliondescavernes1747]

@@gaelschroder1395 oui Noah pouvait confortablement se qualifier pour les demi-finales à Roland Garros 86 contre Lendl,et aborder ce match dans les meilleurs conditions...une demi-finale obligeant certainement Lendl à ôter son pantalon de survêtement (qu'il garda sur lui contre le pitoyable Kriek, arrivé en demi-finale sur un malentendu....)

[@CoachCala]

Great upload! By any chance do you have the last match between Vilas and Borg? Nations Cup 1980... 🙂🎾

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

It was good to hear Arthur Ashe's voice again

[@robertrosejr1]

Great man gone too soon

[@antaniserse]

Noah had such an interesting style... while a net player at heart, he also had this looping, heavy topspin groundstrokes, which I assume were from his clay court upbringing; I guess it's one of the main reason why, even with his great serve & volley game, he never performed that well at Wimbledon By the way, I still think his elegant and very clean service motion is one of the most beautiful I ever saw

[@louismorel2001]

Yes ..right ..his serve is so smooth and perfect 🥰

[@jean-lucbereda1155]

That's was the Tennis I loved...

[@Nleezie33]

Very entertaining. Excellent shot making and tactics!!🎾🎾🎾🎾

[@charlanjames1508]

I remember being at the US Open for this Game in Forrest Hills, NYC!!! Yannick LOVE!!!

[@overkongen34]

This isn't the US Open.

[@diegosonzogno4331]

Vilas ya no era el mismo,acá contaba con 35años pero aun así daba pelea en un tenis que ya estaba cambiando.

[@vittoriodrummer62]

Grande Willy!

[@leliondescavernes1747]

Vilas jouait aussi bien que durant ses grandes années pendant tout le premier set contre un très bon Noah !!!!!!

[@leegray99]

When you see the court overhead it looks like its filmed in black and white, very strange court colour. Great match.

[@robmartin2307]

Enjoyed this match. More entertaining than today's 2 shot rallies.

[@atrompazos74]

This was Vilas' last ATP final. He retired three years later, after losing to Claudio Pistolesi in Roland Garros '89.

[@alexduio7639]

and it is the last big win tournament of noah ...

[@atrompazos74]

@@alexduio7639 Mmmhh... I don't think so, I remember Noah as winner in some other tournaments maybe until the first nineties. Let's check the ATP homepage...

[@atrompazos74]

@@alexduio7639 I just checked out Noah's profile in the ATP webpage. He won four more titles after 1986: 2 in 1987 (Basel and Lyon), 1 in 1988 (Milan) and the last one in 1990 (Sydney).

[@aleksthegreat4130]

atrompazos74 Yes,he later made an Australian Open semis,loosing to Lendl,winning a 18- years old Sampras in 1/8,it was his last glimpses.

[@bobcolbert2472]

He did a come-back in 1992, 40years old, playing essentially some challengers (and winning a few matches)

[@MrVitalogy]

Noah at really good level

[@egorgeroev3597]

Thanks! Have more from last Vilas matches?

[@jeromelevillain9301]

What matches you wish on vilas ?

[@diegojones6273]

para que queres verlos si perdia todos en 1ra ronda.. jajajaja.. yastaba viejo.. lo ultimo bueno fue en roland garros 86 donde perdio un partido increible con joham kriek en cuartos.. kriek era.. un mediocre jugador de sake y red para este tipo de superficies... es increible la cantidad de veces kestuvo delante del marcador para ganar y termino perdiendo 36 76 76 76.... .despues de eso vilas se pincho.. un gran jugador ke evitaba mucho las superficies rapidas.. le gustaba el juego lento..pero eso lo ponia impaciente por terminar el punto rapido y terminaba fallando.. eso le paso con kriek y con wilander en la final del 82.. se dejo vencer por la impaciencia.... a wilander debio ganarle facil,, tambien se le escapò..

[@egorgeroev3597]

@@diegojones6273 vos cuantos torneos has ganado?

[@briangottfried8533]

Noah était dans une forme olympique juste avant Roland Garros 86...sans cette malle qui lui a accidentellement abîmé le pied à Rome,la demi finale de Roland Garros contre Lendl lui tendait les bras...

[@brunolopez9730]

Do you have more of Vilas?

[@jeromelevillain9301]

What macthes you wish on Vilas ?

[@brunolopez9730]

@@jeromelevillain9301 1977 FO final against Brian Gottfried it's very hard to find

[@jeromelevillain9301]

@@brunolopez9730 I have this match in DVD

[@jeromelevillain9301]

i have this match in dvd @@brunolopez9730

[@brunolopez9730]

@@jeromelevillain9301 is there anything you can do to upload it?

[@kentornholm8558]

Vilas last ATP final. No doping as in todays modern game. 😉

[@johngonzalez624]

80 Grand for a week's work in '86, amazing. I still can't make that in a whole year!!! LOL!!!

[@maxderbomber]

Do you have the Wilander - Vilas Match of the French Open 1982?

[@stephaneamady1745]

No I don't have this match

[@alexduio7639]

match horrible to watch ... very slow and tactic

[@diegojones6273]

@@alexduio7639 si.. encima ese pendejo le gano..16 76 60 64..un partido ke vilas debio ganar facil por 61 76 06 63

[@alexduio7639]

@@diegojones6273 si 4h56 horrible :(

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

This era will nevwr come back agai

[@rolandhersan2420]

Tendras Vilas contra Borg?, gracias.....

[@diegojones6273]

para ver como perdia keres ??

[@aleksthegreat4130]

Noah could have done more in his career,his body was built for hard and grass ,he was strong,could volley solidly,however he never did any GS final,except RG

[@cooperman08]

Merci, tu as des matchs d'henri leconte ?

[@stephaneamady1745]

sa finale perdue a roland contre Wilander et une partie de son match contre Chesnokov a Roland que j'ai deja mis

[@cooperman08]

@@stephaneamady1745 merci, si un jour tu as leconte motta de 86, j'y etais

[@briangottfried8533]

@@cooperman08 oui c'était même un samedi... Motta mène deux sets à zéro...

[@javier3585]

Vilas 62 titles ATP !

[@luisgonzalezalvarez1596]

I could say novak djokovic and federer did not have the incredible service and volley in power as yannick noah winning points

[@IA-hx8jp]

Vilas in this time would loss all, he is slower than kick below water

[@patriciokonor5236]

U have no idea of tennis

[@steveturner609]

What an utterly stupid comment you make, clearly, you are one extremely ignorant individual with absolutely NO idea whatsoever about Tennis and it’s great classic players!

[@fuadyaqubian5940]

This is Lendle not Vilas!

[@vittoriodrummer62]

Lol

[@humanbeing2420]

Wrong. It's McEnroe.

[@steveturner609]

No surely it’s Laver??

[@naamamarkishorekumar822]

Wrong , it was Bjorn Borg's father, Rune Borg.

[@overkongen34]

Which one? The black guy or the left-hander from Argentina?