Will Djokovic break Lendl's record of 11 major runners up finishes?

Forget Federer's 17. It's Lendl's 11

No one thought he would get to Fed's 17, but a pretty classless post after a tough loss in a tough draw. Do you want to kick his fans while they are down?

He will lose before the finals once he matches Lendl so he won't have that record on his back

It's not about kicking anyone. It's a valid point. Once upon a time Djokovic was 5/2 in finals. Roll forward a few years and he's now 8/8, so 3/5 in recent times.

He can get to 11. He is playing excellent Tennis. RG loss is just a Tennis match. He will get more chances.

Well, he's got some competition from Murray, with 6 losses v 2 wins. With the apparent fading of Federer and Nadal, and the relative failure of the next generation to come through, there is a good chance the two of them could meet in a few more finals in the nest couple of seasons.

Surely 11 is out of reach for Federer at this stage in his career

A lot of players would give their eye teeth to reach even a semi final in a GS. OK, so no one likes losing a final, but surely chalking up the GS runners-up spots is a sign of success, not failure.
Now if Lendl had not had the eight wins to go with the 11 losses in GS finals, that would not have looked so clever. I think if you've won eight slams even a large number of final losses cannot tarnish the record.

socal1976 wrote:No one thought he would get to Fed's 17, but a pretty classless post after a tough loss in a tough draw. Do you want to kick his fans while they are down?

Not all of them, no.

sirfredperry wrote:
 I think if you've won eight slams even a large number of final losses cannot tarnish the record.

We've been so blessed with Nadal, Fed and Djoko, that we got spoilt. Djoko might well get 12 slams tournaments in his career, there will be talks about how Nadal and Fed had more We forget how hard it is to win a single slam.

I mean Novak would have an even worse record if Federer was near his peak in last years Wimbledon. It's up to Novak to stop getting defensive minded in the finals, even in AO that he has dominated he still has too many defensive occasions.