History? Youngest ATP Player vs Oldest in Match Play

[jimlosaltos]

From Randy Walker, "This has never happened before ever in tennis… and may never again… the youngest ATP ranked singles player (Teodor Davidov, age 15, on the left) playing against the oldest ATP ranked singles player (Ryan Haviland, age 45, on the right) in our
verofutures 15K qualifying final

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[jimlosaltos]

Just to add an extra element, the 15 year old hits forehands off both sides.

You can see Teodor Davidov rallying in this 12 second vid on Twitter.

[stotty]

The oldest player ever to be ranked inside the top 100 was Ken Rosewall, aged 44 years and 11 months. The oldest player ever to win a top-level title was Pancho Gonzales at the age of 44. It's good to see some of the golden oldies have held on to a few records.

Tennis is in a dire state right now with just one very good player currently enjoying the field to himself. Roger enjoyed that same luxury for while, too, before Rafa came along. It was more bearable with Roger because he was just so good to watch; Sinner just doesn't have the same watchable game, alas.

[jimlosaltos]

The oldest player ever to be ranked inside the top 100 was Ken Rosewall, aged 44 years and 11 months. The oldest player ever to win a top-level title was Pancho Gonzales at the age of 44. It's good to see some of the golden oldies have held on to a few records.

Tennis is in a dire state right now with just one very good player currently enjoying the field to himself. Roger enjoyed that same luxury for while, too, before Rafa came along. It was more bearable with Roger because he was just so good to watch; Sinner just doesn't have the same watchable game, alas.

Well put stotty.

Who's the Third Musketeer? Joao Fonseca? Sophomore slump. Raphael Jodar, current " it guy". Hope we find one.