John McEnroe showing TT talent

Considering both singles & doubles, he was arguably the greatest tennis player ever. Given his lightening quick hand & foot-speed & given that he played one-handed backhand, he should be over 2000 easy at his current age, with proper coaching and correct racket

I may be wrong but I heard Tony Kukoc (Chicago Bulls) was a junior champion in table tennis before switching to basketball and heard was estimated over 2100.

There is also a Swedish pro-golfer Fredrik Jacobson who I heard was very good in table tennis

Both Borg & Vilas both won the tournament of rackets (where you play 3 or 4 sport other than yours).
It is a well known fact Borg got started in table tennis when his father's prize for winning a table-tennis tournament was a tennis racket which he gave to young Bjorn. His father is supposed to be damn good in TT considering the first Swedish Table Tennis Dream Team of early 70's.

There was another Polish tennis pro player who was supposed to be 2100+ in TT.

Of course fashion pioneer Fred Perry is the only player to win the Wimbledon after he won the World Singles Table Tennis Championships.

There was Ann Hayden of Britain who lost in the TT World Singles Finals & also lost in the Wimbledon finals I believe.

There were a couple of players from St.Louis area such as George Henry or something who were supposed to be good in tennis as well as TT


Edited by unkn0wn0ne - 11/23/2014 at 8:04pm

unkn0wn0ne wrote: I may be wrong but I heard Tony Kukoc (Chicago Bulls) was a junior champion in table tennis before switching to basketball and heard was estimated over 2100. There is also a Swedish pro-golfer Fredrik Jacobson who I heard was very good in table tennis Both Borg & Vilas both won the tournament of rackets (where you play 3 or 4 sport other than yours). It is a well known fact Borg got started in table tennis when his father's prize for winning a table-tennis tournament was a tennis racket which he gave to young Bjorn. His father is supposed to be damn good in TT considering the first Swedish Table Tennis Dream Team of early 70's. There was another Polish tennis pro player who was supposed to be 2100+ in TT. Of course fashion pioneer Fred Perry is the only player to win the Wimbledon after he won the World Singles Table Tennis Championships. There was Ann Hayden of Britain who lost in the TT World Singles Finals & also lost in the Wimbledon finals I believe. There were a couple of players from St.Louis area such as George Henry or something who were supposed to be good in tennis as well as TT

Ringer84 wrote: larrytt wrote: unkn0wn0ne wrote: I may be wrong but I heard Tony Kukoc (Chicago Bulls) was a junior champion in table tennis before switching to basketball and heard was estimated over 2100. There is also a Swedish pro-golfer Fredrik Jacobson who I heard was very good in table tennis Both Borg & Vilas both won the tournament of rackets (where you play 3 or 4 sport other than yours). It is a well known fact Borg got started in table tennis when his father's prize for winning a table-tennis tournament was a tennis racket which he gave to young Bjorn. His father is supposed to be damn good in TT considering the first Swedish Table Tennis Dream Team of early 70's. There was another Polish tennis pro player who was supposed to be 2100+ in TT. Of course fashion pioneer Fred Perry is the only player to win the Wimbledon after he won the World Singles Table Tennis Championships. There was Ann Hayden of Britain who lost in the TT World Singles Finals & also lost in the Wimbledon finals I believe. There were a couple of players from St.Louis area such as George Henry or something who were supposed to be good in tennis as well as TT Baltimore Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy is about 1800-1900. Former center fielder and current VP Brady Anderson is about 1700-1800. I've coached both, and they visited and played players at my club, MDTTC. -Larry Hodges Larry, I've seen your blog entries about JJ Hardy and Brady Anderson, but what  about comedian/impersonator Frank Caliendo? I believe you estimated his level to be around 1800, and I'm curious to know a little about his playing style.

Frank Caliendo has a USATT rating of 1658. Rating is from July of 2011

Edited by Vince64 - 11/24/2014 at 12:41am

Whenever I play pong against a person who hits backhands like they're playing tennis, I destroy them. 

Edited by LOOPMEISTER - 11/24/2014 at 10:36am

Way back when CBS had the World Racquets  Championship I coached John and practiced with him. Of course he won the TT. He was quite good. The competitors were not allowed to play their own sport. At least 1600 with a Hardbat  way,way back in 1979.

danseemiller wrote: Way back when CBS hosted the Wotld Racquets Championships I coached John   in the TT portion. He won easily.   The competitors were not allowed to play their own sport. John was at least 1600 with a Hardbat way,way back in 1979.  John was only 18 at the time and he had just won the WCT finals in Dallas over Borg I think.  Borg also played one year and he was maybe a little better than John. Bjorn was the only one in the 3 years of this tourney who used his own Mark V racket.  Dan

The tennis  players didn't take it that serious as they had appearance fees. The badminton, Squash, and racquetball players were into it as was I as the 1st prize was $25,000.  5th place was $4,500.

In addition to this, Frank Caliendo regularly takes lessons from Matt Winkler in Phoenix, this perhaps being the biggest reason to his continued improvement.

Edited by Jes2165894 - 11/25/2014 at 2:22am

Jes2165894 wrote: In addition to this, Frank Caliendo regularly takes lessons from Matt Winkler in Phoenix, this perhaps being the biggest reason to his continued improvement.

I did see on facebook sometime that Peter Snell (World athelete of the Decade 60s) plays table tennis 

Edited by smackman - 11/25/2014 at 4:55pm