Talk About Tennis 2.0

It is an established fact that Nadal first time lost to younger player while being 20.8 years old. Alcaraz already eclipsed him (not lost yet). But who out of the famous players, who are/were early bloomers first time lost to younger player while being himself older than Nadal. I'm excluding Borg, because his loss to Mac in Stockholm is well publicized (Borg was 22.43 - Alcaraz already older than that). But who out of Connors, Lendl, Agassi, Chang and Courier (if anyone) was older than Nadal when he first time lost to younger player.

Additional question: Is there anybody from active players (other than Alcaraz) who is better than Nadal in this regard (first lost to younger player while being older himself)

Becker? Edberg was older, so his losses to him don't count.

Well, I did not include him in the first list and he is not active. But he is a good catch. But in order for answer to count - you'll have to say who did he lost first that was younger than him )))

I think it was to Agassi.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:30 am I think it was to Agassi.

Nope. He lost to Mancini and Horst Skoff prior to his first loss to Agassi.

Horst Skoff. That is a guy that looked promising.