While the debate on the GOAT now seems to lean in favor of Novak Djokovic, crowned with his 24 Grand Slams, another discussion regularly animates tennis enthusiasts: Who is the greatest player to never have won a Major?
Among recent names, Alexander Zverev, unsuccessful finalist three times, is often mentioned. But for Yevgeny Kafelnikov, there is no doubt. The Russian chose Marcelo Rios, in a message posted on X (formerly Twitter).
“There is no better player in the entire universe than Marcelo Rios without a Grand Slam title!! Period!! »
This sentence has not gone unnoticed and rekindles a debate often relegated to the background behind the fires of the Djokovic-Nadal-Federer rivalry.
But who is Marcelo Rios really? The Chilean went down in history as the only player in the Open era to have been world number 1 without ever winning a Grand Slam tournament. A painful paradox for his fans, and a statistical anomaly that fascinates.
