10 Players Who NEVER Lived Up To Their Potential!

Throughout the history of tennis there have been many

players

who for one reason or another have not reached

their

full

potential

, many due to injuries, some due to irregularity or mental weakness, while others simply because they were too lazy, let's look at some of these

players

. and the Reasons Why They Don't Achieve Enough with Ernest Golbus when many people think of tennis players who didn't reach

their

full

potential

. Goldust's name is one of the first that comes to mind. The Latvians certainly had tremendous talent plus a powerful forehand serve since their breakthrough. circuit in 2006 Golbus has shown on numerous occasions that he could be an elite player, I mean the man who almost defeated Nadal on clay, that's how good he was, however, Galbus

never

lived

up to that potential, he passed of the fourth round and only two grand slams and reached number 10 in the ranking for a short period of time.

The reasons why Gobus did not perform satisfactorily are not entirely clear. Although injuries and his own inconsistency played a role. Many have pointed to his lack of interest in tennis and his laziness. The Latvian is the son of one of the richest men in his country, so he always preferred luxuries and parties to training, but hey, who can really blame him next is another recent male player who showed that he had the talent to beat anyone, but

never

managed to put it all. together to be consistent and reach their potential, the pride of Cyprus Marcus Baghdadas, less than two years after his debut, Baghdaddis made one of the most impressive runs in Grand Slam history, eliminating Roddick (now Bandian and Lubachich), the Cypriot reached the final of the 2006 Australian Open, where he was defeated in a decent match by the first Roger Federer that same year he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon and his highest world number eight ranking, everything seemed that Baghdad had a great feature ahead, but hey, you can probably guess how it went.

Not only did he never reach a Grand Slam semi-final again, but he only won two 250 Series titles in the rest of his career. His brilliance and talent did not abandon him, but his body did. The Cypriot has countless injuries and many problems. Staying in shape although she achieved some convincing victories against Federer and an Indian Wells darling in Cincinnati in 2010, Baghdadas never reached the potential she briefly showed in 2006. In that same 2006 a young player from the Czech Republic also showed her enormous future by beating some of the best players on the circuit on the biggest stages Nicole Vitasova When Nicole made us beat billionaire Williams in the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open, everyone started comparing her to Maria Sharapova, the young Czech had a game and a appearance very similar to that of the Russian, she revalidated the comparisons the following year, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the French Open in Wimbledon.

The voter server was a true 18-year-old prodigy with a great future ahead of her but surprisingly that was the case. She peaked shortly after turning 20. The Vita server retired citing lack of interest in tennis. It was never known what was really behind this decision, but many pointed to her then partner, tennis player Radek Stefanek. According to some, this intense relationship with his compatriot who is 11 years older than him. She took all the thoughts of young stars after splitting from Stepanek in 2014 Vitasova witnessed a failed comeback of hers Her final retirement came two years later, shortly after remarrying Stepanek, what are the odds?

Speaking of odds, the betting odds were 48-1 when our next guy rolled one. of the biggest upsets in Swartz history and achieved what was thought impossible Robin Sodeling in the fourth round of the 2009 French Open shocked the tennis world and defeated Rafael Nadal for the Spaniard. It was the first defeat at Roland Garros for the Swede. It was confirmation of his enormous potential, but the solution did not end there, he reached the final of that French Open and the next he also won the Paris Masters in 2010 and reached fourth place in the world ranking, at seem.

It was only a matter of time before he won the French Open at least once, but his fate played a trick on him. In mid-2011, the Swedish player began to notice unusual fatigue, difficulty breathing during and after matches, after several medical examinations he was diagnosed with mononucleosis. He began a slow and challenging recovery, but never played tennis professionally again in 2015, he had no choice but to give up his retirement after having played his last tournament four years earlier, settling, of course, he was not the only player whose career was saw our next woman cut short unexpectedly.

An American prodigy player is probably the most dramatic and earliest example of this. Andrea Jaeger Andrea Yeager burst onto the tennis scene at the age of 14 and became one of the leading tennis players on the women's circuit during the first half of the 1980s, at the age of 16 she reached second place in the ranking and before the age of 18 she had already reached the final of Wimbledon and the French Open, both lost against Martina Navratilova. The young American was called Chris Evert's heir, however, her career would end abruptly before. She turned 20 years old. In 1985, a major shoulder injury forced her to retire, cutting short one of the most promising careers in history.

After that, Jaeger went to college and earned a bachelor's degree in Theology and ministerial training. Later in his life he dedicated his time to charity and philanthropic work. Like Jaeger, our next player is another young American player whose supposedly bright future did not turn out as expected. Donald Young was discovered by none other than John Mcenroe. The expectations for Donald Young were just huge, he was the number one junior in the world. and he was labeled the great hope of American tennis, the guy who was supposed to bring back his golden years, those of Sampras Agassi Courier and so many others, as you probably know, that didn't quite happen when he turned pro in 2004, but Since then he has had a win-loss record of less than 40 percent, his best ranking has been 38th in the world and his best Grand Slam result was the fourth round of the US Open.

Not only has that young man never won an ATP tournament. and his current ranking is below 600. To call his career a disappointment would be an understatement, while some have considered this failure to be due to a lack of champion mentality or being pushed too hard at a very young age, which The only certainty is that Donald Young was a victim of excessively high expectations. The same thing happened to our next player. This Canadian was thought to be the next big thing on the women's circuit, but in the end she was not the case for Eugenie Bouchard, as was Donald Young.

Eugenie Bouchard was promoted. as a great prospect after winning the Wimbledon women's title in 2012, when she made her debut in 2013 and all expectations seem to be justified, her aggressive attacking style was really incredible and everyone claimed that she was a once in a generation talent a year following that age. out of 20 Bouchard advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open and the French Open and then to the Wimbledon Final in that incredible 2014, he reached number five in the world, however from that moment on things fell apart, Bouchard's level dropped considerably recently she even disappeared from the WTA rankings what the hell happened well, no one knows some say that the crushing defeat she suffered in the 2014 Wimbledon final and in the final round of the WTA that year Robins destroyed all her confidence, others blame an accident she suffered in the US open locker room when she slipped on a wet floor and suffered a concussion, it is also very likely that her sudden fame has distracted her from tennis since her breakthrough.

Genie has become a social media sensation and launched a successful modeling career. She's even dated a Twitter fan, so don't do it. Anyway, give up hope yet guys, Bouchard never

lived

up to her potential, our next girl managed to reach some potential, but she's still there because her ceiling was too high. Svetlana, could the Nets wait before they blow up in the comments? We know that calling Kuznetsova an underachiever is at least controversial. At the end of the day, she has had a great career, she was number two in the world and won two Grand Slams, but she is on our list because she had the potential to be. of the best tennis players of all time and no, it is not an exaggeration.

Kuznetsova is an incredible player with athleticism and power similar to the Williams sisters and with a complete game that has been compared on one and more occasions to that of Federer, even the swissmeister himself. She declared at that time that the Russian was her favorite player, why did she then have a poor performance, mainly due to the numerous and consecutive injuries that have affected her throughout her career? She had to make more comebacks than probably any other player in the world that she still plays with today. she trying to make another comeback, so let's hope she can stay healthy this time.

Next up is another player that you may be surprised to see on this list, as this Frenchman is one of the most well-known and loved players on the entire circuit. Gail Monfies, all of us. Meet Monfies, few players in history have been more electrifying and entertaining to watch, but despite being a fan favorite, Momfy has failed to live up to his potential, his agility, stamina, his powerful first serve and his clever shots have attracted applause from viewers around the world, but they have not. She served him well in terms of results, she has only played two Grand Slam semi-finals and three Masters 1000 finals, losing them all.

On the other hand, it is easy to justify her lack of success because she has shared a mistake with the big three, but with many others. Less talented players than him have also done it and won much more than him, so well, maybe Le Mans did not have as high a competitive instinct as others, but hey, today he continues to enlighten fans around the world with his fabulous but ineffective tennis star. and recently had a daughter with his wife, tennis player elinus fidelina, very good for him, speaking of entertaining the players, lastly, we have a guy who loves him or hates him, he always puts on a show.

Nick Kyrgios, in recent times, no one has played the bad boy. role on this circuit, as well as curiosities, the Australian has really sparked countless controversies, but don't let that fool you, there are few players in the world as talented as him. Kyrgios is truly touched by the tennis gods, he is one of the most powerful. all-time serves, a spectacular forehand shot, great reflexes at the net and an incomparable feeling with the racket. He has shown several times that on his day he can beat anyone and when we say anyone we really mean anyone, be it Federer Djokovic, Nadal or Murray, whatever the Australian has only reached the final of one Grand Slam and one Masters thousand on both occasions, resulting in a defeat, so the repeated question is obvious: what's wrong with Kyrgios?

Well, in short, he is too lazy and doesn't care much about tennis, even he has said. He prefers to play other sports like basketball, so he has neither the interest nor the work ethic to push his potential to the fullest, but beware, Curiosa's career is not over yet, so he has more than enough time to remove your name. this list that was our list these are just some of the players who have not reached their full potential in my opinion, the lowest performing person in this group is none other than Svetlana because that is over, although she achieved more than any other player On this list, she also had the greatest potential of all.

It is difficult to deny that if it were not for injuries and her own irregularity she could be mentioned alongside the names of Monica Salas, Martina Hingis, Justine Ennen or even alongside the greatest full-time players. like Serena Chris Abbott or Martina Navratilova probably can't say the same for any other player on this list, although if their career continues down this path Nick Kyrgios could become a close second, of course this doesn't mean that these players have had bad careers, the fact that they are on this list shows that if for a long or short time they have shown the entire world that they had the makings of great Champions and they will not be able to show their grandchildren their names on the list of the best players in the story they will at least be able to show them that they made it to our list, which should be a nice consolation prize now it's your turn.

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