The “Draw of the Century?” shown below takes a look at potential match-ups among the top-32 men’s pro players of all time — and is meant for your pleasure and discussion. In attempting to analyze the players, Jim Hiser has placed athletes in the ‘era' of their opponents (thus Sudsy with small racquets and slower ball). He has personally seen all of the selected athletes compete, plus solicited additional opinions from many of the "old timers" as well as newer pro's in researching the super-draw. Below the draw is a quick "head-to-head" summary of each match in each round.

In the next issue we will advance two remaining rounds of the draws with the winners of the men’s quarters and semis, plus add the women’s companion round of 32, to present you with our choices for the top men’s and women’s players as we close out the 20th century. In the January/February issue of 2000, the winners will be announced!

Until then, along with these player evaluations, we’ll also be compiling more Top-10 lists of the best and worst things to happen to racquetball ... including claims to the best forehand, backhand, doubles team, service game, etc. Undoubtedly most everyone will have differing opinions on these matters, but hopefully this series will bring back fond memories of the sport as we count down to Y2K!