Chris Evert d. Hana Mandlikova - 1980 US Open final
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- The gifted Hana Mandlikova mounted an inspired challenge to try to stop Chris from winning a 5th US Open in 6 years, before falling down under an avalanche of Evert. Chrissie had just beaten Tracy Austin in the semifinal and asked her dad to fly up to NY for the final, so this was the first championship Jimmy Evert actually saw live. As a reward for coming, he got to sit next to Wonder Woman's Lynda Carter. Chris won 5-7 6-1 6-1.
dvd footage courtesy of chrisevert.net
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Two of my favorite players of all times…Chris will always be my most favorite, but I loved the gracefulness of Hana’s ground strokes…she was a ballerina on the tennis court.
Hana Mandlikova, I dare say, was one of the most graceful creatures ever to grace the tennis court despite her aggression. Her long legs were undeniably one of the BEST i've seen in a female athlete. She was just lovely...
Those legs were sensational and I'm sure Chris couldn't take her eyes off of them
No one had as much talent who didn't know how to use it than Mandlikova.
Often the case with hyper talented players.
What you just wrote is one of the smartest things l have ever seen written on TH-cam. You're so right what an extraordinary talent Mandlikova was.
The other women were so fortunate that she never fully figured things out.
Love watching Chrissie when she's in the near court - watching the mechanics of those gorgeous strokes. They're technically sound but also very aesthetically pleasing
You'd never teach anyone to hit like that these days. One of the main problems became more apparent in later years as players started to hit with more topspin. Chris had learned to back off the ball and let it bounce to waist height. You can't do that against heavy topspin - it pushes you way back or way off court. There was one famous point at the 1989 US Open when Monica Seles hit a high topspin ball to Chris, and Chris moved so far back that she ended up against the stands and the ball bounced over her head.
@@zeddeka : I know that point well
@@zeddekayes, it was one of a very few points Seles won in that second set. Against Austin 80 Sf Chris took a lob floater hit with topspin and hit it midair forehand from left to right for a volley smash winner. Perhaps the only time I saw her ever do that. The other was a smash down the line from Austin’s lob that bounced above her head landing an inch from her baseline for a winner down the line a few inches from sideline and Austin’s baseline. Loved watching Chris play so aggressively.
@@zeddekaI believe the wind had something to do with the flight of Monica’s lob hit with topspin one time I’ve ever seen that happen ever.
Hana finally won the U.S. Open in 1985, and one of the few to beat Evert and Navratilova in the same tournament. But this Open in 1980, Chris was not to be denied. Not even the likes of Austin could stop Evert.
Brilliant ground strokes
Mandikova is sooo underrated. She had power, finesse, touch, speed and a nice serve. If she didn't have her heart broken so many times by Evert and Navratilova, she coulda won quite of few slams
Sean Jenkins couldn't agree with you more. I love they way Mandlikova plays. The only one that came close to her since was Henin.
+Kevin Nguyen How about Jana Novotna and Amelie Mauresmo?
I don't think Mandlikova is too underrated. Anyone who knows tennis (in this particular era) recognises what a huge talent she was. It was unfortunate for her that her career coincided with two of the all time greats.
She lacked their mental toughness. Still 4 slams in the evert-Nav-Austin-Goolagong-graf era not too bad.
@@kloatlanta Goolagong and Graf were hardly contemporaries of hers, LOL! She was an amazing talent and unlucky to coincide with Martina and Chris, as well as not being mentally tougher and more consistent, but lets not pretend she wound up in a tougher time than she did.
Hana Mandlikova was so classy and gifted, it was a true pleasure watchin her playing. She played easily every shot as it was the most natural thing to do.
they both are actually nailing the ball quite hard with their wood rackets... the comparison of wood (to those of you who have never played with one) and today's rackets is like the difference between wet styrofoam and steel! not to mention the smaller face/head of the wood rackets.. i've always said and will always say that players back then and the years beforehand like king, court, goolagong, wade, etcetera were MORE TALENTED "TENNIS" WISE then today's players!.. they had to be with the racket technology! having to hit the ball square in the center EVERY TIME AND THEY HAD TO LEARN THE ABILITY TO "CONSTRUCT A POINT" which even top players today have no clue to do so.. their usual tactics is "play my game" and if i do that i'll win" and " just make more winners then my opponent, who cares if both of us actually make more errors then winners!".. i'l take women's tennis matches in the 70's and 80's anyday over today's EVERYONE PLAYS THE SAME, EVERYONE LOOKS THE SAME MINDLESS BASHING!...
In fairness, Chris herself said she had to learn to adapt her game. It happened in this very tournament when Pam Shriver's coach asked her how she was going to play Tracy Austin, whin she'd lost 5 consecutive matches to. Chris said she was just going to play her game, and Shriver's coach said she'd lose if she did. She had to adapt and be more aggressive. To her credit, Chris did.
Mandlikova was SUPREMELY talented but is remembered for her constant disappointments late in tournaments to Chris and Martina. More often to Chris. This was probably her best chance to win one
These are brilliant. You continue to give so much to the online community with your archiving skills. I have enjoyed these U.S. Open clips, in conjunction with the current action. Thank you!
'Talk about talent' commentator in response to Hana's low cross-court backhand volley. Hana was the more talented of the two, possibly by a distance. But Chrissie had the mental strength, discipline and concentration. But Hana eventually beat her in 1985 and Wimbledon 1986. Both semi-finals. Was pleased for Hana cos she was a special player, and probably should have won more majors than the four that she did. But she was playing in the Evert/Navratilova era. Still, there's more to any sport than just the winning or losing. Hana was always my favourite to watch.
Wow, Mandlikova possesed really every shot in the book. But her bh is simply 😍
Dominating performance from Evert.
Sure miss Chris playing
I love Hanas look
Just a wonderfull post, big thanks for this..probably Chris's most emotional Open ever !
Chris outlasted all the young guns in the era that thought they could consistently challenge her. They were long gone before she was
Mandlikova was not 'long gone' by the time Evert retired in 1989. Her career was faltering due to injuries but you are hugely exaggerating.
Yep Chris and Martina gave the kids lessons on how to act and play.
Hana's brilliant shotmaking was also her undoing. Match point was a perfect example. A very makeable return of serve and Hana dumps it into the net, prob trying for a spectacular shot.
High percentage tennis was not in Hana's vocabulary.
True, she played high-risk, attacking tennis and when it came off she was brilliant. I'd far rather watch her tennis than the baseline grinders anytime.
Hana was soooo smooth and effortless. Great physique for tennis. Martina was soooo not comfortable playing Hana. It was like looking at herself across the net with a better backhand. So much talent, I remember the knock against Hana was she had too many shots/options and oftentimes chose the wrong one.
Michael B Hana was the total package, physically, but her mental game was weak...she had sexy legs, too. I always thought she was lezbo but not true; she never made herself up for a match like Evert or Bassett or Kournikova.
@@gardenvarietypenis Hana is a lez (look it up in google), not that it should matter on the court.
Fun rivalry to watch.
I truly believe that Chris character was challenged when Tracy beat her in the 79 open final then proceeded to win 4 more times in a row. Chris incorrectly started to believe that Tracy was better than she was at her game. It burned her out so she took 4 months off to rediscover her love for tennis and the challenges tennis presented. Tennis was automatic pilot from the age of 8 when her father brought her to Holiday park in ft Lauderdale where he worked as a tennis teaching professional to teach the game to his daughter. She wanted to please him so she didn’t protest. As she won that bond of mutual respect became stronger. Losing to Tracy truly hurt Chris, she took it as an offensive strike to her bond with her father. Being Chris Evert was a full time job while on court, being perfect, not making unforced errors, never outwardly aggressive being the counterpuncher, Roman Catholic principles of it’s ok to be aggressive when attacked as if the other persons aggression gives you permission to be aggressive in response but until then play steady and consistent , patiently waiting for your opponent to make an error. Chris spends a great deal of her energy figuring out the best approach in her response to what others do. So she’s losing easily to Tracy playing steady - the approach her father taught her and it was absolutely the wrong wrong way to play Tracy. Feeding deeply hit baseline ground strokes right into Tracy’s powerhouse strike zone where Tracy didn’t have to move up and back led to those losses. Chris came back when she decided to take on Tracy believing motivation was lacking before when in fact her motivation for winn8ng was not lacking , it was overwhelming her , she wanted to beat Tracy so badly that it hand cuffed her. The problem as she discovered was not lack of motivation it was her strategy. She had never strayed from her style of play, never abandoned her fathers tennis principles. It was difficult for her to take chances. Not until she lost those 5 matches to Tracy did she have the courage to take a break , rediscover why she was playing. She found out how much she loved tennis and then started playing for herself and no longer for her father. I don’t believe even her father believed Chris played for him. In Sf vs Tracy she hung on to her old style and lost first 4 games in 10 minutes. At this
Point 4-0 down the set was lost and she decided to try a different strategy . She played the opposite of her usual style by moving th3 strike zone - where the racket meets the ball by moving Tracy all over the court . Tracy was average at best in movement. Chris dictated. Tracy loved to dictate and hated being the counterpuncher. Chris switched the roles with Tracy min Sf . Chris hit harder. Hit drop shots,overheads b3came unpredictable in her shots and Tracy could not get setup to hit her favorite shots. Chris won 4-6,6-1,6-1. And this final used the first set to see what Hana brought that day and figured out how to play Hana. Hana really didn’t know how to play Chris, when to be steady , when to be aggressive. Hana put it all together in 85 open Sf and beat Chris. This 1980 open Chris played for herself and her father was there to support her celebrate Chris love for tennis. Everything accomplishedinntenniscafter this win was icing on the cake. This win made Chris a legend.
"Welcome the queen back to her throne." Like those words.
Watching this clip again, Hana could've won this match that day. She was volleying brilliantly in the 1st set. Chris was actually lucky to win this final.
Evert was also on such a high after beating Austin the previous round, revenging a string of 5 consecutive losses. Chris also had more experience than Hana as the young Czech could not keep up the brilliant volleying from the 1st set. This win solidified Chris's #1 ranking for 1980.
shihlin1 Good objective comments being fair to both players👍
You dont win both sets 1 and 1 by being lucky
Hana also began missing a lot of forehands which was her up and down shot, and which is hard to keep up for a whole match against the amazing match long consistency and focus of Chris Evert.
Revenging? Is there such a word? Avenging is what's usually used.
Lynda Carter on the far left at 1:15
Bro left Temyscira to watch the finals 😊
It was art !
@thadxxx Chris didn't retire for a few months ... she took a (well deserved) break from the tour, there is a difference between retirement and a break.
Since Chris came back from her three month break in 1980 ( she took February March April off ) up to this match Chris. Had lost just one. Match - Wimbledon final to Goolagong Chris won matches against Martina ( at Wimbledon) Hana , Austin ( in open SF) Goolagong ( eastborne) . Chris would. Lose to Hana 8n Atlanta in after fall- winter but that was it.
Hana was such a talented player, but she often seems not to have been sure how to play Chris. I think Chris's consistency exposed all the weak spots in Hana's streaky temperament. Hana was much happier playing Martina Navratilova. The quick tempo of the points suited her much better.
Chrissie, she's all class!
Just think, look at the pace a lot of this generation/era's players created WITH wood racquets. That only shows you that they were hard hitters, very very natural ones. Most of all, because the game was played with wood, you had more control of pace, which meant TRUE tennis was created: pace, but tactic, feel, skill, fundamentals and understanding of the ball and the sport itself. The ideal racquets (and peak) would be the metal/graphites of the mid-80s to mid 1990s. That or just return to wood.
It's so much more fun to watch a Chirs vs Hana tennis match (even with those old wooden rackets) than to watch all those boring playing todays ladies' power tennis! xD
@1976rgbrand Those are wood rackets. You have to concentrate a lot harder.
trying to dropshot chris was a good tactic but most of the time futile... EVERT WAS A GOOD ATHLETE AND had great even spectacular footwork along with similar fantastic anticipation.. she was a good athlete, which for whatever reason some have never seen or have overlooked, i think because she didn't "LOOK" as athletic as a king, goolagong, navratilova... add in she maintained her femininity when she played and therefore she got labeled the baseline queen with great mental powers and nothing more....wrong... to be the number 1 player in the world for years and years and at the top of a athletic sport for decades one HAS TO BE A GOOD ATHLETE!... even back then in the "slower" game...
There has never been better food work or anticipation in the game
Chris herself often made out she wasn't such a great athlete - but in fact she was. Chris possibly lacked that instinctive flair for improvisation and the lunging volleys that someone like Evonne had, but she had the neatest footwork, was always balanced and possessed uncanny anticipation. Her hand-eye co-ordination was good too. If you ever saw Chris and Martina toe-to-toe at the net against one another, Chris usually won the point because she had excellent hands.
@thadxxx Tracy was in High School and wasn't out in time to play the French (she graduated in 1981), as for Martina she avoided the clay in those days, it wasn't her favorite surface, she lost to Hanika in straight sets in 1981 quaters, and remember 1983 her 4th round lost to Kathy Horvath, Tracy only played twice and lost in the quaters both times in 82 to Mandlikova, and 83 to Jo Durie.
When chris played hana in the 1982 us open final Hanna didint play well if she like didn't care. But played a great 1985 final beating Martina in three sets.😊
Hana had every shot. How many players can you really say that about? Not many. You can probably count them on one hand. Her problem was consistency, and that's certainly where Evert excelled. She made you beat yourself by getting every ball back and watching as your unforced errors racked up. Chris always had Hana's number and you can tell it frustrated her tremendously.
2:05. Great.
Before hingis there was hana !!!!
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Dick Edberg says that Chris is 54-4 . but that is for the year , she is 42-1 at this stage, since her return, after the break she took earlier in the year. And 43-1 after this match, she would end the year 70-6.
Tony Trabert not enberg
@thadxxx Chris won the French Open in 1980 also.
Currently resides on the isle of lesbos..
Who? Hana or Chris or both. There were rumours that Chris and Hana...
Man, the way these kids hit today they would EAT EVERT FOR LUNCH.
no money for a few additional line judges?
Need to know the score on these points
Tsk, tsk, tsk for Collette Evert smoking. I always loved seeing Lynda Carter in Chris' friends box. I will never forgive Hana for beating Chris at Wimbledon 1986! Booo!
virginia wade (always loved her commentary and her voice) mentioned evonne goolagong (cawley) anyone know why goolagong didn't play this u.s. open? was she injured? i know she played the u.s. clay courts after winning wimby losing to andrea jaeger in the semis...
Goolagong pulled out that year due to injury.
Ooooh, I just saw Colette Evert lighting up in the stands again. Thought she had given up smoking at this point. Apparently not! Did Chris's mom ever give up smoking? Guess all the Evert clan grew up in a nicotine smoke-filled house. It's a wonder Chris doesn't have lung cancer?!
Smoking. WTF…
My god, these girls would bet killed if they were playing.. Ivanovic, the Williams Sisters or anyone from this generation.. No power.. They look like 4.5 players..
Boring...
You can't compare generations. Period.
How about if Serena and this group played back then with wood racquets....they wouldn't have dominated.
They wouldn't have dominated?... I know.. returning those 60 mPH serves would have been extremely difficult... Again.. They hit like 4.5 players...
Ricardo you are clueless. Serena with a wooden racket would be beaten to a pulp by Evert. It didn’t allow power, only finesse.
My bad... You're absolutely right.. Chris Evert serving 120 mph serve...that would be tough for the new generation... OH wait I forgot she's serving 120 KPH.. Sorry, but she's still an average 4.5 player... Cheers,