Serena had to play against Martin Hingis, Justine, Venus, Lindsay, Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, Azararenka, all at their prime. Also she played Monica Seles, Capriati, Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Halep, Wozniacki, Dementieva... she played the best era of Women's tennis with power and athleticism . Many nro 1 and múltiple grand slam winner. More so the williams sisters took tennis to a whole new level.
@@luchovg86 for a time it was true... but then she also benefited by the early retirements of the best players of her generation... and for like about 6 -8 years she had no true competition... that was when she amased the majority of her Grand Slam titles.
American Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly should be acknowledged as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She was the 1st woman to win a calendar slam in 1953. She won 9 singles, two doubles and 1 mixed doubles Grand Slam titles before the age of twenty-3 Wimbledons, 3 US Opens, 2 French Opens and 1 Australian Open singles, 1 French doubles and 1 Australian and French mixed doubles titles. In 1953 she lost only two sets total when she won the calendar slam. She was 9-0 in Grand Slam singles finals and lost only two Grand Slam singles matches in her career. After losing in the second round of the US Championships in 1950 at the age of 15, Maureen never lost a singles Grand Slam match again in winning nine Grand Slam singles titles. After winning her third Wimbledon title in 1954, Maureen had a horse riding accident that shattered her leg and it did not heal properly. Maureen was forced to retire at the age of 19. Connolly passed away from ovarian cancer in 1969 at the young age of 34.
(1) Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are tied for #1. They are the greatest female tennis champions that I've seen. (2) But for her stabbing and the death of her father, Monica Seles may have been better than anybody.
@@henry-bo3np All the women they mention were great regardless what order they were on the list. I think Billie Jean King should have been Number 1. Women’s Tennis would not be where it is today without King’s tenacity to not conform to the good old boys club. She stepped up to the plate and did what needed to be done.
@@averydavis4050, OK. I love Billie Jean. But, IMO "Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are tied for #1. They are the greatest female tennis champions that I have ever seen." You have a nice day now.
@@henry-bo3np Graf was number 2 at time of stabbing and Seles had just dominated her for two years. Except for the stabbing Seles would have kept on winning. Monica was only 19 when she attacked by a guy with a nine inch knife. More likely than not Seles would have figured out grass. Do the Graf fans think it was an accident that Seles was the three time defending champ of the French open while the two time defending champion of the Australian and the US open at the same time while Graf was playing. If you revisit the matches Chris Evert correctly pointed out Seles had a much better back hand than Graf. The strength of the Seles ground strokes on both sides gave her an edge. Seles also played the big points better.
Wrong. Graf is the GOAT. Not Serena: - Graf's 22 Grand Slams took only 12 years. Serena took 16 years to get 23. - Graf has 107 singles title. Serena only 75. - Graf ended the year number one 8 times. Serena only 5 times. - Graf got the calendar slam. Serena did not. Not even Federer, Nadal nor Djokovic
@ Tiafoe cracked up about Serena being the GOAT. Not every tennis player think the same. Also Chris Evert did not say Serena was the GOAT just greatest of her era. These are opinions. Everyone can have them. Graf is the GOAT based on facts.
(1) Numbers alone don't get you there. Who did you beat? (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.) Steffi's top rival Monica Seles was nearly killed when she was #1. Serena's top competitor Justin Henin retired at #1. (2) IMO Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are the GOAT female tennis champions because just look at all the other great tennis players that they had to beat (first and foremost each other) to reach their goals.
An argument can be made for Graf, but here’s the counter argument: Serena played against significantly stiffer competition than Graf. For instance, she had to face Mauresmo (#1 and 2 slams); Venus (#1 -7 slams); Capriati (#1 -3 slams); Cljsters (#1-4slams); Henin (#1-7slams); Kuznetsova (#2-2 slams); Sharapova (#1-5 slams); Davenport (#1-3 slams). Serena also won 14 doubles slams, 3 doubles and 1 singles Olympic gold medals. Many of Graf’s titles were at small tournaments with relatively weak fields. But for Seles’ stabbing in Germany, Steffi wouldn’t have won a few of the slams she won, and I think she’d probably agree.
@@stefanossmitty3318 I only agree the Seles argument. But Serena facing stiffer competition is not an argument for her but rather against her. Steffi simply was more dominating in her era blowing away the competition. Serena was not dominating enough, such that the others were able to squeeze in some slams.
Martina Navratilova is the GOAT. Graf got as many slams as she did because Monica Seles got stabbed and Serena has almost 100 titles less than Martina and had too many early round losses in her career compared to the other greats.
(1) And Serena's top competitor Justin Henin retired at #1. (2) I agree with you about Martina. But she is not definitively greater than Chris Evert. I have Martina and Chris tied for GOAT. (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.)
Had Seles not been stabbed, Had Venus not have Serena when she peaked, the list goes on. Steffi felt that she had no more to give. That's her fault. Serena was knocked down and came back up many times through 4 different eras.
(1) Had Monica Seles not been stabbed when she was #1 and Justin Henin not retired when she was #1 Steffi and Serena would not have compiled the numbers that they did. (2) Numbers alone don't get you there. Who did you beat? (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.)
@averydavis4050 Had Seles NOT been stabbed then Graf very likely would NOT have ended her career with 22 majors in singles or spent that long at Number 1 - I'm a massive Graf fan but facts are facts
I am a huge Serena fan, infact i also met her and have an autograph that she gave me when i was the only one who waited for her for hours under the sun in the Rome tournament. In all honest i am not sure if Serena is first and Graff is second, i think they both won and dominated a lot. Graff has more titles so she deserves to be first aswell, but Serena dominated the WTA for years. Basically every tournament was just to see who was going to challenge Serena in the final. I really would not put Sharapova or Azarenka as Serena rivals, because while she had some good matches against the belarus one she is still far ahead against her in direct confrontations. About Sharapova, she won only two times against Serena and both were in 2004 when Sharapova was new to the WTA tournament, but after that it was 20+ victories for Serena. She is just a better version of Sharapova in every aspect. I would have really epic to have Serena and Graff face each others, but sadly Serena came when Graff ender her career. I think what gives Serena the edge about Graff is the strenght that she had when playing, expecially the service which was considered very similar to a man service in both power and speed. Also last thing, Serena has been given for retired many times and she came back to win again, she really had the mentality of never surrender. She became a model for many women in sports, especially during her pregnancy and after when she continued to play. Women have really harder time than men in sports, they have to choose if have family or career.
Serena is, at best, all-time # 3 after Steffi at #1 and Margaret Court at # 2/ 1. Steffi and Margaret Court are the only players to have won a calendar-year Grand Slam in the Open Era. Serena never achieved such a feat. 2. Total weeks at #1 :Steffi 377; Serena 319. 3. Year-End #1 : Steffi 8 ; Serena 5 4. Tournaments won: Steffi 107; Serena 73 5. Career win % : Steffi 89.7 % ; Serena; 84.9 % 6. Slams won/entered: Steffi 40.7 % ; Serena : 29.1 %
@@danbotez1307 how come? You had múltiple #1 such as Hingis who was number one during Steffi' era, Davenport, Seles, Capriati, Henin, Venus, Clijsters, Azarenka, Sharapova... All of them multiple GS winners. And many more such as Halep, Osaka, Wozniacki. All of them more powerful, athletic than Arantxa, Conchita, Sabatini....
@@luchovg86 Serena inconsistency was monumental. Won 1st Slam in '99 and then nothing until mid '02. Then she dominated until mid '03 when Henin stopped her. From mid '03 through '07 Henin dominated women's tennis. Then Serena came back and won sporadically until early '18 when she left due to pregnancy. When she came back, she desperately tried at 15 Slams to get to # 24 and failed miserably. That is poor ELO.
@danbotez1307 she is a human being. Not everyone has the same context. Did u know she got depression after her Sister got killed in 2001. She almost died in 2004 due to an accident qhere she cut her feet with a glass. There are reasons behind it. Just watch Seles you wouldn t say she was inconsistent because you saw her stabbing. There are things that were not up to them.
1.Seles 2.Graf 3.Martina 4.Serena 5.Evert 6.Henin 7.Hingis 8.Goolagong 9.Vicario 10.Sabatini U need to set some timegap, BJK and Court played mostly before WTA era
Serena's biggest weapons are devastatingly more dominant than Martina and Steffi's biggest weapons. Graf's slice backhand would be a major liability in today's power game. I agree with this Best all-time rankings.
For me it’s Martina Navratilova. Who cares only about GS singles tally - it depends on the era. Martina had an almost equally strong rival in Chris, but still put together such a dominant record, and carried this across into doubles, and was so great for so long. I put Steffi Graf second. Steffi made her era look like there was no depth, because she was so good. In reality the period 1985-2000 was full of good players at the top. Serena is third on my list. She wasn’t as dominant in matches, had bad seasons and bad losses, and her game wasn’t especially clean, just powerful. Aside from the extra few Slams, you can’t point to lots of the other important stats: titles generally, win-loss %, weeks at number one.
When they were both at the top of their careers Seles beat Graf in 3 of 4 finals. Graf could not win French in 1990 1991 or 1992 but promptly won it months after the stabbing it was not a coincidence. The one loss was on grass in 1992 occurred when the older players started complaining about Seles grunting during the tournament including the 1992 Wimbledon semi. Seles tried to stop grunting in final and got beat badly. In the 1992 US open Seles ignored the complainers and won the title. It’s pretty clear without the stabbing Grafs grand slam record would have been very different as was the Seles number of slam wins.
Anyone placing Serena above Steffi are either delusional has a bias or are looking at grand slams only. Serena played six more years and that single slam is the only thing she has more. Graf has a higher winning percentage weeks at number one etc. Graf was definitelybetter than Miss Williams.
No, Graf played at a time with fewer challengers. After the Monica incident there was no one to push her. Serena emerged as the best player in the most competitive time of women’s tennis:
Anyone who thinks Graf is the GOAT above Serena is delusional and a bias. hahaha...Both can be said. relax. Neither one of them care as much about this like you guys do.
Steffi's top competitor Monica Seles was #1 when she was almost killed, and Serena's top competitor Justin Henin was #1 when she retired. I have Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova tied for GOAT. (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.)
Very few words there on Serena, you won the Olympics four gold medals, one in doubles and to top it up won a grand slam final while you were pregnant babie nobody as ever pulled that one off, you are the best
Its hard to differ Serena and Steffi,but i must say i have Steffi as nr one in history! To win all majors at least four times, and make a Grandslam including olympic gold the same year (Golden Grand Slam) has not been achived before in the modern era! She also stands alone with the record of 377 weeks as world nr one! (186 in a row/record) 1988-89 she won seven out of eight slams..hardly lost to Victoria Sanchez in the French Open final in -89 If you only measure most slams Margaret Court would be at the top! Margaret 24 Serena 23 Steffi 22
Steffi graf retired at 33 years old with 22 title grandslam including goldenslan in one season, serena retired at 38 years old 23 title years old, if Mrs Agassi retired in 38 maybe she got title granslam more than 22
I would disagree with this list as in imo Evonne Goolagong should be above Hingis and Henin in that she was in 18 grand slam singles finals winning 7, and having 6 gs doubles and 1 mixed, she won 68 singles titles and an average winning percentage was 81%
Dear GRAF-GREMLINS, y’all know she would NOT even be the number two if y’all didn’t HELP her amazing tennis career by STABBING her toughest rival. Y’all were made out of hate then, y’all are still made out of hate now. Stay envy… or have INTEGRITY & grace and let’s admire Steffi with courtesy and not comparison. Steffi won 23 grand slam titles(INCREDIBLE) and Serena won 39 grand slam titles(INCREDIBLE). Facts>Bias… Margaret won 64, BUT before the open era when not many were a professional/proficient athlete as well as trying to fly to Australia to play there. The true difference between the top three is their rivals and quality that rose from random opponents when it came time to face Margaret, Steffi, or Serena. Serena got challenged the most. Racially and physically and it motivated her. All WTA players brought their best against Serena, while the Graf-Gremlins brought their best knifes. Y’all made it a monumental memory, not us. Eye for an eye, tooth for tooth. See you next Tuesday.
dumbass comment. Steffi did NOT stab Monica. But of course Monica played the victim card for so long, wallowing in self-pity and binge eating and just simply letting herself go for two very long years. That was Monica's decision. And she suffered the consequences of her own dilly-dallying on the sidelines of tennis.
Where is helen wills moody, maureen connolly, suzanne leghlen, titans of tennis Margaret court , whatever you think of her is one of the best ..still 24 gm more then serena or graf
I still don't quite understand why people always rank Venus higher than Henin...winning Wimbledons is more value than winning RG titles or what?! Or is it because of that marginal difference in titles won (43 vs. 49 in Venus' favour!) what else? H2H advantage?! Competition?! Well...Henin had to compete with both sisters most of the time, plus peak Sharapova, peak Clijsters and decent Davenport (even though she couldn't win slams in 00' decade...she still remained highly competitive and would achieve #1 ranking several times during 00's...). So once again i ask what is it?! Meanwhile Henin's advantages: 3 out of 4 slams (on top of olympic gold), 117 weeks as #1 versus only 11 (LOL), 3 times finished the season as #1 versus big fat zero (once again - big LOL!), 2 WTA finals titles vs. 1, 10 T-1/P5/PM titles (masters equivalent in men's tennis) vs. 9, 20 big titles vs. 18. So where is that notion Venus Williams is greater tahn Justine Henin comes from?! I don't get it! To me rankings records and that 3 out of 4 slams won are bigger strengths than whatever Venus could counter it with...one extra slam title would push her ahead, but since they both sit at 7, then the next tie-breakers are ranking records, which are total weeks as #1 and ye#1 finishes and she stomps hard in both of those so...
Not graf serve and big forehand no backhand beat old champs and mediocre opponents. Seles found her out serenas game had so much all round power best player and not my fav but had serve volleys aggression slice soble power athletisism martina navratilova i loved evert and goola gong sabalenka today but for me martina is the goat but lets face it all that list were great keep loving and enjoying womens tennis❤🎉 oppo
Serena had to play against Martin Hingis, Justine, Venus, Lindsay, Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, Azararenka, all at their prime. Also she played Monica Seles, Capriati, Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Halep, Wozniacki, Dementieva... she played the best era of Women's tennis with power and athleticism . Many nro 1 and múltiple grand slam winner. More so the williams sisters took tennis to a whole new level.
@@luchovg86 after stabbing Seles was not same player.
@@luchovg86 for a time it was true... but then she also benefited by the early retirements of the best players of her generation... and for like about 6 -8 years she had no true competition... that was when she amased the majority of her Grand Slam titles.
Steffi number one for me.
Graf is the greatest of all time when it comes to singles matches...
Serena is the GOAT 🐐based on singles, doubles and mixed doubles and Olympics titles
Steffi still great good attitude and she is my queen and goat
American Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly should be acknowledged as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She was the 1st woman to win a calendar slam in 1953. She won 9 singles, two doubles and 1 mixed doubles Grand Slam titles before the age of twenty-3 Wimbledons, 3 US Opens, 2 French Opens and 1 Australian Open singles, 1 French doubles and 1 Australian and French mixed doubles titles. In 1953 she lost only two sets total when she won the calendar slam. She was 9-0 in Grand Slam singles finals and lost only two Grand Slam singles matches in her career. After losing in the second round of the US Championships in 1950 at the age of 15, Maureen never lost a singles Grand Slam match again in winning nine Grand Slam singles titles. After winning her third Wimbledon title in 1954, Maureen had a horse riding accident that shattered her leg and it did not heal properly. Maureen was forced to retire at the age of 19. Connolly passed away from ovarian cancer in 1969 at the young age of 34.
Graf is the most and best player in the world
Monica Seles was #1 when she was nearly killed -- by a guy who was a Graf fan upset because Monica kept beating Steffi. Oh yea, that.
@@henry-bo3np "nearly killed"? You're a drama queen.
huh? "the most and best"
@@temsumarmar5531 was not true at time of stabbing.
@@temsumarmar5531 I agree with you👍👍👍
Graf is a Goat 🐐 serena you biass
SERENA=GOAT
(1) Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are tied for #1. They are the greatest female tennis champions that I've seen. (2) But for her stabbing and the death of her father, Monica Seles may have been better than anybody.
@@henry-bo3np All the women they mention were great regardless what order they were on the list. I think Billie Jean King should have been Number 1. Women’s Tennis would not be where it is today without King’s tenacity to not conform to the good old boys club. She stepped up to the plate and did what needed to be done.
@@averydavis4050, OK. I love Billie Jean. But, IMO "Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are tied for #1. They are the greatest female tennis champions that I have ever seen." You have a nice day now.
@@henry-bo3np Graf was number 2 at time of stabbing and Seles had just dominated her for two years. Except for the stabbing Seles would have kept on winning. Monica was only 19 when she attacked by a guy with a nine inch knife. More likely than not Seles would have figured out grass. Do the Graf fans think it was an accident that Seles was the three time defending champ of the French open while the two time defending champion of the Australian and the US open at the same time while Graf was playing. If you revisit the matches Chris Evert correctly pointed out Seles had a much better back hand than Graf. The strength of the Seles ground strokes on both sides gave her an edge. Seles also played the big points better.
LOL. in ya kindy colouring record book fo sho.
@@arthurnewmanltd5670 Graf was always above Seles in the H2H ... even in her slump years...
1 to 10 all GRAF ❤❤❤❤
Wrong. Graf is the GOAT. Not Serena:
- Graf's 22 Grand Slams took only 12 years. Serena took 16 years to get 23.
- Graf has 107 singles title. Serena only 75.
- Graf ended the year number one 8 times. Serena only 5 times.
- Graf got the calendar slam. Serena did not. Not even Federer, Nadal nor Djokovic
Chrissy Every, Macenroe.. ANdy Murray.. I can go on. All think Serena was the female GOAT.
I only here about steffi in youtube comments.
@ Tiafoe cracked up about Serena being the GOAT. Not every tennis player think the same. Also Chris Evert did not say Serena was the GOAT just greatest of her era. These are opinions. Everyone can have them. Graf is the GOAT based on facts.
(1) Numbers alone don't get you there. Who did you beat? (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.) Steffi's top rival Monica Seles was nearly killed when she was #1. Serena's top competitor Justin Henin retired at #1. (2) IMO Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are the GOAT female tennis champions because just look at all the other great tennis players that they had to beat (first and foremost each other) to reach their goals.
An argument can be made for Graf, but here’s the counter argument: Serena played against significantly stiffer competition than Graf. For instance, she had to face Mauresmo (#1 and 2 slams); Venus (#1 -7 slams); Capriati (#1 -3 slams); Cljsters (#1-4slams); Henin (#1-7slams); Kuznetsova (#2-2 slams); Sharapova (#1-5 slams); Davenport (#1-3 slams). Serena also won 14 doubles slams, 3 doubles and 1 singles Olympic gold medals. Many of Graf’s titles were at small tournaments with relatively weak fields. But for Seles’ stabbing in Germany, Steffi wouldn’t have won a few of the slams she won, and I think she’d probably agree.
@@stefanossmitty3318 I only agree the Seles argument. But Serena facing stiffer competition is not an argument for her but rather against her. Steffi simply was more dominating in her era blowing away the competition. Serena was not dominating enough, such that the others were able to squeeze in some slams.
❤❤❤❤❤ MY FAVOURITE FEMALE TENNIS PLAYERS : SERENA WILLIAMS, MARIA SHARAPOVA, KIM CLIJTERS, STEFFI GRAF, LINSAY DAVENPORT.
Serena is the Queen.
One of the best is Steffi graf, Chris evert Lloyd
SERENA WILL ALWAYS BE THE G.O.A.T!!! ❤🎾🎾🎾
Martina Navratilova is the GOAT. Graf got as many slams as she did because Monica Seles got stabbed and Serena has almost 100 titles less than Martina and had too many early round losses in her career compared to the other greats.
(1) And Serena's top competitor Justin Henin retired at #1. (2) I agree with you about Martina. But she is not definitively greater than Chris Evert. I have Martina and Chris tied for GOAT. (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.)
Anyone eho understand tennis knows without doubt that Serena is the queen of tennis. No pne even comes close to her.🎉🎉🎉
I agree with you, it should be Steffi 1 and Serena 2. Had Graf not retired so early no telling what other records she would have held.
Had Seles not been stabbed, Had Venus not have Serena when she peaked, the list goes on. Steffi felt that she had no more to give. That's her fault. Serena was knocked down and came back up many times through 4 different eras.
(1) Had Monica Seles not been stabbed when she was #1 and Justin Henin not retired when she was #1 Steffi and Serena would not have compiled the numbers that they did. (2) Numbers alone don't get you there. Who did you beat? (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.)
@averydavis4050
Had Seles NOT been stabbed then Graf very likely would NOT have ended her career with 22 majors in singles or spent that long at Number 1 - I'm a massive Graf fan but facts are facts
Had Monica not been stabbed, Steffi would be 4/5 grandslam titles lesser.
Steffi got tough competition only from Monica Seles who was stabbed
I am a huge Serena fan, infact i also met her and have an autograph that she gave me when i was the only one who waited for her for hours under the sun in the Rome tournament. In all honest i am not sure if Serena is first and Graff is second, i think they both won and dominated a lot. Graff has more titles so she deserves to be first aswell, but Serena dominated the WTA for years. Basically every tournament was just to see who was going to challenge Serena in the final. I really would not put Sharapova or Azarenka as Serena rivals, because while she had some good matches against the belarus one she is still far ahead against her in direct confrontations. About Sharapova, she won only two times against Serena and both were in 2004 when Sharapova was new to the WTA tournament, but after that it was 20+ victories for Serena. She is just a better version of Sharapova in every aspect.
I would have really epic to have Serena and Graff face each others, but sadly Serena came when Graff ender her career.
I think what gives Serena the edge about Graff is the strenght that she had when playing, expecially the service which was considered very similar to a man service in both power and speed.
Also last thing, Serena has been given for retired many times and she came back to win again, she really had the mentality of never surrender. She became a model for many women in sports, especially during her pregnancy and after when she continued to play.
Women have really harder time than men in sports, they have to choose if have family or career.
Serena is, at best, all-time # 3 after Steffi at #1 and Margaret Court at # 2/
1. Steffi and Margaret Court are the only players to have won a calendar-year Grand Slam in the Open Era. Serena never achieved such a feat.
2. Total weeks at #1 :Steffi 377; Serena 319.
3. Year-End #1 : Steffi 8 ; Serena 5
4. Tournaments won: Steffi 107; Serena 73
5. Career win % : Steffi 89.7 % ; Serena; 84.9 %
6. Slams won/entered: Steffi 40.7 % ; Serena : 29.1 %
Margaret did t have competition , Steffi' competition was only seles who got stubbed. So it s context
@@luchovg86 Wrong on both accounts.
Serena's ELO was terrible compared to Steffi's
@@danbotez1307 how come? You had múltiple #1 such as Hingis who was number one during Steffi' era, Davenport, Seles, Capriati, Henin, Venus, Clijsters, Azarenka, Sharapova... All of them multiple GS winners. And many more such as Halep, Osaka, Wozniacki. All of them more powerful, athletic than Arantxa, Conchita, Sabatini....
@@luchovg86 Serena inconsistency was monumental. Won 1st Slam in '99 and then nothing until mid '02. Then she dominated until mid '03 when Henin stopped her. From mid '03 through '07 Henin dominated women's tennis. Then Serena came back and won sporadically until early '18 when she left due to pregnancy. When she came back, she desperately tried at 15 Slams to get to # 24 and failed miserably. That is poor ELO.
@danbotez1307 she is a human being. Not everyone has the same context. Did u know she got depression after her Sister got killed in 2001. She almost died in 2004 due to an accident qhere she cut her feet with a glass. There are reasons behind it. Just watch Seles you wouldn t say she was inconsistent because you saw her stabbing. There are things that were not up to them.
1.Seles
2.Graf
3.Martina
4.Serena
5.Evert
6.Henin
7.Hingis
8.Goolagong
9.Vicario
10.Sabatini
U need to set some timegap, BJK and Court played mostly before WTA era
Monica seles always
Martina Hingis should be higher!! She's one of a kind
Nope.
@@TIZNYC yep
Marg Court #1
Serena Williams #1
Tied for first place.
Serena's biggest weapons are devastatingly more dominant than Martina and Steffi's biggest weapons. Graf's slice backhand would be a major liability in today's power game. I agree with this Best all-time rankings.
giraff sux by today's standards. Henin, Williams (both), and even petite Hingis would do okay.
For me it’s Martina Navratilova. Who cares only about GS singles tally - it depends on the era. Martina had an almost equally strong rival in Chris, but still put together such a dominant record, and carried this across into doubles, and was so great for so long. I put Steffi Graf second. Steffi made her era look like there was no depth, because she was so good. In reality the period 1985-2000 was full of good players at the top. Serena is third on my list. She wasn’t as dominant in matches, had bad seasons and bad losses, and her game wasn’t especially clean, just powerful. Aside from the extra few Slams, you can’t point to lots of the other important stats: titles generally, win-loss %, weeks at number one.
When they were both at the top of their careers Seles beat Graf in 3 of 4 finals. Graf could not win French in 1990 1991 or 1992 but promptly won it months after the stabbing it was not a coincidence. The one loss was on grass in 1992 occurred when the older players started complaining about Seles grunting during the tournament including the 1992 Wimbledon semi. Seles tried to stop grunting in final and got beat badly. In the 1992 US open Seles ignored the complainers and won the title. It’s pretty clear without the stabbing Grafs grand slam record would have been very different as was the Seles number of slam wins.
Anyone placing Serena above Steffi are either delusional has a bias or are looking at grand slams only. Serena played six more years and that single slam is the only thing she has more. Graf has a higher winning percentage weeks at number one etc. Graf was definitelybetter than Miss Williams.
No, Graf played at a time with fewer challengers. After the Monica incident there was no one to push her. Serena emerged as the best player in the most competitive time of women’s tennis:
Anyone who thinks Graf is the GOAT above Serena is delusional and a bias. hahaha...Both can be said. relax. Neither one of them care as much about this like you guys do.
Steffi's top competitor Monica Seles was #1 when she was almost killed, and Serena's top competitor Justin Henin was #1 when she retired. I have Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova tied for GOAT. (See Rafa, Roger and Novak.)
@@marquiseharris2389I agree, Serena era was much tougher than Graf era.
@@henry-bo3npDon't forget other competitors Serena had like Venus, Clijsters, Capriati among others. It was not just Justine.
Who cares? They were all great! Let‘s rejoice in that!
Justine retring at the age 25 in 2007 already having 7slams at that time serena hd 8 and venus had 6 she really shouldn't have retired such a pity
Graf is the greatest female to ever play the game of tennis. Williams really does not come close.
Graf couldn't beat serena on her best day. Look at their h2h
Very few words there on Serena, you won the Olympics four gold medals, one in doubles and to top it up won a grand slam final while you were pregnant babie nobody as ever pulled that one off, you are the best
I love Serena but I would have placed Steffi at no.1 based on stats.
Graf is the no.1 tennis player of all time not serena
Its hard to differ Serena and Steffi,but i must say i have Steffi as nr one in history!
To win all majors at least four times, and make a Grandslam including olympic gold the same year (Golden Grand Slam) has not been achived before in the modern era!
She also stands alone with the record of 377 weeks as world nr one! (186 in a row/record) 1988-89 she won seven out of eight slams..hardly lost to Victoria Sanchez in the French Open final in -89 If you only measure most slams Margaret Court would be at the top!
Margaret 24 Serena 23 Steffi 22
STEFFI Steffi
All laddies!
Steffi graf retired at 33 years old with 22 title grandslam including goldenslan in one season, serena retired at 38 years old 23 title years old, if Mrs Agassi retired in 38 maybe she got title granslam more than 22
Graf retired at 30 ... Serena at 40
Iga is the GOAT after 10 yrs
Putting Venus above Henin. 😅🤡
This video made by serena's fans 🙄🤔🤣
I would disagree with this list as in imo Evonne Goolagong should be above Hingis and Henin in that she was in 18 grand slam singles finals winning 7, and having 6 gs doubles and 1 mixed, she won 68 singles titles and an average winning percentage was 81%
Dear GRAF-GREMLINS, y’all know she would NOT even be the number two if y’all didn’t HELP her amazing tennis career by STABBING her toughest rival. Y’all were made out of hate then, y’all are still made out of hate now. Stay envy… or have INTEGRITY & grace and let’s admire Steffi with courtesy and not comparison. Steffi won 23 grand slam titles(INCREDIBLE) and Serena won 39 grand slam titles(INCREDIBLE). Facts>Bias…
Margaret won 64, BUT before the open era when not many were a professional/proficient athlete as well as trying to fly to Australia to play there. The true difference between the top three is their rivals and quality that rose from random opponents when it came time to face Margaret, Steffi, or Serena. Serena got challenged the most. Racially and physically and it motivated her. All WTA players brought their best against Serena, while the Graf-Gremlins brought their best knifes.
Y’all made it a monumental memory, not us. Eye for an eye, tooth for tooth. See you next Tuesday.
dumbass comment. Steffi did NOT stab Monica. But of course Monica played the victim card for so long, wallowing in self-pity and binge eating and just simply letting herself go for two very long years. That was Monica's decision. And she suffered the consequences of her own dilly-dallying on the sidelines of tennis.
green gruff gross graf gremlins ... the worst type of gremlins.
What are you basis?
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Steffi Graf
Wrong, Venus has 23 grand slams in total not 22. She has 14 grand doubles doubles titles, not 13.
Where is helen wills moody, maureen connolly, suzanne leghlen, titans of tennis
Margaret court , whatever you think of her is one of the best ..still 24 gm more then serena or graf
Steffi graf no.1
I still don't quite understand why people always rank Venus higher than Henin...winning Wimbledons is more value than winning RG titles or what?! Or is it because of that marginal difference in titles won (43 vs. 49 in Venus' favour!) what else? H2H advantage?! Competition?! Well...Henin had to compete with both sisters most of the time, plus peak Sharapova, peak Clijsters and decent Davenport (even though she couldn't win slams in 00' decade...she still remained highly competitive and would achieve #1 ranking several times during 00's...). So once again i ask what is it?! Meanwhile Henin's advantages: 3 out of 4 slams (on top of olympic gold), 117 weeks as #1 versus only 11 (LOL), 3 times finished the season as #1 versus big fat zero (once again - big LOL!), 2 WTA finals titles vs. 1, 10 T-1/P5/PM titles (masters equivalent in men's tennis) vs. 9, 20 big titles vs. 18. So where is that notion Venus Williams is greater tahn Justine Henin comes from?! I don't get it! To me rankings records and that 3 out of 4 slams won are bigger strengths than whatever Venus could counter it with...one extra slam title would push her ahead, but since they both sit at 7, then the next tie-breakers are ranking records, which are total weeks as #1 and ye#1 finishes and she stomps hard in both of those so...
Not graf serve and big forehand no backhand beat old champs and mediocre opponents. Seles found her out serenas game had so much all round power best player and not my fav but had serve volleys aggression slice soble power athletisism martina navratilova i loved evert and goola gong sabalenka today but for me martina is the goat but lets face it all that list were great keep loving and enjoying womens tennis❤🎉 oppo
Seles would have been in the top 3 if she didn't get stabbed.
Perdon, pero Esteffi graf deberia ser la 1 en la lista, no Serena Williams. Raro que Sabatini no esta en el top 10...
This is created with AI based on an existing list, and badly made, the text to Hingis already makes no sense.
Tell me you are american without telling me you are american... lol
Inconsistent list. Steffi has more reasons on her favour to be #1. Serena can't match that at all. It's all about a fan's list. Not very serious.
Serena drama queen !
You mean she’s the Drama GOAT of all times. She’s gave tennis a newly needed lift. 🎾👍🏾😘❤️⭐️🙏🏾