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17 teen years later, these 2 women have won a total of 44 grand slams! Incredible!

If Steffi were to play today, she would completely be a different player. For one, I don't think she would be using the 85 head size she loved to use in her heyday. I think she would have to opt for a 100, which in my opinion would have changed her technique dramatically.

Irena Spirlea also had a great slice

Wouldn't that pause at the highest point of the ball toss with the racquet already facing up have cost her some pace? Maybe the reason she couldn't go faster, which with her build she could have.

Is it Martina Navratilova commenting?

Sabatini won the game, but Steffi won the match.

So i got my name from her 😝

Steffi should have won Wimbledon in 1999 though I was happy for Davenport. Steffi could have broken Margaret Court's record but just didn't care. She had nothing more to prove.

I love.....Gaby.....simple the best

then agayn, anybody that arancha plays against makes exciting matches

this is like when delpotro or safin or soderling or berdick surprised federer, but the next time he plays them, he's ready for them

what a noble figure Steffi has !

I meant 2005 in my Pierce comments. ooops!!

Pierce's tennis career was like a rollercoaster ride. I do believe between somewhere around '94 to '01 she ended the year top 10... 7 and 5 twice. She overcame a bully of a father. Despite injury jumped back to number 5 in 2015 when most of her generation had retired. Made 6 slam finals, winning 2 as well as a Wimbledon doubles final. Her county woman recently booked a place in the tennis HOF. Comparing their careers I'd still choose Pierce over Mauresmo to get in. Sabatini and Novotna (who I love BTW) made it into the HOF. Time to show Pierce the respect she deserves and induct her into the HOF.

Serena has always had trouble with unforced errors, and against a superior ball striker and technician like Steffi, patience and endurance would win out most times. Steffi's mental fortitude would spell a lot of trouble for Serena as well.

Basically Steffi wore her down, which is exactly what she did 3 years later in French Open final.

This American's two favorite female tennis players. Win/win.

Graf's slice backhand was surgical. She won a lot of points by controlling that background like no other player....even today.

she is a great player

That was the Beginning of the End of Hingis Careerer. Graf destroys this disrespectful little child.

I am a huge Pierce fan, and always will be, I loved her antics, her groundies, that beautiful serve, but she was nowhere near the great Steffi. I'd still put money on peak Pierce to take out pretty much all of the current top ten!! Excluding Serena obvs.

Steffi is always a class act

I think your argument is flawed because this wasn't Mary at her peak. Arguably Mary had many purple patches during her career with frequent periods (sometimes years) during which she went off the boil. To say this match is Mary at her peak just isn't true. Mary's peak came during the clay court season of 2000 when she played phenomenally.

Gaby vs Stef, adoro rever

Miss these classic, decent tennis.

Maybe Screamapova should try to slice against Serena.

Indeed. That's so true! Every time Hingis is leading only because Graf hit a lot of errors, these are free points, Graf is taking the risk to attack, but when it comes to crucial points, Graf's strategy becomes simple, just stay in the rally and control the errors, when no free points are given, Hingis is the one who loses patience and starts to attack, but this is not her strength, Graf then waits for a chance to hit a winning shot, that's it. Well Hingis is good in rallies, but she really lacks of penetration in her shots!! Well, just saying, it's already the past, now let's just watch Serena, grrr!!!! She is full of KILLING SHOTS!!

I miss seeing HBO's coverage of Wimbledon. ESPN can't compare to HBO coverage.

of course the greatest

how can she move like this on grass? graf is incredibke.

obviously steffi is the best of all time. this footwork is amazing

Amazing how well she could still have all her body-weight transferring forwards, even when she was having to dance into position into the BH corner. A masterclass of balance, racquet-skill and footwork.

Steffi = GOAT, not the roid queen

Seeing this now I solidly believe she is still the #1player of all time....I respect Serena's game but Steffi's mental game and movement is still #1............solidly

Seles movement was just terrible. She wasn't fit enough to challenge Steffi. She could do wonders when she reached the ball with time, but her poor movement didn't allow her time to get into position and hit those awesome groundies.

I have always loved both Pierce and Graf .......Although my heart will always remain with Steffi as for who was at peak as many have pointed out there is just no comparison although Mary had a great power game mentally she was weak and I hate saying that because I really do like her but it's FACT .......I remember watching her and thinking if she could just control that aggression she could have been far more successful .....Its not just about power it's about knowing when to pull back maybe use some variety and being consistent and Mary could just not keep it together although I do like both the two just can't be compared .

Who won this HK challenge?

How Steffi moves around the court is just classic. She's an amazing player with such grace.

Is it the tournament she beat Seles, Hingis and Davenport?

You don't have to smash the ball to generate the power required. That makes me think Steffi would still be successful even today with the modern rackets. I wonder how she would fare on clay courts today.

Post stabbing head to head record: Graf 4 Seles 1 Sad

I do miss Steffi's grace, just unmatched. For such a klutz off the court, and I do say this with all due respect, because yeah, she was accident prone, she has such an amazing grace on the court. Don't misunderstand, I am a Grafan, and I think she is the GOAT, and the best athlete to play the game.. So I'm not saying she only has tennis ability. I remember when she used to waterski down in Florida, and surf in Oz, though wind surfing was her favorite. She was described as having "mad skills" at basketball, she skies, skates, roller and ice, apparently just took up longboard, and though she's only been snowboarding for a few years Shaun White was impressed with how good she is. Not to mention her qualifying times for the what was it 400 and 800 meters. Her times were actually fast enough for her to run in the Olympics, though, and I don't know why, it couldn't "be worked out" to allow her to run in Seoul. I don't know if she wanted to run in Barcelona, but I'm sure she was still fast enough to qualify at middle distance. A funny story from way back concerning her "accident proneness". She used to on occasion go to the racetrack at Hockenheimring, and drive race cars, including on at least one occasion a Formula One car. (Steffi actually had stated and seemed to be preparing for a career in racing after she ended her tennis career) Well the WTA found out she was doing this and expressed concerns to her about her driving race cars. They were very worried she was going to get hurt. So the story goes, they told her we don't think you should be doing this, and she said, why, I know what I'm doing. And they said, well, we know you, and you can be kinda accident prone. She assured them that when she had to concentrate, like when she was behind the wheel of a race car, she was fine, and they didn't have to worry. It's only when she didn't have to concentrate on what she was doing, then there could be a problem.

I really want a slice this good. 😍😍😈😈😅😅

Steffi Graf is a Legend and she's one of the Greatest tennis player of all time. I love her very much. Great talent.

Seles is one of the reasons I refuse to watch women's tennis that scream is so fucking annoying and childish.

Steffi was the finest wine of women tennis.

The interesting thing is she brushes the ball on contact but her takeback is higher than today's players and follow through also more 'classical' as in up over rather than across. It looks like a simpler motion compared to what is now called the ATP forehand but it is harder to hit like that because you would struggle to release your arm enough with this kind of motion. The complicated-looking ATP forehand style allows you to uncoil very effectively. Graf's is truly an unique shot and best not imitated unless you are a great athlete. That is probably why it was difficult if not next to impossible for opponents to figure out her forehand.

That's commentators laugh in the background is amazing!!!

There are plenty of players in the modern era who use great, driven, slice backhands against Serena, but rarely find success against Serena. Handsy players like Radwanska have trouble re-establishing pace when hit a driven slice, thus, Radwanksa, re-slices, electing to have the other player regenerate the pace of the rally. However, Serena has no trouble regenerating pace or re-slicing, thus she has two options when facing a driven slice. Re-slice or regenerate pace and move to the offensive. The real problem to note is that because Serena is usually "ahead" in the point, her opoonents rarely find the oppurtunity to set up and drive a slice, their slices will usually be fluffuy, high off the ground because they are on the mild to extreme defensive side of the point. These fluffy slices, serena will pummel. Serena has seen slice and COP players before. She can handle it

Hingis wearing the most adorable tennis outfit in history.