Hi everyone! I'm back here for the very last time. My channel offers The Golden Era of tennis for all of you. It mainly focuses on three legendary players, but it also features other players from the 80s, and 90s, beginning in the 2000s until the last Lindsay Davenport professional match and the last Martina Hingis doubles match. Anyone is welcome here to watch the best points of particular matches. The channel is strictly created for educational purposes and to bring the tennis community together, to forget about the problems life brings us all.
Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for FAIR USE for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of FAIR USE.
Wow, sliced backhand was thing of a beauty from both these ladies. And those serves, they were both serving aces with ease, but unlike today's players who hit aces followed by double faults or weak second serves, these two were very consistent. You really don't want to get into a forehand contest with Steffi Graf, but Mary's volleys were a very effective weapon even by modern day's standard. Thank you for uploading this wonderful match.
Mary Joe played a very decent and effective game against Steffi in this match, but went short of the killing shots. It’s hard to imagine a great player like her to never have beaten Steffi in all their professional matches in her career.
Ugh if only Monica could have won the 1998 FO final. Unfair that Iga has 4 Roland Garros titles when she does not have half the talent Monica does. Sigh.
I'm sorry but if Steffi is on her game big serves forehand on fire very few errors it is her match to win or lose. As good as Sanchez is in order for her to beat Steffi she needs help from Graf. If Graf get's tight and impatient errors will creep in only then does she stand a chance in my humble opinion. If Steffi is on and can be patient and construct points with her slice and move her opponent around. As long as her forehand is on and she is not spraying the ball. There is not much they can do. 😊😊😊
that was the issue with ASV she just would rather win by cheating and questioning every line call. She was just a terrible player when it came to fairness
It's striking how many players of the 80s / 90s have have had such terrible lives either during or after their tennis careers. Apart from Arantxa's well publicised issues, Steffi had a terrible life with her dad and it's been reported that her brother now has severe mental health problems and she's had to become his legal guardian. Jennifer Capriati is reported to be suffering from severe depression, Jana Novotna died young, Monica Seles has obviously written a lot about her life and both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert have had "eventful" love lives. On the men's side, Boris Becker ended up in jail, Pat Cash came close to suicide, John McEnroe had his well publicised problems and Andre Agassi talked about his abusive father and his time with drugs. The tennis world just chews people up and spits them out. Such an unhealthy place.
@@th8257 Can we really group Steffi and Jana with the rest of them? Martina and Chris are horrible persons. Chris broke up a marriage. Martina refused to pay alimony because Florida did not recognize same-sex marriage. Capriati stalked a porn star who was a former boyfriend. Sanchez-Vicario's family stole all her money and in rebellion she married a shady man and committed financial fraud. Monica was Trump's gal pal and married a man who could be her grandfather. Serena is now trying to play down the fact that her politics has always been suspect: She did not vote for Obama and her name came up during the Trump trial in NY. Meanwhile, what did Jana do? Die of cancer. It's sad, but that happens to the rest of us too. What did Steffi do? By all accounts, namely those of Cahill, Gilbert, Austin, Steffi has the best life now. Yes, there were bumps in her relationship with her Dad. But according to Andre's book, they had a good relationship at the end. Also, Steffi did not cause her brother's mental issues. With Steffi, the amazing thing is that someone who experienced that much glory could find so much of the ordinary happiness that we all seek.
@@33leroi Sanchez beat Steffi 4 times in slams, twice on slow clay (FO), twice on fast hard courts (USO). Even Navratilova and Seles didn't manage that.
I`d take Hingins on the court over Graf anytime.At least she smiles everynow and then even with her own misses. Graf always had that angry sad miserable face on.
This match is a great example of why Martina as great as she was in her era would have alot of problems today. Mary Pierce could step up and rip the ball big time which forced Navratilova to have to engage in too many baseline rallies. As great of an athlete as Martina was her backhand would get taken apart by players like Pierce and big hitters she would have to deal with now. Martina had the perfect game for her time and she was great but her ground game would have had to improve in an exponential way to even stay on the court with the big hitters of today. This video puts it all out there. Great performance by Pierce, I was happy for her at that time.
Whether Martina is 22 or 32 here she's going to have big problems. No woman in her era hit the ball as hard as Mary Pierce, Serena Williams, Lindsey Davenport or others that were to follow. Martina's backhand wasn't going to stand up to the incredible pressure it was going to face once rushing the net became a more difficult task. As far as Martina's age, she made the Wimbledon final in 1994. She also won the US OPEN mixed at 49 or 50 l believe. Martina could still play at this time but the hard hitters were coming. She's fortunate that she missed these women with huge groundstrokes or the record books would look alot different.
But Navratilova learned the game in an era when that kind of blasting was impossible - if she came along now she'd be coming over her backhand way more and she's holding her own here even with the tools she had.
@donallynch1689 Don't know even as things stood Tracy Austin who didn't hit as hard as the other women l mentioned would have been getting more victories against Martina if she wouldn't have been forced into early retirement. Martina isn't as big and imposing as she appears to be. Big hitters would have been a problem no matter what. Seles, the Williams sisters, Lindsey Davenport, Mary Pierce, and others would be quite formidable. Martina's timing of when she arrived on the tennis scene was perfect.
@@gregoryphillips3969 But Martina had great h2hs against big hitters of every era. After Austin was gone she had an equal h2h with graf and a close losing record against seles. Of course the williams sisters who are decades younger would have been a problem but she beat everyone across the net a lot of the time.
The Evert / Graf rivalry was an unusual one. Only one of their matches went to three sets. Chris won the first 6 matches and Steffi won the remaining 8 (which included one walkover at the 1988 US Open when Chris had to withdraw due to illness).
Steffi won her last 8 matches against Chris even if you didn't count her default in 1988 us open SF against Steffi. I don't know why WTA site didn't count their 1987 Fed cup match in Vancouver which Graf won in straight set.
Despite losing in straight sets, Chrissie made this more competitive than their previous matches in the Miami final and Fed Cup final where Steffi lost only six games total. Plus, Chrissie dismantled Martina in the semifinals 6-2, 6-1 so she still had a good tournament.
I wouldn’t put too much stock on Martina’s loss to Evert here. Weeks later, at the US Open, it was Martina who beat Steffi and won the whole thing whereas Evert lost to McNeil in the quarterfinals . Proving that Martina was just using this as a warm up tournament.
@@CarloChapelle Yes, Martina won the US Open and Wimbledon over Steffi, but she needed to be winning these smaller tournaments as well to maintain her number one ranking. It was exciting that Chrissie was still beating Martina here and there and keeping their rivalry interesting while "spoiling" a few potential Steffi-Martina clashes.
@@christopherproietti645 It seems that during that stretch (87-89), Chris’ wins over Martina (with the exception of the ‘88 Australia) were outside the majors whilst Martina’s wins over Chris (with the exception of the ‘88 Chicago indoor tournament ) were in majors (starting with the ‘87 French semi).
@@yussepig6629still she thrashed Chrissy in last 8 matches by losing a single set😂😂. Frankly she lacked athleticism & power to compete with Steffi. It's like two were playing different sports.
Well many sets were close and Chrissie got old and injured. An old injured Evert almost beat peak Graf at Boca in 1989. A peak Evert would hold 14-0 record against her. Her backhand was shit frankly
@@yussepig6629peak Evert couldn't compete with Navratilova losing 13 consecutive matches against her😂😂 & had a losing records against a 100 pounds with 50 mph serve Tracy Austin 😂😂. So no chance against peak Steffi who was better than both Martina & Tracy in terms of FH, serve , Speed, power, footwork & mental strength. Again Graf BH wasn't weak, she used it as a slice. Martina, Davenport & Seles called it the most underrated shot in WTA. BTW Evert had to play match of her life to a take a set from Steffi in 1989 Boca Raton let alone to beat her. While a past prime & injured Steffi in her last year's was good enough to beat peak Hingis, Davenport & powerful Williams sisters.
What a fantastic level of tennis from both players! Steffi was particularly impressive that day: speed, strength and grace. I could watch her play at this level for years to come.
Peak Steffi would destroy each member of top 50 today. Only Iga can challenge her on clay. BTW Coezter might have won a slam or reach a final in today's era.
@@rajusaha855 Oh, yes.. Except that when you watch videos from that era, including Graff's, you get the impression as if they're playing in slow motion and hitting the ball like notoriously malnourished. The game of today's girls is athletically and speed-wise a completely different level compared to Graff's time no matter if you can't or don't want to see it.
@@albertopiergiorgi5980so do you discount Graf titles ??😂😂 Frankly if you parachute each member of big 3 & Serena in 2050 or in 2060 they would get thrashed one by one because the level of tennis will be far better than now due to changed in racquet technology, medicine, nutrition, time to recover from injury & training method. If you drop peak MJ in today's NBA he will struggle or peak Gretzky in today's NHL. I am damm sure he wouldn't be able of match his dominance of 80's as goaltending & defence was 10 times better in NHL in today's era than in 80's. Similarly each individual records of Michael Phelps is broken today. Are today's swimmer better than Phelps??🤔🤔 Absolutely not, they are taking the big advantage of today's technologies. Tbh under similar conditions, criteria & on equal terms I can't believe anybody of today's game can challenge Steffi except Iga that too only on clay. Okay.
@@albertopiergiorgi5980and BTW give today's player a wooden racquet or the racquet Graf was using in these match, they will struggle to produce power & will look mediocre. At her peak Steffi's footwork & speed was & is unparalleled.
Dear friend: Do you have the match played between Anke Huber and Conchita Martínez in this tournament? Also in quaterfinal. Thanks for making us so happy.
Mary Pierce was still a new player here. Martina Navratilova was average the four years after her last grand slam title in 1990. Can't believe they played each other!
MARY PIERCE HAD THE GAME AND STRENGH TO HAVE BEEN A MAJOR TOP 5 PLAYER. SHE WAS THAT GOOD. I MIS THESE GREAT LADIES OF TENNIS. I DON'T WATCH MUCH TENNIS ANYMORE EVER SINCE GOAT MR. FEDERER, MONICA SELES, STEFIE GRAF, LINDSEY DAVENPORT, SABATINI ETC.
Pese a su estatura y los problemas propios dd movilidad, sabia Davenport jugar muy bien en cespéd, agazapada, de la base pasaba muchas veces adelante, muy buena volea y corregia muy bien con las manos, además buen toque.
Mary had really done her homework for this match. Really targeting Martina's forehand, which was known to break down under pressure, and attacking Martina's serve, which she always found unsettling. Martina said after the match that Mary could "hit the hell out of the ball".
