1994 Australian Open Final - Steffi Graf vs Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 

SRKarting I totally agree

McClernand4 this was meant to be another seles vs graf final... another seles vs graf classic....how we were robbed of much more amazing tennis....

bandhu sarkar Because, for you, Arantxa Sanchez was no opposition ? she wasn't worth playing the final ? Her tennis had no value at all ? At least, Arantxa had the guts to play tennis, while Seles milked her (very light) wound to take a two years vacation, as she was temporarily through with the Tour in 1993. She could have played back as soon as the 93 Wimbledon Tournament. However, she preferred enjoying a long rest in the nice station of Vail, Colorado. How should Arantxa be responsible for it ??

have some shame u! before speaking these abt seles... such absolute shameless creatures.. ur worse than parche... graf lost 3 out of 4 slams to monica and won only 2 out of 12 before being stabbed... and how much stabbing is good enoigh for u, being killed would make u happy i guess... ?? such shameless u people are... no remorse no shame at all.. only boasting of a glory frcefuly enhanced...

sovan sarger....You're so bitter and angry. They have pills pills for that now.

truth is bitter don... the desparation of u and 3-4 of u guys on youtube ( illya , mcClernandetc ) shows that... but u guys cant change the general Perception all over the world that steffi diddnt deserve 22,,she got MUCH MORE due to seles stab,...however u people try.. u cant change that ... that "? "mark over steffis post hamburg wins ..keep trying .... hahahahahahaaha

Erica Govea yess..i remember my happily childhood..that song so relaxing..what a good life

I also miss her great ass. She was something special.

Thanks!

Exactly!

Ivanovic also another beauty

no, she isn't. her face is too masculin.

Sabatini, Graf, Ivanovic are the top 3. Kournikova had a baby face (attracted a lot of perverts with that) and Sharapova was just a beanpole.

Gaby is so beautiful

Best women's tennis player ever. Forget Serena. Or Venus. Or even me. Steffi was the best.

@GeorgeHenryThomas As I said Arantxa was no pushover but it since Graf was the more powerful, aggressive player every match they played was dependent on how Steffi played. Arantxa was a fighter though and wouldn't ever give up or choke.

O 285 Yes Steffi did grow in confidence definitely in part due to Seles absence, her success in 1993 though I don’t want to minimize her opponents she had face to win titles, and eventually her move to a larger Wilson 95 racquet. It really upsets me that we lost a rivalry that could have been similar to Roger vs Rafa or Martina vs Chris.

Ilya Kuryakin Yes I regret responding if I knew the other comments he/she posted in other videos. Not cool but anyway, yes Steffi had a favorable H2H though I believe it would have been closer if Hamburg did not happen. I still believe Steffi would have prevailed and lead the GS wins and H2H even with both their personal adversities.

Ilya Kuryakin Talking about this doesn’t have to lead to anywhere other than getting Steffi and Monica fans perspective. Thanks for letting me know yours.

Ilya Kuryakin Who was the defending champion here?

Ilya Kuryakin No, Monica Seles was the THREE time defending champion. The opportunity to defend stolen by BirdBeaks crazy fan. Are you Gunther? I notice you have no image of yourself.

Illya Kuryakin I agree but I’m sure it would have been a little bit tougher

Illya Kuryakin hahahaha yup that sounds about right

In the open era there have been only 5 slam finals in which the loser didn't win more than 2 games. King vs. Goolagong 60 61 (Wimbledon 75) Evert vs. Turnbull 62 60 (FO 79) GRAF vs. Zvereva 60 60 (FO 88) GRAF vs. Sanchez 60 62 (AO 94) Henin vs. Pierce 61 61 (FO 05)

If Monica Seles was here and never got stabbed, I wonder how statistics would look like for Steffi.

@Rangy Lil well they would both then upped their game at the same time, and by that time Seles was winning almost each Grand Slam from 1990-1993. So, logically they would both be better but this statistic is just unbeatable...

@Rangy Lil You're wrong, they played twice and the official head-to-head record was 1-1... 1999 Adidas International, Sydney R2 - Steffi won 6-2 3-6 7-5 and 1999 Evert Cup, Indian Wells F - Serena won 6-3 3-6 7-5. They also played an exhibition match in Hong Kong just before the 1999 season started, which Steffi won 6-2 7-6.

Vincenzo Di Martino Yup! Steffi is the true and real GOAT. Better player all around and on every surface than Serena

Vincenzo Di Martino could Serena play with those racquets and beat Steffi. I think not Steffi was a track star she would run them out of the building

Unfortunately she is part of a crime family and a criminal organization. I know this there is an investigation.

@@juliettecad3899 oh please do share it here. Please please please. I love a scandal.

@@juliettecad3899 Fortunately, Steffi cleanly won Twenty Two Slams, including The Only Golden Slam Year in history, and is married now happily to another tennis legend. Haters and idiots will never take these things from her. Get a life, or don't, and keep displaying your stupidity. Sleep well, but first get a brain.

@@markuse3472 it’s a waste of our effort to comment on morons like this Juliette character. She is a sad Seles fan who is still dreaming of ‘what if’s’ from 28 years ago.

@Max E Hi Max, the West German athletics coaches (as they were at that time) DID express their desire for Steffi to be included, as they could could see what she was capable of first hand, as she was training with their track team in South Korea, prior to the Olympics being held, in Seoul.

1994 was a real lost year for Steffi. She won no more GS tournaments that year. She was winning the US Open final against Arantxa when her back went out and lost the momentum and the lead and made a heroic attempt at the end but fell short. Had she performed up to standard, she would probably hold the GS record.

You remember correctly! Right before the Australian Open Steffi played an exhibition match against Sanchez Vicario and she mentioned that she had lost a lost a lot of weight during the 1993 off-season. She admitted after Wimbledon that she had pushed herself too hard in the winter and spring. It was a burn out, plain and simple. And then of course in the summer the back problems started appearing...

6-1, 6-1 to Steffi.

63 62 for Steffi.

It will be a close match for sure...steffi will still win though

Federer has way better serve, way better backhand, way better volley, way better movement i guess...so he copied quite well....😅

@Illya Kuryakin 🤣

Agree

@@stefanhell3521 You can't compare a woman to a man. A 750th ranked man would beat the #1 ranked woman.

@Khwairakpam Napoleon if you say so 😁

Illya Kuryakin Peak Steffi my foot. She lost to Seles when her ass was at peak. To name a few, 93 Australian open, 92 French open, 90 French open. How can she be peak in June 92 and not at peak at May 92 during French open.

grass was never seles favoured surface so cant really compare!

Miali----she did play in 13 gs finals in a row.......no other female nor male...can say that.........

georgehenrythomas-----seles never won wimbledon.....i wonder why?

@@vcetaditya slow surfaces

Someone else mentioned this a few years ago…it’s hard to tell if there was an out call because the commentator yells at that moment, perhaps the ball was out and the commentator was wrong, but it is interesting, the players didn’t question the score…

XJohnnyMoshX That is very interesting, it was a close call, perhaps the linesperson called it out? Although it looks like Arantxa is reacting as though the ball fell in. Great pick up Johnny 👍🏻

XJohnnyMoshX it’s hard to hear if an out call was made because Garry Wilkinson yells at that moment, possibly Arantxa was shaking her head and smiling because it was closer than she thought and the commentators got it wrong, it is intriguing

XJOHNNY----excellent catch.......

Wow, nice observation! I have watched this match a few times and never caught this....

I THINK I hear someone saying "out" at the same time the commentator reacts, and then the chair immediately calls the score 30-30. Then the TV graphic is "wrong". Seems plausible, but definitely good catch!

goat the animal?

Would have destroyed Serena in the mental department? You are fully aware that Serena has been her several times. And she’s not the best women’s player ever. That would be Martina Navratilova. If Seles had not been stabbed, Graf would probably have 12 grand slam titles.

@@MrPernell27 You are in error on multiple points. Graf (the ageing, injured version) has 2-1 record against Serena. Graf's record against Seles is 10-5. It was 6-4 before the stabbing. Monica squeezed out a 10-8 in 92 French Open and a tight 3 setter in Melbourne in 93. Graf themped her for loss of just 2 games at Wimbledon in 92. You also forget that Graf was injured for a lot of her career and retired at barely 30 years old. She's won 35 more tournaments than Serena having played a decade less. She won more matches, lost fewer and had higher % of wins. She was the best on all surfaces.

@@MrPernell27 12 GS titles... so post stabbing you think that Steffi would have only won ONE more Grand Slam title between FO of 1993 and Wimbledon of 1999 (6 years?). ONE? I hope you are aware that Graf's total was 11 by the time Seles was stabbed. 1987 - FO 1988 - AO, FO, W, USO 1989 - AO, W, USO 1990 - AO 1991 - W 1992 - W According to you knowledge Seles would have won what??? 40 GS titles?

@@stevyyjay85 according to them if Seles wasn’t stabbed she would have 50 majors and won 5 calendar grand slams. She would have won 3 golden grand slams and ranked no. 1 from 1992 - 2007 uninterrupted. Such is their stupidity and delusion.

@@MrPernell27 Navratilova is merely tied for only 5th in singles slams. She sure as fuck is not the GOAT. GOAT is between Serena, Graf, or Court, with the slight edge probably going to Serena.

Can't even spell the name of your favorite player.

@@obbieboy what is problem to you Mr gentle man

@@obbieboy I am Indian but steffy is my favrate

Steffi isn't. But don't forget Australia is still in the British commonwealth.

bandhu sarkar You cannot be so sure that Seles would be in the finals again. Steffi has to play and win those matches. Those trophies were not given to her by Seles. Lol. Robbed? Seles should've come back straight away. That's why Evert and Navratilova called her a cry baby and a drama queen. Lol

Graf was in fantastic shape here, but a back injury hampered her for much of the rest of the year

@@Nadaldrolone that's what I heard. It was shown in the French Open 1994 since early rounds there.

Illya Kuryakin good one lol fattie didnt return til summer 95 and steffi kept on winning

@@fuckurbody She had her Krispy Kremes with her when she returned too.

O 285 then steffi lost 4 consecutive slams after this aussie win, without monica.

Stephen Michaels Yes...if I am not mistaken, Steffi keep winning titles after titles after this 1994 Australian Open...by the French Open 1994...her form suddenly dropped, suspectedly of her back problem...she played poorly in the French 1994 since the first round and every round, until that poor form was punished by an on Mary Pierce in the semifinal.

Seles took too long to come back the injury wasn’t that serious. It was a little scratch

@@Ignaciovargaspkmn Serena has 7 Australian Opens, almost twice as many as Seles, against a way tougher field. Remember 3 of Seles's 4 Australian Open titles were beating Huber, slamless Mary Joe Fernandez, first time slam finalist grass specialist Jana Novotna in the finals. Seles is not even close to 2nd best ever at the Australian Open.

😂😂😂😂😂

steffi didnt own exactly newyork as seles won it in 91,92 - and 93 we all know what happened... have some shame !! steffi lost 3 out of 4 slams final before stabbing , and just 2 out of 12 grand slams she won .... and after stab she won 4 in a row, suddenly.... really have some shame in life!! before speaking of monica and monica reached final in grass as well defeating none other than navratilova, had she not been forced to stop grunting in final, thats her natural part of game, the final would be not so one sided ... later many people won sharapova, serena, venus who grunt much louder than seles, bt the rule was only for her in 92 final.... and 93 never came.. thanks to mr gunther parche...

So you're saying that because Seles couldn't grunt she lost 6-1 6-2 to Graf? You fail to mention that Seles never beat Graf on grass and their other meeting at Wimbledon was also embarrassing for Seles. So Seles walked onto centre court at Wimbledon, she's in the final, this situation is the ultimate for any tennis player, and she allows herself to turn up and play far below what is she is capable of because she can't scream/grunt every time she hits the ball? If this is the truth then we should question Seles's professionalism, and the word crybaby comes to mind. Any tennis player who finds themselves in the final of Wimbledon would and should give it absolutely everything, 100%, why wouldn't they? She wasn't told to not make a noise at all, she was told to keep it down because other players complained (loud grunting wasn't as common back then). On certain points the noise out of her was ridiculous. By the way in the 92 Wimbledon final there are at least three exceptional points/winning shots by Graf, these points had nothing to do with Seles, she was simply a spectator, a 'peak' or non-crybaby Seles would make no difference, Graf was on fire in that final and these points just reflected the standard of her play that day. Graf obviously realised where she was and decided to give it absolutely everything, just a shame Seles didn't huh?

Deep N. Hard , M coomb Don't even waste your breath to Seles fans with maybe a few exceptions who can appreciate both players Steffi will always be second to there dear Monica .............And yes what happened to her was horrible but to continue to use that to beat Steffi up and act like STEFFI'S WINS MEAN NOTHING is just bs and so childish LOL

Erica Govea......You're absolutely right.

Steffi was hobbled in that US Open final. A win is a win, but we should not pretend Arantxa beat a healthy Graf in that final. She was dominating Arantxa until her back started to seize up. Graf was hurt most of that season actually. As for Pierce, Mary could always beat anyone when she played her absolute best. Steffi also played a terrible match. Order was restored the next time they played.

@@fong03 Sanchez really got lucky that year all around. The French Open final she also got lucky in the rain delay clearly broke Pierce's overall event momentum. The way Pierce was playing that event, only losing 16 games on the way to the final, it would be hard to see Sanchez beating her, even as well as she was playing as well. And also the final itself had Pierce leading 3-1 and Sanchez looking nervous and missing forehands before the rain delay. It was clear to see where the match was going. Pierce would have won for sure, maybe not 6-2, 6-2 as she did vs Graf, but she was going to win for sure without the rain delay. Then the U.S Open final with Graf's mid match injury.

Steffi injury after this ,when she came back at French open 95 ,no one stop her!

Later that year, in USO final, Steffi could barely walk!

....an den meisten Tagen unschlagbar 💓💓💓

Serena?😂😂

Henin?

Thank you for not including Serena. I would have found a sport for Clijsters. But overall an excellent list.

@@LikeReaL1902 Henin was amazing. Best forehand and backhand combo I have ever seen.

@@trhansen3244 You never watched Steffi?????

On grass at that stage yes. Do not forget Monica had only every played 3 Wimbledon’s at that stage. She was still learning how to adapt her game to grass. Plus the press were brutal to her and she was inhibited and not grunting in the final which threw her timing off completely.

Illya Kuryakin nah she didn’t. Post stabbing she had good results based on being a great player but her fitness/weight/mobility prevented her goin to the next level. Still a great player is a great player and that carried her to an extent.. even winning Eastbourne coz of that. The grass season is so short u never get round to havin to play many tournaments either. Particularly on the WTA

and for eternity !

For sure the best

georgehenry thomas------people overlook the fact that steffi was in 13 gs finals in a row.....------as far as i know...NO OTHER FEMALE CAN SAY THAT....not martina, chrissie or margaret...........not even serena williams......just thought i would point this out....

@samuel moore not arguing at all..about anything....just saying that steffi was in 13 gs finals in a row...i don't even think a male can say that either...maybe federer...but i don't think so....not saying graf is/was better than anyone ....just pointing something out.....

Illya Kuryakin that’s right! They don’t get how powerful and dominant Steffi was during these finals and years of her career

Jeb Clem get over it! Weak and predictable comment! Try being original and using your brain. You are pathetic and sad really

@Jeb Clem Just so you know your hero Monica Seles does not know you exist, and unless you are atleast 75 and a billioniare, she has no interest in a relationship or even a friends with benefits relationship with you. Just saying.

Monica was fat

Yes so fast and graceful just a great athlete ;-)

Steffi came first, so it's more Federer movement like Graf😂

Gaby won a lot too. She never had enemies. Similarly, gd luck finding someone who dislikes Roger Federer or Rafa Nadal, who both won almost as much as Steffi.

trent8002003 Gaby was too nice and that’s why she never won the big matches! She wasted her potential and talent by being too nice.

GeorgeHenryThomas of course she was! She was not only nice, but very shy and kept to herself. Steffi was a machine and you cannot compare Steffi to Sabatini!

GeorgeHenryThomas Steffi is my idol and my favorite player of ALL time

Wonderful isn’t it.

Selesmist wake up, you lost in the darkness forever 😂

@Max E 😆😆😆😅😅😅😅joke of the year

@Max E then who?? Injury, family issue, monetary issue... Blah blah.... On the other hand seles only in her age of 19 got 8 GS title. What happen to great steffi from 1997-1999 eccept French open.

😂😂😂😂😂 cry me a river 😢 ........Thee amazing Steffi Graf

That's not completely correct. Steffi beat her also in Delray Beach 6:3 7:5 and in San Diego 6:2 6:1.

At the Grand Slams, yes, but not overall. Steffi defeated Arantxa a few times in 94 at regular tournaments. However, 1994 was the year that many found out and adapted to Steffi's game (a normal thing top players face), but it was clear that after this Australian Open, Arantxa had Steffi's number at 1994 grand slams. Also, of course we must stick to on-court situations but it's difficult not to mention Steffi's growing injuries by 94, as well as her worsening personal troubles regarding her father. These factors would have to affect even a tough champion such as Steffi Graf.

Alex SDB “Arantxa had Steffi’s number at the 1994 Grand Slams?” After this match, they only played once at the Grand Slams in 1994 - that was in the final of the US Open during which Graf had chronic back pain. Arantxa just about won 6:4 in the third set. I don’t think one victory constitutes having Graf’s number at all. I think they met 6 times overall in 1994 and they both won 3 of the encounters each (despite the fact that Graf had at least one match point in 2 of the encounters she lost!) Yes, it was Sanchez’s most successful year against Graf, but this was, arguably, due to Graf’s back injury (affecting her performances in both Montreal and New York) rather than Sánchez having worked out a strategy for success. After all, Sanchez never beat Graf again after the 1994 US Open. They met four times overall in 1995 and 1996 (all in Grand Slam finals) and Graf won all of them. It was an interesting rivalry to watch though.

@@scampsweep Well we all saw how close the 1995 Wimbledon and 1996 French Open finals between this two were, from what I can remember Graf didn´t have back issues by then

scampsweep well if you say what you say I can say that Graf won all her grand slams with the possible exception of Wimbledon because Seles got stabbed. My point is is there’s no ifs you can only beat the person across the net. There’s no oh she won because she was injured. No sorry 😐 Arancha had a great year in 94 full stop.

YES .........Everything about Steffi is gorgeous 😊😊😊❤❤❤

She was plenty of times don`t worry. Specially in wimbledon 😂😂

Against this Graf, I think that it would have been mission impossible for anyone and hard also for Seles.

@@laviniaparisi9154 A few people thought I could have beaten her. If I were female. And played tennis.

No, the way he was that's the way he pushed her to what she became.

Well, things are more complicated than you think. The German tax administration had its part of responsibility too.

Jon Dishmon Music and STUFF!! It’s also a shame Sanchez Vicario’s parents were more greedy and squandered away 60 million of her hard earned tennis winnings

federar fans didnt stab nadal... thats the difference man.... thats a big big difference...winning naturally and stopping someone unnaturally....

Ah but there is the problem and the trap. Today, a number of these so-called professionals are "self-declaring stars". Big difference. Full of themselves and insecure. What makes a true professional: you do your job and focus on the craft while giving back in different ways but not overannouncing it, and in tennis especially, acting with good conduct. That is what tennis really is besides the play - tennis is a culture. This part must not be forgotten.

We have to be careful not to contradict the stefboys, otherwise they put their hand to the cutter Be careful, guys!

@@Ignaciovargaspkmn "confidency again" "stucked in #2" "all of these loses" "low confidency" Atleast speak English please dear, if you want people to take you seriously.