One-on-One with Chris Evert | Episode 6: Justine Henin 

She was a rare gem, especially in the ball-bashing era. She is really missed.

Womens tennis around the time Henin was on tour was when I believe it was at its highest level ever!

She would make a great UN Secretary General. Like Ash Barty she is extremely humble and intelligent. Chrissie is a fantastic interviewer. You can sense it with her guests in how comfortable they are.

Justine Henin - Just inspiring. Hard work matters, size doesn't. - I still remember her 2007 season, 1 of the best seasons ever by a tennis player. Unbelievable & almost unbeatable. - 7 GS seems like a lot but she achieved all these wins by 25 years old when she retrired. I honestly think she could have won 12 or more slams if she kept playing. - Backhand magic. Till date I enjoy watching her match highlights because of her grace & that shot is one of the best shots in tennis. Her serve packed quite a punch too, often 180+ Kmph.

Great interview, never realised how articulate Justine is. Such an incredibly stylish player..

She had my favorite backhand this side of Federer. And she generated great power for someone so much smaller than the "big babes" of the day (and today). We miss players like her and Hingis who could use their wiles to win.

Such a gem of a person, miss her always at Roland Garros. Such a treat whenever I replay her matches.

Forever my favorite player. Thank you, Justine for all the enjoyment you've provided to me.

I love Justine henin. She brought so much to the game with a great variety of shots, great rivalries and inspiring kids to this diversity. The fact that she did not dive into English speaking opportunities at the end of her career kind of made her disappear of the main-stream tennis radar but she is a real gem as a commentator in French and I bet she must be a good and engaging coach ! Thanks for this interview

Justine Henin is the only player in history to have won the French Open twice without losing a set. That's not a minor achievement. Not even Chris Evert and Steffi Graf managed to do that. It's a feat few people talk about. Such a legend!

Justine Henin was my all time favorite player. I admired the way she played against such powerful women and won. I would watch her at Roland Garros and...it seemed to me that she never really hit the ball with her arm and the racket. There was a way in which she involved her whole body in one unified force brought together and concentrated then on that little ball---as if she was hitting the ball with her whole body, through the racket. Amazing. I also remember hearing her talk once in an interview, during Roland Garros, about how she had been working on improving her forehand. This was after she had won four or five grand slams and I remember thinking, wow, she's a world champion and she is STILL working on improving...

Incredible champion both on and off the court. 😍

Since her retirement (2nd time) I have grown to respect her more and more. Such a discreetly determined spirit to accomplish her goals. She's a pretty good sports broadcaster now (along with her tennis academy).

Her intensity was INTENSE! LOL. Loved her backhand. Again I am struck by how well spoken, thoughtful and authentic ALL of these amazing athletes embody. LOVE THIS SERIES!!

Come back Justine!! We miss you!! ❤️ Thank you for all you’ve done for the game of tennis! It was a joy to watch you play!

Chris has done a good job with this program. My second episode in.

I've watched 5 or 6 of these, and every one is a gem. JH is an understated but surprisingly intense unit. You can tell that there is a lot going on under the hood. Modest, honest, not really sweet, but tough and dependable. She reminds me of the Little Red Hen. She knows what she is about, and you'd better not "F" with her, but if you're a straight shooter, you have a friend for life. She would make a fabulous coach, and I hope she is a wonderful mother. Chris does a GREAT job in all of these. It seems like only yesterday when she first started showing up in tennis news. How time flies.

Huge fan of hers. Her technique is just flawless. The way she hits the ball back with power and angle is amazing considering her size and playing hard hitters.

A great tennis player, wonderful to watch for those of us who love the game. But she seems so thoughtful, intelligent, honest and generous that she would deserve our admiration even if she had never hit a tennis ball.

I really enjoy this series. Like many others have said, though, I think the background music adds nothing -- if anything it detracts/distracts from the interviews.

My fav player of all time! Best backhand in the game and so my passion on court.

She is the best ever. Missed her game so much. I'm so glad that she has achieved what ever she wanted to achieve in life...a great champion, a great human being and a great mother.

Oh man I miss justines game so much!

Great Im glad I watch this. Even wonderful to see my favorite tennis player Justine Henin. What a fighter she was. A day before i play tennis I watch Henin vs Dementieva 2010 Australian open. My game gets so good every time I watch her play.

My favorite woman's tennis player....she was so special !

the best one hand backhand I have ever seen.

she was one of a kind, WTA could really use a player like her right now flare combined with consistency.

Height does matter. Her short stature and low centre-of-gravity gave her such speed, acceleration, and BALANCE. Combined with practically perfect technique and her all-court style, she was the tennis equivalent of a F-16 fighting falcon. Small, but fatally versatile. And incredible to watch.

Loving these Chris Evert! Thank you so much for putting these together 💛

Big fan of Justine!!! I think she is. my one time favorite WTA player! Her one hand backhand is the one of the best all time next to Fed and Stan the Man!!! 25 was too young to retire. She would have won Wimbledon eventually and she would have won more than 10 slams for sure!

As the handshake after the Charleston match proves, Serena and Justine were pretty friendly at one point. Definitely a lot of respect there. Henin for me is one of the most gifted women’s players of all time and I loved to watch her play.

Henin is the reason why I learned to love tennis. Her game is not about fame, money, or privileges. It’s all about her goal of achieving the best of her abilities. I love her thoughts on self-belief, that she can win and be on top because she knows she has what it takes. How Justine proved that is beyond doubt. I also love her ideas on self-improvement, that together with her innate talent and determination, Justine also knows she can still make improvements on her game. That there is life after reaching your goals is the highlight of her story. Simply wow, just like her immaculate backhand, fossilised by the fact that no one else has that same game up to now.

The best backhand! Most elegant playing style!

That one-handed backhand! The best all court female player I have ever seen. She is like the Roger Federer of the women's game.

Justine is just incredible

YES. Truly insightful- introspective. Listening to Justin I hear the voyage of the seeker.... touching and genuine. I am a nurse working at a mine.. in my small room in northern quebec... lustenihg to this truly fascinating interview from a player.... I have admit.. I wasn’t a fan of when she was on the tour. Well, I’m definitely a fan now!

Why more players don't emulate her style is beyond me. She was my favorite during her tenure.

Hats off to you... 🎩 Justine Henin is a huge huge talent the Tennis has ever seen. Apart from holding a total of 07 GSs & three times YE No. 1, she has a rarest of rare feats to have beaten both the Williams Sisters [especially when both of them were in their prime] in a same tournament/GS...👊🏻 You will always be missed Justine...😓

Warming my heart on this Wednesday afternoon!!! Fantastic Interview!! 😍😍

Love this series, love Chris Evert and LOVE Justine Henin... BUUUUT, as a feedback for the production: take that bloody back music off! That kind of back music is good for a short video, a narration that needs to emphasize the emotional tone or the different narrative turning points, but for a full interview that lasts more than 30 minutes, it´s beyond annoying and gives a cheese sentimental feeling of what in reality is a very interesting conversation between two legends of the sport.

Artist on the court. Justine is my forever favorite.

So much insight! I watched this one, Lindsay Davenport’s, and Monica Seles’ and have gained so much from seeing this.

Thanks you Chris and Justine for this interview...i miss yOu,Justine...i'm happy you Watch you those minutes..at soON...capTEN Justin! I love you!so much!forever youn'...looooovekiss,frenchkiss..

I never really liked her as a character during her playing days. But this interview just wowed me. Very humble, insightful, deep-thinking, smart and -yes - very likeable person.

This is a great series. Chris Evert is a superb interviewer. However, the background music is utter rubbish.

Wow....this was such an amazing inciteful interview. Can you please lower the volume of the music. When listening through earphones it muffled out the audio !!

Wish they would have mentioned how even though she had this great rivalry with Serena, she has admitted that she was actually more scared to face Venus than she was facing Serena. I think she all but admitted she tanked the 2007 Wimbledon Semi’s because she kept thinking that if she won she’d have to face Venus in the final.

So good!

Justine and Roger, they are my heroes. Justine has the most beautiful game in my eyes. And for me, the greatest female competitor ever.

Remarkable how good she was, being an avg-sized woman in a sport that’s dominated by giant players. She was an explosive mover, though, & her shots were heavy

Iga Świątek gives me slight Justine vibes. ;)

My all time favourite....justin henin.......great respect for her ........

Henin!!!

I really miss the WTA Tour between 2005-2010 when you had Henin, Clijsters, Sharapova, Jankovic, Ivanovic always making the finals with Serena.

What a champion

Awesome commentator Justine is also on tv

She Is really humble

I saw Justine win the Canberra International in 2001 and thought here is a player who will do well and that happened. Always a player to watch play without the tantrum behaviour when something does not go to plan and gracious, like Sam Stosur, ,something which seems to go missing with some players, then and now.

This is a great series and I particularly liked this interview. Justine is incredibly articulate and interesting to listen to and I can confirm what Chris Evert says: Justine is a great commentator (in French) for Roland Garros on France 2. And most importantly: it"s a shame that her style of tennis doesn't really exist any more. Bring back Justine and Francesca Schiavone to Roland Garros any day!

Tennis is about match ups. Justine had a close but losing head to head against Serena but Justine had a much worse head 2 head against Venus.

GRACIAS POR TRAER A LA PETIT!! para mi, la mejor jugadora de tenis, más allá de los números.

Again, a really good interview that was diminished by the overly distracting (annoying) "background" music.

Background noise is really annoying, that's not music

Ash Barty is the modern day Justine Henin. Both very similar styles apart from the backhand which was just an awesome shot and both have or had lots of variety in their play. Both pack a punch with their groundstrokes despite their size. Justine should reach out to Ash at some point and give her some advice about how to cope with the big hitters and punching above her weight.

Queen henin😍😍😍

Justine, simply the Federer in woman's version ! Great athlete and even more great person. And Chrissy, the elegance on and off the courts ! What a good idea to have those conversations between champions from all decades ! Missing Steffi, Serena, Jelena Jankovic and Iga. Federer could be the interviewer for the masculine version ! That would be a good idea !

Does anyone else hate the background music?

Henin might be not a player with lots of gs titles, but her games will be always in the special place for tennis fans...

Why is the background music SO LOUD?

Music down a bit Chris.Good interviews all the same !

Her backhand was smashing

from serena's hARDCORE , she is truly the biggest rival of serena, next will be jennifer capriati.....henin and capriati always gave me a hard time!!!

Justine, Steffi lost 10-8 in that roland garos final.

Love Chrissy

If we're being honest, Justine was more skilled than Serena. Probably the most skillful female player ever

Love this, cut the background music though

It's a shame that Justine suffered that injured elbow in her match against Clijsters at Wimbledon because she could have achieved even more in tennis than the considerable accomplishments she did achieve during her somewhat short pro tennis career.

Seria bueno que hagan la traducción en español de estas geniales entrevistas! Subtítulos en español por favor!!

Chris is 66? wow she looks great

I am madly in love with Justine.

It’s hard to watch these interviews with number 1s legends and then watching wozinacki and kerber lol.

So sad her mom didn’t get to see her win 💔

In case you missed it her mom was behind her

Pound for pound, best player of her generation - Not me, Billie Jean King said it. And i agree 100%

Второй сынок с теннисной ракеткой в руках, ну очень похож на маму, Жюстин Энен?!.

Omg the music

What a paradox ..his idol is Graf..but tennis is more like Gaby Sabatini 🤔🤔

She could've achieved more. But she retired even if she was the reigning number 1. Unfortunately her comeback was unsuccessful with injuries.

It looks like Justine was in a tent somewhere...

Listening to Henin describe her burnout and isolation speaks to why The Williams Sisters were SO impactful. They were first criticized for being part time players, missing tournaments, having personal lives, other activities, having fun at high profile events. You NEVER heard about them crying about lifestyle imbalance. It’s crazy now but that Evert-Navratilova Era of playing full time, 12 months a year and completely ignoring a personal life smdh Recipe for burnout AND unhappiness. AND not even sustainable once the tour got deeper, more competitive and more physically demanding.

Henin GOAT

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Only Serena could beat her in her prime

Justine looks so old on that thumbnail.

Williams sisters power ran her out of the game. However, she was a joy to watch play….precise and efficient.

Aside from Chris she was my favorite female player of all time...

She can beat Serena at anytime anywhere

Biggest underachiever...she was soooo good BUT won much lesser than what she was capable of... Should've won ATLEAST 15 It's like Federer winning 7 slams ONLY

It's sad that two great tennis champions like Chris Evert and John McEnroe, who both should know better, absurdly referred (and continue to refer) to Justine Henin as "the Roger Federer of women's tennis", when it couldn't have been more obvious that as wonderful a player as Justine was on the women's pro tennis tour, she clearly was not the Federer of women's tennis! For starters, she never dominated women's tennis like Federer dominated men's tennis as he did from 2003-2008. Justine is a Hall of Fame player winning 7 major singles titles, but she never won 3 majors in the same year as Federer has done three times in his career (2004, 2006 and 2007) and Navratilova did twice (1983, 1984) in her career (and, of course, Graf won the Grand Slam in 1988 and three majors in 1989)! Also, she never had dominant seasons in which her won-lost record was nearly as impressive as McEnroe's 1984 season, Navratilova's 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 seasons or Graf's 1987 and 1989 seasons! Second, Justine's serve although strong, was never as strong a weapon proportionately speaking in her game as it has been in Federer's game. Federer is able to win many more free points in his matches with unreturnable first serves than Justine did in her matches in tennis. Third, although Justine could volley fairly well, she not only had a tendency to miss volleys that a good volleyer doesn't miss, but in tight situations in a match she could miss easy volleys that she should have made. So she was not as good a volleyer as Federer, even though it is impossible to rank Federer among the greatest serve-and-volleyers of all-time because he abandoned serve-and-volley too early in his pro career to make a legitimate comparison of his volley with those of Laver, Kramer, Sampras, McEnroe, Edberg and Becker possible. Fourth, although Justine had very good mobility on the court, she did not move as well on the court as Federer. The one thing she did better than Federer was that she used her backhand to open up the court by pulling her opponents wide with a sharply angled topspin backhand crosscourt to set up a winning forehand which is something that Federer rarely if ever does in his matches. Evert and McEnroe suffer, as do most humans, from the all too-common affliction of seeing what one expects to see and not what is actually there in front of their eyes in terms of events and trends in society.

Serena has zero humility .she has the wrong word