Ranking ALL 22 Matches of Serena Williams vs Maria Sharapova 

Wimbledon 2012, AO 2007 absolute destruction, FO 2013 was Nice too

Australian open 2015

Wimbledon 2004 Iconic Teenage vs number 1 Iconic I love sharapova

AO 2007. Never has someone been taken to the woodshed quite like Maria was that day. An absolute shellacking

Olympics 2012 was the Golden Beatdown. Absolute dominance.

Me too. Serena and Sharapova both seemed to transcend the sport as they became well known in the mainstream. Whenever they both stepped on court, it always felt like a big moment. Few WTA players today seem to have that kind of star quality.

True that.

Serena is clearly NOT the GOAT since she doesn’t hold a single significant record and is overshadowed by other greats such as Graf, Navratilova and Court. She is a top 5 all time great but not the GOAT.

Obviously Serena Williams IS NOT a GOAT

@@akizaizinskii Aww boring debate Oh did Venus get stabbed did Justine no but I remember in 1993 somebody stabbing Monica what was that slam count btw when she was stabbed hmm oh it was 11 to 8 in favor of Graf I'm not a Graf hater but I will tell it like it is imagine winning a slam 11 times like Court did when her best rivals didn't come as far as Martina goes all she had was Evert and Tracy got injured Andrea became a nun so her path to winning was just a one player Hana got her a time or two. The amount of talent Serena had to deal with was more than Martina Margret and Chrisse combined! I loved Steffi but I'm not stuck on stupid like most fans of this sport.

Bullshit. For Maria, playing against Serena was like playing against a way better version of herself. Never understood why you Maria fans could never admit that.

Yes

And for most of their career Maria didn't have much of a serve to rely on

@@Mhochul Maria had a great serve her whole career. What are you talking about?

This new gen doesn’t like handshakes and try to make it now political

@@ritaj7080 Iga doesnt have a political problem with Americans. In fact during Sharapova's time and the Russians dominating the top then there was bitchiness in WTA, players are friendlier now. Just Iga doesnt have a warm personality and it gets worse when she is losing

Maria should've just asked them to give her her silver medal before she stepped on the court lol

No Sharapova’s and Azarenka😂

Also Venus vs Sharapova 2005 Wimbledon

😭😭

Right!

That match was perfect from Serena

For real!

She still would have always lost against Serena.

True that.

​@@JCole-fg3rrnot many players have a great record against queen ree. Sharapova at least has a career slam that speaks volumes.

@@krishnakumar2390 well she was on drugs…

@@JCole-fg3rr I deny it, I know about the political conspiracies more than you my dear, all American athletes does takes drugs and I can say all world athletes does takes drugs too, do u want me to argue on this subject I will knock you out instantly 😂🤣have u remembered the name cam Lewis? 🤣😂

“This is better than anything I saw on the women's tour last year (2006); this is unplayable.” Sam Smith, ex player and lead commentator, the BBC and Eurosport.

“It was what followed that really sent shockwaves around the tennis world, however. The 6-1 6-2 demolition of world number one Maria Sharapova in just 63 minutes was arguably the most powerful display ever seen in women's tennis.” Piers Newbery, BBC sport. May 2007.

@@adamlarsson3828 no any players from serena era, has a good record against her, so that's not a wonder while u r single out Sharapova the only reason she's white and successful.

Serena wasn't in freefall those years... she won the 2005 Australian Open! I think she just lost intensity and interest for a while and then came back in 2007

@krishnakumar2390 please don’t be completely ridiculous. Asian people are so frequently racist and obsessed about prioritising white people, while disliking blacks. i say this as a northern European that has been heavily educated by black friends!! you are uncloaking your own /intrinsic racism here …. you could never appreciate someone like Serena. In any case, they were not comparable as players. Sharapova’s own coach said that everything that Sharapova did, Serena simply did better - especially the forehand and serve. Their lopsided ‘rivalry’ is simply a reflection of how their games match up and nothing more.

Please. Michael Joyce, Sharapova’s long-term coach and hitting partner, stated ( - with emphasis) that Serena simply did everything better than Sharapova. Serena’s weight of shot was simply bigger and the ball was heavier. If a player hits the ball harder at average speeds and ^far harder at [their fastest] speeds, how is the second player [i.e. Sharapova] supposed to defeat the player that you do not want her to lose to? Their fastest hitting speeds were not even comparable, especially on the forehand. Serena would frequently hit three to five times as many winners as Sharapova in this match-up. She is in central position far more. Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis have ALL stated that Serena was both the most powerful and the most aggressive player that they have ever played. PERIOD. Serena has all of these intrinsic technical and stylistic advantages. The only part of the game in which Serena and Sharapova are matched is the ‘mental’ part - the part of the game How exactly Sharapova supposed to beat a player that is so clearly superior, in nearly every facet of the game? This is taking ridiculousness to an absurd level. “Williams averages hitting her forehands harder (73mph to 68mph), but her fastest shot of the tournament was an jaw-dropping 115mph backhand.” - Craig O'Shannessy, tennis analyst for the ATP Tour, March 2015.

@@adamlarsson3828 Sharapova was a better net player, but there was nothing else she did that was better than Serena. Her matches against Venus were much more entertaining but they didn't play very often.

I think tightness is how close the game was, and performance is how good the play was.

Sharapova takes the matches to three sets against queen rena, serena Hates losing to Sharapova bcz their off court rivalry speaks volumes highest paid athlete for the 11 consecutive years from Maria when serena was at her prime that's the reason.

I think it was mary Carillo who said that during the AO 2005 sf match.

completely agree how the F is the 2012 madrid final rated a 3.5 in performance whereas Serena's 2 most god mode matches of all time, the 2012 Olympic final and the 2007 AO final, the highest level of tennis any women has ever played on planet earth, only get a 3??

Maria serve was somewhat better before the injury but not that much. Her motion was very janky and awkward from the start, and that injury was bound to happen sooner or later. She should've fixed it during her junior career, but she carried into her pro career and unsurprisingly had major shoulder issues

Great analysis.

Neither of them was rena and Sharapova level sorry.

After she lost that Wimbledon final she said NEVER AGAIN. She lost the WTA final that year when she was essentially at 50%, and then never lost to Maria again. The GOAT

Such trash. Please. Michael Joyce, Sharapova’s long-term coach and hitting partner, stated ( - with emphasis) that Serena simply did everything better than Sharapova. Serena’s weight of shot was simply bigger and the ball was heavier. If a player hits the ball harder at average speeds and ^far harder at [their fastest] speeds, how is the second player [i.e. Sharapova] supposed to defeat the player that you do not want her to lose to? Their fastest hitting speeds were not even comparable, especially on the forehand. Serena would frequently hit three to five times as many winners as Sharapova in this match-up. She is in central position far more. Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis have ALL stated that Serena was both the most powerful and the most aggressive player that they have ever played. PERIOD. Serena has all of these intrinsic technical and stylistic advantages. The only part of the game in which Serena and Sharapova are matched is the ‘mental’ part - the part of the game that Sharapova herself stated was biggest strength in her game. How exactly Sharapova supposed to beat a player that is so clearly superior, in nearly every facet of the game? This is taking ridiculousness to an absurd level.

“Williams averages hitting her forehands harder (73mph to 68mph), but her fastest shot of the tournament was an jaw-dropping 115mph backhand.” - Craig O'Shannessy, tennis analyst /HawkEye data for the ATP Tour. (March 2015.)

Barely. 2 of Serena’s losses she was injured badly. Another she was sick, another Serena was having a horrible day on court. Her only real win against Serena was cincy and Serena choked that lol

@@JCole-fg3rr well, Vika had 5 wins out of 23 times the two went against each other (5-18) 👍 but 4 of them were finals, the last one was USO'20 semi: all are important matches, let just give Vika the respect she deserves ⭐️ Sharapova is like 2-20, Radwanska 0-10, Ivanovic 1-9, Halep 2-9: against Serena 😂 Kerber played Serena in her prime, and got 3-6, really good too

​@@nhatlongvu8896azarenka is not even a player compared to career slam holder Sharapova, imagine if azarenka was at Sharapova place serena would given the same customary smack down to vika too😂🤣

​@@krishnakumar2390Even if u check Vika vs Maria head to head ,, Maria leads just by an edge over Vika by 7-6 ... She might leads but Vika is able to beat the career slam winner 6 times ..... Vika is definitely not a normal player and she always sits beside Serena and Maria for sure

@@gouthamkumar7421 that's a joke, vika thought that she could beat Sharapova over all, but who cares as Sharapova has a career slam meanwhile vika? Just one Aussie open😂🤣🙏the second one li na was injured.

Not true

@@achnix3167 has sharapova clapped on serena ever? During a rally? Show me a video then. Serena did that to almost all her opponents.

Sharapova the princess Serena the Queen.