Ranking History of Top 10 Women's Tennis Players (1987 - 2018) 

Wow, great job.

Yes absolutely Moncia seles was a Yugoslavian back in her rise as a tennis star so we have to be grateful for Serbia too to bring an Unbelievable legend to tennis.

Cool way to View Stats Good Ideal!

thats right

Yes. I was about to take note of that. She was a citizen of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The GOAT ! Of that there is no question.

Maybe your golden age

the best was monica seles, serena williams no comment.

Sharapova took meldonium and she grunts

@@JB-xw6bz Is there a better time period for women's competition? Serena is arguably the best women's tennis player and only the ones named above could give her a run for her money in her prime. Graf is among the greats, but her only real competition was Seles, who pretty much dominated her until the accident.

biff tannen Actually Graf still had a better h2h against Seles until the knife attack.

Is she retired?

@@bogdanescu86 yess

She retired? no wonder I haven't seen her on TV lately! oh well

Great court instincts. Didn't quite have the power to win a major.

Bogdan Dumitrescu yes she retired and now she is pregnant.

Definitely

Yes, just imagine how her career would have gone had that stabbing not occurred 😔

Wtf? She was stabbed??? Im gonna have to google this

Oh yes Monica owned everyone on all surfaces except grass. Very very sad what happened to her. Funny enough they I think tried to get her from stopping her shrieking when she made a shot. But the stabbing was too traumatic she never really recovered.

the girl that invented orgams on court... uhhh eeeh uuuh eeeh uukkk oink oink... unfairest player of all times.

Greetings from Romania my dude!

And she was 16 years old lol

Thanks for pointing out. It will be fixed in the next update.

@@joaquingonzalo1945 Wikipedia... Monica Seles (/ˈsɛləs/; Hungarian: Szeles Mónika, pronounced [ˈsɛlɛʃ ˈmoːnikɒ]; Serbian: Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; born December 2, 1973) is a retired professional tennis player, who represented Yugoslavia and the United States and is also a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. An ethnic Hungarian, she was born and raised in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. She became a naturalized American citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007.[1][2] A former world no. 1, she won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia, and the final one while representing the United States.

I remember she won her 1st world junior championships at d age of 13!💪

She played for Yugoslavia AND later frim 1994 for the USA.

monica seles was the best.

nope... seles played the best, serena just rivaled it www.stevegtennis.com/head-to-head/women/Serena_Williams/Monica_Seles/

@@mahasajan That was long after the stabbing

@@MrRazorblade999 nope... records say it all

@@mahasajan Again, it was AFTER the tragedy. Can you read at all?!

@C o NO, Serena was born in 1981. When Monica was number 1 in the world, Serena was only 10, 11, and 12 years old. Serena beat Monica after the stabbing incident when Monica obviously was not the same player. Monica was incredible before that horrible tragedy. Her groundstrokes and mental toughness were unmatched .

Seles could've challenged Graf as GOAT, but we'll never know for sure. She came back, but I don't think she was 100%. Maybe 98%, but even that small dip kept her from being one of the all-time greats.

Graf was the most benefited with Seles absence. Anyway Graf is far from being the GOAT, her record of more weeks in number one (not anymore) was, in many ways, circumstantial.

@@cutechilean Everytime saw Sanchez Vicario in the final is like "wow she is so consistent to beat everybody" and lost with Graf at the final (except USO94) and her record with Seles before the stabbing 1-9. Besides Graf,Sanchez Vicario benefits a lot from Seles absence. Like when you say "in many ways, circumstancial" love it bro

I remember she won her 1stworld junior championships at d age of 13!💪💪 sadly that she's too powerful for Steffi Graf's fan to handle🙂☺

Graf should really thank Monica's stabber. The stabbing made Graf #1 again. Poor Seles was badly hurt, both physically and psychologically. Seles was never the same player afterwards.

More Serbian again!

Was also surprised that she never been number 1,l thought she was when she won those Wimbledon titles.

Kingz_xxi just played against shit for a long time

@@bencb3 Per ELO and other stats that adjust for quality of opponent she played against tougher opponents than Serena Williams, so try again

anderson Screw idiots like that. That's like saying Serena only won so much because she was bigger and stronger than everyone else. Too bad all the greats didn't play in the same era. Can you imagine Serena. Martina, Chrissy, Billy Jean, Margaret Court, Venus etc, etc competing year after year, head to head!!!! In ä Word, WOW

@@Trepur349 She did but at the end of their career and while they were much older. Seles who was the serious competition and potential winner had to drop. So no real competition for Graf. Serena had tough competition she was just so far ahead she made everyone else look weaker. lol

@@nikosgr9290 Serena had tough competition at the beginning of her career, Cljisters, Henin etc. But they were all retired by 2008. The rest of Serena's career, where she won 2/3rds of her slams, she had no competition, Kerber, Wozniaki and Halep being 2nd through 4th best players of the last decade. All laughably worse than Everet, Martina, Seles, Sabatini, Davenport etc.

Dok nije postala Amerikanka

Thanks for pointing out. It will be fixed in the next update.

@@randomstats3020 Thank you RandomStats for your work! Great!

Monika seles is from romania

@@davidog3453 Romania? Cool! I didn't know she's a gypsy.

but most of the life is a Serbian citizen

@@nenad2427 Yugoslav citizen.

Only Yugoslav and American. Inform yourself.

She was also a Hungarian citizen.

Crazy Girl Seleš (Born in Novi Sad)

Djokovic

Cold player, in important moments disappears completely.

@@jelenaostapenko2218 gtfoh,dumbass kid

@@jelenaostapenko2218 ?

E varza Halep,tu-i dumnezaii ei.

Who is Halep?

For me it's Billie Jean King the greatest female tennis player of all time

For me Steffi won only one doubles grandslam, if you're going to decide on greatest ever then it would be 1 Martina N, 2 Margaret, 3 Serena, 4 Steffi, 5 Billie Jean, 6 Martina H . If choosing the best you must consider all their accomplishments, not just in singles. I did however put her at 4! Maybe if you had to decide singles player only it would be a tie between Steffi and Serena!

@@ronnieconner5908 to me doubles are completely irrelevant. Dont even watch them 🤷‍♀️ so I dont take them into consideration when ranking best players.

@@PozoBlue everyone is not you! To me Martina Navratilova was the best ever. I watch both singles and doubles. I respect your decision but feel all players accomplishments are important and everyone is entitled to their opinion! 🤓 oh, and have a nice day! 🤓

sara lincoln 😂

She had no competition, because she mastered a shot no woman can play that well. The backhand slice is an underrated and underused shot, especially in women's tennis today. Everyone is just playing brainless power tennis. If the girls would use their brain and play low slice shots against Serena, Serena would have tough time lifting the ball over the net with her 175 pounds.

@@lgeiger Tennis is way more athletic than it was in Graf's time. That slicing backhand wouldn't stand a chance even against a mediocre player today.

tjrtt not true. The slice - at least the way Steffi hit it - would be incredibly effective today. All the women today hit the same ball, hard and flat. That’s why Serena has prospered. Take the ball out of her zone and make her actually time it and add controlled pace, and she won’t be so effective. (Remember her loss in the US Open semis a couple years ago.). The other women would be even more pressed playing against that knifing slice.

Her slice was amazing and she has one of the best forehands ever. That's some good variety. But anyone saying Steffi didn't have the competition that Serena had are absolutely false. Serena's toughest rival during her career has been her own sister. Have you seen some of the players Steffi beat to win Slams? Also Steffi retired at a pretty low age because of injury but also she was the best ever, so why wouldn't she. She had no real motivation anymore. Serena on the other hand won most her Slams after the age of 30 that's when Steffi already retired and there's no competition when Serena reached her 30's. Steffi faced players that were way more consistent. Steffi constantly met the same players in the final of Slams or even earlier. And we can't forget that Seles could have been the GOAT or at least make it similar to Navratilova vs Evert. Steffi vs Seles would be an all time rivalry. Serena has never faced a player at the level of Seles so while it is sad that she got stabbed that would only make Steffi have a truly truly tough career with playing a top 5 of all time player throughout her career, Serena hasn't had that. Serena faced some strong players but not consistently.

Lindsay Davenport was asked in an interview after her retirement who was the toughest player she had competed against (taking into account she played in the Graf, Williams sisters, caparati, Henin era) she replied by saying Steffi Graf that her slice was never given the credit it should have had.

the girl that invented orgams on court... uhhh eeeh uuuh eeeh uukkk oink oink... unfairest player of all times.

Lol. No

@@reinebautistamercado4286 Lol. Yes.

@@dagda3000 amen!

@@techexpress01 No.lol

@O 285 Thanks to her own strengths.

Very likely python + pandas. Check out also this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vd7z_rWeddY.html which is essentially a prototype

I hated the grunting. I always rooted against Seles (and Sharapova, and Serena) because I consider it to be unsportsmanlike. It is impossible to know, but I think it highly likely that if Seles had not been stabbed Serena would be #1 on this list because Seles and Graf--both of whom are better than Serena, in my opinion--would have split many titles and weeks at number one.

Superiga!

D'accord avc toi

😂😂😂😂😂

Well said Timothy. Statistically speaking Steffi's stats are far more impressive than Serena's. One of the ways I rank the greatest playersi is by comparing their best seasons. Steffi has had 5 seasons where she won 3 or more grand slams, 3 times where she won every match. Her 1988/89/93/95/96 seasons all rank in my top ten of all time. Only one of Serena's - 2002

@@reynardtg Serena has the greatest serve of all time and maybe the best return of serve. Steffi had a great serve too and the superior forehand. Steffi was the best mover in tennis history. Her sliced back hand was natural and she volleyed better than Serena who is a mediocre volleyer. I prefer the fluid gazelle style of Graf to the power thuggery of Serena and and the modern game.

@@timothyhudson9976 Agree with you. Was watching clips here from the Australian Open 1994 last week. Arguably Steffi at the peak of her powers, everything working, but her movement was phenomenal. One other thing that separated Steffi was her pursuit of perfection on the court rather than records, unlike Serena and Martina who nailed their colours to achieving status in the game as the best ever. When Steffi won her q/f against MJ Fernandez Wimbledon 95, for example, she was elated because she knew she had played near perfect tennis.

Si buen logro de Sabattini, aunque es mejor el de Anita Lizama de 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 q fue número 1

Tomáš Kouba then why did she play for usa? Im confused

@@Boomboxboi She escaped from communism

and more man than woman

jo no

Lol

She seems to be a likable person, but there used to be some controversy around her

1 graf 2,s wiliams 3 navratilova 4 higins 5 seles. 6 clijsters .7 v viliams 8 a muresmo 9 ivanovič 10 s halep

how can you tell? lmao

It’s obviously Kristyna

Who?

@O 285 She didn´t hurt anybody, right?! Neither with knife nor with anything else.

@O 285 Seems Parche is not the only crazy one.

Havent won a slam in how long?

@@joehalliday6081 And how many players have never won a slam let alone 23? What kind of asinine comment is this?

@@RichTake you’re speaking of yourself when you say asinine comment?

Same

how can you tell? lmao

@@charlie172011 cause she's holding racket in her left arm and Kristyna is lefty. And their noses are slightly different.

That doesnt make sense lol, Stefii with 22 GS while dominating rankings for longer shows she played against weaker opponents. You dont win 23 or 24 by playing "only when the competition was low" That is evidence by looking at how easily Seles got to rank 1-2. Stefii played against weaker opposition.

Makes perfect sense if you follow their career closely. Their father was terrified of burnout and injury so preferred they skip certain tournaments. He knew which ones presented the greatest chance of victory combined with prize money. He was more about payout. That is why you now see serena grab appearance fees and bow out without trying to actually win. Money!!

GOAT for a reason

With the support from a disgusting crazy fan! Anything is possible!

I mean we'll never know how good Seles would have been if she wasn't stabbed. Maybe Seles would be considered the GOAT today if she wasn't stabbed. Maybe she would have still come up slightly short of the almost impossibly good run Graf had between 1987 and 1991. It's impossible to say. Important to note that the peak of Graf's career happened years before the stabbing. Take away half of Graf's titles 1993 on, and I think Graf is still arguably the GOAT simply because of how good she was in the late 80s

@@starside7 It was a cruel and disgusting act, but still... Even at Seles BEST. Graf was better in my opinion, they played a lot against each other and Steffi won most of the matches...

@sara lincoln I know that, but that makes no difference. That was sad and horrible. I saw that on TV. But still, i was young and did not realize how good she was 😊 Why i has to defend my opinion against this fan, because i am german too? Do you think i sat at home and cheered after that? Seems like it, because you have to write it in BIG letters, shame on you... It's my opinion and it's backed up with statistcs, nobody knows how it would be if this has not happened

I do not agree with you There are things you don't know about tennis history Why did "monica seles" disappear from the rankings when it was number 1 in 1993? research this maybe you will change your mind...

the girl that invented orgams on court... uhhh eeeh uuuh eeeh uukkk oink oink... unfairest player of all times.

@@barfuss2007 it is very impolite.if she wasnt stabbed.she could won more then 15 gs

@@@markovitorovic3257 she was stabbed but she also killed tennis

@@barfuss2007 what are u talking about? When she was playing Graf cannot win nothing. She is true legend. Not Graf - half man half woman.

@@@user-uy7ws1qx3m Monika played unfair thats all. Her "noises" prevented form hearing if its slize or top spin. She only won with this unfair trick. And Steffi Graf won in spite of Monikas unfairness a lot of matches against her. Steffi Graf had a much better trained body a Monika. Because of that Monika needed these unfair behaviour to win.

Agreed...but seles took over graf.for a couple of weeks in 1996..

@Illya Kuryakin look at this video...seles took over for a couple if weeks..lol...graf did not deserve her slams after the stabbing...believe what u believe but seles owned her before the stabbing...

@Illya Kuryakin blimey Ur here as well . what a psychopath says dsnt matter we r fans of true tennis and we all know what the truth is. Other than the Wimbledons all the other post 93Ao grandslams of Graf are extra gifts. Whole world knows that and your thorough RU-vid campaign can't change that..

@Illya Kuryakin your blackmail scandal story didn't work either. And everyone knows Seles won 7 of 9 and how many graf won and suddenly after Seles gone she won 5 of 5 . But it seems Ur shameless and dsnt possess a normal mind so even after so much bashing u got all over RU-vid ,it didn't make u realise that Ur wrong. So u know the jihadis they are such brainwashed their thought can't be changed with truth.. I leave it at that..if it were someone sensible I would continue the points..but no point talking to you

@@bozzanovva1596 this Illya is a psychiatric patient . Don't argue you will waste your time. We all know the truth. Graf would get max 11+4 GS without Hamburg stabbing.. whole world knows that

7:38 and Serbians

it was a joy to watch her perfect technique and amazing foot work, Henin also my favorite all times

@cesar leon yep she is

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