Top 5 moments at Women's Finals - Roland-Garros 

Absolutely to both points!

Is not a Rankiing is chronological order

Absolutely. Grace and power in motion. Ciao!

Yes, and ut was a very dramatic match, many dramatic moments

Wouldn’t agree more

@ppm120667 and yet Graf was a gracious loser in the 89 and 92 finals

@ppm120667 They have all toiled hard for their game, everyone is a sore loser at some point of their career...

Graf didn't play well on that final....too many unforced errors,i saw the game!

I agree

Also because of their different styles. It's just sad that today nobody plays serve and volley the way Martina did it.

I think the greatest rivalry in all of sports!

stu wilks wrong. It was clearly Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris

@@guyinsf not even close to Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei.

Jenifer was a sweet girl. She got a little sidetracked and overwhelmed by Fame, but she came back strong.

Tim Poster wrong. Evert/Navratilova 85 will always be the best.

Agreed 👍

I agree with you, Tim!

...your opinion of course!

@Illya Kuryakin In 2000 was when journalists made the vote? You may want to check for updates.

@Illya Kuryakin That answer is right between your finger tips and your computer keyboard.

@Illya Kuryakin Google "top 10 greatest women's tennis players of all time" I'm quite certain that wouldn't see a CONVID-19 link/news.

Youcef Naceur hands down. Best match ever. Nothing comes even close.

Youcef Naceur u mean wimbledon 92 final...when seles quiet like church mouse

Yep. Two giants just at another level. Incredible.

i had the smallest tv to watc h it on so i could barely make out the ball and such, so ur probs right, but didnt Monica force her to play bad

hilarious. Davenport, Seles, Chris Evert and Billie Jean King all state that Serena has faced the most intense level of competition of **any era. ... but /you say that it is 'crappy'. Tennis continually improves, across the decades. The competition isn't 'crappy' because you say that it is. Let's be realistic: if Graf played Vika or Sharapova, she would have been hit off the court. Davenport flat-out embarrassed Graf in the 1999 Wimbledon final. Tracy Austin said that Graf was a better player in 1999 than in 1989 because had to keep improving just to stay competitive.

how come you always appear when your magical alter-ego 'Illya Kuryakin' appears... instantaneuously? and you are lying through your eighty year-old teeth. you totally know that Sharapova would kill Graf 6-2 6-0. be real, you lunatic! you think Graf had tough competition but every f*cking tennis players states that tennis has continually improved. either you are deluded out of your skill or you are just very, very high and out of your old brain.

all these people have been tennis champions, across different eras -- but YOU know more than a professional tennis player, about how tennis has changed. Date's game would disturb any player, because of her strange grips and low balls. did she /ever/ come close to making the top 20 again? no, she f*cking didn't. she didn't get to the latter stages of any notable tournament. get a grip. and Steffi would have to pray that her nose and her bullying of umpires into siding with her and her nose would win her a few games against any top 10 player in the 2000s. on skill alone, she would be flat-out embarrassed. Wozniacki is a far more complete player than Graf ever was. you know it, we all know it!

Roberto Payao there was no drama in the clijsters Capriati final. They respected each other. The 1999 leaves a bitter taste. Hingis was a b*tch in 1999 and Graf fully benefited from the uninterrupted booing of the audience. She could have asked the audience to quiet down but she was too happy that it would lead to Hingis’ meltdown. I have to wonder how people can actually enjoy a match when there is so much hate against one player. Hingis’ demeanor back then was just bad but she still was an 18 year old. Graf was 30 and she could have stopped the nonsense but instead she built on it doing hola with the crowd etc.

juju1305, well that shows what character Graf had on court !

And capriati never won Slam in Graf era.

Not even close. Apart from the fact that Steffi clearly should have lost that one, it wasn´t a better match than Capriati/ Clijsters, or Martina/ Chris.

@@fundhund62 should have lost? Are you drugs or what? Keeping the head together is the biggest reason for any success. And Steffi did just that.

Lol Damn, savage..

Inediblehulk I think it's the full hour of uninterrupted booing from the audience and the loss that took Hingis' spirit away. I was so shocked with that loss.

yes, but it all stemmed from that point - that was when she broke then everything became magnified for her.

100 % agree

is that Illya, George Henry Thomas or **Gunther?

Oh man... God will forgive you for saying that..

Samir Gohil Lmao. Sharapova was godawful throughout the entire tournament and the others were simply too mentally weak to stop her from grinding her way to the trophy. That final was the perfect conclusion to an insufferable nightmare and should deservingly be on the all time worst list where it belongs.

number 50, for that

Samir Gohil I totally agree with you, Sharapova vs Halep was the best final, I love Sharapova, she's a Goddess.

Samir Gohil----------not even CLOSE

Nice!

my list : Graf vs Sanchez 1996 , and Capriati vs Ciljstersz 2001

Graf vs hingis is full of drama...it's unforgetable...what made capriati #1 ?

Aloysius Wicaksono the score. It is considered by many to be the greatest women’s final of all time after Venus-Davenport at Wimbledon 2005. While neither player was particularly dramatic, the quality of play was incredibly high, more so than Hingis-Graf or Sanchez-Graf, and oh that 12-10 final set score...unprecedented.

Basically most of Steffi s finals! ❤️❤️

Not by a long shot. The quality dropped significantly after Hingis failed to serve it out in the second set. After that it became largely a matter of booing a 18-year old off the court.

are we playing tennis or chatting a bit?? lol

French crowd is the worst crowd I have ever seen

@@kalevala29 a really nasty character.

@Max E Hingis was never a 'brat'. stop your complete trash. and what on earth is maniacal obsession with Serena? She is mentioned absolutely nowhere here and **keep talking about her.

@Max E Hingis as entirely **correct in all of those statements, except regarding Mauresmo. so what is 'trash' about that? you only bring up Serena because you are depraved racist and because you have to endlessly deflect attention from Graf and her criminal family. cheap. classless.

really???? i was there, it wasnt that great

man, you and your two personalities are a total joke! they must give you a lot of heavy weed in the seniors home.

I don't agree. It was a match full of emotion but very poor in terms of quality. All the Arancha-Graf finals (specially 1996) or the Graf-Seles (specially 1992) were way better

@@yomismo74 Which match did you even watch? The quality 2001 was incredibly high. The Graf-Sanchez finals were nothing in comparison.

@@fundhund62 Capriati-Clijsters was a very emotional match full of unforced errors,. in terms of quality was a very poor match

The best woman player of the game ! She's right at the top the way I see.Been following tennis for a long time since the 70's and she impressed me the most.

@Max E Still think with all your wonderful statistics she is one of the BEST players in women's tennis.Period !

@Max E Cool.

+23landcruiser Without a doubt, I agree.

Some people moved quickly, some moved gracefully, no one did both as well as she did. Best footwork I ever saw. Combine that with a cannon forehand and a slice backhand that carved soooo low... She was impressive and a pleasure to watch.

Greatest player ever... Doubt we'll see anything like that again

we're due another woman of that level though - how long has it been since a GOAT talent emerged on the men's or the women's? nearly 20 years since Serena turned pro, and the most recent, Djokovic debuted in 2003. Feel like a 'Female Fed' should be coming soon...

***** I think Hulk means it's been almost 20 years since Serena emerged. That's a long time. No new player has won 5 or more in their entire careers since Henin and Sharapova... they broke through over a dozen years ago.

She didn´t. Navratilova double-faulted on match point. And Hingis made an unforced error.

La Reina De Java I agree Arantxa should have been somewhere in there as well.

+Markus RiverRhine Are you kidding?? It is considered by many as one of the greatest grand slam finals of all time!

No-one seems to have noticed that they just put these finals in chronological order. They should have mentioned that in the accompanying text, though.

she robbed poor Hingis of another slam with her terrible ugly, bullying behaviour -- hounding the umpire to side with her and penalise Martina. Graf would never beat Hingis on talent or skill, so she had to go to the depths to win that final. absolutely disgusting behaviour.

"Graf is too old to cope with the fast evolving game". I believe what Steffi did to her in 1999 is called commupence

Adam Larsson steffi never did that to Hingis in that final. Hingis lost it by being a brat and underestimating her opponent.

Illya Kuryakin That’s the most important moment for Asia and China tennis

Illya Kuryakin I do

Khan Tut I think that’s because on clay the attacking ball would have ‘sat up’ for Chris to have a good smack at, whereas on grass it would’ve stayed much lower. This is borne out by their respective results on clay/grass.

Hey buddy, maybe you should watch the 1992 Womens Final at the French Open one more time lol. 10-8 in the third and its not exciting?

I couldnt agree more, bravo for comment

I was working at a busy bar during the final which was on the TV, the entire bar, kitchen staff, bartenders....everyone was GLUED to the tv for the last set of 1985. Epic, epic battle. there was so much heart on the court and the bar ERRUPTED when Chris won. Great memory. And this was NOT a tennis watching bar crowd haha! It was magic that day

sure, after blowing the match like that.

Hingis and serena. Just plain whiners

Yeah 60 60 lol

Sad that Natasha only grand slam appearance in singles. She definitely under achieved

It was a crap final come on: both amazing players but also sisters they had better final and definitely not that one.

It wasn't a good final! Who cares it was played by two sisters?! That doesn't mean quality...

Leslie Rosado😅😂😄

Could have been better than Fed if not for the stabbing incident. Seles won 7 GS in her teens with Graf being present. Serena 1GS in her teens.

Illya Kuryakin How many GS (singles) did Hingis win?

Illya Kuryakin I know those GS stats. 😂 You don't recognize sarcasm, do you?

1000% agree with you Leslie. Without the stabbing, Monica would have beaten all records, and Steffi would not have won so many GS titles, even though she was also an immense champion. People tend to forget that at barely 20 years old, Monica had already won.....8 Grand Slams, that's CRAZY....................................................................