Steffi Graf 🇩🇪 How good was she really ?
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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2022
- Steffi Graf was born on June 14, 1969 in Brühl/Mannheim (Germany). For many, Steffi is the greatest of all time, even though Serena Williams won 23 Grand Slam titles and Magaret Court with 24 Grand Slam titles. What you can definitely say is that Steffi Graf is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. In 1988 Graf won the Golden Slam. Here you get a little insight into how good Steffi was. If you liked the video, I would appreciate a subscription. Have fun watching.
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The GOAT! ❤😊
With respect to Serena. Graf had no weakness. Her forehand was an unbeatable weapon and her "weaker" backhand (show me a player, that plays a better on handed backhand/slice) was still better than most others! At her prime, she was and still would be the best, no questions asked!
its so true. her backhand was her weaker side, but it was not a weakness.
those slices were needed to set her up for the big forehand.
u couldn’t attack that sliced backhand unless its green rebound aced melbourne for the old aussie open where everything bounced high (which came up to monica seles’ sweetspots, but thats a different story)
we saw a few times where steffi did top spin backhands on rallies, they were not as effective for her game. her game is centered around catching shorter ball with her killer forehands and smacked it anywhere in the court. the low knifing sliced was the perfect counterpart to her big forehand.
Legend of all legends!!! The Greatest indeed!!!
The greatest, always and forever
She is the best undoubtedly
Best before Serena
@@lnz971 Serena not even second best lol🤣🤣🤣. It's Steffi then Martina then Serena. Serena didn't have most slams, most weeks at no 1, most year end no 1, calendar slam/golden slam, most dominate season, longest winning streak, most WTA titles. So if you are GOAT you have to be hold some of those records but unfortunately Serena's records outside of slams aren't that impressive.
@@lnz971 Yeah sure, Yankee boy… 😂
@@rajusaha855 Even Mcenroe says it buddy you can rage all you want lol little racist, serena is the goat, she would have destroyed graf just because she was a more fast and powerfull Seles... Just remember seles before been stabbed, your little german princess was dominated!
@@carrerau7138 i'm french btw
I never see any other players that will levitate herself in the air while hitting a great forehand..thats y watching steffi playing was so entertaining..her movement was superb
A lot of memories for me as I followed this period of tennis. Steffi is the most emblematic player of that era. Her style of play is a combination of elegance and power. Her forehand is a timeless shot. Of course, today's top 20 players all have a similar groundstroke, because they're all athletes like Steffi was.
No, almost no one of today's players has similar groundstrokes.
And certainly not all are athletes like Steffi.
She was absolutely stunning on court.
Yes, that's true, but she was also adorable off the pitch
11.03 When Serena actually looked like a tennis player and not a buffalo charging on the court
hmm lets see, best FH, slice, movement in the womens game, ever. Only player in history to the golden slam
Steffi was a great tennis player and she won four grand slam finals in a single year, however she won 28 matches to accomplish it. Martina Navratilova won four grand slam finals in a row, however not in the same year. Since 1968 when the Open Era began, no male or female player won more singles tournaments than Navratilova (167), doubles events (177), or matches (2,189). I think that women's tennis was more competitive in the Evert/Navratilova era. Navratilova and Chris Evert played 80 matches against each other, with Martina winning 43-37. Martina and Graf played 18 times, with a 9-9 record and Graf is 12 years younger than Martina. Graf and Seles 10-5. Martina also played against Margaret Court, Billy Jean King, Virgina Wade, Venus Williams etc.
@@lahnonname8969 18 vs 22 slams. More weeks at number one. Golden slam. Only player man or woman to win each slam at least 4 times
@@lahnonname8969 Navratilova won 13 of her 18 slams between December 1981 and September 1986.
Evert, Mandlikova, Shriver, Sukova, Kohde were Navi's main opponents in those years.
17/18-year old Steffi was
5-0 H2H (10-0 in sets) against Evert,
4-0 H2H (8-0 in sets) against Mandlikova,
4-0 H2H (8-1 in sets) against Shriver,
6-0 H2H (12-2 in sets) against Sukova,
4-0 H2H (8-0 in sets) against Kohde
in 1986-88.
So 17/18-year-old Baby Steffi was 23-0 H2H (46-3 in sets) against "prime" Navratilova's main opponents.
Says all about Navratilova's competition. She had even easier fields than Serena.
@@heldernorte1394 Won 3+ slams in 5 different years.
At least 6 slams on each surface.
No losing record against any other slam winner.
@@carrerau7138it doesnt work like that. steffi was the new thing with a new powerful game. none of those old guards had any answers to steffi’s game. plus they were all gettin old, and it was a different game back then. steffi combined power & athleticism to the game. it was the start of the modern game for womens tennis. monica seles put an exclamation point with her power from both wings. those kind of power player did not exist during 70s-mid 80s when the tall german showed up
it did not mean mary joe fernandez was a better player than chris evert. it was different times and generations
Marion Bartoli is a way better Tennis player than Steffi Graf.
Marion bartoli had belief in herself that Steffi Graff as a great tennis player doesn't have even being world no.1 to win Wimbledon.
Wimbledon is a grass court tournament and therefore amongst the medium surfaces. which means medium rallies dictated by serve and therefore less exertion of energy during a point and shorter matches in general. you get value for your shot! fat and short or tall and thin!
when you play 3 sets against 5 sets for men, it is always an advantage.
Marion Bartoli played a more strategic than a grind type of tennis in tournaments. good volleying skills as compared to Steffi Graff even in execution.
Marion Bartoli had the belief that she could win and in contrast to Steffi Graff who believed that Bartoli would wear herself down and just lose(not that they don't have to play, just that they had to hang in there long enough for her to break down). Most of them slightly underestimated what she was doing in tournaments. She was an inexperienced player by that point who had proven herself as a former top 10 player.
Her winning was really a surprise i.e out of the blue with already having made the finals twice but her consistency was questionable.
She had unique two handed forehands and backhands. That was easy to replicate and master but once mastered it was going to be lethal. That was what spectators saw in tournaments of Marion Bartoli to a great extent.
at Wimbledon 2013 she had some luck from the draw as 15th seed. she never played a top 10 player en route to her victory. the finalist she played: Venus Williams had already beaten Agnieszka Radwańska en route to the final.
Venus Williams was playing her best but was probably worn out a lot by her battles with Agnieszka Radwańska and others. Venus Williams was in the form of her life but Bartoli had the luck of the draw.
Regardless of whether your fat or not, if you make your shots even Steffi Graff may not be able to return it at Wimbledon. so if you are playing near perfection and having consistency with your shots then you are playing on a level field.
then speaking of fat, technically Marion Bartoli may be classified as fat, yet she was the most successful female tennis player.
Bartoli wasn’t really playing a specific style and really had weakness in tournaments and most of her shots had some vigor in it that Steffi Graf generally doesn't necessarily have. Here return games were spot on and had more errors and more importantly she can get Steffi Graff to errors first.
all in all, this was a victory that was easily replicable or Bartoli after this mediocre run. She had belief and luck along with inexperience that allowed her to win her only Grand Slam. Marion Bartoli was dubbed as unfit and fat. She still made it to Grand Slam finals. Even in her Wembdon win 2013 she wasn’t fit. Marion Bartoli is an inspiration.
It was really a fluke because Bartoli won by dropping sets and beat a few top 20 players along the way.
Winning by dropping a set means you played really close to perfection along with dropping the level enough that allowed anyone to comeback and take a set from you.
being fat may seem a hindrance, but is a limitation if you want it to be one.
Honestly calling her fat in tournaments is really justifiable because she wasn’t thin but fat is really appropriate.
And yes, tall and lanky players like Steffi Graf don’t always win , especially in the topsy turvy women’s tour. slightly fatter players can generate more power than extremely thin and tall players like Steffi Graff.
Marion Bartoli would have butchered Steffi Graf. Marion Bartoli is a better Tennis player than Steffi Graf.