Chris Evert d. Hana Mandlikova - 1983 Amelia Island SF
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Though Hana brought a lot of game, the 1983 Amelia Island semifinal was often reminiscent of the final there against Martina a few years prior... Chris could do no wrong, and won not only long strings of games, but long strings of points. With this match, Evert won her 48th straight set at Amelia Island by closing out the match from a 6-1 5-1 lead ~ after a valiant late effort by Hana which proved to be too late indeed ~ with Chrissie finally notching the victory 6-4. She met Carling Bassett in a dramatic nationally televised final, which can also be found on this channel.
Commentators are Bud Collins & Dick Enberg for NBC. Video footage provided by chrisevert.net for the continued preservation of Chris Evert's legacy in tennis.
Thanks for posting; it's always nice to see matches from the 80's. Even as a kid back then, I really liked Bud's commentary and how he'd pull these little gems of history and wisdom from the archives - his description of what makes Evert great at 9:39 is spot-on. In very different ways, Chris and Hana were both awesome shotmakers.
Thanks for posting! Really enjoyed seeing this for the first time. Davidx
Agreed..Chris's overall career numbers are simply the best. Steffi and Martina do have some career numbers that are better but if you were to do a total tennis stats roll call'. Chris would be on top
I'm glad someone else realizes this kind of thing. There is an argument for Chris and one for Martina as GOAT. Also Margaret Court and Steffi. The case for Serena is a little weaker if you just look at results, but she still has a case because I think the top women play each other more often now than they did back then, so her lower winning percentage can be explained by that. (I could be wrong, but I know this is true of the men's game).
Career winning percentage: Court: 91.5% Chris: 90% Steffi: 89% Martina: 88% Serena 85% (Margaret won at 91.3% in the amateur era, and 91.7% with 11 slams in the open era, despite giving birth TWICE) Steffi had 377 weeks at number one, followed by Martina at 332, and Serena at 319. Chris had "only" 260. Maragret had her heyday before computer rankings. Martina won almost twice as many matches as Serena, and Chris is not far behind. Serena has the most slams in the open era, but Chris skipped ten slams when she was number one n the world (including three French Opens on clay, where she hardly ever lost), because the Virginia slims tournaments were considered more prestigious then. Martina also skipped ten at this time, when she was vying for the top spot, but was arguably the top grass court player (the AO was played on grass then, and they each skipped seven of them)
@@joemarshall4226 Very good analysis.
If you see Evert's forehand drop and lob working for clean winners early in a match, you know her opponent is in serious trouble.
Chris Evert was "unbelievable." Check these stats. A Grand Slam Championship 13 years in a row. Jack Nicklaus called it the "greatest record in sports." But more remarkable to me is reaching the SEMIs in 48 of 49 Grand Slam Championships from 1971 to 1987 ( 16 years, age 16 to age 32 ). Her only pre-semi loss to Kathy Jordan when she was ill. And 189-1 on clay from 1973 to 1981. Only loss to Tracy Austin ( 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 ( 7-4 ). The greatest tennis player of all-time.
Evert also didnt play Aus and French Open a few years due to team tennis, Wightman/Fed cup
Then again, there are those slams Graf won immediately after Seles got stabbed and was away from the game.
Both players still using wood in April '83. I think Austin still was at this point as well (and on the verge of forced retirement). Players like Shriver, Jaeger and even Martina had switched to more modern rackets at least a year before. Shriver never played on the pro tour with wood.
And both walloping the ball! Not easy to do with wooden rackets.
This match is a good example of a huge, once promising talent like Mandlikova destroying her chances in a match with wild, WTF shots. Sure Hana won a few slam tournaments, even defeating Chris and Martina, but she could've added more to her bag by working on her game. It just wasn't in her mind to know how to hit the right shot, something Evert almost always knew. By the way, Mandlikova has a hideous haircut here, totally copping Andrea Jaeger's look in 1983.
Her pupil Jana Novotna was also a massive underachiever. Such headcases those Czechs (minus butch powerful lesbian Martina).
@@ralphbourgeois5875 You can add a very talented Sukova to that list.
If you look over the results over a person's entire career, Chrissie really was perhaps the strongest player emotionally ever to play the game. Her ability to manage her emotions and maintain her focus was just astonishing, not just year after year, but decade after decade.
Something she maintained by taking regular breaks from the game. A very intelligent way to do it.
everts chief rivals were never stabbedd out of competition - graf's was.
Seles is overrated anyway. The stabbing has made her one of the most overrated myths in tennis. I agree Graf won atleast a couple extra slams so was lucky in that sense, but Seles and her fans are still lucky she was stabbed as it has made her insanely overrated.
@@annoyingchannel8812 She was dominant for 2 years. Many players in womens tennis history have been dominant for 2 years. Even players like Bueno, Hart, and Henin were dominant for 2 years. It does not mean you are destined to be GOAT. Yet her delusional fan base talk up how she supposably would have won 30 slams and been the hands down GOAT if she weren't stabbed, LOL! In realty she probably winds up with maybe 13-15 slams and is barely ranked different than she is today. Heck if anything she is ranked lower this way than getting 9 slams but being stabbed, and having that as an excuse for everything.
Chrissie always so fit and trim.. great champion
It gets so tiresome to always have someone mention graf & then the expected stabbing response. If it were me, I'd just delete them immediately. Can we not just celebrate evert & mandlikova? Great video. Thank you.
How come people are talking about Steffi? Steffi wasn't even on the tour in 1983. Bizarre.
It's a good question. However, Graf WAS on the tour in 1983. In fact, in late 1982 Tracy Austin beat her 6-0, 6-0 in Filderstadt indoors. Graf was 13 at the time. In 1994, Graf would beat Austin 6-0, 6-0 and it was the last of their 2 meetings! If only Austin had stayed healthy. Imagine a rising Graf with Evert, Austin, and Navratilova. Tennis history would be so different. Perhaps in a parallel universe it is...
Sorry but u r wrong. Austin beat Graf 6/4 6/0 in 1982 and not 6/0 6/0
@@NOTHEOTHERGUY I remember Austin saying after that match "there are hundreds like her back in the States", LOL!
Betty Stove in da house!
Another great match from Evert on clay
GHT..good call, but I serve to you Chris (13 straight years with 1 grand slam title) Steffi (9 straight years with at least grand slam title) no man nor woman will ever accomplish that feat in our life time...
I do not think Chris was happy with the way she closed the match
lets see the 84 final:-)
Steffi is one of the all time greats for sure... but to be fair I think it's conservative to say Seles would have taken a minimum of 3 Grand Slams from her from the French '93 to the French '95 (at least one French, and probably one each US Open and Australian, likely no Wimbledons). Also, had Monica played all thru the '93-'95 period, I think she would have won at least 3 more Grand Slams in the period from the '95 US Open to her retirement.
at least for sure. Seles was better than Graf, I don't see Graf winning more than Seles from 93 to 96. I see Seles with 19, Graf with 15 GS titles.
Steffi was on fire at the 94 Australian Open and beat Sanchez 6-2, 6-0 in the final, a score Seles who found Sanchez far easier a match up than Graf rarely even beat Sanchez by. No way do I see Graf losing to Seles there. I agree Seles takes atleast 2 slams from Seles in 93-95, so Graf would be at max 20 slams which would make Serena even more clearly the GOAT than she already is. Seles is overrated and would be at 15 slams max, particularly since she would be done winning slams after 96.
The Graf Seles debate doesn’t belong here .
Actually she had her share of luck too. Austin's sciatic nerve ring a bell? All champions have some luck along the way, much of it we never hear about
Hana and Martina the first transexuals allowed to play on the WTA. Not fair.