A special moment in time. A "Golden" slam. It won't be equaled. Graf is arguably "The GOAT" because of '88. Pure, total, brutal, and beautiful dominance.
@Will Reed: In addition Graf is the only player (men or women) who won a "Super Slam" (AO, FO, W, USO, Olympic Gold Medal, WTA Ch.-ship) consecutively - from WTA Champiuonship 1987 up to the Olympic Final in 1988...
Plus Steffi won the FO/Wimbledon/USO triple a record 4 times (1988, 1993, 1995, 1996). The 3 historically most prestigious tournaments on the planet, played each year within 3 months. Helen Wills did it twice (1928, 1929). Connolly (1953), Court (1970), King (1972), Navratilova (1984), S. Williams (2002) each did it once.
Graf defeated Sabatini in Seoul for the Gold Medal in '88 Graf defeated Sabatini in the final of the U.S. Open in '88 Graf and Sabatini teamed up in doubles and won Wimbledon in '88 Sabatini won the year end Masters Championships in '88 at Madison Square Garden Graf's accomplishments were formidable.....but Sabatini was a consistent and solid Top Ten player for quite a few years. Most of those years were in the Top 5.
Sabatini was a consistent thorn in Graf’s side until about ‘93. When Seles became number one, it was Sabatini who was a bigger problem for Graf in ‘90-92. She lost to her I think 6 times in a row!
@@fong03 🙂 I could be wrong, but if I recall correctly, I believe Sabatini had 7 wins consecutively vs. Graf. Most of those were in the U.S. State of Florida (on the green clay).
@@AzoreanZionist We were both wrong. It was 5 consecutive wins, but she won 7 out of 8 matches from the end of ‘90 through the clay season in ‘92. Only two of those wins were on clay. She beat Graf of carpet and hard courts as well. Graf’s one win was the Wimbledon final. She really got into Steffi’s head during that period.
This sealed Steffis Golden Grand Slam she won the Australian, French, Wimbledon and Gold Medal at Olympics being the first player both men and women to win a golden slam in a single calendar year
@ST WATERS : As written above in addition Graf is the only player (men or women) who won a "Super Slam" (AO, FO, Wimbledon, USO, Olympic Gold Medal, WTA Ch.-ship) consecutively: She completed the "Super Slam" within only 10 months and one week: from the WTA Championship 1987 (final November 23rd, 1987) to the Olympic Gold Medal (final October 1st, 1988). A "Career Super Slam" otherwise only won by Andre Agassi and Serena Williams. Btw: Agassi needed 9 years, Williams needed 11 years...
I think Steffi Graf's "Golden Slam" is legitimately the most impressive tennis achievement of the Open Era. It requires the mastery of three surfaces and three surface changes (hard to clay, clay to grass, grass to hard), and the pressure at the end is absolute immense. Consider that Serena, Martina and Novak all had a shot and couldn't get it done. Only Steffi was able to finish the job and complete the Calendar Slam.
I disagree, among human constructs the concept of a calendar is ultimately one revolution around the sun (12 months). A Gregorian January-December is culturally irrelevant unless one is a Roman Catholic given Pope Gregory adopted a Roman named calendar and added a few. I mean, winning all 4 in a row should undoubtedly count as the Grand Slam. I mean look at 2020 they didn’t even have Wimbledon, and RG was held AFTER us Open. Circumstances like name of the first month of the year and what order or time of year the Slam is played is clearly subjective and irrelevant in tennis history. Holding all 4 simultaneously within a 12 month period is the identical thing. 28 straight consecutive Slam wins. Which oddly Steffi did not have in 1988 because the second most important match of the GS was a walkover and she did not even have to step on court for #27 out of 28 for a perfect technical GS lol.
@@kinfolk233 exactly. A “calendar” is merely one revolution around the sun. It is totally arbitrary based on which continent and what starting point you begin counting. Serena won 4 consecutive GS tournaments without break or injury or cancelation, in a single revolution around the sun. Only cultures differ in the names they use.
These were the ladies I grew up watching. I loved those times, yet have gotten older enjoying Serena, Halep,etc..... I will miss Serena as I missed watching them.
There was no real drama when Graf won and made history at the time. Nowadays, the victor would collapse, burst in to tears and generally take leave of their senses. I think I would prefer something in the middle of those two extremes.
In my country, before they broadcast the 2021 US Open women's singles final, this was the only time Channel 4 aired the US Open women's singles final (and the entire tournament).
Graf -- only a teenager here -- accomplishes tennis' greatest achievement: the Golden Grand Slam. So spine-tingling to hear the commentator say "Golden Grand Slam point" a few seconds before Graf cliches the title.
Sabatini beat Graf 11 times.....including 7 out of 8 during 1991/92.....no other player beat her so many times. Her heavy top spin really gave Graf trouble.
Calicokit.i lobed Gabriella.a beautiful person and a great player but those wins against steffi in the 91.92 period were in all honesty more down to grafs mental anguish at the time.caused dare I say by her own father.graf at her very best was just unplayable.
I was a child...but I remmeber many tennis players... Stefi Graf, Andre Agasi, Gabriela Sabatini, Pit Sampras, Martina Navratilova, Monika Seleš, Boris Beker, John McEnroe, Goran Ivanišević, Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Rafter, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Carlos Moya...
I think a lot of it was because her slice worked very well against the type of player that was dominant in those days - one dimensional baseliners with two handed backhands who had real trouble digging out the slice. Capriati for example said she had real problems dealing with it. Steffi could hit the topspin backhand, but it just wasn't her natural shot. I think as she got bigger and stronger, she could run round her backhand much more too,so it became less and less necessary.
@@nhlanhlambathaUsual mantra. The history of Seles was very sad, but it doesn't scratch the greatness of Steffi. Then it shoud be said that that also Serena for a long period had few opponents. Who win, win always with merit.
Where did you get that from? Yes Steffi won her slams in a 12 year period from the 1987 RG until the 1999 RG. And Serena from the 1999 USO until the 2017 AO which is just under 18 years. Serena turned pro in 95 to beat the new age eligibility rules but she didn’t play her first slam until the 1998 AO. Also the elephant in the room is someone’s main rival being stabbed. Obviously Steffi is a legend and one of the best players/athletes women’s sport has ever seen but longetivity isn’t a bad thing. Both evert and Navratilova won majors in their late 20s/30s and they only have 18 a piece
Agreed! Part of it I feel was the fact that these two were and are such great friends. I think Steffi dominated the rivalry up to this stage and maybe she held back on the celebration just a bit because she beat her best friend on tour.
The pressure had been so enormous that Steffi simply was relieved that it was over. She didn't even want to celebrate long with her team. She went to her hotel and to sleep....
If Gabriella Sabatini, who only won one Grand Slam title, is considered a legend, what about Steffi Graf, who won 22 Grand Slam titles? Steffi is the real Queen and legend.
Watching this video, Graf was a bit conservative with her game. In this era , she out rallied her baseline competitors waiting for the opening. As her competitors became more aggressive so did she.
Graf's biggest strength was her consistency. Each and every match, she played with the same aggression and eagerness. Much like Seles. Sabatini's biggest weakness was the complete opposite. The only way I could describe it is that she was a bipolar player. In the first set, she played very defensively, looping so many of her shots. It wasn't until the final game of the first set did she start playing more aggressively and penetrating through the ball. And the third set she just ran out of gas, physically and mentally. Had she played the entire match the same way she played the second set, she may have won this in straight sets. And I've seen this so many times with Sabatini. The 91 and 92 Lipton SF and Finals were the perfect example. She played a bipolar SF with Graf both years. Lost the first sets easily. Struggled to win the second, then rolled in the third, based on very aggressive play. Then in the finals against Vicario and Seles, respectively, she play both matches so defensively, totally differently than she played and won her semifinals. What Sabatini needed most was a mental coach.
I think firstly, Gabi was a notoriously slow starter and could take a while to get into a match. A lot of other players have been like that over the years. I think with regard to the other points, she could certainly be very lazy, but also had a very limited amount of mental energy. Her career is filled with her struggling through tough matches and then playing awfully in the next round. Interestingly, she said after she retired that she was so shy and introverted that she deliberately threw some big matches so the spotlight wouldn't be on her. It's interesting that in the best period of her career in the early 90s, she was actually working with the sports psychologist Jim Loehr.
It's just unimaginable how cold is the audience after Graff accomplished Grand Slam. I am really shocked. Perhaps she was not the American favourite for the title. Anyhow it's both embarrassing and strange.
She did by 95/96 and was serving over 100mph but sadly by then she was mentally already retired. It was very much a clay court serve. Juan Nunez made it so much better but after the injury in 1996 Gaby lost her rythm all together on the second serve.
@@varunshahvo-tv9854 And that "big nose" didn't stop her from bagging numerous titles, world number ones, a heartthrob, a solid marriage(20years+), two lovely children, etc etc etc etc etc. So, what was your point?
Moonballs are actually a very interesting means to disrupt your opponent's rhythm. Today's players don't have the precision in their shots anymore to pull this off, though.
Sabatini serve her big weakness. She just didn't develop a big serve. Sabatini a big underachiever only won 1 slam. If she had a bigger serve would of won more slams. Sabatini choked a lot the nerves got to her.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but that was a terrible opening game from Sabatini. Graf was clearly nervous but Sabatini settled her with a series of unforced errors that gave Graf that game.
Graf’s final standing across multiple open era record categories…record holder in parenthesis Grand Slams Most overall GS titles= no (Williams) Most grand slam matches= no (Williams) Most grand slam match wins= no (Williams) Most consecutive slam titles= no (tie Court & Navratilova) Most consecutive slam match wins= no (Navratilova…despite Graf having won the calendar year grand slam…LOLOLOL) Most AO titles= no (Williams) Most FO titles= no (Evert) Most WO titles= no (Navratilova) Most USO titles= no (Tie Evert & Williams) Tournaments Overall Most overall tournament titles= no (Navratilova) Most tournament finals= no (Navratilova) Most titles in a single season= no (Court) Most consecutive finals= no (Navratilova) Most consecutive years with one title= no (Navratilova) Most matches & match wins= no & no (Navratilova) Most titles on hard= no (Williams) Most match wins on hard= no (Williams) Most titles on grass= no (Navratilova) Most match wins on grass= no (Navratilova) Most titles on clay= no (Evert) Most match wins on clay= no (Evert) Most titles on carpet= no (Navratilova) Most match wins on carpet= no (Navratilova) Most titles indoors= no (Navratilova) Most titles outdoors= no (Navratilova) Most year-end championships= no (Navratilova) Longest winning streak= no (Navratilova) Longest winning streak on a single surface= no (Evert) Highest career winning percentage= no (Evert) Highest winning percentage in a single season= no (Navratilova) Most matches played against the other GOATs= no (Evert) Most match wins against the other GOATs= no (Evert) Highest winning percentage against the other GOATs= no (Evert) Hmmmmm….. tell us again how she’s the GOAT?
@GoTeam That's true about Americans but most of the world does think that too because she's got 1 more slam than Steffi it's really that simple. They only see number of slams unfortunately.
Steffi had a walkover in the semifinal leading up to this. Yes, she didn’t have to set foot on court, and only had to play and win 27 GS matches in a row. Serena won 28 matches in a row in GS TWICE.
FYI Steffi had 40 consecutive grand slam matches winning streak from 1988 A.O to 1989 F.O final, then she had 32 matches winning streak in slam then 27 matches winning streak. So Graf was more dominate than Serena ever was.
@@bryanmartin5901 Naveratilova also had a walkover in her 74-win streak. So had Evert in her 125 clay match win streak. A walkover doesn't "disrupt" a win streak, boy.
If steffi played today she will crush other players with his forehand and foot speed his backhand slice is deadly weapon against double handed players STEFFI IS GOAT
"Golden era" 🏆🥇
With my parents, we prepared to watch every match of them, as if it were the expected release of a movie! Beautiful tennis of those years!
A special moment in time. A "Golden" slam. It won't be equaled. Graf is arguably "The GOAT" because of '88. Pure, total, brutal, and beautiful dominance.
@Will Reed: In addition Graf is the only player (men or women) who won a "Super Slam" (AO, FO, W, USO, Olympic Gold Medal, WTA Ch.-ship) consecutively - from WTA Champiuonship 1987 up to the Olympic Final in 1988...
@@GottdieEhre Plus the 1987 Fed Cup!
107 singles titles overall, and she did all of this and her achievements by age 29.
Plus Steffi won the FO/Wimbledon/USO triple a record 4 times (1988, 1993, 1995, 1996).
The 3 historically most prestigious tournaments on the planet, played each year within 3 months.
Helen Wills did it twice (1928, 1929).
Connolly (1953), Court (1970), King (1972), Navratilova (1984), S. Williams (2002) each did it once.
STEFFI GRAF IS LEGEND !!!
Yes 🎉
An Era of competition in lifetime of dedication between two great people with reasonable sportsmanship among themselves 👍
Graf defeated Sabatini in Seoul for the Gold Medal in '88
Graf defeated Sabatini in the final of the U.S. Open in '88
Graf and Sabatini teamed up in doubles and won Wimbledon in '88
Sabatini won the year end Masters Championships in '88 at Madison Square Garden
Graf's accomplishments were formidable.....but Sabatini was a consistent and solid Top Ten player for quite a few years. Most of those years were in the Top 5.
Sabatini was top ten during almost ten years consecutively
Sabatini was a consistent thorn in Graf’s side until about ‘93. When Seles became number one, it was Sabatini who was a bigger problem for Graf in ‘90-92. She lost to her I think 6 times in a row!
@@fong03 🙂 I could be wrong, but if I recall correctly, I believe Sabatini had 7 wins consecutively vs. Graf. Most of those were in the U.S. State of Florida (on the green clay).
@@AzoreanZionist We were both wrong. It was 5 consecutive wins, but she won 7 out of 8 matches from the end of ‘90 through the clay season in ‘92. Only two of those wins were on clay. She beat Graf of carpet and hard courts as well. Graf’s one win was the Wimbledon final. She really got into Steffi’s head during that period.
@@fong03 🤫🤭 Thank you for that correction.
GOLDEN SLAM just a Stefifi Graf have❤❤❤❤❤
Graf won the grand slam with this US open. historic win
Each one disput already the greatness of Graf... But just her realized the Golden Slam.
Two of the greatest "Babes" of all time tennis players.
This sealed Steffis Golden Grand Slam she won the Australian, French, Wimbledon and Gold Medal at Olympics being the first player both men and women to win a golden slam in a single calendar year
Yes she is the champion of champions..
No, this sealed the grand slam...golden slam was sealed 2 weeks later. US Open ended Sept. 11, 1988...Olympics started Sept 17 and ended Oct 2nd
@@asud2571 That's a fact often overlooked.
@ST WATERS : As written above in addition Graf is the only player (men or women) who won a "Super Slam" (AO, FO, Wimbledon, USO, Olympic Gold Medal, WTA Ch.-ship) consecutively: She completed the "Super Slam" within only 10 months and one week: from the WTA Championship 1987 (final November 23rd, 1987) to the Olympic Gold Medal (final October 1st, 1988).
A "Career Super Slam" otherwise only won by Andre Agassi and Serena Williams. Btw: Agassi needed 9 years, Williams needed 11 years...
Graf received a walkover into this match. She didn’t have to even step foot on court in her USO SF.
Stffy is the best one and only queen of tennis
I think Steffi Graf's "Golden Slam" is legitimately the most impressive tennis achievement of the Open Era. It requires the mastery of three surfaces and three surface changes (hard to clay, clay to grass, grass to hard), and the pressure at the end is absolute immense. Consider that Serena, Martina and Novak all had a shot and couldn't get it done. Only Steffi was able to finish the job and complete the Calendar Slam.
Martina won six Slams in a row. Stop creating nonsensical requirements.
I disagree, among human constructs the concept of a calendar is ultimately one revolution around the sun (12 months). A Gregorian January-December is culturally irrelevant unless one is a Roman Catholic given Pope Gregory adopted a Roman named calendar and added a few. I mean, winning all 4 in a row should undoubtedly count as the Grand Slam. I mean look at 2020 they didn’t even have Wimbledon, and RG was held AFTER us Open. Circumstances like name of the first month of the year and what order or time of year the Slam is played is clearly subjective and irrelevant in tennis history. Holding all 4 simultaneously within a 12 month period is the identical thing. 28 straight consecutive Slam wins. Which oddly Steffi did not have in 1988 because the second most important match of the GS was a walkover and she did not even have to step on court for #27 out of 28 for a perfect technical GS lol.
But Serena has won 4 slams in a row, twice. It's really arbitrary to solely consider AUS OPEN--- US OPEN.
@@kinfolk233 exactly. A “calendar” is merely one revolution around the sun. It is totally arbitrary based on which continent and what starting point you begin counting. Serena won 4 consecutive GS tournaments without break or injury or cancelation, in a single revolution around the sun. Only cultures differ in the names they use.
Plus winning Olympic gold that same year, 1988.
These were the ladies I grew up watching. I loved those times, yet have gotten older enjoying Serena, Halep,etc..... I will miss Serena as I missed watching them.
GOLDEN SLAM
There was no real drama when Graf won and made history at the time. Nowadays, the victor would collapse, burst in to tears and generally take leave of their senses.
I think I would prefer something in the middle of those two extremes.
I liked Steffi's subdued manner.
Not rubbing it in to your opponent.
@@carrerau7138 Except Sinner maybe.
So incredible!!
Sabatini what a grace with single hand backhand. She is able to play flat drive, top spin, lob the ball as well deep slice on the GOAT.
Has anyone ever thrown the ball as high on serve as Steffi did?
In my country, before they broadcast the 2021 US Open women's singles final, this was the only time Channel 4 aired the US Open women's singles final (and the entire tournament).
I love these 80s 90s matches do u have 1990 sabbatini graff please
Only one b and one f, lukkey!
I really wish you added the score digitally...it's very hard to follow the matches' momentum
The most historic match in the open era
Love the most cursory of handshakes players did back in the day...
For many toddlers of today that is a sign of being a bad loser….
Back in the day when players used to play the game with their second serve ball in their hands. 🤯
Back in the day when players had to center the ball on the racquet face and generate their own power...
Exactly! Cause the racquet technology wasn’t to the point of hitting 100mph forehands yet 😆
@@jjmah7 I notice the ball placement was a big part of the match then.
Holding the second serve ball while playing was pretty unique to Steffi by this point. She would stop doing so in a short time as well. 🤓
Now I still see players do that haha
I celebrate more after cooking pasta perfect al dente than Steffi does after winning the calendar slam
love this one, that made my day 😄
That steffi slice is like laver
Appreciate the upload
Graf -- only a teenager here -- accomplishes tennis' greatest achievement: the Golden Grand Slam. So spine-tingling to hear the commentator say "Golden Grand Slam point" a few seconds before Graf cliches the title.
The pursuit of a dream
Sabatini beat Graf 11 times.....including 7 out of 8 during 1991/92.....no other player beat her so many times. Her heavy top spin really gave Graf trouble.
Kind of like Pete Sampras and Sergi Bruguera. Sampras was the superstar champ but Bruguera was the clay specialist who had his number.
Calicokit.i lobed Gabriella.a beautiful person and a great player but those wins against steffi in the 91.92 period were in all honesty more down to grafs mental anguish at the time.caused dare I say by her own father.graf at her very best was just unplayable.
OK however I'm reasonably sure in their head to head Steffi graf has the upper hand.
@@francinezane4076 she certainly did
They’re big fans of each other…Graf gave the introduction at Sabitini’s Hall of Fame induction
@36:35 ... Other names not on that list: Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Navratilova, Seles, Serena Williams...
Mi preferida siempre es y será sabatini muy BELLA y con gran destreza
I was a child...but I remmeber many tennis players... Stefi Graf, Andre Agasi, Gabriela Sabatini, Pit Sampras, Martina Navratilova, Monika Seleš, Boris Beker, John McEnroe, Goran Ivanišević, Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Rafter, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Carlos Moya...
Steffi’s slice was knifed and a great shot but I still don’t understand why she didn’t come over the ball hardly at all.
I think a lot of it was because her slice worked very well against the type of player that was dominant in those days - one dimensional baseliners with two handed backhands who had real trouble digging out the slice. Capriati for example said she had real problems dealing with it. Steffi could hit the topspin backhand, but it just wasn't her natural shot. I think as she got bigger and stronger, she could run round her backhand much more too,so it became less and less necessary.
@@zeddeka that inside out forehand was wicked lol
Why should she have done that?
Graf have a better forehand than Paire.
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Most people do
I think my nan to
@@joshheinink 🤣
Graf's very subdued reaction after completing one of the most historic achievements in all of tennis.
I think she expected to win many more Grand Slams.
Graf got 22 slams in 12 years and Serena got 23 slams in 24 years
Seles was stabbed
@@nhlanhlambathaUsual mantra. The history of Seles was very sad, but it doesn't scratch the greatness of Steffi. Then it shoud be said that that also Serena for a long period had few opponents. Who win, win always with merit.
@@nhlanhlambathaGraf family got blackmailed. Seles won her slams.
Where did you get that from? Yes Steffi won her slams in a 12 year period from the 1987 RG until the 1999 RG. And Serena from the 1999 USO until the 2017 AO which is just under 18 years. Serena turned pro in 95 to beat the new age eligibility rules but she didn’t play her first slam until the 1998 AO. Also the elephant in the room is someone’s main rival being stabbed. Obviously Steffi is a legend and one of the best players/athletes women’s sport has ever seen but longetivity isn’t a bad thing. Both evert and Navratilova won majors in their late 20s/30s and they only have 18 a piece
@@karamazov93 Which of Serena's opponents was even remotely stab-worthy?
Wozniacki...? 😂
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You’d expect her to be ecstatic but she looked underwhelmed
Agreed! Part of it I feel was the fact that these two were and are such great friends. I think Steffi dominated the rivalry up to this stage and maybe she held back on the celebration just a bit because she beat her best friend on tour.
The pressure had been so enormous that Steffi simply was relieved that it was over.
She didn't even want to celebrate long with her team. She went to her hotel and to sleep....
her pet hamster had died that morning.
Prickly Pete she called it
Gabriella’s shots are way better suited to modern racquets and strings especially the strings
If Gabriella Sabatini, who only won one Grand Slam title, is considered a legend, what about Steffi Graf, who won 22 Grand Slam titles? Steffi is the real Queen and legend.
Watching this video, Graf was a bit conservative with her game. In this era , she out rallied her baseline competitors waiting for the opening. As her competitors became more aggressive so did she.
Graf's biggest strength was her consistency. Each and every match, she played with the same aggression and eagerness. Much like Seles. Sabatini's biggest weakness was the complete opposite. The only way I could describe it is that she was a bipolar player. In the first set, she played very defensively, looping so many of her shots. It wasn't until the final game of the first set did she start playing more aggressively and penetrating through the ball. And the third set she just ran out of gas, physically and mentally. Had she played the entire match the same way she played the second set, she may have won this in straight sets. And I've seen this so many times with Sabatini. The 91 and 92 Lipton SF and Finals were the perfect example. She played a bipolar SF with Graf both years. Lost the first sets easily. Struggled to win the second, then rolled in the third, based on very aggressive play. Then in the finals against Vicario and Seles, respectively, she play both matches so defensively, totally differently than she played and won her semifinals. What Sabatini needed most was a mental coach.
I think firstly, Gabi was a notoriously slow starter and could take a while to get into a match. A lot of other players have been like that over the years. I think with regard to the other points, she could certainly be very lazy, but also had a very limited amount of mental energy. Her career is filled with her struggling through tough matches and then playing awfully in the next round. Interestingly, she said after she retired that she was so shy and introverted that she deliberately threw some big matches so the spotlight wouldn't be on her. It's interesting that in the best period of her career in the early 90s, she was actually working with the sports psychologist Jim Loehr.
It's just unimaginable how cold is the audience after Graff accomplished Grand Slam. I am really shocked. Perhaps she was not the American favourite for the title. Anyhow it's both embarrassing and strange.
Graf
I wish they would put the whole scores up more frequently so you can see whose winning when you just tune in.
Gabi 💖
Gaby Sabatini played 7 slam finals (3 singles, 4 doubles) and one Olympic final.
In each of those 8 finals Steffi Graf was on the court as well.
Gabriela Sabatini is even more beautiful now in 2024. How is that work?
Graf won 7/8 Slams in 1988-89 .Here lone Finals lose was to Sanchez Arantxa in RG in1989.
And even in that lost final she served for the match and the championship.....
The things Sabatini could’ve achieved if she’d sorted out that awful serve!!!!
She did by 95/96 and was serving over 100mph but sadly by then she was mentally already retired. It was very much a clay court serve. Juan Nunez made it so much better but after the injury in 1996 Gaby lost her rythm all together on the second serve.
So strange she just won the golden slam and the crowd was like eh
Americans were miffed that a foreigner did it and not one of their own.
the original 'battle of the babes' before sharapova and ivanovic did it
Respectfully yours graceful to watch
Steffi = big nose
@@varunshahvo-tv9854 haha ahhhhh…that’s cold lol
@@varunshahvo-tv9854 And that "big nose" didn't stop her from bagging numerous titles, world number ones, a heartthrob, a solid marriage(20years+), two lovely children, etc etc etc etc etc. So, what was your point?
Moonballs are not tennis.
And it is really sad that Martina was eliminated so early.
Moonballs are actually a very interesting means to disrupt your opponent's rhythm.
Today's players don't have the precision in their shots anymore to pull this off, though.
Hana Mandlikova
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Sabatini serve her big weakness. She just didn't develop a big serve. Sabatini a big underachiever only won 1 slam. If she had a bigger serve would of won more slams. Sabatini choked a lot the nerves got to her.
such a strange low key celebration considering the achievement.
So there was grunting in the 80s as well
LAST GRAND SLAM TITLE OF 1988 FOR GRAF AFTER THE CHEATING SCANDAL HAD BEEN REVEALED.
Of course it's the last grand slam title of 1988, the US Open is the final slam of the year
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but that was a terrible opening game from Sabatini. Graf was clearly nervous but Sabatini settled her with a series of unforced errors that gave Graf that game.
I miss the days of women's tennis when nobody grunted lol
Now I have to watch women's tennis on mute, can't stand all the fake screaming and moaning
Noobs tennis
Hope Djokovic will be 1st man to do so
Never ever...
Nadal deserves it more
Graf’s final standing across multiple open era record categories…record holder in parenthesis
Grand Slams
Most overall GS titles= no (Williams)
Most grand slam matches= no (Williams)
Most grand slam match wins= no (Williams)
Most consecutive slam titles= no (tie Court & Navratilova)
Most consecutive slam match wins= no (Navratilova…despite Graf having won the calendar year grand slam…LOLOLOL)
Most AO titles= no (Williams)
Most FO titles= no (Evert)
Most WO titles= no (Navratilova)
Most USO titles= no (Tie Evert & Williams)
Tournaments Overall
Most overall tournament titles= no (Navratilova)
Most tournament finals= no (Navratilova)
Most titles in a single season= no (Court)
Most consecutive finals= no (Navratilova)
Most consecutive years with one title= no (Navratilova)
Most matches & match wins= no & no (Navratilova)
Most titles on hard= no (Williams)
Most match wins on hard= no (Williams)
Most titles on grass= no (Navratilova)
Most match wins on grass= no (Navratilova)
Most titles on clay= no (Evert)
Most match wins on clay= no (Evert)
Most titles on carpet= no (Navratilova)
Most match wins on carpet= no (Navratilova)
Most titles indoors= no (Navratilova)
Most titles outdoors= no (Navratilova)
Most year-end championships= no (Navratilova)
Longest winning streak= no (Navratilova)
Longest winning streak on a single surface= no (Evert)
Highest career winning percentage= no (Evert)
Highest winning percentage in a single season= no (Navratilova)
Most matches played against the other GOATs= no (Evert)
Most match wins against the other GOATs= no (Evert)
Highest winning percentage against the other GOATs= no (Evert)
Hmmmmm….. tell us again how she’s the GOAT?
Exactly graf is dramatically overrated and lucky that her greatest opponent was stabbed.
@@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ she is the GOAT.
@@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ The bitterness of her haters makes her achievements even more fun!!
Boring
@GoTeam It's boring, nothing you can do about it. It's just facts.
@GoTeam People like you will only get Steffi more hate instead of newer fans.
@Max E Talking about their comments in general. No she clearly doesn't, if she did people wouldn't call SW the 🐐
@GoTeam Lol different eras and personally I don't think of Serena as the 🐐 but you got to live under a rock if you think most don't.
@GoTeam That's true about Americans but most of the world does think that too because she's got 1 more slam than Steffi it's really that simple. They only see number of slams unfortunately.
Steffi had a walkover in the semifinal leading up to this. Yes, she didn’t have to set foot on court, and only had to play and win 27 GS matches in a row. Serena won 28 matches in a row in GS TWICE.
FYI Steffi had 40 consecutive grand slam matches winning streak from 1988 A.O to 1989 F.O final, then she had 32 matches winning streak in slam then 27 matches winning streak. So Graf was more dominate than Serena ever was.
Graf have 66, 46 & 45 match winning streak & Serena longest winning streak is just 34 matches lol🤣🤣🤣 that's not even top 15 in open era.
Steffi has the Golden Slam.
Serena a famous loss against Vinci.
@@rajusaha855 the walkover against Evert disrupted your precious invented “streak”
@@bryanmartin5901 Naveratilova also had a walkover in her 74-win streak.
So had Evert in her 125 clay match win streak.
A walkover doesn't "disrupt" a win streak, boy.
Graff is overrated. She would get blasted by today’s standards. The game has evolved so much since the 80s.
GoTeam absolutely well said..
If steffi played today she will crush other players with his forehand and foot speed his backhand slice is deadly weapon against double handed players STEFFI IS GOAT
@@selvanjebaraj it’s her and not his..
Huh? You CANNOT be serious!
Yeah, that‘s why 40plus-year-old Kimiko Date beat 5 different slam winners of the early/mid-2010s in 2010-14, you 🤡….. 😂
80s hand shake...
@Max E accompanied by the annoying twirl, flip, dance, kissing of the court, dance and whatever else they do now.
Yeah kind of forced