Chris Evert d. Andrea Jaeger - 1982 US Open SF
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- A very competitive match despite an unkind scoreline of 6-1 6-2, this 1982 US Open semifinal was played right at the midpoint of an astounding TEN meetings between Evert & Jaeger that year. Chris evened the '82 head to head 3-all with this win. Suffice to say, she didn't lose to Andrea again in the meetings that followed that year, or ever again in fact. Another oddity of note regarding this match is that an early point is played where Jaeger falls down and Chris is so distracted, she misses the shot off the side of her racket. This phenomenon does not occur again in any point for years to come!
No wasted movement , Evert moves like a ballet dancer , perfect symmetry
Best foot work ever IMHO. Her and Borg had the best foot work.
Her footwork was amazing…always in position!
There was just no one like her, before or after... no wonder Virgina Wade said " she be remembered with more fondness.. than probably anybody" . I just love watching all of these great clips for chrisevertdotnet !
Apparently Steve Flink is trying to get the USTA to honour Chris and get them to re-name Louis Armstrong Stadium, " Chris Evert Stadium" , a well deserved and long over-due honour I say !!
I hope you’re right!!! I hadn’t heard this, but certainly a deserved honor
What a class act - look and learn Misses Jankovic, Williams et al. Nobody on the WTATour has the Evert class and polish - my favourite player ever !
Wow, putting those two together, Jankovic and Serena, they've had some UGLY matches.
Instead of watching tennis, you'd think they're fighting for the Welterweight title.
I remember watching this match and I will always remember what Chris said after the match. She was always so classy... there is just no one like her !
Her accuracy with drop shots, lobs, and passing shots is amazing especially with those wood rackets.
Andrea had less power than Austin or Evert, but in addition to that wonderful scrambling, and those moonballs, she had a lot of touch and variety and good court sense. She had fine volleys and anticipation up at net as well. She played more like a prequel to Hingis than like Tracy Austin.
I remembered her post match comments word for word after 40 years. Just one of the great CE moments, as she went on to win another US Open.
Chris still using a wooden racket as late as 82 and still kicking ass including Martina at the 82 Australian Open.
Chrissie's hitting some terrific shots in this match The drop shot at 2:00 is nasty.
Brilliant. Forget the lag, the wta/ATP forehand. This classical style is what we amateurs should be using. Easier, smoother, less margin for error. Only wish I was as graceful as Chrissie. I saw some recent videos of her and she has aged remarkably well. Tks for sharing this video
The days of classy ladies tennis is over, unfortunately ! There will never be another like her !
No ridiculous errors? No balls routinely hit six feet behind the baseline? Pinpoint precision? Flawless technique? Amazing footwork? What sport IS this?!!?
LOL. So agree with you. I don't even enjoy watching the sport these days since it's evolved into such a one-dimensional game.
+Jonathan Kieran
Agree with you too. Chris could build a point like no other. She still stands as the greatest tennis player in all history, men and women combined.
I agree with you overall, though the men's game is still pretty deep.*
Andrea says to umpire after shaking hands “ stick to your own country “ what a little weakling !
@@lenwelch2195 Deserved. Calls were terrible, even in S Def tv
Chris looks so country club laid back but her shots are deadly
It's so interesting to see how the game has evolved since the graphite racquet. It's leaps and bounds from this video clip.
Yet, I loved the game more before the new racquets came along. It was more about placement and brains than power. Now, it is almost totally about who can hit the ball the hardest, especially on the women's side.
Thanks. Interesting to watch this. Despite her ditzy attitude, people forget that Jaeger was Number 2 in the world for a short period.
I really think that had a lot to do with Tracy's deteriorating play (and rankings) and Martina pre-Renee Richards.
Chris remained consistent.
Jaeger's #2 ranking was short-lived (6 months max maybe?)
Martina quickly pushed her and Chris aside in 82.
Chris’s ground strokes were letter perfect. With a wood racket. Great length , smooth , powerful . I’ve never seen her so thin though
@jokerwildest I read that too,he mention other possible players that could be bestowed such an honor (honour), and gave great reason for all, but Chris definitely is the most deserving and viable candidate.
Wow! 40 yrs ago, My how the games changed
The 'Ice Maiden'....ICON
IMO, '82 was Chris' best year of the 80's and in the top 3 of her career. She only lost to Martina (#1) and Jaeger (#3), both 3 times, during the year. Her worst lost was the baffling 3-6, 1-6 loss to Jaeger in the semis at the French.
Wow, awesome point at 1:25..... reminds me of Jimmy Connors running down all those lobs against Haarhuis in 1991...
j adore chris evert une grande championne dommage elle ne sourit pas !!
Ok, I admit, Andrea was feisty, and her dad Roland Jaeger was rough and sometime went too far. I know.
I taught and worked for and with Roland Jaeger, and Jim Pierce and for Stefano Capriati. Andrea was retired already when I taught with Roland, but there was NOONE I respected more and, even though he was strict, he CARED. He gave every student 100% of his knowledge and went beyond what was expected. He was 62 years old and worked through lunch often. I loved him like an uncle. He was intense but if I went into battle, I would want Roland (or Andrea) on my side. Andrea was a top 10 player the first month she turned pro at 14!!! I ballboyed three of her first four pro matches, and she crushed #11 Sue Barker and #7 Wendy Trumbull, 6361 and 6262. She made two Grand Slam finals and was ranked #2 in the world. If it weren’t for her injuries, she would have been an all time great. She coulda been a better sport, but, she loved her parents and they loved her. Nice family.
@Stevebriar I couldn't agree more... the women's tour could sure use a class act like Chirs... today !! I guess Kim is the closest that we will get... these days. But we could sure use a few more Kim's around. I miss you Chris !!
Give the Williams sisters the same kind of era and material and they would be lucky to earn enough money for lunch!!
I guess you're right in the end. With the Pro Staff she gained more power but maybe lost some accuracy. All I'm saying is that maybe she would have beaten Navratilova more in the years '82/83, even 84 had she switched to graphite earlier (it's obvious that it took her more than a year to adapt to her new graphit racquet).
You can tell Andrea is just going through the motions in this match. Earlier in the year, she defeated Evert at least 3x, so she stood a good chance to do it again here. By this round, Navratilova was already gone, losing to Shriver in an upset the previous round. Chris knew she had a good chance to win the tournament if she played well and get past Jaeger.
Sweet angle from Chris around :21 - :22.*
Andrea later became an Episcopalian nun. I am not certain if she is still in the order, but she is now known for her charity foundation. Her personality took a complete turnaround when she left tennis.
I fancied her sooo much!
Chris is being careful not to give Andre lots of pace . Andre loves a hard ball . Evert made that mistake against Austin. Evert was hitting deep but forcing Andrea to hit out and she got impatient and made unforced errors because Chris got everything back
After 1981, Andrea's matches became increasingly unpredictable. She could play an incredible 3-set match the day before, then show up in the finals and lose without much of a fight. Before this match, Evert surprisingly lost to Jaeger three times already in 1982, including on Chris's beloved clay surface twice. But Andrea got spanked here by Chris pretty convincingly.
Andrea Jaegar gave a recent interview to 'The Independent' in the UK. She made some shocking allegations. She said as a young teen, she had suffered from serious and repeated sexual harassment from a female WTA official and when she complained to the WTA, they made threats against her and her family. She also recalled another incident when she'd been given alcohol at a WTA event while still a young teen, and another WTA official had driven her home and tried to take advantage. Andrea said it was one of the reasons why she retired so young. Absolutely appalling stuff. The WTA has so far said absolutely nothing, and neither have any of the other players who were around in that era.
It's interesting that Jaeger made these bombshell claims so shortly after Pam Shriver finally talked about what she describes as emotional abuse from her coach Don Candy. I would like to hear from other players about what they observed and experienced and how their recollections line up with Andrea's. This would not be the first time that many of her fellow players have been a bit mystified by the things Andrea has said.
One can't compare eras. Had Serena been born in 1954 she would not have the same game she does today. She would NOT have been beating everyone 6-1, 6-0. Everyone is a product of their time.
Nice but what about Connors Court after his 91 run?
That's exactly my point. Playing with a modern graphite, Andrea was able to hit power shots and explore angles that made up for her lesser rallying skills agst Chris.
I don't know if I'd refer to Jaeger's Wilson Ultra as a "modern graphite". It had a small hoop size and was like the stiffest frame ever. I was talked into playing with one for a while and developed back and shoulder issues as it sent lots of vibrations through the body. Others had the same results. It was junked by Wilson as they developed the midsize Pro Staff for, ironically, Jimmy Connors, who only used it one year but became one of the great rackets of all time in the hands of Sampras, Edberg, Courier, and Federer.
I counted at least 6 hooks. Thank god for replay
The graphite rackets didn't affect her against top players but against lesser players who started to use it. The reason was that Chris was comfortable on the baseline and stayed there even against easy players instead of coming to the net to end points quickly off her serve. Even though she would win 6-1, 6-2, they were like this match which eventually caused her to lose her first step. The 1983 Wimbledon was proof.
Nobody does it better !
She was sick with a stomach virus and throwing up .... she asked to have the match postponed til the next day, but they said no... and in true Evert fashion she has never made an excuse for her loss, or made a deal of the fact they couldn't meet her request.
She certainly learned from Andrea particularly what she said to the ump after the match.
andrea jaeger? flash in the pan and overrated or not? she had such a short career, like austin cut short because of injuries, most notably her shoulder. started playing on the tour in 79 i think and done by 84.... amazing when you think about how short her career was! austin's career was about 6 1/2 years from 77 to mid 83,jaeger's even shorter! and after their retirement evert and martina had to deal with mandlikova and shriver for years, until graf and seles came along.. anyway getting back to jaeger? she seemingly had great tools to be a top player for years.she was athletic and strong,had variety in her ground game, decent serve/serve motion that would have improved over time i'm sure, fast around the court, etcetera i don't see any reason why she couldn't have been near the top throughout the 80's if she had not been injured and had to retire? the only WELL THESE ARE HUGE drawback and problems would be 1) her desire and lack of desire that she had and which grew more and more even the short time she was a pro and despite her being near the top and 2) her mind: whether she had that killer instinct or the desire TO BE THE BEST.. and think it was her attitude and her mindset more then her ability that would have prevented her from having a stellar career minus career ending injuries. then again, could she like austin keep up with the revamped martina and chrissie in the 80's when they became super martina and chris with their graphite rackets, stronger, faster, more athletic, more experienced, etcetera?
+mbblover Hey....love the comment, I know its almost a year since you posted, but IIRC, Jaeger also at the time was struggling morally, because she heard God calling her to become a servant of his...which she did. I'm pretty sure that may, along with injuries have had part in the decision to leave tennis.
Jaeger had father issues, like what Mary Pierce experienced years later. Her father Roland a domineering, no-holes barred power figure who could make life like hell on and off the court.
I believe Andrea was conflicted inside, not totally sure if she was playing tennis for herself or for her dad, most likely the latter.
Her conflicted feelings often spilled into her tennis on court with sullen moodiness or emotional outbursts creeping in out of nowhere. She was also prone to "tanking" matches as she later admitted. The 1982 French Open final against Navratilova is a good example, she admitted the pressure was too much and threw the match in the end.
Althea!! 😄 5:01
i played a lot of tennis and the only way you can hit moon balls so hi and deep is when the other player doesn’t hit with a lot of pace on their ground strokes. not dissing chris’s, i love her out of every female tennis player. it’s true she had some weak shots, but she was a very smart tennis player. amazing actually!
The later rounds were less than climactic in that Martina had been knocked out by Pam Shriver in the quarters. Pam then had a letdown in losing to Hana Mandlikova in the semis, and then Hana (who had been getting pummeled by Chris on a regular basis during this time) lost in a lopsided final to Chris.
atlantic1119 Pam Shriver always has a letdown after a big win. Has Pam ever string along wins in a row to win a major slam title? Of course not!
shihlin1 She is regarded as one of the best tennis players never to win a Grand Slam.
Martina had a blood virus- toxoplasmosis- she had trouble getting through the rest of the year, took months to recover. It zapped her energy, she only could go full tilt for about an hour, then she'd crash- which is what happened against Pam- fortunately, she could win most of her matches in an hour, so it only really mattered against quality opponents.
I guess I meant to say " she'll be remembered" not she.
Andrea Jaeger. Nun on the Run?
Even though Chris won, Andrea played more like a modern player. But of course it's the score board that eventually counted.
so many women from the US....fighting for the top spot....chrissie, martina, pam, tracy and andrea..........
Chris looks terribly thin but 4 days earlier had food poisoning si I’m sure her stomach was upset and lost a few pounds too quickly.
That wasn't exactly clear in your comment, since you never mention rackets...
Andrea Yeager at her prime was beating everybody and then she kind of burned out like a comet but during that period of time she look like she was unbeatable
It didn't seem AJ loved playing tennis to me. She had lots of talent, but appeared to struggle playing with a positive attitude.
Evert was so much better than Andrea and Hana by this stage. Hana worked hard to beat evert and Martina 85 open.
Did Jaeer and Graf ever play? If not, it's a pity Jaeger couldn't stick around a few more years to meet Graf.
No!
They were supposed to play in the 84 olympics (it was still an exhibition event then), Jaeger defaulted. Would have been an interesting encounter.
She lost to Kathy Jordan in the 1983 Wimbledon who played with a wooden racket.
Chris had food poisoning- that more than the racket determined that outcome.
I wonder what Andrea said to the Chair after the last point.
dtw1958 Jaeger said to the ump: "Stick to your own country" which might be a slap at foreign umpires. What a kook!
shihlin1 Yep. Andrea was a bitch.
Not really, it's the racket; go to the us open semi-final two years later, when Chris has a graphite racket in her hand, and tell me who plays more like a modern player. There is only so much you can do with wood, graphite really up the power....
@mudpiegirl why?please?
Jaeger had father issues, like what Mary Pierce experienced years later. Her father Roland a domineering, no-holes barred power figure who could make life hell on and off the court.
I believe Andrea was conflicted inside, not totally sure if she was playing tennis for herself or for her dad, most likely the latter.
Her conflicted feelings often spilled onto the tennis court with sullen moodiness or emotional outbursts creeping coming out of nowhere.
She was also prone to "tanking" matches as she later admitted. The 1982 French Open final against Navratilova is a good example, she admitted the pressure was too much and threw the match in the end.
Andrea had "tennis dad" issues. Her dad, Roland, was a typical mind-controlling freak who wrecked havoc on her daughter's game. Andrea never performed up to her potential bc her dad messed with her head. Today she has given her life to serve God and also help less than fortunate kids. She's found her real calling in life.
She left the religious order over 10 years ago.
I think Andrea had one of those tennis fathers like Mary Pierce, Jennifer Capriati, and Serena and Venus had. IMO, at some point they need to just be a father and let someone else coach their daughters. Jimmy Evert, Gloria Connors, and others took a back seat early on in their child's career. Being a parent And then working for your child can be a delicate one I imagine. Afterall a % of what your child earns on and off the court goes to the parent's coaching salary right? That can't be an easy scenario. I have a feeling Serena/Venus/Richard at some point realized this wasn't the best for a parent/daughter relationship -hence Serena's coach coming into the picture in recent years. Must be a hard thing for a parent to step back after helping their child learn the sport and hand over the coaching reins.
Lindsay's parents stayed away from coaching her. As a lot of us know, her mom heavily supported her in the stands but that was it.*
Yes- Andrea's father was a former boxer- so he was 'pugnacious' and drove Andrea to be also- after she lost to Martina in the French final that year- he told her to go into the press room and tell them Martina cheated- got signals from coach Renee Richards....Martina writes about it in her autobiography.
Andrea beat Chris at the French Open this year- I'm sure Chris was out for revenge.
Andrea just did not have the killer instinct to be a champion.
Tracy certainly did lol.*
John Iii I disagree. She had killer instinct and it was a lack of shots that did Andrea in . No variety, and lack of shot selection .
IAMMOVIN4WARD! True but her body couldn’t hold up so brief blip
I have to disagree. Andrea was always such a poor sport. When she felt a match was getting away from her, she'd act like a baby and let herself lose so that she could tell herself she didn't really LOSE, but she that she gave it away. She was extremely immature. She had killer instinct, but also a very immature instinct to throw a match if she didn't feel she'd win. It's not uncommon.
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By this time in 82, I can detect a change in Chris's game. While still incredibly consistent, her strokes lack the punch and pace of her earlier years. Don't believe me? Just watch some of her matches from previous years and you might see the difference.
This match is a great example. Of course Evert still had to play at a very high level to stay at #2 in the world against Martina, but her game has lost some of its power. It would take at least another year before she finally ditched the wood and switched over to graphite racquet.
shihlin1 she was avoiding giving Andrea pace . She also had food poisoning earlier in the tournament , she’s terribly thin here - her thinnest ever .
shihlin1 I disagree, here her ground strokes are smoother , hitting deeper , greater mobility it appears she not hitting as hard but she is. In 1983 she definitely hit the ball with less pace - especially in open final against Martina because she was intimidated - it was the first time Evert took the court knowing she could play her best and still get creamed . It inhibited her, her shoulders were tight and her mobility was less. She had to overhaul her game for 2 years and came close 1984 open final but won the next slam final French 85.
Interesting. I think what you are noticing is that her shots are less flat. In the 80s she began putting a slight bit of topspin on her shots which takes some pace off the ball. She doesn't seem to get the same penetration as she does in the 70s. She is also way far back behind the baseline in this match which makes her appear she is hitting the ball with less pace. If you watch the 82 Aussie, she is just hammering the ball. I do agree however that the year 83 saw her hitting the ball not quite as hard.
Mike Acerbo I think your right about the topspin and her court positioning being further back , the ball has a further distance to cover and the ball slows down. Against goolagong in the 70’s Chris stood on the baseline or even inside and hammered shorter distanced balls hard. In 83 Wilson modified her wood racket so it was more flexible and she added lead tape to the 3 and 9 position on the racket to add heaviness to the ball. This had the effect of adding weight to racket and slowing down Chris’s racket head speed. It’s. Also why Martina’s serves hit her strings and Chris hit countless serve returns out. Chris was also so thin she lacked the strength to quickly pull the racket head through the ball or make small adjustments to outstretched balls that Martina made her try to reach leaving no strength for her to place or drive the ball. When Chris switched to lighter graphite that had power it took. Her time to shorten her swings and keep the ballin the court. This happened frequently in 84 open final against Martina. She was still getting used to it. By 85 French she had made these adjustments .
Len Welch I didn't know that about the racket. It makes total sense. 83 was not a great year for her and the racket must have compounded that. By 85 she changes her court positioning again and is much more aggressive and base line hugging. This helped her to win her later slams. I've noticed by 89 she is way too far back again and it cost her as she was way too defensive against the big hitters. I'm shocked at how well she was able to handle Seles at the open that year playing that way.
I'm surprised Chris didn't exploit Andrea's absolutely horrid defensive wide backhand. Anytime (at least in these highlights) that Chris stretched her out wide and Andrea resorted to a one-hand, it came back a puff ball. I know, easier said than done, but Chris could have been exploiting that side more. Same against Tracy Austin who had a similarly feeble wide-stretched backhand defensive shot.
actually against austin that was one of evert's strategies.. evert used her sidespin forehand alot against austin (more so when she came back from her sabbatical in 1980 and indoors with great success for the most part for example the monumental 3 hour plus struggle at the 81 avon championship 3 set match and the last match they would ever play against each other the 1982 colgate where evert won without dropping a game! evert had of course more variety off the forehand than both austin and jaeger. evert could hit it flat, top it, sidespin, even slice and of course she had the deadliest forehand drop shot... anyway, against austin evert realized finally what she should do to beat austin and that including using her sidespin forehand more than usual, perhaps more then against any other player at the time.. forcing austin to reach with her two handed backhand wide and low and be utterly uncomfortable in long baseline exchanges, opening up the court to take control of the rally or to enforce a error from austin... i don't know if it was a matter of jaeger hitting more topspin on her back and austin very flat off her backhand that was the difference or if jaeger was more athletic and flexible and could bend better and reach better when out of place then austin, but evert rarely used her sidespin forehand as much against jaeger then she did with austin?
Andrea was such a cry-baby. I can't ever remember routing for her in a match. "Stick to your own country" at the conclusion. Who says something like that???
She was a notorious bitch.
Casual racism in play here from Jaeger. Such an unpleasant and unnecessary comment to make. Lacking in class and grace; she could have learned a lot from Chris!
@@whitestar655 However, she turned her life completely around. She entered an Episcopalian convent for a while, and now runs a mountain residence for children with all sorts of problems in Colorado. If you have seen interviews of her after tennis, she is very friendly and gracious. Unfortunately, she was under the thumb of a very domineering father in her younger years, and she has admitted to how she hated competing on the tour.
@@nassauguy48 she quit being a nun years ago, and was recently investigated for using her charity as a front for tax fraud...
@@whitestar655 Why did she say that?
No wonder Andrea Yeager turned into a Nun..Robert at 68 ..
Ahahaha. Who won? 😅😅
@chrissen1 the thing is you have a LOT of women tennis player that are gay!! so non wonder they sometimes look like a..goof you said..funny
@mudpiegirl oh ok!listen it is a fact that you have a lot of gays in women tennis so wat I don't care, it was just a joke about the word goof, I'm the first to defend these women like mauresmo for instance don't read me wrong...
the only reason why this chrissie is not gettin pushed and not makin many mistakes is coz she's playin against opponent that is nowadays equivalent of park players out there, esshhh!! what is so impressive about this??? opponents not hittin hard and deep??? of course it's easy to play against these kind of hitters, sheeeeshhh!
+Deep N. Hard pull this chrissie out of position everytime with hard and deep hittin out there and let's see if she can keep up that consistency??? she'd be worse than arancha out there! essshhhh!!
Deep N. Hard I thinks Chris' record speaks for itself.
Khan Tut they are hitting hard and deep , do you have eyes