Though I prefer Steffi to Martina personally, I remember Martina saying that she thought the best match would be both her and Steffi playing at their prime. A pedigree of both players would have been amazing. Imagine a Graf with Martina's hands at the net, or a Martina with Steffi's forehand and speed....!
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As great a player Graf was among the tennis elite and critics her career will always be marred against the stabbing of Monica Seles. This is why Navratilova will always recieve the title as the great of all time. I'm not saying Grad doesnt deserve the great title but if Seles hadnt have been stabbed then its doubtful she would have won the amount of GS titles as she did. Who knows? Thats the question, at the end of the day Graf did win them but she will never be rated the GOAT because of Seles.
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There is no way in the world Graf would have ended with 22 slams if Monica hadn't been stabbed, just no way. She would have won around 15 MAX if Monica wasn't stabbed. Monica wasn't even at her peak during the stabbing and improving everyday. Anyone who thinks Graf would have still gotten 22 slams anyway is severely disillusioned and obviously a major Grafanatics!
If Monica was going to win so many slams over Graf that she Graf would only win 15 than Monica was going to become the female GOAT anyway over Martina as well. After all if Seles was going to be able to deny Steffi so many as 7 more slams, she sure as heck was going to be able to beat Pierce, Martinez, Sanchez, Hingis until mid 1998 too and won well over 20 slams.
Monica might have ended up with around 18 slams too, give or take, but if she ended up with a few more than Martina or Chris, that would not automatically make her the goat because Graf has 4 more than Martina and many still don't feel she's the greatest.
Many do feel Graf is the greatest though, almost every expert ranks her over Chris now, and vs Martina it is a pretty even split among them. The only reason it isnt a consenus is probably because of the Seles stabbing. However without the stabbing and if Seles were to win that many she would be the consensus GOAT, just as Graf would be if she won that many slams without the stabbing.
I AGREE ABSOLUTELY, Martina is THE most complete & talented female player ever, she just had everything in her repertoire (surely because she was part of an era in which tennis was played and also taught far better than nowadays when we only see unidimensional power hitters -boring tennis clones- sad to say though....)
Though I prefer Steffi to Martina personally, I remember Martina saying that she thought the best match would be both her and Steffi playing at their prime. A pedigree of both players would have been amazing. Imagine a Graf with Martina's hands at the net, or a Martina with Steffi's forehand and speed....!
Menexpert 3 years ago 2
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As great a player Graf was among the tennis elite and critics her career will always be marred against the stabbing of Monica Seles. This is why Navratilova will always recieve the title as the great of all time. I'm not saying Grad doesnt deserve the great title but if Seles hadnt have been stabbed then its doubtful she would have won the amount of GS titles as she did. Who knows? Thats the question, at the end of the day Graf did win them but she will never be rated the GOAT because of Seles.
jasmineuk28 3 years ago
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There is no way in the world Graf would have ended with 22 slams if Monica hadn't been stabbed, just no way. She would have won around 15 MAX if Monica wasn't stabbed. Monica wasn't even at her peak during the stabbing and improving everyday. Anyone who thinks Graf would have still gotten 22 slams anyway is severely disillusioned and obviously a major Grafanatics!
doetim 3 years ago
If Monica was going to win so many slams over Graf that she Graf would only win 15 than Monica was going to become the female GOAT anyway over Martina as well. After all if Seles was going to be able to deny Steffi so many as 7 more slams, she sure as heck was going to be able to beat Pierce, Martinez, Sanchez, Hingis until mid 1998 too and won well over 20 slams.
russianskatingfan 2 years ago
Monica might have ended up with around 18 slams too, give or take, but if she ended up with a few more than Martina or Chris, that would not automatically make her the goat because Graf has 4 more than Martina and many still don't feel she's the greatest.
doetim 2 years ago
Many do feel Graf is the greatest though, almost every expert ranks her over Chris now, and vs Martina it is a pretty even split among them. The only reason it isnt a consenus is probably because of the Seles stabbing. However without the stabbing and if Seles were to win that many she would be the consensus GOAT, just as Graf would be if she won that many slams without the stabbing.
russianskatingfan 2 years ago
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martina all the way, she was soo much more than graff
badboy5552 3 years ago
I AGREE ABSOLUTELY, Martina is THE most complete & talented female player ever, she just had everything in her repertoire (surely because she was part of an era in which tennis was played and also taught far better than nowadays when we only see unidimensional power hitters -boring tennis clones- sad to say though....)
GeorgeArreitia 3 years ago
graf is the best
egg1080 4 years ago 6
Sharapova may have all the money, the Williams' sisters may have all the attention, but the best Tennis player will always be Steffi Graf.
Flipboy5 4 years ago 5
hey martina was not too shabby either.
roter13 4 years ago 3
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tlp26atx 3 years ago