Thread: Was Mandlikova basically a lesser Navratilova, but with Evert's basline craft?
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Old 11-04-2012, 11:06 AM   #104
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Originally Posted by NadalAgassi View Post
Wouldnt someone who was invincible win more than 2 slams, LOL! Yes of course Tracy was up with Chris and Martina for a period. However she still never ended a year ranked #1, and never reached a major final outside of hard courts or the U.S Open. The Martina of 80-81 was also nothing like the future beast Martina. As for Chris, Tracy is a bad matchup for her, so looks better in the matchup than she really is, similar to Sanchez Vicario when playing Graf, Hingis when playing Seles, and numerous other cases.
She also won the WTA Champėonships as well as the Avon Finals, both huge events back then.
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