Can you rank these women in terms of big hitting?

[dangalak]

I mean, if these players were to face each other, who would overpower whom?

Henin, Clijsters, Capriati, Seles, Kuznetsova, Sharapova, Dementieva, Azarenka, Graf, Li Na, Ivanovic

Keep in mind that overpowering doesn't mean winning. I'm pretty sure Hingis didn't hit anywhere as big as Seles, yet she would typically beat her.

Li Na
Sharapova
Ivanovic
Seles
Kuznetsova
Dementieva
Capriati
Clijsters
Graf
Henin
Azarenka

[Russeljones]

Obvious question: where is Lindsay Davenport?

Don't the Williams sisters hit it hard too....?

[PSNELKE]

Davenport had the smoothest shotmaking abilities I have ever seen on the WTA Tour.

[DRII]

Most pace: Venus Williams

Consistently heaviest ball: Davenport

Serena is somewhere in the middle.

[DRII]

Out of the women you chose (somewhat randomly it seems like); Sharapova hits the heaviest off the ground, but Azeranka hits the ball earlier (almost as early as Seles did).

[NadalAgassi]

Li Na
Sharapova
Graf
Seles
Henin
Clijsters
Kuznetsova
Dementieva
Ivanovic
Capriati
Azarenka

Would be my order I guess

[halalula1234]

Seles
Li na
Dementieva
Sharapova
Azarenka
Henin
Ivanovic
Clijsters
Graf
Capriati

Its very had to order them. they are all really powerful!
except i would go with seles for having the most powershots consistently + most accurate.

Probably graf or clijsters or ivanovic for the forehand

and henin or sharapova and seles for backhand

[NadalAgassi]

There is no way Graf is so far behind Seles in power as you have her. Even when Seles was dominating the game she was flat out overpowered by Graf in some one sided losses at Wimbledon 92, U.S Hard Courts 91, most of the match at Hamburg 91, having way less winners, and being bullied around the court by Graf's serve and forehand power. So to have them that far apart is impossible.

Also there is no way Dementieva, Azarenka, Ivanovic, and Clijsters are more powerful than Graf. Ivanovic's only powerful shot is her forehand, and even that is far less than Graf's was. Ivanovic the biggest forehand, LOL, Kvitova, Na, and Serena can all shred her off that side, even a 33 year old semi retired mommy Davenport did. Azarenka and Dementieva have only moderately good power at best.

[MSK]

Laura Robson

[Gizo]

What about Mary Pierce? In terms of raw power on her groundstrokes, she has to be right up there.

[NadalAgassi]

Originally Posted by Gizo

What about Mary Pierce? In terms of raw power on her groundstrokes, she has to be right up there.

This is a wierd list as it doesnt include Serena, Venus, Davenport, Kvitova, Pierce, Lucic, who arguably all hit harder than anyone on the original list. Even Huber, Majoli, Maggie Maleeva, Myskina, Barbara Schwarz, Kimiko Date, Tulyganova, Nadia Petrova, and others hit harder than some of the women on the OP list.

[Power Player]

Stosur hits bigger than any of them.

[bluetrain4]

Seriously, no 2-time Slam winner (and 4-time RU) Mary Pierce? Smacked the heck out of the ball. When "on" she was pretty scary. Certainly one of the hardest hitters ever.

BTW, I immediately posted after seeing the poll. Now I see that some people have already questioned Pierce's absence.

[Gizo]

Originally Posted by NadalAgassi

This is a wierd list as it doesnt include Serena, Venus, Davenport, Kvitova, Pierce, Lucic, who arguably all hit harder than anyone on the original list. Even Huber, Majoli, Maggie Maleeva, Myskina, Barbara Schwarz, Kimiko Date, Tulyganova, Nadia Petrova, and others hit harder than some of the women on the OP list.

Agreed. Azarenka especially was a strange choice to have on a list like this.

Obviously winning junior slams doesn't mean a player is necessarily going to have successful pro career, but the recent US Open girls' champion Samantha Crawford is incredibly powerful, both with her serve and from the back of the court.

It will be interesting to see how she progresses over the next few years.

[dangalak]

Originally Posted by Russeljones

Obvious question: where is Lindsay Davenport?

Originally Posted by PSNELKE

Davenport had the smoothest shotmaking abilities I have ever seen on the WTA Tour.

Originally Posted by DRII

Out of the women you chose (somewhat randomly it seems like); Sharapova hits the heaviest off the ground, but Azeranka hits the ball earlier (almost as early as Seles did).

Originally Posted by NadalAgassi

Li Na
Sharapova
Graf
Seles
Henin
Clijsters
Kuznetsova
Dementieva
Ivanovic
Capriati
Azarenka

Would be my order I guess

Originally Posted by NadalAgassi

There is no way Graf is so far behind Seles in power as you have her. Even when Seles was dominating the game she was flat out overpowered by Graf in some one sided losses at Wimbledon 92, U.S Hard Courts 91, most of the match at Hamburg 91, having way less winners, and being bullied around the court by Graf's serve and forehand power. So to have them that far apart is impossible.

Also there is no way Dementieva, Azarenka, Ivanovic, and Clijsters are more powerful than Graf. Ivanovic's only powerful shot is her forehand, and even that is far less than Graf's was. Ivanovic the biggest forehand, LOL, Kvitova, Na, and Serena can all shred her off that side, even a 33 year old semi retired mommy Davenport did. Azarenka and Dementieva have only moderately good power at best.

Originally Posted by NadalAgassi

This is a wierd list as it doesnt include Serena, Venus, Davenport, Kvitova, Pierce, Lucic, who arguably all hit harder than anyone on the original list. Even Huber, Majoli, Maggie Maleeva, Myskina, Barbara Schwarz, Kimiko Date, Tulyganova, Nadia Petrova, and others hit harder than some of the women on the OP list.

Originally Posted by Gizo

Agreed. Azarenka especially was a strange choice to have on a list like this.

Obviously winning junior slams doesn't mean a player is necessarily going to have successful pro career, but the recent US Open girls' champion Samantha Crawford is incredibly powerful, both with her serve and from the back of the court.

It will be interesting to see how she progresses over the next few years.

I didn't put up WS, Davenport and Pierce since I am already sure that they hit harder than any of these.

This list was for players I wasn't sure about.

[NadalAgassi]

Originally Posted by dangalak

I didn't put up WS, Davenport and Pierce since I am already sure that they hit harder than any of these.

This list was for players I wasn't sure about.

Fair enough but Azarenka doesnt belong with those others. She isnt even that big a hitter. I would say in sheer power she is as far behind the very top (Serena) as she is ahead of say Wozniacki or Radwanska.

[dangalak]

I find it weird that you consider Ivanovic so low. I mean, she may not be Pierce, but she regularly overpowered Kuznetsova whom you have above her IIRC.

[NadalAgassi]

Ivanovic's peak was really short. Are we considering just peaks or whole careers. Kuznetsova often plays without a brain, but when she was on fire she hit bigger overall than Ana ever did IMO. Have you ever seen Ana hit bigger than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1UXm0fMWhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrVogvTxe4o

Consdering Ana's peak tennis was only mid 2007-mid 2008 and Svetlana's only showed up about 20% of the time throughout her prime of 2004-2009 they probably played about the same amount of peak tennis, with Ana consistently produced over a small time period far more likely to occur the times they played during this period. Anyway I didnt watch all their matches, but maybe Ana was just a bad matchup or someone Kuznetsova developed a mental block against, I dont know, I dont judge how I rate their abilities and power just on their H2H though.

Ana's only real powerful shot is her big forehand. What other weapons or big power shots does she have? Backhand, no, Serve, not really, Net game, LOL! That is the main reason I gave Kuznetsova the edge. She can attack from more shots than Ana can.

[rdis10093]

umm what about caroline?











jk.