Aryna Sabalenka Chases Chris Evert's Record

[Lozo1016]

Aryna Sabalenka is just the 2nd women's singles player (who began her career in the Open Era) to win her first 6 Slam quarterfinal matches. On Wednesday, she aims to go 7-0 in Slam QFs against Qinwen Zheng.

The woman who holds the record for most QF Slam matches won in a row to begin a career is Chris Evert with....48.

#1 Chris Evert - 48
#2 Aryna Sabalenka - 6

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1679265314083676164

Shoutout to Ann Jones, who also won her first 6 OE Slam QF matches, but her slam QF career started long before the Open Era began.

Sooooo, good luck with that Aryna! That might be the most unbreakable record in tennis, but the chase is on!

 

[Kralingen]

As good as Steffi Serena and Court are, none of them had a lifelong rival. I feel Martina/Evert without the other would be clear GOAT by a large margin. They were both ridiculously dominant, for like 15 years.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Damn Evert was so good, it's a shame she's overlooked so much in GOAT debates.

Far more claim to the title than Court lmao.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Aryna Sabalenka is just the 2nd women's singles player (who began her career in the Open Era) to win her first 6 Slam quarterfinal matches. On Wednesday, she aims to go 7-0 in Slam QFs against Qinwen Zheng.

The woman who holds the record for most QF Slam matches won in a row to begin a career is Chris Evert with....48.

#1 Chris Evert - 48
#2 Aryna Sabalenka - 6

Shoutout to Ann Jones, who also won her first 6 OE Slam QF matches, but her slam QF career started long before the Open Era began.

Sooooo, good luck with that Aryna! That might be the most unbreakable record in tennis, but the chase is on!

Could you please explain that calculation?
Do you mean she won each of 48 QF in succession (of slams she entered),
without any slams breaking up that QF streak?

Because I don't see that.
33 yes, but not 48.

 

[Lozo1016]

Could you please explain that calculation?
Do you mean she won each of 48 QF in succession (of slams she entered),
without any slams breaking up that QF streak?

Because I don't see that.
33 yes, but not 48.

The first 48 times Evert reached a slam QF, she won.

Tennis Abstract: Chris Evert WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis

The first 6 times Sabalenka reached a slam QF, she won.

Tennis Abstract: Aryna Sabalenka WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis

 

[Mark-Touch]

The first 48 times Evert reached a slam QF, she won.

Tennis Abstract: Chris Evert WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis

The first 6 times Sabalenka reached a slam QF, she won.

Tennis Abstract: Aryna Sabalenka WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis

OK thanks for the clarification,
I hate to be nit-picky but the correct number is 47 not 48.
Unless, Wiki's stats are wrong.

 

[PerilousPear]

OK thanks for the clarification,
I hate to be nit-picky but the correct number is 47 not 48.
Unless, Wiki's stats are wrong.

It is 47, and they most likely overlooked when she lost in the 3rd round and they counted that in. But still out of your first 47 slam appearances, you reach the semis in 46 of them is mental.

 

[Lozo1016]

All of my sources are saying 48. I did a quick count of her slam stats on wiki and still got 48? 48 could be wrong, but where are y'all getting 47?

 

[helterskelter]

As good as Steffi Serena and Court are, none of them had a lifelong rival. I feel Martina/Evert without the other would be clear GOAT by a large margin. They were both ridiculously dominant, for like 15 years.

It's largely for that reason that I think they ARE the clear greatest two women of the last many decades. (I'm not sure how to compare them to Lenglen or Wills Moody, and Connolly is also difficult to compare to).

 

[helterskelter]

It is 47, and they most likely overlooked when she lost in the 3rd round and they counted that in. But still out of your first 47 slam appearances, you reach the semis in 46 of them is mental.

OK thanks for the clarification,
I hate to be nit-picky but the correct number is 47 not 48.
Unless, Wiki's stats are wrong.

You are both wrong. She won her first 48 Slam quarter-finals, only finally losing one at the 1987 US Open. (Her other slam QF defeat was her final ever slam at the 1989 US Open).

She didn't reach the semis in her first 48 Slams, because of the 3rd round loss at Wimbledon 1983, but a 3rd round loss is not a quarter-final loss.

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

Damn Evert was so good, it's a shame she's overlooked so much in GOAT debates.

For good reason: no Grand Slam. Court and Graf captured the greatest of all tennis achievements and mastered the sport. Evert was never going to reach that level.

Far more claim to the title than Court lmao.

Nonsensical in the extreme, and your reasons for posting that are clear and inapplicable to tennis.

 

[Mark-Touch]

All of my sources are saying 48. I did a quick count of her slam stats on wiki and still got 48? 48 could be wrong, but where are y'all getting 47?

Yes you are right!
I must have miscounted or someone changed the stats overnight.
It is 48.

 

[Kralingen]

For good reason: no Grand Slam. Court and Graf captured the greatest of all tennis achievements and mastered the sport. Evert was never going to reach that level.

That’s incorrect. If Evert didn’t have Martina she would have multiple years where she won all the Slams she entered. 1984 for example a made all 4 Slam finals and only lost to Martina. She also didn’t play the AO for much of her career.

 

[thrust]

As good as Steffi Serena and Court are, none of them had a lifelong rival. I feel Martina/Evert without the other would be clear GOAT by a large margin. They were both ridiculously dominant, for like 15 years.

Court's rivals at first were Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard. Then there was BJK, Nancy Richey, Virginia Wade, Ann H Jones, all lifetime rivals. Then came Evert and to a lesser extent, Navratilova.

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

That’s incorrect. If Evert didn’t have Martina she would have multiple years where she won all the Slams she entered. 1984 for example a made all 4 Slam finals and only lost to Martina. She also didn’t play the AO for much of her career.

Achievement is not based on "woulda, coulda, shoulda". Evert had to face her opponents, and if she could not overcome certain players at certain events, that is the nature of the sport. Evert is not in any GOAT discussion because she did not do what Court and Graf did to the fields when they won their Grand Slams.

 

[Kralingen]

Achievement is not based on "woulda, coulda, shoulda". Evert had to face her opponents, and if she could not overcome certain players at certain events, that is the nature of the sport. Evert is not in any GOAT discussion because she did not do what Court and Graf did to the fields when they won their Grand Slams.

I respect Graf’s CYGS but not Court’s

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

I respect Graf’s CYGS but not Court’s

History and recognized achievement does not care what any individual recognizes. The Grand Slam is the same for every player who ever won it, thus Court and Graf equally share that well-deserved status.

 

[Purestriker]

History and recognized achievement does not care what any individual recognizes. The Grand Slam is the same for every player who ever won it, thus Court and Graf equally share that well-deserved status.

Except the first 10 years nobody went to Australia. So....not the same.

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

^ That makes no sense at all. The distinction is winning all four majors in the calendar year, not who played in the events, other than the winner. Evert and anyone else who were incapable of showing such concentrated dominance was never going to win the Grand Slam. She is not in the conversation about GOAT players for a reason.

 

[Lozo1016]

In case we had any doubt, Chrissie's record is safe! Aryna got to 8, but her loss to Andreeva ended her chase.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Damn Evert was so good, it's a shame she's overlooked so much in GOAT debates.

Far more claim to the title than Court lmao.

Chris was insanely good.

 

[thrust]

Chris was insanely good.

True about Chris, on clay. She was great on other surfaces too but so was Court who was the dominate player from 62-73, despite taking 2 years off, one of them for pregnancy.

 

[pat200]

History and recognized achievement does not care what any individual recognizes. The Grand Slam is the same for every player who ever won it, thus Court and Graf equally share that well-deserved status.

Graf's is the only one on 3 different surfaces - hard clay and grass. Even more impressive than Court's on 2 surfaces. Not to mention the gold medal, which in 1970, even if tennis were a part of olympics, the year itself wasn't an olympics year.

 

[thrust]

Graf's is the only one on 3 different surfaces - hard clay and grass. Even more impressive than Court's on 2 surfaces. Not to mention the gold medal, which in 1970, even if tennis were a part of olympics, the year itself wasn't an olympics year.

If one can win on clay and grass, one can also win on hard. It is not the fault of the players of her era and before, that 3 slams were played on grass the other on clay. Had she been able to compete in the Olympics in her prime, I am sure Court would have won an OG, at least once. IMO: Court, Graf, Evert, Navratilova and Serena are of equal greatness.

 

[pat200]

If one can win on clay and grass, one can also win on hard. It is not the fault of the players of her era and before, that 3 slams were played on grass the other on clay. Had she been able to compete in the Olympics in her prime, I am sure Court would have won an OG, at least once. IMO: Court, Graf, Evert, Navratilova and Serena are of equal greatness.

I am not debating them all being GOATs, they all are worthy and make the game so much richer with their achievements. I am just saying that Graf's achievement is the most unique. Basing it on facts and not what if that surface or what if the olympics. One thing is for sure, none of the other Calendar Year Grand Slams were achieved during a year where the olympics were held, so her OCYGS would have been still a unique achievement even if tennis was part of the olympics since the 1900s.