Best players, deserving #1s, and best years for women for last 20 years

[NadalAgassi]

In the last 20 years we know who the official year end #1s on the computer were on the WTA tour. However who were the true best players at the time, who had the best year, and who should have been the #1 ranked. Here are my choices for each year:


1992: Seles all 3
1993: Best player Seles, Best year Graf, Deserving #1 Graf or Seeles
1994: Best player Graf, Best year Sanchez Vicario, Deserving #1 Sanchez Vicario
1995: Graf all 3
1996: Graf all 3
1997: Hingis all 3
1998: Best player Davenport, Best year Hingis, Deserving #1 Hingis
1999: Best player Davenport, Best year Davenport, Deserving #1 Hingis
2000: Best player Venus, Best year Davenport, Deserving #1 Hingis
2001: All 3 Venus
2002: All 3 Serena
2003: Best player Serena, Best year Henin, Deserving #1 Henin
2004: Best player Henin, Best year Henin or Sharapova, Deserving #1 Henin, Sharapova, Davenport, or Mauresmo
2005: All 3 Clijsters
2006: All 3 Henin
2007: All 3 Henin
2008: All 3 Serena
2009: All 3 Serena
2010: Best player Serena, Best year Clijsters, Deserving #1 Wozniacki
2011: All 3 Kvitova


The computer #1s for those years were:

1992: Seles
1993-1996: Graf
1997: Hingis
1998: Davenport
1999-2000: Hingis
2001: Davenport
2002: Serena
2003: Henin
2004-2005: Davenport
2006-2007: Henin
2008: Jankovic
2009: Serena
2010-2011: Wozniacki

 

[kiki]

In the last 20 years we know who the official year end #1s on the computer were on the WTA tour. However who were the true best players at the time, who had the best year, and who should have been the #1 ranked. Here are my choices for each year:


1992: Seles all 3
1993: Best player Seles, Best year Graf, Deserving #1 Graf or Seeles
1994: Best player Graf, Best year Sanchez Vicario, Deserving #1 Sanchez Vicario
1995: Graf all 3
1996: Graf all 3
1997: Hingis all 3
1998: Best player Davenport, Best year Hingis, Deserving #1 Hingis
1999: Best player Davenport, Best year Davenport, Deserving #1 Hingis
2000: Best player Venus, Best year Davenport, Deserving #1 Hingis
2001: All 3 Venus
2002: All 3 Serena
2003: Best player Serena, Best year Henin, Deserving #1 Henin
2004: Best player Henin, Best year Henin or Sharapova, Deserving #1 Henin, Sharapova, Davenport, or Mauresmo
2005: All 3 Clijsters
2006: All 3 Henin
2007: All 3 Henin
2008: All 3 Serena
2009: All 3 Serena
2010: Best player Serena, Best year Clijsters, Deserving #1 Wozniacki
2011: All 3 Kvitova


The computer #1s for those years were:

1992: Seles
1993-1996: Graf
1997: Hingis
1998: Davenport
1999-2000: Hingis
2001: Davenport
2002: Serena
2003: Henin
2004-2005: Davenport
2006-2007: Henin
2008: Jankovic
2009: Serena
2010-2011: Wozniacki

Graf 4 times, Davenport 4 times and Hingis and Henin 3 times.I agree.Wozniacki is a joke...Any of the former would toy with her until the end.

 

[Xavier G]

Oh, Davenport was no.1 for two straight years without winning a Major, (even though she could easily have ended up beating Venus and winning Wimbledon in 2005). Of course Lindsey had won them in the past. Wozniacki could just not get over the hill at the Grand Slam events and the other one who was frustrating as a player and who repeatedly got close was Safina. A player has much more claim to be number one with a Major in that year.