Hypothetical Match ups - Serena vs Graf vs Martina

[tennisaddict]

I think we can safely say Graf, Serena and Martina are the greats in WTA. Chris Evert, Court and a few others have great records, but we know that they do not have the game that the 3 greats above have / had.

Serena does not yet have the records of Graf or Martina, but we know she is right up there.

The question i have is not with respect to their records , but

- who is the better player of these 3 ?
- how would they match up against each other ?

I think answer is Serena has overall better game with an awesome serve, but Graf and Martina had excellent strengths as well ( forehand and volley) and they were better than Serena in consistency.

If these players were to play each other, I think Graf will win most matches followed by Martina , then Serena.

What are your opinions ?

 

[bluetrain4]

I think there's a YouTube clip of a post-prime (but still really great) Steffi and a pre-prime (but still really great) Serena playing at Indian Wells great stuff. Don't know who would win the most matches between the three, but they would be great matches for the most part.

Here's Serena-Steffi from 1999 Sydney and Indian Wells

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJE4vCj155o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJHcNZ3YVo

In some ways Serena looks better than now. Lol. Not saying she'd necessarily have the advantage in wins (though it's entirely possible), but I think if Serena and Steffi overlapped in their careers, Serena would have rose to the challenge. She can get away with a lot now in a many of (but not all) matches due to her level of competition and can get sloppy. I think she'd be much more focused and play better (even if she lost) to better players like Graf.

Did some more research. Apparently these are the only two matches between the two. Graf wins in Sydney 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, and Serena wins in Indian Wells 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.