How would you rank the 3 slam winning women such as Capriati, Davenport, Ann Jones, Virginia Wade, and Maria Sharapova. Lets exclude Clijsters who is almost certain to win more than her current 3. Here would be mine:
1. Lindsay Davenport- By far the best female player with only 3 slams. 55 tournament titles, 4 year end #1s, and an addition 4 slam finals. Some extremely bad luck not to have won atleast 5 slams in her career.
2. Ann Jones- A clay court specialist who still managed to beat King and Court at their peaks back to back to win Wimbledon. A tremendous player who excelled in a very competitive time for womens tennis.
3. Jennifer Capriati- Only 14 tournament titles and no finals at Wimbledon or the U.S Open, however a period of brief dominance with 3 out of 5 slam victories. Plus an Olympic Gold medal, one of the biggest prizes in tennis. Showed her ability by battling the great Serena Williams in her prime, posting a very respectable 7-10 record with nearly all defeats (and wins) being in 3 sets. Gave the sport two of its greatest matches ever even in defeat with her performances in the 91 and 2003 U.S Open semis.
4. Maria Sharapova- A very consistent force in the womens game for several years, regularly making semis of major events and posting her share of wins such as her 3 slam titles at 3 different venues and WTA Championship title. Still a career that looks likely to have fizzled out fairly young, and was never close to being a dominant player, just one of the top contenders.
5. Virginia Wade- 3 slam victories and like Davenport over 50 tournament titles. A great player, but still I am just not as impressed with her as the others. Her Australian Open title was in a depleted field as usual around then, though she did beat Goolagong in the final. Her Wimbledon victory was also in a softer year with Court retired, King just coming back from retirement, her nemisis at Wimbledon Goolagong taking the year off, and Navratilova not a major contender yet. She posted one huge win over Chris Evert in the semis, but otherwise went through a soft draw to the title beating Betty Stove in a 3 set final. Her U.S Open title was probably her most impressive victory of all, going through a strong draw of players including Jones in the semis and a then dominant Billie Jean King in the final for the title. Generally not that strong a clay court performer. Was never close to the best player in the game, in fact was probably never even the 2nd best player in the game or part of the games biggest rivalry.
1. Lindsay Davenport- By far the best female player with only 3 slams. 55 tournament titles, 4 year end #1s, and an addition 4 slam finals. Some extremely bad luck not to have won atleast 5 slams in her career.
2. Ann Jones- A clay court specialist who still managed to beat King and Court at their peaks back to back to win Wimbledon. A tremendous player who excelled in a very competitive time for womens tennis.
3. Jennifer Capriati- Only 14 tournament titles and no finals at Wimbledon or the U.S Open, however a period of brief dominance with 3 out of 5 slam victories. Plus an Olympic Gold medal, one of the biggest prizes in tennis. Showed her ability by battling the great Serena Williams in her prime, posting a very respectable 7-10 record with nearly all defeats (and wins) being in 3 sets. Gave the sport two of its greatest matches ever even in defeat with her performances in the 91 and 2003 U.S Open semis.
4. Maria Sharapova- A very consistent force in the womens game for several years, regularly making semis of major events and posting her share of wins such as her 3 slam titles at 3 different venues and WTA Championship title. Still a career that looks likely to have fizzled out fairly young, and was never close to being a dominant player, just one of the top contenders.
5. Virginia Wade- 3 slam victories and like Davenport over 50 tournament titles. A great player, but still I am just not as impressed with her as the others. Her Australian Open title was in a depleted field as usual around then, though she did beat Goolagong in the final. Her Wimbledon victory was also in a softer year with Court retired, King just coming back from retirement, her nemisis at Wimbledon Goolagong taking the year off, and Navratilova not a major contender yet. She posted one huge win over Chris Evert in the semis, but otherwise went through a soft draw to the title beating Betty Stove in a 3 set final. Her U.S Open title was probably her most impressive victory of all, going through a strong draw of players including Jones in the semis and a then dominant Billie Jean King in the final for the title. Generally not that strong a clay court performer. Was never close to the best player in the game, in fact was probably never even the 2nd best player in the game or part of the games biggest rivalry.
