Monica Seles v Steffi Graf Full Match | Australian Open 1993 Final

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  • @desiremixx7622
    @desiremixx7622 Год назад +47

    I had the previlege of watching this match live. Monica Seles was awesome. Truly one of the best ever.

    • @valentinodelpiero4861
      @valentinodelpiero4861 Год назад

      🙌🏻

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 Год назад +4

      Wow lucky you. This and the FO 1992 were Seles’ finest career wins in my opinion. And she really made a statement with this one after the Wimbledon debacle. I miss those days and will forever hate what happened later that year :(

    • @RickyJohnston-jh4ei
      @RickyJohnston-jh4ei 7 месяцев назад +2

      Monica is the best

  • @XtianJade
    @XtianJade Год назад +21

    first one here to watch this epic final for the nth time! seles fan forever!

  • @jujumusique1305
    @jujumusique1305 Год назад +9

    Seles’ perfect response to the horrible loss vs Graf at Wimbledon 1992, following an excruciating win at the French open. This was her 8th slam titles in 9 finals out of 14 slams played in total. Mind boggling stats…

  • @jamesr2164
    @jamesr2164 Год назад +37

    Seles was such a phenomenal tennis player. In just a few short years on the tour she had already amassed eight singles grand slams. Still to this day no one in the open era has won as much and as fast as she did before their 20th birthday. Although we will never know now what could have been, one thing is for certain we were all robbed of a rivalry with Graf that could have been similar to Evert and Navratilova.

    • @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz
      @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz Год назад +2

      Very true she won the most in the shortest amount of time very successful

    • @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz
      @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz Год назад +1

      We don't need to know she already had proven herself totally I mean she took a pause took a break came back and started back up where she left off she proved herself totally

    • @daddyal2825
      @daddyal2825 Год назад +4

      Seles was the best!!!!!!!!

    • @adamlarsson3828
      @adamlarsson3828 Год назад +2

      think of Seles as much more talented and ‘handy’ player than Graf. Seles could find acute angles out of nowhere and could adapt according to many kinds of balls coming at her.
      there are only few players that have been like this since, at the
      élite level - Hingis, Davenport, Serena and Henin.
      the last three are recognised as power hitters (- Henin being far more powerful than most casual observers recognised) but they could also adapt, using their hands.

    • @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz
      @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz Год назад

      @@adamlarsson3828 I would put Sharapova in that list also I've watched many of her matches in she's very accurate on painting the lines on point and as Chris Evert said she worked on her footwork in France one year because she felt like she was a cow on ice when she played on clay and she came back with great footwork and started winning almost everything all over again

  • @gstarjonny
    @gstarjonny Год назад +33

    To this day, this is one of the best Women’s matches I’ve ever seen. The shot making is phenomenal. Monica was one of the toughest mentally players. 1993 would have been her year for sure.

    • @zeddeka
      @zeddeka Год назад +2

      I don't think many people share that view - it certainly wasn't considered so at the time, and definitely wasn't one of their own best matches. It was described in Tennis magazine as an "interesting but not classic affair". Monica started off slowly and nervously. Steffi hadn't been playing well that whole two weeks and only really won that first set because Monica was playing worse. Once Monica found her groove, Steffi couldn''t raise here own game.

  • @11liamk1
    @11liamk1 Год назад +56

    I think Seles in her prime was mentally the toughest player that has ever been in the WTA

    • @ombreross
      @ombreross Год назад +4

      Very difficult to choose between her and Evert.

    • @westonmeyer3110
      @westonmeyer3110 Год назад +9

      She never got to her prime.

    • @andrews6341
      @andrews6341 Год назад +6

      She was still a child not at her prime , but she was a great retriever

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 Год назад +5

      @@westonmeyer3110 unfortunately you are right. She was 19 and sitting on top of the tennis world. So much was lost that year :(

    • @jamesdavidkmoss
      @jamesdavidkmoss Год назад +1

      ​@@andrews6341absolutely agree.❤

  • @sunsetblvd24
    @sunsetblvd24 2 месяца назад +4

    Monica's last Slam before the horrific tragedy, she could have gone on winning at least 10 more slams

  • @aghz2233
    @aghz2233 Год назад +21

    Seles the best ever!

  • @abstractionart3736
    @abstractionart3736 7 месяцев назад +5

    I watched this match from Yugoslavia, Serbian Television. We loved and love Monika a lot.

  • @alexpiper1115
    @alexpiper1115 Год назад +33

    8th grand slam and she wasn't even 20 years old yet.

    • @heavyblue4985
      @heavyblue4985 Год назад +10

      It's absolutely insane. If she won 8 gs before she turned 20, image how much she would've won if she wasn't stabbed. She could've played for 10 year minimum and probably win 20+ gs trophies. INSANE.

    • @AmanPandey-o2t
      @AmanPandey-o2t Год назад +1

      Age fraud

    • @Ramvaani1
      @Ramvaani1 Год назад

      @@AmanPandey-o2t wow gadhe

  • @elbouiss
    @elbouiss Год назад +27

    She just barely turned 19 here, winning her third AO in a row. Following next was her potentially 4th RG in a row, her 1st Wimbledon, her 3rd USOPEN in a row and her 4th WTA masters in a row... BEFORE turning 20!

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      On 16 occasions a woman player won 3 back-to-back slams at the same slam after WW2 (not counting Seles at AO 91-93 and FO 90-92). Only 3 times this player managed to add a fourth consecutive win to her streak. 13 times she failed (lost etc.).
      A 18.75 % success percentage only.
      On 41 occasions a woman player won 2 back-to-back slams at the same slam after WW2 (not counting Seles USO 91/92) Only 15 times this player managed to add a third consecutive win. 26 times she failed (lost, was out to injury ... or pregnancy).
      A 36.6 % success percentage.
      So the odds were strongly against Seles winning FO 93 and AO 94.
      And also against winning USO 93.
      Even without considering that she would have had to cope with the GOAT leaving her slump behind her.
      But sadly you can't argue with Steffi haters.
      Haters gonna hate...

    • @francescoprencipe5477
      @francescoprencipe5477 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@carrerau7138 Non si tratta di odiare la Graf, si tratta di prendere atto che un folle, un lucido folle, aveva capito che con la Seles il dominio della Graf era finito. Il futuro era della Seles che a 19 anni aveva gia' vinto 8 slam e 3 Masters.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 6 месяцев назад

      @@francescoprencipe5477 Everybody knows that peak Steffi was far superior to peak Seles.
      1988/89 peak Steffi would have walked right over 1991/92 peak Seles.
      Heck, even a slumping (!) 1991/92 Steffi was 3-1 win/loss over 1991/92 peak Seles!

    • @francescoprencipe5477
      @francescoprencipe5477 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@carrerau7138 Non si mette in discussione il dominio della Graf fino al 1989, ricordo benissimo il Grande Slam e l'Oro Olimpico di Seul nel 1988. E' il caso di ricordare che nel 1989 la Seles aveva 15 anni e mezzo quando perse in semifinale al Roland Garros dalla Graf in 3 set. Quando calcola il picco della Seles deve partire dal 1990 quasndo vinse il primo Slam contro la Graf. Nel periodo 90/93 il bilancio e' di 4 a 3 per la Seles. Con una differenza, la Seles vinse 3 finali Slam e un Open Germany, la Graf una finale Slam a Wimbledon e 2 tornei ad Amburgo e San Antonio nel 1991. La si puo' pensare come si vuole, nel massimo rispetto della Graf che ' stata indubbiamente una grandissima , sono consapevole che la storia non si scrive con i se e con i ma, il tempo pero' giocava a favore della Seles che aveva ancora tantissimi margini di miglioramento, senza Gunher Parche, forse avremmo potuto avere un Novak Diokovic al femminile molto tempo prima.

    • @andreeltoro9776
      @andreeltoro9776 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@francescoprencipe5477Your opinion is precisely about how dominating the greatest Monica since her first slam in 1990 till 1993❤

  • @channel35273
    @channel35273 Год назад +13

    Selez was such a amazing Tennis Player since April of the same year on April 30, 1993 where a crazed Steffi Graf fan stabbed Selez between her shoulder blades with a knife after this attack she recovered for 2 years but she was never been the same in 2008 she retired from Tennis really sad story

  • @sms84
    @sms84 Год назад +29

    If Monica hadn’t suffered her attack, she would be the winningest player of all time, I believe.

    • @normadesmond6017
      @normadesmond6017 Год назад +4

      Graf would never have won as many grand slams as she did, had it not been for the Seles attack.

    • @noahbody9782
      @noahbody9782 Год назад +1

      @@normadesmond6017 And let's state the PC incorrect obvious that Monica like Chris Evert was cute and feminine. But she still kicked arse.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      @@normadesmond6017 Which slam would Steffi not have won?

    • @johnsmith-mi7fb
      @johnsmith-mi7fb 7 месяцев назад

      @@carrerau7138 she would never have won any slams, r e t a r d. seles owned her

  • @showtell8905
    @showtell8905 Год назад +10

    Interesting stat PRIOR TO THE AO 1993 Open Finals...Graf had 11 Grand Slams at this point while the younger Seles who played "20 less Slams than Graf" had already won 7 Grand Slams!
    Graf was unable to win any Slam other than Wimbledon during this period.. She was ONLY better on grass Pre-Stabbing .. Seles was the best on all the rest.
    Biggest indoor event -- WTA Tour Championships
    (Monica Seles won it in 1990, 1991 and 1992).
    Biggest clay court event -- French Open
    (Monica Seles won it in 1990, 1991 and 1992).
    Biggest hardcourt event -- the U.S. Open
    (Monica Seles won it in 1991 and 1992).
    2nd biggest hardcourt event -- the Australian Open
    (Monica Seles won it in 1991, 1992 and 1993).

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      Between mid-1990 and 1992 Steffi missed 5 of 9 slam finals and 3 of 3 YEC finals (8 of 12 major finals = 67 %).
      But from 1987 to mid-1990 and from 1993 to 1996 she missed only 2 of 27 slam finals and 2 of 7 YEC finals (4 of 34 major finals = 12 %).
      That explains a lot.

  • @hero0149
    @hero0149 Год назад +15

    If it hadn't been for that tragic incident, Monica would have been much more active.

    • @danguee1
      @danguee1 5 месяцев назад

      Really, do you think so? The stabbing that kept out of the game for 2 years and left a permanent scar on her psychologically? That's an interesting perspective....

  • @jjsggg1465
    @jjsggg1465 Год назад +23

    Monica Seles was the TRUE#1 of the 90s decade! Evert had the 70s ..Navratilova had the 80s..Seles would have been the 90s!!! Seles would have been GOAT!!!

  • @mostaphamahmoudi274
    @mostaphamahmoudi274 7 месяцев назад +4

    لولا الطعنة الغادرة لاستحوذت سيليش على كل الألقاب، ومع ذلك فهي غوت التنس النسوي بدون منازع لأنها تتفوق على غراف بمراحل كبيرة ❤

  • @makissklavenitis9881
    @makissklavenitis9881 Год назад +16

    Hard hitting and quality match. Hard to think it took place 30 years back.
    Monica's by far my favorite tennis player. Back in the days I heavily disliked Steffi. Now ,as time went by, I appreciate her qualities. She was ,in different ways,amazing too.

  • @sirenapartenope0604
    @sirenapartenope0604 3 месяца назад +2

    I loved Steffi, the dancer of tennis, but I do the congratulations to Monica that in this match Monica was really Super. Gaf and Seles were the tennis!

  • @Andrea-cp8ng
    @Andrea-cp8ng Год назад +10

    "Monica is an extremely nice person". Period.

  • @bojanovicd8937
    @bojanovicd8937 Год назад +6

    Most underrated player in the tennis history.

    • @RoamHockey
      @RoamHockey 4 месяца назад

      actually most overrated lol

  • @NOTHEOTHERGUY
    @NOTHEOTHERGUY Год назад +8

    Wendy Turnbull is a good commentator.

  • @jjsggg1465
    @jjsggg1465 Год назад +5

    Both amazing players! Where Graf had trouble was with Monica's power off both wings, which was unprecedented in Graf's era! Graf's backhand was actually a real weakness....time and time again, Seles would punish the backhand over and over with deep sharp angles, wait for a short reply, and then pound the ball down the line to Steffi's forehand.....it was a strategy that Monica had devised with her dad and Zoltan, her brother, and it really worked well, because Monica didn't have a weaker side! Also, Graf had major trouble coming over the ball on the backhand side......Graf's overwhelming winners were ALWAYS on the forehand side....Graf could usually compensate for pace by running around her backhand and hitting inside out forehands......
    But against Monica Seles, who didn't have a weaker side and hit with such blistering pace, Steffi Graf couldn't do that as much...she didn't have as much time, wheras against ASV, Martina, Capriati and Sabatini, she did.....I remember when Graf was seen practicing a two handed backhand at Roland Garros, after being beaten in straight sets by Seles in Berlin, before the 1990 French.

    • @jamesdavidkmoss
      @jamesdavidkmoss Год назад

      Monica's forhand kept her in play and back hand was a winner. simply superb

  • @christianplappert7215
    @christianplappert7215 10 месяцев назад +2

    Pure tennis. No Show, no music, no social media. Just the game. I miss that...

  • @jamesdavidkmoss
    @jamesdavidkmoss Год назад +1

    Monica was still a kid here. only 19 and had done so much.she never reached her peak..❤ I think maybe 1994 she would of,we will never know.

  • @quiddy
    @quiddy 2 месяца назад +2

    Graf was in tears during the press conference of this match after admitting that Monica “has her number.”

  • @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446
    @kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 8 месяцев назад +2

    This match was incredible from both. It also makes Monica's stabbing more sad. It's very likely she hadn't peaked yet. Looking at the trajectory of most of the top female tennis players, it's likely she was going to peak around late 1993 to early 1994. Steffi Graf became a professional player in 1982, and played in her 1st slam in 1984, but it was in 1987 she really became a threat to Martina and Chris, and by 1988 she was the best in the world. Similarly Serena became a professional player in 1995, but played her 1st slam in 1998. Even though she won a slam in 1999, she wasn't at her best yet. It was in late 2001 she started to push for the top, and by 2002 she was the best. Looking at these examples makes Monica Seles career interesting and impressive. She began playing in the slams in 1989 French Open at just 15 years old. She won her first slam a year later in 1990 at just 16, and by 1991 when she was just 17 she was winning 3 slams a year. She was so young and inexperienced and hadn't peaked yet. You can tell from this match that she was still improving. Her serve here was far better than her serve in the 1990 French Open finals. Some insensitive people claim it was just a paper cut, but have no idea the amount of mental pressure that incident could have created for a 19 year old athlete who was just minding her business. Monica is definitely one of the all time greats along with Serena, Steffi, Martina and Chris.

  • @michaelc4983
    @michaelc4983 Год назад +64

    I didn't get why people say Graf is the GOAT. Seles was dominating when Graf was in her prime

    • @ahmedisa3723
      @ahmedisa3723 Год назад +8

      The same thing is happening with Novak now. The Western establishment does not want the best to come from an Eastern European country. Their biases are clear and brazen

    • @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz
      @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz Год назад +8

      I agree with you seles was a complete champion product

    • @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz
      @MichaelAndrews-rt4oz Год назад +1

      Anna konokovic was especially a force to be reckoned with too

    • @alexandrecherel8141
      @alexandrecherel8141 Год назад +14

      Not that much : Steffi defeated Monica 3 times out of four, in 1991 and 1992, including twice in straight sets, when Monica was number one.

    • @michaelc4983
      @michaelc4983 Год назад +18

      before the notorious stabbing, Seles defeated Graf in three grand slam finals. Seles lost to Graf only in Wimbledon

  • @ferdyspears
    @ferdyspears 10 месяцев назад +2

    Seles was the fittest she'd ever been here. She was moving and hitting the ball extremely well in 1993. She was literally still improving and then it was taken all away. A real travesty.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      She was visibly fatter than in 1991.
      And definitely not improving:
      1) Her winning percentage in May 1992 to April 1993 (without Hamburg) was only 92.06 %.
      2) In the 12 months before that (May 1991 to April 1992) it had been 93.83 %.
      3) And in the first 12 months after her return (August 1995 to July 1996) she would have been at 92.11 % if she had beaten Steffi in the USO 95 final. But Steffi was not slumping anymore in 1995.
      Stats are mean, I know....

  • @seadkurbasic9726
    @seadkurbasic9726 Год назад +6

    Monica best player ever She had 8 GS titles before 20.Fantastic.

  • @angelatanurdzic7508
    @angelatanurdzic7508 Год назад +6

    Monica is the best ❤

  • @andrewcharles7873
    @andrewcharles7873 5 месяцев назад +2

    Wow...i didnt know that Monica is such a rude person, didnt even have a good word to say about Queen Steffi who lost to her.
    At least Queen Steffi congratulated Monica for being the better player in the day.
    Queen Steffi still holds a 10-4 head to head record vs Monica.

    • @joeyconvery2055
      @joeyconvery2055 2 месяца назад

      Monica was still a teen and may have had a little bit of an ego..she knew she was the best.
      Steffi was like this too when she defeated Evert and Navratilova.

  • @josevenancio5008
    @josevenancio5008 3 месяца назад +1

    Monica hit the same winner on match point like Graf hit against Sabatini in the 91 Wimbledon final

  • @wissymal5567
    @wissymal5567 Год назад +4

    Monica was best ❤

  • @maciejgudel2939
    @maciejgudel2939 Год назад +4

    Wow, this movie is pretty old, but Monica Seles is a high-class player 🙄👌

  • @brankajosipovic7150
    @brankajosipovic7150 10 месяцев назад +1

    👌👌👌❤❤❤ Monica Seles🙏🙏🙏

  • @thb1091
    @thb1091 Год назад +2

    Just finished re-watching this for the first time in a while, thought I'd leave some thoughts:
    - Monica seemed even better in '93 pre-Hamburg than in '91 and '92, which is of course to be expected given she was still so young. Her serve looked noticeably better than it had a couple years prior, and the other aspects of her game in which she was already stellar were only improving as well.
    - I think Steffi killed the chances she had in this match by committing too many unforced errors in the end, swinging the momentum against her in what was a tight match until the end (FWIW I think her process in this match > that of the '92 RG final)...but that's also what happens when an aggressive baseliner like her is met with someone who can just return everything. Seles is maybe the best returner I've ever seen (along with Clijsters and Azarenka; Steffi and Serena are also up there for me). This is also why Arantxa was able to give Steffi fits on clay courts; she'd send back Steffi's would-be winners and bait her into overcompensating (although Steffi's talent won out most of the time since ASV didn't have the weapons Monica did).
    - To piggyback on that last point, I like matches between two ATGs w/ unique styles b/c it goes to show you how much the surface can influence the matchup. Seles was able to beat Graf at the AO and RG because of the courts being slower (allowing Monica to set up her deadly groundstrokes) and having a higher bounce (limiting the effect of Steffi's slice - which wasn't as much of a weapon in the early 90s anyway IMO). On the flipside, though, Graf was the superior player on faster surfaces (Wimbledon, USO, they played a bunch of tournaments on carpet courts back then too) due to her speed, shotmaking, and slice.
    - It's both scary and sad to think that Steffi and Monica were producing legitimately captivating matches in the early 90s (not the point but they were so ahead of their time that their rallies are highly enjoyable even now. It's like they were playing a different sport than the other girls at the time) despite neither being at their peak. Monica was clearly still improving at the time of her unfortunate stabbing, and Steffi was a better player in the mid-90s when she switched rackets, refined her backhand (the 95/96 version of Steffi was knifing it deep, hitting it down-the-line as well as cross-court, and disguising drop shots - that was not the case with early-90s Steffi) and served harder than in the early 90s. And this isn't even accounting for the fact that had Monica not been stabbed, the two would've elevated each other's games as if they weren't already incredible. Lost out on so much b/c of Parche. I truly believe that these two would've split the slams from '93 to '96 with no other player standing much of a chance. In an ideal world, they both win around 18-20 (yes the math checks out) and go down as 2 of the 3 greatest players ever (though you could make the case anyway I suppose) with one of the most memorable rivalries in all of sports.

    • @jamesdavidkmoss
      @jamesdavidkmoss Год назад +1

      I think about 16 each,my maths is good too ,mary and a few of the others would won a few,apologies for my poor grammar as I am dyslexic. but loved your comment.❤❤❤

    • @thb1091
      @thb1091 Год назад +1

      @@jamesdavidkmoss Not sure about Pierce winning RG/AO against Seles as those were the latter's best tournaments, though it's certainly possible given Mary was the ultimate hot-and-cold player. Even then she's probably the only player I could see stealing a slam from 93-96; little to no shot for the likes of Sanchez or Martinez I don't think.

    • @jamesdavidkmoss
      @jamesdavidkmoss Год назад

      @@thb1091 Absolutely agree
      👍🏼

    • @davidw5731
      @davidw5731 8 месяцев назад

      I think at the rate Monica was going she would have been in double digits in no time at all. It was very helpful to Graf that her major rival in 1990's got stabbed out of the game, even if she didn't ask for that help. It allowed Graf to collect a bunch of majors in a very short time. I will say again, if Martina had been stabbed in 1982 in similar fashion, we would be talking about Chris E. as a 30+ champion in majors, and vice versa as well.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      @@davidw5731 At the rate Steffi was going before the Graf Blackmail Scandal she would have been over 20 slams in no time at all. So she needed to turn 27 years old to achieve that.
      That Steffi has only 22 slams is a cruel joke.

  • @ChicanoPhD
    @ChicanoPhD 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love how Monica thanks the ball kids. I will never get over the tragedy of her stabbing.

  • @jdprice74
    @jdprice74 10 месяцев назад +1

    I think it was very classy for Steffi to acknowledge Monica's win in her post-match statement. It's always classy to show respect to your opponent.

    • @joeyconvery2055
      @joeyconvery2055 2 месяца назад +1

      Monica is awesome but I wish Monica had mentioned Steffi in her speech...Steffi was visibly so upset with the loss.

  • @davidtucker4288
    @davidtucker4288 Год назад +2

    This was a really close match until 10 minutes from the end with Steffi making some crucial errors. This rivalry was starting to build into one of the greatest of all time. Unfortunate circumstances didn't allow this to happen and tennis was poorer for it.

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 10 месяцев назад +2

      Graf crumbled under the pressure and consistency of Seles in this match. She couldn’t maintain the level she showed in the first set while Seles got better and better as the match went on. Agree about the rivalry :(

  • @unclealex
    @unclealex Год назад +1

    Seles was IT 🙌

  • @hasanozubek8555
    @hasanozubek8555 12 дней назад

    Monica seles war die beste Tennisspielerin aller Zeiten und das sie auch für immer bleiben eine Legende ein Champion 😊😊😊

  • @jdprice74
    @jdprice74 10 месяцев назад +1

    Steffi Graf should have won this match. For the first set and a half she was moving Monica around and winning more points where Monica had to move. The point at 59:10 is where the match changed. This point is where they had the long battle and Graf kept slicing and slicing to Monica's forehand leading to Monica hitting up the line to win the point. This was a tactical error by Graf. Graf effectively started feeding Monica shots to help Monica get grooved and adjusted to the slice backhand. Once Monica hit the backhand up the line for the winner, that gave Monica more confidence to deal with the slice. Combine this with the fact that Steffi began playing "half-court tennis" by slicing and hitting most shots to Monica's forehand added up to a complete change in momentum.
    The surface at the time was the rebound ace which was a slower hard court with higher bounces. This favored Monica as it was more like clay. Graf even mentioned it in a press conference after the semi-finals. If you look at their rivalry, the faster the court the greater the chances of Steffi winning. The results of this match were this: Losing the match was the best thing that could have happened to Steffi while winning the worst thing that could have happened for Monica. Had Steffi won, she may have been less inclined to work on doing more net play, using more topspin backhands, and changing racquets to newer technology that she did beginning in 1994. Had Monica not won, then perhaps a crazed German "fan" would not have stabbed her.
    Having said all of this, the match was very intense and truly has an overall sad quality because it shows what we the tennis fans lost out on since the rivalry never got to the level expected. While Monica was such a great player, I personally believe the injuries she was sustaining in 1991, 1992, and early in 1993 were foreshadowing career-ending injuries. If you look at the number of tournaments she missed in 1992 and early 1993, the injuries were starting to take a serious toll on her body.

    • @davidw5731
      @davidw5731 8 месяцев назад +1

      I think Steffi would have eventually won out in this rivalry, but we never got to see this play out. If Martina had been removed in such a manner, Chris E. probably would have had 30+ majors, or vice versa. Same thing for Roger if Nadal had been removed. I will never be convinced that Steffi's major count did not get inflated by Monica being removed by being stabbed. That would be life changing for anyone who experienced something like that.

    • @jdprice74
      @jdprice74 8 месяцев назад

      @@davidw5731 Steffi's count could easily have been affected, but adding Monica back in would have changed the draws on every tournament meaning Steffi may have won more of the ones she lost while Seles was out negating any losses of those she won. So, we will never know.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@jdprice74 With Seles in the draw Steffi surely would have won Wimbledon 94 as well.

    • @jdprice74
      @jdprice74 8 месяцев назад

      @@carrerau7138 More than likely as the draw would have been completely different.

    • @nursondewind6227
      @nursondewind6227 8 месяцев назад +1

      it was the worst thing that could have happened to Monica, that much you are right... we know history and Gunter.

  • @AidaRivera-p7j
    @AidaRivera-p7j 4 месяца назад +1

    Si no hubiera sido porque un seguidor de Steffi Graf apuñaló a Monica Seles y la obligó a retirarse por tres años, ella hubiera sido la más grande de todos los tiempos. Pero lamentablemente le destruyeron su carrera deportiva. Suceso que extrañamente ocurrió en Alemania, el país de origen de Steffi Graf.

    • @joeyconvery2055
      @joeyconvery2055 2 месяца назад +1

      Yes, we are not getting the full story.

  • @chancemaurer658
    @chancemaurer658 Год назад +1

    To have a forehand like Graf even now a days, both men and woman? She had incredibly fast hands and timing!! Monicas timing with two hands on both sides, equally impressive! What should have been the rivalry of the 90s!! Next best match? Lindsey Davenport and Venus Williams 2005 Wimbledon!

  • @SrithSrith-c3n
    @SrithSrith-c3n 10 месяцев назад +2

    Like Monica seles, steffi graf also a wonderful player.

  • @User123gte
    @User123gte Год назад +1

    I hope we will see a final in day light again

  • @nicolasnieto9262
    @nicolasnieto9262 6 дней назад

    Mônica dominaba el circuito!!! Siendo muy joven tenía para haber ganado muchos torneos más

  • @sovansarkar6846
    @sovansarkar6846 Год назад +3

    Seles , the true goat

    • @missbharti9855
      @missbharti9855 Год назад

      the voice she used to make while playing is very disturbing to the opponent

  • @joeyconvery2055
    @joeyconvery2055 2 месяца назад

    Monica's one handed forehand on the run was such a weapon.
    I remember Chris Evert saying that Monica's style of play was so different and unique...she compared Monica to Olive Oyl from the cartoon Popeye. 😃

  • @mirzicd
    @mirzicd Год назад +2

    Monica ❤

  • @johnsmith-di2qm
    @johnsmith-di2qm Месяц назад

    Excellent ! Seles number 1 .

  • @michelleao7994
    @michelleao7994 6 месяцев назад +2

    Monica the best ❤️❤️

  • @tapanmazumder9493
    @tapanmazumder9493 7 месяцев назад +1

    If Monica Sales used to stay healthy then Steffi Graf used to get hardly 7/8 Gland slams

  • @niharikabasuroy9190
    @niharikabasuroy9190 5 месяцев назад +2

    Seles is far better than Graf . Graf's fan ruined by her career and it's pre planned but graffiti never comment dis matter. Best of luck Graf fan.

  • @judibethgamano2872
    @judibethgamano2872 Год назад +3

    Yes if not for the stabbing , graf will not be number 1

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      Even when Seles was #1 pre-stabbing she lost most matches against a slumping Steffi.
      Sorry, that are the facts.

  • @silviatennismusic
    @silviatennismusic 11 месяцев назад +3

    Steffi i miss you 👑🎾

  • @aghz2233
    @aghz2233 2 месяца назад

    At 50:15 Steffi was about to cry?

  • @8sabu1982
    @8sabu1982 Год назад

    Monicaaaaaaaaa❤❤❤❤❤

  • @mrjamiecrawford
    @mrjamiecrawford 6 месяцев назад

    I think both of these players were amazing. If Monica's run had not been shortened by some maniac then who knows what would have been. However, anyone suggesting that Steffi isn't one of the best femal tennis players is on acid or something 😂 She was an absolute athlete.

  • @andrews6341
    @andrews6341 Год назад +1

    Seles actually got off with a lot here , her balls were so mid court , they usually would have been hammered away . Hence why you could see Capriati and Graf usually overpower her , even before the stabbing , the problem was they did not go for it. Seles did hit hard at times but was nowhere near as hard a hitter as Graf or Capriati , Sabatini also had the game to dismantle Seles if she did not hit off the back foot. What Seles did better than most was retrieve.

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 Год назад

      I find your analysis interesting. And it’s true that some shorts appear fairly short. However Seles did have several patterns that she was using vs Graf. You can see her overpowering Steffi with a combination of powerful shots with crazy angles at times and then provoking a ton of unforced errors from Graf (especially in the second and third set) using shorter shots and even wider angles. Also keep in mind that Seles was playing the majority of her shots to the Graf backhand. Slicing is easier on flat hard shots than on heavier shots with top spin as they require more control during execution of the slice. Seles played these shorter shots with a lot of spin and unless Graf was well positioned to hit a forehand, she couldn’t capitalize on them.

    • @davidw5731
      @davidw5731 8 месяцев назад +1

      Seles' biggest weapon before the stabbing was her mental toughness. She had patterns with Graf that would eventually make Steffi go for too much and make errors. Monica was tougher than Graf when the scores got tight. Just the most fearless player I have seen until the stabbing replaced that with fear and changed history.

  • @davidw5731
    @davidw5731 8 месяцев назад

    When I watch this match I just think of how all tennis fans were robbed of this rivalry playing out. Truly one of the worst situations in tennis history. Things were just getting good when some nut case had to change tennis history. Still sad about this after all these years.

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      Seles with her binge eating disorder and a dying father would have been no match for 1993-96 Steffi or for 1997/98 Hingis.

    • @nursondewind6227
      @nursondewind6227 8 месяцев назад

      @@carrerau7138 Mwahhh. This was '93 and nothing suggests Graf was any closer to solving the riddle of beating Monica in big matches. You might be right, but would have rather seen on court and not decided by the lunatic.

  • @Berlin-Marathon2024-MeineReise

    This Tennisgame is like watching an Oscar winning movie. I adore Steffi a lot, but i believe if Monica would not have had this terrible stabbing crime...She would have lasted on the Top for a long time. She is very charming and humble too - just like Steffi.

  • @alfredbenedek3398
    @alfredbenedek3398 Год назад

    🗽I have that little something to me, - Steffy sensed / felt, oohhh, look out? there is something to behold o - of? For Monica was more steady of a player - stronger mentally & yes, lastinf will power, than Navratilova. 🗽

  • @sofianebenmrad5614
    @sofianebenmrad5614 6 месяцев назад +1

    Pour moi Seles fut la plus grande joueuse de l’histoire !

  • @WONGLER
    @WONGLER Год назад

    Could you please upload the 1989 Final Graf vs Sukova

  • @McClernand4
    @McClernand4 Год назад

    Hey, Stef Duffy, where are you ?

  • @davideferrari5702
    @davideferrari5702 Год назад

    Monica .... grandissima...

  • @Tom-c4t2m
    @Tom-c4t2m Месяц назад

    i like monica

  • @johnsmith-mi7fb
    @johnsmith-mi7fb Год назад

    only wills moody was better

  • @johnsmith-mi7fb
    @johnsmith-mi7fb Год назад

    r a p e d t h a t N a z i

    • @carrerau7138
      @carrerau7138 8 месяцев назад

      But in the end the Nazis thankfully got Seles.

    • @johnsmith-mi7fb
      @johnsmith-mi7fb 8 месяцев назад

      @@carrerau7138 only wills moody was better

    • @johnsmith-mi7fb
      @johnsmith-mi7fb 7 месяцев назад

      @@carrerau7138 wrong. they stabbed her

  • @fernandocastro3905
    @fernandocastro3905 Год назад

    tennis.

  • @SakataGintoki01
    @SakataGintoki01 Год назад

    Maria Sharapova vs Ana Ivanovic final 2008
    🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @celestialspartan7977
    @celestialspartan7977 12 дней назад

    Graf was ,one,sore loser ....

  • @zeddeka
    @zeddeka Год назад

    Not one of their best matches by a long way. It was described in Tennis magazine at the time as an "interesting but not classic affair". Monica started off slowly and nervously. Steffi had not been playing well that whole fortnight (having to grind through some of her matches - her semi final against Arantxa was particularly dour). Steffi only really won that first set because Monica was playing even worse. Neither of them at their best. Once Monica found her game in the second set, Steffi couldn't raise her game. There wasn't a great deal of drama in the match.

  • @hermogenesco1469
    @hermogenesco1469 5 месяцев назад

    At this stage, she's so used to winning tournaments that she didn't show any emotion anymore after that final point. Just like a normal walk in the park.

  • @a66789
    @a66789 10 месяцев назад

  • @danguee1
    @danguee1 5 месяцев назад

    Steffi had one of the ugliest slice backhands the game of tennis has ever seen. Pretty effective, though.....
    (very ugly forehand, too, tbh)

  • @annetteelliott1494
    @annetteelliott1494 Год назад

    This is now one little lady I couldn't stand the sight off.......Miss "seeless" that is..

    • @mirzicd
      @mirzicd Год назад +4

      You sound lovely

  • @seadkurbasic9726
    @seadkurbasic9726 Год назад +4

    Monica was penicilin for Graf.

  • @robert-dr8569
    @robert-dr8569 Год назад +6

    Really miss Seles…she played better than Graf.

    • @McClernand4
      @McClernand4 Год назад

      that's a very debatable assertion. Steffi led 6-4 in their H2H before the attack. And 10-5 when Steffi retired.

    • @jujumusique1305
      @jujumusique1305 11 месяцев назад +1

      ⁠@@McClernand43 of the 6 wins came in 1989, Seles’ first full season on the tour and Graf’s all time best from a WL perspective and 3 of the 6 wins were small tournament finals while 3 of Seles’ wins were slam finals + Berlin which was a tier 1. Graf led the h2h but the bigger the matches, the more Seles won.

    • @McClernand4
      @McClernand4 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@jujumusique1305 well, that's a good analysis. You styill have to weight Monica's victories with a factor : the first scandal around Steffi's father, wo terribly impacted her in 1990. Before this scandal broke out, Steffi had won 8 of her 9 previous Grand Slam tournaments. She was on a streak of 66 consecutive wins. When this affair ended, Steffi had lost all of her GS titles (only one again Monica) and her first world place. Being repeatadly defeated by opponents she used to dominate before (like Sabatini, Garrison or Novotna). She was far from playing her best tennis in Berlin and at the FO, losing twice in straight sets.
      by the 93 australian open, she had taken the better start, winning the first set. During the second one, she would have had three consecutive break points without a most disputable call (or let's sooner say, a missing call) that quite disrupted her winning pace.