I think Amelie Mauresmo 's back-hand was better than Henin's. Mauresmo possessed a one-handed precise & powerful back-hand. So did Sabatini, Conchita Martinez, Novotna, Zina Garrison et al.
It's one of the best matchups because Serena is forced to use more variety against Henin. She has to bring the full range of angles, spin, net play and some slices. She played so smartly against a stylish opponent
@@moirapatience8781 I don't know about that, but the AO crowds love Serena, treat her well and have for the most part rooted for her and treated her with respect,Serena for years has said they're her favorite crowds to play in front of
@@moirapatience8781 What does someone screaming “ she’s not that good” have to do with the race? It doesn’t make any sense. You know who is racist? A person who brings up race card on every little thing.
@@chrato74 Because there is no other explanation for the comment other than race. Serena is one of the greatest, if not the greatest tennis players of our time by her record! And that you think it's a little thing? Right back at you!
@@moirapatience8781 Someone screamed that Serena was not that good. The remark implied her capability as a tennis player, not her skin color. And for the record, just because Serena is the greatest tennis player (I actually like her) doesn't mean EVERYBODY in the planet is fond of her. You need to clear your head for the notion just because somebody doesn't like Serena , meaning that person is racist. I'm not really fond of DJokovic, Does that make me racist towards people from eastern Europe?
It’s incredible how talented the top wta players used to be. They’d get injured and take months off, or retire and come back to the top, when so many are struggling to even get into the top 20.
There’s no denying she is the greatest, but her behavior is not something to celebrate. She also accused a man of being sexists with no evidence. She did it because she is a woman.
@@KO-vv1oz no one is perfect, why is it as a people we always see others behavior and not ours, and at the end of the day, even if Serena's behavior is not good, she can go in private and pray about it and ask for forgiveness from Jehovah God, and she is forgiven, but I don't understand why y'all always bring up someone pass to remind them of it, when she is already forgiven, and what about us, do we ask God to forgive our sins? Every time that is always someone comment, I don't like her because of her behavior, come on what is wrong with y'all, what about our bad behaviors that is hidden😱😱😱😱😱😱
Highlights definitely should have shown Serena closing out the 3-2 game in the final set with that magnificent 2nd serve ace. What a tournament from Serena, fighting quality opponents and her body to win both singles and doubles!
Henin was one of the players who could give Serena some competition actually. Ofcourse Serena is best but atleast she was worthy rival. Likes of halep wozniacki stood no chance Top players of 2000s> top players of 2010s. Serena venus henin kim maria at their peaks were so much better. I feel now upcoming generation will be better with so many ball strikers with Osaka leading the pack
@@chamindujanith6337 listen, those two victories mean absolutely nothing. Sharapova wasn't able to beat Serena for over a decade. Beating someone at that young an age would've been commendable if she at least kept at it. But it happened twice in one year and never again. Not to mention the fact that sharapova entered the tennis world AFTER serena and exited before as well
This was brilliant. People bang on about the "rivalry" (like there ever *was* one) between Williams and Sharapova. But this *was* a rivalry. Henin was one of few players, at the time, who could challenge Williams with a beautiful game, full of variety, especially that backhand. One of my favourite all time matches was the Wimbledon final of 2006 where both Henin and Mauresmo (another great one handed back hand) treated the world to the type of all court tennis you rarely see nowadays. It was one of those matches, where I didn't know who to root for. I love how Henin's shots draw gasps from the crowd. It puts me in mind of my present heroine, Ash Barty, who has the most amazing backhand slice!
@@telmolicious yeah 2 of those on clay and 2 against fat returning serena which is still a struggle for henin. when serna is in form and its not clay henin has no chance, no one has a chance.
Their 14th and final match in their 9 year rivalry: 2002 to 2010. Serena won 8 , but Henin won 28 sets v 27 for Serena; and 262 total games v 259 for Serena. This was a truly spectacular rivalry. Henin’s highlights being in 2007, three consecutive QF wins over Serena….all in Grand Slams!
@@carrerau7138that's literally not true. Get over the fact that this black woman is the greatest of all time... According to Graf herself as well! Get the f*** over it
@@maksimkempe3425 Court didn't win the Golden Slam. And was not tops on clay. She herself called Steffi "the best". Navratilova didn't even win the normal Grand Slam. And has 4 slams less than Steffi. Plus a considerably lower career match winning percentage. And she was relatively weak on clay. Steffi has 22 slams, the Golden Slam, a 89.3 winning percentage, at least 6 slams on every surface. And that even though she retired shortly after having turned 30. Most polls among fans and experts have her as the GOAT for a reason. Even in America many call her the best ever.
They dont know anything else, but people who look like them it's part of their nature. The US crowd is the exact same way, different place same color of prejudice.
@@MeMe-td1ye Hilariously bad arguments. 1. She isn’t “slow”. She used to be one of the fastest players on tour but had TWO knee surgeries (2003 and 2006) which permanently hampered her movement. 2. Why does she need to be subtle in order to be the greatest of all time? Navratilova wasn’t subtle and neither are Djokovic or Nadal.
...in order to BE THE BEST, you must BEAT THE BEST...Serena Williams always played the best...and BEAT THE BEST!! 👏The female that will break Serena’s records has NOT been born yet!! 🤷🏽♀️
Dimitry ...check your stats, son!! Steffi Graff, was VERY GOOD, back in the day. However, QUEEN SERENA has MORE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONSHIPS than Steffi. GRAND SLAM WINS is the stat that MATTERS MOST. 💵💰Now...BOW DOWN... ✊🏽
@@lisaevans6000 Here are the stats Slams won: Serena - 23/74 (31%) Steffi - 22/54 (40.7%) Steffi is the only player in history to win all 4 slams and an Olympic gold in a single season (1988). She won a whopping 21 Slams in only 9 years (1987-1996) before winning her final one 3 years later. She also made 13 straight slam finals at one point and had FIVE 3+ Slam seasons. Serena has only had two 3 Slam seasons and her longest final stretch was four. It took Serena 18 years to win 23 Slams and Steffi 12 to win 22. Overall titles: Serena - 74/231 (31.6%) Steffi - 107/223 (47.9%) Additional notes: Steffi had 5 seasons in which she won 10 or more titles, including a season in which she won 14 (1989). Serena has had one such season (2013). Even though Steffi played less tournaments than Serena, she won 33 more titles. Win-Loss record: Serena - 834-144 (85.2%) Steffi - 902-115 (88.7%) Steffi has had a 90+ win % in TEN seasons compared to Serena's 6. Moreover, over a 4 year period in 1987-1990, Steffi recorded 305 wins compared to only 12 losses and won 9 out of 12 Slams, an unprecedented level of dominance never before or since seen on a tennis court. She then had ANOTHER dominant period in 1993-1996 in which she won 235 matches and lost only 18, winning 10 of 14 Slams she competed in. Serena has never displayed such dominance at any point in her career. Weeks ranked at #1: Serena - 319 Steffi - 377 Year-End #1s: Serena - 5 (2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015) Steffi - 8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Longest winning streak: Serena - 34 Steffi - 66 Steffi had two more monstrous winning streaks (45 in 1987 and 46 in 1988) Winning record over players who have been ranked in the top 10: Serena - 427-177 (78%) Steffi - 452-91 (83%) Olympic singles medals: Serena - 1 gold (2012) *Steffi- 1 gold (1988), 1 silver (1992)* Year-End Championship titles: Serena - 5 Steffi - 5 Steffi is also in the top 2 best players of all time on all surfaces, while Serena lags considerably behind Evert, Graf, Court, Seles, Henin and even Sanchez Vicario on clay. Steffi is also the only player in history to win all slams at least four times and the only player to defend each major at least once. Steffi achieved more than Serena despite retiring at the age of 30. One Slam more for Serena simply isn't enough to overshadow all of Steffi's amazing accomplishments and records. She still is, without a doubt, the greatest female tennis player of all time. Serena's fixation on slams and complete disregard of every other event will hurt her in the long run as far as the GOAT debate is concerned. She simply was never able to achieve the level of dominance and consistency like Navratilova, Evert and especially Steffi. Steffi leads Serena in virtually every single stat that is a benchmark of greatness and Serena will never be able to catch up to Steffi.
@@regulusarcturus Yh thats right the 20-2 H2H against sharapova and 18-5 h2h against azarenka were quite the rivalries genius, not to mention Halep and Kerber only surfaced once Serena started declining torwards 35-36.Venus barley reached GS finals once henin left in 2010. As for Li and kvitova yes they racked up some slams but they were never considered rivals to Serena's sustained dominance. Like I said competition in WTA started to grow once Serena reached late 30's... Comparing the so called rivalries u said to her rivals in her early days like henin,hingis,capriati,young Venus are a joke.
When people speak about GOATS they count 3men+Serena. But I strongly believe Henin is the 5th name. Greatest single handed backhand ever, among all male and female. And a game made up of "demolishing power" with a "chess like" tennis IQ
4:25 the commentators got it wrong, the American commentators who were courtside said that Justine said something but the umpire didn’t hear, so they were booing Justine, not Serena.
Something about William's slow pace on the court really threw Justine off her game. William's takes a lot of time and really slows things down not allowing Justine to get a rhythm. Then Justine started to make unforced errors on serves and ground strokes. Not sure if it was intentional or not, but it was very effective.
Belgium 🇧🇪, Justin Henin is one of the Greatest Tennis Players in Women's Tennis in the entire History of World Women's Tennis. Russian Women have defeated Serena Williams a total of ten (10) times at various singles tournaments en route to the Titles. Maria Sharapova (Wimbledon 2004. WTA tour Championships, Los Angeles 2004.); Vera Zvonareva (Cincinnati 2006.); Elena Dementieva (Kremlin Cup 2007. Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. Sydney 2009. Toronto 2009. Sydney 2010.); Svetlana Kuznetsova (French Open 2009.); Dinara Safina (Berlin 2008.). only five (5) different Russian Tennis players have won singles Titles since defeating Serena Williams.
of those tennis players who have ever become number 1 in the WTA rankings. Serena Williams, Russian Tennis Players won the most number of times. as many as ten (10) times en route to the singles Titles.
i noticed her energy running down significantly in this match, which contributed to her backhand not performing as powerful as usual, it also suggested indirectly why she would retire the next year.
What I don't like about Justine henin is that her coach can coach her all through the game I've never seen anyone else's coach, coach the player the entire game I feel that someone need to say something about Justine henin coach. Not fair to the other player!!!!!!!
Im amazed how nice, humble and soft spoken Justine is outside the court, and how she gave praise to her opponents, but oppositely ferocious while playing.
@23:25 the commentator referencing that "Court, Goolagong, Graf and Seles" all have four AO titles and Serena was about to surpass them... The whole "24 Grand Slams" only started to become a thing once Serena started approaching that number. It was never the number for Graf to beat. They change the goalposts for people like Serena; she was never supposed to be the GOAT. But boy, did she prove them wrong.
That’s not true at all… Once she reached 20 Slams, Graf was constantly asked about whether her goal was to break Court’s Slam record to which Steffi always answered with no. And just turn on the 1999 Wimbledon final between Graf and Davenport. The ESPN commentators clearly say at the beginning that Graf is 2 Slams away from Court’s all time record. Serena is an all time great for sure but not the GOAT and it’s not because of the Slam number either. Her career stats aren’t as good as Steffi’s. Steffi and Martina are the two greatest female players of all time, with Serena, Margaret and Chris just behind them.
In The Beginning Was The Word no it’s not considering how small she was in stature she was one heck of a player. Navratilova and John mc Enroe said if you hypothetically take a ratio of game to size henin tops the list. They know a thing or two about tennis 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Why is this called highlights? Henin comes back from a break down in the first part of this video, and no trace in it ! This is not the first time I see a wrong selection of points in the AO official highlights. You're not the only ones doing this though...😂
Henin - the most talented female tennis player and the best player of her generation and the best player in the world and unrivaled for 5 years (2003-2007). Slams won since Henin entered her prime and until her retirement: Henin- 7 Serena- 3 Venus- 2 Mauresmo- 2 Sharapova- 2 Clijsters - 1 Kuznetsova - 1 Myskina - 2 If she hadn’t retired at 25, she would have become the greatest of all time for sure.
Y’all love to put up numbers to make her look good Serena was hurt during a lot of that time and this wasn’t prime Serena yet. Henin would be the goat yet she never one a single Wimbledon title the majority of her slams wins were at the FO. Hilarious. The last two times they played Serena sent her packing back to retirement a second time. Her ONLY dominant year was 2007.
@@taytumnewsome4932 Henin had the better career by April 2008 when she first retired. She was better than Serena. Serena only started dominating again after Henin retired and Venus got sick.
@@akizaizinskii Justin was n°1 by april 2008 but lost against Serena at 2008 miami Quarterfinal. As you can see in this video, she lost again for their last confrontration on 2010 AO final . By the way, Serena had already won 8 slams at the middle of 2008 (without counting the slams in doubles) more than Justine's entire career. Serena has already been world n°1 while Justine was playing and before her first retirement. So to say "Henin had the better career by April 2008 when she first retired. She was better than Serena. Serena only started dominating again after Henin retired and Venus got sick." is not serious😂. Even Justine could never say what you write, stop set up her like that if you really admire her. There is 100 ways to compliment her but you prefer to try to belittle Serena. They are both tennis icon and Justin retirement was not the beginning of Serena domination.
Justine was just amazing, the most technical and talented player. In her prime she was beating Serena on regular basis. In this match you could see that her body was already giving up a little
1세트 3:1에서 에넹에 브레이크 포인트를 잡았다가 봐야 했다. 아웃콜이 있었지만 세레나가 몸이 열렸고 몸의 움직임이나 스윙상태로 보아 볼이 나가는 걸 되돌릴 상태가 아니었으므로. 이것 외에도 심판이 실수를 하나 더 정정하면서 사실상 세레나 쪽으로 기운, 심판이 명경기를 망친 몇 안되는 경기. 결승에는 최고의 심판이 올라갔어야지. 호주오픈의 삽질.
Exactly. Serena's been unfairly labeled as being on PED, but with those girls??? Neh. A woman on PED would have a flat muscular chest like Henin. Is this the year she suddenly w/d from the French the week before and retired for good? Sounded awfully suspicious at the time....
Both women had much less pre serve routine than Nadal. I guess you can say this is a case where the guy takes more time applying make up than the ladies.
@@aydenanthony6508 is that why Federer plays with loser strings than a lot of other players? If that was the case then why'd anyone play with tighter strings? "They both provide less power AND are harder to play with!" The point is that u can hit more through the ball without it flying off the court. My point was that Henin needs loser strings than Serena to create power, especially on clay.
I guess you're new to tennis, Henin was never good enough to reach GOAT status, and she knew it. Which is why she retired, at least she was smart enough to know her limits! Same thing with Sharapova, she finally threw in the towel after 18 beatdowns and never reaching the heights Serena has! If If If If....LMAO
@@swamp5050 no I am not new to tennis and henin was unbeatable 2006-2008. neither Venus nor serena were able to beat her. Yeah she did not win Wimbledon, but her style was not baseliner who hits hard.
@@anneneville6255 Well, you've got to have all the gears to maintain and beat everyone that's in front of you, you can't just be a one trick pony! That's the reason Serena has the title of GOAT and Henin doesn't nor does anyone else on the women's side!
@@swamp5050 I guess she has all the gear since was demolishing them for years. They started to win again (and most of wta) after she retired. You need to adapt to the style of play of your opponent to win.
They just don’t play the same anymore do they? Williams sisters, clijsters, henin, azarenka, li na, dementieva will absolutely demolish womens tennis today.
You gotta love Henin's one handed backhand. A rare sight in women's tennis.
powerful fierce backhand, the best in women's tennis
Henin and Mauresmo, they were beautiful to watch
I think Amelie Mauresmo 's back-hand was better than Henin's. Mauresmo possessed a one-handed precise & powerful back-hand. So did Sabatini, Conchita
Martinez, Novotna, Zina Garrison et al.
Yes
True
Can't believe it's been 10 years; seems like yesterday. One of the best WTA matches of all time.
Not really Hénin serena at Rolland garos was much fun and their game was better … both are absolulty tired at this match …
It's one of the best matchups because Serena is forced to use more variety against Henin. She has to bring the full range of angles, spin, net play and some slices. She played so smartly against a stylish opponent
I remember some screamed “She’s not that good Justine!” That fired up Serena and she won all the following games.
Australians are generally extremely racist
@@moirapatience8781 I don't know about that, but the AO crowds love Serena, treat her well and have for the most part rooted for her and treated her with respect,Serena for years has said they're her favorite crowds to play in front of
@@moirapatience8781 What does someone screaming “ she’s not that good” have to do with the race? It doesn’t make any sense. You know who is racist? A person who brings up race card on every little thing.
@@chrato74 Because there is no other explanation for the comment other than race. Serena is one of the greatest, if not the greatest tennis players of our time by her record! And that you think it's a little thing? Right back at you!
@@moirapatience8781 Someone screamed that Serena was not that good. The remark implied her capability as a tennis player, not her skin color. And for the record, just because Serena is the greatest tennis player (I actually like her) doesn't mean EVERYBODY in the planet is fond of her. You need to clear your head for the notion just because somebody doesn't like Serena , meaning that person is racist. I'm not really fond of DJokovic, Does that make me racist towards people from eastern Europe?
Australian open was once most ignored slam. Today it is best for me . I always wait n the stadiums looks best n also the videos r best on youtube
Why is that you think ?
Organisation and innovation. It can’t rest on prestige like the three other slams so it looks to always move forward.
Sure. The Aus Open becomes the leader in term of innovation. The other Grand Slams in EU get worse and worse.
True
Us open has gone downhill
2021 anyone? DAMN I love Serena her serve, it is a thing of beauty. Such a beautiful yet lethal shot.
It’s incredible how talented the top wta players used to be. They’d get injured and take months off, or retire and come back to the top, when so many are struggling to even get into the top 20.
What does this even mean 🤣
Love you Serena no matter what, you silenced the haters
Told them she would ram a ball down their throats
There’s no denying she is the greatest, but her behavior is not something to celebrate. She also accused a man of being sexists with no evidence. She did it because she is a woman.
That man thought he had power,.... I guarantee you he is not the same person since that match 😭
@@KO-vv1oz shut up. She was right
@@KO-vv1oz no one is perfect, why is it as a people we always see others behavior and not ours, and at the end of the day, even if Serena's behavior is not good, she can go in private and pray about it and ask for forgiveness from Jehovah God, and she is forgiven, but I don't understand why y'all always bring up someone pass to remind them of it, when she is already forgiven, and what about us, do we ask God to forgive our sins? Every time that is always someone comment, I don't like her because of her behavior, come on what is wrong with y'all, what about our bad behaviors that is hidden😱😱😱😱😱😱
Highlights definitely should have shown Serena closing out the 3-2 game in the final set with that magnificent 2nd serve ace. What a tournament from Serena, fighting quality opponents and her body to win both singles and doubles!
Yes, Serena beat Kvitova, Stosur, Azarenka, Li Na and Henin to win the title all are Grand Slam champions
Henin's single backhand wow, pretty rare watching woman player could delivered passing shot like her.
The crowd was rude to the Queen. So happy she won and show everyone who's the GOAT! ❤️👑❤️
I love hearing the squeaking of Serena's sneakers. That's the thing she's been lacking since her comeback, all of that footwork.
Ryan Isahac I feel that she has been playing on one leg since 2009.
@@davanmani556 LMFAO.
It is the difference between being 29 (her age at this match) and 40 (her age now).
One of my top fave Serena Grand Slam finals victories!! 🙂
Justine Henin's backhand. Just thing of beauty.
6:52 omg what a serve
So much movement on her 2nd serve slice.... very nice!
Fabulous, but she used it to many times in the match, that's when Serena started nailing it
The perfect inside out 7:13
tremaine861 that’s why you learn how to change your serve,or disguise it...lol
12:37 was much better
I like these older designs of the court, AO logo and ‘Melbourne’ letters much more than the current ones.
why?
Australian open have always great quality of video
Henin was one of the players who could give Serena some competition actually. Ofcourse Serena is best but atleast she was worthy rival. Likes of halep wozniacki stood no chance
Top players of 2000s> top players of 2010s. Serena venus henin kim maria at their peaks were so much better. I feel now upcoming generation will be better with so many ball strikers with Osaka leading the pack
Barty is good.She has a variety of shots.
@@lordhenry2965 and a weak topspin backhand
Don't mention doper Maria with the greats. She won nothing after she had to give up her drug. Her wins mean nothing
Serena Vs Justine is some rivalry 8-6 serena leads but Serena Vs Sharapova is over hypped rivalry on papers not real one.
Their "rivalry" is more personal than professional; they simply hate each other.
@@RhaegarTargaryen1st exactly, that's the only place they can rival 😂. Cause Serena ahead to head lead with Maria is 19-2
@@aydenanthony6508 20-2. And Sharapova's 2 victories came in 2004 before she turned 18.😂
@@chamindujanith6337 listen, those two victories mean absolutely nothing. Sharapova wasn't able to beat Serena for over a decade. Beating someone at that young an age would've been commendable if she at least kept at it. But it happened twice in one year and never again. Not to mention the fact that sharapova entered the tennis world AFTER serena and exited before as well
@@aydenanthony6508 Yeah. The rivalry is lop sided. Reminds me of Roddick-Federer. Well Sharapova did what Roddick couldn't do right?😆
This was brilliant. People bang on about the "rivalry" (like there ever *was* one) between Williams and Sharapova. But this *was* a rivalry. Henin was one of few players, at the time, who could challenge Williams with a beautiful game, full of variety, especially that backhand.
One of my favourite all time matches was the Wimbledon final of 2006 where both Henin and Mauresmo (another great one handed back hand) treated the world to the type of all court tennis you rarely see nowadays. It was one of those matches, where I didn't know who to root for.
I love how Henin's shots draw gasps from the crowd.
It puts me in mind of my present heroine, Ash Barty, who has the most amazing backhand slice!
this wasn't really a rivalry either. henin basically wins on clay and loses most everywhere else. kinda like nadal/federer but worse.
@@rolandgreen7484 this is true and i don't think fed has ever bagled nadal but in their last he's won like 6 of their last 7 matches.
Nunya Damn Bidness no, he’s bagelled nadal in Hamburg 2007
Nunya Damn Bidness the fact that Henin is 4-3 in slams including a win at Wimbledon and the US open would say otherwise
@@telmolicious yeah 2 of those on clay and 2 against fat returning serena which is still a struggle for henin. when serna is in form and its not clay henin has no chance, no one has a chance.
Serena forever! The greatest! Girl, you have so many fans who love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 respect and believe in you. You are formidable!!!!!
Serena, the G.O.A.T!!!!!!!!The greatest tennis player EVER!
@@rosesangels2824 She was the best player of the 21st century so far.
Serena went to a different level in the 3rd set
Their 14th and final match in their 9 year rivalry: 2002 to 2010. Serena won 8 , but Henin won 28 sets v 27 for Serena; and 262 total games v 259 for Serena. This was a truly spectacular rivalry. Henin’s highlights being in 2007, three consecutive QF wins over Serena….all in Grand Slams!
2007 was also the last year Justine beat Serena.
BOOM!!!
Gotta love it...Snarky crowd booing Serena and she still swept the floor for the win!! GOAT!!!
This match proved serena as goat
No, the GOAT is Steffi Graf according to most experts and polls.
@@carrerau7138that's literally not true. Get over the fact that this black woman is the greatest of all time... According to Graf herself as well! Get the f*** over it
@@darellgrant8753 Steffi said in 2016 that Serena WOULD be the greatest IF she were to break Court’s slam record….
@@carrerau7138 Following that logic, Court keeps the GOAT title.
(I would vote for Navratilova, though)
@@maksimkempe3425
Court didn't win the Golden Slam.
And was not tops on clay.
She herself called Steffi "the best".
Navratilova didn't even win the normal Grand Slam. And has 4 slams less than Steffi. Plus a considerably lower career match winning percentage. And she was relatively weak on clay.
Steffi has 22 slams, the Golden Slam, a 89.3 winning percentage, at least 6 slams on every surface. And that even though she retired shortly after having turned 30.
Most polls among fans and experts have her as the GOAT for a reason. Even in America many call her the best ever.
Love how Serena silenced this prejudiced and disrespectful crowd!
Me too
Oh yes
They dont know anything else, but people who look like them it's part of their nature. The US crowd is the exact same way, different place same color of prejudice.
Serena's first AO in an even year.
First and only
i could cry i miss Justine Henin so much ... Loved her so much ... she retired far too early...
Great match Serena 👍. You are the best player of all times ☺️☺️☺️
Too slow & lacks subtlety
@@MeMe-td1ye Hilariously bad arguments.
1. She isn’t “slow”. She used to be one of the fastest players on tour but had TWO knee surgeries (2003 and 2006) which permanently hampered her movement.
2. Why does she need to be subtle in order to be the greatest of all time? Navratilova wasn’t subtle and neither are Djokovic or Nadal.
@@MeMe-td1ye still the greatest of all time. If you’re going to critique her, how come you can’t be the best
@@amandacerny8145 Osaka is the best
@@MeMe-td1ye she isn’t. She’s only good on hard courts
Man she really was one of the best players on ever on her game.
Great Serena 😍
Comeback Queen for a reason.
7:07 I love that Serena hammered Justlyin right under the nose of Carlos. Lovely!
Carlos who?
Funny how people forget that Carlos was a big-time cheater. You could see him using hand signals during most of Justine's matches. SMDH.
@@user-gq8cq8ue3k … Rodrigues, her cheating ass coach.
@@RangeRover1961 yes he was
You gotta love any of the Williams sisters vs any of the Belgians
1:31 , 2:36 you can tell she’s calming herself down.. good on her ❤
I love you serena😍😍😍😍
Great match Serena 👍. You were awesome
Women’s tennis domination since 1999.
Henin made some serious errors in the last set. You can't do that against Williams.
...in order to BE THE BEST, you must BEAT THE BEST...Serena Williams always played the best...and BEAT THE BEST!! 👏The female that will break Serena’s records has NOT been born yet!! 🤷🏽♀️
FACTS!
Serena is not the best, Steffi Graf is the best. She holds all the most important and relevant records.
Dimitry ...check your stats, son!! Steffi Graff, was VERY GOOD, back in the day. However, QUEEN SERENA has MORE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONSHIPS than Steffi. GRAND SLAM WINS is the stat that MATTERS MOST. 💵💰Now...BOW DOWN... ✊🏽
@@lisaevans6000 Here are the stats
Slams won:
Serena - 23/74 (31%)
Steffi - 22/54 (40.7%)
Steffi is the only player in history to win all 4 slams and an Olympic gold in a single season (1988). She won a whopping 21 Slams in only 9 years (1987-1996) before winning her final one 3 years later. She also made 13 straight slam finals at one point and had FIVE 3+ Slam seasons. Serena has only had two 3 Slam seasons and her longest final stretch was four. It took Serena 18 years to win 23 Slams and Steffi 12 to win 22.
Overall titles:
Serena - 74/231 (31.6%)
Steffi - 107/223 (47.9%)
Additional notes: Steffi had 5 seasons in which she won 10 or more titles, including a season in which she won 14 (1989). Serena has had one such season (2013). Even though Steffi played less tournaments than Serena, she won 33 more titles.
Win-Loss record:
Serena - 834-144 (85.2%)
Steffi - 902-115 (88.7%)
Steffi has had a 90+ win % in TEN seasons compared to Serena's 6. Moreover, over a 4 year period in 1987-1990, Steffi recorded 305 wins compared to only 12 losses and won 9 out of 12 Slams, an unprecedented level of dominance never before or since seen on a tennis court. She then had ANOTHER dominant period in 1993-1996 in which she won 235 matches and lost only 18, winning 10 of 14 Slams she competed in. Serena has never displayed such dominance at any point in her career.
Weeks ranked at #1:
Serena - 319
Steffi - 377
Year-End #1s:
Serena - 5 (2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Steffi - 8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
Longest winning streak:
Serena - 34
Steffi - 66
Steffi had two more monstrous winning streaks (45 in 1987 and 46 in 1988)
Winning record over players who have been ranked in the top 10:
Serena - 427-177 (78%)
Steffi - 452-91 (83%)
Olympic singles medals:
Serena - 1 gold (2012)
*Steffi- 1 gold (1988), 1 silver (1992)*
Year-End Championship titles:
Serena - 5
Steffi - 5
Steffi is also in the top 2 best players of all time on all surfaces, while Serena lags considerably behind Evert, Graf, Court, Seles, Henin and even Sanchez Vicario on clay. Steffi is also the only player in history to win all slams at least four times and the only player to defend each major at least once.
Steffi achieved more than Serena despite retiring at the age of 30. One Slam more for Serena simply isn't enough to overshadow all of Steffi's amazing accomplishments and records. She still is, without a doubt, the greatest female tennis player of all time. Serena's fixation on slams and complete disregard of every other event will hurt her in the long run as far as the GOAT debate is concerned. She simply was never able to achieve the level of dominance and consistency like Navratilova, Evert and especially Steffi.
Steffi leads Serena in virtually every single stat that is a benchmark of greatness and Serena will never be able to catch up to Steffi.
Dimitry ...thanks for the work, son. However, SERENA WILLIAMS HOLDS MORE GRAND SLAM VICTORIES THAN STEFFI GRAFF...enough said!! 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
That's Classics tennis baby.>>>>
The point at 13:09, wow!
The level of athleticism and ball striking you just don't see that in the women's game anymore.
Justine was a formidable player.
U gotta love ❤ Serena's game!
Really wasn't any competition left for Serena after Henin's departure till she reached late 30's.
That is false. Sharapova, Azarenka, Venus, Halep, Kerber, Kvitova, Li and Kuznetsova are all hall of fame players.
@@regulusarcturus Yh thats right the 20-2 H2H against sharapova and 18-5 h2h against azarenka were quite the rivalries genius, not to mention Halep and Kerber only surfaced once Serena started declining torwards 35-36.Venus barley reached GS finals once henin left in 2010. As for Li and kvitova yes they racked up some slams but they were never considered rivals to Serena's sustained dominance. Like I said competition in WTA started to grow once Serena reached late 30's... Comparing the so called rivalries u said to her rivals in her early days like henin,hingis,capriati,young Venus are a joke.
Serena is the most successful player. But Henin is the most beautiful tennis style ever, she’s the Federer of women’s tennis.
😒
@@sconex8072 i agree with u
The Greatest Serena since 1999 until now December 2020 at 11th rank wta.... henin, kim, maria just the end
Venus looks so stunning here
Look like a runway model..
@Jan Merc
Am talking about Venus lol
ravi pal but Venus isn’t here
@@arvin9104 she's sitting in the player box
You haven't seen the match i guess.
When people speak about GOATS they count 3men+Serena. But I strongly believe Henin is the 5th name. Greatest single handed backhand ever, among all male and female. And a game made up of "demolishing power" with a "chess like" tennis IQ
Henin was amazing but you can’t put her in that conversation. Only Steffi Graff would be appropriate.
4:25 the commentators got it wrong, the American commentators who were courtside said that Justine said something but the umpire didn’t hear, so they were booing Justine, not Serena.
Good game
I miss Justine, great player❤
@Shinobu Tsurubushi Ummmm.... What are you talking about lol.
Rebekka Wang she was s drugs cheat who served a 2 year doping ban
@@magicalgrasshopper ?
@@magicalgrasshopper Well, you are definitely new to tennis.
@@miguelteirlinck6942 She is a serena fan, Justine is the only player that has intimidated Serena.
Obie wielkie zawodniczki ! Nr 1 Serena forever ! 🎈🎾🎈🎾🎈🎾🎈🇵🇱
‘I’m not Justine’ Hahahahah
I remember this match came down to the serve - Serena’s was always a better, and on this day it was the only difference between them.
I wished henin to win sooo bad that day.... But great job from Serena
so happy you got to see her lose :)
Something about William's slow pace on the court really threw Justine off her game.
William's takes a lot of time and really slows things down not allowing Justine to get a rhythm.
Then Justine started to make unforced errors on serves and ground strokes.
Not sure if it was intentional or not, but it was very effective.
henins one handed backhand is the last in womens tennis history, no?
No, there are plenty of WTA players who play with a single handed backhand.
No.
Carla suarez navarro
Francesca Schiavone
Belgium 🇧🇪, Justin Henin is one of the Greatest Tennis Players in Women's Tennis in the entire History of World Women's Tennis.
Russian Women have defeated Serena Williams a total of ten (10) times at various singles tournaments en route to the Titles.
Maria Sharapova (Wimbledon 2004. WTA tour Championships, Los Angeles 2004.); Vera Zvonareva (Cincinnati 2006.); Elena Dementieva (Kremlin Cup 2007. Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. Sydney 2009. Toronto 2009. Sydney 2010.); Svetlana Kuznetsova (French Open 2009.); Dinara Safina (Berlin 2008.).
only five (5) different Russian Tennis players have won singles Titles since defeating Serena Williams.
of those tennis players who have ever become number 1 in the WTA rankings. Serena Williams, Russian Tennis Players won the most number of times. as many as ten (10) times en route to the singles Titles.
i noticed her energy running down significantly in this match, which contributed to her backhand not performing as powerful as usual, it also suggested indirectly why she would retire the next year.
What I don't like about Justine henin is that her coach can coach her all through the game I've never seen anyone else's coach, coach the player the entire game I feel that someone need to say something about Justine henin coach. Not fair to the other player!!!!!!!
Im amazed how nice, humble and soft spoken Justine is outside the court, and how she gave praise to her opponents, but oppositely ferocious while playing.
@23:25 the commentator referencing that "Court, Goolagong, Graf and Seles" all have four AO titles and Serena was about to surpass them...
The whole "24 Grand Slams" only started to become a thing once Serena started approaching that number. It was never the number for Graf to beat. They change the goalposts for people like Serena; she was never supposed to be the GOAT. But boy, did she prove them wrong.
That’s not true at all…
Once she reached 20 Slams, Graf was constantly asked about whether her goal was to break Court’s Slam record to which Steffi always answered with no. And just turn on the 1999 Wimbledon final between Graf and Davenport. The ESPN commentators clearly say at the beginning that Graf is 2 Slams away from Court’s all time record.
Serena is an all time great for sure but not the GOAT and it’s not because of the Slam number either. Her career stats aren’t as good as Steffi’s. Steffi and Martina are the two greatest female players of all time, with Serena, Margaret and Chris just behind them.
That beautiful backhand down the line at 11:38...
The racket Henin used is the most beautiful racket that Wilson made
The k blade was also sick
Serena was clearly the better player
No - at peak Henin was better; fastest feet, more solid ground strokes, better tactics. Serena just has big muscles
@@MeMe-td1ye then where are her Grand Slams, Henin?
@@MeMe-td1ye she only has 7 and mostly at the French and no Wimbledon title. So no Henin is not better
Grand Slam matches: Henin, 4-3
@@MeMe-td1ye Grand Slams finals 1- 0 in Serena's favor
What’s with the big build ups to these videos? Anyway nice to see it up finally.
6:55 How do you serve like that???!!
Did u see 22:50 and 23:17 the best from the queen
@@triciamunroe7979 no comparison to the crazy spin away down the T on the ad side, that's skill vs power.
Serena is the GOAT and Henin is pound for pound the best player of all time.
Erm what? That’s a complete oxymoron and most contradictory statement I’ve ever heard!
@@TheFever77 😂😂👌🏼
In The Beginning Was The Word no it’s not considering how small she was in stature she was one heck of a player. Navratilova and John mc Enroe said if you hypothetically take a ratio of game to size henin tops the list. They know a thing or two about tennis 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@@udaygadge6064 if if if if if. Stats is like a bikini. Any girl would look good in one.
Hilarious.
Serena is not the greatest anything. Steffi Graf is the greatest female tennis player of all time.
14:43 HOW??? how is that possible, the precision omg
Why is this called highlights? Henin comes back from a break down in the first part of this video, and no trace in it ! This is not the first time I see a wrong selection of points in the AO official highlights. You're not the only ones doing this though...😂
At 5:39+ Henin's eyes reveal a story.
Henin - the most talented female tennis player and the best player of her generation and the best player in the world and unrivaled for 5 years (2003-2007).
Slams won since Henin entered her prime and until her retirement:
Henin- 7
Serena- 3
Venus- 2
Mauresmo- 2
Sharapova- 2
Clijsters - 1
Kuznetsova - 1
Myskina - 2
If she hadn’t retired at 25, she would have become the greatest of all time for sure.
Ur right
Y’all love to put up numbers to make her look good Serena was hurt during a lot of that time and this wasn’t prime Serena yet. Henin would be the goat yet she never one a single Wimbledon title the majority of her slams wins were at the FO. Hilarious. The last two times they played Serena sent her packing back to retirement a second time. Her ONLY dominant year was 2007.
you were serious too that’s the funny part
@@taytumnewsome4932 Henin had the better career by April 2008 when she first retired. She was better than Serena. Serena only started dominating again after Henin retired and Venus got sick.
@@akizaizinskii Justin was n°1 by april 2008 but lost against Serena at 2008 miami Quarterfinal. As you can see in this video, she lost again for their last confrontration on 2010 AO final . By the way, Serena had already won 8 slams at the middle of 2008 (without counting the slams in doubles) more than Justine's entire career. Serena has already been world n°1 while Justine was playing and before her first retirement. So to say "Henin had the better career by April 2008 when she first retired. She was better than Serena. Serena only started dominating again after Henin retired and Venus got sick." is not serious😂. Even Justine could never say what you write, stop set up her like that if you really admire her. There is 100 ways to compliment her but you prefer to try to belittle Serena. They are both tennis icon and Justin retirement was not the beginning of Serena domination.
Upload Seles d. Graf 93!
That match is on RUclips..what a match. Monica was so good.
Jordyx3 should have one the AO.
Can we have the full final. Not just highlights please.
Serena's hair is so natural. Reminiscent of Agassi in 1990...
Justine I really miss you
Henin’s backhand looks so weak in this match
the third set must have been one of the worst Justine ever played in a match this important
Um, no. Serena just raised her level and started serving and returning like a GOAT.
@@regulusarcturus um yes. Serena played better no doubt but Justines performance was horrible
Wow.. What a Serena
I like Henin's attire. It looks very professional, unlike those of the players nowadays that looks more like swim suits
Вот это отличный уровень тенниса
Не то что сейчас
Осака, Рыбакина и то ужас
Justine was just amazing, the most technical and talented player. In her prime she was beating Serena on regular basis. In this match you could see that her body was already giving up a little
She was no match for Queen Serena
@@PopCultureCarnivore1 Oh but she was. Between 2003 and 2007 she was 5-2 against Serena and 4-1 in Slams!
@@akizaizinskii Who cares!! No one is stalking about her in 2022 going into 23.. We're still talking about Serena
For all this Henin talk she sure doesn't have a lot of grand slams. Her slam titles aren't even in the double digits ...
A beast … maybe not so much as a beauty but definitely a Beast!!!
Serena William shortened two of the great players careers: Justin Henin Hardene and Martina Hingis.
Serena destroyed cheater
Lol
Ignorant American
Merita merita You’re both idiots.
1세트 3:1에서 에넹에 브레이크 포인트를 잡았다가 봐야 했다. 아웃콜이 있었지만 세레나가 몸이 열렸고 몸의 움직임이나 스윙상태로 보아 볼이 나가는 걸 되돌릴 상태가 아니었으므로. 이것 외에도 심판이 실수를 하나 더 정정하면서 사실상 세레나 쪽으로 기운, 심판이 명경기를 망친 몇 안되는 경기. 결승에는 최고의 심판이 올라갔어야지. 호주오픈의 삽질.
There is an amazing contrast between the chest areas of the two players. Serena's is as sumptuous as ripe papayas, Henin's is as flat as men's.
Exactly. Serena's been unfairly labeled as being on PED, but with those girls??? Neh. A woman on PED would have a flat muscular chest like Henin. Is this the year she suddenly w/d from the French the week before and retired for good? Sounded awfully suspicious at the time....
@@LiamForeman Naw. That was 14th May 2008. Then she came out of retirement in 2010. Eventually she retired from tennis in 2011.
And how's that related to tennis at all?
@@shobhitkukreti And how are we supposed to talk only about tennis in a tennis video?
David and goliath and yet Davids got a great hold on goliath
As usual,Serena was super pumped up on steroids so it was like a woman playing against a steroid pumped up man!
YOU gave Serena steroids?
@@magnetmac1 I heard you gave her hemorrhoids.
@@MrFchank
You really need to work on your trolling skills
Henin really crapped on her career by not being a good sportsperson for one moment. Being nice & honest will always payoff later.
The umpire looks like henin
小威体重快有两个海宁了，不过底线对攻一点儿不吃亏，海宁这身体绝了
Both women had much less pre serve routine than Nadal. I guess you can say this is a case where the guy takes more time applying make up than the ladies.
Henin’s racquet sounds like a trampoline and Serena’s sounds like a brick wall.
Go figure..
Serena came to win
Young Today talking about string tension
Glad someone else noticed that.
Well, the more tension on your strings, the more precise and deft your touch has to be.
@@aydenanthony6508 is that why Federer plays with loser strings than a lot of other players?
If that was the case then why'd anyone play with tighter strings?
"They both provide less power AND are harder to play with!"
The point is that u can hit more through the ball without it flying off the court.
My point was that Henin needs loser strings than Serena to create power, especially on clay.
If Henin didn’t retire, serena would have never win 23 GS. Justine was beast
She’s a clay specialist at best. Call me when she wins Wimbledon.
I guess you're new to tennis, Henin was never good enough to reach GOAT status, and she knew it. Which is why she retired, at least she was smart enough to know her limits! Same thing with Sharapova, she finally threw in the towel after 18 beatdowns and never reaching the heights Serena has! If If If If....LMAO
@@swamp5050 no I am not new to tennis and henin was unbeatable 2006-2008. neither Venus nor serena were able to beat her. Yeah she did not win Wimbledon, but her style was not baseliner who hits hard.
@@anneneville6255 Well, you've got to have all the gears to maintain and beat everyone that's in front of you, you can't just be a one trick pony! That's the reason Serena has the title of GOAT and Henin doesn't nor does anyone else on the women's side!
@@swamp5050 I guess she has all the gear since was demolishing them for years. They started to win again (and most of wta) after she retired. You need to adapt to the style of play of your opponent to win.
They just don’t play the same anymore do they? Williams sisters, clijsters, henin, azarenka, li na, dementieva will absolutely demolish womens tennis today.
Classless angry monster won.
жюстин лучшая теннесистка . и все равно сколько там мужик стероидный навыигрывал( я о серене вильямсе)