Steffi was continually getting better at this stage of her career while Hana started her decline the previous year. I would have loved to have seen these two play while at their absolute best. Both of them were so stunning to watch when on but their peaks never coincided. There are some similarities between the two. Both had big forehands with fantastic one-handed slice backhands (I personally liked Graf's slice backhand better though). And both moved beautifully around the court. The biggest difference (besides Hana being more willing to come forward into the net of course) is that Graf was like a well-oiled machine. As brilliant as she could sometimes be, Hana seemed to do everything on a whim. I think that's likely why she was so inconsistent. I could have sworn that I once read a quote from Tracy Austin that the player she hated playing the most was Hana because it was impossible to predict what she was going to do.
Yes, Tracy Austin did say that about Hana, in an interview in Tennis magazine in the early 1990s, where a number of players were asked whom they disliked playing most. Hana's forehand could be notoriously wild at times. Like so many streaky players, it was all about mood and timing with Hana. If something was just slightly off, she could fall to pieces. Chris Evert said in the early 1980s that she usually expected one good set from Hana, but her form would usually then fall away. I find Hana's head to head against Steffi interesting. Normally, you'd expect an attacking player of Hana's class to have had some tougher matches against Steffi. The only time Hana won a set was the one time she beat Steffi - saving a match point in their 1986 French Open match. I suppose a lot of the head to head was due to the fact that they only played from 1986 onwards, when Steffi was on the up and Hana didn't have much time left near the top. As you say, it would have been interesting to see them play when both were at their best. I get the impression Hana preferred playing serve and volley players - it seemed to focus her more. She didn't have to think out the point and could just play with more rapid instinct.
No one stands a chance if Steffi plays like this. Serena doesn’t move like this at all. Only exception I can think of, Venus Williams, the year 2000-2001.
Yup. 2 losses in 1987, 3 in 1988, 2 in 1989. Sabatini managed to beat her 3 times, Navratilova 2 (the other players beating her were Sanchez Vicario and Shriver). Crazy stats.
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Steffi was continually getting better at this stage of her career while Hana started her decline the previous year. I would have loved to have seen these two play while at their absolute best. Both of them were so stunning to watch when on but their peaks never coincided.
There are some similarities between the two. Both had big forehands with fantastic one-handed slice backhands (I personally liked Graf's slice backhand better though). And both moved beautifully around the court. The biggest difference (besides Hana being more willing to come forward into the net of course) is that Graf was like a well-oiled machine. As brilliant as she could sometimes be, Hana seemed to do everything on a whim. I think that's likely why she was so inconsistent. I could have sworn that I once read a quote from Tracy Austin that the player she hated playing the most was Hana because it was impossible to predict what she was going to do.
Yes, Tracy Austin did say that about Hana, in an interview in Tennis magazine in the early 1990s, where a number of players were asked whom they disliked playing most. Hana's forehand could be notoriously wild at times. Like so many streaky players, it was all about mood and timing with Hana. If something was just slightly off, she could fall to pieces. Chris Evert said in the early 1980s that she usually expected one good set from Hana, but her form would usually then fall away. I find Hana's head to head against Steffi interesting. Normally, you'd expect an attacking player of Hana's class to have had some tougher matches against Steffi. The only time Hana won a set was the one time she beat Steffi - saving a match point in their 1986 French Open match. I suppose a lot of the head to head was due to the fact that they only played from 1986 onwards, when Steffi was on the up and Hana didn't have much time left near the top. As you say, it would have been interesting to see them play when both were at their best. I get the impression Hana preferred playing serve and volley players - it seemed to focus her more. She didn't have to think out the point and could just play with more rapid instinct.
@@zeddeka Agreed!
No one stands a chance if Steffi plays like this. Serena doesn’t move like this at all. Only exception I can think of, Venus Williams, the year 2000-2001.
Hana was such an enigma.
Steffi was pretty much unbeatable 87-89
Yup. 2 losses in 1987, 3 in 1988, 2 in 1989. Sabatini managed to beat her 3 times, Navratilova 2 (the other players beating her were Sanchez Vicario and Shriver). Crazy stats.
This was a beating