I know the scoreline for the Olympic final was more impressive, but that 2007 AO final was arguably the best tennis ever played by anyone in WTA history. Complete, ruthless domination. Sharapova lost that match the moment she walked onto the court
The 2007 Australian Open Final was my gold standard - thought it was the most perfect woman’s match I had ever witnessed. Need to go watch 2012 Olympic Final now.
I find 2004 Miami open and 2007 Australia open finals more impressive. In 2004 she just came back from knee surgery. In 2007 Australia open she destroyed a player who dominated Kim Clijsters in the semi finals and also beat Justine Henin in straight sets at the us open. She did it despite being ranked 81, out of shape and nowhere near her best. At the 2012 Olympics games, she was playing at the peak of her powers, and no woman past or present would have beaten her that day.
But in 2012 she also lost to people like Makarova and Razzano is slams, players no one has ever heard of. The 2012 Olympics seem to have been quite a fluke with most of her opponents having extraordinary bad days.
@@carrerau7138 The Olympics weren’t a fluke, lol. That would suggest her opponents were outplaying her and that she was still able to come up with the win, which wasn’t the case. She tapped into something holy and murked every single player in her draw. She was focused, fit, and believed the gold would be hers. Her 2012 season pre-Patrick was also still quite impressive despite those losses. He just renewed her belief that she could be the best; and she is.
@@tywannmarkham A season in which you lose in two slams against giants like Makarova and Razzano in early rounds is certainly not GOAT stuff. Yes, Serena could play great tennis in important tournaments (slams, YECs, Olympics). But in contrast to other ATGs she also very often was able to bomb in such tournaments. Don't forget that even in her slam winning years (1999-2017) she lost a staggering 15 (!) times before the quarters in slams. Navratilova and Steffi only 4 times each, Evert only ONCE.
@@cherylmaxwell1156 Serena played 81 slams in total. 62 in 1999-2017. Of which she won 23, made the finals 6 times, the semis 5 times, the quarters 13 times. But as I said she lost 15 times before the quarters. So even in her slam winning years she made the finals only in 29 of 62 attempts. That's why many experts and fans don't include her in the top tier of all-time greats like Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf.
@@carrerau7138 based on your comment 95% of players would be journeywomen lol Errani is former number 5 in the world, reached a Slam final, won 9 titles including Dubai premier, qualified twice for WTA finals and this is just for singles...in doubles she was (and still is) an elite player winning the Golden Grand Slam...I would say go watch football and take several seats hahaha
Serena will never be duplicated. At the top of her game when she wanted to win a match. Her strokes and power showed it. Her angles and footwork were 8.0
@@cde575 Seles would have peaked at age 25-31, denying Serena most of her 1999-2005 slams. Whereas Steffi was usually better than Seles who only won a lot in the early 90s because of the Graf Blackmail Scandal (which also made Steffi having a 1-7 win/loss streak against Sabatini of all people!). Without that scandal and without her premature career end a few weeks after having turned 30 years old Steffi would have won about 30-35 slams easily.
15:05 what is “lucky” about Serena’s shot? It’s lucky whenever a defensive lob lands in? Or Serena is lucky because Lucy shanked an easy ball? It wasn’t even a bad bounce. So why are the commentators always saying Serena wins points with “luck” yet they never say this about her opponents?
For me she didn’t have to go anywhere near God Mode against Cirstea bc Cirstea is such a crap, one-dimensional player, but nonetheless Serena kept her ass to two games
2012 Olympic final was insane
When I saw the title I knew this match HAD to be on it. In person it was so lopsided it got uncomfortable to watch.
Her whole Olympic run was insane
@@Tied348exactly, those were top tier players and she molly whopped every single one.
@@Tied348couldn’t agree more. She blasted past the competition. Such beautiful, powerful tennis. I miss her
All the tournament was, best tennis ever by far
I know the scoreline for the Olympic final was more impressive, but that 2007 AO final was arguably the best tennis ever played by anyone in WTA history. Complete, ruthless domination.
Sharapova lost that match the moment she walked onto the court
The 2007 Australian Open Final was my gold standard - thought it was the most perfect woman’s match I had ever witnessed. Need to go watch 2012 Olympic Final now.
I find 2004 Miami open and 2007 Australia open finals more impressive. In 2004 she just came back from knee surgery. In 2007 Australia open she destroyed a player who dominated Kim Clijsters in the semi finals and also beat Justine Henin in straight sets at the us open. She did it despite being ranked 81, out of shape and nowhere near her best. At the 2012 Olympics games, she was playing at the peak of her powers, and no woman past or present would have beaten her that day.
But in 2012 she also lost to people like Makarova and Razzano is slams, players no one has ever heard of.
The 2012 Olympics seem to have been quite a fluke with most of her opponents having extraordinary bad days.
@@carrerau7138 The Olympics weren’t a fluke, lol. That would suggest her opponents were outplaying her and that she was still able to come up with the win, which wasn’t the case. She tapped into something holy and murked every single player in her draw. She was focused, fit, and believed the gold would be hers. Her 2012 season pre-Patrick was also still quite impressive despite those losses. He just renewed her belief that she could be the best; and she is.
@@tywannmarkham A season in which you lose in two slams against giants like Makarova and Razzano in early rounds is certainly not GOAT stuff.
Yes, Serena could play great tennis in important tournaments (slams, YECs, Olympics).
But in contrast to other ATGs she also very often was able to bomb in such tournaments. Don't forget that even in her slam winning years (1999-2017) she lost a staggering 15 (!) times before the quarters in slams.
Navratilova and Steffi only 4 times each, Evert only ONCE.
@@carrerau7138compared to how many matches in that time frame??
@@cherylmaxwell1156 Serena played 81 slams in total.
62 in 1999-2017.
Of which she won 23, made the finals 6 times, the semis 5 times, the quarters 13 times. But as I said she lost 15 times before the quarters.
So even in her slam winning years she made the finals only in 29 of 62 attempts. That's why many experts and fans don't include her in the top tier of all-time greats like Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf.
We knew the olympics would be #1 LOL
Even Serena felt bad for Sara😭
Who is this Sara?
Was she a good player?
@@carrerau7138 She (Sara Errani) literally won women's gold in doubles with Jasmine Paolini this year, I think she's a "good" player lmao
@@Ty-ot5qu Errani played 50 slams but bombed out 43 times in the first 3 rounds. A typical journey woman, I'd say.
@@carrerau7138 based on your comment 95% of players would be journeywomen lol Errani is former number 5 in the world, reached a Slam final, won 9 titles including Dubai premier, qualified twice for WTA finals and this is just for singles...in doubles she was (and still is) an elite player winning the Golden Grand Slam...I would say go watch football and take several seats hahaha
@@paolop376 When did Errani reach #5????
Oh, in 2013..... 😂
When a person named "Bartoli" won Wimbledon!
Serena will never be duplicated. At the top of her game when she wanted to win a match. Her strokes and power showed it. Her angles and footwork were 8.0
The best ever
With only 73 of 240 tournaments won?
Never had to beat a top-10 all-time great in a slam final?
Don't be asinine.
😂
@@carrerau7138 the GOAT hhhhhhh
hater
@@carrerau7138 without stubbing seles graf will never get 10 gs hhhh we know the history raciste
@@cde575 You are a GOAT hater.
What has Steffi done to you?
Or do you just hate Germans?
@@cde575 Seles would have peaked at age 25-31, denying Serena most of her 1999-2005 slams.
Whereas Steffi was usually better than Seles who only won a lot in the early 90s because of the Graf Blackmail Scandal (which also made Steffi having a 1-7 win/loss streak against Sabatini of all people!).
Without that scandal and without her premature career end a few weeks after having turned 30 years old Steffi would have won about 30-35 slams easily.
She even beats the dopers easily.
so many others, especially 1999 - 2003, when she was just spraying winners everywhere.
The only player in history to grunt on the drop shot
15:05 what is “lucky” about Serena’s shot? It’s lucky whenever a defensive lob lands in? Or Serena is lucky because Lucy shanked an easy ball? It wasn’t even a bad bounce. So why are the commentators always saying Serena wins points with “luck” yet they never say this about her opponents?
Lol 🤣 Serena sorry that she beat Sara so bad ...lives rent free
The funny part about the Errani match is that Serena literally played it in slow motion and won easily.
07 AO Final was annihilation 😂
For me she didn’t have to go anywhere near God Mode against Cirstea bc Cirstea is such a crap, one-dimensional player, but nonetheless Serena kept her ass to two games