Chris Evert v Steffi Graf Full Match | Australian Open 1988 Final

Watch the full match of Chris Evert v Steffi Graf in the final of the Australian Open 1988.
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[@tejas81]

Watching Graf preparing each serve was like watching a little piano piece played to perfection: crisp, elegant, purposeful and identical to the one before it.

[@denny9232]

Tennis was so refreshing back then, no screaming and hollering after winning a single point, just wonderful tennis, boy do I miss it..........

[@tennparker1]

You old fogies love to make this comment. There were vocal players both men's and women's back then too. Get over it. Tone policing pro athletes is cringy af.

[@TheCyclesport]

True that!!!

[@RexHeuermann]

​@@TheCyclesport No screaming? At least not on court.

[@lisapully9274]

Chris Everett Lloyd, is the reason why I became to love watching tennis.

[@carrerau7138]

Good old Retty!

[@NightRider530]

That's really exciting to hear...

[@M.EngelhART]

Christine „Chris“ Marie Evert Is Her Base Name.

[@stephenmeitai7622]

I watch Tennis because of Steffi playing style

[@hilman94]

love it.. every grand slam tournaments youtube channels are now uploading classics matches... 🥰 note: in early years of her career, Graf always held her second ball during her play with her left hand, proof that she's the real one handed player 😁

[@oyamadyosiba2938]

So excited to finally see this match in good quality. Steffi Graf biggest fan ever

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Two icons of tennis for sure

[@user-jz8mc5gj6y]

40 Grand slams between the two. Steffi to this day is still my choice for GOAT...Chris Evert comes in 4th spot

[@carrerau7138]

Yes, Steffi, then Navratilova or Court (can't decide!), then Evert, then Serena.

[@RexHeuermann]

​@@carrerau7138Why have you included a male in a female list?

[@carrerau7138]

@@RexHeuermann Did your transition go wrong, girl?

[@BTURNER1961]

The Evert comeback starts at 34 minutes. The same attributes that got her from 1-6, 1-5 to a TB, got her out of countless scrapes in earlier rounds of tournaments. One of the secrets to her consistency was a never say die attitude. She may lose, she may lose badly, but she never stops looking for that crack in the door, that little tactical edge that can win her some crucial points. Here Chris is just trying to lengthen the points, and find some way to suck Graf into errors while she prods and pokes for some opennings for winners. She finds them - just not enough.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Great analysis! Chris is so mentally tough, and hits with such precision. At 6-5, 30 all, second serve …..she made a couple of very tired unforced errors. Otherwise , we got a 3rd set.

[@BTURNER1961]

@@thomasmagnum3588 That's exactly what happened in Boca Raton in Spring of 1989! Evert did not win, but she took Graf to a third set for the first time in their rivalry

[@lwh7301]

@@thomasmagnum3588 She didn't have a lethal shot from the baseline. That was the difference between players from her generation vs the newer players like Graf.

[@gaskellr44]

Wow, no falling to the floor, tears galore, just a friendly handshake at the end.

[@jm7804]

You forgot primal screams of "COME ON" starting with the first point of the match. These two were always all business on the court. There are only a handful of players who behave this way any longer.

[@rajusaha855]

@@jm7804 yeah Williams sisters made tennis more vulgar & ugly.🤮🤮

[@kenmoreSF]

@@jm7804 don't forget every point they win, they wave their arms up at the stand to stir up the crowd. Sinner with his fist pumping on every single point and Alcaraz moaning and grunting, vamos and begging for the crowd to join in.

[@tomsd8656]

Back when tennis was what it's supposed to be. Today we have too many drama kings and queens.

[@gaskellr44]

@@kenmoreSF Em, I suppose it's the legacy they have been left from the recent generation.

[@naimaboukhouf7357]

Pure class 2 of my favorite especially grafff She played with so much class ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@keithjones9546]

Their footwork is beautiful. CE's technique is so good -- she rarely ever looks as if she can't execute a return perfectly and in balance. And Steffi -- well, a great athlete who is strong and fast.

[@carrerau7138]

The invisible trampoline under Steffi's feet!

[@antonboludo8886]

I have seen them live. They are both great players.

[@JordanjamesX]

Thank you for adding this Australian Open!

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

AO Went From Grass to Hard Court From This Year.. Love The Generation - Gap Match Up.. 15 Years - 6 Months Age Difference.. ( 40 ) Slams Between Them..

[@carrerau7138]

14 years and 6 months age difference. Almost all matches were played when Steffi was still a teenager and Evert 30/33 years old. And YET Steffi won mostly!! 😍

[@maciejgudel2939]

Steffi Graf is an extraordinary right-handed tennis player with a one-handed backhand and an extremely powerful forehand strike.

[@tobiasisback4605]

Thank you for that important information.

[@simihartseil6593]

@@tobiasisback4605ironically?

[@MrTresto]

thanks, I had no idea

[@carrerau7138]

@@tobiasisback4605 That can't be said too often. Because here on YT many players are called "great" who surely were not "extraordinary".

[@rajusaha855]

From 1988 A.O & 1996 US open Graf won 20 of the 33 slams she participated & reached 6 other final. That's insane dominance 😱😱. If that's not the true dominance i don't know what will be.

[@carrerau7138]

Yeah, in 8 years and 8 months. Unreal!

[@lflagr]

Agree with you, except we have to acknowledge what effect Monica Seles being stabbed had on that dominance. Had Monica stayed on tour, who knows how many more she would have taken instead of Steffi.

[@rajusaha855]

@@lflagr yeah but Monica was also benefitted from Steffi's father's nasty scandal, blackmail scandal & bad publicity from German media about Steffi. Again Steffi also suffered knee injury in 1997 that allows Martina Hingis to no 1 without even challenging Steffi other wise it's Steffi who easily would have broken long standing record of Margaret Court 24 slams.

[@carrerau7138]

@@lflagr But she didn‘t stay on the tour for 2 years, right? And the Graf family was blackmailed, right? And Henin ended her career prematurely due to burnout, right? So everybody can cherry-pick their own favorite “what-if-scenario“, right?

[@Jack_Reacher2024]

@@rajusaha855 funny how graf won 60 something matches in a row during this so called scandal excuse till she ran into seles at berlin where seles whipped her, had seles not come along im sure graf would have continued her winning streak,and we all know why seles was stabbed by a graf fan. well everybody knows except these moron graf fans

[@ytangel7263]

First slam in Steffi’s legendary journey to the ‘88 Golden Grand Slam winning all slams plus Olympic gold in a calendar year. 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🥇 🎉 👏 Incredible tennis achievement in any era! A few came close but could not prevail which truly shows how physically and mentally challenging this extremely rare historic event was, and which IMHO, elevated Steffi Graf as the greatest ever!!! Thank you AO for sharing the ‘88 AO final between two tennis greats ever in Steffi and Chris Evert. My appreciation and kind regards from a ‘Fraulein Forehand’ fan. I love saying her iconic moniker. Here’s why at 7:30, 20:24, 59:46 🤩

[@RexHeuermann]

I thought it was called the Golden Slam, not Golden Grand Slam?

[@ytangel7263]

@@RexHeuermann I think you’re right. I inadvertently added ‘grand’ because it’s such an incredible achievement.

[@johnmac333]

Ahh , the good ol' days - no shrieking , grunting or tantrums ! Steffi my all time fave .Chris not far behind .

[@buzzfunk]

Couldnt agree more. Womens tennis today feels so dramatic. They must dislike each other a lot. Personally, I watched most womens tennis matches in the 90s and some 2000s. Now that its basically just the east block of entitled drama queens - I have no interest in it. And i dont mean that in a racist way.

[@lwh7301]

And when female players look female...sans Navratilova.

[@joevolcano6720]

@@lwh7301 😅Yeah, Navratilove really 'changed the game' lol

[@carrerau7138]

@@lwh7301 Compared to Serena, Sabalenka, Stosur Martina was super-feminine.

[@riyongmerongelin5839]

MY NUMBER 1,FAVORITE TENNIS PLAYER EVER 😊. STEFFI GRAF ❤

[@poussinhamzah4013]

I really wanted Chris to win but it was a no brainer that Sreffi would triumph because at this point she was the world no.1 and Chris was well past her peak

[@carrerau7138]

Evert's annual match winning stats weren't significantly worse in 1987/88 compared to 1983-86 when you exclude her matches against Steffi. Don't forget that Chris was 6-1 win/loss against baby Steffi in 1983-86 but 0-6 in 1987/88! So with her Steffi matches excluded Chris was 255-31 win/loss in 1983-86 and 133-18 in 1987/88 which translates to 89.2 % and 88.1 % respectively. So "well past her peak" is a misconception. "Well behind Steffi Graf" would be a better description.

[@axeniatamara2683]

Miss you Steffi😊

[@BurnsTennis]

Wow!! Australian Open channel at it yet again! Many thanks!

[@sayakroy10]

The Greatest Ever

[@rajusaha855]

Begining the era of perhaps the most dominate player in open era tennis history (male or female). Steffi famous golden slam year of 1988.🙌🙌

[@jm7804]

Perhaps not. Not the best at any slam, on any surface, nor tournaments overall, nor slams overall. If you factor in the men then she's really badly off. Better dust off those petticoat amateur titles and hope that distracts from the plethora of shortcomings.

[@rajusaha855]

@@jm7804she won 6 + slam of each surface (nobody have done that), winning quadruple slam & golden slam in 1988 in all three different surface (again neither any male or female had done that) so she is the most versatile tennis player of either gender.

[@rajusaha855]

@@jm7804 then you can't compare even Serena with any men even a NCAA champion would trash Serena lol😂😂. Remember some drunk German ranked no 200 kicked both Williams sisters ass under 1 hour. 😂😂

[@rajusaha855]

@@jm7804 from 1987-96 she had won 21 slams in just 9 years. Tell me did any men or women have achieved that ? No. So she is the most dominate champion in the open era.

[@jm7804]

@@rajusaha855 You can't even count right. The WTA tour years 1987-1996 account for 10 years, not 9. As usual you lie right through your dentures.

[@TheStonedstone]

I am suprised that Steffi plays so many backhand topspins. In 90ties she used to play almost only slices from that wing.

[@erosgiosalmoni1925]

Steffi Graf 🐐🎾

[@brain8484]

Graf with the new style of Tennis knew exactly how to beat the American.

[@carrerau7138]

Steffi regularly destroyed Americans.

[@tobiasisback4605]

Amazing to see Evert come back from the brink. 1-6, 1-5 and 30 all. She starts playing like the goddess she is.

[@carrerau7138]

It was more Steffi going on a walkabout for 20 minutes.

[@rajusaha855]

Steffi should have beaten that Chrissy 6-1, 6-1 but I think Steffi in the end underestimate her.

[@tobiasisback4605]

@@rajusaha855 No, Evert started playing better and making fewer mistakes. She quite often pulled herself back from the brink and made it competitive, even if she eventually lost. She also came from 2-5 down to 5-5 in the third set against Martina in AO81, though lost 5-7. Btw, since you and Carrerau are the same person, aka Missy Hoffenheim, it would be appreciated if you didn’t pollute these threads with your multiple posts. It doesn’t strengthen your points, it makes you look mad and pathetic.

[@rajusaha855]

@@tobiasisback4605 lol😂😂😂 another funny comment from a stupid & funny man. Please stop embarrassing yourself with those kind of comments. Did I say something wrong that Steffi should have beaten her 6-1, 6-1? Match was under Steffi's control as always but she allowed Chrissy to comeback.

[@markuse3472]

@@tobiasisback4605 I do believe Steffi took a "walkabout" after being ahead and underestimated Chrissy. Steffi should have won the second set easily, too. I believe. But most things are as they are and it's history.

[@p_sg3449]

Amazing to see how flat Evert hit drives on both wings. Her backhand was almost a double-handed push. Compare with Swiatek's exaggerated modern topspin strokes.

[@ramyg5037]

Great quality upload..

[@bambangherlambang6413]

Chris evert loyyd ❤

[@jaykraft9523]

haven't seen a Steffi match with so many steady topspin backhands from her, she hardly missed them. Abandoned them later in her career, some really awful matches where she missed most of them or many. Looks rock solid here, in fact she missed more slice backhands in the 2nd set by far, very odd.

[@airmaxxxer]

.....you re very right: comparing the wimbledon finals against navratilova in 1987/1988/1989, underlines Grafs improvement of her backhand drive. The defeat in 1987 showed clearly what was needed: Navratilova (who was Grafs biggest rival) had attacked her very successfully on her backhand side. Steffis improvement was the bases for her first win in 1988: Not only she was able to pass Martina permanently with perfect backhand drives but also to block or chip her serves - or even to reply with agressive backhand drives. i was watching all the matches these years. for me, there is a clear turning point of Graf abandoning her backhand drive: its the time when Steffis game and her mental toughness got deep scratches in April 1990: german newspapers had headlined about a secret affair of her father and the blackmailing following. Its also exactly the time when Steffi lost first time to Monica - causing a period of (very obvious) insecureness and a lack of confidence in Steffis game. my impressio that time: this insecureness stopped abruptly steffis approaches to make her backhand drive a potentially additional weapon - instead she reduced her game to the basics, playing only those strokes she was totally confident about. Not to think what would have been if she wouldnt have stopped: a reliable backhand drive down the line would have put Steffis game almost into another dimension.

[@jaykraft9523]

You've done deeper analysis of the timeline than I have, but I did not get the sense that using slice-only backhands damaged her game particularly much because of how marvelous it was. I believe she had close to a continental grip on the backhand which makes topspin tougher to do (surprised how good it was here). I also marveled that she DID still pull out the topspin backhands necessarily on passes, surprisingly effectively well given how little of them she hit in the later matches

[@abhinavmishra5831]

Steffi dominated 1988-90. You can see she is ahead of this era of play with her strong serve and forehand power. And yet, quite far from the player she eventually became. Talks about how much tennis evolved overall

[@broncoguy4862]

Ah, the first leg in that once-in-a-generation tennis achievement: The Golden Grand Slam

[@carrerau7138]

That was 36 years ago. More than a generation.

[@silviatennismusic]

Gracias Steffi !! Danke

[@leolight5369]

The camera angle is just terrible. What were they thinking ?

[@carrerau7138]

Most fans like it that way.

[@lenwelch2195]

At 30-all with Graf serving at 5-6 Chris choked with a backhand in the bottom of the net. Tennis is so mental. If Chris had allowed herself to feel like she should’ve won the second set she would’ve, instead she hoped instead of playing from pride being behind. Right there at 30-all she knew she was 2 points from second set. First six matches with Steffi Chris expected to win and her heart played from this feeling. Graf was reaching her peak improving while Chris was 32 in 1986( end of 86).

[@carrerau7138]

Evert didn‘t “choke“, she just hit an unforced error. I don‘t think you ever held a tennis racket in your hand, kid…

[@airmaxxxer]

the most fascinating about young Steffi Graf was her breathaking consistant improvement.....i ve the impression that she was built up much more carefully as other uprising teenage stars before or later on.... .it was very obvious that its only a question of time of her surpassing Evert (besides Chrissies age) and to challenge the that time almost unbeatable martina....the wimbledon final of 1988 between Graf and Navrartilova is qualitywise one of the best matches ever played....

[@jeannemarddelislam1631]

Chris evert for ever

[@carrerau7138]

Chris 😜

[@jeannemarddelislam1631]

@@carrerau7138 sorry.

[@47imagine]

Wow Steffi Graf wins a Grand Slam final as a teenager and acts like she just won a second round match.

[@carrerau7138]

Steffi - the girl was so beautiful and her game even more so. 😍 BJ King got it right when she said a few years ago that Steffi was “the first international superstar“!

[@rajusaha855]

That's amazing i never heard that story but BJK was right. Graf was truly the first global star in women's tennis much like Borg in 70's.

[@MrBjorn6]

Id say Chris Evert was 😮

[@carrerau7138]

@@MrBjorn6 Not international, far from it.

[@rajusaha855]

@@MrBjorn6 Evert lacks global appeal outside of USA. Even in Europe she was not that popular.

[@peterflorino9692]

Beautiful? Please buy new glasses. Good tennis player yes, beautiful no. Maria S. is beautiful not Graff.

[@tenningale]

Didn't realize they were so chill when they won Grand Slams back then. Now everything is falling to the floor, fist-pumping, firing balls into the stands, etc.

[@PatoNani18]

Yeah I think it's pretty normal to go crazy after winning the biggest title in tennis especially when it's just your second grand slam title. I had to look up the video if it was really a final because her idgaf reaction was so weird to me.

[@MrTresto]

@@PatoNani18 right? I didn't expect some crazy display of whatnot, but maybe hands in the air and a smile?

[@carrerau7138]

@@MrTrestoSteffi had a nice smile, you just have to look.

[@markuse3472]

Stefanie Graf is The GOAT, both statistically and logically/virtually.

[@johnp515]

Why statistically? She won 22 Grand Slams. Serena Williams won 23. And what do you mean by logically/virtually?

[@rajusaha855]

@@johnp515 slam shouldn't be only criteria. Graf had more titles (107 titles) than Serena (73), more weeks at no 1 (377 weeks) than Serena (319 weeks), more year end no 1 (8) than Serena (5), better winning percentage (88) than Serena's (84). Don't forget Graf had golden slam (1988), quadruple career slam, 6+ slam on three different surface, successfully defended all 4 slams & winning atleast 3 slams on 5 different seasons. So 1 less slam doesn't makes any difference giving that Serena played a decade longer than Steffi.

[@prashanthu7289]

Totally agree with u..she is the GOAT

[@arunchemparathy199]

Thanks to Gunter ass hole. Monica was beating her ass around in all three majors except Wimbledon until his intervention.

[@markuse3472]

@@johnp515 I hope you got the memo from @rajusaha... And by logic I mean sometimes logic defeats stats/numbers...

[@Ritermann]

What the hell were they thinking with that Birds eye view of a camera angle? 😂

[@RexHeuermann]

This was '88, ffs.

[@th8257]

This was a very controversial match at the time because it was the first grand slam final where the roof was closed. Supporters of Evert felt that it ruined her chances - the indoor conditions were faster and favoured Steffi, who'd also been practicing indoors. Many felt that the Australian Open was an outdoor event and should have been played outdoors.

[@carrerau7138]

Who except some nationalistic Americans felt that?

[@th8257]

​@@carrerau7138quite a few people in the tennis world. It took a while for the roof to be accepted - many people weren't sure it was a good idea. You'll notice how long it took the other grand slams to adopt them.

[@th8257]

​@@tobiasisback4605​​I'll repeat that this was controversial because it was the first time it happened. Views on it were very different to today. Nobody complained about the Murray match because closing the roof is now a normal accepted thing. Back then it was a completely new novelty and people weren't sure whether it was a good idea or not. You'll notice just how many years it took the other grand slams to build a roof on their stadiums. The jury was out for some time.

[@carrerau7138]

@@th8257 Because a roof is very expensive.

[@rajusaha855]

@@th8257 whether it's roof or without roof Graf would still beat Evert in straight sets.

[@AmurTiger-vm5dy]

Chris is the best woman tennis player of all the times 🎉

[@carrerau7138]

A player who loses 13 times in a row to Navratilova and 7 times in a row to teenage Steffi certainly is not even close to being the best woman tennis player of all time.

[@AmurTiger-vm5dy]

@@carrerau7138 nnaah 👎

[@RexHeuermann]

How many "times" _are_ there, exactly?

[@celestialspartan7977]

1988 Graf won the Slam and so did the Swedish duo of Wilander and Edberg....

[@techtipsuk]

Why reveal in the thumbnail who won? I get these are historic matches but I wouldn’t have had a clue without looking up.

[@meilstone]

The commentator misjudged Graf's game when claiming she was winning points "without having to work for them at all" towards the end of set 1. Steffi's powerful strokes just made it look easier than it is.

[@carrerau7138]

The commentators were Americans and big Evert fans, so give them a pass.

[@meilstone]

@@carrerau7138 Oh, I am an Evert fan too! 😉

[@carrerau7138]

@@meilstone But apparently an objective one. And not American, right?

[@meilstone]

@@carrerau7138 I just love good Tennis! I'm Austrian living in Austria but I lived in the US for 9 years in my teens/twens. I also like Steffi despite the fact that she's German. 😅

[@carrerau7138]

@@meilstone I would think that must have been a bonus for you, Steffi being German (like Mozart was!).

[@naoizumi2974]

Interesting that Graf is holding a ball in her left hand while serving and having a rally like in a practice session 😮

[@carrerau7138]

Well, holding in the right hand would have been very complicated!

[@juanmanuelportillo9293]

Yes; later in her career she stopped doing it.

[@skylaxx]

This was pretty common thing back in the days.

[@roter13]

Chris Evert had to do the same thing earlier in her career. She would hit the first serve, if that went in, she would throw the send ball back and then start the point because she needed both hands.

[@jujumusique1305]

I never realized Evert was 2 points away from winning the second set and squandered the opportunity with poor shot selection.

[@carrerau7138]

It would not have helped Evert in any way. Steffi would have murdered Chris in the 3rd set. Don't forget that Steffi had several 61 62 or 62 61 wins over the American old-timer in 1987-89.

[@thierrygiunta1093]

steffi"s legs are too die for!

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

It is amazing that Graf was so successful with slicing like 95 percent of her backhands.

[@carrerau7138]

That was the reason WHY she was so successful.

[@javiernunez8113]

It is quite incredible that some people don't think that the Seles stabbing didn't change the history of women tennis. Before the stabbing Seles had won 3 out of 4 GS finals against Steffi and was the number 1. Graf was amazing and is one of the best 5 players in the history but there are things thar are obvious.

[@carrerau7138]

I think the Graf Blackmail Scandal changed the history of women's tennis far more. Before that scandal Steffi won 3 or 4 slams and lost only 2 or 3 matches per year. Sadly crime is a part of life. Just look at this: From 1987 to April 1990 (begin of that nasty scandal) Steffi made 14 major finals (slams, YECs) and missed only 1. Almost the same from May 1993 (Seles stabbing) to 1996 - 14 major finals made and only 3 missed. So those two Steffi peak periods taken together mean 28 finals made and only 4 finals missed. 28-4. But in between - from May 1990 to April 1993 - Steffi made only 6 major finals but missed 8. 6-8. That is a MASSIVE slump for one of the all-time greats. And it was exactly the same period when Seles won 8 slams. It is very dishonest of Seles fans to ignore that. But that's the way they are - and the reason they don't get a lot of respect from Graf fans.

[@javiernunez8113]

I am a Graf fan and a Seles fan. Both were great. I am telling that one of them took advantage of the fact that the other didn't play because she was stabbed. I don't need any fans respect.

[@javiernunez8113]

You are confirming my point. Hahaha. You are saying that she improved her percentage from May 1993 (the stabbing). And the blackmail is the only reason, not Seles, why she decreased in her level. Wow. Bye.

[@javiernunez8113]

Are you Steffi Graf commenting here?

[@carrerau7138]

@@javiernunez8113 Yes, Steffi was 65-8 win/loss in 1991. Only a 89.0 winning percentage. But she was 80-2 win/loss in the 12 months after the stabbing. A 97.6 winning percentage. What exactly had the stabbing to do with that....? 🤔

[@lleange363]

u will never see stefi nor sampras doing comentaries. they really gave the floor to other players

[@carrerau7138]

No TV station would be able to pay Steffi.

[@hamala7437]

who else wezZ êeeer crush during eeeër prYmetYme !!!

[@antonboludo8886]

Are they both using the Wilson Pro Staff?

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Graf used Dunlop 200g

[@antonboludo8886]

Ah OK, thank you. @@kidpagronprimsank05

[@jonathankieranwriter]

Chris still had the game to make trouble for Steffi, as she showed in the second set of this match and the following year in Key Biscayne (which she should have won) but she was, at last, too old and uncertain mentally. The greatest thing about this crap match is hearing the lovely voice of the priceless Evonne Goolagong for the first bit. The only player who could ever match Chris in elegance and decorum, if not titles. Chris and Evonne MADE the explosion of the women’s tour in the 1970s-it sure as hell wasn’t Billie Jean King filling stadiums (aside from carnival matches).

[@carrerau7138]

In the 1989 Key Biscayne final Steffi was deep asleep in the first set. From than on it was a routine win for Steffi over Evert.

[@capricornmagic63]

Great tennis and not a shrieking, grunting big-shouldered, broad-hipped behemoth in sight.

[@Renatoharper-vo2uf]

Evert play very similar to martina hingis

[@flat6croc]

Graf surely still has the best movement in the history of women's tennis.

[@frankojudoka]

A changing of the guards.

[@kosta88816]

Sometimes I think had the roof not closed what would the result had been ! Sometimes 😊

[@carrerau7138]

I think the usual 62 61 for Steffi like so many outdoor matches in those years. Key Biscayne 1987, Fed Cup 1987 and Wimbledon 1989 come to mind.

[@samymundeke7629]

Evert calm down and take your time.

[@carrerau7138]

I forgot - what was the American excuse for a loss this time? Surface too green?

[@nursondewind6227]

Evert really had the weakest game of the 3: Navratilova, Evert and Graf. Wasn't really built for the new era of tennis.

[@haneen7aneen2]

That was her first Australian. Why she seemed so cold after winning?

[@carrerau7138]

Yes, why didn’t she flop around on the ground like a fish?

[@francopolo510]

Why this thumbnail

[@TheCajunAsian]

Go Steffi

[@yussepig6629]

If Chrissie sneaked that second set I think she would have won. Graf was so rattled and Chrissie was starting to play better.

[@carrerau7138]

😂😂😂 You 🤡!

[@RizalPol-xr3kn]

Chris like wanna cry here 😅

[@M.EngelhART]

The Beginning Of The Most Impressive Year Ever For A Woman In Tennis.

[@joeyconvery2055]

Did you know that Monica beat up Steffi? 😂 Monica dethroned Steffi as World Number 1.

[@M.EngelhART]

@@joeyconvery2055 She Never Won The "Golden Slam" And Wasn`t The Longest Time On Position 1 Like Graf.

[@joeyconvery2055]

@@M.EngelhART Monica kicked Steffi's butt. 😆

[@M.EngelhART]

@@joeyconvery2055 But(t) It Didn`t Change My View Of Things. ;-)

[@M.EngelhART]

@@joeyconvery2055 I Got A Nice One. ;-)

[@johannebimont6960]

Chris was completely lost after the roof closed. Too bad she missed the point at 15-30 6-5 for her

[@carrerau7138]

It was the roof's fault. Bad, bad roof!!

[@javiernunez8113]

I really don't understand why you only take into account the period 1991-1992 and the whole record of GS finals.

[@carrerau7138]

1991/92 were Seles's peak years when she dominated and was #1. In 1990 Seles was still far behind Steffi in the rankings. And 1993 had just started with tournaments having been played mostly on slower surfaces (favoring Seles). So 1991/92 are the years to look at. Seles won 6 slams then, Steffi won 2 Wimbledons. Seles had her best and her 2nd-best year ever. Steffi only had her 9th-best and 11th-best year. Steffi beat Seles in 3 of 4 matches. BTW, please compare Steffi's two best years (1988/89) with Seles two best (1991/92). Steffi was on a higher level.

[@javiernunez8113]

It is fantastic that you keep erasing the australian open 93 which was on a Hard surface. And yes, Seles could not play the rest of the year in 1993 because she was STABBED.

[@carrerau7138]

@@javiernunez8113 The AO's ReboundAce from 1988 to 2008 was a slow surface with a very high ball-bounce. Perfect for Seles. But Steffi was far better at the AO 94 than at the AO 93. Her results against Sanchez at the AO and against Navratilova one week later in Tokyo in both 1993 and 1994 are proof for that. She would have crushed Seles anyway. Seles could have played again at the USO 93. She decided not to play, most probably because her dad had been diagnosed with cancer a few weeks before.

[@javiernunez8113]

Hahaha. Yes, she was better because Seles WAS NOT PLAYING BECAUSE SHE WAS STABBED. My God. She would have crushed Seles... Hahaha. Pure hate for Seles. No reasoning.

[@carrerau7138]

@@javiernunez8113 You mean Steffi struggled against Sanchez and lost against Navratilova in winter 1993 because Seles was still on the tour but crushed both players in winter 1994 because Seles was absent after the stabbing? So apparently Seles had voodoo powers? I think it is more probable that your mom let you fall on your head as a toddler….

[@christopherhammer1778]

Had this stayed an outdoor match Chris would have been much more competitive

[@rajusaha855]

Definitely not.

[@carrerau7138]

I think it would have been a 61 61 rout.

[@jorgschwantje1239]

Totally right. She started great. And if we think about how she nearly slaughtered Martina in the semis, it could have been her last hooray.

[@Jack_Reacher2024]

@@carrerau7138 the australian courts play faster outdoors than indoors for some reason, according to players, so playing outdoors would have helped evert, i believe had she won the 2nd set she would have won the 3rd set. just like seles did to graf losing the 1st set then winning the next 2 vs graf at the australian open

[@carrerau7138]

@@Jack_Reacher2024 You are talking about the slow ReboundAce hard court the AO had back then or what?? And what, a faster (!) court would have helped Evert and Seles???? Are you talking about the same Evert who lost 16 of 17 sets against Steffi from spring 1986 until 1989, in half of them winning less than 3 games? That Evert? Do you just want to troll me, you clown?

[@darealgeegaming]

Steffi she's hot but you gotta Love Chris Evert's her strength ❤‍🔥🔥

[@eduarddin9172]

Здесь Стефания в какой то степени даже секси

[@carrerau7138]

Stefanie always was from age 17 on.

[@francescobattisti9926]

i think this is when chris decited to quit. tennis had changed. tennis from the back had changed and she could not compete anymore. it's a matter of the changing of the game. tennis was becomming something different.

[@francescobattisti9926]

when your tennis has been growen with a kind of instrument (70' wooden rackets) there,s nothing to do. it's like playing soccer with a rugby ball. it's another game

[@carrerau7138]

Evert played for two more years.

[@francescobattisti9926]

@@carrerau7138 of course she did. I know. Her top career ended here. We know. She realized. She was not a top player anymore. Because the game had changed. Her face tells it all.

[@carrerau7138]

@@francescobattisti9926 At the end of 1988 (11 months after this AO 88 final) Chris Evert still was WTA #3 behind Steffi and Navratilova who simply were two better players. So the facts don’t agree with your gut feeling.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Chris did say she lost interest in the game when she felt like she was no longer competing for #1. She had no interest in being a perennial bridesmaid in the Grand Slam semis.

[@nichlao8637]

Their game is too slow by today's standard.

[@carrerau7138]

Too slow for what?

[@lucianonovello8878]

Despite Graf is an amazing champion and a tennis legend, she can’t be considered as the Goat. I have great respect for her, but ignoring that the ignoble stabbing, horribly suffered by Seles, helped Graf tremendously in achieving her tennis records, even if unintentionally, it’s like ignoring the existence of the force of gravity on Earth.

[@broncoguy4862]

Good grief, will the petty attempts to denigrate Graf's place in history never end? The only people who share your opinion are nutty Seles fans who exist apart from reality in a world of "what ifs"...some say Graf is the greatest, others say Martina, even more say Serena and some contrarians make some weird claim about Court. But each has an argument to be made, some better than others.

[@francinezane4076]

😂😂😂😂 The crying continues so sad 😢😢😢😢.........😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉😂🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carrerau7138]

The 1990-92 Graf Blackmail Scandal helped Seles far, far more than this stabbing helped Steffi. That stabbing actually cost Steffi the Wimbledon 1994 title! Whereas I don’t see which slam Steffi would not have won without the stabbing. She was better than Seles on every surface.

[@gb5663]

​@@carrerau7138Lol cool story bro

[@nordattack]

A very strange match. Yet despite both players getting into periods where they were making a lot of errors, they remained professional, unlike most of the female players today who are noisy, rude, spoiled brats.

[@jargraroch3000]

I sure hated women's hair styles back in those days 😂😂

[@carrerau7138]

Many people will say the same in 30 years about women’s hairstyles of today.

[@user-ul3nh3cy3u]

If one of the opponents in these matches were tennis players such as Aryna Sabalenka or Iga Swiatek, even if one of the top 100 female tennis players in the world ranking was the opponent, Steffi Graf or Chris Evert, what would the result be? God knows.

[@rajusaha855]

They have no chance against Steffi or even against 33 years old Chrissy with that older racquet. That's why it's tough to compare era. Give wooden racquet to Djokovic then his game would be quite different.

[@carrerau7138]

Give a 19-year-old Steffi one of today‘s rackets, let her practice with it for a few weeks. I don‘t think she would lose even one match. Maybe now and then one on clay against Iga. The rest - forget it.

[@asya4750]

​@@carrerau7138 Sabalenka would eat Graff for breakfast.

[@carrerau7138]

@@asya4750 Who is that?

[@warriorson7979]

Two yummy ladies...🥰

[@DavidMcCallum-hx8zp]

FIRST SLAM OF 1988…YEAR OF THE CHEATING SCANDAL FOR GRAF.

[@carrerau7138]

Still bitter, Yankee boi?

[@keithwatson7434]

Didn't Evert see how effective the moonballs were the few times she hit them? Graf couldn't do sh!t with either forehand or backhand. But she had to keep hitting those flat balls on the defense and push them out. No strategies whatsoever.

[@javiernunez8113]

Wondeful tennis. Graf won more due to Seles' stabbing clearly.

[@carrerau7138]

What did she win due to this Stabbing? 🤔

[@javiernunez8113]

Being Seles her main competitor, Graf could win more GS. She also recovered the number one position that Seles took away from her. Everyone knows this. Many pro players of that time are certain about this including Navratilova who admitted this fact.

[@carrerau7138]

@@javiernunez8113 Navratilova is American like Seles. And still bitter that Steffi became the new Tennis Queen in 1987. And that almost no one today (not even in the USA!) thinks that she was greater than Steffi. So her opinion has zero merit. BTW, Steffi’s main competitor in the early 90s was Sabatini. Sabatini was 6-2 win/loss in 1991/92 against Steffi, Seles was 1-3.

[@javiernunez8113]

It is not relevant that both are americans. Not only Navratilova said it, many experts say it and it is obvious. Navratilova's opinion has all the merits, otherwise you know little about tennis. Btw, check your numbers, Sabatini could defeat Steffi in her 12th match. The 6-2 never existed. As regards GS finals, Seles won 3 out of four against Graf before the stabbing. Check your numbers please. Seles btw was number 1 in march 1991.

[@javiernunez8113]

Check the record of GS finals not only the period 1991-1992.

[@RexHeuermann]

What's with the extra layer of skin on Graf's nose?

[@beagleboy7321]

These ladies were so weak compared to today. So slow

[@jorgschwantje1239]

They were not weak. They just played with totally different rackets. I have the same racket then Chris and tried a new one. It's day and night!

[@rajusaha855]

Give those racquet to today's ladies, see what they can do. Give a 20 years old Steffi a modern & powerful racquet, believe me she would beat anybody on any surface.

[@carrerau7138]

You little clown… 😂😂

[@asya4750]

​@@rajusaha855Sabalenka, Ostapenko, Rybakina would eat them ))

[@rajusaha855]

@@asya4750 lol😂😂 they are not eating anybody even in today's weak era. Hahaha. They are only one trick pony.

[@peterflorino9016]

maybe Graff should have had her German fan stab Chris also in the shoulder. They she could eliminate another compeitor who was better that she was.

[@carrerau7138]

Who is this mysterious Graff?

[@rajusaha855]

Evert better than Graf?? When. Graf beat her in last 8 matches with loss of just one set. (BTW Evert had to play the set of her life to win that set from Steffi in 1989 Boca Raton 😂😂).

[@carrerau7138]

@@rajusaha855 The tide turned in spring 86. When Evert was 31 and Steffi 16. From then on Evert lost indeed 8 matches in a row: 86 Hilton Head 57 46 87 Key Biscayne 16 26 87 Fed Cup 26 16 87 Los Angeles 36 46 88 Australian Open 16 67 88 Key Biscayne 46 46 89 Boca Raton 64 26 36 89 Wimbledon 26 16 4 sets with 1-6 4 sets with 2-6 2 sets with 3-6 4 sets with 4-6 Only two „long sets“ That has tarnished Evert‘s legacy a bit - terrible losing streaks against peak Navratilova (0-13) and Graf (0-8). Court, Navratilova, Steffi were never dominated like that, not even Serena was.

[@jorgschwantje1239]

​@@rajusaha855Evert played not "the set of her life" in Boca Raton '89. She played good but she definately played better before.

[@peterflorino9692]

@@rajusaha855 - of course Chris was better that Graff. When Chris got older and at end of her prime Graff was in her best prime of her life. Simple. Same age both in their prime Chris wins 9 out of ten matches. Martins is a whole different story.

[@keithwatson7434]

The quality of women's tennis was simply atrocious at that time before Seles arrived. Damn it was horrible. I understand the difference in pace of shots because of different racquets, but what was with ALL THE ERRORS from Evert, from EVERY PART of the court? It was one after another, and Graf didn't have to hit any winners to win. I mean, this was the queen of consistency? I don't even want to imagine how inconsistent players were like back then lmfao

[@rajusaha855]

Quality of the tennis improved when Martina gone to gym & becomes physical specimen. Then she lost just 14 matches from 1982-86 that nobody can match. Then Steffi changed the women's tennis with her power, athleticism, forehand, speed. That's was before even Seles came. Yeah Seles was revolutionize ROS. Today's despite great racquet technologies women's were more inconsistent.

[@keithwatson7434]

@@rajusaha855 After watching this match, it's almost impossible to say women nowadays are more inconsistent lol Yeah they lost more early rounds, but competition also improved a lot.

[@rajusaha855]

@@keithwatson7434 check how many double fault Sabalenka has hit in last 3 years. Give that same old racquet to today's players. They would hit 1 winner & 40 UE & would retired by crying like Ostapenko does lol😂😂😂. Talking about depth WTA had more depth 10 or 15 years ago than it's today. Even during Graf & Seles's peak the depth were there.

[@rajusaha855]

@@keithwatson7434 check Steffi vs Martina match in 1988 Wimbledon, check Steffi performance against Seles in 1992 Wimbledon, check Steffi performance against ASV in 1990 Tokyo final. The level was insane even Seles haven't produce that of level only matched by Serena by using powerful racquets with modern string.

[@keithwatson7434]

@@rajusaha855 No that I agree with that. 10-15 years ago women's tennis was incredible, much better than today, but even much better than 80s and early 90s. If you want to talk about Sabalenka's double faults, then we should also talk about Sabatini 🤣🤣🤣At least Sabalenka serves bombs. Sabatini was serving Errani serve but didn't even have Errani's consistency.

[@flash-uj6ly]

Marion Bartoli is a better Tennis player than Steffi Graf and Chris Evert.

[@Cjjjj902]

Oh wow. Steffi beat Evert who was pushing 40. That girl truly had one of the weakest eras ever! And when she did get some worthy competition, the poor girl was stabbed out of the picture! Steffi should thank her lucky stars she was able to reach 22!

[@rajusaha855]

First of all Chris Evert was not 40 years then, she was 34. So if Graf era was weak then Seles era was also weak. Lol😂😂 who was Seles's competition from 1990-93 Slumping Steffi (still she couldn't dominate that Steffi) 34/36 years old grandma Martina (still that Martina beat peak Seles 7 times from 1990-93 😂😂) Same Sabatini, Novotna, ASV & Capriati that Steffi used to dominate.

[@rajusaha855]

Weak competition was when Wozniacki, Ivanovic, Jankovic, Safina were no 1 despite Serena's prime lol😂😂. When a 40 years old journeywomen Kimiko Date beat Sharapova, Petrova, Safina, Stosur, Penetta, Li, Na, Muguruza lol 😂😂😂.

[@rajusaha855]

According to Elo rating done by fivethirthyeight sites & tennis abstract Graf faced more tougher opponent than Serena or Martina.

[@rajusaha855]

@@Cjjjj902 yeah you don't find Wozniacki, Safina, Ivanovic, Jankovic as world no 1 during Graf's era or Emma Raducanu like fairytale in those era. Lol😂😂

[@Cjjjj902]

@@rajusaha855 Raducanu is a flop and got lucky. Everyone knows that. Not only are Graf fans DENSE and delusional they hate the fact that she did benefit from a pathetic era and also hate to admit that she never would have reached 22 if not for the Seles stabbing. Being a delusional Graf fan sounds like a full time job. To be in denial so much and not get paid for it, it must suck! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mariodorado2680]

So boring