Martina Hingis vs. Monica Seles Oakland 1996 F 🆕 re-upload

[@leisurefarm]

1996 Hingis was the most fun to watch, with her no holds barred tennis. After she became number one, she became so much more conservative. Or maybe it was the change of rackets.

[@soehren1]

This very thin racket definitely suited her best in my opinion.

[@luigiguilli9346]

Thank you so much for this match, this was the rise of Hingis into the scenes of pro wta tour.

[@mechagojira6951]

WOW..what a clinic the Swiss Miss put on. Just pretty much turned 16...has the body more of a very feminine figure skater and just the intelligence...the shot making and seemingly indoors her serve is really good,!!! So glad I got to watch her in my late 20' s and really appreciate it. The only thing that stood between her and The Singles Grand Slam in ,97 was a darn horse!!! She was out for 6 to 7 weeks and couldn't play one single clay tournament B4 the French Open and still got to the finals. It was a rough 3 setter against the great Monica Seles that did her in as Martina was quoted " that match took it all out of me...I had no more to give " she would win the other 3 so not bad. She would win the Grand slam in doubles and in mixed!!!! 25 grand slam titles in all. There will never be another Swiss Miss...( For me anyways ) love all u tennis fans out there!!?!!

[@broncoguy4862]

The horse riding accident seemed like a fishy excuse since Hingis played tougher opponents on her way to the final, including Seles, only to lose to Iva Majoli.

[@jujumusique1305]

@@broncoguy4862 it wasn’t. She was clearly tired in the finals after playing very tough matches in both singles and doubles and thought she was going to have a lot of margin vs Majoli.

[@mechagojira6951]

@@jujumusique1305 agreed jujumusique...I mean all you have to see is Martina's absolute excitement at the end of the semifinal against Seles where she jumps and her legs go up to her butt..lol she was so thrilled and burnt out that she said in an interview that was almost like winning it. Not sure why somebody would say the story is " fishy "....there's all kinds brother!!!!!

[@jujumusique1305]

@@mechagojira6951 yes the win vs Seles on that court is literally Hingis’ biggest win in slams in 1997 alongside beating Novotna on grass.

[@olaraay]

theres guarantees that if she won the french and wimbledon that she couldn't have the us open . that would have been alot of pressure

[@Ricky-mo6mv]

Martina in these early years was exceptional. If Martina had kept up this breed of tennis, she never would have become overwhelmed by the Williams sisters.

[@timothylee2772]

Hinggis is 6-7 vs Serena and 11-10 vs Venus. She was very competitive against the Williams sisters.

[@Ricky-mo6mv]

@@timothylee2772Indeed, and more gifted IMO.

[@gregorymaiuri]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[@jordanaus75]

Nine out of ten times Hingis would hit down the line with Seles to take time away from Seles. Probably would had been more effective for Seles to loop the ball deeper and to take some power off her shots as Hingis would just use Seles' power and redirect the ball. She should had made Hingis create her own power.

[@QuangNguyen-ng5zh]

Hingis shot placements exposes the poor movement of Monica 2.0.

[@grantgoffin4774]

She also liked the pace of Seles which was consistent pace, as she liked to use and redirect pace. One reason she had problems with the Williams sister is while they hit with huge pace, it was not consistent pace, as they also mixed up with some lower pace shots, then other blistering ones, so she couldn't get in that rythym of using their pace to redirect it.

[@shanechua8040]

It didn’t help that the Williams sisters moved much better than Monica. Seles’ biggest weapon in my opinion was her uncanny ability to create angles but Hingis was somewhat always able to negate that and forced Monica into awkward positions to expose her lack of mobility.

[@michelez715]

Though I was never a fan of Hingis, I have to say she was the smartest tennis player, man or woman, I've ever seen.

[@timothylee2772]

She doesn't have a lot of power, but she made up for it with her smartness on the court.

[@Phillip-p1e]

She had court craft,,, was doing very well ,,, then came the Williams Sisters ...

[@JosefProcházka-z6i]

❤

[@jess4metoo]

What’s a strange is Hingis only lost two games the final the next year as well but to Conchita Martinez.

[@travels129]

If martina isn't a champion then nobody is shes great player then consistent

[@ipiap]

Good rallies, Hingis knows all the tricks, which is hardly a surprise: Her mother forged her like a weapon from the somewhat tender age of 2 years.

[@justtennischannel2]

Let me correct you. She inherited talent from her father.

[@ipiap]

@@justtennischannel2 Her mother was Nr. 10, her father Nr. 19 in the Czechoslovakian ranking. But it was Molitor who educated her and she was determined like no other.

[@xaviercrain7336]

For those Seles fans, how many times could Martina best Monica compared to steffi

[@whfan007]

What you are seeing in this video is not "Seles", it's a woman who is clearly overweight and out of shape because of everything she has gone through and is slow on every ball.

[@gregeversole7579]

Hingis would not have bested her pre stabbing....

[@krushfield]

1:04 She was always good at taking down those white lines.

[@tintujohns5406]

Actually it's very sad to see Seles like this. That stabbing incident changed her game alot.

[@jujumusique1305]

Yes, she was really out of shape.

[@kloatlanta]

Yet still making finals and top 3

[@jujumusique1305]

@@kloatlanta of course. She was out of shape in 1996 and still managed to win 5 titles (including 1 slam), reach 2 finals and win the Fed cup for the USA (winning all 4 matches she entered). For some players, that’s a career.

[@broncoguy4862]

@@jujumusique1305 Then why do some of her nuttier fans keep complaining and trying to rewrite history?

[@jujumusique1305]

@@broncoguy4862 I’m not their spokesperson. As for fans in general - which I’m a part of - it’s a legitimate appreciation of what could have been, had she not been attacked while doing HER JOB as a pro athlete. She was dominating her sport and it’s obvious that she didn’t have that edge (both physically and mentally) after her return. But her tennis was so exceptional that she managed a solid second career, despite not being her best self.

[@keithlawford-r5e]

Hingis owned Seles 15-5 head to head Davenport owned Seles 10-3 head to head Graf owned Seles 10-5 head to head conclusion Seles is way overated

[@whothehellknowsson]

You’re ignoring a big factor here. 🙄