1988 Wimbledon Final

Steffi Graf v Martina Navratilova

[@stef1074]

I think this is the greatest turnaround i've ever watched on a tennis court. From 5/7 0/2, all of a sudden, there is a hurricane swirling around Martina. Winning shots are coming from everywhere. The speed of her footwork, the pace and accuracy of her shots, this is truly exceptional. Steffi became a champion of her own that peculiar day !

[@carrerau7138]

Those 53 minutes were superhuman.

[@DarrenHess-ds4mi]

@@carrerau7138 Exactly. It went so fast. Steffi got to everything, didn't miss, hit winners...and Martina ran out of gas.

[@tonyrich6725]

This was the first tennis match I ever watched. A year later, I started playing tennis. Steffi is my all-time favorite tennis player and Martina is in my top 5 females. I love how inclusive the Duchess and Kent are with the ballboys and ball girls. They had a lot of class.

[@힐만94]

duchess of kent.. 😍 i still remember jana novotna cried on her shoulder after lost in wimbledon final from steffi graff in 1993... such a lady... 🥰

[@ranjittyagi9354]

​@@힐만94 gosh that incident makes me sure I watched the 1988 Wimbledon on TV. I was 11 too. 47 now. How time flies. I am just sad that I don't see the class anymore in tennis now. Is if them or me aging? I can't be sure. 😊

[@carrerau7138]

@@힐만94 And I also remember that the duchess gave Steffi a kiss twice (I think it was in 1995 and in 1996).

[@zuichiang5088]

this is the match that made me get interested in tennis and started following Steffi. She made the game look so easy and she did it elegantly too! I also started picking up a tennis racket after this (no coaching, just tried to follow her forehand based on the VHS tape), and of course, to this day my forehand became my weakness because i just don't have the perfect timing like she does... Lol. Her forehand only works for her as she has the perfect timing!

[@garypatterson2055]

Plus her foot work is superb also.❤

[@damien457]

Her foot speed was insane she trained a few times with the German Olympic running team she was that good she did make it look so effortlessly she moved like she was a few inches off the ground Federer had a similar graciousness Gosh it's so refreshing to look back and see no drama just pure talent both women brought the best out in one another today it's all the jazz life coaches and massive entourages grade walked into center court one day carrying two racquets and a towel she had the talent never needed the drama

[@damien457]

Graff

[@ranjittyagi9354]

​@@damien457 Graf. ❤

[@Apollo19713]

Steffi Graf , the supreme champion. I absolutely loved this match when it was played and it's great to watch it again. Thanks for uploading

[@TOCC50]

Her birthday is on the 14th

[@dagingbuenaobra6563]

Ive watched this many times but still , still want to watch it again, thanks for posting🥰🥰🥰

[@hill4252]

Thankyou for sharing this classic, ah the times when legends would battle for a grand slam title.

[@whitestar655]

What a great match to see once again. I recall at the time I had been taken by surprise that it had gone to 3 sets; I'd watched the semis and thought Martina had lost a step from the previous year and wouldn't challenge Steffi. That she grabbed the opening set was quite the achievement, but it was just one of those matches where Steffi got better and better and Martina's level definitely dipped. I don't think anyone could have stayed with Steffi that day. It was one of those seminal moments in sports where a true changing of the guard was heralded; Martina was spent, would never prove quite so good again (still an unbelieveable force!), and Steffi led a younger cohort of athletes who would only get better themselves. Talented tennis from a more civilised era in the women's game. Thank you for posting this :-)

[@dominiksapara8985]

Good day, thank you very much for all the archival tennis matches, please you will show more here. I'm keeping fingers crossed for you and I wish you above good health. Best regards Dominik :)

[@mcgoran100]

You’re welcome Dominik. I’ll post some more soon. Anything you’d like to see? If I have it I’ll put it on.

[@dominiksapara8985]

@@mcgoran100 Hi mcgoran100, Thank you very much, I can't wait now and a big thank you goes to you. I would be very happy for matches with Jana Novotna if you have any and above all her unforgettable winner in Wimbledon 1998, these matches are very hard to find. Thank you very much for everything and, above all, good health for you and all your loved ones Best regards Dominik :)

[@DarrenHess-ds4mi]

@@mcgoran100 I wish we could see Martina vs Rosyln Fairbank (QF in this same tournament) when she almost lost and was a total grump during the match)

[@ianwilliamson2980]

best of them all steffi is .this her finest hour

[@BigDave51]

Thanks for posting this I remember watching this on nbc early in the morning I was 14 now I'm 50 😂😂😂

[@힐만94]

i was 11 at that time, and it was aired live on our national tv.. and due to different timezone, the match started at 10pm 😅and when it rained, it's already 11.30pm, and my mother told me to go to sleep eventhough it's weekend.. 😅

[@ranjittyagi9354]

​@@힐만94the way you remember such intricate details of the day leaves me surprised. Maybe I don't have a good memory. But yes, respect.

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Want to visit 1988? ❤

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Someone, please take me back to 1988. Please.

[@carrerau7138]

Yeah, when Ronald Reagan was President. And no one thought in their wildest dreams that idiots like Trump, Biden, Harris would ever come close to the WH.

[@MrBjorn6]

I remember this like it was yesterday

[@NN-zf7np]

I think Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Steffi graf were the Federer, Nadal, Djokovic of the 70s/80s

[@tonyrich6725]

agreed

[@timothychung4811]

True... then push Chris and add Monica in the end...

[@therealbs2000]

The feathery steffi hair is everything

[@christians3710]

Goodness me, I think Steffi had about 60 winners and only about 20 unforced errors here. Some serious awesome stats!

[@christians3710]

@@carrerau7138 oh wow!!!

[@shihlin1]

At 53:30, this was the turning point in the match. Graf had already broken Martina the previous game, but Steffi needed that spark to get herself going. Running back to the baseline then running up again to hit that winner. That's all Graf needed to get herself going. She never stopped after that point giving up only one more game.

[@KLAY1946]

I love your channel!!! Thanks for all the great content!!!

[@mcgoran100]

You're welcome. Glad you're enjoying it.

[@LDVTennis]

@49:19 ... down a set and a break, Steffi strikes back. Even with a lead, her opponents must have dreaded playing her, because she always had the ability to come back against anyone and anywhere.

[@ming840]

Great 2022 online article about Steffi: "Steffi Graf Is Still Too Famous for Steffi Graf"

[@sharondc9536]

This was the day that Steffi Graf became my favorite tennis player (male or female) of all time.

[@JAMESSTOREY-l1y]

The most awesome creme de la creme shot making I've ever seen!! Steffi Graf is the greatest athlete in world history to date and with such intense drive and focus, and OMGoodness her footwork and moxy like she has a locomotive to catch!! Ha! WOW she's the truest Gorgeous Class 👠 & Force on this earth magician and

[@tomloft2000]

these 2 players have 16 Wimbledon singles titles between them.

[@carrerau7138]

Which you can't say about any other pairing!

[@ming840]

1:28:36 "And there, the smile of a young champion". Brilliant how Steffi upped her game when needed.

[@carmenw8561]

This 1988 match is as exciting as 2024 woman’s tennis can possibly get. Steffi Graf was/is still the best in tennis! I was not even a tennis fan when I watched this match on TV that morning. ( Chris E lost to Martina on a very controversial bad call in the semifinal, made me wanting to watch the final). I remembered thinking that day why Martina kept approaching to the net while Graf was hitting winner after winner 😅😅😅. It was fun watching this match again and I definitely enjoyed this time. Thanks for sharing this wonderful match!

[@robertavies1969]

women tennis is dreadful now, has been for years

[@ER-gn8io]

Es war gut das die Einbahnstraße Navratilova beendet wurde!

[@JAMESSTOREY-l1y]

​@@robertavies1969I concur

[@laviniaparisi9154]

In that edition if Wimbledon won my favourite players: Stefan Edberg and Steffi Graf. They weren' t players of tennis: they were the tennis.

[@georgei5260]

QQ bush 😃😍

[@georgei5260]

Qbush

[@ianwilliamson2980]

never did a woman play better than that

[@lenwelch2195]

The 7-5 bookends . Martina winning 7-5 in third set in 78 final to winning the first set 7-5 in first set in 88 final was Martina’s Wimbledon best . She never beat Graf from this day forward at Wimbledon . Martina won. w in 90 when Steffi lost early.

[@lflagr]

actually Steffi lost in the semi-finals at Wimbledon that year so I wouldn't say she lost "early"

[@DarrenHess-ds4mi]

No she beat her one more time: US Open 1991 SF in 3 sets. Then Martina got killed by Seles in the final.

[@elisaarias9947]

El año q Steffi gano el gran Slams loo 4 grandes incluida la medalla de oro en los olimpicos de Seul grande Steffi Craf ❤❤

[@carrerau7138]

Beating the 6-time-defending Wimbledon champion by breaking her in her last 7 service games…. The GOAT in her greatest match ever.

[@tomloft2000]

maybe the only other time that happened to her was when Evert beat her 0 and 0 a few years before.

[@carrerau7138]

@@tomloft2000 Not possible…. 😜

[@tomloft2000]

@@carrerau7138 yes. without breaking Evert(which she clearly didn't do) the most she could have lost her serve was 6 times.

[@carrerau7138]

@@tomloft2000 So good idea from Steffi to gift Martina one break herself!

[@pratimasrivastava8785]

this match hooked me to tennis

[@stevelundquist2417]

All of the Supermodels on planet Earth wish they had legs like Steffi.

[@timothychung4811]

Whatever! Naomi and Cindy can give them a challenge.

[@broncoguy4862]

@@timothychung4811 Osaka's look like cow legs compared to the great Steffi Graf. And Osaka could only dream of having Graf's movement and speed.

[@JAMESSTOREY-l1y]

Steffi Graf is my favorite Super Model

[@roslinamuhi6119]

I miss her in field😘

[@pelmfbpndd7065]

❤

[@VijaySingh-ny3ln]

Steffi vs Martina Navaratrlova Zurich final full match upload

[@1traveler8]

steffi was toying martina. first time she finally played a natural athlete who can match her speed..

[@VijaySingh-ny3ln]

Full match upload

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Until this point Martina was unbeatable on grass but it took a A game Graf to beat her

[@jasonpauljones7295]

Steffi was so cute 🥰

[@foucaultpascal8799]

I love you steffi

[@JAMESSTOREY-l1y]

Steffi Will You Marry Me?

[@NOTHEOTHERGUY]

Steffi was so much better over 1987. Martina, on grass, not many can say they beat her more than once that's for sure.

[@rajusaha855]

That tennis played by Steffi in 2nd & 3rd set especially after 2-0 & a set down in 2nd set is the highest level of tennis I have seen by a female tennis player & she maintain that for over 1 hour. She literally make Martina looks like pedestrian. Remember Martina was 6 time defending Wimbledon champion. It's like making Nadal looks pedestrian in French open.

[@rajusaha855]

@Max E One of the greatest & important matches in women's tennis history. It was classic example of changing of the guard in tennis. Well I may be wrong, these may be Graf's greatest win. Of course it's difficult to choose when you wins so many.

[@rajusaha855]

@Max E have you read today's article about Steffi Graf in sports illustrated by Jon Werthiem.

[@anoop5660]

@@rajusaha855 Hello Raju, are you a fan of Steffi from India like I am?

[@rajusaha855]

@@anoop5660 yes, I am.

[@zuichiang5088]

@@rajusaha855 can you share with us what the article is about?

[@kobaltblau]

kevmcg - we love you!😊

[@jamesc7019]

Martinas reign was over. Steffi out played her it was start of new era

[@mathewhorodner2000]

Navratilova beat Graff after this

[@francinezane4076]

That comment by Martina ( am i german or what ) so tacky and i may get flack for saying this. But i'm glad she lost her arrogance is too much for me. Just my humble opinion love steffis mental toughness even after losing a first set she should have won. She hangs tough and takes that second set. Not just an amazing athlete but so mentally strong.

[@carrerau7138]

It was 1988, only 43 years after WW2 and the Third Reich. Many Brits in the crowd still remembered that very well. And yet they cheered a young German girl playing against a player from the USA. BTW, Steffi was even more loved at the FO. That was not a matter of course back then. Steffi was the best ambassador Germany ever had.

[@francinezane4076]

@carrerau7138 , i understand what you saying about the times they were playing in. And you are right about Steffi being the best ambassador Germany ever had. A very soft spoken even shy at times class act. ❤❤❤❤

[@Vlad-du6nu]

Steffi was a cutie pie...sexy legs

[@ratandey9999]

I need the same video with 16:9 aspect ratio.

[@JustGreat-dk4ec]

Does anybody knows if the catcher of steffis racket did try to sell it or still got it or the family? I mean: he can prove its original because he shows on TV

[@carrerau7138]

How can he prove that?

[@JustGreat-dk4ec]

@@carrerau7138 the Videos on YT show the racket many times.......Furthermore he could start an analyse that it was steffis hand that touched the racket. Today the methods make that possible to find out that steffis hand touched this racket many many times....(her Sweat). Yes ist not cheap but this racket is worth more

[@carrerau7138]

@@JustGreat-dk4ec You really think there is only one racket on this planet that looks like this? Even if he could proof his identity from these old pictures - could you be sure that he didn't sell 20 of those rackets....?

[@JustGreat-dk4ec]

@@carrerau7138 is was just a question--- not more. Its 40 years ago... and who knows if the man ist still alive....

[@carrerau7138]

@@JustGreat-dk4ec A legitimate question for sure.

[@malikyssead5308]

Ses femmes la magnifique elle ont la classe

[@ulijohn1677]

tolles spiel für zwei champs.

[@carrerau7138]

Still the best tennis performance ever by a female.

[@MrBjorn6]

I'm a Graf fan and it was the best match I saw until that point. But this Steffi graf ain't beating Serena Williams from the Olympics Wimbledon 2012!

[@carrerau7138]

@@MrBjorn6 Whom did Serena beat there? Mugs and a personal pigeon?

[@rajusaha855]

@@MrBjorn6 can't compare beating Dopapova vs beating Navratilova in Wimbledon. That's unfair.

[@rajusaha855]

@@MrBjorn6level of play doesn't means he/she is the 🐐. Steffi level of play in her era , her power, speed, dominance on all surfaces surpassed anything that Serena achieved in her era.

[@pelmfbpndd7065]

​@@MrBjorn6 with the same good training for her, circumstances ect , serena williams "beating steffi graf max lesser than 3 of 7 games sumisly lesser than 1 of 10 games , .., as far as talent goes , at tennis ,(at least)at so-called worldranking listed players , is serena , max on place 4 , surmisly lower , .., , ..., , .., , .., , , ..., , ....., , ..,

[@lenwelch2195]

Evert , Navratilova /and Graf all won their first and last grand slam titles 74-86, 78-90 , 87-99 : at the same event , all exactly 12 years apart . Grafs run seems shorter than Everts but they all share that in common . Graf was never as eager as she was here . Year before many thought Graf would break through but lost in straight sets at W and O although winning French all to Martina . Graf was tired of losing and knew she was too good not to beat an aging slower and less powerful serve in Martina . The 84, 85 Martina would’ve won this match , her serve equaled Steffi”s

[@carrerau7138]

1988/89 were among Martina‘s best years ever. In 1989 she had a 73-7 win/loss record. In 1985 it was 84-5. The difference? In 1985 she was 2-0 vs. Steffi, in 1989 0-3….

[@rajusaha855]

88 or 89 version of Steffi would still beat 85 or any version of Martina on grass.

[@pelmfbpndd7065]

@@rajusaha855 on the ash pitch and on the hall floor too , .., and that is not difficult to recognize

[@lenwelch2195]

@@rajusaha855Martina’s s😢eve and quicker self in 85 would’ve given Steffi much more to handle . Be a close call .

[@rajusaha855]

@@lenwelch2195 but I still favour Steffi over Martina. In 1989 Martina playing as great tennis as she played in 1985, even Mary Carillo & Tony Trabert highlighting the same facts before their 1989 us open match. Main reason why Martina struggle because Steffi was too good at that time. Remove that Steffi, Martina would have won more Wimbledon & us open titles against the same field.

[@anon9415]

I'd forgotten how p****d off Navratilova got during this match.

[@hamala7437]

min 24:50 !!! S.G' face calls-out goes like:- amused , what an old lady !!! âaa wonder what brought êeer here at first place !!?!! :)

[@snifferdogxsnifferdogx5977]

Martina crumbled in this match from about the 5th game of the second set. Her serve got softer, her confidence appeared to be wobbly and her legs just stopped moving.

[@mcgoran100]

I think it was more to do with how Steffi played. She was unbelievable in the last 2 sets.

[@snifferdogxsnifferdogx5977]

@@mcgoran100 She did lift her game, that's for sure. But Martina also dropped hers, so it was a combination of the two.

[@DarrenHess-ds4mi]

@@snifferdogxsnifferdogx5977 Well, Steffi stopped making mistakes at 0-2 down in S2. And the speed and accuracy of shots increased. Virtually got rid of the unforced errors that cost her dearly in S1. It was a masterclass and Martina ran out of gas.

[@AngelaCadnum-ue8ic]

Legende nett anzusehen….Film Qualität ist schon unverschämt……Kommentator hat Schnupfen und Erinnerung an Corona…..Original sind im Kasten zum Glück….❤️❤️❤️☘️☘️☘️

[@mikebatlinh6650]

Steffi thrashed Martina.

[@planetX15]

Interesting you say that considering the quote at 34:35

[@wtfa2910]

Steffi vs santrock 1991 AO R1 plz

[@robertavies1969]

women tennis so boring now, these matches were classic contrasts, now they all play same , no slice, no variety now, and if your honest you get crucified, Graf and Navratilova know as well, they dare not tell the truth, Swiatek looks like shes playing baseball

[@LAMBILYSOUL]

thumbnail giving Owen Wilson vibes

[@carrerau7138]

Who is that?

[@VijaySingh-ny3ln]

Graf vs novtona Leipzig final Zurich semifinal Wimbledon final 1993

[@tutaicampbell-ow7fi]

Steffi is playing her.best not aggressive that lady don't know what's she saying

[@JAMESSTOREY-l1y]

Steffi Will You Marry Me?? Please

[@malikyssead5308]

D une façon des athlètes comme ça yen a pas beaucoup des nuls yen a la pelle

[@chrisf8855]

I never could stand Martina Navratilova. Absolutely nothing likeable about her.

[@campbellicous6824]

Why is this lady talking about chris Everett marrying hardly get acesand also saying Steffi playing aggressive not even

[@ranjittyagi9354]

1:05:26

[@ismethoric8857]

Jatjeo odma stefi Pola D meni Pola stefi

[@PerJohansson-be6ky]

You Bert me 10 t10 so what

[@pasimaenpaa2360]

The most ridiculous and the most stupid thing is show any respect to so called "royal box". Simply ridiculous and definitely waste of time. It simply humiliate the players. That's all.

[@carrerau7138]

Showing respect to the Royals means showing respect to the UK.

[@ismethoric8857]

IH uglawi ima jedwa odmorit sta

[@a66789]

^

[@ismethoric8857]

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[@pelmfbpndd7065]

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[@Hoyammath]

Fake champion. Steb helped her

[@mcgoran100]

Who is Steb?

[@carrerau7138]

Steeb never was her coach, you joker!

[@broncoguy4862]

Let's see: won the final, holding the trophy, got the check and the T-shirt....looks like a real champion. What is it you see?

[@mc7477]

​@carrerau7138 This person means the 1993 stabbing of Seles helped Graf. This match, however, was five years before. And Seles never beat Graf at Wimbledon.

[@carrerau7138]

@@mc7477 The fasted surface on which Seles beat Steffi was FO's clay.