One-on-One with Chris Evert | Episode 7: Lindsay Davenport

[@sarathtech91]

Chrissy, please keep doing these videos. They are incredible and give us insights into the mind of a champion and what made them the best. And also many times reveals what makes them human and a different side to their on court persona.

[@WTA]

Many more interviews to come!

[@Xingqiwu387]

I agree!

[@helenkelly4355]

@@WTA great,but ditch the background music!!!!!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Chris is excellent interviewer. I love how she asks thoughtful, intelligent questions and then LETS Lindsay or whoever give detailed , comprehensive answers.

[@tomgraham3206]

The best hitter of a tennis ball, all things considered, I've seen in women's tennis. Power, feel, clean striking, timing, soft hands...everything.

[@joemurphy1072]

Sorry, don't agree with that at all - she had power, but limited feel, was very average at the net and her movement was awful! A great power hitter and a good serve, but was outclassed by the Williams sisters as they had as much power, but could also move.

[@tomgraham3206]

@@joemurphy1072 she was one of the best at the net, just didn't need to volley too often as her strokes were so often winners. She was known for having great hands and it's obvious to watch so I am not sure where you get that from. The only area the sisters out flanked her on was obviously movement, possibly a slight advantage with the serve for Serena but they were both great in that department. But the gulf in movement was huge.

[@horstwackekurst7145]

@@tomgraham3206 ...although she has been improving her movement a lot over the years. That's why she could reach the number 1 spot and win a few grand slam titles. But from 93 to 97 or so her mobility was really bad and for that reason she was not able to deal with Conchitas game very well.

[@tomgraham3206]

@@horstwackekurst7145 no doubt her movement was always her weakness, although if she could reach the ball in time she usually dealt with it well, even on the defence. But her ball strike was the best I've seen.

[@horstwackekurst7145]

@@tomgraham3206 I like her too. By the way Serena talked to the press about Lindsay after she defeated Sabalenka at the Australian Open and mentioned, that Lindsay was the most aggressive player she had to face in her career.

[@sarathtech91]

Lindsay Davenport is an incredible player. What an amazing career she has had... beautiful and clean ball striker and so graceful both on court and off court. The 2005 GS losses to Serena at the AO and Venus at Wimbledon in particular are tough ones but I always feel like she won 7 slams or more and its surprising to think she won only 3. She was so consistent and wish she played longer.

[@Xingqiwu387]

Lindsay is both an incredible tennis player and an amazing Mensch!

[@11liamk1]

Lindsay always gives great interviews - I've always admired how openly she talks about her insecurities as a tennis player

[@whatever3041]

Loving these interviews, Lindsay had one of the most formidable forehands in my opinion and when she struck that powerful forehand it made the most beautiful sound.

[@alexrodriguez5370]

Clean striker and always so humble! Loved her game and I appreciate her helping keep women's tennis at the fore front. Go LINDSEY!!!!

[@johnl262]

favorite player, favorite ball-striker. smiled as soon as her face showed up on the screen.

[@pedropelaez]

Haven’t seen the interview yet, but I already know it will be a good one with depth and full of honest reflection from Davenport

[@rn6710]

Love Lindsay. Classy person and one of the cleanest strikers of the ball ever.

[@quiddy]

So awesome! So articulate and very interesting questions especially the Conchita Martinez one.

[@janemaladina7939]

Always my favourite player.

[@ianwalden9865]

Outside of the Williams sisters, she is my fav. An amazing player. Some of the cleanest ground strokes ever.

[@mikeg8375]

This was a very interesting interview. Lindsay is such an articulate person in addition to being a fantastic tennis player. I think it's great she stuck around the sport after retiring from playing the way that she has. She has alot to offer the fans!

[@Xingqiwu387]

Two of the GREATEST female players ever! Great interview! I love it!

[@scottread]

Lindsay's always been so likeable and so humble - a winning combination for any person to aspire to.

[@Calicokit101]

Also along with Martina Navratilova these two are undoubtedly the most articulate and insightful former players.

[@TheVerbalVolley]

What about... BILLIE JEAN KING!

[@GeoAce777]

I 🖤💛❤️ Henin's interview ☺️

[@richardmacken9410]

Always gracious Lindsay.

[@antonmarino6568]

Very talented and respected player.

[@sarathtech91]

I keep coming back to this interview. Lindsay didn't choose tennis... Tennis chose Lindsay 🎾 There's just something about Lindsay... the calmness, humility and positive energy. What a champion & it's an honor & privilege that she's still associated with tennis as a brilliant commentator 🏆 Love Lindsay and Love Chrissy. Class! ❤️ 💜

[@terryharvey3604]

I really loved this interview and Lindsay is such a legend of the sport. It’s been a joy to watch her all these years.

[@JPTR2A]

That was a great interview, lindsay seems to be a very nice person.

[@IAMMOVIN4WARD]

That was a great interview. I was engrossed from beginning to end.

[@Bailey2006a]

Lindsay is also a great commentator …

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Chris missed the chance to ask Lindsay about her Wimbledon win against Graf?? That win for Lindsay was such a great moment for her.

[@Smudgeroon74]

Sorry was that in 1998 or '99?

[@jujumusique1305]

It was the biggest win of her career tbh. Graf was the best player on grass of the 90s and was the one to beat at Wimbledon. Only Lindsay and Martina Navratilova beat Steffi on that court in a final.

[@HunterBidenCocaineBag]

Her blouse is similar to the one Monica Seles wore in her interview (random, I know)! Lindsay was probably the best ball-striker of the ball (Pierce is right there, too).

[@carterwilson4605]

Class act from beginning to end....... I remember screaming when she won her match point for the US Open in 1998.

[@Ornacia29]

No player men or women hit the ball like lindsay could. She hit some of the cleanest winners down the line cross court you name it and not to mention one of the most classiest sportswoman ever she was fantastic to watch

[@GeoAce777]

Henin backhand has every tennis legend FADED 😈

[@oddtribe]

She is definitely one of the players playing quiet tennis. Thanks for the interview!

[@jackthrone5555]

Thanks for these really enjoying them.

[@bweb6]

Lindsay was/is a beautiful ball striker. Just exceptional timing and easy power.

[@justgojojo9436]

Anyone else thinks Lindsay sounds like Mary Joe? Great to hear from this champ! She’s so humble and down to earth, very mom-like :)

[@Dontmisgendermydog]

One of only players that strikes the ball beautifully 😍 👏🏻

[@falks941]

There has never been a better, cleaner ball-striker in tennis. Man or woman. Period.

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

IMHO a clean striker of the ball The best I have seen on ground strokes

[@garybarawidan9252]

This was great. Serena Williams was quoting as saying: "Nobody hit harder than Lindsay."

[@adammendez9297]

I specifically remember Serena saying Monica Seles was the hardest hitter she ever faced. Do you have the quote?

[@scotsviking2481]

@@adammendez9297I’ve read it too regarding Lindsay being the most powerful hitting of the ball. You can Google it. It’s in a couple forums, too.

[@alexpiper1115]

i feel like Lindsay in 2005 was peak-Lindsay. She seemed like she was very in control and comfortable winning out there and her game definitely elevated.

[@musicpainting1520]

Lindsay is down to earth

[@seanjenkins331]

When it comes to ground stroke speed, there are different types of ball strikers. Aryna Sabalenka and Kutznetsova's balls have more spin and kinda jump off the court. Kvitova and Davenport hit the ball so flat and early so their shots really get on u so quickly. Nobody could take your time away like Davenport in her prime

[@davidpatrickjones-mccain8302]

Fantastic. Love love love Lindsay.

[@ARZ1987]

How does Chris look better now than in her 30s. I love how humble both these ladies are!

[@Bailey2006a]

Keeping Chris in our prayers for her to beat the most fierce and relentless opponent of her life: cancer.

[@Calicokit101]

Chris looks great for her age....I know she's had work done but it looks good....enjoyable interview apart from the uber annoying background music.

[@abiboter6605]

pls with Steffi graff.

[@sangzualachhakchhuak757]

Love this woman👍👍👍😍

[@owenbeharry8478]

Love Lindsay, based my game off of her’s.

[@MikkelJankovic]

LOVE Lindsay 😍😍😍

[@rattata30]

She lack confidence, I remember fans screaming at her to not give up! She had all the weapons and I bet she would be a best friend on my team!

[@vijayaraghavannarayanan2973]

Lindsay had a very powerful groundstroke play. I wished she could have won the 2004 us open, 2004 Wimbledon, 2005 Australian open and 2005 Wimbledon. Was in superb hitting form at that time. Still a great career though

[@michaelepiscope3479]

Love watching Lindsay.

[@scswp6945]

A very enjoyable interview. Lindsay is a really interesting and engaging interviewee. I like the way Chris Evert is, as is often the case, very snarky about Steffi Graf. First, she mentions the string of great champions that Lindsay faced during her long career (omitting Graf - possibly deliberately), then stating when some champions left (presumably, Graf), even greater ones came along. To be honest, apart from Serena, who does Chris think is a greater champion than Graf in that post-Graf era? Serena - possibly a ‘yes’. Who else?

[@iangalbraith1993]

Love Lindsey! So many great experiences watching her play when I was younger. Credit to the sport 😍 Oh and the music again is awful in this vid. So distracting

[@stevena.2306]

the music is on all of these; horrible, annoying, can't listen

[@ServingUptheT]

I genuinely thought she said that her niece started to act up instead of her knee - I was like, who is this little queen giving Lindsay cheek! 😂

[@arnoldamaral3814]

One of the great pure hitters ofTennis.And a very classy LADY. 🇫🇷🍷💙 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@eddiek8185]

I'm loving these series. Keep them coming Chrissy

[@pretendersrule1589]

Please interview Monica Seles...

[@doloresvancartier4249]

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[@tomschmitz261]

IF Davenport had had the Williams sister's athleticism, she would have been very most likely unbeatable...

[@healthnurture8025]

Grown woman and respectable. #SALUTE - Lindsey

[@keerthikav2079]

Great interview. Looking forward to many such interviews. Can we expect one with Steffi Graf, Chrissie?

[@Smudgeroon74]

Why?

[@kshanthalareddy1000]

Quite obviously Graf should be here ...

[@zohminglianamiller2587]

Lindsay is My Fav Tennis Player😊

[@rdg1944]

A true #1

[@jujumusique1305]

Lindsay was a marvelous force on the tour. She would have 7 or 8 slams if the Williams sisters had not been on the other side of the net.

[@itabayuga]

Go Lindsay!

[@95KIPPIE]

Lindsey was one of the biggest and cleanest ball strikers on the tour, if not the biggest ball striker. She played a beautiful, powerful game. And with her served, she was able to rush players aside. Her one true fault with her movement, and her volley wasn’t the greatest although she was agreat doubles player

[@juliemolthop8980]

How I WISH she was still playing! Definitely the GOAT for her generation!!

[@eljohndelacruz2793]

Lindsay ❤️

[@tellmeto]

The subtle couple of digs Evert took at Graf...

[@scswp6945]

I only spotted one dig (the one about greater champions coming along after Graf had left the game). Was there another one? Evert has often made digs at Graf - as has Navratilova. It’s nothing new, unfortunately.

[@iamshadowbanned699]

@@scswp6945 Chris didn't mention Steffi when she was saying Lindsay played in the golden era of women's tennis but I think it was unintentional.

[@antinotis]

I've watched most of these and the few times Steffi gets mentioned, Chris changes the subject. I don't understand it at all. I know she was resentful when she was playing. All of us who play resent our nemeses, but it's been 30 years! Some of it is, of course, that she wants to promote the Americans, but tennis is really an international sport.

[@scswp6945]

@@antinotis I agree with your points. I don’t understand the seeming resentment either, especially after all this time. I’ve said many times that Graf was only interested in playing tennis and in winning matches. She didn’t care about the American Evert, Navratilova and Shriver clique in her earlier days on the tour and she never strove to be a part of their group. She was just happy doing her own thing. Evert and Navratilova sure seem to suffer from ‘sour grapes syndrome’ - it’s quite sad really. Graf, on the other hand, seems very happy with her life now.

[@tellmeto]

@@antinotis they always seem to downgrade her. She out achieved them on the big stages. And she isn't american, which doesn't fit their narrative.

[@BTURNER1961]

I have seen a pattern here in the smattering of these interviews. Evert does the gracious humble self depreciating thing that she has down pat, and in each, the interviewee finds a way to remind her and us, that she's not going to get away with it. She can do the interview and ask the questions, but she is a member of 'the club' in good standing, and nobody is going to pretend differently.

[@NikoaidanielovichNazarenko]

She is elegance best still she has that confidence easy way of walking. Hate retirement but its part of unavoidable rule of life.

[@nursejacen]

I wouldn't want to play against Conchita Martinez either! =P

[@quiddy]

Please do Monica Seles and talk about your 2 matches with her

[@doloresvancartier4249]

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[@malipasta1]

PLEASE stop putting background music on these videos!!!!!!

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Great interview. I just hoped they talked about Robert Lansdorp. Edit: I skipped it here and there so I missed it 😅😅

[@jamespeyton7312]

Lansdorph tried some mind games when attending Evert's matches. Few of his former protégés have much to say about him.

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Tracy Austin you mean?

[@jamespeyton7312]

@@iamshadowbanned699 Sampras as well and Sharapova whom he called lazy.

[@giulioscherzy]

None will never hit the ball like she does.

[@zyngacita]

According to the ol' Googlee machine, Evert reached 34 GS Finals and won 18. So she won more than she lost.

[@fra6892]

I want to hear from Maria Sharapova as well

[@pedropelaez]

This seres is about year-end #1’s and sharapova never reached that.

[@pebs65]

There is nobody as humble, to think the No. 1 ranking happened to you vs to think you earned it.

[@aungthet7219]

I wish you could interview Roger Federer after he retires one day.

[@rashawncampbell7619]

Is there a difference between just being #1 and the year end #1???

[@pedropelaez]

Yes it means you were best player from the beginning of the season until the end of the year. The same reason there is a difference between winning a calendar year slam versus winning 4 straight

[@revolynka]

Big Linda rules forever and ever.

[@musicpainting1520]

Best forehand, but I don't like the second serve

[@dropsht]

Chris Evert does not look like shes 66!!! What's the secret?

[@BEGGARWOOD1]

Money and surgery !

[@TheVerbalVolley]

@@BEGGARWOOD1 True that! But, hey, if you have the $$$, go for it.

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Chemical peels.

[@IAMMOVIN4WARD]

@@BEGGARWOOD1 LMFAO!!!

[@Cor1000]

Love these videos but the background music is sooooo distracting and unnecessary.

[@johniii8147]

It's rather sad what the women's game has become today. It's a revolving door of women that come and go and can't maintain success or don't care to. They seem to come to get a couple of good wins and then take the money and run. Just not seeing the commitment to be a consistent champion.

[@snaggs107]

Lindsay "Williams hater" Davenport.

[@azenith9589]

Although she has GS but I don’t consider her good or great just my opinion..... boring to see her play too !

[@PravoslavniVitez]

Davenpork was so overrated, Jesus

[@lefteyezoro]

Since when

[@roberttelford745]

Jesus was definitely overrated