What Happened To WTA Tennis Players Who NEVER Won A Slam?

[@petrstanik7597]

If Zvonareva, Dementieva or Radwanska are on the list, Pliskova should be there as well. Played semifinal of all slams, lost in 2 finals (US and Wimbledon) in tight 3 setters and compared to 3 mentioned above, she was also WTA no.1.

[@petrstanik7597]

Anyway Safina and Sukova are the best for me from that list.

[@jarekbaa8433]

Pliskova is still active so thereotically still has a chance. Zvonareva on the other hand seems to basically retire from singles as she is 354 in the singles ranking right now

[@katerinadicamella]

I think the reason why they did not put Pliskova on this list because she still very much active on tour and she still has opportunity to win one before she retires~

[@WonderWhatHappened]

I agree she should be on the list. She has a great forehand and an average backhand but her serve is probably the best on tour.

[@WonderWhatHappened]

@nonymuous I was speaking of Pliskova.

[@ApricusInaros]

Jankovic was my favourite. Skillful counterpuncher with enough power and precision to succeed against the hard hitters. Should have won at least 1-2 GS. Was a bit theatrical at times which was entertaining to me but of course rubbed some the wrong way. Her theatrics unfortunately also threw her of focus plenty of times. But she was also someone who could express joy on the court, which I personally miss to see in most active players. And she was not starstruck by any names opposite her on the court. Would go toe to toe with Serena when it came to theatrics :). Miss her on the scene.

[@Nash-NYC]

Jankovic was WTA top 10 player for 10 consecutive years, never dropping the ranking. It’s such a shame she never won a Grand Slam. I miss her backhand paralel

[@petroszakhariadis8623]

MJ Fernandez.....I remember as a 4 year old kid watching her reach the final here in Melbourne at the 1990 aus open. Then 3 years later, she was up a break in the third set against Graf on the final of the french open final, but still lost. Having said that, i remember in 1993, she was down 6-1 5-1 against sabatini at the french....and she managed to win!!

[@Grateful1118]

i remember that french 1993.. i was in italy and saw the score... went out and played tourist.. BAMMM.. she won..LOL..poor gabby..

[@Vincenzo82799]

She lost a semi to Seles in Australia that was close too… I don’t remember who she would’ve played in the final but her record was solid against them and she’d likely have won it that year

[@rainiercantre580]

What I remember from her is also another great comeback. She was down 1-6 2-4 against Sanchez Vicario at the US Open but eventually won. IIRC the final score was 1-6 6-4 6-4.

[@danielmacdonald9287]

Andrea Jaeger is definitely one of the unluckiest players of all time. Having to face Navratilova and Evert in almost every single final she played, and losing most of them (because it's Navratilova and Evert)...and then having her career cut short due to injury. Brutal.

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Elena Dementieva was a great player with a solid backhand, but her forehand was definitely one of the best on tour.

[@thegreendestiny3025]

And has the crappiest serve of her generation unfortunately. 😆

[@kamsanimb]

I'm a fan but watching her play gave me heart attack. 😆 Her serve was her weakness

[@dale7299]

Jankovic deserved at least 1.

[@jacquelinea4469]

This just proves there’s a difference between good and great. There are lot of good players and not a lot of great ones.

[@_oangKhoi]

you forgot Wendy Turnbull, former 3 time GS finalist and also Zina Garrison, who beat Seles and Graf successively at Wimbledon 1990

[@danawijayanto6630]

Elena Dementieva should have won at least 1 GS

[@jamiesatyr1309]

Her serve betrayed her every time unfortunately. 😆

[@5rodan5]

But at the end of her career, Elena won Gold at the Olympics. Something most Russians TRULY cherish

[@alasdairw]

With a serve like that? No lol

[@jamiesatyr1309]

Watching Azarenka today reminds me of Elena. Both are headcases. No lead is safe either way. Victoria was down to Kalinina 1-5 in Adelaide, but came back to win set in a TB. The reverse could happen up 5-2 only to drop the set and a match. They're hard to watch. ;-)

[@secrets.295]

@@jamiesatyr1309 Her serve improved a lot come 2009 & 2010. I actually think she had one of the best serves on the tour at that point. It was unfortunate she had that injury at the 2010 French Open because she was red hot during the whole tournament and if only she could extend her retirement to just one more year I believe she could win a GS. 2011 was probably among the weakest season ever. Also, I dont think a weak serve is a deterrent to win GS. Victoria Azarenka has bad serves but she won 2 GS. Kerber is another weak server who managed to win 3 GS.

[@ramibaghdadi1255]

Caroline Wozniacki was definitely one of (if not the greatest) to never win a slam until she finally won Australia in 2017.

[@carterwilson4605]

Unfortunately there are quite a few inaccuracies in this video. The script needs a fair amount of work.

[@andreacapulco2949]

Top 3 is : helena sukova, mary joe fernandez & elena dementieva 👍👍👍

[@5rodan5]

Helena Sukova was voted by Tennis magazine in being the BEST player never to win a GS singles title but Outstanding in ladies doubles and mixed doubles. I agree . 84 AO def Navratilova in the semis L to Evert-Lloyd in the finals . 86 USO def Evert-Lloyd in the semis L to Navratilova in the Finals 89 AO def Navratilova in the QF L to Graf in the finals 93 USO def Navratilova in R4, def Sanchez-Vacario in the semis L to Graf in the finals. Sidebar at the 93 USO Navratilova seeded 3rd, Sanchez seeded 2nd Graf seeded 1. To my knowledge only Steffi Graf had def the top 3 seeds to win a GS. Roland Garros 1996 Graf def Davenport, Seles and Hingis to win.

[@goliathsparrow1082]

Sukova made 4 finals yet you hardly talk about her

[@pedropelaez]

They talked about her as much as the rest.

[@rajendraparihar4204]

Sukova got hall of fame। She is well recognised

[@jboww2121]

They talked about her literally the exact same as the others…

[@RockPunkBallerina]

I can see the argument in favour of some other players mentioned here but Dementieva is my favourite. As a consolation, it meant more to Dementieva personally to win Olympic gold than a Grand Slam and she achieved that.

[@jamiesatyr1309]

I was so happy she salvaged her career with that Olympic 🥇. 😆

[@SmithyPL]

She's slamless/yecless, Olympics are not WTA level tournament, it's exhibition. Radwanska is much better.

[@aaronusernamefiller9435]

Safina won Rome and Madrid that year actually

[@kole1212]

Serena approves that 🤣

[@jboww2121]

@@kole1212 😂😂

[@mirroslavvw]

Mary Joe simply lacked killer instinct. 1991 semi in Australia against Seles and 1993 final against Graf she had opportunities to win but just didn't have it in her. There are other matches as well against top opponents she couldn't close out. I think this is the reason she never won a slam-not necessarily because she was 'at the wrong place at the wrong time'.

[@mly6520]

Well, her killer instinct was always there when my favourite one, Gaby Sabatini, was on the other side of the net. I think she was more of a killer than people think.

[@320dare]

When he talks about JJ vs Serena... Obviously he is not informed that JJ is one of the few players who actually could compete and win against sisters Williams

[@Summon256]

I would personally add Amanda Coetzer to this list! Everyone, who is old enough to have witnessed and followed tennis back in late 90's at least during the transitional era between Graf gen and Williams sisters gen should know that name! But if you are curious just check out her career resume and you would understand, why she should be at least an honorable mention on this list! She surely deserved at least one grand slam title more than freaking Iva Majoli (does anyone even remember who that is these days??...yeah thought so...) Some would argue, that players of that same era like Schett and Kournikova should also be mentioned, but if you know a thing or two about tennis, neither the austrian nor the russian were that good of a singles players! All they had back in the day is the "star power" and they were basically nothing more but Eugenie Bouchards of their era! (aka players with lots of media hype behind them, but not that much to show for it...)...

[@soxandthecity]

JJ style 4everrrrrr

[@inspectorgroove8770]

Elena dementieva’s weakness was that serve but it improved significantly in 2009 almost beating serena in the Wimbledon semi final

[@kanggepanyang1364]

Agnieszka Radwanska the Ninja hands down deserved Wimbledon 2013

[@richmlvcable]

2012 you mean

[@dorianreuter8735]

@@richmlvcable I think that person means 2013 when Radwanska lost in the semis to Lisicki after having match point I think, then in the final she would have played Bartoli against whom she has an excellent record

[@SmithyPL]

Deserved both 2012/13 titles, Williams was on TUE doping and Hitlerine got lucky with her match scheduling, Aggie had no rest

[@moviefan4life166]

Sadly Aga was exhausted, it’s true her lost 3 set battles and tough scheduling I think did cost her the title in 2013. She was also sick in the 2012 final, but that would have taken a truly superhuman effort. 2013 was Aga’s chance sadly…

[@marcossouzasilva2104]

Aga is The Best 😍😍😍

[@moviefan4life166]

Agreed!

[@aziraphaleangel]

Really misleading to list the player’s total singles and doubles titles, and then say ‘no grand slams’. Many of these players won doubles grand slam titles. Shriver alone has over 20! And it’s Evert, not Everett.

[@jamiesatyr1309]

True, but even having Navratilova with 41 doubles majors, the experts don't elevate her to GOAT status due to so many singles losses. I think she played herself out playing every event possible during her career. 😆

[@Yowza78]

If you're gonna include Casals and Jaeger, about Wendy Turnbull? Three finals and 9 doubles/mixed doubles Grand Slams.

[@jamiesatyr1309]

OTTH, I initially thought it was because she only had the one USO final and never ranked that high. Seems I forgot she made 3 finals and ranked as high as #3. Turnbull probably should be on this list, even more so than Shriver & Casals who had no singles titles won. ;-)

[@josevenancio5008]

Donará Safina was the best player in this group NOT to win one. Sad 😞

[@alexpiper1115]

yeah a lot of people keep saying Dementieva is the best but Safina put herself in position to do it 3 times

[@orbitalwarrior]

@@alexpiper1115 I think Dementieva performed at the top way more consistently, for a longer period of time, in the strongest generation of players on tour. And she gave Serena a hard time. Dinara was dominant during a short time in which she reached those finals, but then her game fell apart (also with the injuries).

[@josevenancio5008]

@@Andreywoops you’re absolutely right and way better style too.

[@pdgf]

I dont buy the "at the wrong place at the wrong time" excuse. If your're great you're great! It just sounds nonsense

[@felipemolina1384]

Dementieva the best of this list

[@jacquelinea4469]

Agree. In That semifinal at Wimbledon against Serena, she did everything but win. She forced Serena to go goddess mode during that match. I still do not know how she lost it.

[@dennischarkiewicz4837]

Wow can’t believe these greats never won a slam. Great video!

[@Courtside_Tennis]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jamiesatyr1309]

The problem was the big greats were elite and spoiled it for pretenders. Navratilova, Every, Graf, Seles, and Williams didn't allow others even 1 win as Fedalovic were stingy giving up majors. 😆

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

You see Great players cannot always win grand Slam events out there. There is simply no way we can always win Grand slam no matter what we do.

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

There were not so lucky Helena Sukova and Mary Joe Fernandez.

[@katerinadicamella]

Dementieva was a fantastic player, it was a huge disappointment and shame that she did not won a slam... However as a consolation prize she did win Olympic gold in single back in 2008 defeated Serena along the way!!

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Love Radwanska anyways

[@househeadericmd]

Dementieva Dementieva Dementieva!!! Best player not to win a GS ever!!! And how can you not include Pliskova!!

[@mattboulton3380]

I want to add Pam won lots of Double grand slams. This should never won a single title

[@jamiesatyr1309]

Agreed. Her couple upsets of Navratilova at the USO were definitely flukes making her destined to drop finals vs Evert. She just wasn't good enough in singles. 😆

[@fed8054]

Wozniacki is almost on the list 😂

[@freshname]

Dementieva was the best of them. The best groundstrokes, real heavy, and crazy good footwork. Her serve was a disaster and still she was that good. Her matches against Serena were real treat

[@johniii8147]

Not particularly surprised by any on the list. They all had some major weakness in their games.

[@jamiesatyr1309]

Loved Aga, but not strong enough to take a major IMO. 😆

[@Volker7578]

Andrea Jaeger, Rosie Casals, Helena Sukova.

[@schusterlehrling]

Actually only Margaret Connolly, Margaret Court and Steffi Graf won "a Grand Slam", and Pam Shriver has actually won a Grand Slam, but in Doubles.

[@patrickclohessy8339]

Agnieszka Radwanska for me

[@pedropelaez]

So no mention of Wendy Turnbull who made 3 major singles finals?

[@jamiesatyr1309]

I'm shocked as well. She got to #3 in the world as well. 😆

[@krogdog]

It's a good thing Gabriela Sabatini squeaked by with one at the 1990 US Open. Otherwise she absolutely would be #1 on this list having reached 3 finals and 15 semis without a win.

[@bangbeng9017]

Poor elena dementieva , she beat serena 5x, but never win gran slam

[@WonderWhatHappened]

Elena could match up with any player shot for shot.Unfortunately her serve is notoriously bad. If she had an even a slightly below average serve she would've won at least 2 Grand Slams. I always felt sorry for her because she was one of the best tennis shot maker of her time.

[@roter13]

Pam Shriver may have had the worst forehand I've ever seen.

[@BuffyNoir140]

Maybe that’s why is she salty during her commentary

[@kloatlanta]

Guess u never saw Durr play.

[@thegreendestiny3025]

If only Elena had a serve. 😂

[@jonnyjobes3621]

Ok, 43secs in...no-one is beating Steffi or Monica to win a slam when Mary-Joe came onto the scene? Arantxa and Gaby both achieved that; the former did, twice.

[@mattcarlson8262]

The only one on this list who would've eventually won a slam, in my opinion was Jaeger. Too bad about that shoulder , she had a great dealbof talent. But hadn't developed her serve yet. Back then, young girl players were not trained correctly and played way too much tennis, while their bodies were still growing and under developed... Just ask Tracy Austin... the other women on this list all had weak serves...the only exception was Shriver who only knew how to slice and dice on her forehand. She could not hit a topspin forehand. She did win several grand slam doubles titles alongside Martina Navratilova.

[@stanislavfecko9027]

Cibulkova for sure

[@abukhalidali1823]

Hana mandlekova nd mary joe...maybe could be winners

[@richardmacken8169]

Hana won 4 singles grand slams.2 x Australian opens,1 French and 1 US open.

[@abukhalidali1823]

Who ever reache number one or 2 for one to 2 years then considered unlucky...

[@guyinsf]

Andrea Jaeger claims that she lost her matches against Navratilova on purpose because winning would have made her feel too guilty and bad for her losing opponent. LOL

[@johnanderson9765]

She might as well have given her a walkover, faking an injury or something. Why even take the court?

[@robert111k]

Arancha Sánchez beat Steffi Graff two times in a GS final and Monica Seles once.

[@moviefan4life166]

Monica had just lost her father, and was not fit whatsoever in 98. Arantxa beat an injured Steffi in 94, but she truly beat a healthy Steffi in 89.

[@robert111k]

@@moviefan4life166, you can try to diminish Arancha's achievements as much as you can, I don't care, but the point here is that the narrator tells us that Graff and Seles were never beaten in a Grand Slam Final by anybody but eachother and that's is not true. Sánchez did it with them both and twice with Graff to boot.

[@moviefan4life166]

Arantxa was an incredible competitor! I think he was just making a very generalized type of statement and not a literal one. Lindsay also beat Steffi but by and large, Steffi and Monica hardly ever lost slam finals outside of the losses to one another. Their win % was unreal.

[@thummRU]

It is curious how the authors gets the stress wrong in essentially every non-English/American surname. It takes like 5 seconds to google that it is SUkova, not SukOva, SAfina, not SafEEna, etc. I thought recording a video on “greatest players never to …” implies showing some respect to those players. Googling pronunciation of their names seems a natural first step, no?

[@cgazlan]

More longer list in the men's....

[@dwijoko293]

caroline and simona almost hehe

[@moviefan4life166]

Definitely Caroline. She was down a huge amount in an early round and her opponent had match point and then choked horribly. Simona was exhausted in the final after the draining battle she had before the final.

[@hongkongsmartboy]

Elena Dementieva😢

[@edysantoso3689]

Tsisipas! Sverev,

[@KMO325]

It’s always amazing how the AI bot can’t pronounce the short and long “a” vowels right😂

[@lambsquad_9047]

Jelena, my favorite player to root against. 😂

[@jamiesatyr1309]

Why? She was a sweetie. I loved her game. 😆

[@tonyndege8582]

Jankovic had an amazing backhand. If she had just improved a tiny bit one or two elements she should have at least won a French Open

[@ApricusInaros]

She was entertaining. Loved watching her play.

[@FamousCroc]

Radwanska the best to never win a grand slam

[@c4rn4ge9]

They never won a Grand Slam so they are not Top WTA Tenis Players.

[@poshbo]

Why does the narrator keep pronouncing Evert like "Everett"?

[@jazzi11xa]

I hope pliskova wont join jankovic ...

[@dennyaryanto4977]

Radwanska Dementieva.....

[@kiwibelt]

If you are a fan of these players and the game, then please show them the respect of learning to pronounce their names properly.

[@onyx081]

Calm down, Karen

[@Maxon-x3t]

Jankovic has beaten Serena

[@kole1212]

Yes, but at the Australian Open 2008 with 6:3 6:4

[@light279]

Of course all of these players never won a SINGLES grand slam; they did not even win one singles MAJOR. One must win all four MAJORS ( career grand slam or non calendar year grand slam or calendar year grand slam ) in order to win a grand slam. Secondly, Pam Shriver has won ALL four majors, multiple times, in doubles. So she has won the grand slam. She even won the Calendar Year Grand Slam ( winning all four majors in the same year ) in doubles in 1984. Shouldn't your caption read "Top WTA Tennis Players who never won a SINGLES major?".

[@ilyatermini1022]

Why don t make a video about the worst tennis female players who won a slam? Like swiatek…?😂

[@mattpotter8725]

Why do you keep saying Everett, it's Evert!!!

[@unclereaper33]

Obviously they aren't the top players

[@pdgf]

The entire WTA is a joke lol

[@onyx081]

Calm down, incel

[@househeadericmd]

Mary Jo never stood a chance. She was a joke!!

[@wheresbaby7783]

What do you mean she was a smart player she knew that she couldn't beat these girls in the Baseline so she started coming forward and putting away bodies and it really worked for her she's a tall girl 510 I met her at the zoo in San Diego I mean I don't see how you can say she was a joke I mean that's just wrong