Far from immaculate actually.

This was her last GS singles title. After this, the Williams sisters started to peak and surpassed her with even more power and far greater athleticism. Even Capriati surpassed Davenport in 2001 because she moved better and had comparable baseline power. Then there were Clijsters and Henin. Davenport really didn't have the athleticism to keep winning GS singles titles after the 2000 AO (though she did come close in 2005).

shoulda woulda coulda, remeber at this point up until Miami they were both cocky, Davenport low key as they didnt have any rivals. And then Venus woke up

Davenport had more powerful and consistent groundstrokes most of the time compared to the Williams but they served bigger and were faster. For a woman her height 6'3" she moved pretty well but she wasn't built for sprinting.

​@@poshboThe Williams sisters did not have more power than Davenport, but they had superior athleticism and mental strength. As far as Capriati goes Lindsay's ground strokes were much better. Jennifer's backhand was weak as was her serve compared to Davenport. But you are correct about her movement and speed, that's what allowed her to even be able to contend with the best.

Nah. She won enough slams, and this justified her level compared to the other players of her time

I actually think Seles was sort of like Hingis tactically with power closer to that of Davenport, if that makes any sense. What I mean is that both peak Monica/Martina were able to dictate rallies via taking the ball extremely early and creating sharp angles, but they're also vulnerable when players can put them on defence and prevent them from controlling the point from the baseline/just inside it (also forces them to generate pace on their own which neither particularly enjoyed having to do). Explains their H2H against more assertive offensive titans like Davenport, Graf, and the Williams sisters who didn't give them a ton of room to rally when they were playing their very best. Monica to her credit actually compensated for this during her second career by employing a more high-risk, first-strike style of play but that she was no longer able to play her pacey-yet-measured early-90s game - her natural style - made it so the WS and Davenport could out-slug her rather easily.

I agree

not to mention the young and emerging WS would never ever allow seles to touch a slam after late 1999. Even if Seles never got stabbed. They are equally power but more mobile then Seles. Better serves too!

​@@thb1091great description

@@th8257 It would've been really interesting to see how 1992/1993 Seles would've fared against Serena or Davenport because I've long felt the most underrated aspect of Monica's game was her ability to adjust her gameplan and tactics depending on the opponent/score; a fit Seles wouldn't have resorted to trying to out-hit them. People think of her as one-dimensional but she was anything but (she even had some nice finesse shots in her arsenal, people just focused elsewhere). She was almost like Djokovic in that she could execute any baseline style imaginable - grinding, bashing, or counterpunching. She troubled Graf not through sheer firepower but by being a superior tactician who wore Steffi down and made her beat herself. Even pre-stabbing her middling athleticism still put a cap on the amount of solutions she had when the opponent was firing on all cylinders (as evidenced by some of her fast-court matches against Graf and Capriati) but overall she was an extremely well-rounded player whose combination of pace/court sense/mental toughness made her a foil for anyone.

Навратилова и Эверт вообще получали гроши по сравнению с этими. Хотя выигрывали почти всё очень долгий период.

Venus vs Lindsey at Wimbledon still an all time favorite match of mine. Venus on grass at the top of her game was beautiful. Lindsey in 04-05 was soooo good.

It’s a sad match

YAY for Miss Davenport 😊

Hingis also didn't use enough variety in this match; she mostly rallied with Davenport from the back when she should have put in low slice, drop shots and came to net.

La Cara de Martina y su madre lo dicen todo...poco o nada por hacer, Lindsay si jugaba a su velocidad, con consistencia, le ganaba en esta superficie, aunque ella no se desplazara bien.

I think Davenport would be a top 10 player today.

@@NotSettlingForSecondBest it's hard to say. Although Davenport won her last GS title in 2000, I think her level in 2005 was actually higher; she was fitter and moved better and could engage with more athletic opponents like Venus and Clijsters fairly well. She still wouldn't move as well as most top 10 players today though she hits a better and cleaner ball than most of them. But these days players are so much fitter that it's much harder for Davenport to hit clean winners and once points get long, her lack of mobility becomes an issue. Other tall, powerful players like Sabalenka and Rybakina move better than Davenport.

Both have winning record against Venus.😂😂