Great observation and comment

Hana seems to have enjoyed playing serve and volley players. Perhaps the faster tempo suited her more streaky temperament. For a long time in the early days, Hana seemed to have many more problems with Chris Evert and hadn't really figured out how to play her. I suspect Chris's consistency could be a serious problem for Hana, making her stop and think rather than play the instinctive, free flowing tennis she preferred.

what a shot to win a match on!

I loved how Bud Collins described it during Hana’s Hall of Fame induction speech, “a pirouetting move that Pavlova would be proud of.”

Now the game is dominated by massive rackets generating huge power and speed and even women's players are very tall; in this final you had one at 5'7" and one at 5'8", both were tremendous players. I remember Martina saying a few years ago that she could counter (relative) power with "junk" on the ball by mixing up spin, pace, flight but that this would never work in the modern game because the power and pace don't allow for much of this. You'll also never get the variety of styles that featured in the past.

@@thomasgray5406 Yeah , what has been gained in power and speed has lead to a loss of finesse and style 😔

Stop exaggerating. The good old days had a few good players & a bunch of nonentities. They cruised until the semis.

@@thomasgray5406 Average height of the top five women today (excluding Pegula) is 5'10". The athleticism far outweighs the past. I love the greats like these ladies (and Evert, Goolagong, Court, King) but let's face it: the fitness level & athleticism of the current players has lifted the overall competition. Look at the names both finalists faced until the semis - nobodies. However, I do think that players today could be more varied in shotmaking. Look at Barty and Jabeur.

@@DianaMoon11428 NOBODY was EVER more in shape for the game than , Martina Navratilova ! ! ! She trained for tennis like she was going to war ! ! ! 🎾

In mid-80's and in the semis and the final! Yes...gotta be one of the most deserving slam wins of that decade in women's tennis!

Yes, and the noisy crowd really came to see Chris..

hm i'm just looking to see which tennis player is the most talented, at least of those who "so far (as they say) in the so-called world rankings, haven't seen that many vids about mandlikova, hm, .., but to the point "afraid to play against madlikova, well navratilova doesn't suit mandlikova so much while navratilova even comes a little closer to madlikova, so to speak

She's not even in the top 100.

I believe you are thinking of 1982. But it was Evert that ate the cheesecake and got food poisoning before her 3R match with Kate Latham. She would recover and defeat Mandlikova in the finals, but no cheesecake for Hana. 😊

Def remember Hana eating Cheesecake b4 a match with Chris....Chirs told the story@@romania4712

No, I believe you're thinking of 1983 Wimbledon. Evert became ill after eating cheesecake and requested that her 3rd round match against Kathy Jordan be postponed until the next day. The Wimbledon committee refused and she lost the match, the only time she had ever lost a GS match before the semi-final.

I almost feel she wanted Hana to finally get a win.

This was the second highest rated women’s US Open final of all time with a 7.3 rating. The only one that beat it was 81 final between Austin and Navratilova which got a whopping 7.7. The highest rated Evert final was 1984 vs Navratilova at 7.1. The highest rated Graf final was 5.2 vs Seles in 1995. There was a brief resurgence with the Williams sisters. One of their finals got a 6.8 rating. The Clijsters/Wozniaki final got a dismal 1.1.

Fortunately tennis is not organised for the benefit of the most ratings worthy players and what does the players sexuality has to do with it?

2015 Pennetta Vinci was probably not what the Americans wanted to see

Mandlikova has been married to an Aussie man, then, later in her life, years after her divorce and her retirement, she had two twins babies, after she got pregnant without any medical intervention. All naturally, let's say. She's a lesbian-but-not-so-much, after all. Anyway, she was really a wonderful player. Unbelievable talent and great natural atlete, very fast and easily moving, extremely fluid. In her good moments, she could effortlessly crush the ball with any shot. Unfortunately, she retired a little bit too early.

No response I see to the contributor who pointed out this was the 2nd most watched final in history so you spout rubbish presented as fact. Seems obvious to us all that the 1980s American viewing public neither shared your distaste for Czechs, nor lesbians.