Serena Williams?

@@trhansen3244 Her backhand was not gorgeous at all.

@@carrerau7138 I have to wonder if you would say the same if she were white.

@@trhansen3244 I would be even harsher. I would say "ugly backhand". For instance Seles's or Davenport's.

This match is the same as watching a match between two men ranked around 800th, so the records you showed apply only to female tennis.

Winning 4 Majors in 1988 is the only time a Grand Slam was achieved. Rod Laver also in 1969. These are the only times a ‘Grand Slam’ is correctly referenced.

@@MrAntman36 Maureen Connolly in 1953, Rod Laver in 1962, Margaret Court in 1970.

​@@gregmcfarnon1140Those are in Pre-Open Eras

Yes I Agree! Steffi Is The GOAT! Simply The Best!

What an incredible physique, too. She obviously worked hard to keep in shape.

The serve was a problem, not much grace and flair in that ineffective movement. Apart from the serve great player indeed.

Steffi's game was more elegant than Gaby's. Take alone her footwork!!

The volley at 30-30.

Sabatini almost won with her 38 mph second serve? LOL. Doesn't say a lot about Graf's GOATness

Statistically, Gaby served harder second serves than Steffi in this match. Gaby was actually quite solid on second serves in this match and didn’t have to hit that many second serves. She attempted to take pace off the first serve to get a high percent in and it worked rather effectively. But in the critical moment at 5-4 and 6-5, she lost a bit of depth and placement on her first serve which cost her the match.

@@jm7804 well Gaby had atleast better serve than Sara Errani who even reached a F.O final in 2012. And what about Angelique Kerber who had such a poor serve even with stronger modern racquet but still able to beat Serena twice in a slam final lol 🤣 🤣🤣.

@@jm7804 check out speed of Chris Evert serve at her peak who had won 18 slams. I guess Sabatini serve was faster than her. Then you certainly can't criticized on Martina's achivement.😉😉😉

Steffi won 4 slam finals in which her opponent served for the match.

I think part of Steffi’s dilemma was that she had lost 5 matches to Gaby in a row coming into this match and Gaby would win 8 of 9 during the streak. No wonder Steffi was a bit nervous. Gaby was playing the very best tennis of her career. Someone else suggested that if this was any other surface Gaby would have had a clear edge on this day. Somehow I actually agree. She had beaten Steffi on the dirt, quick indoor hardcovers and outdoor hardcourts but never beat Steffi on grass. I kind of wonder if Gaby truly believed she could truly do it against Steffi in grass.

Graf was playing as good as Sabatini was allowing her to play mate. She was very aware of Sabatini's capabilities.

Jordanaus75.. Very well said.

@@moviefan4life166 Gaby won 7 of 8 during that streak. After 5 consecutive losses to her in 1990/91 Steffi won this Wimbledon final, lost two more matches in early 1992 and then completely outplayed Gaby in the Wimbledon 92 final.

@@jordanaus75 No, Steffi played far worse than Gaby allowed her to play.

Well said…Gaby put sting or incredible finesse on every volley she put over the net in this match, all but the one at 6-5, 30-all. I’m a match where the margins are so fine, that one single volley swung the balance. I do think theee were few bluff approaches by Gaby in the 2nd and 3rd sets. Most were directed with depth and purpose to the Graf backhand and Graf was never at her best passing on a low bouncing court with a slice backhand. When Gaby made up her mind to attack, she was awfully tough to beat. Steffi was probably the best competitor ever and across all surfaces no less. Winning at least 4 at every major is unreal.

Your analysis of this ladies final is excellent and spot on, not much I can add here. Your right about Graf being very vulnerable here, yet somehow Steffi had a knack for wiggling out of jams in big matches. The 1993 Wimbledon final is a good example where Jana Novotna had Steffi on the ropes until Jana imploded. Also the '95 Ladies final against Arantxa Sanchez Vicario where Arantxa played her heart out but Steffi escapes with the win. Back to this '91 Ladies final, Sabatini had here chances to put Steffi away but that volley Sabatini missed which would have given her 2 match points was crippling. After the match Sabatini admitted she couldn't stop thinking about that missed volley as she was broken quickly with Steffi grabbing all the momentum back. Sabatini did beat Graf a couple more times after this match but Steffi turned the tables on Sabatini for good starting in 1993.

@Michael Paskos yes, I watched that final against Jana. Heartbreaking that was. she was one of my favorites in the tradition of attacking serve volley tennis like Mandlikova, her coach, and Navratilova. I was initially cool towards Steffi because I was a Martina fan, but her dedication to winning shotmaking ( instead of grinding for opponent errors like Everet) and her sheer class on and off the courts won me over with time. Great era of tennis that.

@@FrederickJohnSebastian I always had a soft spot for Jana, that loss to Steffi in '93 was terrible but I was happy Jana got herself one before she retired. Jana's game was tailor-made for grass courts, she could have easily won 2 or 3 Wimbly titles. As for Sabatini, I always expected her to reach another Wimbledon final after 1991 but it didn't happen. To be honest, I thought Sabatini outplayed Steffi for most of their '91 Wimbledon Ladies final. But all due credit to Steffi for keeping her composure during the late stages of the 3rd set. Also Sabatini's nerves got in the way as she tried to serve out the match, it came down to which girl would blink first. Anyway, it was a great era of tennis like you said and I thought Steffi and Monica were top cake but you had strong challengers like Sabatini, Jana, Arantxa, and Conchita Martinez. I can't figure out for the life of me how Conchita and Sabatini never won a French Open title as their games were perfect for the slow red clay? And most observers have Jana, Sabatini, and Conchita as the best one-slam winners from the Steffi-Monica era, it's hard to argue against that?

@@michaelpaskos9052 That volley at 6-5 30-30 would have given Sabatini only one match point.

No she should not. The player always should be the winner of a close match who wins the crucial points at the end.

She couldn't close the door against Graf on this day, despite Graf not playing her best.

Steffi knew and said so quite often that her TS BH was not reliable, too many unforced errors or put-away opportunities for her opponent. Her slice BH was far more effective. It created opportunities for herself to administer her bazooka forehand.

She hit over her BH quite often earlier in her career...in the 88 Wimbledon final against Martina, Graf pummeled her with that shot each time Navratilova approached to her BH. Graf's BH slice was very effective, especially on grass of that era where the ball skidded and stayed low. Martina described it as the deadliest slice she'd ever played against.

That’s funny I was thinking the same exact thing. Gaby also let a 40-15 lead go in her first service game of the 3rd. If she had started tye 3rd more securely, I think she may have mustered tye confidence and belief to do it. She also had 2-2 0-30 in tte 3rd on Steffi’s serve but Graf held. This match was supremely tense throughout and you jtt it at couldn’t tell who would win it. It was a hugely important match for both, but Graf would go on to win so many slams whereas Gaby would not. Had Gaby won, I think we would have seen her win more. Gaby said afterwards the key moment for her was serving at 6-5 30-all and she played a perfect point but just needed a bit more sting on the backhand volley. Had she stung it, she’d be at match point serving with all the pressure squarely on Steffi….I’ve never seen Gaby lose a match to Steffi after reaching match point. That point was ultimately the decider of the match.

​@@moviefan4life166I was just digging through the archives and apparently Gaby was up match point and lost against Steffi in 1986 at the US Clay court tournament. Very different situation in 1991 though.

Yes, the Seles voodoo caused Steffi to lose 6 of 8 matches against Sabatini in 1991/92. But didn't prevent Steffi from winning 3 of 4 matches against the Serbian Screaner. You idyot.

You are so gay!

Serena & Sharapova not playing there. You have comment on wrong video here.😂😂

@@rajusaha855 Serena & the Cheating Doper...is that better?

Can always count on any video with women athletes to have disparaging comments about their physical appearance. Why isn’t that the case with videos with male athletes?

@@broncoguy4862 That coming from a Serena bootlicker is rich!

The best AVERAGE first serve stats in a match never was faster than 180 km/h (Serena and Venus in the 2010s). In Wimbledon and at the USO last year the semi finalists served with 166 km/h on average (first serve). The fastest serve in Wimbledon 2023 was ONE Sabalenka serve with 195 km/h. The fastest serve at the USO 2023 was again from Sabalenka, with 193 km/h. Swiatek serves with up to 180 km/h. In 1990-95 the fastest serve came from Brenda Schultz-McCarthy with 190 km/h, second-fastest was Jana Novotna with 185 km/h. Sabatini was clocked at up to 166 km/h. The speed difference of about 15 km/h compared to 30 years can be attributed to the development of modern rackets. Has almost nothing to do with better athletic abilities.

@@carrerau7138 Thanks for this. Anyway I do not think racquets and strings have developed that much, Composites appeared and conquered the courts already in mid seventies and professionals in any case do not prefer light and stiff frames like we club level old geezers do.

@@tapioportimo2551 As I said Brenda Schultz-McCarthy hit the fastest serve in the early 90s with 190 km/h. After initially having retired due to injuries in 1999 she returned to the tour in 2005 in her mid-30, with limited success. But in she hit serves up to 209 km/h (Look her up in Wikipedia). She attributed this stunning improvement on modern widebody rackets.

Sabatini’s serve seems to massively underrated today. Maybe because it broke down a few times in crucial matches. Steffi Graf often had big problems with exactly the serve spin you criticize here. Why do you think Gaby beat Steffi so often?

@@carrerau7138 Early on, Sabatini's serve was very effective, as you noted. It was later that she got the yips, and her serve became a liability...almost as bad as Dementieva's. IMO her serve problems led to an early retirement.

Don't forget that the GOAT was the opponent. Navratilova, Sanchez and Hingis also served for slam titles against Steffi - and lost.

No, finale, stupid.

C'est bien sûr plus facile à dire après qu'avant. Et même quand on croit le remarquer, cela reste plus facile à dire qu'à faire. Mais ces deux grandes championnes en sont capables, si elles en sont d'accord !

Superbe match !

Graf. At least show a little bit of respect.

I feel so good for Steffi 😀

I was a huge fan of Steffi. Yet I must admit Gaby should have won this match. She served twice for the match but was betreated by her nerves. At this time of their careers, she had more variety in her game than Steffi, especially on the backhand wing. From the second set, she really dominated the metch, put much pressure on Steffi's backhand. It's a shame such a beautiful all-court player only won one single GS title. But her style is gorgeous !

@@stef1074 No, I think Steffi deserved to win this match. She hit 44 winners against Gaby's 23. And in the last 3 games (all won by Steffi) Steffi was 8-1 in winners and 1-1 in unforced errors. So Steffi took the match, Gaby didn't give it to her. Maybe you are confusing that match within a different one.

@@carrerau7138 No I'm not. If you had watched the whole match, Gaby really took a grip on Steffi in the second set. She had won 5 times in a row before this match, and you could see she was dominating her at the net and mentally. If u prefer, they both deserved to win. Steffi never gave up and she had more GS finals experience. I'm a huge Graf fan and I'm happy for her she could win this match.

@@stef1074 Gaby approach the net 65 times and won the point 39 times (60 %). Steffi approached the net 38 times and won the point 29 times (76 %). I would not call this "Gaby dominating at the net". But to each their own.

What don‘t you like about their service?

Monica Seles, had her career destroyed by a staunch Steffi Graf Fan. Slaughtered like a pig, in Germany.

@@dakotamiller6274Seles was the best pig? 🤔

Steffi is the GOAT then it's Martina then Serena.

@@rajusaha855 Steffi, Court, Navratilova are the top three.

And it was beautiful to watch. The 90s truly were the Golden Age of women's tennis with Steffi, Gaby, Navratilova, Seles, Sanchez, Hingis, Pierce, Novotna and others.

You don't beat Steffi a record 11 times with a terrible serve, son....

Still bitter, boy?

​@@carrerau7138ou est le rapport petit mec ?

@@sinclair13100 Such doch selbst, Kleiner.

@@carrerau7138 ta stefi nous fais rire à tourner son revers....

@@sinclair13100 Ihre Gegnerinnen haben nicht gelacht, Bubi ….

Ask Navratilova how Steffi beat her 4 times on fast surfaces in 1988/89, you clown. 😂

No.

Maybe in a regular tournament, but Graf is 11-1 Vs Sabatini in slams meetings.

Definitely not.

@@rajusaha855 I knew I smelled something rotten as soon as I clicked on the vid. Illya Kuryakin/MaxE/GoTeam/Steven Meitai/Carrera U/Raju Saha and a host of other banned profiles are all the same sick individual liking and responding to his own posts...just as "IT" did in this thread.

I think Gaby played a very good match here. It was Steffi’s best surface and certainly gave Steffi the edge but who knows what would have happened on another surface on this day.

Steffi hit only 32 unforced errors, not bad at all in a 200-points match. Especially when we compare that to her 66 UEs in the famous 260-points FO 1992 final.

And even that error rate was enough to win against a Sabatini. That says something, doesn't it?

@@marckunz5197 it does. it is a question of when the errors happen. the point is just that this is not the Steffi that is her usual efficient self on grass....

@@anthonydecastro6938 At times in this match Steffi seemed nervous and too hectic. She had lost five times in a row to Sabatini before. I suspect that 1991 was overall one of the weaker years in Steffi's career.

She had nothing of a tomboy about her! 😂

You do not know what the word means. All you want is to express your homophobia.

@@cush6827 That from a crypto-fascist like you is hilarious! 😆

@@carrerau7138 you clearly are a real-world fascist.

@@cush6827 I always found Sabatini very sexy. Would have liked Steffi to marry her instead of Agassi.

Are you gay?

If you keep on making that comment eventually we might even be able to imagine that there's a point to it . . .

Seems like a YOU problem.

@@broncoguy4862 What's your difficulty recognizing that men play better than women?

Never liked Einstein, he always came across as dumb.

...said nobody who actually knows tennis.

Not every beautiful girl looks like a blond bimbo.

Hello, Putin, how are things going?

Hey@@carrerau7138 how's the 🤡s president of Clownkraine doing?

@@FrankDittrich51 Winning!

@@carrerau7138 No, he's whining, that's all.

@@FrankDittrich51 Are you former Stasi? I am asking for a friend.