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yor top 5 women tennis players ever?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:37 am    Post subject: yor top 5 women tennis players ever? Reply with quote

in correct order,please
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Mum, who played at Wimbledon before WW2 and was winning her club championship in her 70s!
Martina Navratilova
Billie-Jean King
Chris Evert
Maria Bueno

(and boy! does that date me!)
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1, Chris Everett
2,Evonne Goolagong
3 ,Billie Jean Kking
4 Maria Bueno
5 Rosy Casals
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. Martina Navratilova
2. Martina Navratilova
3. Martina Navratilova
4. Martina Navratilova
5. Martina Navratilova

I'd even go as far as saying Martina Navratilova is the greatest sportswoman of all time and is probably in the top 5 sportspeople of the 20th Century too.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yep Navratilova was years ahead of any of her competitors and had to deal with all kinds of stuff off the court like being Czech during the cold war and beating up on a pretty American crowd favourite (Evert) every time they played and be attacked for her looks and perceived sexuality..much the best

after that Steffi Graf was simply awesome...

Monica Seles would certainly have been right up there (she spanked Graf more often than not) until getting stabbed in Hamburg and can be regarded as a great player.

Magater Court has a tremendous record and I'll allow BJK in as well...

but Martina is light years clear of the rest
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Agreed, Judge! But what about my Mum....?  
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Agreed, Judge! But what about my Mum....?  


unfortunately I never had the pleasure of watching your mum  

sure she would be right up there though
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still have a lovely photo of her in one of those 1920's tennis outfits (long frilly drawers!), playing a forehand at Wimbledon. And a huge silver cup she won for the "Public Courts Championship of Wales"!  

She played hockey for Wales, too, and I still have her dragon blazer badge.

Dad was a cricketer (before he got into racing!) and had a trial for Kent.  Ah, memories....!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1, Chris Everett
2, Martina Navratilova  
3, Billie Jean King
4, Steffi Graf
5, Virginia Wade
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I still have a lovely photo of her in one of those 1920's tennis outfits (long frilly drawers!), playing a forehand at Wimbledon. And a huge silver cup she won for the "Public Courts Championship of Wales"!  

She played hockey for Wales, too, and I still have her dragon blazer badge.

Dad was a cricketer (before he got into racing!) and had a trial for Kent.  Ah, memories....!


Are you any good at sport ? Seems to be a lot of good sportsmen around who are descendants of other sportsmen, I think Tim Henmans great aunt won Wimbledon decades ago or something along those lines.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm adopted, so it doesn't count!

Oddly enough, pure coincidence, my best sport was cricket, which I played at club and university level.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jennywales wrote:
I still have a lovely photo of her in one of those 1920's tennis outfits (long frilly drawers!), playing a forehand at Wimbledon. And a huge silver cup she won for the "Public Courts Championship of Wales"!  

She played hockey for Wales, too, and I still have her dragon blazer badge.

Dad was a cricketer (before he got into racing!) and had a trial for Kent.  Ah, memories....!


Can we google her jenny ?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dirty sod.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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1, Chris Everett
2, Martina Navratilova  
3, Billie Jean King
4, Steffi Graf
5, Virginia Wade


This really made me PMSLOL...

Firstly, Chris Evert above both Navratilova AND Steffi Graf?? Go on Wikipaedia mate and check out their career records...

followed by Virginia Wade at No.5??? ROFL

sorry but she wouldn't have won a game off either Martina or Steffi who were beasts...

 you are of course entitled to think what you like
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RightJudgeIam wrote:
theGoingStick wrote:
1, Chris Everett
2, Martina Navratilova  
3, Billie Jean King
4, Steffi Graf
5, Virginia Wade


This really made me PMSLOL...

Firstly, Chris Evert above both Navratilova AND Steffi Graf?? Go on Wikipaedia mate and check out their career records...

followed by Virginia Wade at No.5??? ROFL

sorry but she wouldn't have won a game off either Martina or Steffi who were beasts...

 you are of course entitled to think what you like


After re-reading it properly realised I didn't put them in any particular order  

1. Martina Navratilova
2. Chris Everett
3. Steffi Graf
4. Billie Jean King
5. Virginia Wade

I included Giny Wade as there has to be a Brit in the top 5 and she's the only one I can remember.


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