The world of sports has always been very important and has been relevant in certain aspects of general history, from the opinion that athletes had on certain political points, their behavior and even their personal stories, and this occurs, for example, in the world of tennis, but could you say any that had relevance and importance outside the world of tennis?
Many of us know some of the best tennis players in the worldsuch as Federed or Rafa Nadal, but you may not know who they are the Williams sisters or Steffi Graftsome of the best female tennis players in history and who have had a great influence on many of today’s women.
Virginia Wade
The British former tennis player Sarah Virginia Wade was born in Bournemouth, England on July 10, 1945. One of the best tennis players in history, who only lacked the French title of Roland Garros to be able to add all of them; She was also the last English woman to win the Wimbledon title. She included in the Tennis Hall of Fame, she is one of the first women in modern tennis.
Arancha Sanchez Vicario
Possibly the best Spanish tennis player in history. She was born in Barcelona in 1971, she was never able to achieve Olympic gold, but if she got a bronze, she is in her hometown, and a silver. Throughout her career, she became the WTA world number 1 in 1995 and has achieved win 4 grand slam titles individually, 6 in the doubles format, in addition to 4 titles in mixed doubles. With the Spanish team she has been able to achieve 5 Federation Cup trophies.
BillieJean
If we understand the world of women’s tennis as it is done today, we must talk about the tennis player born in California, Billie King; she considered not only one of the best in history with 39 Grand Slam titlesbut one of the most influential people in the world of tennis, for her movements and fight for women’s rights and not only in the sports field.
Years later, led the creation of the current WTA and became the first woman to be commissioned within the world of professional sports. Former US President Barack Obama said that she has been one of the most important people for women’s equality in the United States and around the world.
Chris Evert
If you want to know who is the tennis player who has won the most Roland Garros titleswith 7 trophies, is Christine Evert, born in Florida in the United States in 1954. But it was not the only thing she won, since she won other Grand Slams, until she got 18 of these trophies.
Martina Navrátilová is a retired tennis player of Czechoslovakian origin with Czech and American nationality who played until she was 50 years old, she is the tennis player who has won the most Wimbledon titles with 9 trophies. If we add the trophies that she has won in the 3 modalities (women’s singles and doubles; mixed doubles) she adds her in her showcase until 59 Grand Slam titles. Although he was born in Prague, once he obtained US citizenship, he got the Confederation Cup for USA 5 timesin two of them consecutively.
He has been one of the few tennis players to achieve an unprecedented feat in men’s tennis, which consists of win all 4 Grand Slams in the singles, doubles and mixed categories. One of the most important and difficult prizes to obtain is the Prince of Asturias Award for Sportfor which she was awarded in 1994, although she did not attend the ceremony to collect it.
Monica Seles
Monica Seles, was a Serbian tennis player, who later obtained American and Hungarian nationalities, and who was born in the now extinct Yugoslavia, in 1973. One of the most successful tennis players in the world, she was number one in the WTA ranking and is now within of the Hall of Fame. One of the aspects for which she came to stand out the most was her success at such a young age and that is that of the 9 Grand Slams that she had, 8 of them were before she was 20 years old. Her style of play, especially being one of the few left-handers that had been seen, put her among the best in history, but always failed to win the Wimbledon championshipsince the grass surface was one of its great rivals.
If there was an event that harmed her throughout her sports career, it was the incident she suffered in a match, in which she was stabbed by an amateur that would leave her with a 2 cm wound, leaving her 2 years without being able to participate in tournaments. After this, she returned not only to play, but she managed to win titles of great importance, but both her game and her head would not reach her previous level and that is that physical damage and fear could to his talent.
Serena Williams
One of the best in history is Serena Jameka Williams Price was born in Michigan; on September 26, 1981) she is an American professional tennis player who is still active, the sister of another tennis player named Venus. Not only does she have 23 major singles titles, but she has been ranked number one in 319 weeks.
One of the tennis players who has stood out the most on the courts, not only for his powerful physiquesince his mental toughness It was as important as his physique. In addition to all that she has achieved alone, has won multiple doubles titles with her sister, which became unstoppable. His individual palmares is:
- 23 grand slams
- 1 Gold Medal in the JJ.OO
- 5 1 WTA Tour Championships
- 1 Grand Slam Cup
- 23 WTA1000
- 18WTA500
- 2 WTA250
While his record in doubles with his sister is this:
- 14 Grand Slams
- 2 Olympic Gold Medals
- 2 WTA1000
- 2 WTA500
- 1 WTA250
Steffie Graft
Steffi Graf was a tennis player born on June 14, 1969 in the Federal Republic of Germany, she was considered one of the best tennis players in history among other things because she got the golden slam in the year in 1988, which is a special and honorable mention for those people who win the 4 Slams in a row and they also win the gold medal at the Olympic Games. Among all his achievements, the 22 Grand Slams stand out
Suzanne Lenglen
We are one of the most important and influential people in sport, since Suzanne Lenglen was the first woman to be a tennis professional. Suzanne was born on May 24, 1899 in Paris and died, due to anemia, in 1938. She dominated tennis between 1919 and 1926, in which she won 31 Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal. individual. She was a pioneer in various aspects, called by the French as “The divine”came to negotiate with a couturier known as Jean Patou his own line of clothing to play tennis, being the first to break barriers, for example to play without sleeves.
- 6 Roland Garros
- 6 Wimbledon
- 2 gold medals in the JJ.OO
venus williams
The last of these tennis players is Venus Ebony Starr Williams Price, born in the USA, Jan Lynwood, California on June 17, 1980. She was one of the main tennis figures in the USA during her years in activity, winning up to 7 Grand Slam titles. In addition to these trophies, she also got 49 WTA singles trophies, also managed to establish itself as number 1 of the number for 11 weeks almost consecutively. Her trophies and numbers within the individual tournament were:
- 7 grand slams
- 1 Gold Medal in the JJ.OO
- 1 WTA Tour Championships
- 1 WTA Elite Trophy
- 1 Grand Slam Cup
- 9 WTA1000
- 18WTA500
- 11WTA250
While his palmares in doubles is as follows:
- 14 Grand Slams
- 2 Olympic Gold Medals
- 2 WTA1000
- 2 WTA500
- 1 WTA250