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Post Info TOPIC: Champion of Champions - Womens Event FIRST SEMIFINAL - Monica Seles versus Martina Navratilova - CLAY
Who will win - SF1 Monica Seles vs Martina Navratilova - CLAY [15 vote(s)]

Monica Seles
53.3%
Martina Navratilova
46.7%


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Champion of Champions - Womens Event FIRST SEMIFINAL - Monica Seles versus Martina Navratilova - CLAY


The first womens semi final is between two naturalised Americans, Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova, and it is on clay (as both played on the hard and grass in the QF stage).

Monica has 9 grand slam titles and 4 RU spots. She played in 3 French Open finals and won 2 of those, in 1990 and 91. Her overall win loss record in Paris was 54 - 8 so around 87% which is very strong and makes this her strongest surface possibly. 

Martina won 18 grand slams out of 32 finals. In Paris she won 2 finals, as per Monica, and was RU 4 times. Her Clay record overall was 51-11 in Paris, so very similar to Monica, around 82% from a quick calculation.

 

And these two have a head to head record - between 1989 and 1993 they played 16 times and Seles pipped it 9 wins to 7. All but 3 of those where in finals, but only 2 in slams, when Monica won both times. They never played on clay though!

This is incredibly tight set of records, I think that this could be a close one! 

Enjoy, voting will close around 1030 am Friday!

 

 

 

   

 

  



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Just bumping this to the top

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A long way to go, but this one has started off very close - all square as we stand, 6 votes in!

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We are at the quarter way mark, and 9 votes in which is fab! Remember it will close around 1030 tomorrow am!

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This is pretty close, we have 11 votes in and a couple could turn it one way or the other. 1030 am ish close

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As I head to bed, it is 13 votes and the tightest it could be...all to play for in the morning and what is remaining of this semifinal!

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Match over and what a close one - the second match to finish 8-7 and Monica Seles is the winner!

She has now won two matches against the seedings and moves into the final to play Evert or Williams!

Well done Monica!

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