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Vote for your favourite player below [22 vote(s)]

Sarah Palfrey Cooke
0.0%
Nancy Richey
0.0%
Francesca Schiavone
4.5%
Nathalie Tauziat
4.5%
Althea Gibson
18.2%
Marie Toomey
0.0%
Justine Henin
50.0%
Nancye Wynne Bolton
0.0%
Betsy Nagelsen
0.0%
Monica Seles
22.7%
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Just read this group again... I'm glad Althea Gibson is going through it seems... I missed her when i read the names initially or would have voted for her too, worthy though Monica also is, especially with the shocking incident that effectively ended her career at the top.

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Althea Gibson was remarkably really given the time she played in the usa when apartheid effectively existed still in much of the country. Someone who's story gets overlooked and I am also glad if she goes through.

I haven't tried to see how many BAME players are in this, Gibson, Goolagong, Garrison - letter G seems popular!- but I reckon not too many, sadly.

In the mens we will have arthur Ashe, Yannick Noah, but again not as many as we should.

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Justine Henin, with 11 votes so far, is the top scoring player across the groups as we stand. Setting the standard.

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Group 8 is over and closed and the 3 qualifiers are:

Justine Henin 11 votes

Monika Seles 5 votes

Althea Gibson 4 votes

These move onto the semis!

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