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Vote for your favourite player below [26 vote(s)]

Maria BUENO
3.8%
Dominika CIBULKOVA
3.8%
Chris EVERT
19.2%
Evonne GOOLAGONG-CAWLEY
7.7%
Steffi GRAF
11.5%
Amelie MAURESMO
7.7%
Martina NAVRATILOVA
15.4%
Agnieszka RADWANSKA
23.1%
Gabriella SABATINI
7.7%
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Jan wrote:

I really don't know who to vote for!!!

 But you do HAVE to vote!smile



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All comments above on the players courtesy, largely , of wikipedia!

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for information, from the list below of slams wins, only Chris, Martina and Steffi appear in this final

Titles #
1. Australia Margaret Court 24
2. United States Serena Williams 23
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 22
4. United States Helen Wills 19
5. United States Chris Evert 18
Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova
7. United States Billie Jean King 12
8. United States Maureen Connolly 9
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
10. Norway/United States Molla Mallory 8
France Suzanne Lenglen

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indiana wrote:

Well, it's Domi or Evonne, ain't it. I'll sleep on it.

 I see that they doing equally well so far 



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Well, it's Domi or Evonne, ain't it. I'll sleep on it.

 I see that they doing equally well so far 

 On the other hand, theres only half the votes in or less that we can expect (12 and weve averaged 23 so far and typically get more in finals) so plenty of time, and they're only 3 behind the leaders.



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I had 3 or 4 to choose from but have stuck with Chris Evert who I have backed all the way through.

Her rivalry with Martina was a fantastic story over many years and they continually pushed each other to improve although Martina had the upper hand at the end of Chriss career.

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Well it's put Chris ahead on 4 votes, with martina in 3 alongside aggie. Steffi is on 2 with Mauresmo, my pre match favourite to win, steffi, is struggling to get a foothold just now.

15 votes in, based on British event brittak ran and semis etc here, I'm hoping we can make it to close to 30 votes in both events, high 20s, and with a weekend day to come tomorrow think we will get more action than on recent day times, with luck.



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And a 16th vote for Gabi moves her to 2 as well. Going to be tight.

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The final push starts and aggie draws equal with Chris at the top. 17 votes in and its awfully close.

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8 hours left. Hopefully not stuck on 17 votes?! Womens votes in earlier rounds averaged 23 so hoping we can at least get another half dozen ?!

Close at 5.30

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Well I've now made it a 3-way tie at the top smile



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Michael D wrote:

Well I've now made it a 3-way tie at the top smile

 And it doesn't include the pre poll favourite in those 3!



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JonH comes home wrote:
Jan wrote:

I really don't know who to vote for!!!

 But you do HAVE to vote!smile

 Of course!



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Yes it's an excellent finals list but you're right the pre poll favourite Steffi is not in that tie, and the second most polled player in the previous rounds, Li Na, is not even in the final. That's all in part because that SF Group A had so many people in it that many had voted for in R1.

I was reading Maria Bueno's back story too and I'm glad to see her in the final, as well as Evonne even though neither have picked up votes here yet.  



-- Edited by Michael D on Saturday 16th of May 2020 09:12:17 AM

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Although steffi has just grabbed one back. 4 players , 1 vote apart. Going to become every vote counting.



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