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Vote for the player you think was the greatest from those listed below! [22 vote(s)]

Angelique KERBER
4.5%
Petra KVITOVA
4.5%
Justine HENIN
18.2%
Anastasia MYSKINA
0.0%
Monica SELES
18.2%
Evonne GOOLAGONG-CAWLEY
18.2%
Althea GIBSON
18.2%
Doris HART
18.2%
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8 of the greatest players of all time are listed below. Of these 8, which player do you believe was the greatest? Vote for them.

Top 3 go through to the semis round. 

If there are ties for qualifying spots, a tie play off will be played Monday evening. 

Poll closes at 6

  



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Incredibly close between Seles and Henin for me, Seles got my vote in the end

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I went right back to the 50's with Doris Hart. She was one of the few players to win a Career Grand Slam singles and additionally won all the ladies doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Grand Slams. I think it is safe to say that will never be achieved again.



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Close one for me but went with Angie Kerber over Kvitova, Henin and Seles.

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Close one for me here but chose Evonne Goolagong for her playing style as much as her grand slam record.

I am not a particular fan of Monica Seles and her style of tennis but she could really have been a stand out player over many years if that hideous attack had not taken place.

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Most competitive group, 6 players have scored a vote so far. 15 og the 32 across the 4 groups have scored so far.

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brittak wrote:

Close one for me here but chose Evonne Goolagong for her playing style as much as her grand slam record.

I am not a particular fan of Monica Seles and her style of tennis but she could really have been a stand out player over many years if that hideous attack had not taken place.

Yes Evonne for me too.. and I agree on Monica, it's really hard to know but she certainly looked like she could endure. Thought about Althea Gibson too, who doesn't have a vote yet. 



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ROSAMUND wrote:

I went right back to the 50's with Doris Hart. She was one of the few players to win a Career Grand Slam singles and additionally won all the ladies doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Grand Slams. I think it is safe to say that will never be achieved again.

 Yes have just looked her record up and it is certainly some record! 67 grand slam finals, 35 titles which is tied 6th on the all time list with Louise Brough. She also suffered from osteomyelitis as a child and so had a permanently impaired right leg. Only she Court and Navratilova have won the 'boxed set' of grand slam titles - singles, doubles and mixed at all three grand slams, as you say. Hart was the first. 



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Doris getting decent support as well it seems.

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An interesting vote here now.... Evonne, Doris and Althea all tied at the top with 4 votes, Justine Henin has 3 and Monica Seles 2...

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Althea Gibson won 5 slam titles, 3 Wimbledons, was world.nimber one in 1957, as a black woman in America.

At a time when racism and prejudice were widespread in sports and in society, Gibson was often compared to Jackie Robinson. "Her road to success was a challenging one," said Billie Jean King, "but I never saw her back down."[4] "To anyone, she was an inspiration, because of what she was able to do at a time when it was enormously difficult to play tennis at all if you were Black," said former New York City Mayor David Dinkins.[5] "I am honored to have followed in such great footsteps," wrote Venus Williams. "Her accomplishments set the stage for my success, and through players like myself and Serena and many others to come, her legacy will live on."[6]

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And the last minute vote here forces a tie break play off!

And it is 4 way play off for 3 places!!

Seles, Goolagong Cawley, Gibson, Hart

Henin, Kvitova, Kerber and Myskina go - I though Henin might scrape into the semis personally,

New tie break poll for the 4 above going up shortly

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JonH comes home wrote:

And the last minute vote here forces a tie break play off!

And it is 4 way play off for 3 places!!

Seles, Goolagong Cawley, Gibson, Hart

Henin, Kvitova, Kerber and Myskina go - I though Henin might scrape into the semis personally,

New tie break poll for the 4 above going up shortly

 Seles also went out here in the tie play off, so a couple of surprises for me. Gibson and Hart the surprise packages to me, but that is good. 



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