Court has 24 slams and a grand slam. So why not GOAT?
What I hear from you is an argument I agree with, that she faced weaker competition in AOs. I apply the same argument to Graf: she faced weaker competition in the mid 90s with her top rival illegally removed.

Re: Shriver, 1 in 9 is a higher winning rate than 1 in 14. Conclusion: Shriver was tougher competition for Graf than she was for Navratilova.

I can’t imagine a grown-up Graf losing THREE times against a journeywoman like Shriver.

Can you not? Well, imagine this. A grown up Graf loses 4 of 15 meetings with journeywoman Coetzer who Navratilova never lost a set to.

And Graf never lost to Kathy Horvath.

“There were only two women I even gave consideration to for the title of the greatest female tennis player of all-time.

One would be my favorite female tennis player ever, Steffi Graf, and the other would be the woman I actually selected as the greatest of all-time, Martina Navratilova. Both were outstanding players in their prime, but for me, the level of competition that Navratilova faced throughout her career was much more formidable than that of Graf’s era.” Associated Content Sports

Yeah leave it to an idiot like him to actually believe that it’s still all Nadal/Federer (while Nadal is injured, and Federer has the worst records ever against Djokovic and Murray).

And he will say anything possible to make graf look better….actually suggesting that the aforementioned players are actually THAT good.
Graf was heads and shoulders above those girls because they were terrible players. Graf was born 15 years too early. She’d have retired with 10-12 had she played now.

Serena kicked Graf’s bony ass in this match!!!

Didn’t Lori McNeil knock out Steffi Graf in the 1st round of Wimbledon 94 ? I am quite sure she did..

I believe so. And that wasn’t a one-off. Lori McNeil also beat Steffi in straight sets at the Virginia Slims YEC in ’92.

Why were those damn people in Indian Wells whistling when Serena threw her racquet up and jumped in celebration? She just beat a great champion, what do they expect? I knew it would only be a matter of time before those racist people out there would cross the line and the sisters don’t play there anymore.