Ranking the Top Women in Pro Tennis Since'80

By Maggie King

Most of my articles focus on the state of men's tennis, but I'd like to talk about the women this time around. Many believe that it's the biggest women's sport in the world, and I would agree.

There are so many competitive matches and truly respectable players, and the last three decades have been characterized by some legends. I'm going to go through some of the best women's players during this span, in order.

Venus Williams has been one of the best players in modern tennis, and it's crazy to think about the fact that she finds herself at #7 here. With 10 grand slam wins, her career has been wildly successful. Perhaps the most impressive stat is her four Wimbledon titles.

After Venus is Justine Henin-Hardenne. I put her ahead of Venus because she was simply better, and won more slams in a shorter span. While she cut her career short, she's on the way back up now as she's returned to the sport.

Monica Seles was one of my favorite players growing up, and I'm still saddened by the fact that some deranged man decided to put a knife into her during the match. Her career was never the same after this, but she seriously dominated women's tennis before this happened.

4. Chris Evert. She ruled the'70s and part of the'80s, and had a long, successful career.' grand slams says it all.

After Seles is the other Williams sister, as Serena now has more grand slams, not to mention the fact that she's younger than Venus. The last few years have been dominated by Serena ever since Henin retired, and she still has a handful of good years ahead of her.

2. Martina Navratilova. What an outstanding career she had, and she just never seemed to go away.' grand slams and a shining career.

Lastly, we have Steffi Graf, who I like to call the queen of modern tennis. She has more grand slams than anyone else with 22, and she was simply incredible. - 29943

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