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Peak on Grass: Sharapova VS Novotna VS Davenport VS Hingis?

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#1 ·
All won one Wimbleon title and reached the semis or final another time.
 
#5 ·
Novotna is easily the best of those. Sharapova, lol, what a joke, she isnt even that good a grass courter, in 2004 she played only one good match in the final to win it. Davenport is good but her poor movement is a really bad factor against her on grass. She might beat Jana in head to head due to the matchup but vs the field she would do much worse. Hingis is a lightweight on grass, lucked out to win a fluke Wimbledon in a year of a super weak grass field, and Jana injured and choking in the final.
 
#14 ·
davenport>novotna>sharapova>hingis. it's odd that Hingis won wimby, never won RG..even Sharapova won RG. :lol:
 
#17 ·
LMAO at Maria hating on this forum again:haha:NID
Peak Pova would humiliate all these bishes on any sort grass, banging down the aces and working the angles like there's no tomorrow. Novotna and Wingis would never know what hit them in the first place...as for Davenport, we have 2004 match on display, where inexperienced teen Masha dismissed peak Lindsay with authority in the final set. Nuff said:cheer:
 
#25 ·
peak Sharapova on grass can be beaten only by peak Williamses, like by Venus in 2005 . Novotna was great on grass , but with her serve and volley game she won't look the same on contemporary slowed down surface
 
#22 ·
Davenport >Notovotna >Sharapova >Hingis.

I favour Davenport due to her serving potency on the surface compared to everyone else, and the sheer weight of shot, angle and also the ability to finish points off in the forecourt.

Although, Novotna is by far the most innate grass court-player on the list, and leagues above everyone else athletically.
 
#31 ·
it was Sampras-era grass , not Nadal-era grass
 
#38 ·
Hingis hit 50 winners and 10 errors in her Wimbledon '97 final victory over Novotna, who was playing the "best grass court tennis ever by a woman" according to GOAT Chris Evert.

Your fav could NEVER and has NEVER had a winner/error ratio like that, let alone in a Wimbledon final.

That being said, grass was Hingis' weakest surface, and although her peak level of play on any other court in the world is FAR past scrubs like Sharapova, on this one surface it is up for debate.

Novotna > Davenport > Hingis = Vulturepova
 
#42 ·
Surprised Davenport is leading Novotna on this poll. Davenport would never be leading a prime Graf in a Wimbledon final deep into a 3rd set like Jana was doing in the 1993 final. Novotna in her prime pretty much only lost to Graf on grass, and once to Hingis when injured. Davenport in her prime lost to Tauziat at Wimbledon one time.
 
#61 ·
Hmmm, Let's not forget that Davenport defeated Graf in her lone Wimbledon trophy. Steffi did not play well in that final, obviously, but I think at her peak Lindsay would have been the favorite out of these 4. Too much consistent power, too many consistently booming serves.

It's a tough choice for 2nd between Maria and Jana.. While I would put Martina 4th in this poll, I would also give her a great chance to defeat the other three players on this surface. Her lone win over Sharapova was on an extremely fast surface, she beat Jana for her lone Wimbledon crown, and also matched up well with Linds on quicker surfaces as she could expose her movement.

Davenport>Sharapova+Novotna>Hingis
 
#46 ·
Novotna. Easily. Far and away the best grass court player of the four at her best. And far and away the least of the four at playing her best for a sustained period.
 
#48 ·
Definitely Novotna. NID that TF would write off any pre-2000 player as if they played with wooden racquets though :lol:

Davenport 2nd, Maria 3rd (this being the one and only surface where Peak Lindsay has the edge on Peak Maria due to her superior serve and netplay). Hingis is dead last and would get spanked on grass by the peaks of any of the other 3's peaks.
 
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