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Peak Kournikova v. Peak Vaidisova?

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#1 ·
In light of off season tradition......

If both these beauties played today at their peak, who would win?
 
#8 ·
i remember the times when a number of tennis specialists and just fans considered that Vaidisova was future tennis star and multiple Slam winner..... Epic fail
 
#13 ·
I'm not sure she's ever reached Final on any significant tournament .. Kournikova at least was in big Finals in singles and won trophies in doubles
 
#18 ·
Peak Nicole has the serve advantage and would also challenge Anna's serve constantly :shrug:. But Anna had lovely groundies too :).
 
#20 ·
tbh, Nicole's return wasn't great at all, but Anna's serve didn't need much of a challenge, she was a dfs queen. :bigcry:

Anyway, I'll go with Nicole, she had much more power, the variety was on Anna's side, but I don't think it would be enough in today's game.
 
#25 ·
Lena is invincible.
 
#27 ·
Vaidisova. In her 2007 Australian Open semifinal loss to Serena she was outhitting Serena, she had many more winners, just lost since she had way too many errors. This the same Serena who made silly putty out of Maria the next day. Anna would never be capable of that level of power tennis. Nicole's best tennis also took her 2 slam semis in less than one year, and the only reason she wasnt the 2006 French Open finalist is she choked badly when serving for a straight sets win over Kuznetsova in the semis. Kournikova never had a chance to make a slam final and never got to a second slam semi. Not to mention peak Anna was so weak she couldnt even win a freaking tournament.
 
#32 ·
Kournikova beats 6-0 6-0 in beauty department , it's not even close
 
#34 ·
It has got to be Vaidisova. Have we even seen another 17-18 year old make a GS SF or even QF since her? I still wish she was playing she would hopefully be at the top of the game now and with the likes of Sharapova, Azarenka, and Radwanska making slam Finals I think she definitely could have been a great champion.

With that said she beats Anna K for sure. This was a interesting comparison for sure though
 
#38 ·
Kournikova also had Janet Lee as a partner, Lindsay Davenport, Daniela Hantuchova, Natasha Zvereva, Barbara Schett, Elena Dementieva and guess what - she was still getting great results. Duh.

Kournikova never showed her "boobs" (as you call them), at last not for money. Ger over it.

Kournikova would beat Vaidisova holding her racket in left hand.
 
#39 ·
Overpower? Kournikova? She was hitting the ball pretty strong herself, she definitely wasn't a big hitter, but you obviously didn't watch Kournikova during her best years. It wasn't that easy to overpower her - that's why she was comfortable playing Capriati (she basically owned her), that's why she had wins over Davenport, Seles, that's why she took Venus to three sets few times and Serena in their only meeting (although we can agree that both Serena and Venus are completely another league). Kournikova had troubles with all around players, with good footwork and passing shots, also with players that played with top spin. Vaidisova would be just like Capriati. Anna would take her out in two straight sets.
 
#46 ·
Not that I think Nicole is some amazing player but this insane overrating of a clown who couldnt even win a tournament is so funny. What the heck was peak Kournikova, the one who lost to Smashanova in a couple of the tournament finals she made (reminder again Anna = ZERO tournament titles), and made only TWO slam quarterfinals. Obviously alot of men on this forum drooling over Anna's "beauty".
:haha:

Using the title argument surely Smashnova with her 19 is one of the greatest players to never win a slam :rolleyes:

Apart from Smashnova Kournikova lost her finals to Venus and Hingis whereas Nicole beat Granville, Razzano, Peng and Tati (by retirement) plus when Kournikova was losing in Tier I and II she was losing in QF and SF to people like Hingis, Venus, Seles, Graf, Davenport, and Pierce all slam winners.

Maybe this thread should be WWW: Peak Stacey Tan vs Peak Bruna Colosio. No way would Anna lose 6-2, 6-1 to Stacey Tan who never even made Top 500. When you take their most embarrassing losses at least Colosio was a Top 300 player.

I personally like Nicole but to say she is immensely better than Kournikova is ridiculous, had Anna played in the same era she would have had a similar if not better career than Nicole, Anna's years on tour were possibly the toughest, whereas Nicole was peaking 2006-2008 a pretty weak time for the WTA.
 
#52 ·
:haha:

Using the title argument surely Smashnova with her 19 is one of the greatest players to never win a slam :rolleyes:

Apart from Smashnova Kournikova lost her finals to Venus and Hingis whereas Nicole beat Granville, Razzano, Peng and Tati (by retirement) plus when Kournikova was losing in Tier I and II she was losing in QF and SF to people like Hingis, Venus, Seles, Graf, Davenport, and Pierce all slam winners.

Maybe this thread should be WWW: Peak Stacey Tan vs Peak Bruna Colosio. No way would Anna lose 6-2, 6-1 to Stacey Tan who never even made Top 500. When you take their most embarrassing losses at least Colosio was a Top 300 player.

I personally like Nicole but to say she is immensely better than Kournikova is ridiculous, had Anna played in the same era she would have had a similar if not better career than Nicole, Anna's years on tour were possibly the toughest, whereas Nicole was peaking 2006-2008 a pretty weak time for the WTA.
Your opinion is dismissed because of your username. Total bias.
Come back when you are someone else's fan.
 
#40 ·
Kournikova every day of the week on every surface. Better athlete by a mile, had volley skills which Nicole could only dream of and although would be outgunned on power Kournikova had power of her own as well as lots of variety.
 
#41 ·
Kournikova.

Too bad she was too proud at one time to play MM tournaments and get that one title win... :tape:
 
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