People can hate and mock her all they want, but winning a Career Grand Slam is something that only a few people in tennis have been able to do. Sure, maybe it's not as impressive as Steffi's, Martina's or Chris', but she did it and that's what matters.

And honestly, even if a player I disliked completed a Career Grand Slam, I'd be happy for them

 

A career slam is a career slam. But no doubt she is lacking in achievements compared to most members of that elite 10. Perhaps that makes her career slam even more impressive? :shrug:

 

Three words, sir --> Rotator cuff tear. We will never find out how Maria's career would have panned out but for that issue. It's like the neverending Graf vs Seles discussion with Hamburg '93 in mind.

Personally I don't care if GM establishes her the worst female player ever to win any GS title, no one will ever take away the Career GS away from her regardless of the ammount of hate pouring on TF. And that's the only thing that really matters.

 

It should be also mentioned that only 5 players won Career Slam winning Slams on hard, clay and grass courts.

 

I'm a huge fan of Maria but I'm not deluded,I realize most(if not all) of the women who also have career slams have much more natural talent than she does. I think this makes it all the more impressive though,it speaks volumes about her motivation and drive...

 

but you'll have to admit that her shoulder injury affected her career seriously when she was at her peak

 

But even before that; throughout her whole career. I really mean no disrespect, but her game is very technical and her strokes can look really awkward at times.

 

I didn't know they were "ranked" lmmfao. These threads and ideas kill me. This is almost like asking how Venus' first round wimbledon Loss compares to Serena's first round RG loss. Can we say irrelevant? You're welcome!!!

 

It sure is a great achievement to win a GS in Grass/Clay/Hard, there are even fewer players doing that. Of course it's not as impressive as when Serena's or Graf have done it since it was in a shorter period of time. BUT Maria did have a huge step back during her career with that nasty shoulder injury. Some people may argue that she has now became a better clay courter and it's her new specialty so it makes that long time her career grand slam less impressive. On the other hand, she has finals on GS finals all surfaces and in all GS exept at the USO where she made the SF and that AFTER her shoulder injury...not many player has done that...actually she's the only active player to have that kind of record in the last 2 years. She sure has not became a claycourt specialist then, so her career is very impressive to me. I think most people doesn't really realize what kind of achievements Sharapova has done. Still would get behind Serena but still Maria's record is very impressive.

 

Of course it's not as impressive as when Serena's or Hingis have done it since it was in a shorter period of time.

Hingis hasn't done it.

Serena has done even more - Career Golden Slam.

 

I meant Graf

 

Well since a career slam is winning all four slams, they all stack up pretty much the same lol

 

Graf is the only one who has Calendar Golden Slam and Non-Calendar Grand Slam just to add to it...

 

Career slam is a great achievement, i think the OP is trying to diminish her accomplishment by opening this thread......

redirect your fustrations elsewhere

 

:lol: He is a lost cause, he needs jesus.

 

As much as you enjoy trying to devalue it, Maria's career slam is equal to all the others. A career slam is nothing more than winning all four majors in ones career. Steffi did it, Martina did it, Serena did it, Maria did it. The fact that the other members all have vastly more illustrious careers has no bearing on Maria's career slam, and neither does the fact that she isn't as good a player as them. (Something which even her most deluded of stans will admit!)

You don't win all four majors by mistake. It takes a very good player to win even one slam, let alone all of them. When you look at that group, it's only the all-time greats that have managed to do it. Yeah, Maria isn't quite as good as them, but I think it says something about her personality and determination that she has managed to complete the set despite having less natural talent than the others. Anyway, since when was it a crime to not have a career that matches that of Serena Williams or Steffi Graf?

As much as you hate it, Maria Sharapova has won all four majors, something only nine other women were able to do. Maybe it says more about certain other great players, who were gifted with far more talent than her, but just couldnt do what she did.

 

The only differences in the achievements for me is that they are achievements made for different people, nothing else. After all you're talking Career-Grand-Slam (not consecutive), not Grand Slam, the four GS in one year.

 

Is Sharapova's career slam less impressive than many of the other women who have acheived the feat? Maybe, but regardless of that she won all 4 slams and no one will ever be able to take that away from her. It's really more interesting to look at all the amazing players that havent won a career slam like Hingis, Venus, Henin, Davenport, Clijsters, even Mauresmo all could make a legitimate case as being better than Maria yet unable to win a Career Grand Slam.

 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Shirley Fry Irvin

 

:lol: obviously a troll thread since the op is a psycho but i'll take the bait: maria obviously is less accomplished than most because she's still active and they're retired with full careers.

 

It's obviously the weakest given she's only won 1 of each Slam however it's a testament to her commitment to the sport, work ethic and mental fortitude that she turned her worst surface over the years into argueably her best and most consistant. I'm not a Sharapova fan at all but hats off to what she's done and watching her slide on the clay and turn herself into a better athlete has made me respect her an awful lot more than I did in the past. It's an incredible achievement.

 

A weak vulture player whose achievements pale in comparison to everyone else.

She lowered the bar greatly.

In the future, conversations about a Career Slam will start with the sentence "But even Maria freaking Sharapova has a career slam, it's not a big deal at all"

 

To win even one grand slam is a big deal. When players start out,this will be their goal but less than 0.1% of professional players will achieve this goal

 

^ Haha but even Hingis, Venus, Henin, Clijsters and Davenport dont have one, so it must be a big deal!!!

 

Even though I don´t like her, this has to be praised, it´s extremelly dificult to achieve the career slam, as you can see much more talented players like:

Peak Pierce
Monica Seles
Hingis
Davenport
Justine
Venus

weren´t able to achieve this feat. But to have freaking useless Errani in a slam final and mental midget Ivanovic is everything you can ask for in a slam final And smartly she took advantage of that.

 

It's notable, but it not defining. Hingis is still a greater player in the history of the game, for example, or even ASV.

WHat's interesting about Sharapova, in this context, is that she went from incompetent on slow courts, but a fast court champ, to a slow court champ who fails on the biggest stages on fast courts. THAT is unusual.

 

It seems Maria fans exagerrate what the career slam means for her and what her place in history will be considered. Andre Agassi has achieved the Career Slam which is much harder in the mens game than the womens, and he is an 8 slam winner, and yet he is still rated by almost all experts and fans below Lendl and Connors who also have 8 slams, and even McEnroe who only has 7. Given the numerous other holes in her career- no year as the generally regarded best player in the World, no year as the year end #1, no defense of a slam title, no 2 slams in the same year, no years winning a large number of tournaments for the year, and not even back to back years winning a slam, she would need 9 slams to even be rated by people on par with Venus or Henin even with her Career Slam.

 

It seems Maria fans exagerrate what the career slam means for her and what her place in history will be considered. Andre Agassi has achieved the Career Slam which is much harder in the mens game than the womens, and he is an 8 slam winner, and yet he is still rated by almost all experts and fans below Lendl and Connors who also have 8 slams, and even McEnroe who only has 7. Given the numerous other holes in her career- no year as the generally regarded best player in the World, no year as the year end #1, no defense of a slam title, no 2 slams in the same year, no years winning a large number of tournaments for the year, and not even back to back years winning a slam, she would need 9 slams to even be rated by people on par with Venus or Henin even with her Career Slam.

oh hi Sgt. Timmy! please tell us where this empirical stat came from and why a person with more slams and the career grand slam would only be equal with two non-career grand slam 7x champions who were highly surface dependent?

 

Maria is an excellent 4x1 slam wonder .

 

Might be the worse of all career slam, but who cares. She can still improve her record. let's wait and judge once she retires.

 

She has the career-slam, multiple tours, and a successful life. But Graff, Navratilova, Serena, Evert, etc are better than her. mmmm a life tragedy out there. I don't know how she can live with herself?

Seriously guys.

 

Of the people with the career slam she ranks dead last below even Shirley Fry, another 4 slam only winner. Even Fry won 3 slams in a row. That is what you call dominance. When did Maria ever have a run close to that.

There are some posters in this thread who seem to think being a career slam winner elevates her above all non career slam winners which is laughable. Forget Henin and Venus, lets even rank her above Monica Seles who never won Wimbledon. Lets rank her above Suzanne Lenglen who never won the Australian or U.S Open. Now comprehend how ridiculous to overvalue the career slam is.

 

Why is Timmykinz allowed to post threads?

Even better, why is he even allowed to post at all?

It's not even funny, just creepy.