If Serena won 3 of 7 of next GS and was #1....

Forget all this crap about double standards, never happening, yada yada yada. Lets say IF.


IF Serena won 3/7 of the next slams, and got to #1, but was beaten by Venus 4/4, AND Venus was #2, I'd say the ranking doesn't reflect how the players are really playing.

I wouldn't say not "valid", and I wouldn't say that for Carpiati, either. But if the #2 can beat the #1 so consistently, then the ranking might not be the true indicator of who was best.

But if Venus was further down, say maybe 4 or 5, I'd say Venus would not be the better player. And Serena was probably the best in the world at the time.


But thats just what MAY be the case. There'd be other factors I suppose.

(And hey, don't count out Hingis. She'll be the #1 instead! )

when venus won her titles at the grand slam cup, on tv when they bring up "year to date" or "best of 1999", they included the grand slam cup. i remember seeing it on both the purple 'offcial' wta ones and also the ones done by the networks.

maybe if u look on the bio of venus and see if her title count counts her GS cup wins? I think that would sort it for me.

i am on the fence whether to say its hugely valid or not this second. just adding that little factoid.

but the other issue......

if serena won 3/7, i'd only count the ones in the last year, i.e. the ones that counted towards the ranking........ BUT...

I think all rankings are valid, cos they are the result of the system. is the system valid? i'd have to say yes to that as well.

I do sometimes think "hmm, she won a huge title, but venus/lindsay/jenn/martina/whoever wasn't there, so does it count?" - in the end, i have to say yes. its not their fault the others were not there, or that they lost early.

I am gonna say that Jen's rank is 100% valid, but that Venus is the better player. If you wanted to counmt GS only and ask who is better, I'd go with Venus, because although they both won 2/4 over the last year, Venus beat Jen when they met in those slams. Its not Jen's fault she didn't have to face venus in her wins, but the answer to that is that she should have beat her when they actually did meet.