[DA FOREHAND]

BJK, Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Venus Williams, Serena Williams

 

[bandabou]

My girls aren´t in such bad company after all, huh!

 

[DA FOREHAND]

got that lilttle tidbit while watching the 00 Wimbledon Final last nite.

 

[ZAK]

This is in Open Era, I presume? Because Lenglen, Connolly, Wills, etc. have all repeated as Wimbledon champs

 

[irma]

but that's again only about the open era

 

[Paneru]

This is in Open Era, I presume? Because Lenglen, Connolly, Wills, etc. have all repeated as Wimbledon champs

Althea...

BTW,
What's the difference?
I never understood what they meant by Open Era.

 

[DA FOREHAND]

Yes in the Open Era

In years past the defending champ was seeded into the final.

 

[Rollo]

The defending champ has had to play through since 1922.

 

[Ryan]

Darn, Rollo beat me to it.


It's interesting, Venus and Serena are in good company Open Era or not.