[Volcana]

I adore Venus Williams. She's the only tennis player who matters. But for purposes of this discussion, neither her presence nor that of her sister helps much. And would likely lead to off-topic arguement.

Another way to look at this is , suppose the WTA had a celebrity heptathlon event (The Jackie joner Celebrity Invitational!) for the top twenty.

Who would win?
Who would be the top five?

Here are the heptathlon events, just for yoks.

Day 1
60-meter dash
long jump
shot put
high jump

day 2

60-meter hurdle race
pole vault
1000-meter run.

 

[alfajeffster]

Why not throw in a chess match and really make it interesting?

 

[bandabou]

I adore Venus Williams. She's the only tennis player who matters. But for purposes of this discussion, neither her presence nor that of her sister helps much. And would likely lead to off-topic arguement.

Another way to look at this is , suppose the WTA had a celebrity heptathlon event (The Jackie joner Celebrity Invitational!) for the top twenty.

Who would win?
Who would be the top five?

Here are the heptathlon events, just for yoks.

Day 1
60-meter dash
long jump
shot put
high jump

day 2

60-meter hurdle race
pole vault
1000-meter run.

You can´t ask for athletes then say no Williams...then who´s left to speak about?!

 

[TennisLurker]

Who is that blonde girl who lost to Kim in the us open? She also used to play dobles with Kim too, that girl is a real athlete.

 

[alfajeffster]

Who is that blonde girl who lost to Kim in the us open? She also used to play dobles with Kim too, that girl is a real athlete.

Meghan Shaunnesey, I think is who you're referring to.

 

[Knizzle]

The thread is useless with no Williams.

 

[bandabou]

Meghan Shaunnesey, I think is who you're referring to.

I almost forgot that they were doubles partners......I don´t think she´s gonna beat much people in any foot race and stuff though.

 

[Hawk]

Besides the Willies in the top 10...I would say both Kim and Justine are athletic. I could easily see both of them playing other sports. Kim especially has a very athletic build.

As well I think alot of the younger russian players are pretty athletic.

 

[cool bird]

I think that it is unquestion that both Williams girls are the best athlets tennis has ever seen

 

[bandabou]

I think that it is unquestion that both Williams girls are the best athlets tennis has ever seen

Probably...I didn´t see MN or Graf play that much, but the Williamses sure are amazing. The most obvious example is Venus...the more I see the Davenports, Bovinas, Petrovas....tall girls that can barely run, the more amazing I find it that Venus despite being tall as she is can run the court better than almost everyone. In fact Venus has the BEST defense EVER imo.

 

[jean_genie]

I adore Venus Williams. She's the only tennis player who matters. But for purposes of this discussion, neither her presence nor that of her sister helps much. And would likely lead to off-topic arguement.

Another way to look at this is , suppose the WTA had a celebrity heptathlon event (The Jackie joner Celebrity Invitational!) for the top twenty.

Who would win?
Who would be the top five?

Here are the heptathlon events, just for yoks.

Day 1
60-meter dash
long jump
shot put
high jump

day 2

60-meter hurdle race
pole vault
1000-meter run.

My list is (in this order)

Clijsters
Henin-Hardenne
Mauresmo
Dementieva
Capriati

 

[bandabou]

My list is (in this order)

Clijsters
Henin-Hardenne
Mauresmo
Dementieva
Capriati

Notice that this is when the sisters aren´t around.

 

[Joana]

I think that it is unquestion that both Williams girls are the best athlets tennis has ever seen

And what about Steffi?

 

[G_Slammed]

Well..

Pistolesi
Capriati
Myskina
Clijsters
Kuznetsova (Clijsters's protege)

 

[Ryan]

Notice that this is when the sisters aren´t around.

Notice that thats the point of the thread dipshit.

 

[bandabou]

Notice that thats the point of the thread dipshit.

Just to renotice it.

P.s.: is dipshit even a real word?!

 

[Kart]

Why not throw in a chess match and really make it interesting?

I can't think of any potential grand masters on the WTA tour that I've seen.

 

[-Ph51-]

Graf was a very good 800 meters runner!

 

[Ballbuster]

Notice that thats the point of the thread dipshit.

...and this the very reason this thread is meaningless...but I'll give it a try

Chandra Rubin
Alexandra Stevenson


there. Go tear 'em up gals!

 

[sartrista7]

Notice that this is when the sisters aren´t around.

With you and Knizzle around, how could we forget?

The thing with athleticism on the WTA is that, generally, players who would excel at certain things on the heptathlon list usually have significant weaknesses in others... the presence of shot put really does throw a spanner in the works. Myskina, for example, would be one of my first choices for the running events, but shot put wouldn't really be her thing.

That said:

Kim Clijsters
Meghann Shaughnessy
Anna Pistolesi
Francesca Schiavone
Ai Sugiyama

Honorable mentions to Amanda Coetzer (in her prime, she'd be near the top of the list), Ashley Harkleroad, Lina Krasnoroutskaya and Nicole Pratt.