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1986年利普顿女单决赛,头号种子克里斯·埃弗特以6-4/6-2击败施特菲·格拉芙夺得冠军,尽管比分看上去悬殊,比赛过程却十分精彩。
Considered at the time to be a blisteringly hard hititing match, Chrissie and Steffi exchange some dynamite winners in the finals of the Lipton International finals of 1986, a 2-week event only 1 tier down from the majors, and an event in which Chris never failed to at least reach the finals.
She hands Steffi a convincing defeat, but it's still a changing of the guard in that Steffi is beginning to reach her period of destiny and Chris at 31 is entering what she would later call "a new phase of her career...it's called end of career." Still, she had one last grand slam victory left in her, as she took the French title a few months later, and one other Slam final appearance at the '88 Australian Open.
*commentators are Arthur Ashe & Pam Shriver.
(Edit commentary) : Regarding the discussion of years at #1 of these all time Greats... This is a fair observation that there are variant views on the topic. In 1978, though the computer put Navratilova at #1, the formulas used for calculating tournament & h2h value was still quite primitive, and by modern computer equations, Evert surely would have been #1. Indeed, in consideration of the times, in the pre-1980 years, Tennis Historians & Media still elected who was #1 - as expert observational insight was still valued - & Chris did earn that distinction. She did so by matching Navratilova's slam count (both played 2, winning 1 each - though only Evert made the finals of both) and beating Navratilova at the Colgate Series final (The WTA's sponsor, as Virginia Slims Championships had been before & after) - which was considered a 5th major at the time... and thereby holding a 3-2 edge over Martina in the h2h, as well as an enviable 56-3 record. Both Martina's wins over Chris were 7-5 & 9-7 in the 3rd set. This is a factor that matters to rankings today but was not considered then. So it's amorphous territory, and not as cut & dry as it would be deemed today. Many serious tennis historians consider Evert to have been ranked #1 a full Seven Years, and those who don't are generally open to the discussion. There are arguments for fewer than 7. But just as remarkable, Evert was never outside the Top 2 for 13 straight years. This will not likely be matched. Nor should it be ignored that the person she was #2 to was a fellow all-time great in her prime years, (ie, before Navratilova was 30 years old) which says a lot for how many years of comparable #1 were in her.