TR Retro: Greatest WTA Match: Graf v. Seles, 1995 US Open Final

Monica SELES_Steffi GRAF_

The two great rivals lit up New York

If there was a tennis match with more historical significance and human drama than the 1995 US Open final between embittered rivals Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, it did not occur in women’s tennis during the Open era. The WTA has boasted at least 25 fantastic high-level, well-played contests between significant players since 1968, but none matched the raw emotion or electricity of the Graf-Seles Battle Royal.

It was possibly the one match in the Open Era that at the time appeared to determine who the greatest player of all time would be.

It could be argued that Seles

Danish Disaster: Hantuchova Demolishes Wozniacki

Piotr: Caro needs another weapon. Mal Taam/MALTphoto

PARIS – Caroline Wozniacki did not have to win Roland Garros to prove that she