It was formed by the ESPN Panel via discussion - there isn't any science behind it, so yes - completely subjective. Certainly some weird ones thrown in....
Pancho Gonzalez and Ken Rosewall don't make the list at all but Roy Emerson does?
Billie Jean King ahead of Margaret Court
the ESPN CROWD are idiots.
and based on the ''all-american'' world view of what is ''the standard" according to their ideas .
for example -- the fact that PANCHO GONZALES -- american though HE WAS -- is seen as ''not eligible" by these measurements -- because these espn folks take their sense of history from the likes of JOHN MCENROE -- who -- great as HE IS -- doesnt QUITE get it that regardless of pancho's ABSENCE OF ''MANY MAJORS" -- as opposed to that of ROD LAVER whom MCenroe IDOLIZES -
IT WAS PANCHO GONZALES who -- even by rod laver, ken rosewall's (multiple majors holders in BOTH amateur and professional slams) --
was considered by THEMSELVES ''AS THE KING OF US ALL"
that was KEN ROSEWALL'S own WORDS.
rod laver HIMSELF said of pancho
"whether during the amateurs or pros -- we were ALL afraid of pancho --
he was so great and with his temper we were all very, very careful Never TO ANNOY HIM -- because it meant he would get mad -- and THAT meant he played even BETTER and THAT mean WE HAD NO CHANCE AT ALL".
so - ya -- the FATHER OF MODERN TENNIS -- pancho gonzales himself
doesn't make it to ESPN............i am not surprised.
BLKING over COURT? GIVE ME A BREAK!
their main reason being tha t''court won 11 of her majors in australia when few international stars made the long trek by boat"..
so what?" WHEN MARGARET COURT ENTERED THE INTERNATIONAL MAJORS -- AS PROS -- AGAINST the likes of BILLIE JEAN KING who
in the ABSENCE OF COURT AS she got married, had kids, etc -- and basically retired EARLY in the first leg of her career before feeling the burn to get back AS PRO --
BILLIE WAS THEN WORLD NUMBER ONE, --
AND WHAT DOES COURT DO ?
WHIP BILL.IE AND ALL THE REST OF THEM INCLUDING EVERT AND GOOLAGONG TO SUBMISSION --
just to remind the world WHO was the REAL queen of tennis in their times>
MARGARET COURT!
she WON HER GRAND SLAM - AS A PRO -- during a time when she HAD TO TOPPLE BILLIE JEAN KING from the top ranks -- BJK -- who earned HER ranking when margaret was AWAY from the sport raising her baby!
and THAT'S when margaret court showed everyone she was not just a 'has- been'
but actually BETTER AND THE GREAT CHAMPION and athlete of their times!
OVER bjk and company -- and it was ONLY until the much later years of court that bjk and others regained the upper hand as the somewhat fresher players --
and only then matched in dominance BY navratilova in HER heydeys..
BILLIE JEAN KING OVER COURT?
nonsense!
it has to do with POLITICAL CORRECTNESS because BJK has that other
''women's liberation -- gender equality, gay lesbian, cause " she has (a worthy one in its own way) BUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO THE GREATER TENNIS PLAYER , CHAMPION AND ATHLETE IS!
the top of the lines names of history:
MARGARET COURT, MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, STEFFI GRAF AND SERENA WILLIAMS.,
end of story.
