Home > Tennis > Who's Queen Bee of women's tennis - Justine Henin or Serena Williams?
by Aasim Shaffi on 09 October 2007
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by Dmytro82 on October 09, 2007
JUstine and SErena are two very different individualities.AS i see they have even different fitness issues.Seems that SErena become extremely involved to achieve her goal to become best in tennis.She proved it once.But JUstine so much stronger now than before.I bet on JUstine.
by chad chaney on October 09, 2007
its serena. if you noticed in the last matchup justine was clearly getting lots of help from her coach. he was coaching her through the whole thing. she isnt stupid she knows that without an injury or sideline help she cant beat serena and that is the bottom line. serena is clearly the better player 8 grand slams on all surfaces says so anyway and henin has yet to do that.
by Stu on October 09, 2007
Serena - by far the best. Serena has better shots, no question. I think she maybe plays a litle nervy against justine at times, if she is full of confidence and goes for it, she can take justine out. She is stronger, and a better mover. Better defensive player and obviously extremely aggressive with more power and variation on her serve. She has last a couple of time to justine this year but she ain't exactly played much and her thumb injury was to blame for 2 of these defeats. Plus - Serena is a better person in general.
by Moz on October 09, 2007
Serena is so better than her All she needs is her confidence and her fitness to take down justine i think this rivarly has a few more years to last and i love it
by Jaglo on October 09, 2007
Overall, Serena in my opinion is a better player. In no way am I saying that Justine is not a great player because she is. Justine has beautiful backhand strokes like Roger but Serena has a force that when it's going well, move out the way! I see Serena redeeming herself very soon.
by aurelius on October 09, 2007
POINT BLANK, OF SERENA WAKES UP ON THE RITE SIDE OF THE BED SHE IS GOING TO WIN NO MATTER WHO SHE PLAYS ON ANY SURFACE.. WHEN SERENA WALKES OUT ON THE COURT EVERYTHING IS UP TO HER. SHE IS THE DICTATOR WHETHER SHE IS MAKING WINNERS OR ERRORS! ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS TENNIS KNOWS THAT SERENA IS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE IF NOT ALL TIME BUT SHE ISNT THE MOST CONSISTENT!! JUSTINE IS A MORE CONSISTENT PLAYER AND HER RESULTS SHOW THAT, BUT ALL IT TAKES IS WILL, HEALTH, AND DETERMINATION AND SERENA HAS IT IN THE BAG!!!!!
by david b. on October 10, 2007
Justine is by far the better player right now. She beat Serena 3 differnet times in quarters of slams this year on 3 different surfaces. Serena won only 1 set on Justine's worst surface at Wimbledon. Serena has 8 slams, and Justine is going to pass that next year. Justine>Serena hands down.
[quote]POINT BLANK, OF SERENA WAKES UP ON THE RITE SIDE OF THE BED SHE IS GOING TO WIN NO MATTER WHO SHE PLAYS ON ANY SURFACE.. WHEN SERENA WALKES OUT ON THE COURT EVERYTHING IS UP TO HER. SHE IS THE DICTATOR WHETHER SHE IS MAKING WINNERS OR ERRORS! ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS TENNIS KNOWS THAT SERENA IS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE IF NOT ALL TIME BUT SHE ISNT THE MOST CONSISTENT!! JUSTINE IS A MORE CONSISTENT PLAYER AND HER RESULTS SHOW THAT, BUT ALL IT TAKES IS WILL, HEALTH, AND DETERMINATION AND SERENA HAS IT IN THE BAG!!!!![/quote] Yeah right, that is why Justine hit twice the number of "winners" as Serena when they played this year at the U.S Open, 30 to 17. Serena did not lose the match on errors, Justine just kept blasting the ball past her.
by J wang on October 10, 2007
It's obvious.
by Claire on October 10, 2007
I dispute your article. Justine has had a stellar year and so has Jelena Jankovic with respectively 8 and 5 titles. Serena and Venus have had mediocre years with only 2 and 3 titles each. Despite getting a Grand slam each, that still means they are each only half as good as Justine who has 2 grand slams. (You cannot think of them as 1 player) Justine was beating Serena back in 2002 and 2003 wen Serena was at her peak. She has continued to improve her game to the point that I think she is almost at her peak now. On the contrary, Serena is not capable of gearing up to another level. Venus is the more dangerous to Justine but the US Open proved that she can handle her these days too. I predict that Justine will have an even better year next year and will take her rightful place at the top of women's tennis all time greats.
by Irene on October 10, 2007
Serena dominated before but now she's put on weight and not as fast as before. Can't believe you're even asking this when she's beaten Serena in 3 slams this year.
by linda on October 10, 2007
The only thing Serena is queen bee of is the buffet table.
by Anthony on October 11, 2007
No question. I don't even know why this question is raised? It's an insult to Henin and women's tennis. Serena might've been the better 4 years ago, but her time is up and she has had her reign. Mark my words, Justine will dominate until she retires and then the talented young Russians and Serbs will have their chance. At the moment, the World No. 1 is the RIGHTFUL World No. 1 and she has proved it. Though I may be seen as unpatriotic for saying this, but from which country is this article written from and from which country is Serena Williams from? Biased much. Don't be sore that a Belgian is the best in the world and women's tennis in the United States has decreased drastically.
by Costers on October 11, 2007
She has been ranked nr 1 for 86 weeks or so now. She has 2 times more points than the W sisters who have ranks nr 7 and 8. Are people who say the contrary are blind? or they don't want to see!
by Jaglo on October 11, 2007
I realize that Justine has beaten Serena 3 times this year. Justine had a very embarrassing loss to Serena in Miami. Serena would never have match point twice and have it taken away from her such as Justine did in Miami. True, that currently Justine is playing more consistent at this time but all Serena has to do is get her mental status together and her winning attitude back and it's over for all the players. Everyone including Justine knows that at any given moment, Serena can turn it on again. All it takes is another win over Justine and she will be intimidated once again by Serena. Serena could not have won a grand slam this year if her best tennis were over. They both are great players, but Serena is better overall!
by Matt on October 13, 2007
Justine is sheer talent, and power. Serena is only brute force - there's no vision or creative imagination to craft points. Only wreckless saves or hitting at players. Mindless, and dumb tennis. Serena can run, well use to run- too slow now, but she can't do the basics. Serena is simply a tennis mimic. Justine on the other hand is TENNIS.