Serena at 17: Wins a freakin grandslam. Me at 17: What are these weird structures when I look up to the sky?

Watching this in 2022 after watching Serena win her Doubles match with partner Jabeur at Wimbledon at the age of 40 and after not playing for 12 months. She is still amazing

Talk about longevity and greatness, Serena is still dormantly active on tour and none of this years finalists were born then.

@nikitasharma1754

2 жыл бұрын

True

@roytabuds8710

2 жыл бұрын

so true and thats only serenas beast

@ryanletemi

2 жыл бұрын

"dormantly active"

@jamesl9539

2 жыл бұрын

I am surprised that she has not been affected by all the years' of steriod use. "It" is bigger than Mike Tyson. What a beast!!!

Thats how long I've been watching the William sisters... absolutely great legends in tennis!

Venus and Serena are the only players in the draw of this US Open who are still active. Amazing!

@sfebon

2 жыл бұрын

More importantly they are only prodigies of that era that didn’t fall to drugs or breakdown

@authenticsshay0165

2 жыл бұрын

Clijsters

@sfebon

2 жыл бұрын

@@authenticsshay0165 fyi I don’t consider Davenport as she started later than the other prodigies of that era. The prodigies were Hingis, both Williams, Henin, kournikova, Clijsters, Dementieva, Myskina, Hantuchova, Mauresmo and of course capriati. I don’t necessarily include Sharapova oR Kuznetsova as They came later than those from the 90s

@cartoon4191

2 жыл бұрын

Kim

@authenticsshay0165

2 жыл бұрын

@@sfebon Huh? I was adding Clijsters to the OP’s list of players who are still active

Feels like yesterday when I watched this live on tv. Now we have Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez

@MH-vw9ni

2 жыл бұрын

Only the have in common is they were teens. Neither have the talent Serena and Martina had at 17 yo.

@markpeter4304

2 жыл бұрын

@@MH-vw9ni thank you

@doksh5740

2 жыл бұрын

You can't compare those novice players to the great Serena. When they have won 20 titles, then we can start the comparison.

@shaukatali4007

Жыл бұрын

and we still have serena williams

@carrerau7138

3 ай бұрын

Who are they, Raducanu and Fernandez?

Serena is a star by all means, she is one of a kind

So the US Open women's singles trophy remained in the Williams household 5 consecutive years? That's pretty awesome!

The thing that I always found funny during Serena's career....is how the "pro American" crowd was never too pro American during her matches.. Oh well.....turns out , it didn't matter.

@justincartwright252

Жыл бұрын

Oh, this is so well documented. So many times the "home crowd" would cheer on the "underdog" playing against both Venus & Serena - but when that same "underdog" played Lindsay, Jennifer, or even Monica - all of a sudden the home crowd was cheering on Lindsay, Jennifer, & Monica. V & S rose above it regardless. Only later in their careers did they finally get support from American crowds - after they'd beaten everyone who thought they would run them out of the game. 😂

@DM-bk9mn

Жыл бұрын

That’s what makes Serena and Venus such great champions. Not only did they have to beat their opponents, but many times they also had to beat the crowd.

@Ricky-mo6mv

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Because Serena and Venus came on the tour and acted like a-holes. Then we later discovered just how much of a psychopath Serena was in later years. Not much mystery there at all.

@Deadsexxy6669

Жыл бұрын

@Ricky 10 If you mean by crushing the competition and not being blonde and blue-eyed......yeah, they were. They had to endure attitude from the other girls in the locker room. You're all just upset that the girls from Compton came along and shattered your image of what a champion of country club game looks like.

@Ricky-mo6mv

Жыл бұрын

@@Deadsexxy6669 People forget that the Williams sisters were hardly the first talented black tennis players to be on the women’s or men’s tour. However, they were the first ones to begin their careers with an arrogance that was a blatant turn off to most. I mean it’s not like Serena ever threatened an Asian lineswoman or made a multiracial opponent feel guilty and sad when she won her first major in 2018. She is an entitled piece of filth that feels she has the right to live by her own rules due to the color of her skin. Anyone who can’t see or admit to that fact should be ashamed of themselves. Serena’s accomplishments in the sport will always be tarnished by her abrasive demeanor that resembles that of a spoiled and very corrupt child.

This is the moment that we can't forget, this is the moment that we are witnessing the GOAT se23na the queen.

@carrerau7138

3 ай бұрын

The GGG is the GOAT. Golden Girl from Germany that is.

1999 was such an epic women's sports year. The USWNT won the WWC, New York & Houston played a WNBA finals series for the ages with "the shot" by T Spoon - and then this. 8th grade me had the best summer ever watching all these amazing events.

@el.aye.bee.4477

9 ай бұрын

And contrary to what was projected, it was Brianna Scurry that was the heroine of that 1999 Final against China (as she also was in the semifinal, against Brazil), not Brandi Chastain.

@carrerau7138

3 ай бұрын

And Man United beat up Bayern Munich!

Se23na, won in usa open gs in thr year 1999 at the age of 17.until now over 2 d3cades still playing at the age of 39 that's unbelievable and amazing player that i've ever seen in my life.perfect indeed!

@ezrakiiza8024

2 жыл бұрын

And also adding to that, a 17 yo winning a GS after defeating Seles, Davenport and Hingis back to back?? Wow She was a Legend at the age of 17 tbh, just amazing

Try as they might, you cannot erase history. Thanks to videos like this, Serena's legacy lives on for the next generation to witness her incredible talent

@carrerau7138

3 ай бұрын

We could ban all Serena videos!

Neither of this year’s US Open finalists was born then…

@ronishshrestha7111

2 жыл бұрын

I was

@ronishshrestha7111

2 жыл бұрын

On the dot

@sakhaswain

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronishshrestha7111 weird flex but ok...

@shreya1100

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronishshrestha7111 man you're old

@ronishshrestha7111

2 жыл бұрын

@@shreya1100 22

Thanks USO for posting this match! It feels like yesterday that I watched it live. I was 19 then...now I'm 41. What happened?!

@amoloamolo8138

2 жыл бұрын

Time happened 😂

@tlatsipinker

2 жыл бұрын

I was 16. Time flew by like the Summer of '99! 😩🤣

@zidesce7961

2 жыл бұрын

I was 10, now I'm 33

@thicndawst368

Жыл бұрын

Days turns in to weeks, into months, years and decades 😘

@dhayden

Жыл бұрын

I was 12 I’m now 35

Thank you US Open!!! Love this match

This is when I fell in love with tennis because of both Serena and Venus. I saw myself in them and I've followed them ever since. I was 8 years old!! Wow thank you so much Williams sisters for all you have done in tennis but mostly for inspiring us to believe

Aww young Serena the beginning stages of one of the greatest tennis players ever! I said what I said!

@dukesmj

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. Didn't need to punctuated with that last remark. Always with attitude. Ridiculous.

@myrtlebenjamin7618

2 жыл бұрын

Patrice f

Wish that wouldve kept going at 1:22:04. Best points in this all-teen slam final and the arrival of Williams all come in the second set 37:58 42:46 56:45 1:09:02 1:13:45.

Bliss to have no commentary, and excellent editing, too. Wish all matches could be shown like this.

This was when WTA was at its best 99-04!!

@jonnas275

Жыл бұрын

This comment about 99-2004 as the best wta players I challenge you to agree to 1988 to 1995 as the best. Serena and Hingis would have struggled against Novotna, Vicario, Seles, Graff, Capriati, Fernandez,and Martina because those were still in their prime . Also played a clever style of tennis tournament. Same as Edberg, Chang, Becker and Johnny McEnroe. Those guys were the real box office. Like you say Serena was blockbuster alongside Venus, Hingis, Henin and Davenport but in my opinion played the final curtain in the debate of entertainment.

She is my all time favourite. Those were less digital era when i used to wait for new paper to read about Serena's result. He father made an announcement that his both kids are going to play final but Serena made it and win it.

23 years later and it’s all coming to an end right where it started. We love you Serena!

And now we have two teenagers once again in the final!!

This was the acension of a legend. She worked so hard for this dream.

I was watching this at work at a hospital on line and cried like a baby when Serena won

That was the beginning of a Tennis GOAT life....

@carrerau7138

3 ай бұрын

No, that was in 1982.

Now this is when women tennis was at its' greatest. Unfortunately, the WTA has been destroyed. I miss these days.

@MH-vw9ni

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. This was mental toughness at its best.

@kukulroukul4698

2 жыл бұрын

my feel is not the same

@kukulroukul4698

2 жыл бұрын

they had so litel brains back in the day :) tactics , VISION , athletic preparation .... JUST FAITH and HOPES ?

@Empy003

2 жыл бұрын

Wta was alive because of Serena. She had the most match views after 2012 so your opinion is biased and also, Serena is the most popular. She gave life to wta and the year she retires would be the biggest loss to wta.

@MH-vw9ni

2 жыл бұрын

@@Empy003 I think there are a few players that will bring in views but not like Serena, Venus, Maria, Hingis and Anna K. I think people aren't as interested in the WTA with all the unknown name players winning GS Titles. The average person isn't even familiar with some of the new names.

Hingis was so pressed during this final! Serena was not letting up even with the unforced errors. No love lost between these two. In the end, Serena would dominate women's singles tennis with 23 GS while Hingis (5) was relegated success in doubles and mixed doubles.

Im so used to being able to quickly reference the score. Not having it constantly viewable is actually driving me insane

This was Serena's second time playing at the us open and 7th time playing at the majors, yet she beat 4 players consecutively who had won majors. She was far from her peak and lacked so much experience. This was actually the first time she went past the 4th round in a slam. Her talent is just undeniable.

@paulthomas281

6 ай бұрын

@kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Exactly. She was a relatively inexperienced player but beat Monica Seles in the quarters, Davenport in the semis and Hingis in the final to win her first Grand Slam. Her talent and athleticism and heart and determination were out of this world!

Golden era of womens tennis. None of todays top 10 womens players would have even been in the top 30 back then...

@nmuzaic

2 жыл бұрын

Osaka

@markpeter4304

2 жыл бұрын

@@nmuzaic osaka??? Really?? If Osaka was playing during that era I don't think she would have been in the top 50..

who's here after watching King Richard??

@lynnelaine594

2 күн бұрын

Me😊

This was the 2nd all teenager final in 3 years involving Hingis and Williams sister.

@crystalrobin7873

2 жыл бұрын

What's up Michael

@MrBjorn6

2 жыл бұрын

@@crystalrobin7873 what's up who is this?

@crystalrobin7873

2 жыл бұрын

Am cool,this is Crystal by name,,I was open to speak a conversation with right man for better future

@raydology9584

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBjorn6 your always one hundred Michael

@MrBjorn6

2 жыл бұрын

@@raydology9584 best way to be 😉

Oh the memories! It was the Williams sisters' beads era, which caused some drama at the Australian Open

Great match Serena, watching you is like admiring a piece of ART.,🌹

@carrerau7138

3 ай бұрын

It is more like Heavy Metal. I prefer Beethoven.

Serena caused many players to retire early. Including the talented and colourful Martina.

Serena was so raw here. Hingis game plan was to just get the ball in play and wait for Serena to make the error. It worked, but not enough. The making of a GOAT!

❤️❤️👏👏👏👏como olvidar esta final ..

I am crying seeing her victory, and I saw it when it happened, lol

@mstwelvedeadlycyns

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@adrianjones5239

Жыл бұрын

SAME!!!

Serena looks extremely beautiful. She is a rare beauty

@steffanjennyburrup5801

2 жыл бұрын

Are you blind lol

@jimmyejamerson5371

2 жыл бұрын

@@steffanjennyburrup5801 are you?

@jvm-tv

Жыл бұрын

She never was. Great player though

@jimmyejamerson5371

Жыл бұрын

@@jvm-tv TO YOU! But I’m sure whatever you find to be beautiful is relative to where you come from and are traditionally accustomed to. And while we’re here…let’s see what you look like!

@Ricky-mo6mv

Жыл бұрын

She used to be attractive in the early 2000’s. More recently it was quite the opposite though as she looked much more like something you would see grazing in the Serengeti.

Wspaniale czasy gwiazdy tenisa ! SERENA FOREVER NR 1 ! 🎈🎾🎈🎾⚘🇵🇱

great serve already.

This is the birth of the legend in Serena Williams. It feels like long ago after she won so many grand slams. The next day, Andre Agassi won the final. It's a great day for American tennis. The calls of "Game, Set, Championship" were present in both the ladies and men's finals in 1999. Great memories.

Serena Williams Vs. Martina Hingis In The 1999 U.S. Open Tennis Women's Singles Finals Which Serena Williams Won And The Last All-Teen U.S. Open Tennis Women's Singles Final Before 2021. Total Nostalgia Kids!

Just finished watching coco win US open at a sold out stadium sized arena and it truly shows the magnificent difference the sisters made in tennis😅 looking at this court of just only a few thousands ppl I couldn't believe it's the same event

Who came here after seeing king Richard trailer 😅

This is when Serena was just beginning to be known. People were still saying, wow, this is Venus's sister.

Great player

loving to watch this,,,,i love my serena williams forever

No one who arrives a GS final isn't there undeserved, this match is an example Serena beat Seles and Davenport both favorites.

❤Queen Serena❤

amazing ❤️🤩🔥

Glad to see this 😁😁

The start of a legendary career.

That's great! Especially with what burning eyes two legends of world tennis look at each other when one is 19 years old and the other is 17 years old. Bravo! Women are Women in everything!

Serena played an even better match against Hingis in Semi-Finals of US Open 2001. Please upload that.

When the women’s tennis was fantastic, i think that was the gold era of women tennis 🎾

Great performance by Serena 👏❤️

Just at 17 Serena had the movement the athletic iusm. Poise mental toughness...grit and stamina to win her first of 23 slams....forever the goat Serena star Williams

So so much excited for Leylah Fernandez - Emma Raducanu match!! 🔥🔥

Compare this draw to the draw Emma radacanu had come on man looool

@natashastewart5610

Жыл бұрын

Why are people even mentioning Raducanu??? She has nothing to do with this video. Keep it focused people

It's 2022 and my eyes become watery over the beginning of the many,special, exhilarating, historical moments of SERENA GOAT. Martina Hingis was ,i believe #1 in the world here and by the expressions of amazement on her face ,she knows SERENA is to be taken seriously.

@mstwelvedeadlycyns

Жыл бұрын

Likewise!!

Serena has the TIMING of Răducanu at times :) im such a sucker for executions with timing !

@minavamp2811

2 жыл бұрын

this version of serena us open 1999 would beat raducanu us open 2021.

@natashastewart5610

Жыл бұрын

No, Raducanu has the timing of Serena at times. Get it right. 😆

What A match! Luv them both. THIS is the match that made me fall in luv for tennis.

Serena absolutely dominated women's tennis. She was unbeatable in 2012-16.

@marcusgraham5084

9 ай бұрын

And now, it's COCO GAUFF 2.0's turn to continue that legacy of dominance.

@user-px9dr3ni6y

8 ай бұрын

@@marcusgraham5084yeah but coco guaff is playing against easy players not like Serena or Venus playing against tennis players who have been playing for ages with many grandslams under their names

@marcusgraham5084

8 ай бұрын

@@user-px9dr3ni6y So basically, when Coco when wins in Mexico and achieves a CALENDAR SLAM next year, you're still going to hold on to your narative about her. OK then. Thank you to the people who didn't believe in me. You thought you were putting water to my fire, but really all you are doing is adding fuel; and now I'm shining so bright. ~ COCO GAUFF 2.0

@user-px9dr3ni6y

8 ай бұрын

@@marcusgraham5084 in this era of tennis for all the female players if they where to play all the woman I mentioned including Serena and Venus and I’m 90s none of These today era female tennis players would survive them. If Serena Williams was 17 and we brought her back to this era of tennis coco guaff wouldn’t even be winning

@marcusgraham5084

8 ай бұрын

@@user-px9dr3ni6y Maybe so. If that Coco was the OLD COCO. After what she display at Washington, at Cincinnati and then went on to win her first grandslam over the Summer. I would say with this new version of Coco, that match would be a hard fought one, which could go either way. The others would be beaten easily.

How it take y’all this long

What a star

Two girls playing wonderful tennis, Serena and Matina H

El primero de 23🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🏆🎾🎾

She blew Martina away with her Power!

Ese coraje que se le veía a serena en ese entonces, hambre de gloria😔😔😔

Its 2023 and coco guaff just beat number 1 player sabalenka from Russia in 3 sets to win her first slam at the age of 19 ... I think Serena here was a more complete player....at 17.... but coco is on her way to become a legend too...

it's not the same final, they already somebody, Hingis 1st and Serena 7th, tomorrow final, both of them are nobody at beginning of the US Open

Serena = Goat She is also the greatest server, male or female. To serve so precisely as she did with a 100 square inch frame is actually more difficult than doing so with a smaller hoop.

Martina was so humble yoooooooh,

One of the biggest sports stories that year

Who's in here when serena won her first grandslam title.

SERENA IS MY ROLE MODEL

I just had to come back!!!

Lo máximo Serena Williams estuvisteis espectacular 🤗🤗🤗 fanática 100% ya eres una leyenda del tenis , para mí la mejor 🙈👏👏👏🥰🥰

Martina Hingis is very cute. Is beautiful ❤

merci

Baby serena ❤️ ♥️ 😍 💕

Both so young, beautiful and fresh. Occassionally, you'll get that slight, knowing smirk that Serena always has had. But Martina too. I agree with an early commentor that she sees Serena as a force to be reckoned with. A lot of wild errant returns that the Swiss Miss just didn't know what to do with, or completely couldn't catch up too. But I recognize a little of her arrogance that other players came to respect if not hate. The judges of tennis history make me laugh when they talk of her broad teeth-filled smile when she thought she'd been had or that she had gotten one past her opponent. Martina was a straight up cold killer at the height of her reign. I always think it interesting when they only gloss over her name but if you look at the numbers, she's stacked with the top 5 if not the top 10 all time. In so many ways, she was no nonsense, and she killed with a smile. She was special out of will and did her thing her own way, much like Serena. which is likely why they made such appropriate opponents.

some might say it is better to be loved than feared. But the Swiss Miss was both hated and feared. She seems to have made out okay. ;)

(33:22) 1-2-3-4 Crazy Perfect🇨🇭

(39:07) (43:36) 이게 테니스지~!! 🇨🇭❤🇨🇭

Seems like female players move and hit so so much faster and harder nowadays. Didn't they have poly strings and powerful racquets back then?

@barrioboi14344

2 жыл бұрын

that's what u need to find out 🙂

@markpeter4304

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry but no one moved, moves faster thsn serena and v did back then as for harder, S and H are playing geometry tactical tennis nowadays mindless ball bashing .

@cupidslover3

2 жыл бұрын

The rackets are far more powerful now...much stiffer and more hollow, giving easier power even if you're not that physically strong. The poly strings came in about 2000...just after this and added more power and spin too.

Mashallah

Was she smiling or grimacing

How old were they ? What her raking were in that match ?

@ms.geegee3904

2 жыл бұрын

Serena was 17yrs old,not sure hingis age nor Ranking

@dorothygale1104

2 жыл бұрын

@@ms.geegee3904 Hingis was #1. I don’t know her age, but she wasn’t older than 19 because this was the last all-teen final. Serena was 17 and #7.

@barrioboi14344

2 жыл бұрын

@@ms.geegee3904 really not sure? dnt be ridiculous. u knw how old hingis and rank was at that time.

@minavamp2811

2 жыл бұрын

@@ms.geegee3904 serena was almost 18 and hingis was almost 19 in this match.

Anyone knows that what were their rank? Really cool to see both teenagers in us open final!

@michaelturner4845

2 жыл бұрын

I read that Hingis was ranked no1 & Serena was ranked no7 for that tournament.

@dionnegreece

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelturner4845 thank you so much!

@michaelturner4845

2 жыл бұрын

@@dionnegreece you’re welcome ☺️

@minavamp2811

2 жыл бұрын

hingis was ranked #1 and serena was ranked #8 during this match.

The start of the end for Martina Hingis

@broncoguy4862

8 ай бұрын

Probably began at the French Open this same year, in the infamous final against Graf in which Hingis behaved horribly and turned the entire crowd against her. A few weeks later she went out in the 1st round at Wimbledon, and would never win another Major.

I love the way you can hear her hair representing the way she’s hitting the ball💫

Beauty and the beast

@nozizwefulela3403

Жыл бұрын

So the beauty standards are measured in skin colour? Anyway what has a face anything to do with the skill of tennis. So shallow.

@wilcoxdaniel9825

Жыл бұрын

Who's the beast? You meant the BEST!

Serena will break the all time record of 24 grand slams set be Margaret Court...

@minavamp2811

2 жыл бұрын

as the days go by her chances of breaking 24 is getting slimmer and slimmer. if you are talking about her breaking 24 then her biggest mistake was having a baby after winning 23. even at 23 she is still considered to be the greatest female tennis player of all time. but everybody knows that serena's desire is to break that record, and i'm not sure if she can do it.

@missionhenrikson5474

Жыл бұрын

@@minavamp2811 Nope!

No commentators?

@dorothygale1104

2 жыл бұрын

This was the USTA’s feed, not the broadcast feed. The USTA feed is more of a historical record type of video purely focusing on the game. I’m sure the CBS feed with commentators of this match is posted on KZread.

🖤💛💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛

For me Martina was the most beautiful , charming and smartest player in history......very sad that injuries stopped her and she gets overpowered

@minavamp2811

2 жыл бұрын

even if she never got injured, she still wouldn't be as successful. the lack of power she has prevented her from winning more grand slams.

@kukulroukul4698

2 жыл бұрын

Martina was slow at runing AF

@monar6837

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved Hingis' game style.

@mikemitchell2958

2 жыл бұрын

@@minavamp2811 Monica Seles

@pureffm

Жыл бұрын

She retired when she got convicted of doping if I remember correctly, to avoid the fall out?