The Nine Channel commentator believes that you cannot really say, without any doubt, that is the greatest female tennis player of all time. There were a lot of legends in history, including , who won 24 and 22 Majors each, and who took 18 Slams home.
I know its very fashionable these days to do it on the number of grand slams youve won and theres no dispute that shes up there with the greatest names but after that its subjective, said Smith ahead of the quarter-final clash between Serena and Karolina Pliskova at the Australian Open.
I dont think its always accurate to make these judgments on grand slam titles alone, there are other factors that need to be considered. Smith added: I dont think its fair, particularly on Navratilova and Evert, who won 18 grand slams, to say they werent also the greatest players of all-time, because when they were playing a lot of the time they missed the French Open because theyd be playing an event in America called World Team Tennis.
They didnt always come down to Australia. So in their career, they didnt always play four Slams a year. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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