Talk:Margaret Smith Court

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"...with their image placed on a postage stamp of Australia as seen here."

There is no link or image. (I failed to turn one up with a quick web search.) Molinari 00:48, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Court's Reputation

I am posting this here as a question ...

I was very much into women's tennis for decades, from the 70's through the 90's. However, I never heard Margaret Court talked about as the greatest woman player of all time. Indeed, I often got the feeling that Court wasn't that highly regarded by her peers and by critics (in terms of her talent and performance).

Did I just get the wrong impression, or is there some reason why Court isn't considered the greatest player of all time? Or is she? I'd love to hear your comments.--Caleb Murdock 01:20, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Whether she's the greatest of all time is a matter of opinion. However, she was extremely highly regarded by her peers and the tennis-loving public during her time and for years later. How could she not be respected when you look at achievements such as:

• more Grand Slam titles (62) than any other person, male or female. Martina Navratilova, for all the incredible hype that surrounded her astounding career, managed only 59
• more Grand Slam singles titles (24) than any other person. The next best was Steffi Graf (22)
• more Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (19) than any other person. The next best was Doris Hart (15)
• one of only 5 people to win a calendar-year singles Grand Slam (1970). She is in such exalted company as Don Budge, Maureen Connolly, Rod Laver and Steffi. Maybe Roger Federer will join them in 2007, who knows. Quite a select bunch.
• won two calendar-year mixed doubles Grand Slams (1963, with the same partner; 1965, with 3 different partners)
• one of only three people to win a career "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles in all categories (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) at all 4 championships (the other 2 were Doris Hart and Martina N.)
• shares the record of 6 consecutive Grand Slam singles titles with Maureen Connolly and Martina N.

That her star was waned from the public spotlight has more to do with her choice to become a minister of religion and no longer seek the limelight; not to mention the fickleness of the sporting media which is all about "the next big thing", who's making news right now, and referring to retired players, absurdly, as "former greats". Her achievements made her great, and no passage of time can ever change that.

Not to mention that she came from Albury, NSW, upon the relevance of which I am prevented by modesty from elaborating. JackofOz 05:56, 29 January 2007 (UTC)