Wimbledon Re-Lived 1991: Sabatini’s moment, Graf’s title

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Sports & Recreation, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Going into Wimbledon in 1991, Steffi Graf’s supremacy was under threat. She hadn’t won a Grand Slam title for 18 months, she’d lost her No.1 ranking to Monica Seles, her father’s scandalous private life meant she was being hounded by the tabloids, and Gabriela Sabatini had emerged as a real rival.

But Graf rose above everything, dominating the draw before winning a classic final 8-6 in the third set against Sabatini.

How did Seles’ withdrawal pave the way for Graf? In what way did Sabatini revolutionise her game during her run to the 1990 US Open title to try to combat Graf? What made Graf such a formidable player? And does her career get the credit it deserves?

Finally, we hear from Christopher Clarey and Mary Carillo about why they loved watching Sabatini play and the reasons why they think she only won one Grand Slam title.

The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners each December.

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We will be doing daily shows throughout the original Wimbledon dates, looking back on some of the tournament’s best matches and most important stories. The 1991 final between Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini is split into parts 1, 2 & 3 on YouTube, while tomorrow’s match, Andre Agassi vs. Goran Ivanisevic from 1992, is available in full.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Mary Ann Bartoli.
0:01.9	I'm Matt Vylander.
0:03.0	This is Mary Carillo.
0:04.1	I'm Stan Ravinka.
0:05.1	I'm Lainey Nutt.
0:05.9	I'm Andy Murray.
0:06.8	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.7	Hello, everyone.
0:21.6	And welcome once again to the tennis podcast and episode four
0:25.8	of Wimbledon Relived when we are traveling back in time
0:29.8	to 1991 and what was at the time the longest ever women's final
0:36.1	between Steffi Graf and Gabriella Sebatini,
0:40.1	the top two seats in the championships that year.
0:42.3	And it was an absolute classic and one that we've all enjoyed
0:47.4	reliving up until just a few moments ago, David.
0:50.7	It was the very welcome return of NBC coverage with Bud Collins.
0:56.3	Yes.
0:57.3	And the joy as well as Dick Emberg and Tracy Austin was there.
1:01.4	And yeah, I mean, it was beautiful pictures
1:05.1	until the ball was actually on the court.
1:07.7	And we couldn't actually see the flight of the ball particularly well
1:10.0	because the court was so worn and it doesn't show up that well against it.
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