Justine Henin Best Points â The Federer of Women's Tennis
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- Justine Henin WTA best points. Justine won seven Grand Slam singles titles: winning the French Open in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the US Open in 2003 and 2007 and the Australian Open in 2004. At Wimbledon, she was the runner-up in 2001 and 2006. She also won a gold medal in the women's singles at the 2004 Olympic Games and won the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 2006 and 2007. In total, she won 43 WTA singles titles.
One of my favorite female tennis player ever!
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Henin was the Federer of the WTA., the preparation to hit that one handed backhand with that kind of power is astonishing for such a tinny short girl, just incredible technique. a joy to watch.
Yep, amazing player!
Best looking one handed backhand I have seen on Womenâs Tour. Like a mix of Stan and Rogers. And a absolute all round game. She was awesome.
Amazing player! Miss her a lot
She is my all time favourite women's tennis player. Thanks for this video.
You're welcome man. Glad you liked it!
mine too
Same here
Her backhand was untouchable!
Justine was the best! And she was so much smaller than most of her major opponents. But she bossed them around. Pure skill and grit.
Yessirrr, amazing player
True
she's an amazing player, but certainly not the best..2007 when she dominated was because Serena had injuries..she even lost to Bartoli and Mauresmo in her Wimbledon bid...she was backed by the French and fellow Belgians in the French open, where she had 4 slams, and intimidated her opponents by their hooting and taunting, she's a good player, but lets not over label.
She was never the best
@@angel91485 She DID achieve world #1. If you want to go on about negating circumstances, we can go into Serena's extensive PEDs use and the secret waivers she got from sports' governing bodies.
She retired at world #1 like a boss. One of the best in the history of the game.
Definitely Robert!
I think she retired at exactly the right time
she retired in humiliation after Serena Williams beat her in their only Grand Slam final and she crashed out of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the next year at the Australian
@@bryanmartin5901 ahh cut that nonsense if you don't understand what you're talking about. Henin retired first in 2008 because she was very sick. She had contracted the Cytomegalovirus, which certainly wasn't a good thing as it is. Further, she had developed a very setious autoimmune condition that left her completely drained of all energy and unable to do basic tasks, much less play tennis at the highest level. When she came back and lost to Serena in the 2010 AO, she was still (and still is to this day) sick.
What we saw Henin do from 2007 on was her at a greatly reduced level. Before her sickness, she was a talent and achiever on par with Serena, with both of their career trajectories pretty much set for 10+ Grand Slams. Give the woman the respect that she has earned. She battled back from career-ending sickness and was stopped only by the GOAT of women's tennis
@@bryanmartin5901 she was coming out of retirement and still made the final..she would've beaten Serena if she had match practice
Gosh I missed this girl! So talented
Yeppp
What an era of women's tennis..Hennin, Clisjters, venus, Serena, Jankovic, Sharapova, Dementiva..Golden Era
You're damn right!
hello, why Jankovic is in there..
KETAN KUMAR Mauresmo, Kuznetsova , Dementieva, Capriati
Serenaâs not a woman
Henrik Wilhelm Patton you know it because youâre a trans person too
My favorite female player of all time. Heck, she's probably my favorite player of all time.
I guess you enjoyed the video then haha
Roger Federer. The Justine Henin of menâs Tennis.
Yess hahha
Thales of Miletus ehhh youâre the one needs to do the thinking. You completely missed the point. It was a comment on the absurdity of someone having to use a male player comparatively to justify a female playerâs ability. All I did was turn it around to highlight that. So your pointless diatribe is completely invalid. Youâre not the sharpest tool in the box are you?
@@tanyakirilina941 this is a feminist shit, instead of being gender equality, you just want woman supremacy.
She retired too soon. I stopped watching tennis when she retired again.
Roger started first so đ
She was the most elegant female player I have seen in my life
She was awesome!
Great days when she was dominating WTA, miss this kind of style playing on womens.
We all do Santiago!
check out Iga Swiatek
@@tendrugimichal absolutely. there are a number of solid women's players on tour right now
@@tendrugimichal Iga is more than a good player, but her playing style is not similar to Justine's in any manner except heavy topspin. Iga could hit a variety of shots but net play remains a more marginalized part of her game and she tends not to approach forward as frequently as Justine did. This may partly due to her extreme western grip that makes it difficult to hit low bouncing balls. What really differs her from other current WTA players is her placement of shots. She could hit extremely wide shots with great pace and spin from both wings. She is much more all-rounded than most current pro players but her tactical system is still baseline based.
@@user-zw1vq3oy4dOsaka is better than
All-court attacking player, with a complete game and such resolve. What a pleasure to watch the game
Loved to watch her
Iâm lucky to live 5 minutes away from her academy where she is frequently. She is very kind!
That's awesome. Try to show this video to her!
@@RogerThatTennis Oh I would be quite strange to be honest aha. But I remember that the first time I saw her, i was so stressed to ask her for an autograph that i asked her but I forgot to bring a pen. I had to go back to my mom in a hurry for a pen aha !
@@olivierdusart6588 hahaha that's funny. Let's hope CZcams recommends it for her then
You lucky devil. đ
so lucky.... Envy
She was really unstoppable in 2007, won 2 of the 3 slams she participated in.
Yep, she was on fire back then
At last the much awaited video I was looking forward to. What a player Henin was, her style of play was so reminiscent to that of Federer. Her one handed backhand was a treat to watch. Thanks for the video man, eagerly awaiting for part 2 now đ
Thanks for your comment! Love to hear it
This is what I have been saying for years. Finally a video to showcase Justines skills.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Definitely reminds me of Roger. Effortless style, insane touch and volley, passing shots and slices come naturally, and of course a wicked one hander.
Couldn't agree more!
The matchups against Clijsters were đ„đ„đ„
Insane brother!!
She's the only female player I've genuinely enjoyed watching and would make time to see her play
Yeah, I kinda like other girls as well like Clijsters, Andreescu, Henin, Azarenka, Svitolina and a few others... But I definitely miss Justine quite a lot!
Federer is the only male player I enjoy to watch
what about maursemo?
Thanks for this! After Steffi Graf retired in 1999, I didnt watch any tennis until I saw Henin at 2001 FO for the first time and that was when I started watching tennis again. She was truly a super talented player and a joy to watch. PS: I only started following men's tennis after Federer's first Wimbledon victory! :)
Awesome Zui! Hope you enjoyed the video :)
@@RogerThatTennis I definitely did! Look forwrard for more videos - I already subscribed too! :)
@@zuichiang5088 Thanks a lot!
I still havent gotten into womens tennis as much as i was when steffi graf was still playing
Henin was a joy to watch. Thanks for the upload bro đ đŸ đ»
Glad you enjoyed it man!
As a Belgian, I grew up watching Henin and Clijsters play at all the big tournaments, facing off against other greats such as Mauresmo, Sharapova, Davenport and the Williams sisters. When they played against eachother, I always rooted for Clijsters (since sheâs Flemish), but when it comes to pure technique and skill, Justine was simply unmatched. When watching womenâs tennis today, I canât help but feel that, unlike in menâs tennis where weâve had the big three, the overall intensity and consistency has dropped and that any of the names I just mentioned in their prime would easily dominate the current generation. (Actually, Serena has already proven this the last couple of years)
Great comment!
I'm Flemish too, but I always rooted for Justine! My dad rooted for Clijsters. I remember we went to the Diamond Games and were so lucky to have tickets to a match where they played one another (I guess in 2003, semi-finals?). Justine lost to Kim. :-( I really, really wanted her to win. I guess unlike most of the rest of the crowd, there. There was another Flemish lady behind me who also rooted for her but kept yelling 'Go, Christine!', so I'm not counting that. ^^ In the end, I was very happy for Venus, since she wanted that Diamond Cup so badly. After that match, though, Justine pretty much won every single one of her duels with Kim, and went on the win Roland Garros (against Kim). Yay!
Henin really is the female Federer. Unbelievable skill, execution, vision, and touch. She is only about 5' 5", which makes her success that much more amazing. She was very, very under-sized in the generation that she came up in when women and men alike had started to understand ideal exercising and training to maximize the physical aspects of their game. For tennis players, there are obviously many ways in which this shift benefits the taller and stronger players more. In an era when other players including Clijsters had started to lift weights and bulk up, Henin was the last one to not go that route and relied solely on skill and technique. And she had so much of it that it pretty much always made up for what she lacked in size and strength. You would rarely see Henin get bullied and overwhelmed on the court by some of the strong players when the shift first happened and most of the women who didn't work out suddenly found themselves getting blown off the court. She really was amazing, and the last time I found women's tennis as interesting as men's. Her backhand was exquisite - I remember seeing her hit upwards of 95 mph on her backhand at times, which is damn fast even for men. Federer's own backhand has rarely exceed 95 mph, and she hit between 85-90 on that wing consistently. Forehand - also a comparably destructive weapon as and similar technique-wise to Federer's... she could really flatten it out and just crush the ball constantly. Net play - one of the few players in the last 20 years who had truly high proficiency at volleying in the day of baseline rallying. She also rocked the drop shot too, and it was just as pretty as Federer's
Who knows, maybe if she worked out and got stronger she would have been able to get even better and win more titles, but its awesome to watch a person who really embodies the idea that the skill is what truly matters. The fact that she could consistently hit from either wing as fast as some of the fastet men's shots (in excess of 90-95 mph) is the ultimate testament to the importance of skill to the game of tennis. Most of her far taller and stronger rivals couldn't top 85 mph on their groundstrokes. Super cool to see this little woman on the court with the big game.
Didn't she change her fitness coach and work out more after 2002 season? Which led to her winning 2 slams the following year and bitter papa Clijsters accused Henin of doping
Very nicely put words on henins talent
Henin was dominant at Roland Garros and Federer was not only winning once and much more telling he didn't even EVER once win either of two of the three clay masters in Monte Carlo or Rome in a 20 year plus career. Even allowing for Nadal that shows that he's not comparable on clay relatively. Henin was a much more accomplished clay player winning RG 4 times in a much shorter career. She never won Wimbledon even once on the flip side. Just because she had a one-handed backhand doesn't make her like Federer or vice versa.
@@huzcer the very valid point is that in essence, she is. i completely agree with that.
roger had more style, but hey...
id have loved to see a match-up between those two đ
â@@huzcer dude federer is one of the best claycourt players.
Pound for pound, she's no doubt the best. Precision and power!
Great girl!
This is not good! She has not enough pounds for that! đ Inches also not good. So... how to describe her greatness? Pound for pound squeared? Hm, maybe. đ
She is absolutely amazing. Thank you Justine for years of wonderful tennis. Love you to bits.
Love this woman!
So glad to see this again, I miss her so much!!!
Miss that girl as well!
What impresses me more than her beautiful backhand is her impeccable footwork. I donât think I could find any woman that has the footwork of Henin ... ever!
The split step, the immediacy of returning to the center, how she sets herself up for shots, how she uses them to generate pace. Itâs all beautiful, and unrivaled to this day. Only the men do it better
If someone has another female tennis player that comes close to this, please let me know!
That's true man she moves extremely well!
Thanks for showcasing Justine Henin. She is one of my favorite female tennis players. She had an all around game. Graf would be my 1st pick as far as all around game. Henin a close second. I like Serena too, but as far as great volliers, Graf and Henin were just outstanding volliers.
Really liked her as well! Glad you enjoyed!
She is the best all court style player the womenâs Game ever had.
Love her style!
Rightly said, thats why she won 23 Grandslam. Wow
@@manupeni , she is probably the highest technical women player of all times
@@ollinteco Yes the highest technical player of all time while Billie Jean and others had more than 10 grandslam. I wonder why, what went wrong for her not to be able to win everything being the highest technical player! wow beats rationality.
@@manupeni youâre so smart
Keep uploading , I Will watch her forever as she was my forever favarite.
Thanks again
Part 2 is already up! Make sure to watch it :) czcams.com/video/K5QSISKdG6g/video.html
Love watching Henin. Her and Graff are my two favorite female players.
Awesome girls!
Thank you. Sheâs my all-time favourite and such a joy to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
My favourite all time female tennis player with one of the best one handed back hands in both the women and mens game
Let me know which videos you'd like to watch next!
Could you do a video on the best points from the Williams sisters in the late 90s to early 2000s?
If it's not possible, that's ok. I love your content!
@@calvin9187 Thanks a lot man!
The only player who could dominate Serena when playing well. Henin retired way too early - what an athlete! Her improvement on her serve and forehand as her career progressed was remarkable!
Love that girl
She was 25 when she first retired!! And 28 the second time!!
@@Carlos-fn2hl So young!
Indeed! Retired way too soon! She had a great career nonetheless đȘ
@@mythead6669 Yep, amazing career!
Best women's player i've seen. Sheer joy to watch her. Sad she retired early.
Miss her a lot!
If I had to describe the key to Justine's game, it would be: timing and technique. Her shots are just so crisp, and she is able to use the pace of her opponents' groundstrokes to generate the power from her own shots. Truely a unique player, and one of the most fondly remembered.
Have to agree with that!
I'm from Belgium and this era when we've had Henin AND Clijsters on the court was PURE GOLD.
That must have been amazing times for Belgium Kim!
@@RogerThatTennis Indeed !
Henin was without a doubt the most complete player probably in woman's tennis history. I cannot think of another female that possessed all of her skill sets not even today. Mental toughness check, fitness check, fh power check, bh power check, slice and squash shots check, serve check, 2nd serve kicker check, volleys fh and bh check, foot speed check, improvisation check. If she was 5 11 there would have been no Serena era Justine would have bullied them all.
Great woman this Justine was!
Because she was pint sized and absolutely fearless I always dubbed her "my little warrior". The fierceness with which she fought... man... tremendous! And then her speciality, de passing backhander straight along the outer line, preferably in the corner. Unstoppable. She was a real punisher.
Simply the best female tennis player ever, from the point of view of technical skills... she just retired way too early. And all along her career, she had an insane level of competition from some other incredible champions (I don't need to put names, we all know who are these other all time greats). By far, the most competitive years in top level female tennis of any time.
With her absolutely deadly backhand, she was able to make the two-hander look like an old and fairly inadequate type of shot.
Definitely one of the best ever!
Henin.. Simply the best âđ
Daleee
Great highlights! Maybe next time you can include some from her 03 US Open semi with Capriati, my favorite match of all time!
Thank you!! Thanks for the advice!
Capriati is very nasty and bitter.
To this day, still the best one hand backhand in womenâs game. No one is close to hers..
Agreed!
Big fan of Justine Heninđ she was amazing, her one handed backhand, simply too goodđ
Ohhh how i miss Justine, she was such a thrill to watch
Absolutely :)
Henin was the true talent who could do anything. Beautiful tennisplayer to watch.
She was amazing. That glorious backhand which, as a 2-hander, I could never hit. Actually it kinda makes my wrist hurt to watch but man is it sweet
Hahaha yeah it's a beauty
The Best female player I ever see
She's great!
BEST WOMAN'S TENNIS PLAYER I'VE EVER SEEN
Great gal!
Technique aside, it was still great to watch her because of her mental fortitude, balance, and she didn't screech.
Totally agree!
Flawless
HavenÂŽt seen anything like her yet! a true master of her domain! the closest thing as a great all around player would be Ash Barty when playing her very best, or maybe Andreescu also at her very best. I am not saying the winning game or champions mind as there are many AMAZING players with huge weapons who have writen history, but just the mastery of every shot in the book, the variety, the volleys, the transition game, the feel and the tactic aproach. Thanks for this upload, miss this petite wonder!
Glad you liked it!
The only female tennis player who doesnât grunt too much other players.
For me she is the best player , with small body ,she can beat almost all women tennis player with big body and big power
Yep!
can you help me understand.? Is it advantageous to have small body being a tennis player?
@@cyriljacob4839 I don't think. In terms of agility probably but for a great service a taller frame is definitely advantageous and for the reach.
As a belgian, having both Henin and Clijsters at the top of Women tennis at the same time was a blessing. I can't be objective here, but Henin was my favorite player by far. I've the feeling she could have had a longer career. But still a remarkable one.
A lot of love from Belgium đ«¶
Thanks Pakos!
My favorite as well. Loved to see her and Roger dominate the tennis. Justine didnt win Wimbledon but still her stylish gameplay certainly resembled Roger's.
Thanks for the comment mate! I feel like you were the only one who agreed with me haha
Nice moments! I miss Dementiva in the court!
Thanks father
Sometimes, when I'm in need of inspiration before a match, I just watch Henin's videos.
Yessir! Come back to my videos hahah
She's the only female tennis player I love. Classy and simply the best!
I like quite a few of them but Henin was one of my favorites!
1. Retired when she was number 1
2. One of the few female players who mastered singled handed backhand
3. Was grand slam winner during the time when resources for Tennis were minimal in Belgium
4. Half the size of William sisters, still whopped their asses (No offence to williams here)
All time GOAT in my view. I enjoyed her every match whatever the result was. She was deadly combination of class and power.
Amazing player!
I espesially enjoyed the Serena Williams matches i remember because it was always brute force against artistry and these matches are a showcase on how technic can sometimes beat power and intimitation... always great to watch
She really was incredible!
She really was
This was the golden era of WTA. Aside from the Williams sisters, there were Kim and Henin. They are all tennis legends.
Never a thumbail was so real! Womans GOAT
Thanks!
Watching in 2022đ Allez!!!
Alleezz
Federer was the Steffi Graf of menâs tennis.
Even Justine would agree. She called Steffi the most graceful and elegant player of all time.
great player , one of the best backhands in the game ,
For sure!
Henin, Hingis and Mauresmo were the only female players that I religiously watched their matches growing up. Miss these legends.
Beautiful to see!
My fav player ever! No one else could ever play like her
Missing her!
Henin is just goddess of talent
She was an insane player!
Justine was amazing.. We miss you !
I know people talk a lot about her topspin backhand but her backhand slice and forehand are actually my favorite shots of Justine.
I love those as well!!
Gotta love her backhand!!!!
Yessirr
I noticed one thing in this video. That is, Sharapova grunts even for drop shots.
Hahaha yes she does
I love hennin đ«đđ
Amazing player :)
Often, she's just in defence, but still manages to take control of the ball and whin the point. Sublime.
Henin - the most talented female tennis player and the best player of her generation and the best player in the world and unrivaled for 5 years (2003-2007).
Slams won since Henin entered her prime and until her retirement:
Henin- 7
Serena- 3
Venus- 2
Mauresmo- 2
Sharapova- 2
Clijsters - 1
Kuznetsova - 1
Myskina - 2
If she hadnât retired at 25, she would have become the greatest of all time for sure.
La Ășltima jugadora con la que yo me llenĂ© los ojos viendo tenis. Era una alegrĂa prepararse el dĂa que ella iba a jugar una semifinal o final de un torneo, porque ya sabĂa de antemano que iba a disfrutar mas allĂĄ del resultado.
Probably the most technically complete player of the past 20 years..., forehand, dropshots, volleys, slices, lobs, good serve considering her height, and of course the greatest backhand of all time... she had speed, finesse and power, and was a true all courter as she could play as a baseliner or even as an S&V player, ... A pitty she had such a short career. Definately an underarchiever.
Great player indeed!
You canât really say she is an underachiever when she lacked the competitive drive and motivation to keep pushing herself. She was very mental tough and competitive when she was on top, but as soon as things would get tough she gave up. She didnât underachieve IMO.
@@regulusarcturus well, we have different opinions i guess. I was saying that IMO she was the most complete player of her generation. Kind of like the Federer of female tennis.
When I used to watch Women tennis, she is the reason
Her technique, speed, footwork is just extraordinary. I think she has the most beautiful technique I've ever seen. So pure.
Justine Henin in my opinion is the greatest female athlete the game has ever seen. Her body was built for Tennis and her backhand I would say is the best one handed backhand ever, men or women.
Yeah definitely and exceptional athlete
Justin is so brilliant . I just remember her one handed backhand....wowww.
She is comparatively smaller than others but the power, o my God
She is outstanding!!
One of my two favourite ladies payers of all time, with Hsieh Su-Wei. Unbelievable strength and ability from such small frames. Legends.
One of my favorites as well!
She should come back and teach all these youngsters a tennis lesson đ
That'd be beautiful
The best in the world for a long period
Amazing how strong a little woman can be
Very technical and the best backhand ever
Definitely top 5 of all time in woman tennis
Definitely not in the top 5. Serena, Graf, Court, Wills, Navratilova, Evert, Seles, King and Connolly are all considerably greater than her and Venus, Goolagong, Bueno and Lenglen also have a stronger argument in the all time rankings than Henin.
Henin is somewhere around #10-#15 all time.
Points on 6mins 27 and the point after tat are so good its not even fair.
Crazy indeed
Amazing stats across relatively short career. Impressive.
Insane player!
The last 2 topspin backhand winners of Henin I just went "woa..." I've never seen a female player hit the backhand like that before or after her.
Ashley Barty, besides her dh backhand, imo has the game and variety shot making like Henin. Actually her one handed slice backhand is probably the best in WTA, her slice backhand destroys her opponents.
Great point furionese!
Killer backhand!!
The actual female tennis player havent the backhand like Henin. The best backhand Justine !!
Gotta love her
Great video compilation. I really hate to be that âwokeâ guy, and I know what you are trying to say, but Justine Henin won 7 grand slam tournaments on her own merit. She is the Justine Henin of womenâs tennis! She shouldnât have to be characterised by a man. Much as I love Federer #strongwomen
Thanks for the comment! I didn't mean to be sexist, I just think her style of play is kinda similar to Roger. But I get that she's very unique as a woman as well!
The player who played chess on court means only Justine Henin
Beast!!
I think Martina Hingis fits that description better. Justine was a huge hitter. Maybe about the biggest pound for pound I can think of for a woman player.
@@ChaunceyDos Nice comparison!
Nice sound editing
You like it?
@@RogerThatTennis very nice transitions đđœ
@@thomascruisethetallone4404 lol I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not haha
She had mad skills. One of the most talented ever, men and women.
Loved watching her.
I loved her! Her and Serena my fav players ever
Definitely. Great player
100% right : The Federer of Women's Tennis !
Thanks Daniel!
She was something special.â€