FOUR TIMES that Men and Women Faced Off in Tennis

Have you ever wondered how a top female player like Serena Williams would face up against the best male tennis players in the world? Would you also be surprised to learn that a match like that has already happened?! We have at least FOUR examples of Men vs. Women singles matchups throughout tennis history, so let's analyze their history, results, and why we probably won't see another battle of the sexes anytime soon...

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[bobisrighturwrong]

McEnroe is such an honest guy. When that lady stated "I'm just waiting for you to apologize", his answer was simply, uh no.

[quinsey]

Men in tennis - "we can beat serena"
serena - "they can beat me"
media - "NO ONE COULD BEAT HER!!!"
lol

[treybenson]

“Do you think Serena Williams is the best in the world?” “No. Would you like to see?” “No, but would you like to apologize?” The media is a joke 😂😂

[Raggmopp-xlyf]

Serena Williams was probably surprised by her loss to a man ranked so low. She even admitted they purposely chose someone that low b/c they thought he'd been easy to beat and it'd be a lopsided win for her. She was very shocked that he crushed her and readily admitted that men - even less talented men - have a HUGE advantage over women in sports. Seriously, I was impressed by her honesty and people need to shut up about the whole thing.

[captccklap]

Content Creator: Here's a video with facts

YouTube reviewer: So you have chosen _demonitization_

[Vikturusk]

People need to realize. Being offended doesn’t mean you’re right.

[lenchenes]

McEnroe didn't say sorry is satisfying.

[paulbortolazzo]

The same year Chris Evert won the French Open and number one in the world, she played a practice match against her older brother! Drew was a member of the Auburn University men’s tennis team. He beat her on clay 6-0, 6-0!

[rinzler]

I will always enjoy the fact that the Williams sisters claimed they'd beat any man outside the top 200, and a guy outside the top 200, after 2 beers, crushes both of them.

[crazedvidmaker]

He wasn't flippant toward the serena, he was flippant toward the interviewer, who was pretending not to know that female tennis players can't beat male tennis players. She wanted him to play along, for him to also pretend not to know this, and he refused.

[lazzloshiva]

"Oi, bet you can't beat the Williams sisters"
"Hold my third beer..."

[murph]

The worst part about the MacEnroe comment was that he got so much hate for it but Serena agreed with him. It’s a good publicity stunt but no one who actually plays tennis would ever say that the women and men are equal. Don’t believe me, look at Serena’s interview about it.

[ChrisMcKee]

Mans played golf and drank some beers with some friends then beat both Williams sisters in tennis handily in the same day. What an absolute legend.

[johntheknight]

"Would you like to apologize?"
"Uhm, no?"


LOL

[zerotolerance]

If women were on the same level as men athletically, there wouldn’t be “women’s sports”.

[DavidSmith-fsqj]

The match few remmember is the 1992 battle between legends Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova. Connors was 40, past his prime and Navratilova was 35, and still a force in the game. The court was specially painted so that Martina had the full court while Jimmy only had the singles court, and on top of that Martina had two serves while Jimmy had only one. Jimmy defeated Martina 75 62. Why was he only allowed the singles court and why onlyone serve. One thing is for certain, if Martina hasd won, we would have never heard the last of it, there would have been books, films and documentaries.

[hannaht]

as a woman, it upsets me when ppl can’t accept this, bc to me it’s a logical conclusion based purely on biology
the male body is faster, stronger, and taller than the female body because of GENETICS - so the best man/men will always beat the best women in sports, NOT because women don’t work hard enough or are inferior or something, but because men were literally born with the necessary biological makeup to do it all better
so because of the science, to me there should be no shame in admitting that men are better at athletics based competitions
no one is criticizing the dove for being slower than the eagle - it’s to be expected
yet people still admire the way both birds fly
in my opinion, it takes away from all of a female athlete’s hard work when she/others try to compare her to males
it’s apples to oranges, and the categories are separate so that competition is actually fair and enjoyable for both sexes

[gomezaddams]

Not a single person who truly knows tennis would seriously say the #1 woman, whoever she was, could beat a male pro ranked in the top 600. Hell, she wouldn’t be able to beat most top Division 1 male players. Pro level males just serve too hard, hit too hard, and move too fast. It’s not sexist, it’s biology.

[olliminati]

Interviewer: Would you like to apologize...for stating facts?
John: Um? No?

[MrPaulMorris]

Serena Williams herself said in interview that she would stand no chance against similarly ranked male players; "If I played Andy [Murray] I'd be lucky to take a single game. Men's and women's tennis are totally different sports."