# T.Henman vs S.Williams **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-henman-vs-s-williams/185674 "2003-07-01T23:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![welloso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@welloso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welloso)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-henman-vs-s-williams/185674/1 "2003-07-01T23:00:27Z")
Who would win a match between these two? If Miss Williams were to be in the mens tour , where would she be ranked? I say top 10. what do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_B.Goode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-henman-vs-s-williams/185674/2 "2003-07-01T23:22:15Z")
Women’s tennis is now played at a higher standard than ever before. Serena, being the best female player in the world right now, is probably the best woman tennis player ever. Having said all that, if she played Tim Henman or any other player in the Men’s top 50, she would be lucky to win a game. Back when Chris Evert was the number 1 tennis palyer in the world, she couldn’t beat her brother who was a club player. In 1973, a 55 year old former Wimbledon Champion, Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court (the 1970 winner of the Grand Slam) 6-2, 6-1 and was subsequently beaten in straight sets by top women’s player Billy Jean King later that year. I know that women’s tennis has advanced considerable since that era but, in many ways, so has men’s. The level of athleticism and the speed and power displayed in tennis today is unmatched. I find no reason to believe that the gulf between the men’s game and the women’s is any smaller. IMHO, Serena Williams, as great as she is, would struggle win a set against any men in the top 100. In fact, I would be surprised if she could beat some of the guys on the men’s Masters tour like McEnroe or Cash. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-henman-vs-s-williams/185674/3 "2003-07-02T00:52:18Z")
Something tells me this thread is in the wrong forum… ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-henman-vs-s-williams/185674/4 "2003-07-02T00:55:25Z")
Duplicate thread. See [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194734](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194734)