Ten Most Beautiful Female Tennis Players of All Time

By: Biplob Kishore Deb

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Tennis is one of those sports events where fashion and glamour have a big impact. It is also known as one of the glamorous sports events in the world. Its history also talks in favor of it. Tennis was invented in the Victorian age and it was a popular source of pastime to young ladies. They were to walk smartly in the court to show their smartness which was important equally with performance. So, it is worthless to say that glamour and fashion both the two are inevitable in tennis. I tried to find some of the leading tennis players in terms of their beauty and fashion.

If you find anything should have been included in the article then put your opinion in the comment section.

Gabriela Sabatini

Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is the great Argentine tennis player who was very popular to her fans for both of her performance and beauty. Her talent first came in to light after she won her first Grand Slam at the age of 20 in US Open in 1990 defeating the then dominant player of tennis world Steffi Graff. However, it has been a hot topic for the tennis analysts to find the reason of Sabatini’s not winning any other Grand Slam in her entire career later on. Besides her performance in tennis she was equally active in modeling with her attractive elegant appearance. It was she who could easily attract people. She has been model for many products of different companies and some of the products were introduced by her name. To give you an idea about her modeling activities I am quoting from a website:

“Tennis star Gabriela Sabatini has launched Ocean Sun, a fragrance created by perfumer Christophe Raynaud with notes of mandarin, mango, pear, orchid, lily of the valley, violet, wood notes and white musk. (both above via cosmoty.de)”

Her own perfume named Grabriela Sabatini was marketed in 1989. Great American Doll Company launched a doll in the shape of a tennis playing Sabatini in 1994. She was elected as one of the 50 most beautiful people in 1992 by the People’s magazine. Sabatini is also famous for her humble and polite behavior with people. One of her greatest quotes is “When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.” She is also a member of international tennis hall of fame.

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Chris Evert

God gave this great tennis star both talent and beauty. This 18 Grand Slam winner could attract people by her unique appearance in and also out of court. Evert won her first Grand Slam when she was 19 and she became world no. 1 in the ranking in 1975. This 5 feet 6 inched tall glamour girl. She is of the pioneers of the modern tennis who added various dimensions in women tennis. Her fashion conscious dress up and design was very popular in her time. She also attended as model in some of the promotional programs of different products. She is a member of Tennis Hall of Fame and Tennis Magazine elected her as one of the 40 greatest tennis players of all time.

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Anna Kournokova

Kournikova, the former tennis player, is widely known for his glamour. This Russian hart-throb tennis player could easily become the dream girl of many of her fans. Her blonde long hair and physical beauty made her famous in both tennis court and outside. She became model of many products. In junior tennis level she got many successes at her early life. She holds the record of being the youngest player and winner in a professional tournament while she played in the Fed Cup at 14 in 1995. She was more successful as a doubles player in her short career. Many think that her career could not be so long for her involving in glamour world.

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Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf is considered as one of the greatest ever players seen in the tennis history. She won 22 Grand Slam in her career which is a record for both men and women in the open era. Her tennis performance coupled with her lucrative appearance made her popular both in and out of the court. She is the only player in the tennis history who could won Golden Grand Slam meaning she won all of the four Grand Slams in a year which is second to none. She has been the no. 1 of the ranking for many weeks. She won a gold medal in Seoul Olympic in 1988. Graf became model in some extent. She became a member of Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Mary Pierce

Pierce is also very famous for her fashion and beauty. This French tennis star won 2 Grand Slam in her career who formerly was at the number 3 in the ranking. Her beauty sometimes can surpass her performance in the court. This talented tennis star has been model for some of the products. Her golden hair and bigger eyes made her more beautiful. She is also well known for her fashion. She sometimes wires a band in her forehead during match. Fans of Pierce sometimes are introduced with something which proves her fashion concerned mind.

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Maria Sharapova

This Russisan glamour girl is a prominent tennis player too. Many critics were roaming around that she would not be able to prove her tennis skills due to her beauty as Kaurnikova did in her career. However, Sharapova has already proved her tennis skills as she became the 2004 Wimbledon champion and was the former number one player. Recently she won her second Grand Slams in US Open. Her golden colored long hair and physical beauty made her model for many products. She also became the model for many fashion magazines.

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Justine Henin-hardenne

Hardenne is the current number two in the world ranking. She is also very attractive for her physical beauty and fashion. She is just 1.68m tall but her tennis skill and beautiful appearance made her very famous to her fans. This Belgian won five grand slams in her career including Australian Open, French Open for three times consecutively and U.S. Open. She always wires a white color cap during her matches. Her slimy figure makes her more graceful. Her career earning is $12,019,473. In 2006 she was also appointed by UNESCO champion for sport.

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Sania Mirza

Sania has made renascences in the Indian tennis history. She is highest ranked tennis player ever for India. She is also very famous for her fashionable life style. She wears ornament in her nose while playing. For her physical beauty and glamorous appearance she became the first sportswoman to have featured in the cover page of the time magazine. She also became the one of this magazine’s 2005 list of Asia’s 50 heroes. Her tremendous performance in 2005 awarded her by the Most Impressive New comer award of WTA. Her short tennis dress made some controversies as many Muslims claimed that her dress does not go with the Muslim culture. She has become the recent sports idol of young players. She has given the fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri award. She became model for many advertisements.

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Martina Hingis

This former world number one is now at the 9^th position of the WTA ranking. Martina Hingis has won five Grand Slam titles in her career. She is also very popular for her physical beauty. She is only 170 cm tall but with her fashionable appearance. This Swiss made a lot of records as younger player in her career. She had declared his retirement form tennis in 2003 at the age of 22 after falling in a bad injury but in 2005 she returned to tennis. She always wires a half cap during her matches. She had been world number one for 209 weeks. She won 40 singles and 36 doubles titles in her career. Her career earning is $19,290,490. She has been at the 22^nd position in the list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era. Her fashion and graceful presence both in and out of the court make the photographers always busy in clicking their camera. Hingis became model for some products of some companies.

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