Top 5 Women's singles Wimbledon finals ever

There is no denying the fact that women’s tennis is extremely dramatic. And with the drama comes in all the excitement and the cheer and the glamour and craze surrounding it. The women tennis players, through the years have surprised us by not just their game but also by the spirit and enthusiasm which keeps the sport of tennis alive and colorful. As the Wimbledon week begins, we go back in history and bring to you, the story of some of the best women’s finals ever played at the Wimbledon Championships:

#1 Chris Evert Vs Martina Navratilova (1978)

Being the two best players in womens tennis for most of the 1970s and 1980s, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert had a huge fan following. In fact, they were so big that they met in close to 60 finals in their career but the 1978 Wimbledon final was an epic thriller. Evert was playing offensive but could not get the better of Navratilova when she ended up winning the title 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Eventually, Navratilova went on to win 9 singles titles spanning over 3 decades.

#2 Steffi Graf Vs Jana Novotna (1993)

Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf, the former world number 1 was a favourite for more reasons than one. Even today, Serena Williams aims to emulate Graf’s achievement and tries to break her record of winning 22 Grand Slam titles.

However much impregnable that feat sounds, we will have to wait and see where that goes.

Novotna dropped her first set but came back strongly in the second when she dropped just a single game in the second set. Novotna was close to victory as she was one point away from taking a 5-1 lead when Graf struck back to win the match.

The title was snatched away from Jana’s Novotna’s hands as she stood there and cried her heart out after the loss.

#3 Venus Williams Vs Lindsay Davenport (2005)

This was one of the longest final in the history of Wimbledon and one of the most incredible too. This was a power vs. power struggle for both the players as the crowd cheered and screamed in excitement. Davenport served at match point but shockingly Venus came back from there and hit some absolutely brilliant forehands to bring the final set to a nerve-wrecking tiebreaker. This somehow added another feather in Williams’ cap however we never saw Davenport again in any Grand Slam final.

#4 Ann Jones Vs Billie-Jean King (1969)

For the world, the 39 time Grand Slam winner Billie Jena King shoud not have been rattled by the even the most terrible of disasters in the game but this time she proved otherwise. It was the final of the Wimbledon Championships in 1969 when she found herself pitted against Englands Ann Jones who was the obvious choice of the British crowd.Kind played her best tennis but the crowd was hell-bent on yelling their heart out to cheer for Ann and this helped her win the giant plate as she defeated Billie Jean King in this finale match.

#5 Martina Navratilova Vs Zina Garrison (1990)

Martina Navratilova, set a record when she won 9 Wimbledon singles titles and the world thought this woman could play some brilliant tennis. But the 33 year old had lost the two previous finals against Steffi Graf and time was slipping away. This was Navratilova’s 18^th and final Grand Slam title as she won the title without even dropping a single set in all of her 7 matches. She won this match against Garrison 6-4 6-1 and mettle.