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Originally Posted by fundmark19

How does that make it a joke? Have you even bothered looking at stats?

There have been 5 WTA players in last 10 years ranked #1 at year end
There have been 5 ATP players in last 10 years ranked #1 at year end

Here is a list of players who were ranked 1st without having won a GS. It really isn't that big

Players who were ranked World No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament

Player Date of first No. 1 position - First GS final reached -First GS WIN
Kim Clijsters 08/11/20032001 French Open(06/2001)2005 US Open(1 of 4)
Amélie Mauresmo 09/13/041999 Australian Open(01/99)2006 Australian Open(1of2)
Jelena Janković 08/11/08 2008 US Open (09/08) N/A
Dinara Safina 04/20/09 2008 French Open (June, 2008) N/A
Caroline Wozniacki 10/11/10 2009 US Open (09/09) N/A

Joke may have been a harsh word and for that I apologize.

Women's tennis USED to be good, heck, it was really worth watching. But that was long time ago. Back when we had Henin, Williams sisters, Clijsters, Sharapova...

Now we have (had) #1's such as Safina, Jankovic, Ivanovic, Wozniacki...but were they REALLY the best? Yes, they had the most ranking points, what else....but IMO they weren't really the best. Henin when she played for example was the best. You knew she was the favourite to win every tournament she entered. It was very rare she lost prior to semi's/finals. That's what's lacking in women's tennis right now. Someone you can truly call the best. Maybe not just one, but 2, 3 players fighting for that spot. Sort of what we have on the men's side.

I hope it's just a phase, that we'll see some improvement in the near future.