Courtesy of someone over at WTAWorld (this poster seems to know about tennis :) )

This is purely amazing. I knew she was good, but no this good :bow: :bow: :wub: :wub: and .... she's not finished yet! :tsk: :yahoo: :clap:

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I was asked by three people to start a thread about Henin's career since her ascent in 2003. She is on the cusp of being YE #1 for 3 of the past 5 years and her career stats since the year she won her first major explain why.

This thread is intended on celebrating Henin's accomplishments since her ascent in the WTA began in 2003. She's often overlooked for her accomplishments when compared to today's power players, but her numbers tell how she's surpassed her more powerful peers during this time period.

No one in the WTA has collectively been better than Henin the past five years. I looked at Clijsters, Davenport, Sharapova and the Williams Sisters numbers as well. I posted Clijsters and Davenports numbers in another thread because they were closest to Henin.

Henin has won more tournaments, won more single majors, made it to more semifinals and finals...and the list goes on. Her H-2-H record against today's top 20 since the year she won her first major really tells why she's been so great the past five years. Henin has a winning record over every player in the top 20 over the past five years with the exception of Venus Williams.

She's reached the semifinals 51 times of the 59 tournaments she's played since 2003.

She's reached the finals 38 times of the 59 tournaments she's played since 2003.

She won 29 of the 38 times she reached the finals in tournaments she's played since 2003.


Let's look at the numbers year-by-year:

2007 (FO Champion, #1 Ranking, USO TBD, YEC TBD)
Tournaments Played (10)
Semifinals (10)
Finals (7)


2006 (#1 YE Ranking, FO Champion, YEC Winner)
Tournaments Played (13)
Semifinals (12)
Finals (10)

2005 (FO Champion)
Tournaments Played (9)
Semifinals (5)
Finals (5)

2004 (Olympic Champion, AO Champion)
Tournaments Played (9)
Semifinals (7)
Finals (5)

2003 (#1 YE Ranking, French and USO Champion)
Tournaments Played (18)
Semifinals (17)
Finals (11)



Grand Slam Singles Victories since Henin's Ascent in 2003:

J. Henin (6) Olympic Gold (1)
S. Williams (4)
V. Williams (2)
M. Sharapova (2)
A. Mauresmo (2)
A. Myskina (1)
S. Kuznetsova (1)
K. Clijsters (1)



Weeks at Number One since Henin's Ascent in 2003:

J. Henin (78+)
L. Davenport (60)
A. Mauresmo (39)
S. Williams (35)
K. Clijsters (19)
M. Sharapova (14)


Tournament Wins since Henin's Ascent in 2003:

J. Henin (29)
K. Clijsters (24)
A. Mauresmo (16)
M. Sharapova (16)
L. Davenport (14)



There seems to be an overwhelming perception that Justine is only a clay court player. However, her hardcourt results would surprise many since the year she won her first grand slam title in 2003. Henin has won more tournaments on hardcourt than she has clay :


Henin Hardcourt Record and tournament wins since 2003:

131-19 (87%)

17 out of Henin's 29 tournament wins since her ascent in 2003 have been on hardcourt.


Henin Claycourt Record since 2003:

75-6 (93%)

10 out of Henin's 29 tournament wins since her ascent in 2003 have been on clay.



Henin vs Today's Top 20 Since Her Ascent in 2003 (78-18):

Henin has a winning record against every player in the today's top 20 since her ascent in 2003 except the great Venus Williams (0-1) January 2003 AO.

Henin v 2 Maria Sharapova (5-2)
Henin v 3 Jelena Jankovic (7-0)
Henin v 4 Ana Ivanovic (2-0)
Henin v 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova (14-2)
Henin v 6 Anna Chakvetadze (2-0)
Henin v 7 Amelie Mauresmo (8-5)
Henin v 8 Serena Williams (4-2)
Henin v 9 Nadia Petrova (10-2)
Henin v 10 Daniela Hantuchova (1-0)
Henin v 11 Marion Bartoli (2-1)
Henin v 12 Martina Hingis (2-0)
Henin v 13 Venus Williams (0-1)
Henin v 14 Dinara Safina (3-0)
Henin v 15 Nicole Vaidisova (3-0)
Henin v 16 Patty Schnyder (6-1)
Henin v 17 Elena Dementieva (4-2)
Henin v 18 Shahar Peer (1-0)
Henin v 19 Tatiana Golovin (2-0)
Henin v 20 Sybille Bammer (2-0)

Not Included (since Henin's ascent in 2003):

Henin v K. Clijsters (8-5)
Henin v L. Davenport (8-0)
Henin v J. Capriati (3-0)
Henin v M. Seles (2-0)
Henin v M. Pierce (4-1)

Henin Wins Olympic Gold (2004) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTz_V3xbjEA
No Strings: Henin (Part I of III) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWVt...elated&search=
No Strings: Henin (Part II of III) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AErEl...elated&search=
No Strings: Henin (Part III of III) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwjcWZawsqk


Henin is only one of four players in Open Era History to win a major the same year she ended ranked #1 three different times (inc 2007 which is looking more likely she will finished ranked #1). Only Graf, Navratilova and Evert accomplished that feat!

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I'm just so proud of what my little "find in 2001 Wimbledon S/F with Capriati" has achieved. I really didn't think she'd achieve ALL THIS with more to come :bow: :bow: :bow: :wub: :wub:

Awaiting WS fans to discredit it :whistle: :whistle: :D

Great stats :D

I must post some of Venus soon :whistle:

Should take you all of 2 mins to find out the information :whistle: :whistle:

Only joking, really, only joking roflmao :hug: :hug:

I'm not surprised, she is a fantastically gifted player!

However (and please note I am NOT a WS fan as such), her climb started, I believe, when the Williamses started to become intermittent with their participation in events due to injuries and losses of interest. they owned the tour the couple of years before of course, and has they been fit nearly 100% of the time between 2003-2005, I think the stats would be stained a little as I think they had too much for her at that time.

Mind I wouldn't say the same now! :D


People can look too much into stats sometimes though (I'm a maths student so I don't say that lightly!), at the end of the day I still dont think she is up there with the greats, she has to own the tour for a couple of years more for me to do that.

The competition is much tougher now not withstanding the rise of the Serbians.Yet Justine has been the most dominating player since 2003.She's expected to reach the finals of every tournament she plays...About being with the greats...well she's a clay court great already...towards the end of her career if she can grab the Wimbey..I believe she'll be up there.Nevertheless she's the one to beat today.The stats come as no surprise.

roflmao roflmao :bs: :bs:

QJ!!! :D

Long time no speak! :D

How are you? :)

I'm still right :P

Don't really want to jinx Justine. But I think she may have been the only player to reach SF or better in all her tournaments so far(11) recently.

The closest is Kim Clijsters back in 2003, 20 out 21 tournamets she got to SF or better. During that year Justine also came close to Kim, 17 out of 18 SF or better.

The stats just keep stacking up :clap:

Ok I know they dont win you tournament :blah: but they sure look nice :D

Hi ya :wave:

I'm back from catching up with all my sleep from 2 weeks of being up all night due to the USO roflmao

Anyway, just to add some more stats to the one I posted initially ....

Only player to beat William Sisters back-to-back and win a GS.

Her last three Grand Slam wins she won without dropping a set

She's just :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

:wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub:

Hey hey QJ!

Good to hear you've recovered and back on CC! :hug: :hug: Only thing is im of on saturday..untill christmas :(

but no doubt by the time im back justine will have done something else to add to this list ;) :wub:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!



The place won't be the same without you :(

Good luck at Uni - hope you make loads of new friends and look forward to hearing about it all when you get back!!

Heninator, I am sure you will have loads of time free at Uni to come on CC. Well, I had loads of time, may be I shoul dhave used it wisely.. Have fun at Uni though!