Origin
Open career →Tennis’s living graph
Bridges Across
Eras
Two players do not need to have shared a court for their stories to be connected. Find the shortest chain of head-to-head meetings between them.
Shortest path found
Serena Williams
reaches
C Mcwaite
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 5 links and 6 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 2 meetings11January 11, 1999 — March 5, 1999View Serena Williams × Steffi Graf →02 BridgeOpen career →Steffi Graf
1 meeting10June 25, 1984View Steffi Graf × Sue Barker →03 BridgeOpen career →Sue Barker
2 meetings20December 2, 1974 — December 1, 1975View Sue Barker × Dianne Berkinshaw →04 BridgeOpen career →Dianne Berkinshaw
1 meeting10November 29, 1976View Dianne Berkinshaw × Janet Campbell →05 BridgeOpen career →Janet Campbell
1 meeting10November 29, 1976View Janet Campbell × C Mcwaite →06 DestinationOpen career →C Mcwaite
How we calculate it
A search from both sides of history.
The portal traverses the head-to-head graph from both careers at the same time and stops at the first proven minimum distance. When a period is selected, only matches inside that window create links; walkovers never create connections.
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