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
E Rushoy
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 1 meeting10August 10, 1998View Serena Williams × Larisa Savchenko →02 BridgeOpen career →Larisa Savchenko
1 meeting10July 21, 1990View Larisa Savchenko × Ellinore Lightbody →03 BridgeOpen career →Ellinore Lightbody
1 meeting01July 17, 1978View Ellinore Lightbody × Jill Cottrell →04 BridgeOpen career →Jill Cottrell
1 meeting10July 16, 1979View Jill Cottrell × A Steiger →05 BridgeOpen career →A Steiger
1 meeting10July 16, 1979View A Steiger × E Rushoy →06 DestinationOpen career →E Rushoy
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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