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
Gail Bates
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 4 links and 5 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 1 meeting10October 5, 1998View Serena Williams × Jana Novotna →02 BridgeOpen career →Jana Novotna
1 meeting10December 28, 1987View Jana Novotna × Alison Scott →03 BridgeOpen career →Alison Scott
1 meeting10January 25, 1987View Alison Scott × Annette Smith →04 BridgeOpen career →Annette Smith
1 meeting10January 7, 1980View Annette Smith × Gail Bates →05 DestinationOpen career →Gail Bates
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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