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
H Branson
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 meetings20May 10, 1999 — June 26, 2000View Serena Williams × Lisa Raymond →02 BridgeOpen career →Lisa Raymond
1 meeting10November 1, 1993View Lisa Raymond × Sandy Collins →03 BridgeOpen career →Sandy Collins
1 meeting10July 10, 1978View Sandy Collins × L Cameron →04 BridgeOpen career →L Cameron
1 meeting01January 12, 1970View L Cameron × Lynne Nette →05 BridgeOpen career →Lynne Nette
1 meeting10January 25, 1971View Lynne Nette × H Branson →06 DestinationOpen career →H Branson
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 4 more sequences with the same 5 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginSerena Williams
- BridgeSteffi Graf
- BridgeWendy Turnbull
- BridgeMargaret Court
- BridgeLynne Nette
- DestinationH Branson
- OriginSerena Williams
- BridgeSteffi Graf
- BridgeWendy Turnbull
- BridgeGail Sherriff
- BridgeLynne Nette
- DestinationH Branson
- OriginSerena Williams
- BridgeSteffi Graf
- BridgeWendy Turnbull
- BridgeRosie Casals
- BridgeLynne Nette
- DestinationH Branson
- OriginSerena Williams
- BridgeSteffi Graf
- BridgeWendy Turnbull
- BridgeKristien Shaw
- BridgeLynne Nette
- DestinationH Branson
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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