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
I Krauss
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 3 meetings21May 4, 1998 — February 7, 2000View Serena Williams × Nathalie Tauziat →02 BridgeOpen career →Nathalie Tauziat
1 meeting10October 12, 1987View Nathalie Tauziat × Virginia Ruzici →03 BridgeOpen career →Virginia Ruzici
1 meeting10May 1, 1973View Virginia Ruzici × Suzana Gesteira →04 BridgeOpen career →Suzana Gesteira
1 meeting10March 31, 1970View Suzana Gesteira × I Krauss →05— DestinationOpen career →I Krauss
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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