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
Steffi Graf
reaches
B Christman
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 meeting10July 3, 1983View Steffi Graf × Dianne Fromholtz →02 BridgeOpen career →Dianne Fromholtz
1 meeting10November 24, 1975View Dianne Fromholtz × Nicky Kruger →03 BridgeOpen career →Nicky Kruger
1 meeting10March 27, 1972View Nicky Kruger × A Niciforovic →04 BridgeOpen career →A Niciforovic
1 meeting10March 27, 1972View A Niciforovic × B Christman →05 DestinationOpen career →B Christman
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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