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A Surprising Percentage of Men Think They Could Win a Point Against Serena Williams

By Victoria Oglesby

Day Five: The Championships - Wimbledon 2016
Day Five: The Championships - Wimbledon 2016 / Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Serena Williams is the greatest female tennis player of all time. Period. She is one of the best tennis players of all time, and that goes for every category including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

So it's pretty laughable when the usual consumer polls come out and show how many people, usually the majority of them men, believe they can stay on the court with Serena. This year's numbers show a whopping one in eight men believe they could win a point in a game against her.

Let's just dive into Serena's ongoing dominant career for a second.

Serena has won 72 career singles titles, 23 doubles titles, and two mixed-doubles titles. This of course includes her 39 total Grand Slam Titles. Not to mention she is a four-time Olympic gold-medalist and is in the process of securing another title at Wimbledon.

She has just reached her eleventh Wimbledon final, making her the oldest woman to ever do so. If she secures the final victory, she will tie the record for the most Grand Slam singles wins ever.

Now that that's out of the way, we can break down the illogical thinking of that 12 percent.

It's highly unlikely that any ordinary person, male or female, would be able to stay on the court with any tennis player at Wimbledon. It's even less likely that they would be able to win a point against them. And that's ANY player at Wimbledon.

So in reality despite what some may believe in their wildest most masculine dreams, it's pretty much impossible that an ordinary guy would be able to get on the court with one of the most dominant and respected tennis players in history and win a point.

I would say anybody would be lucky to avoid getting hit by the ball (might land you in the hospital), getting their racket broken on their first attempt at a return, or not screaming the first time a ball is scorched in their direction.

It's probably best not to test the GOAT. But if you're one of those who is still wondering, Serena Williams will be playing in the Wimbledon Singles Final Saturday at 9 a.m. ET.