Okay, folks, let me tell you about my little adventure today diving into the 1989 Lipton Women’s Final Tennis match.

So, I woke up this morning with this random urge to watch some classic tennis. I don’t know why, it just hit me. I remembered hearing about this epic match, the 1989 Lipton Women’s Final, and I figured, “Why not?”
First thing I did was fire up my trusty old computer. I gotta say, finding older sports footage isn’t always a walk in the park. You can’t just punch it into a search engine.
I started by, you know, just Googling it. “1989 Lipton Women’s Final Tennis”. The usual suspects popped up – some articles, mentions here and there, but nothing concrete in terms of, like, a full video. I was hoping for something that would let me just click and watch.
Then I started digging a little deeper. I went through some old tennis forums. Those places are goldmines for this kind of stuff, sometimes. Lots of dedicated fans who keep records and share links.
- I spent a good hour just scrolling through threads.
- I found some discussions about the match, which was cool. People were talking about how intense it was.
- Found some names of the players.
I felt like I was getting closer, but still no video! I expanded the search and the more i look the more i found. It was super cool!
After all that searching, I finally found it!

My Takeaway
I realized that sometimes, the best stuff isn’t the easiest to find. I could have easily just watched a newer match, something readily available. But there’s something special about tracking down these older, almost forgotten events. It felt like a little treasure hunt.