Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Azarenka–Sharapova rivalry


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:33, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Azarenka–Sharapova rivalry

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Per WP:NSPORTS "Sports rivalries are not inherently notable." Tennis guidelines say the same. There seems to be a steady stream of these rivalry pages lately. Tennis is a sport that inherently has players near the same ranking playing each other on a regular basis. See also WTA Big Three and Azarenka–S. Williams rivalry for other recent arrivals. We've had deletions already for Agassi–Rafter rivalry, Davenport–V. Williams rivalry, Davenport–Hingis rivalry, Becker–Sampras rivalry, etc... It's one thing to list this on a page like List of tennis rivalries, but to make a separate article seems like a poor choice to me. Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Too little history for this to merit an article. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:32, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Needs evidence that this rivalry has helped shape the game, or defined an era of tennis. Article only mentions that they've played against each other, which is not notable. --Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 08:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete This is not a particularly notable rivalry that is frequently discussed as such in reliable media. Does not meet the 'significant media coverage ' requirement, see WP:TENNIS Article Guidelines.--Wolbo (talk) 13:57, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:56, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.