If I had to rate the hardest hitters, it would be in this order of consistency:

1. Lindsay Davenport
2. Venus Williams
3. Serena Williams
4. Monica Seles
5. Jennifer Capriati
6. Kim Clijsters

What do you guys think?

Hingis!

1.Serena Williams

2.Venus Williams

3.Lindsay Davenport

4.Jennifer Capriati

5.Monica Seles

6.Daniela Hantuchova

7.Kim Clijsters

8.Amelie Mauresmo

Definitely:

1. Serena
2. Lindsay
3. Monica
4. Venus (she uses much more topspin than Serena on the forehand side, but if it were just going by backhands, she would be #2)
5. JenCap
6. Amelie
7. Danillidou (or however u spell it) That girl beats the hell out of the ball. About 1 in 10 goes in though...
8. Clijsters is next
And then the rest...

Serena
Venus
Davenport
Cap.
Sampras

1) Davenport

2) Seles

3) V. Williams

4) Capriati

5) S. Williams

If you go by serving mph:

Venus
Serena
Lindsey/JenCap
Monica/Amelie
Kim C./Pierce/Daniela

Groundstrokes are so even amongst the top ten except for Henin, Dokic, and Hingis...But Venus, Serena, and Lindsey, when fully on, can penetrate the court better than anyone, IMO..

JenCap and Monica are tops in angles...

It's too bad Pierce couldn't have kept her French Open winning form for another year or two; the top ten would have been even more crowded with incredible players..These are truly the best days ever for women's tennis and just getting to the quarters or the semi's is a big accomplishment...

And how exciting is it that the clay court season is upon us - it really equalizes things between the big babes and the scramblers...JenCap and Monica are the only top ten players to have won the French Open - how great will this major be this year!!!!

If you're just going to go by serve velocity, Iroda Tulyaganova would be right behind the Williamses. And players like Alexandra Stevenson & Marissa Irvin can serve just as most of the top 10 too.