Ana Ivanovic

Need I say more?

Tennis babe Ana Ivanovic has advanced to the French Open semifinals and to celebrate, Sports Crunch has named her the babe of the day.

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Maria Sharapova has lost to Russian Dinara Safina, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2, in their fourth-round match in the French Open. After the match Sharapova was upset with the crown for booing her.

“I can’t please everyone,” Sharapova said. “It’s not in my job description. I’m an athlete, and I go out there and fight my heart out. They paid the ticket to watch me, so they must appreciate me on some level, right?”

Trust me Maria, you are appreciated. Whoever was booing you is obviously gay so don’t worry about it. Frankly, I don’t care if you win or lose as long as you look hot doing it.

MMA hottie Gina Carano has failed to make weight for her cat fight against Kaitlin Young. Carano weight in 3.5 pounds over the 121 pound weight limit. But don’t worry the fight will not be canceled, instead Carano will give 12.5% of her purse to Young. So while your waiting for the fight to happen, enjoy these pictures!

Serena Williams lost to Katarina Srebotnik during their third round match at the French Open.

“I missed a lot of easy shots and a lot of key points that I felt like could have turned the match around,” Williams said. “I wasn’t able to capitalize.” “I wasn’t nervous, She (Katarina Srebotnik) was getting a lot of balls back, and I might have let that get into my head. She was just making some shots I don’t think she’s ever made before, or she probably would be in the top two.”

But don’t worry, Maria Sharapova is still alive in the tournament so there’s still a reason to watch.

When we made a list of the hottest female athletes earlier this year, we realized there was something missing. And that something was all the hot female athletes that came before the 2000’s. Sure they might not have bared quite so much skin, but there were tons of foxes playing sports back in the old days when the Olympics were still the highlight of an entire year.

Sure we still have plenty of modern day athletes on our list (you can’t beat the present for hot female athletes ultimately, just look at the LPGA today vs. 20 years ago), but we tried hard to remember all the gems from decades past.

We stopped at 50, but could have easily gone to 100, and we were faced with tons of tough choices. Ultimately physical attractiveness was the number one requirement for inclusion, but we also tried to look at career success and historical import a little bit as well. We at PopCrunch hope you enjoy the list.

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30. Ana Paula Mancino

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50. Laure Manaudou

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10. Peggy Fleming

Peggy Fleming was a figure skater in the 60’s, winning a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. She parlayed her good looks into a job commentating on figure skating events that she held for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic games. Fleming is now a breast cancer activist after successfully battling the disease in the late 90’s.

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9. Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is absolutely stunning, but she’s also a phenomenal athlete which makes her all the more attractive. While some women make this list almost primarily for their looks, Sharapova is just as noteworthy for her career achievements. Watching her play is always an enjoyable experience.

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8. Gabrielle Reece

Gabrielle Reece was named by ELLE magazine as one of the five most beautiful Women in the World in 1989. Even though she was a very talented beach volleyball player, Reece was probably more well known for her modeling and television work. Most people who grew up watching MTV in the early 90’s will remember her as host of MTV Sports.

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7. Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick is so hot she makes people care about IndyCar racing, at least for one weekend a year. That’s a hell of an achievement and pretty much enough said.

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6. Biba Golic

I feel pretty comfortable saying that Biba Golic is the hottest table tennis player to ever live. She’s also the only table tennis player I’ve ever technically heard of, but I’m still willing to bet she’s the hottest.

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5. Jennie Finch

Softball players don’t immediately come to mind when you think of hot female athletes, but Jennie Finch is definitely the exception. Probably for that reason, she’s the most famous softball player of all time. Finch has appeared in SI’s swimsuit issue and won an online ESPN.com poll naming her hottest female athlete.

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4. Chris Evert

Chris Evert is one of the most popular women athletes the United States has ever had. Her nickname for quite awhile was actually “Chrissy America”. She was linked to damn near every high profile actor and athlete in the 70’s (including Burt Reynolds, Geraldo Rivera, Adam Faith, Vitas Gerulaitis, Pat Boone, and John Gardner “Jack” Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford) and even hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.

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3. Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova would probably break the internet if she ever posed nude. She gets slammed unfairly for being a poor tennis player (she’s never won a singles tournament), but she was at times one of the best doubles players in the world, even reaching #1 at various times.

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2. Katarina Witt

Katarina Witt appeared in Playboy in December of 1998. It was the second issue of Playboy to ever sell out, the first being the inaugural issue featuring Marilyn Monroe.

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1. Natalie Gulbis

Possibly a controversial choice, but Gulbis is ridiculously, ridiculously hot. Female golfers have come a long way in perceived attractiveness in the past ten years, and Gulbis is leading the way, having sold a personal calendar as well as posing in magazines like FHM. We here at PopCrunch love her, and are proud to name her our hottest female athlete of all time.

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20. Michelle Kwan

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