All-time tennis records – women's singles

Overall tennis records – women's singles covers the period 1884 to present.

Before the beginning of the Open era in April 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tennis tournaments, including the four Grand Slams. Wimbledon, the oldest of the Majors, was founded in 1877, followed by the US Open in 1881, the French Open in 1891, and the Australian Open in 1905. Beginning in 1905 and continuing to the present day, all four majors have been played yearly, with the exception of the two World Wars and 1986 for the Australian Open. The Australian Open is the 1st Major of the year (January), followed by the French Open (May–June), Wimbledon (June–July), and US Open (August–September). There was no prize money and players were compensated for travel expenses only. A player who wins all four current major tournaments, as a single or as part of a doubles team, in the same calendar year is said to have achieved the "Grand Slam". If the player wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a "Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam". Winning all four at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Grand Slam". Winning the four Majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics has been called a "Golden Slam" since 1988.[1] Winning all four plus gold at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Golden Slam". Winning the Year-End Championship also having won a Gonden Slam is referred to as a "Super Slam".[2][3][4] Winning the four Majors in all three disciplines a player is eligible for – singles, doubles, and mixed doubles – is considered winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles. The current Grand Slams are the four most prestigious tournaments in the world held every year, they are distinguished by participation from almost every top player and by their two-week duration, 128-player draw in women's singles. It's extremely rare for a player to win all four events, "the Grand Slam", in one calendar year. This was only achieved three times since 1888 by Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court and Steffi Graf, the latter of whom stands alone in winning the "Golden Slam".

These are some of the important records since the start of women's tennis in 1884.

Most statistics are based on the data at the WTA Tour and International Tennis Federation, the official websites of each respective Grand Slam tournament and published sources though this is no a definitive list due to the time period's involved.

Active streaks and active players are in boldface.

Grand Slam tournament records

Grand Slam Singles totals

Titles #
1 Australia Margaret Court24
2 West Germany Steffi Graf22
United States Serena Williams
4 United States Helen Wills Moody19
5 United States Chris Evert18
United States Martina Navratilova
7 United States Billie Jean King12
8 United States Maureen Connolly9
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
10 Norway/United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 8
France Suzanne Lenglen

Finals #
1 United States Chris Evert[5] 34
2 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova32
3 West Germany Steffi Graf31
4 Australia Margaret Court29
5 United States Serena Williams28
6 United States Helen Wills Moody 22
7 United States Doris Hart 18
United States Billie Jean King
United States Evonne Goolagong Cawley
10 United States Helen Jacobs 16

Semifinals #
1 United States Chris Evert[6]52
2 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova44
3 West Germany Steffi Graf37
4 Australia Margaret Court36
5 United States Serena Williams 32
6 United States Billie Jean King26
7 United States Doris Hart25
United States Louise Brough
9 United States Helen Wills Moody 22
United States Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Quarterfinals #
1 United States Chris Evert54
2 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova53
3 Australia Margaret Court43
United States Serena Williams
5 West Germany Steffi Graf42
6 United States Billie Jean King40
7 United States Venus Williams35
8 Spain Arantxa Sánchez 34
9 United States Doris Hart32
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles31
United States Lindsay Davenport

Match Wins #
1 United States Serena Williams307
2 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova306
3 United States Chris Evert305
4 West Germany Steffi Graf280
5 United States Venus Williams241
6 Spain Arantxa Sánchez 212
7 Australia Margaret Court 206
8 United States Lindsay Davenport198
9 United States Billie Jean King195
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles181

Appearances #
1 United States Venus Williams 72
2 United States Amy Frazier[7] 71
3 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 67
4 United States Serena Williams 65
5 Spain Conchita Martínez 64
6 Japan Ai Sugiyama 63
7 Switzerland Patty Schnyder 59
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
9 Spain Arantxa Sánchez 58
10 Italy Francesca Schiavone 57

Grand Slam tournament streaks

active streaks in boldface

Titles #
1 United States Maureen Connolly6
Australia Margaret Court
United States Martina Navratilova
4 West Germany Steffi Graf5
5 Norway/United States Molla Mallory4
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
9 United States Helen Wills 3
United States Helen Wills (2)
United States Chris Evert
West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
West Germany Steffi Graf (4)
West Germany Steffi Graf (5)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
Switzerland Martina Hingis

Finals #
1 West Germany Steffi Graf13[8]
2 United States Martina Navratilova11
3 United States Maureen Connolly6
Australia Margaret Court
United States Chris Evert
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
7 Australia Margaret Court (2) 5
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
Switzerland Martina Hingis
10 Norway/United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory4
United States Martina Navratilova (2)
United States Chris Evert (2)
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
Belgium Justine Henin

Semifinals #
1 United States Martina Navratilova19
2 West Germany Steffi Graf15
3 United States Chris Evert11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
5 Australia Margaret Court9
United States Chris Evert (2)
United States Serena Williams
8 Australia Margaret Court (2) 7
United States Chris Evert (3)
10 United States Maureen Connolly6
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams (2)

Quarterfinals #
1 West Germany Steffi Graf19
United States Martina Navratilova
3 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini15
4 Australia Margaret Court11
United States Billie Jean King
United States Chris Evert
Switzerland Martina Hingis
8 United States Lindsay Davenport10
9 United States Chris Evert (2) 9
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)

Match Wins #
1 United States Martina Navratilova45
2 Australia Margaret Court 38
4 West Germany Steffi Graf 33
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
7 West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 27
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
9 West Germany Steffi Graf (3)26
Switzerland Martina Hingis

Appearances #
1 Japan Ai Sugiyama[9] 62
2 Italy Francesca Schiavone 58
3 France Nathalie Dechy 54
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
5 Switzerland Patty Schnyder 52
6 Russia Elena Dementieva 46
South Africa Amanda Coetzer
8 United States Jill Craybas 45
Serbia Jelena Janković
10 France Marion Bartoli 44

Grand Slam match winning percentages

No Matches %* W–L
1 United States Maureen Connolly96.3653–2
2 United States Helen Wills Moody96.09**123–5**
3 West Germany Steffi Graf89.44280–32
4 United States Chris Evert88.99299–37
5 United States Serena Williams87.97307–42
6 Australia Margaret Court87.40111–16
7 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova86.20306–49
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles85.37181–31
9 Belgium Justine Henin83.43141–28
10 United States Billie Jean King83.33195–39
* Minimum + 50 wins

Finals %* W–L
1 France Suzanne Lenglen100.008–0
United States Maureen Connolly100.009–0
3 United States Helen Wills Moody86.3619–3
4 Australia Margaret Court82.8124–5
5 United States Serena Williams78.5722–6
6 West Germany Steffi Graf70.9722–9
7 United States Billie Jean King69.239–4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles69.239–4
9 Norway/United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 66.66 8–4
10 Belgium Justine Henin58.337–5
* Minimum + 5 titles.

** Not all sources agree with two of Wills' losses. She did not play the matches because of appendicitis, and did not appear at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships, the tournaments gave her defaults instead of the typical walkovers (which do not count as wins or losses). It is unknown why the tournaments chose to default, taking these facts into consideration her adjusted win percentage would be 123–3 = 97.61%.

Grand Slam career achievements

Grand Slam, Golden Slam and Super Slam

Winning tournament without losing a set

# Player Majors
13 United States Helen Wills Moody1927 US, 1928 FR, 1928 WM, 1928 US, 1929 FR, 1929 WM, 1929 US, 1930 FR, 1930 WM, 1931 US, 1932 FR, 1932 WM, 1938 WM
6 United States Martina Navratilova1983 WM, 1983 US, 1984 WM, 1986 WM, 1987 US, 1990 WM
5France Suzanne Lenglen1922 WM, 1923 WM, 1925 FR, 1925 WM, 1926 FR
United States Maureen Connolly 1953 AU, 1953 WM, 1953 US, 1957 FR, 1957 WM
Australia Margaret Court 1961 AU, 1962 AU, 1963 AU, 1965 WM, 1966 AU
United States Chris Evert 1974 FR, 1976 US, 1977 US, 1978 US, 1981 WM
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988 AU, 1988 FR, 1989 AU, 1994 AU, 1996 US
United States Serena Williams2002 WM, 2002 US, 2008 US, 2010 WM, 2014 US
4 Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton1946 AU, 1947 AU, 1948 AU, 1951 AU
Australia Evonne Goolagong 1971 FR, 1975 AU, 1976 AU, 1977 AU
3 Germany Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 1935 FR, 1936 AU, 1937 FR
United StatesBillie Jean King 1971 US, 1972 FR, 1972 US
United States Lindsay Davenport1998 US, 1999 WM, 2000 AU
Belgium Justine Henin 2006 FR, 2007 FR, 2007 US
2 United States Doris Hart 1951 WM, 1952 FR
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997 AU, 1997 US
United States Venus Williams 2001 US, 2008 WM

Players who reached all four major finals

Player Year
1 United States Doris Hart 1949
2 United States Maureen Connolly 1953
3 United States Shirley Fry Irvin 1957
4 Australia Margaret Court 1963
5 United States Billie Jean King 1972
6 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1973
7 United States Chris Evert 1975
8 United States Martina Navratilova 1981
9 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 1981
10 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1992
12 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1995
13 Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
14 United States Venus Williams 2003
15 United States Serena Williams 2003
16 Belgium Justine Henin 2004
17 Russia Maria Sharapova 2012

Players who reached all four major finals in one year

Player Year
1 United States Doris Hart 1950
2 United States Maureen Connolly 1953
4 Australia Margaret Court 1965
5 Australia Margaret Court 1970
6 United States Chris Evert 1984
7 United States Martina Navratilova 1985
8 United States Martina Navratilova 1987
9 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
10 West Germany Steffi Graf 1989
11 West Germany Steffi Graf 1993
12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1992
13 Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
14 Belgium Justine Henin 2006

Individual Major tournaments

Titles per event
Consecutive titles per event

Australian Open #
1 Australia Margaret Court7
2 Australia Nancye Wynne 4
Australia Evonne Goolagong
4 Australia Daphne Akhurst3
Australia Margaret Court
West Germany Steffi Graf
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
Switzerland Martina Hingis
9 Australia Margaret Molesworth2
Australia Coral McInnes Buttsworth
Australia Joan Hartigan
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams
Belarus Victoria Azarenka

French Open #
1 United States Helen Wills Moody[13]3
West Germany Hilde Sperling
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
Belgium Justine Henin
5 France Suzanne Lenglen 2
United Kingdom Margaret Scriven
France Simonne Mathieu
United States Maureen Connolly
Australia Margaret Court
United States Chris Evert (3)
West Germany Steffi Graf (3)

Wimbledon #
1 United States Martina Navratilova6
2 France Suzanne Lenglen 5
3 United States Helen Wills Moody 4
4 United Kingdom Charlotte Dod3
United States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
United States Billie Jean King
West Germany Steffi Graf

US Open #
1 Norway/United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory4 [14][15]
United States Helen Jacobs
United States Chris Evert
4 United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman3
United States Mary Browne
Norway/United States Molla Bjurstedt (2)
United States Helen Wills Moody (2)
United States Alice Marble
United States Pauline Betz
United States Margaret Osborne DuPont
United States Maureen Connolly
United States Serena Williams

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Finals per event

Australian Open#
1.Australia Margaret Court12
2.Australia Nancye Wynne 8
3.Australia Evonne Goolagong7
United States Serena Williams
5.United States Martina Navratilova6
Switzerland Martina Hingis
7Australia Daphne Akhurst5
United States Chris Evert
West Germany Steffi Graf
10.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles4
Russia Maria Sharapova

French Open#
1.West Germany Steffi Graf9
United States Chris Evert
3.France Simonne Mathieu8
4.Australia Margaret Court6
United States Martina Navratilova
Spain Aranxta Sánchez-Vicario
7.United States Doris Hart4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
Belgium Justine Henin
United States Serena Williams

Wimbledon#
1.United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass 12
United States Martina Navratilova
3.United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper 10
United States Chris Evert
5.United States Helen Wills Moody9
United States Billie Jean King
West Germany Steffi Graf
7.United States Venus Williams8
United States Serena Williams
10.United States Louise Brough 7

US Open#
1.NorwayUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory10
2.United States Helen Wills Moody9
United States Billie Jean King
United States Chris Evert
5.United States Martina Navratilova8
West Germany Steffi Graf
United States Serena Williams
8.United States Doris Hart 7
9.United States Louise Brough 6
Australia Margaret Court

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Match wins per event
Match win streaks per event

#Australian OpenYears
38Australia Margaret Court 1960-68
33Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1991-99
27Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997-2000
25Germany Steffi Graf 1988-91
21Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton 1940-49

#French OpenYears
33 United States Chris Evert 1974–81
25Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1990-96
24 Belgium Justine Henin 2006-10
20Germany Steffi Graf 1987-89
19United States Helen Wills Moody 1928-32
19 United States Chris Evert 1985–87

#WimbledonYears
50United States Helen Wills Moody1927–38[18]
47United States Martina Navratilova 1982–88

#US OpenYears
46 United States Helen Wills Moody 1927–33[19]
31 United States Chris Evert 1975–79
28 United States Helen Jacobs 1932–36
Winning percentages per event

Australian Open% *W–L
1.Australia Margaret Court95.31 61–3
2.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles91.4943–4
3.West Germany Steffi Graf88.6747–6
4.United States Chris Evert88.2330–4
5.Switzerland Martina Hingis88.1352–7
6.United States Serena Williams87.5063–9
7.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova86.3545–7
8.Belgium Kim Clijsters82.6943–9
9.Belgium Justine Henin82.6038–8
10.United States Jennifer Capriati82.3528–6
* Minimum + 20 wins

French Open% *W–L
1.United States Helen Wills Moody95.23 20–1
2.United States Chris Evert92.3172–6
3.Australia Margaret Court90.38 47–5
4.West Germany Steffi Graf89.3684–10
5.Belgium Justine Henin88.3738–5
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles87.1054–8
7.Spain Arantxa Sánchez84.7072–13
8.Russia Maria Sharapova83.3350–10
United States Serena Williams60–12
10.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova82.2551–11
* Minimum + 20 wins

Wimbledon% *W–L
1.United States Helen Wills Moody96.92 63–2
2.France Suzanne Lenglen94.5935–2**
3.West Germany Steffi Graf91.3574–7
4.United States Louise Brough90.4756–7
5.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova89.63121–14
6.United States Serena Williams88.7679–10
7.United States Venus Williams86.5971–11
8.United States Billie Jean King86–3695–15
9.United States Chris Evert86.2396–15
10.Australia Margaret Court85.00 51–9
* Minimum + 20 wins

US Open% *W–L
1.United States Helen Wills Moody96.15 50–2
2.United States Maureen Connolly90.90 20–2
3.NorwayUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory90.27 65–7
4.United States Serena Williams89.7779–9
5.United States Chris Evert89.56103–12
6.Australia Margaret Court89.47 51–6
7.West Germany Steffi Graf89.0273–9
8.United States Tracy Austin88.5731–4
9.Brazil Maria Bueno87.0347–7
10.Belgium Kim Clijsters86.3638–6
* Minimum + 20 wins

  • ** both losses were actually "default", Suzanne Lenglen's adjusted win percentage would be 100%.

Season streaks

3+ titlesYears#
1. United States Helen Wills Moody 1928–1929 2
Australia Margaret Court 1969–1970
United States Martina Navratilova 1983–1984
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–1989
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1991–1992
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1995–1996
5. United States Maureen Connolly 1953 1
Australia Margaret Court 1973
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
United States Serena Williams 2002

2+ titlesYears#
1. United States Martina Navratlova 1982–1987 6
2. United States Helen Wills Moody 1927–1930 4
3. United States Maureen Connolly 1952–1954 3
United States Chris Evert 1974–1976
5. Australia Margaret Court 1988–1996 2
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–1989
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1995–1996
United States Venus Williams 2000–2001
United States Serena Williams 2002–03
United States Serena Williams (2) 2009–10
United States Serena Williams (3) 2012–13

1+ titleYears#
1. United States Chris Evert[20] 1974–1986 13
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 1987–1996 10
3. United States Martina Navratlova 1981–1987 7
United States Helen Wills Moody 1927–1933
5. United States Billie Jean King 1971–1975 5
Belgium Justine Henin 2003–2007
7. United States Maureen Connolly 1951–1954 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1990–1993
United States Serena Williams 2007–2010
United States Serena Williams 2012–2015

1+ finalYears#
1. United States Chris Evert 1973–1986 14
2. United States Martina Navratilova 1981–1990 11
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 1987–1996 10
United States Serena Williams 2007–2016
5. United States Helen Wills Moody 1927–1933 7
6. SwitzerlandMartina Hingis 1997–2002 6

Title leaders by decade

minimum 2 titles

1940s
Player Titles
United States Margaret Osborne duPont, United States Pauline Betz Addie
5
Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton
4
United States Louise Brough
3
United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke
2
1950s
Player Titles
United States Maureen Connolly
9
United States Althea Gibson, United States Doris Hart
5
United States Louise Brough
3
Brazil Maria Bueno
2
1960s
Player Titles
Australia Margaret Court
16
Brazil Maria Bueno, United States Billie Jean King
5
United States Darlene Hard
3
United States Nancy Richey, United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
2
1970s
Player Titles
United States Chris Evert
9
Australia Margaret Court
8
United States Billie Jean King
7
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
6
Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova, United Kingdom Virginia Wade
2

1980s
Player Titles
United States Martina Navratilova
15
United States Chris Evert
9
West Germany Steffi Graf
8
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
4
1990s
Player Titles
West Germany Steffi Graf
14
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
9
Switzerland Martina Hingis
5
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3
United States Lindsay Davenport
2
2000s
Player Titles
United StatesSerena Williams
10
Belgium Justine Henin, United States Venus Williams
7
United States Jennifer Capriati, Russia Maria Sharapova
3
France Amélie Mauresmo, Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, Belgium Kim Clijsters
2
2010s
Player Titles
United States Serena Williams
11
Belgium Kim Clijsters, Belarus Victoria Azarenka, China Li Na, Russia Maria Sharapova, Czech Republic Petra Kvitová, Germany Angelique Kerber
2

Calendar year achievements

Golden Grand Slam * Event of completion
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988 Olympics
* The Grand Slam + Olympic Gold

Four Majors

The Grand Slam *Year
United States Maureen Connolly 1953
Australia Margaret Court 1970
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
* Won all 4 major titles

3 major wins & 1 finalYear
Australia Margaret Court 1965
West Germany Steffi Graf 1989
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1992
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1993
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997

2 major wins & 2 finalsYear
United States Martina Navratilova 1987

1 major win & 3 finalsYear
United States Chris Evert 1984
Belgium Justine Henin 2006

All 4 semifinalsYear
United States Doris Hart 1950
United States Maureen Connolly 1953
Australia Margaret Court 1965
Brazil Maria Bueno
United States Nancy Richey 1966
United States Billie Jean King 1968
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1969
Australia Margaret Court (3) 1970
Australia Margaret Court (4) 1973
Australia Evonne Goolagong
United States Chris Evert 1974
United States Chris Evert (2) 1981
United States Chris Evert (3) 1982
United States Chris Evert (4) 1984
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Chris Evert (5) 1985
United States Martina Navratilova (2)
United States Martina Navratilova (3) 1987

All 4 semifinalsYear
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1989
West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 1990
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1992
West Germany Steffi Graf (4) 1993
Spain Conchita Martínez 1995
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
Switzerland Martina Hingis (2) 1998
United States Jennifer Capriati 2001
Belgium Justine Henin 2003
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Belgium Justine Henin (2) 2006
United States Serena Williams 2015
United States Serena Williams (2) 2016

All 4 quarterfinalsYear
United States Doris Hart 1950
United States Maureen Connolly 1953
United States Nancy Richey 1960
Brazil Maria Bueno
Australia Margaret Court 1961
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1963
Australia Margaret Court (3) 1965
Brazil Maria Bueno (2)
United States Nancy Richey(2) 1966
United States Billie Jean King 1968
United States Billie Jean King (2) 1969
Australia Margaret Court (4)
Australia Margaret Court (5) 1970
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1972
Australia Margaret Court (6) 1973
United States Chris Evert 1974
United States Chris Evert (2) 1981
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 1981

All 4 quarterfinalsYear
United States Chris Evert (3) 1982
United States Chris Evert (4) 1984
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Chris Evert (5) 1985
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 1985
United States Martina Navratilova (3) 1987
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1989
West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 1990
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1991
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (2) 1992
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (3) 1993
West Germany Steffi Graf (4)
Spain Conchita Martínez 1995
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
Switzerland Martina Hingis (2) 1998

All 4 quarterfinalsYear
United States Lindsay Davenport 1998
United States Venus Williams
United States Lindsay Davenport (2) 1999
Switzerland Martina Hingis (3) 2000
United States Serena Williams 2001
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Venus Williams (2) 2002
United States Jennifer Capriati (2)
United States Monica Seles (2)
Belgium Justine Henin 2003
Belgium Kim Clijsters
France Amélie Mauresmo 2004
Russia Maria Sharapova 2005
Belgium Justine Henin (2) 2006
United States Serena Williams (2) 2007
United States Serena Williams (3) 2009
United States Serena Williams (4) 2015
United States Serena Williams (5) 2016

Three Majors

3 Slam wins Year
United States Helen Wills Moody 1928
United States Helen Wills Moody (2) 1929
Australia Margaret Court 1962
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1965
Australia Margaret Court (3) 1969
United States Billie Jean King 1972
Australia Margaret Court (4) 1973
United States Martina Navratilova 1983
United States Martina Navaratilova (2) 1984
West Germany Steffi Graf 1989
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1991
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (2) 1992
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1993
West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 1995
West Germany Steffi Graf (4) 1996
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
United States Serena Williams 2002
United States Serena Williams (2) 2015

2 Slam wins & 1 finalYear
United States Pauline Betz Addie 1946
United States Margaret Osborne duPont 1949
Australia Margaret Court 1963
Brazil Maria Bueno 1964
Australia Margaret Court (2)
Australia Evonne Goolagong 1971
United States Chris Evert 1974
United States Chris Evert (2) 1980
United States Chris Evert (3) 1982
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 1986
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1994
Germany Angelique Kerber 2016

1 Slam win & 2 finalsYear
United States Doris Hart 1950
United States Shirley Fry Irvin 1951
United States Althea Gibson 1957
United States Chris Evert 1974
Australia Evonne Goolagong 1975
Australia Evonne Goolagong (2) 1976
United States Chris Evert (2) 1979
United States Chris Evert (3) 1985
West Germany Steffi Graf 1987
West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1990
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1999
United States Lindsay Davenport 2000
United States Serena Williams 2016

3 Slam finals (all losses)Year
United States Doris Hart 1953
United States Nancy Richey 1966
Australia Evonne Goolagong 1972
United States Chris Evert 1984
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1995
United States Venus Williams 2002

Consecutive Majors

Four

Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Year
United StatesMaureen Connolly United States Maureen Connolly United States Maureen Connolly United StatesMaureen Connolly 1953
AustraliaMargaret Court AustraliaMargaret Court Australia Margaret Court AustraliaMargaret Court 1970
West GermanySteffi Graf West GermanySteffi Graf West GermanySteffi Graf West GermanySteffi Graf 1988

Three

French Open Wimbledon US Open Year
United States Helen Wills Moody United States Helen Wills Moody United States Helen Wills Moody 1928
United States Helen Wills Moody United States Helen Wills Moody United States Helen Wills Moody (2) 1929
United States Billie Jean King United States Billie Jean King United States Billie Jean King 1972
United States Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova 1984
West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Steffi Graf 1993
West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1995
West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 1996
United States Serena Williams United States Serena Williams United States Serena Williams 2002

Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Year
United States Serena Williams United States Serena Williams United States Serena Williams 2015

Two

Wimbledon/United States Year
United States Helen Wills Moody 1927
United States Alice Marble 1939
United States Maureen Connolly 1952
United States Shirley Fry Irvin 1956
United States Althea Gibson 1957
United States Althea Gibson (2) 1958
Brazil Maria Bueno 1964
United States Chris Evert 1974
United States Chris Evert (2) 1976
United States Venus Williams 2000
United States Serena Williams 2012

French/Wimbledon Year
France Suzanne Lenglen 1925
United StatesHelen Wills Moody 1930
West Germany Cilly Ausem 1931
United StatesHelen Wills Moody (2) 1932
United States Maureen Connolly 1954
Australia Evonne Goolagong 1971

Australian /French Year
Australia Margaret Court 1962
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1964

Non-consecutive Majors

Three

Australian/Wimbledon/US Open Year
Australia Margaret Court 1963
United States Martina Navratilova 1983
West Germany Steffi Graf 1989
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997

Australian/French/US Open Year
Australia Margaret Court 1962
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1965
Australia Margaret Court (3) 1969
Australia Margaret Court (4) 1973
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1991
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (2) 1992

Two

Australian/Wimbledon Year
United States Louise Brough Clapp 1952
Australia Margaret Court 1963
United States Billie Jean King 1968
United States Martina Navratilova 1985
United States Serena Williams 2003
France Amélie Mauresmo 2006
United States Serena Williams (2) 2009
United States Serena Williams (3) 2010

Australian/United States Year
United States Chris Evert 1982
Germany Angelique Kerber 2016

Best single season

Match winning%*W–LYear
1.United States Maureen Connolly10020–01953
Australia Margaret Court10026–01970
West Germany Steffi Graf10027–01988
2.West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 10021–01995
West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 10021–01996
United States Serena Williams10021–02002
3.West Germany Steffi Graf (4) 96.4327–11989
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles96.4327–11992
Switzerland Martina Hingis96.4327–11997
6.West GermanySteffi Graf (5) 96.2926–11993
7.United States Martina Navratilova96.1525–11984
8. Australia Margaret Court (2) 95.8323–11965
Australia Margaret Court (3) 95.8323–11969
Australia Margaret Court (4) 95.8323–11973
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 95.8323–11983
* minimum 20 wins

Career all tournament records

Singles titles and finals

Titles#
1.Australia Margaret Court192[21]
2.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova167
3.United States Chris Evert157
4.United States Billie Jean King129
5.West Germany Steffi Graf107
6.Australia Evonne Goolagong86
7.France Suzanne Lenglen81[22]
8.Brazil Maria Bueno71
8.United States Serena Williams71
10.United States Helen Wills57

Finals#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova239
2.United States Chris Evert226
3.Australia Margaret Court 192
4.United States Billie Jean King 189
5.West Germany Steffi Graf138
6.Australia Evonne Goolagong 119
7.United States Lindsay Davenport93
8.United States Serena Williams90
9.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles85
10.France Suzanne Lenglen81

Titles (active players)#
1.United States Serena Williams71
2.United States Venus Williams49
3.Russia Maria Sharapova35
4.Denmark Caroline Wozniacki22
5.Belarus Victoria Azarenka20
6.Czechoslovakia Petra Kvitová15
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
8.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova14
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
10.Serbia Jelena Janković13
Russia Nadia Petrova

Finals (active players)#
1.United States Serena Williams90
2.United States Venus Williams79
3.Russia Maria Sharapova57
4.Denmark Caroline Wozniacki38
5.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova33
6.Belarus Victoria Azarenka32
7.Serbia Jelena Janković31
8.Russia Vera Zvonareva30
9.Russia Nadia Petrova24
10.Italy Flavia Pennetta23

Tournament streaks

  • Active players in bold

Consecutive TitlesYears#
1.United States Helen Wills1927–3327
2.France Suzanne Lenglen1922–2421
3.Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova198413
4.West Germany Steffi Graf1989–9010
5.United States Chris Evert19749

Consecutive FinalsYears#
1.United States Helen Wills1926–3529
2.United States Martina Navratilova1983–8423[23]
3.West Germany Steffi Graf1989–9022
4.France Suzanne Lenglen1922–2421
West Germany Steffi Graf1986–88
6.United States Chris Evert197411

1+ title per yearYears#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova1974–9421[23]
2.United States Chris Evert1971–8818
3.United States Billie Jean King1960–7516
4.United States Molla Mallory1914–2815
5.West Germany Steffi Graf1986–9914
5.Australia Evonne Goolagong1968–8013
Russia Maria Sharapova2003–15
8.Brazil Maria Bueno1957–6812
9.United Kingdom Virginia Wade1968–7811
10.Australia Margaret Court 1958–669
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1968–76
Italy Sandra Cecchini1984–92
Spain Arantxa Sánchez1988–96
Spain Conchita Martínez1988–96
United States Lindsay Davenport1993–01
France Amélie Mauresmo1999-07
Belgium Kim Clijsters1999-07
United States Serena Williams2007–2015

Most titles at a single tournament

#TitlesTournamentYears
12 United States Martina Navratilova Chicago 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92[24]
11 Australia Margaret Court Australian National Championships/Open 1960–66, 1969–71, 1973
United States Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993
9 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Wimbledon1978–79, 1982–87, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Dallas 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
Germany Steffi Graf German Open1986–89, 1991–94, 1996
8 NorwayUnited States Molla Mallory US Championships 1915–18, 1920, 1921–22, 1926
United States Chris Evert Family Circle 1974–78, 1981, 1984–85
United States Martina Navratilova WTA Tour Finals 1978–79, 1981, 1983–86twice in 1986
United States Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93
United States Serena Williams Miami Masters 2002–04, 2007–08, 2013–15
7 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Wimbledon 1903–04, 1906, 1910–11, 1913–14
Australia Margaret Court Victorian Championships 1961-65, 1969-70
United States Chris Evert French Open 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86
Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova Orlando 1974, 1980–85
Germany Steffi Graf Wimbledon 1988–89, 1991–93, 1995–96
United States Serena Williams Wimbledon 2002–03, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–16

Most finals at a single tournament

#FinalsTournamentYears
14 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova Chicago 1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93
Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova WTA Tour Finals 1975, 1978–86,twice in 1986 1989, 1991–92
13 United States Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978–79, 1982–87, 1988–91, 1993
12 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Wimbledon 1903–07, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1919–20
Australia Margaret Court Australian National Championships/Open 1960–66, 1969–71, 1973
United States Martina Navratilova Wimbledon 1978–79, 1982–90, 1994
11 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1986, 1988, 1990
Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova Dallas 1975–76, 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1977–81, 1983, 1986, 1989–90, 1992–93
Germany Steffi Graf German Open 1985–89, 1990–94, 1996
10 NorwayUnited States Molla Mallory US Championships 1915–18, 1920, 1921–22, 1923–24 1926
United States Chris Evert Wimbledon 1973–74, 1976,1978–82,1984–85
United States Serena Williams Miami Masters 1999, 2002–04, 2007–09, 2013–15
9 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones Welsh Championships 1955,1957-59, 1964, 1967.
Germany Steffi Graf Wimbledon 1987–89, 1991–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany Steffi Graf French Open 1987–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany Steffi Graf Florida 1986–89, 1991–95
United States Chris Evert French Open 1973–75, 1979–80, 1983–86
United States Chris Evert Family Circle 1974–78, 1981, 1984–86
United States Chris Evert US Open 1975–80, 1982–84
United States Martina Navratilova Houston 1976–80, 1983, 1985, 1987–88
United States Martina Navratilova Stuttgart 1979, 1981–83, 1986–88, 1991–92
United States Martina Navratilova West Classic 1979–80, 1984, 1988, 1990–94
United States Serena Williams Wimbledon 2002–04, 2008–10, 2012, 2015–16

Note: Carpet has not been used since 2009.

Titles by court type

Hard#
1. United States Serena Williams 45
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 37
3. United States Chris Evert 35
4. United States Lindsay Davenport 33
5. Belgium Kim Clijsters 31
6. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 29
7. United States Venus Williams28
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
9. Switzerland Martina Hingis 18
10. Russia Maria Sharapova 17

Clay#
1. United States Chris Evert 70
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 32
3. France Suzanne Lenglen 24
4. Australia Margaret Court 22
5. Australia Evonne Goolagong 20
6. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 19
Spain Conchita Martínez
8. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 18
9. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 14
10. Belgium Justin Henin 13

Grass#
1. Australia Margaret Court 46
2. Australia Evonne Goolagong 38
3. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 32
4. United States Billie Jean King 22
5. United States Chris Evert 17
6. United States Helen Wills Moody 15
7. United Kingdom Sue Barker 10
8. Norway/United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 8
United Kingdom Ann Jones
United Kingdom Virginia Wade

Carpet *#
1. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 88
2. United States Billie Jean King 36
3. United States Chris Evert 35
4. Germany Steffi Graf 31
5. United Kingdom Virginia Wade 26
6. Australia Margaret Court 19
7. Switzerland Martina Hingis 16
8. Australia Evonne Goolagong 15
9. United States Tracy Austin 14
10. United States Lindsay Davenport 12
* not used since 2009

Titles by environment

Outdoor#
1. United States Chris Evert 122
2. Australia Margaret Court 83
3. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 79
4. West Germany Steffi Graf 77
5. Australia Evonne Goolagong 71
6. United States Serena Williams 56
7. United States Bille Jean King 47
8. United States Lindsay Davenport 43
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
10. United States Venus Williams 42

Indoor#
1. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 88
2. United States Billie Jean King 36
3. United States Chris Evert 35
4. Germany Steffi Graf 30
5. United Kingdom Virginia Wade 28
6. Australia Margaret Court 19
7. Switzerland Martina Hingis 16
8. Australia Evonne Goolagong 15
9. United States Tracy Austin 14
10. United States Lindsay Davenport 12

Matches played/won

  • As of February 15, 2016

Played#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 1661
2.United States Chris Evert 1455
3.Australia Margaret Court 1215
4.United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1168
5.Spain Arantxa Sánchez 1054
6.Spain Conchita Martínez 1036
7.Germany Steffi Graf 1017
8.Italy Francesca Schiavone1011
9.France Stéphanie Foretz1010
10.Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn999

Won#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova1442
2.United States Chris Evert1309
3.Australia Margaret Court 1180
4.Germany Steffi Graf902
5.United Kingdom Virginia Wade839
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez759
7.United States Lindsay Davenport753
8.United States Serena Williams743
9.Spain Conchita Martínez739
10.United States Venus Williams718

Played (active)#
1.Italy Francesca Schiavone1011
2.France Stéphanie Foretz1010
3.Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn999
4.Spain Lourdes Domínguez951
5Serbia Jelena Janković947
6. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 932
Czech Republic Klara Koukalova
8.United States Venus Williams913
9.United States Serena Williams867
10.Australia Sam Stosur862

Won (active)#
1.United States Serena Williams743
2.United States Venus Williams718
3.Serbia Jelena Janković614
4.Russia Maria Sharapova601
5.Italy Francesca Schiavone574
6. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 563
France Stéphanie Foretz
8.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 561
9.Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová545
10.Russia Nadia Petrova533

Consecutive match streaks

Matches wonYears#
1.France Suzanne Lenglen 1921–26 182[25][26]
2.United States Helen Wills Moody 1927–33 180,[27][28]
3.France Suzanne Lenglen 1914–21 116[25]
4.United States Martina Navratilova 1984 74
5.West Germany Steffi Graf 1989–90 66
6.United States Martina Navratilova 1986–87 58
7.Australia Margaret Court 1972-73 57
8.United States Chris Evert 1974 56
9.United Kingdom Maud Watson 1881-86 55 [29]
10.United States Martina Navratilova 1983–84 54

Match wins per court type

Hardcourt#
1.United States Chris Evert478
2.United States Lindsay Davenport464
3.United States Serena Williams420
4.United States Venus Williams355
5.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova342
6.Germany Steffi Graf340
7.Russia Elena Dementieva318
8.Belgium Kim Clijsters315
9.United States Amy Frazier314
10.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles312

Clay#
1.United States Chris Evert382
2.Spain Arantxa Sánchez 342
3.Spain Conchita Martínez294
4.Germany Steffi Graf287
5.Italy Sandra Cecchini240
6.Switzerland Patty Schnyder222
7.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova201
8.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini196
9.Spain Anabel Medina185
10.France Mary Pierce173

Grass#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova305
2.Australia Margaret Court293
3.United States Chris Evert242
4.United States Pam Shriver180
5.Czech Republic Helena Suková125
6.United States Zina Garrison122
7.France Nathalie Tauziat112
8.United States Lori McNeil107
9.Germany Claudia Kohde89
10.Australia Hana Mandlíková87

Carpet *#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova512
2.United States Chris Evert207
3.Germany Steffi Graf190
4.United States Pam Shriver187
5.Czech Republic Helena Suková182
6.United States Zina Garrison163
7.Czech Republic Jana Novotná149
8.Switzerland Manuela Maleeva136
9.France Nathalie Tauziat127
10.Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva122
* not used since 2009

Matches won by environment

Outdoor#
1.United States Chris Evert903
2.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova755
3.Germany Steffi Graf701
4.Spain Arantxa Sánchez687
5.Spain Conchita Martínez614
6.United States Lindsay Davenport585
7.United States Serena Williams569
8.United States Venus Williams541
9.Australia Margaret Court501
10.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini495

Indoor#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova605
2.United States Chris Evert406
3.Germany Steffi Graf201
4.United States Pam Shriver200
5.United States Zina Garrison191
6.Czech Republic Helena Suková187
7.Czech Republic Jana Novotná164
8.United States Lindsay Davenport155
9.Switzerland Manuela Maleeva149
10.Russia Elena Dementieva145

Winning percentage by surface

  • Note that the figures below represent career winning percentages of players that are retired (regular font) as well as current active players (boldface). The latter are subject to change and do not reflect the final figure.

All surfacesW–L% *
1.France Suzanne Lenglen341–797.99[30]
2.United States Helen Wills Moody398–3591.91
3.Australia Margaret Court1180–10791.68
4.United States Chris Evert1309–14689.96
5.Germany Steffi Graf902–11588.69
6.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova1442–21986.81
7.United States Serena Williams684–12085.07
8.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles595–12282.98
9.Belgium Justine Henin525–11582.03
10.United States Billie Jean King695–15581.76
* Minimum + 300 wins

Clay% *W–L
1.United States Chris Evert94.55382–22
2.West Germany Steffi Graf90.53287–30
3.Belgium Justine Henin85.52130–22
4.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles85.03142–25
5.Russia Maria Sharapova83.08113–23
6.United States Serena Williams82.01137–30
7.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova81.38201–46
8.Switzerland Martina Hingis81.34109–25
9.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini80.00196–49
10.Belgium Kim Clijsters77.61104–30
* Minimum + 90 wins

Hard% *W–L
1.United States Chris Evert91.57478–44
2.West Germany Steffi Graf90.42340–36
3.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova87.69342–48
4.United States Serena Williams86.36418–66
5.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles83.87312–60
6.Belgium Kim Clijsters82.46315–67
7.Belgium Justine Henin81.91249–55
8.United States Venus Williams80.68355–85
9.Russia Maria Sharapova80.15311–77
10.United States Lindsay Davenport80.00464–116
* Minimum + 200 wins

Grass% *W–L
1.United States Helen Wills Moody96.58103–4
2.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova88.66305–39
3.United States Serena Williams88.3776–10
4.United States Chris Evert87.36242–35
5.West Germany Steffi Graf85.0085–15
6.United States Venus Williams83.8778–15
7.Russia Maria Sharapova82.9573–15
8.Belgium Justine Henin82.8153–11
9.Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná79.0079–21
10.United States Tracy Austin78.1843–12
* Minimum + 40 wins

Carpet% *W–L
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova89.82512–58
2.West Germany Steffi Graf89.15189–23
3.United States Chris Evert82.14207–45
4.Switzerland Martina Hingis80.8397–23
5.United States Lindsay Davenport79.53101–26
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles79.5197–25
7.United States Tracy Austin78.3083–23
8.Belgium Kim Clijsters77.4248–14
9.United States Venus Williams75.0048–16
10.Australia Hana Mandlíková73.75118–42
* Minimum + 40 wins

Best single season

Titles*Year[31]
Titles
1.Australia Margaret Court197021
2.Australia Margaret Court (2)196918[32]
Australia Margaret Court (3) 1973
4.United States Billie Jean King197117
5.France Suzanne Lenglen192316
United States Chris Evert (2) 1974
United States Chris Evert (2) 1975
United States Martina Navratilova1983
9.United States Martina Navratilova (2) 198215
10.United States Martina Navratilova (3) 198614
West Germany Steffi Graf1989
Australia Margaret Court (4) 1968
11.United States Martina Navratilova (4) 198413

Match wins (consecutive)Year#
1 United States Martina Navratilova
74
1984[33]
2 Germany Steffi Graf
66
1989–90
3 United States Martina Navratilova (2)
58
1986–87
4 Australia Margaret Court
57
1972–73
5 United States Chris Evert
55
1974
6 Australia Margaret Court (2)
54
1962–63
United States Martina Navratilova (3)
54
1983–84
8 Australia Margaret Court (3)
51
1965
9 Australia Margaret Court (4)
50
1961–62
10 Australia Margaret Court (5)
46
1963–64
Germany Steffi Graf (2)
46
1988

Match winning**%*W–LYear
1.France Suzanne Lenglen100.0066–01923
France Suzanne Lenglen (2) 100.0047–01920
3.United States Martina Navratilova98.8086–11983
4.West Germany Steffi Graf97.7286–21989
5.United States Martina Navratilova (2) 97.5078–21984
6. United States Martina Navratilova (3) 96.8090–31982
United States Martina Navratilova (4) 96.8090–31986
8.United States Chris Evert96.18126–71976
9.West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 96.0072–51988
10.West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 95.9147–21995
11.Australia Margaret Court 95.72 112–51970
12.Australia Margaret Court (2) 95.14 98–51969
United States Serena Williams 95.14 78–42013
* minimum 40 wins

The Year-End Championships

  • (1970 – present)

Titles#Years
1.United States Martina Navratilova81978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2)
2.Germany Steffi Graf51987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
United States Serena Williams52001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
4.United States Chris Evert41972, 1973, 1975, 1977
5.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles31990, 1991, 1992
Belgium Kim Clijsters32002, 2003, 2010

Finals#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova14
2.United States Chris Evert8
3.United States Serena Williams7
4.Germany Steffi Graf6
5.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles4
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Switzerland Martina Hingis
United States Lindsay Davenport

Semifinals#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova16
2.United States Chris Evert9
3.Germany Steffi Graf9
4.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini7
United States Serena Williams

Appearances#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova21
2.United States Chris Evert13
Germany Steffi Graf
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
5.United States Zina Garrison12

Match Won#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova60
2.United States Chris Evert34
3.Germany Steffi Graf31
4.United States Serena Williams30
5.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini21

Win %W–L *
1.United States Serena Williams83.3330–6
2.Germany Steffi Graf81.5731–7
3.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova81.0860–14
4.United States Chris Evert79.0734–9
5.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles75.0018–6
* Minimum + 18 Wins

Not losing a setYear
United States Martina Navratilova 1984, 1985 (2)
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1988
United States Serena Williams 2001, 2012 (2)
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2002

WTA Tier I, Premier Mandatory and Premier 5

  • Overall totals include Tier I, Premier Mandatory, and Premier 5 tournaments only.
  • Tier I events were played on 3 surfaces, (carpet) ceased as a surface after 1995.

Titles#
1.United States Serena Williams23
2.West Germany Steffi Graf18
3.Switzerland Martina Hingis17
4.Russia Maria Sharapova14
5.United States Lindsay Davenport11
6.Belgium Justine Henin10
7.Belarus Victoria Azarenka9
Spain Conchita Martínez
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
United States Venus Williams

Finals#
1.United States Serena Williams32
2.Switzerland Martina Hingis 27
3.West Germany Steffi Graf24
Russia Maria Sharapova
5.United States Lindsay Davenport 21
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 18
7.United States Venus Williams 15
8.Spain Conchita Martínez 14
Belgium Justine Henin
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Semifinals#
1.United States Serena Williams 42
2.Switzerland Martina Hingis39
3.Russia Maria Sharapova 36
4.West Germany Steffi Graf30
5.Spain Conchita Martínez28
6. United States Lindsay Davenport 26
United States Venus Williams
8.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 25
9. United States Jennifer Capriati 24
Russia Elena Dementieva

Titles by court type

Hard#
1.United States Serena Williams 16
2.Belarus Victoria Azarenka 9
3.West Germany Steffi Graf 8
Russia Maria Sharapova
5.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 6
Belgium Kim Clijsters
United States Venus Williams
8.Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
United States Lindsay Davenport
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Clay#
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 8
Spain Conchita Martínez
3. United States Serena Williams 7
4. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
Belgium Justine Henin
6. France Amélie Mauresmo4
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Russia Maria Sharapova
9. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles3
Russia Dinara Safina
Serbia Jelena Janković

Match wins/ percentage's

Match wins#
1.United States Serena Williams200
2.Switzerland Martina Hingis189
3.United States Venus Williams175
4.Spain Conchita Martínez167
5.Russia Elena Dementieva157
6.United States Lindsay Davenport152
7.West Germany Steffi Graf147
Russia Maria Sharapova
9.Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario138
10.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles121

Win %W–L *
1.West Germany Steffi Graf89.63 147-17
2.United States Serena Williams 84.03200-38
3.United States Venus Williams83.33175-35
4.Switzerland Martina Hingis81.11189-44
5.Belgium Justin Henin80.88110-26
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles80.13121-30
7.Russia Maria Sharapova79.96147-44
8.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova78.4340-11
9.United States Lindsay Davenport78.42152-42
10.Belgium Kim Clijsters78.0982-23
* minimum 40 wins

Ranking records (since 1883)

Notes: 1883 –1920 rankings are more variable in nature because of limited sourcing from 1921 onwards more recent rankings are much better sourced are shown here World number 1 women tennis players. Before the open era of tennis arrived in 1968, rankings for amateur players were generally compiled only for a full year of play. Professional players were ranked by journalists, promoters, and players' associations usually at the end of the year. Even for amateurs, however, there was no single official overall ranking that encompassed the entire world. Instead, nation rankings were done by the national tennis association of each country, and world rankings were the preserve of tennis journalists. It was only with the introduction of computerized rankings in the open era that rankings were issued more frequently than once yearly. Even the end-of-year amateur rankings issued by official organizations such as the United States Lawn Tennis Association were based on judgments made by men and women and not on mathematical formulas assigning points for wins or losses.

Years ranked as the No. 1 player #
1.United States Helen Wills Moody,[34][35] 9
2.France Suzanne Lenglen8
United States Chris Evert
Germany Steffi Graf
5.Australia Margaret Court7
United States Martina Navratilova
7.United States Billie Jean King6
8.United States Serena Williams5
9.United Kingdom Maud Watson4
United States Margaret Osborne duPont
Brazil Maria Bueno
United States Lindsay Davenport

Weeks ranked at No. 1 * (total)#
1Germany Steffi Graf377[36]
2United States Helen Wills Moody364[36]
3United States Martina Navratilova332[36]
4Australia Margaret Court325[36]
5France Suzanne Lenglen312[36]
6United States Serena Williams309
7United States Chris Evert260
8United States Billie Jean King221
9Switzerland Martina Hingis209
10Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles178

Consecutive weeks at No. 1 *#
1. Germany Steffi Graf 186
United States Serena Williams
3. United States Martina Navratilova 156
4. United States Chris Evert 113
5. Germany Steffi Graf (2) 94
6. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 91
7. United States Martina Navratilova (2) 90
8. Germany Steffi Graf (3) 87
9. Switzerland Martina Hingis 80
10. United States Chris Evert (2) 76

  • * as of 19 September 2016.

Notes: Sources that are as authoritative as can be found in the men's article are also quoted in the women's can also be found here: ranking sources.

WTA Prize money leaders

See the Open Era records page since the leaders are all in that era.

See also

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