WTA Tour records

This is a list of Women's Tennis Association (WTA) records since its inception in June 1973. Some tournaments from the predecessor tour, the Virginia Slims Circuit, are also included for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by the WTA. For a full list of Open Era records (1968–present) see Tennis records of the Open Era – women's singles.

These tables include only official WTA tour and Virginia Slims Circuit events.

Grand Slam singles career records (1973 – present)

Notes:

Player totals

Active players in bold

TitlesNo.
1.West Germany Steffi Graf22
United States Serena Williams
3.United States Chris Evert18
United States Martina Navratilova
5.Australia Margaret Court11
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles9
7.United States Billie Jean King8
8.Australia Evonne Goolagong7
Belgium Justine Henin
United States Venus Williams

FinalsNo.
1.United States Chris Evert34
2.United States Martina Navratilova32
3.West Germany Steffi Graf31
4.United States Serena Williams28
5.Australia Evonne Goolagong18
6.United States Venus Williams14
7.United States Monica Seles13
8.Spain Arantxa Sánchez12
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Belgium Justine Henin

SemifinalsNo.
1.United States Chris Evert52
2.United States Martina Navratilova44
3.West Germany Steffi Graf37
4.United States Serena Williams33
5.Australia Evonne Goolagong22
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez21
7.Russia Maria Sharapova20
United States Venus Williams
9.Switzerland Martina Hingis19
10.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini18

QuarterfinalsNo.
1.United States Chris Evert54
2.United States Martina Navratilova53
3.United States Serena Williams46
4.West Germany Steffi Graf42
5.United States Venus Williams36
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez35
7.United States Monica Seles31
United States Lindsay Davenport
9.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini28
10.Australia Evonne Goolagong26
Match winsNo.
1.United States Serena Williams309
2.United States Martina Navratilova306
3.United States Chris Evert299
4.West Germany Steffi Graf278
5.United States Venus Williams242
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez210
7.United States Lindsay Davenport198
8.Russia Maria Sharapova183
9.United States Monica Seles180
10.Spain Conchita Martínez174

AppearancesNo.
1.United States Venus Williams72
2.United States Amy Frazier71
3.United States Martina Navratilova67
4.United States Serena Williams65
5.Spain Conchita Martínez64
Italy Francesca Schiavone
7.Japan Ai Sugiyama63
8.Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová61
9.France Virginie Razzano60
10.Switzerland Patty Schnyder59

Consecutive streaks

Active streaks in bold

TitlesNo.
1. United States Martina Navratilova 6
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 5
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 4
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
6. United States Martina Navratilova3
United States Chris Evert
West Germany Steffi Graf
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
Switzerland Martina Hingis

FinalsNo.
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 13
2. United States Martina Navratilova 11
3. United States Chris Evert 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
5. West Germany Steffi Graf 5
Switzerland Martina Hingis
7. United States Martina Navratilova 4
United States Chris Evert
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
Belgium Justine Henin
United States Serena Williams (2)

SemifinalsNo.
1. United States Martina Navratilova 18
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 15
3. United States Chris Evert 11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
5. United States Chris Evert 9
6. United States Serena Williams 9
7. United States Chris Evert 7
8. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 6
West Germany Steffi Graf
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams

QuarterfinalsNo.
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 19
2. United States Martina Navratilova 18
3. Argentina Gabriella Sabatini 15
4. United States Chris Evert 11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6. United States Lindsay Davenport 10
7. United States Chris Evert 9
West Germany Steffi Graf
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
Match winsNo.
1. United States Martina Navratilova 45
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 40
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 33
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
6. United States Martina Navratilova 27
West Germany Steffi Graf 27
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
9. West Germany Steffi Graf 26
Switzerland Martina Hingis

AppearancesNo.
1. Japan Ai Sugiyama 62
2. Italy Francesca Schiavone 61
3. France Elena Likhovtseva 54
Russia Nathalie Dechy
5. Switzerland Patty Schnyder 52
6. Serbia Jelena Janković 52
7. Serbia Ana Ivanovic 48
8. South Africa Amanda Coetzer 46
Russia Elena Dementieva
10. United States Jill Craybas 45

Most singles titles per Grand Slam in the Open era

Active players in bold

Match wins per Grand Slam tournament

Australian Open#
1.United States Serena Williams74
2.United States Lindsay Davenport56
3.Switzerland Martina Hingis52
4.Russia Maria Sharapova48
5.West Germany Steffi Graf47
6.United States Martina Navratilova46
7.United States Venus Williams45
8.United States Monica Seles43
9.Belgium Kim Clijsters43
10.Spain Arantxa Sánchez42

French Open#
1.West Germany Steffi Graf84
2.United States Chris Evert72
2.Spain Arantxa Sánchez72
4.Spain Conchita Martínez62
5.United States Serena Williams60
6.United States Monica Seles54
7.Russia Maria Sharapova53
8.United States Martina Navratilova51
9.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova49
10.United States Venus Williams45

Wimbledon#
1.United States Martina Navratilova120
2.United States Chris Evert96
3.United States Serena Williams86
4.United States Venus Williams81
5.West Germany Steffi Graf74
6.Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná50
7.United States Lindsay Davenport49
8.Russia Maria Sharapova46
9.United Kingdom Virginia Wade42
10.Argentina Gabriella Sabatini42

US Open#
1.United States Chris Evert101
2.United States Martina Navratilova89
3.United States Serena Williams89
4.West Germany Steffi Graf73
5.United States Venus Williams71
6.United States Lindsay Davenport62
7.Spain Arantxa Sánchez56
8.United States Monica Seles54
9.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini51
10.United States Zina Garrison47

Winning percentages

Winning percentage in individual Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open% W–L
1.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles91.4943–4
2.West Germany Steffi Graf88.6747–6
3.United States Chris Evert88.2330–4
4.Switzerland Martina Hingis88.1352–7
5.United States Serena Williams88.1074–10
6.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova86.3545–7
7.Belgium Kim Clijsters82.6943–9
8.Belgium Justine Henin82.6038–8
9.Russia Maria Sharapova81.33548-11
10.Australia Evonne Goolagong81.2539–9
Belarus Victoria Azarenka81.2539–9
* Minimum + 30 wins

French Open% W–L
1.United States Chris Evert92.3172–6
2.West Germany Steffi Graf89.3684–10
3.Belgium Justine Henin88.3738–5
4.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles87.1054–8
5.Spain Arantxa Sánchez84.7072–13
6.United States Serena Williams83.3360–12
7.Russia Maria Sharapova82.8153-11
9.United States Jennifer Capriati79.5939–10
10.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova79.0349–13
* Minimum + 30 wins

Wimbledon% W–L
1.West Germany Steffi Graf91.3574–7
2.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova89.63121–14
3.United States Serena Williams89.5886–10
4.United States Chris Evert86.2396–15
5.United States Venus Williams85.3981–14
6.Australia Evonne Goolagong83.3340–8
United States Billie Jean King83.3330–6
8.United States Lindsay Davenport80.3249–12
9.Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná79.3650–13
10.Russia Maria Sharapova79.3146-12
* Minimum + 30 wins

US Open% W–L
1.United States Chris Evert89.38101–12
2.West Germany Steffi Graf89.2873–9
3.United States Serena Williams89.0089–11
4.United States Tracy Austin88.5731–4
5.Belgium Kim Clijsters86.3638–6
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles84.1253–10
7.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova83.9689–17
8.United States Billie Jean King83.3330–6
Belgium Justine Henin83.3335–7
10.United States Venus Williams81.9068–15
* Minimum + 30 wins

Source: WTA player career statistics: and WTA Tour Archive 2012:Accessed 01/23/2012

Winning percentage in all Grand Slam tournaments

NoMatches%*W–L
1.West Germany Steffi Graf89.74278–32
2.United States Chris Evert88.99299–37
3.United States Serena Williams88.00308–42
4.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova86.20305–49
5.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles85.37181–31
6.Belgium Justine Henin83.43141–28
7.United States Billie Jean King82.6095–22
8Switzerland Martina Hingis82.41150–32
9.Belgium Kim Clijsters81.10133–31
10.Russia Maria Sharapova80.63179–43
* Minimum + 90 wins

Finals%*W–L
1.United States Serena Williams78.5722–6
2.West Germany Steffi Graf70.9722–9
3.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles69.239–4
4.Belgium Justine Henin58.337–5
5.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova56.2518–14
6.United States Chris Evert52.9418–16
7.United States Venus Williams50.007–7
Russia Maria Sharapova50.005–5
9.Australia Evonne Goolagong41.675–7
Switzerland Martina Hingis41.675–7
* Minimum + 5 titles.

WTA Tour singles career records (1973 – present)

WTA singles titles and finals

Titles#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova167[1]
2.United States Chris Evert157
3.West Germany Steffi Graf107
4.United States Serena Williams71
5.Australia Evonne Goolagong68
6.United States Billie Jean King67
7.United States Lindsay Davenport55
8.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles53
9.United States Venus Williams49
10.Switzerland Martina Hingis43

Finals#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova239
2.United States Chris Evert230
3.West Germany Steffi Graf138
4.United States Lindsay Davenport93
5.United States Serena Williams91
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles85
7.United States Venus Williams80
8.Spain Arantxa Sánchez77
9.Switzerland Martina Hingis69
10.Belgium Justine Henin61

Titles (active players)#
1.United States Serena Williams71
2.United States Venus Williams49
3.Russia Maria Sharapova35
4.Denmark Caroline Wozniacki25
5.Belarus Victoria Azarenka20
6.Poland Agnieszka Radwańska20
7.Czech Republic Petra Kvitová19
8.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova17
9.Serbia Ana Ivanovic15
10.Serbia Jelena Janković15

Finals (active players)#
1.United States Serena Williams91
2.United States Venus Williams80
3.Russia Maria Sharapova58
4.Denmark Caroline Wozniacki42
5.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova39
6.Belarus Victoria Azarenka36
7.Serbia Jelena Janković36
8.Switzerland Patty Schnyder27
9.Poland Agnieszka Radwańska27
10.Czech Republic Petra Kvitová26

Most titles / finals at a single tournament

#TitlesTournamentYears
12 United States Martina Navratilova Chicago 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92
11 United States Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993
9 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 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 States Chris Evert French Open 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86
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
#FinalsTournamentYears
14 United States Martina Navratilova Chicago 1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93
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 States Martina Navratilova Wimbledon 1978–79, 1982–90, 1994
11 United States Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1986, 1988, 1990
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 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 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 2002–2004, 2008–2010, 2012, 2015–2016

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

WinnerYear[2]
Titles
1.Australia Margaret Court197021
2.Australia Margaret Court196918
Australia Margaret Court1973
4.United States Billie Jean King197117
5.United States Chris Evert197416
United States Chris Evert1975
United States Martina Navratilova1983
8.United States Martina Navratilova198215
9.Australia Margaret Court196814
United States Martina Navratilova1986
West Germany Steffi Graf1989
13.United States Martina Navratilova198413
14.United States Chris Evert197312
United States Chris Evert1976
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997
15.United States Chris Evert197711
United States Serena Williams2013
16.United States Chris Evert198210
United States Chris Evert1985
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1991
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1992
Belgium Justine Henin2007

Consecutive records

Consecutive titlesYears#
1.United States Martina Navratilova198413
2.Australia Margaret Court1972–7312
3.West Germany Steffi Graf1989–9011
4.United States Chris Evert197410
5.Australia Margaret Court19709
United States Martina Navratilova1986
7.United States Martina Navratilova19838
West Germany Steffi Graf1988

Winning at least one a yearYears#
1.Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova1974–9421
2.United States Chris Evert1971–8818
3.West Germany Steffi Graf1986–9914
4.Russia Maria Sharapova2003–1513
5.United Kingdom Virginia Wade1968–7811
Australia Evonne Goolagong1970–80
7.United States Serena Williams2007–1610

Sources: Except for the information concerning active players, the source for the all-time table is the '2014 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Official Guide'. Court and Wade began their careers and were winning events long before the open era started in 1968; therefore, the statistics shown above do not reflect their entire careers. For example, the Billie Jean King career statistics Wikipedia article lists 129 career singles titles for King.

Matches won and winning percentages

All surfaces

Played#
1.United States Martina Navratilova 1661
2.United States Chris Evert 1448
3.United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1168
4.Spain Arantxa Sánchez 1054
5.Italy Francesca Schiavone1041
6.Spain Conchita Martínez 1036
7.France Stéphanie Foretz1025
8.Germany Steffi Graf 1015
9.Switzerland Patty Schnyder1001
10.Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn0999

Won#
1.United States Martina Navratilova1442
2.United States Chris Evert1304
3.Germany Steffi Graf0900
4.United Kingdom Virginia Wade0839
5.United States Serena Williams0775
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez0759
7.United States Lindsay Davenport0753
8.Spain Conchita Martínez0739
9.United States Venus Williams0737
10.Australia Evonne Goolagong0704

Played (active)#
1.Italy Francesca Schiavone1041
2.France Stéphanie Foretz1025
3.Switzerland Patty Schnyder1001
4.Serbia Jelena Janković0986
5.Spain Lourdes Domínguez0979
6.Italy Alberta Brianti0972
7.Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová0968
8.United States Venus Williams0945
9.Czechoslovakia Klára Koukalová0944
10.Italy Roberta Vinci0932

Won (active)#
1.United States Serena Williams775
2.United States Venus Williams737
3.Serbia Jelena Janković635
4.Switzerland Patty Schnyder607
5.Russia Maria Sharapova601
6.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova599
7.Italy Francesca Schiavone590
8.France Stéphanie Foretz 570
9.Spain Lourdes Domínguez568
10.Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová561

Match wins per court type

Clay#
1.Spain Arantxa Sánchez342
2.United States Chris Evert312
3.Spain Conchita Martínez294
4.Germany Steffi Graf273
5.Italy Sandra Cecchini240
6.United States Martina Navratilova201
7.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini196
8.Spain Anabel Medina191
9.Italy Flavia Pennetta187
10.Italy Sara Errani180

Hardcourt#
1.United States Serena Williams478
2.United States Lindsay Davenport464
3.United States Venus Williams434
4.Serbia Jelena Janković375
5.Poland Agnieszka Radwańska360
6.Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova358
7.Denmark Caroline Wozniacki349
8.United States Martina Navratilova341
9.Russia Maria Sharapova338
10.Germany Steffi Graf335

Grass#
1.United States Martina Navratilova306
2.United States Chris Evert185
3.United States Pam Shriver180
4.Czech Republic Helena Suková125
5.United States Zina Garrison122
6.France Nathalie Tauziat112
7.South Africa Rosalyn Nideffer111
8.United States Lori McNeil107
9.United States Serena Williams95
10.Germany Claudia Kohde89

Carpet #
1.United States Martina Navratilova515
2.United States Chris Evert208
3.Germany Steffi Graf189
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
Outdoor#
1.United States Martina Navratilova756
2.United States Chris Evert724
3.Germany Steffi Graf693
4.Spain Arantxa Sánchez687
5.United States Serena Williams672
7.United States Venus Williams621
6.Spain Conchita Martínez614
8.United States Lindsay Davenport585
9.Serbia Jelena Janković507
10.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini495

Indoor #
1.United States Martina Navratilova607
2.United States Chris Evert287
3.United States Pam Shriver200
4.United States Zina Garrison191
5.Germany Steffi Graf189
6.Czech Republic Helena Suková187
7.Czech Republic Jana Novotná164
8.United States Lindsay Davenport155
9.Switzerland Manuela Maleeva149
10.France Amélie Mauresmo144

Career winning percentage

  • 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.Australia Margaret Court593–5691.37
2.United States Chris Evert1304–14490.05
3.Germany Steffi Graf900–11588.67
4.United States Martina Navratilova1442–21986.82
5.United States Serena Williams768–12785.81
6.United States Monica Seles595–12282.98
7.Belgium Justine Henin525–11582.03
8.United States Billie Jean King695–15581.76
9.Australia Evonne Goolagong704–16581.01
10.Russia Maria Sharapova601–14580.56
* Minimum + 500 wins

Clay% W–L
1.United States Chris Evert93.98312–20
2.West Germany Steffi Graf90.10273–30
3.Belgium Justine Henin85.53130–22
4.United States Monica Seles85.03142–25
5.Russia Maria Sharapova83.85135–26
6.United States Serena Williams82.59156–33
7.United States Martina Navratilova81.38201–46
8.Switzerland Martina Hingis81.34109–25
9.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini80.00196–49
10.United States Lindsay Davenport77.42120-35
* Minimum + 100 wins

Hard% W–L
1.West Germany Steffi Graf90.30335–36
2.United States Chris Evert89.21306–37
3.United States Martina Navratilova87.89341–47
4.United States Serena Williams86.57464–72
5.United States Monica Seles83.87312–60
6.Belgium Kim Clijsters82.46315–67
7.Belgium Justine Henin81.91249–55
8.United States Lindsay Davenport80.00464–116
9.Switzerland Martina Hingis79.23290–76
10.United States Venus Williams79.17416–110
* Minimum + 200 wins

Grass% W–L
1.United States Martina Navratilova88.70306–39
2.United States Serena Williams88.5793-12
3.United States Chris Evert88.10185-25
4.West Germany Steffi Graf85.0085–15
5.United States Venus Williams83.0083–17
6.Belgium Justine Henin82.8153–11
7.Russia Maria Sharapova82.0082–18
8.Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná79.0079–21
9.United States Tracy Austin78.1843–12
10.Belgium Kim Clijsters77.7856–16
* Minimum + 40 wins

Carpet% W–L
1.United States Martina Navratilova89.82512–58
2.West Germany Steffi Graf89.15189–23
3.United States Chris Evert84.15207–39
4.Switzerland Martina Hingis80.8397–23
5.United States Lindsay Davenport79.53101–26
6.United States Monica Seles79.5197–25
7.United States Tracy Austin78.3083–23
8.Belgium Kim Clijsters77.4248–14
9.United States Venus Williams75.3652–17
10.Australia Hana Mandlíková73.75118–42
* Minimum + 40 wins

Single season winning percentage

NoPlayerYearW–L*%
1.United States Martina Navratilova198386–198.85
2.West Germany Steffi Graf198986–297.73
3.United States Martina Navratilova198478–297.50
4.West Germany Steffi Graf198775–297.40
5.United States Martina Navratilova198290–396.77
6.United States Martina Navratilova198689–396.73
7.West Germany Steffi Graf198872–396.00
8.Australia Margaret Court1973102–595.32
9.United States Serena Williams201378–495.12
10.United States Chris Evert197856–394.92
* Minimum + 50 wins

Winning streaks

PlayerWins
1.United States Martina Navratilova74 (1984)
2.West Germany Steffi Graf66 (1989–90)
3.United States Martina Navratilova58 (1986–87)
4.United States Chris Evert56 (1974)
5.United States Martina Navratilova54 (1983–84)
6.West Germany Steffi Graf46 (1988)
7.West Germany Steffi Graf45 (1987)
8.United States Chris Evert42 (1975–76)
9.United States Martina Navratilova41 (1982)
10.United States Martina Navratilova39 (1982–83)

Tour Year End Championships

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 Williams2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
4.United States Chris Evert41972, 1973, 1975, 1977
5.United States Monica Seles31990, 1991, 1992
Belgium Kim Clijsters2002, 2003, 2010

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

Semifinals#
1.United States Martina Navratilova16
2.United States Chris Evert9
Germany Steffi Graf
4.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini7
United States Serena Williams

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

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

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

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

WTA Premier Mandatory & 5/Tier One (since inception in 1988)

  • Overall totals include premier mandatory,premier five and tier one tournaments only.
  • Tier one events were played on 3 surfaces, (carpet) ceased as a surface in 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 Azarenka 9
Spain Conchita Martínez
United States Monica Seles
United States Venus Williams

Finals#
1.United States Serena Williams 32
2.Switzerland Martina Hingis27
3.West Germany Steffi Graf25
3.Russia Maria Sharapova25
5.United States Lindsay Davenport 21
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 18
7.United States Venus Williams 15
8.Spain Conchita Martínez 14
Belgium Justine Henin
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Semi Finals#
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 Davenport26
United States Venus Williams
7.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 25
8. United States Jennifer Capriati 24
Russia Elena Dementieva

Titles by court type

Hard#
1.United States Serena Williams 16
2.Belarus Victoria Azarenka9
Russia Maria Sharapova
4.West Germany Steffi Graf8
5.United States Venus Williams6
6.United States Monica Seles 6
Belgium Kim Clijsters
8.Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
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 Mauresmo 4
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Russia Maria Sharapova
9. United States Monica Seles 3
Russia Dinara Safina
Serbia Jelena Janković

WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)

Main article: WTA Rankings
  • as of 23 October 2016
  • Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive strikes

Weeks No. 1#
1Germany Steffi Graf377
2United States Martina Navratilova332
3United States Serena Williams309
4United States Chris Evert260
5Switzerland Martina Hingis209
6United States Monica Seles178
7Belgium Justine Henin117
8United States Lindsay Davenport98
9Denmark Caroline Wozniacki67
10Belarus Victoria Azarenka51

Consecutive weeks 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

WTA Year-end No. 1#
1.Germany Steffi Graf8
2.United States Martina Navratilova7
3.United States Chris Evert5
United States Serena Williams
5.United States Lindsay Davenport4
6.United States Monica Seles3
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Belgium Justine Henin
9.Denmark Caroline Wozniacki2
10.Serbia Jelena Janković1
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Germany Angelique Kerber

WTA Player of the Year#
1.Germany Steffi Graf8
2.United States Martina Navratilova7
United States Serena Williams
4.United States Monica Seles2
United States Lindsay Davenport
Belgium Justine Henin
Belgium Kim Clijsters
8.
9 players tied
1

Youngest WTA No. 1[3]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
Switzerland Martina Hingis 16 years, 152 days 9 September 1980 1 March 1997

Oldest WTA No. 1[4]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
United States Serena Williams 34 years, 351 days 26 September 1981 11 September 2016
  • Serena Williams first set the record on 18 February, 2013 (31 years, 145 days) when she returned to No.1. She held that position for 186 consecutive weeks, tying Steffi Graf's record for most consecutive weeks at #1.

Most career singles wins over world No. 1

This table lists the players with the most career singles wins over the world No. 1 ranked player since the Women's Tennis Association began computerized rankings on November 3, 1975.

Player#
1Czech Republic Martina Navratilova18
2United States Serena Williams16
3.United States Lindsay Davenport15
4United States Venus Williams14
5West Germany Steffi Graf11
6Argentina Gabriela Sabatini10
7United States Tracy Austin9
United States Chris Evert

Source: 2012 WTA Media Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 178.

Lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1

This table lists the lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1 ranked player since the Women's Tennis Association began computerized rankings on November 3, 1975. (Not including matches in which No.1-ranked player retired.)

RankPlayerWorld No. 1 Player DefeatedEvent
226China Zhang ShuaiRussia Dinara Safina2009 Beijing (2R)
188France Julie CoinSerbia Ana Ivanovic2008 US Open (2R)
133China Zheng JieSerbia Ana Ivanovic2008 Wimbledon (3R)
133Belgium Kim ClijstersUnited States Lindsay Davenport2005 Indian Wells (F)
132Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chenRussia Dinara Safina2009 Tokyo (2R)

WTA Tour doubles career records

Most doubles titles won

NoAll-timeTitles
1Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova177
2United States Rosemary Casals112
3United States Pam Shriver106
4United States Billie Jean King101
5Soviet Union/Belarus Natasha Zvereva80
6United States Lisa Raymond79
7Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná76
8United States Gigi Fernández69
9Czechoslovakia Helena Suková69
10Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario69

NoActiveTitles
1Switzerland Martina Hingis55
2India Sania Mirza40
3Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik36
4Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues28
5Czech Republic Květa Peschke27
6Italy Roberta Vinci25
7Italy Sara Errani25
8Australia Samantha Stosur24
9United States Serena Williams23
10Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung22
United States Venus Williams
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Other selected achievements

Youngest winners of a singles title

In the following table,[5] only the first tournament won by each player is listed. For example, Capriati won two additional tournaments before reaching the age of Seles listed below.

  1. Tracy Austin: 14 years, 0 months, 28 days (1977 Portland)
  2. Kathy Rinaldi: 14 years, 6 months, 24 days (1981 Kyoto)
  3. Jennifer Capriati: 14 years, 6 months, 29 days (1990 Puerto Rico)
  4. Andrea Jaeger: 14 years, 7 months, 14 days (1980 Las Vegas)
  5. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni: 15 years, 1 month, 25 days (1997 Bol)
  6. Nicole Vaidišová: 15 years, 3 months, 23 days (2004 Vancouver)
  7. Monica Seles: 15 years, 4 months, 29 days (1989 Houston)
  8. Gabriela Sabatini: 15 years, 5 months, 2 days (1985 Japan)
  9. Anke Huber: 15 years, 8 months, 22 days (1990 Schenectady)
  10. Tamira Paszek: 15 years, 9 months, 18 days (2006 Portorož)

Oldest winners of a singles title

In the following table, only the last tournament won by each player is listed. For example, Navratilova won many other tournaments between the ages of 34 and 37.

  1. Billie Jean King: 39 yrs, 7 months, 23 days (1983 Edgbaston Cup)
  2. Kimiko Date-Krumm: 38 yrs, 11 months, 30 days (2009 Hansol Korea Open)
  3. Martina Navratilova: 37 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (1994 Open Gaz de France)
  4. Francesca Schiavone: 35 years, 7 months, 29 days (2016 Rio Open)
  5. Venus Williams: 35 years, 7 months, 28 days (2016 Taiwan Open)
  6. Helga Niessen Masthoff: 35 years, 5 months, 1 day (1977 Monte Carlo Open)
  7. Marie Pinterova: 35 years, 2 months, 3 days (1981 Japan Open)
  8. Maria Bueno: 34 years, 11 months, 26 days (1974 Japan Open)
  9. Serena Williams: 34 yrs, 9 months, 13 days (2016 Wimbledon Championships)
  10. Helga Schultze: 34 years, 5 months, 6 days (1974 Swiss Open Championships)

Longest gap between titles

Gap[6] Player Tournaments
16 years, 4 months Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1998 Bol — 2014 Quebec City
13 years, 1 month Kimiko Date-Krumm 1996 San Diego — 2009 Seoul
8 years, 11 months Jelena Dokić 2002 Birmingham — 2011 Kuala Lumpur

WTA Prize money leaders

All time
PlayerPrize money
1United States Serena Williams$81,758,451
2Russia Maria Sharapova$36,484,486
3United States Venus Williams$34,431,748
4Belarus Victoria Azarenka$28,244,443
5Poland Agnieszka Radwańska$25,939,906
6Belgium Kim Clijsters$24,442,340
7Switzerland Martina Hingis$23,234,833
8Czech Republic Petra Kvitová$22,891,696
9United States Lindsay Davenport$22,166,338
10Denmark Caroline Wozniacki$22,086,176
11Germany Steffi Graf$21,895,277
12Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova$21,857,001
13United States Martina Navratilova$21,626,089
14Belgium Justine Henin$20,863,335
15Germany Angelique Kerber$19,321,784

Active
PlayerPrize money
1United States Serena Williams$81,758,451
2United States Venus Williams$34,431,748
3Belarus Victoria Azarenka$28,244,443
4Poland Agnieszka Radwańska$25,939,906
5Switzerland Martina Hingis$23,234,833
6Czech Republic Petra Kvitová$22,891,696
7Denmark Caroline Wozniacki$22,086,176
8Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova$21,857,001
9Germany Angelique Kerber$19,321,784
10Serbia Jelena Janković$18,701,135
11Australia Samantha Stosur$16,400,566
12Serbia Ana Ivanovic$15,510,787
13Romania Simona Halep$15,460,788
14Italy Sara Errani$12,736,385
15Italy Roberta Vinci$11,374,729

Single season
PlayerYearPrize money
1United States Serena Williams2013$12,385,572
2United States Serena Williams (2)2015$10,582,642
3Germany Angelique Kerber2016$10,136,615
4United States Serena Williams (3)2014$9,317,298
5Belarus Victoria Azarenka2012$7,923,920
6United States Serena Williams (4)2016$7,675,030
7United States Serena Williams (5)2012$7,045,975
8United States Serena Williams (6)2009$6,545,586
9Russia Maria Sharapova2012$6,508,296
10Belarus Victoria Azarenka (2)2013$6,497,165
11Russia Maria Sharapova (2)2014$5,839,357
12Belgium Justine Henin2007$5,429,586
13Czech Republic Petra Kvitová2014$5,203,236
14Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (2)2011$5,145,943
15Belgium Kim Clijsters2010$5,035,060

As of October 10, 2016
  • 356 players have earned at least US $1 million since September 1970.
  • 183 players have earned at least US $2 million since September 1970.
  • 134 players have earned at least US $3 million since September 1970.
  • 100 players have earned at least US $4 million since September 1970.
  • 77 players have earned at least US $5 million since September 1970.
  • 65 players have earned at least US $6 million since September 1970.
  • 48 players have earned at least US $8 million since September 1970.
  • 38 players have earned at least US $10 million since September 1970.
  • 21 players have earned at least US $15 million since September 1970.
  • 14 players have earned at least US $20 million since September 1970.
  • 5 players have earned at least US $25 million since September 1970.
  • 3 players have earned at least US $30 million since September 1970.
  • 1 player has earned at least US $80 million since September 1970.

See also

References

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