Open Era tennis records – Women's singles

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The Open Era is the current era of professional tennis. It began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs, ending the division that had persisted in men's tennis since the dawn of the sport in the 19th century. The first "open" tournament was held in Bournemouth, England,[1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament a month later.[2] All records are based on data from the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and the official sites of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Active streaks and active players are in boldface.

Grand Slam totals

Career totals

Career matches

Consecutive totals

  • spanning consecutive tournaments
# Titles Years
6 Australia Margaret Court 1969–71
United States Martina Navratilova 1983–84
5 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–89
4 West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1993–94
United States Serena Williams 2002–03
United States Serena Williams (2) 2014–15
3 United States Billie Jean King 1972
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 1981–82
United States Chris Evert 1982–83
West Germany Steffi Graf (3) 1989–90
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1991–92
West Germany Steffi Graf (4) 1995
West Germany Steffi Graf (5) 1996
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997–98
# Finals Years
13 West Germany Steffi Graf[7] 1987–90
11 United States Martina Navratilova 1985–87
6 Australia Margaret Court 1969–71
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 1983–84
United States Chris Evert 1984–85
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1991–93
5 West Germany Steffi Graf (2) 1993–94
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997–98
4 United States Chris Evert (2) 1982–83
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1994–95
United States Serena Williams 2002–03
United States Venus Williams 2002–03
Belgium Justine Henin 2006
United States Serena Williams (2) 2014–15
# Semifinals
19 United States Martina Navratilova
15 West Germany Steffi Graf
11 United States Chris Evert
Switzerland Martina Hingis
10 United States Serena Williams
9 Australia Margaret Court
United States Chris Evert (2)
7 United States Chris Evert (3)
6 West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams (2)
# Quarterfinals
19 United States Martina Navratilova
West Germany Steffi Graf
15 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
11 United States Chris Evert
Switzerland Martina Hingis
10 United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Serena Williams
9 United States Chris Evert (2)
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
United States Serena Williams (2)
# Match wins
45 United States Martina Navratilova
40 West Germany Steffi Graf
35 Australia Margaret Court
33 United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
32 West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
27 West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
26 West Germany Steffi Graf (4)
Switzerland Martina Hingis
# Appearances
62 Japan Ai Sugiyama[8]
France Alizé Cornet
61 Italy Francesca Schiavone
56 Serbia Jelena Janković
54 France Nathalie Dechy
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
52 Switzerland Patty Schnyder
51 Germany Angelique Kerber
48 Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Grand Slam tournament totals

Titles per tournament

Finals per tournament

Match wins per tournament

Match record per tournament

  • minimum 20 wins

Grand Slam career achievements

Titles

Finals

  • Reached the final of each Grand Slam tournament at least once during career
Event of completion Age Player
1970 Wimbledon 27 Australia Margaret Court
1972 French Open 28 United States Billie Jean King
1973 US Open 22 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1975 US Open 20 United States Chris Evert
1981 Wimbledon 19 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
1981 US Open 24 Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova
1988 Australian Open 18 West Germany Steffi Graf
1992 Wimbledon 18 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
1995 Wimbledon 23 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1997 US Open 16 Switzerland Martina Hingis
2003 Australian Open 22 United States Venus Williams
2003 Australian Open 21 United States Serena Williams
2004 Australian Open 21 Belgium Justine Henin
2012 French Open 25 Russia Maria Sharapova

Grand Slam calendar-year achievements

Match record

  • minimum 20 wins

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% W–L Player Year
100% 27–0 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
100% 26–0 Australia Margaret Court 1970
100% 21–0 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaMonica Seles 1991
100% 21–0 West Germany Steffi Graf 1995
100% 21–0 West Germany Steffi Graf 1996
100% 21–0 United States Serena Williams 2002
96.43% 27–1 West Germany Steffi Graf 1989
96.43% 27–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1992
96.43% 27–1 West Germany Steffi Graf 1993
96.43% 27–1 Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997

The Golden Slam and the Grand Slam

# All 4 titles + Olympic gold medal* Year
1 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
*called the Golden Slam
# All 4 titles* Year
1 Australia Margaret Court 1970
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
*called the Grand Slam

Other achievements

# 3+ titles Year
5 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–89, 93, 95–96
3 Australia Margaret Court 1969–70, 73
2 United States Martina Navratilova 1983–84
United States Monica Seles 1991–92
United States Serena Williams 2002, 15
1 United States Billie Jean King 1972
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
# 2+ titles Year
7 United States Serena Williams 2002–03, 09–10, 12–13, 15
6 United States Martina Navratilova 1982–87
5 United States Chris Evert 1974–16, 80, 82
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–89, 93, 95–96
3 Australia Margaret Court 1969–70, 73
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1991–92
United States Venus Williams 2000–01
Belgium Justine Henin 2003, 07
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1971
United States Billie Jean King 1972
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1994
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
United States Jennifer Capriati 2001
France Amélie Mauresmo 2006
Germany Angelique Kerber 2016
# All 4 finals Year
3 United States Martina Navratilova 1985, 86*, 87
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–89, 93
1 Australia Margaret Court 1970
United States Chris Evert 1984
United States Monica Seles 1992
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997
Belgium Justine Henin 2006
*Australian Open not played in 1986

Made all 3 available finals

# All 4 semifinals Year
6 United States Chris Evert 1974, 81–82, 84–85, 86*
4 United States Martina Navratilova 1984–85, 86*, 87
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–90, 93
3 Australia Margaret Court 1969–70, 73
2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997–98
United States Serena Williams 2015–16
Belgium Justine Henin 2003, 06
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1973
United States Monica Seles 1992
Spain Conchita Martínez 1995
United States Jennifer Capriati 2001
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2003
*Australian Open not played in 1986

Made all 3 available semifinals

# All 4 quarterfinals Year
6 United States Chris Evert 1974, 81–82, 84–85, 86*
5 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988–91, 93
United States Serena Williams 2001, 07, 09, 15–16
4 United States Martina Navratilova 1984–85, 86*, 87
3 Australia Margaret Court 1969–70, 73
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1991–93
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997–98, 00
United States Lindsay Davenport 1998–99, 05
2 United States Venus Williams 1998, 02
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1992, 02
United States Jennifer Capriati 2001–02
Belgium Justine Henin 2003, 06
1 United States Billie Jean King 1969
United States Rosemary Casals 1969
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1972
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1973
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 1981
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 1986*
Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 1987
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1991
Spain Conchita Martínez 1995
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2003
France Amélie Mauresmo 2004
Russia Maria Sharapova 2005
*Australian Open not played in 1986

Made all 3 available quarterfinals

Achievements at all 4 majors by year

Achievements at 3 out of 4 majors by year

Grand Slam miscellaneous

Grand Slam season streaks

Grand Slams won without losing a set

# Player Majors
6 United States Martina Navratilova 1983 WM, 1983 US, 1984 WM, 1986 WM, 1987 US, 1990 WM
United States Serena Williams 2002 WM, 2002 US, 2008 US, 2010 WM, 2014 US, 2017 AU
5 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
4 Australia Evonne Goolagong 1971 FR, 1975 AU, 1976 AU, 1977 AU (Dec)
3 Australia Margaret Court 1969 US, 1970 AU, 1973 AU
United States Billie Jean King 1971 US, 1972 FR, 1972 US
United States Lindsay Davenport 1998 US, 1999 WM, 2000 AU
Belgium Justine Henin 2006 FR, 2007 FR, 2007 US
2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997 AU, 1997 US
United States Venus Williams 2001 US, 2008 WM
1 Russia Maria Sharapova 2008 AU
France Marion Bartoli 2013 WM
Poland Iga Swiatek 2020 FR
United Kingdom Emma Raducanu 2021 US
Australia Ashleigh Barty 2022 AU

Youngest and oldest at Grand Slams

Winning first and last titles

Winning a title

Reaching a final

Grand Slam titles by decade

  • minimum 2 titles

All tournaments

Titles and finals

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# Finals Record
239 Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova 167–72
230 United States Chris Evert 157–73
138 West Germany Steffi Graf 107–31
122 United States Billie Jean King 67–55
121 Australia Margaret Court 92–29
119 Australia Evonne Goolagong 68–51
98 United States Serena Williams 73–25
93 United States Lindsay Davenport 55–38
85 United States Monica Seles 53–32
83 United States Venus Williams 49–34

Matches

# Played
1631 Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova[10]
1370 United States Chris Evert[11]
1065 United Kingdom Virginia Wade[12]
1062 United States Venus Williams[13]
1057 Spain Arantxa Sánchez[14]
1017 Spain Conchita Martínez[15]
995 Germany Steffi Graf[16]
994 United States Serena Williams[17]
940 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova[18]
931 Czech Republic Helena Sukova[19]
# Won
1420 Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova
1229 United States Chris Evert
888 Germany Steffi Graf
846 United States Serena Williams
798 United States Venus Williams
768 United Kingdom Virginia Wade
765 Spain Arantxa Sánchez
733 United States Lindsay Davenport
719 Spain Conchita Martínez
679 Australia Evonne Goolagong
# Played (active)
1062 United States Venus Williams
994 United States Serena Williams
940 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
828 Australia Samantha Stosur
732 Germany Angelique Kerber
716 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
714 Russia Vera Zvonareva
691 Belarus Victoria Azarenka
667 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
665 Italy Sara Errani
# Won (active)
846 United States Serena Williams
798 United States Venus Williams
610 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
498 Belarus Victoria Azarenka
485 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
468 Australia Samantha Stosur
465 Germany Angelique Kerber
463 Russia Vera Zvonareva
425 Romania Simona Halep
382 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
# Consecutive match wins Years
74 United States Martina Navratilova 1984
66 West Germany Steffi Graf 1989–90
58 United States Martina Navratilova 1986–87
57 Australia Margaret Court 1972–73
56 United States Chris Evert 1974
54 United States Martina Navratilova 1983–84
46 West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
45 West Germany Steffi Graf 1987
42 United States Chris Evert 1975–76
41 United States Martina Navratilova 1982

Most titles / finals at a single tournament

Titles by court type

Match wins by court type

Match record by court type

  • active players are denoted in boldface

Career season streaks

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Single season records

Year-end Championships

  • (1972 – present)

WTA Premier/Tier One (since inception in 1988)

  • Overall totals include premier mandatory, premier five and tier one tournaments only.
  • Tier one tournaments were played on 3 surfaces (carpet ceased as a surface in 1995).

Titles by court type

WTA rankings achievements

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WTA rankings began in 1975. These weekly rankings determine tournament eligibility and seedings. At the end of each year they also become the official WTA season rankings.

Correct as of 14 March 2022 with (▲) indicating active streaks.[27].

Year-end rankings total through 2021

Prize money

See WTA Prize money. As prize money has increased strongly in recent decades, the lists of prize money leaders for the Open Era (since 1968) and for the WTA Tour period (since 1973) are the same.

See also

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