List of female tennis players
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This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria:
- In singles, she must have reached
- Top 25 since official WTA rankings were kept.
- Top 10 of semi-official almanac/magazines/other players lists prior to official rankings.
- Quarterfinals or better in any Grand Slam tournament
- Reached the finals of any year-end event
- Earn any medal at the Olympics
- Doubles/mixed - any of the following
- A player/team has won a Grand Slam tournament or Olympic doubles title.
- A player/team has been ranked No. 1
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| Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Grand Slam singles titles | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy Abbas |  Egypt |
1960 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Julie Albert |  United States |
1965 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Leslie Allen | United States |
1957
|
Ranked world No. 21 in 1983 | |||
| Lili de Alvarez Valdene |  Spain |
1905
|
1998
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1927 and 1928 • 1926/1927/1928 Wimbledon runner-up | ||
| Josette Amouretti |  France |
1954 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Sabine Appelmans |  Belgium |
1972
|
Ranked world No. 16 in singles and world No. 21 in doubles in 1997 | |||
| Laura Arraya (Gildemeister) |  Argentina Peru |
1967
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles in 1990 and world No. 27 in doubles in 1988 | |||
| Jeanne Arth | United States |
1935
|
1959 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1956/1959 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion | |||
| Shinobu Asagoe |  Japan |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 21 in singles in 2005 and world No. 13 in doubles in 2006 | |||
| Cilly Aussem |  Germany |
1909
|
1963
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1930 and 1931 • 1931 French Championships champion • 1931 Wimbledon champion • 1930 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Tracy Austin | United States |
1962
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 1 in 1980 • 1979/1981 US Open champion • 1980 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| Victoria Azarenka |  Belarus |
1989
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles in 2012 and world No. 7 in doubles in 2008 • 2012/2013 Australian Open champion • 2007 US Open and 2008 French Open mixed doubles champion | ||
| Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat |  Australia |
1956
|
Ranked world No. 4 in 1979 • 1977 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Sybille Bammer |  Austria |
1980
|
Ranked world No. 19 in 2007 | |||
| Sue Barker |  United Kingdom |
1956
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 3 • 1976 French Open champion | ||
| Pilar Barril | Spain |
1961 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Jane Bartkowicz | United States |
1949
|
Ranked world No. 8 at the end of the year in 1969 | |||
| Marion Bartoli | France |
1984
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles in 2012 and world No. 15 in doubles in 2004 / Wimbledon Champion 2014 | |||
| Carling Bassett-Seguso |  Canada |
1967
|
Highest ranking was world No. 8 | |||
| Yayuk Basuki |  Indonesia |
1970
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles in 1997 and world No. 9 in doubles in 1998 | |||
| Joan Hartigan Bathurst | Australia |
1912
|
2000
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 8 at the end of the year in 1934 • 1933/1934/1936 Australian Championships champion • 1934 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Norma Baylon | Argentina |
1960
|
1964 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1965 French Championships quarterfinalist | |||
| Geraldine Beamish | United Kingdom |
1885
|
1972
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1923 • 1919/1922/1923 Wimbledon semifinalist • 1921 Wimbledon women's doubles runner-up • 1920 Olympic silver medalist in women's doubles | ||
| Claire Beckingham | 1926 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||||
| Dája Bedáňová |  Czech Republic |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 16 in singles and world No. 34 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Miroslava Bendlova | Czechoslovakia |
1978 French Open quarterfinalist | ||||
| Iveta Benešová | Czech Republic |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 25 in singles in 2009 and world No. 17 in doubles in 2011 | |||
| Pauline Betz Addie | United States |
1919
|
2011
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1946 • 1946 Wimbledon champion • 1942/1943/1944/1946 U.S. Championships champion • 1946 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Louie Bickerton | Australia |
1902
|
1998
|
1927/1929/1931 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1935 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom |
1863
|
1946
|
6
|
1886/1890/1894/1897/1899/1900 Wimbledon champion | |
| Cara Black |  Zimbabwe |
1979
|
Ranked world No. 31 in singles in 1999 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2005 • 2007 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2004/2005/2007 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2008 US Open women's doubles champion • 2010 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 2003 French Open mixed doubles champion • 2004/2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 2008 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Jill Blackman | Australia |
1936
|
1963 French Championships quarterfinalist | |||
| Molly Blair | United Kingdom |
1949 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Nancye Wynne Bolton | Australia |
1916
|
2001
|
6
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1947 and 1948 • 1937/1940/1946/1947/1948/1951 Australian Championships champion • 1936/1937/1938/1939/1940/1947/1948/1949/1951/1952 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1940/1946/1947/1948 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Alona Bondarenko |  Ukraine |
1984
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles and world No. 11 in doubles in 2008 • 2008 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Kateryna Bondarenko | Ukraine |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 29 in singles in 2009 and world No. 9 in doubles in 2008 • 2008 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Lisa Bonder-Kreiss | United States |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 9 in 1984 | |||
| Fiorella Bonicelli |  Uruguay |
1951
|
1976 French Open women's doubles champion • 1975 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Kristie Boogert |  Netherlands |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 29 in singles in 1996 and world No. 16 in doubles in 1997 • 1994 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Penelope Dora Boothby | United Kingdom |
1881
|
1970
|
1
|
1909 Wimbledon Champion • 1908 Olympic silver medalist in singles | |
| Linky Boshoff |  South Africa |
1956
|
1974 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1977 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Annelisa Bossi |  Italy |
1949 French Championships semifinalist | ||||
| Jean Bostock | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 6 at the end of the year in 1948 • 1946 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Eugenie Bouchard | Canada |
1994
|
Ranked world No. 7[1] in 2014 • Australian Open Semifinals; French Open Semifinals; Wimbledon Final | |||
| Kornelia Bouman | Netherlands |
1903
|
1998
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 8 at the end of the year in 1928 • 1927 French Championships champion • 1929 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1924 Olympic bronze medalist in mixed doubles | |
| Elena Bovina |  Russia |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles in 2005 and world No. 14 in doubles in 2003 | |||
| Nicole (Provis) Bradtke | Australia |
1969
|
Ranked world No. 24 in singles in 1993 and world No. 11 in doubles in 1992 • 1992 Olympic bronze medalist in women's doubles | |||
| Shirley Brasher | United Kingdom |
1934
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1957 • 1957 French Championships champion • 1957 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1958 French Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Heather Brewer Segal |  Bermuda |
2006
|
1955/1958 French Championships semifinalist | |||
| Marguerite Broquedis | France |
1893
|
1983
|
2
|
1913/1914 French Championships champion • 1911/1924 French Championships mixed doubles champion • 1912 Olympic gold medalist in singles and bronze medalist in mixed doubles | |
| Louise Brough Clapp | United States |
1923
|
2014
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1955 • 1947 U.S. Championships champion • 1950 Australian Championships champion • 1948/1949/1955 Wimbledon champion • 1950 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1946/1947/1949 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1946/1948/1949/1950/1954 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1942/1943/1944/1945/1946/1947/1948/1949/1950/1955/1956/1957 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1946/1947/1948/1950 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1942/1947/1948/1949 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Mary Kendall Browne | United States |
1891
|
1971
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1921 • 1912/1913/1914 U.S. Championships champion • 1912/1913/1914/1921/1925 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1926 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1912/1913/1914/1921 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Ginette Bucaille | France |
Ranked world No. 10 at the end of the year 1954 • 1954 French Championships runner-up | ||||
| Iva Budařová | Czech Republic |
1960
|
Ranked world No. 24 in 1983 | |||
| Edda Buding | West Germany |
1936
|
2014
|
1959 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1956 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||
| Ilse Buding | West Germany |
1956 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Maria Bueno |  Brazil |
1939
|
7
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1959 and 1960 • 1959/1960/1964 Wimbledon champion • 1959/1963/1964/1966 U.S. Championships champion • 1958/1960/1963/1965/1966 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1960/1962/1966/1968 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1960 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1960 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1960 French Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Bettina Bunge | West Germany |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 7 in 1983 | |||
| Coral Buttsworth | Australia |
1900
|
1985
|
2
|
1931/1932 Australian Championships champion • 1932 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | |
| Angela Buxton | United Kingdom |
1934
|
Ranked world No. 6 at the end of the year in 1956 • 1956 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1956 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | |||
| Jennifer Capriati | United States |
1976
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 1 for a total of 17 weeks in 2001 and 2002 • Ranked world No. 28 in doubles in 1992 • 2001/2002 Australian Open champion • 2001 French Open champion • 1992 Olympic gold medalist in singles | ||
| Mary Carillo | United States |
1957
|
Ranked world No. 33 in singles in 1980 • 1977 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Pam Casale | United States |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 14 in 1984 | |||
| Rosemary Casals | United States |
1948
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1970 • 1967/1968/1969/1970/1971/1973 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1970/1972 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1967/1971/1974/1982 US Open women's doubles champion • 1975 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Michelle (Torres) Casati | United States |
1967
|
Ranked world No. 18 in 1984 | |||
| Helen Gourlay Cawley | Australia |
1946
|
1972/1976/1977 (January)/1977 (December) Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1977 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | |||
| Arlette de Cazalet | France |
1951 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Sandra Cecchini | Italy |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 15 in 1988 | |||
| Anna Chakvetadze | Russia |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 5 in singles and world No. 53 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Dorothy Bundy Cheney | United States |
1916
|
2014
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 6 at the end of the year in 1946 • 1938 Australian Championships champion | |
| Natasha Chmyreva |  Soviet Union |
1958
|
1975 Australian Open semifinalist | |||
| Dominika Cibulková |  Slovakia |
1989
|
Australian Open Runner-up 2014 | |||
| Sorana Cîrstea |  Romania |
1990
|
Ranked world No. 23 in singles and world No. 35 in doubles in 2009 | |||
| Kim Clijsters | Belgium |
1983
|
4
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles and doubles in 2003 • 2005/2009/2010 US Open champion • 2011 Australian Open champion and 3 times WTA-Champion and by doubles: • 2003 Wimbledon champion • 2003 Roland Garros champion | ||
| Amanda Coetzer | South Africa |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 1997 and world No. 15 in doubles in 1993 | |||
| Lorraine Coghlan Robinson | Australia |
1937
|
1958 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |||
| J. S. Colegate | 1924 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||||
| Patricia Coleman-Gregg | Australia |
1953
|
1972 Australian Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Beryl Penrose Collier | Australia |
1930
|
Ranked world No. 8 at the end of the year in 1955 • 1955 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Maureen Connolly Brinker | United States |
1934
|
1969
|
9
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Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year from 1952 through 1954 • 1953 Australian Championships champion • 1953/1954 French Championships champion • 1952/1953/1954 Wimbledon champion • 1951/1952/1953 U.S. Championships champion • 1953 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1954 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1954 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Helene Contostavlos |  Greece |
1926 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Sarah Palfrey Cooke | United States |
1912
|
1996
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1934 • 1941/1945 U.S. Championships champion • 1930/1932/1934/1935/1937/1938/1939/1940/1941 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1938/1939 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1932/1935/1937/1941 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1939 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Charlotte Cooper Sterry | United Kingdom |
1870
|
1966
|
5
|
1895/1896/1898/1901/1908 Wimbledon champion • 1900 Olympic gold medalist in singles and mixed doubles | |
| Belinda Cordwell |  New Zealand |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 17 in 1989 | |||
| Alizé Cornet | France |
1990
|
Ranked world No. 11 in singles in 2009 | |||
| Margaret (Smith) Court | Australia |
1942
|
24
|
• Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year from 1962 through 1965 and in 1969, 1970, and 1973 • One of three players to have won every possible title (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) at all four Grand Slam events. • Australian Open champion 1960/1961/1962/1963/1964/1965/1966/1969/1970/1971/1973 • Australian Open women's doubles champion 1961/1962/1963/1965/1969/1970/1971/1973 • Australian Championships mixed doubles champion 1963/1964 • French Open champion 1962/1964/1969/1970/1973 • French Open women's doubles champion 1964/1965/1966/1973 • French Open mixed doubles champion 1963/1964/1965/1969 • US Open champion 1962/1965/1969/1970/1973 • US Open women's doubles champion 1963/1968/1970/1973/1975 • US Open mixed doubles champion 1961/1962/1963/1964/1965/1969/1970/1972 • Wimbledon champion 1963/1965/1970 • Wimbledon women's doubles champion 1964/1969 • Wimbledon mixed doubles champion 1963/1965/1966/1968/1975 | ||
| Paule Courteix | France |
1959 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Thelma Coyne Long | Australia |
1918
|
2015
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1952 • 1952/1954 Australian Championships champion • 1936/1937/1938/1939/1940/1947/1948/1949/1951/1952/1956/1958 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | |
| Daphne Akhurst Cozens | Australia |
1903
|
1933
|
5
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Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1928 • 1925/1926/1928/1929/1930 Australian Championships champion • 1924/1925/1928/1929/1931 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1924/1925/1928/1929 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Marjorie Cox Crawford | Australia |
1932 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1931/1932/1933 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | ||||
| Annabel Croft | United Kingdom |
1966
|
Ranked world No. 24 in singles in 1985 | |||
| Isabel Cueto | Germany |
1968
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 1989 and world No. 77 in doubles in 1987 | |||
| Joan Curry | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 9 at the end of the year in 1949 • 1949/1952 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Eleni Daniilidou | Greece |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles in 2003 and world No. 21 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Rosa-Maria Reyes Darmon |  Mexico |
1939
|
1957 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1958 French Championships quarterfinalist | |||
| Kimiko Date-Krumm | Japan |
1970
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Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 1995 and world No. 33 in doubles in 1992 | |||
| Lindsay Davenport | United States |
1976
|
3
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Ranked world No. 1 in singles at the end of the year in 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005 and world No. 2 in doubles at the end of the year in 1997 • Ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 98 weeks from 1998 through 2002 and from 2004 through 2006 • 1998 US Open champion • 1999 Wimbledon champion • 2000 Australian Open champion • 1996 French Open women's doubles champion • 1997 US Open women's doubles champion • 1999 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Barbara Scofield | United States |
1926
|
Ranked world No. 5 at the end of the year in 1950 • 1950 French Championships semifinalist | |||
| Nathalie Dechy | France |
1979
|
Ranked world No. 11 in singles in 2006 and world No. 8 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Casey Dellacqua | Australia |
1985
|
Ranked world No. 26 in singles in 2014 and world No. 5 in doubles in 2015 | |||
| Elena Dementieva | Russia |
1981
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 2009 and world No. 5 in doubles in 2003 | |||
| Lottie Dod | United Kingdom |
1871
|
1960
|
5
|
1887/1888/1891/1892/1893 Wimbledon champion | |
| Jelena Dokić | Australia Yugoslavia Serbia andMontenegro |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles and world No. 10 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie | Romania |
1972
|
Ranked world No. 15 in singles and world No. 21 in doubles in 1997 | |||
| Gisela Dulko | Argentina |
1985
|
Ranked world No. 26 in singles in 2005 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2010 • 2011 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Annette Van Zyl Du Plooy | South Africa |
1943
|
Ranked world No. 6 at the end of the year in 1965 and 1966 • 1966 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |||
| Margaret Osborne duPont | United States |
1918
|
2012
|
6
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Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year from 1947 through 1950 • 1946/1949 French Championships champion • 1948/1949/1950 U.S. Championships champion • 1947 Wimbledon champion • 1946/1947/1949 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1946/1948/1949/1950/1954 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1941/1942/1943/1944/1945/1946/1947/1948/1949/1950/1955/1956/1957 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1962 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1943/1944/1945/1946/1950/1956/1958/1959/1960 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Jo Durie | United Kingdom |
1960
|
Ranked world No. 5 in 1984 • Australian Mixed Doubles Champion 1991 • Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion 1987 | |||
| Françoise Durr | France |
1942
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1967 • 1967 French Championships champion • 1967 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1968/1969/1970/1971 French Open women's doubles champion • 1969/1972 US Open women's doubles champion • 1968/1971/1973 French Open mixed doubles champion • 1976 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| Robyn Ebbern | Australia |
1944
|
Ranked world No. 9 at the end of the year in 1964 • 1963 French Championships quarterfinalist • 1962/1963 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1963 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1963 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion (shared - final abandoned because of rain) | |||
| Katja Ebbinghaus | West Germany |
1948
|
1972/1973/1974 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Mary-Ann Eisel | United States |
1946
|
1967 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Silvia Farina Elia | Italy |
1972
|
Ranked world No. 11 in singles in 2002 and world No. 24 in doubles in 1999 | |||
| Sara Errani | Italy |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 6 in singles in 2012 and No. 1 in doubles in 2012 • 2012 French Open women's doubles champion • 2012 US Open women's doubles champion • 2013 Australian Open women's doubles champion • ITF World Champion in doubles, 2012 (with Roberta Vinci) | |||
| Chris Evert | United States |
1954
|
18
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Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, and 1981 • Ranked world No. 1 for a total of 262 weeks from 1975 through 1982 and in 1985 • 1974/1975/1979/1980/1983/1985/1986 French Open champion • 1974/1976/1981 Wimbledon champion • 1975/1976/1977/1978/1980/1982 US Open champion • 1982/1984 Australian Open champion • 1974/1975 French Open women's doubles champion • 1976 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Rosalyn (Fairbank) Nideffer | South Africa United States |
1960
|
Ranked world No. 15 in singles in 1990 and world No. 12 in doubles in 1986 • 1981/1983 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Donna Floyd Fales | United States |
1940
|
1963 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1962 French Championships quarterfinalist | |||
| Patty Fendick | United States |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles in 1989 • 1991 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Gigi Fernández |  Puerto Rico United States |
1964
|
Ranked world No. 17 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles in 1991 • 1988/1990/1992/1995/1996 US Open women's doubles champion • 1991/1992/1993/1994/1995/1997 French Open women's doubles champion • 1992/1993/1994/1997 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1993/1994 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1992/1996 Olympic gold medalist in women's doubles | |||
| Mary Joe Fernandez | United States |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 1990 and world No. 4 in doubles in 1991 • 1991 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1996 French Open women's doubles champion • 1992/1996 Olympic gold medalist in women's doubles • 1990/1992 Australian Open runner-up • 1993 French Open runner-up • 1992/1996 Olympic gold medalist in women's doubles • 1992 Olympic bronze medalist in singles | |||
| Joyce Fitch Rymer | Australia |
1946 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | ||||
| Beverly Baker Fleitz | United States |
1930
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1954, 1955, and 1958 • 1955 French Championships women's doubles champion | |||
| Helen Fletcher Barker | United Kingdom |
1931
|
Ranked world No. 8 at the end of the year in 1954 • 1954 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Kirsten Flipkens | Belgium |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 13 in 2013 • 2013 Wimbledon semifinalist | |||
| Amy Frazier | United States |
1972
|
Ranked world No. 13 in singles in 1995 and world No. 24 in doubles in 1993 | |||
| Shirley Fry Irvin | United States |
1927
|
4
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1956 • 1957 Australian Championships champion • 1951 French Championships champion • 1956 Wimbledon champion • 1956 U.S. Championships champion • 1957 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1950/1951/1952/1953 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1951/1952/1953 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1951/1952/1953/1954 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1956 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| Bettina Fulco-Villella | Argentina |
1968
|
Ranked world No. 23 in singles in 1988 and world No. 62 in doubles in 1991 | |||
| Bonnie Gadusek | United States |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 8 in 1984 | |||
| Donna Ganz | United States |
1954
|
1975 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Tathiana Garbin | Italy |
1977
|
Ranked world No. 22 in singles in 2007 and world No. 25 in doubles in 2001 | |||
| Zina Garrison (Jackson) | United States |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 1989 and world No. 5 in doubles in 1988 • 1987 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 1988/1990 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |||
| Daria Gavrilova | Australia Russia |
1994
|
Ranked world No. 35 in singles in 2015 and world No. 154 in doubles in 2015 | |||
| Ruta Gerulaitis | United States |
1955
|
1979 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Althea Gibson | United States |
1927
|
2003
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1957 and 1958 • 1956 French Championships champion • 1957/1958 Wimbledon Championships champion • 1957/1958 U.S. Championships champion | |
| Raquel Giscafré | Argentina |
1949
|
1974 French Open semifinalist | |||
| Kathleen McKane Godfree | United Kingdom |
1896
|
1992
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1923, 1924, and 1926 • 1924/1926 Wimbledon Championships champion • 1924 Olympic silver medalist in women's doubles and bronze medalist in singles • 1920 Olympic gold medalist in women's doubles, silver medalist in mixed doubles, and bronze medalist in singles | |
| Elsie Goldsack Pittman | United Kingdom |
1904
|
1975
|
Ranked world No. 10 at the end of the year in 1929 and 1931 • 1929 Wimbledon semifinalist | ||
| Tatiana Golovin | France |
1988
|
Ranked world No. 12 in singles in 2008 and world No. 91 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Kate Gompert | United States |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 18 in 1987 | |||
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Australia |
1951
|
7
|
Ranked world No. 1 in 1976 • 1974/1975/1976/1977(December) Australian Open Champion • 1971 French Open champion • 1971/1980 Wimbledon champion • 1971/1974/1975/1976/1977(December) Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1974 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1972 French Open mixed doubles champion | ||
| Julia Görges | Germany |
1988
|
Ranked world No. 15 in singles in 2012 and world No. 31 in doubles in 2011 | |||
| Inés Gorrochategui | Argentina |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles in 1994 and world No. 9 in doubles in 1995 | |||
| Eleanor Goss | United States |
Ranked world No. 6 at the end of the year in 1923, 1924, and 1925 • 1918 U.S. Championships runner-up • 1918/1919/1920/1926 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion | ||||
| Carole Caldwell Graebner | United States |
1943
|
2008
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1964 • 1965 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1966 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Steffi Graf | Germany |
1969
|
22
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 • 1988/1989/1990/1994 Australian Open champion • 1987/1988/1993/1995/1996/1999 French Open champion • 1988/1989/1991/1992/1993/1995/1996 Wimbledon champion • 1988/1989/1993/1995/1996 US Open champion • 1988 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1992 Olympic silver medalist in singles • 1988 Olympic gold medalist in singles and bronze medalist in doubles. Ranked world No. 1 for 377 weeks. | ||
| Rita Grande | Italy |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 24 in singles and world No. 26 in doubles in 2001 | |||
| Gertruida Groenman Walhof | Netherlands |
1944
|
1966 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Germany |
1985
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles and world No. 7 in doubles in 2006 • 2009 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |||
| Jarmila (Gajdošová) Wolfe | Australia Slovakia |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 25 in singles in 2011 and world No. 51 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Carly Gullickson | United States |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 123 in singles in 2009 and world No. 52 in doubles in 2006 • 2009 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Michele Gurdal | Belgium |
1952
|
1979 Australian Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Melissa Gurney | United States |
1969
|
Ranked world No. 17 in 1987 | |||
| Karina Habšudová | Slovakia |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 10 in 1997 | |||
| Sabine Hack | Germany |
1969
|
Ranked world No. 13 in singles in 1995 and world No. 94 in doubles in 1994 | |||
| Julie Halard-Decugis | France |
1970
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles in 2000 • 2000 US Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Simona Halep | Romania |
1991
|
Ranked world No. 3 in 2014 | |||
| Sylvia Hanika | West Germany |
1959
|
Ranked world No. 5 in 1983 | |||
| Daniela Hantuchová | Slovakia |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 5 in singles in 2003 and in doubles in 2002 • 2001 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 2002 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 2005 French Open mixed doubles champion • 2005 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Darlene Hard | United States |
1936
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1957, 1960, and 1961 • 1960 French Championships champion • 1960/1961 U.S. Championships champion • 1957/1959/1960/1963 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1955/1957/1960 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1958/1959/1960/1961/1962 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1957/1959/1960 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1955/1961 French Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Mary Hardwick | United Kingdom |
1913
|
2001
|
Ranked world No. 8 at year-end in 1939 • 1939 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||
| Tanya Harford | South Africa |
1958
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1981 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Anna McCune Harper | United States |
1902
|
1999
|
1931 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • Top-ranked player in the United States in 1930 | ||
| Kerry Harris | Australia |
1949
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1972 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Betty Harrison | United Kingdom |
1950 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Doris Hart | United States |
1925
|
2015
|
6
|
Ranked world No. 1 at year-end in 1951 • 1949 Australian Championships champion • 1950/1952 French Championships champion • 1951 Wimbledon champion • 1954/1955 U.S. Championships champion • 1950 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1948/1950/1951/1952/1953 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1947/1951/1952/1953 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1951/1952/1953/1954 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1949/1950 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion • 1951/1952/1953 French Championships mixed doubles champion • 1951/1952/1953/1954/1955 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1951/1952/1953/1954/1955 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Kathleen Harter | United States |
1946
|
1967 Wimbledon semifinalist | |||
| Linda Harvey-Wild | United States |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 23 in singles and world No. 17 in doubles in 1996 | |||
| Barbara Hawcroft | Australia |
1950
|
1972 Australian Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Marie Hazel | 1923 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||||
| Mary Heeley | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 6 at year-end in 1932 • 1932 Wimbledon semifinalist | ||||
| Bobbie Heine Miller |  South Africa |
1909
|
Ranked world No. 5 at year-end in 1929 • 1929 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1927 French Championships women's doubles champion | |||
| Julie Heldman | United States |
1945
|
Ranked world No. 5 at year-end in 1969 | |||
| Justine Henin | Belgium |
1982
|
7
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles at the end of the year in 2003, 2006, and 2007 and world No. 23 in doubles in 2002 • 2003/2005/2006/2007 French Open champion • 2003/2007 US Open champion • 2004 Australian Open champion • Ranked world No. 1 for 125 weeks | ||
| Betty Hilton | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 6 at year-end in 1949 • 1949 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1946 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Martina Hingis |  Switzerland |
1980
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles at the end of the year in 1997, 1999, and 2000 • Ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1998 • 1997/1998/1999 Australian Open champion • 1997 Wimbledon champion • 1997 US Open champion • 1996/1998 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1997/1998/1999/2002 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1998/2000 French Open women's doubles champion • 1998 US Open women's doubles champion • 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • Ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks | ||
| Rika Hiraki | Japan |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 72 in singles and world No. 26 in doubles in 1997 • 1997 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Jenny Hoad | Australia |
1934
|
1954 Australian Championships runner-up | |||
| Patti Hogan | United States |
1949
|
1972 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Dorothy Holman | United Kingdom |
1883
|
1979
|
1912/1913 Wimbledon semifinalist • 1920 Olympic silver medalist in singles and women's doubles | ||
| Miroslava Holubova | Czechoslovakia |
1976 French Open quarterfinalist | ||||
| Nell Hall Hopman | Australia |
1909
|
1968
|
1939/1947 Australian Championships runner-up • 1930/1936/1937/1939 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion • 1954 French Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Marie Luise Horn |  Germany |
Ranked world No. 8 at year-end in 1932 and 1937 • 1936 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Kathleen Horvath | United States |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 10 in singles in 1984, and world No. 45 in doubles in 1988 | |||
| Justina Bricka Horwitz | United States |
1943
|
1965 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Hsieh Su-wei |  Chinese Taipei |
1986 | 2013 Wimbledon LD Champion • 2014 Roland Garros WD Champion (with Peng Shuai) | |||
| Anke Huber | Germany |
1974
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 1996 and world No. 30 in doubles in 2000 | |||
| Liezel (Horn) Huber | South Africa United States |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 131 in singles in 1999 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2007 • 2005/2007 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2007 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2008 US Open women's doubles champion • 2009 French Open mixed doubles champion • 2010 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Lesley Hunt | Australia |
1950
|
Ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1974 | |||
| Ana Ivanovic |  Serbia |
1987
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles in 2008 and world No. 50 in doubles in 2006 • 2008 French Open champion | ||
| Helen Jacobs | United States |
1908
|
1997
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1936 • 1932/1933/1934/1935 U.S. Championships champion • 1936 Wimbledon champion • 1932/1934/1935 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1934 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Andrea Jaeger | United States |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1982 and 1983 • 1981 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Jelena Janković | Serbia |
1985
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles at the end of the year in 2008 and world No. 43 in doubles in 2006 • 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |||
| Mima Jaušovec | Yugoslavia |
1956
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 8 at year-end in 1976 • 1977 French Open champion • 1978 French Open women's doubles champion | ||
| Jadwiga Jędrzejowska |  Poland |
1912
|
1980
|
Ranked world No. 3 at year-end in 1937 • 1939 French Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Marion Jessup | United States |
1897
|
1979
|
Ranked world No. 8 at year-end in 1922 • 1919/1920 U.S. Championships runner-up • 1918/1919/1920/1921 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1919 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1924 Olympic silver medalist in mixed doubles | ||
| Ann Haydon Jones | United Kingdom |
1938
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1967 and 1969 • 1961/1966 French Championships champion • 1969 Wimbledon champion • 1963/1968/1969 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1969 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion • 1969 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| Marion Jones Farquhar | United States |
1879
|
1965
|
2
|
1899/1902 U.S. Championships champion • 1902 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1901 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1900 Olympic bronze medalist in singles and mixed doubles | |
| Barbara Jordan | United States |
1957
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 78 in 1983 • 1979 Australian Open champion • 1983 French Open mixed doubles champion | ||
| Kathy Jordan | United States |
1959
|
Ranked world No. 5 in singles and world No. 6 in doubles in 1984 • 1980 French Open women's doubles champion • 1980/1985 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1981 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1981 US Open women's doubles champion • 1986 French Open mixed doubles champion • 1986 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |||
| Yone Kamio | Japan |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 24 in singles in 1995 and world No. 65 in doubles in 1994 | |||
| Kaia Kanepi |  Estonia |
1985
|
Ranked world No. 16 in 2011 | |||
| Carina Karlsson |  Sweden |
1963
|
1984 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Helen Kelesi | Canada |
1969
|
Ranked world No. 13 in singles in 1989 and world No. 26 in doubles in 1991 | |||
| Angelique Kerber | Germany |
1988
|
Ranked world No. 10 in singles and world No. 147 in doubles in 2012 | |||
| Billie Jean King | United States |
1943
|
12
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, and 1974 • 1966/1967/1968/1972/1973/1975 Wimbledon champion • 1967/1971/1972/1974 US Open champion • 1968 Australian Championships champion • 1972 French Open champion • 1961/1962/1965/1967/1968/1970/1971/1972/1973/1979 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1972 French Open women's doubles champion • 1964/1967/1974/1978/1980 US Open women's doubles champion • 1968 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion • 1967/1970 French Open mixed doubles champion • 1967/1971/1973/1974 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1967/1971/1973/1976 US Open mixed doubles champion | ||
| Vania King | United States |
1989
|
Ranked world No. 50 in singles in 2006 and world No. 4 in doubles in 2010 • 2010 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2010 US Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Maria Kirilenko | Russia |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 18 in singles in 2008 and world No. 9 in doubles in 2011 | |||
| Alisa Kleybanova | Russia |
1989
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 2011 and world No. 10 in doubles in 2010 | |||
| Ilana Kloss | South Africa |
1956
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles in 1979 and world No. 1 in doubles in 1976 | |||
| Dorothy Head Knode | United States |
1925
|
Ranked world No. 5 at year-end in 1955 and 1957 • 1955/1957 French Championships runner-up | |||
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | West Germany |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 4 in 1985 • 1985 US Open women's doubles champion • 1987 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1988 Olympic bronze medalist in women's doubles | |||
| Zsuzsa Körmöczy |  Hungary |
1924
|
2006
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1958 • 1958 French Championships champion | |
| Anna Kournikova | Russia |
1981
|
Ranked world No. 8 in singles in 2000 and world No. 1 in doubles in 1999 • 1999/2002 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Karen Krantzcke | Australia |
1946
|
1977
|
Ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1970 • 1970 French Open semifinalist • 1970/1977 Australian Open semifinalist • 1968 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Lina Krasnoroutskaya | Russia |
1984
|
Ranked world No. 25 in singles and world No. 22 in doubles in 2004 | |||
| Anne Kremer |  Luxembourg |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 18 in singles in 2002 | |||
| Joannette Kruger | South Africa |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 21 in singles in 1998 and world No. 91 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Marise Kruger | South Africa |
1958
|
1978 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Kathy Kuykendall | United States |
1976 French Open quarterfinalist | ||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia |
1985
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 2007 • 2004 US Open champion • 2005/2012 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2009 French Open champion | ||
| Petra Kvitová | Czech Republic |
1990
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 6 in singles in 2011 • 2011/2014 Wimbledon champion | ||
| Simone Laffargue | France |
1945 French Championships runner-up | ||||
| Joan Fry | United Kingdom |
1906
|
1985
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1926 • 1925 Wimbledon runner-up | ||
| Dorothea Lambert Chambers | United Kingdom |
1878
|
1960
|
7
|
1903/1904/1906/1910/1911/1913/1914 Wimbledon champion• 1908 Olympic gold medalist in singles | |
| Sylvia Lance Harper | Australia |
1895
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 10 in 1924 • 1924 Australian Championships champion • 1923/1924/1925 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1923 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Nelly Adamson Landry | France |
1916
|
2010
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1946 • 1948 French Championships champion | |
| Ethel Thomson Larcombe | United Kingdom |
1879
|
1965
|
1
|
1912 Wimbledon champion • 1914 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |
| Sylvana Lazzarino | Italy |
1933 | 1954 French Championships semifinalist | |||
| Andrea Leand | United States |
1964
|
Ranked world No. 19 in 1983 | |||
| Lindsay Lee-Waters | United States |
1977
|
Ranked world No. 33 in singles in 1996 and world No. 86 in doubles in 1998 • 1960/1961 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |||
| January Lehane O'Neill | Australia |
1941
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1963 • 1960/1961/1962/1963 Australian Championships runner-up • 1960/1961 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |||
| Suzanne Lenglen | France |
1899
|
1938
|
12
|
Ranked world No. 1 at year-end from 1921 through 1926 • 1919/1920/1921/1922/1923/1925 Wimbledon champion • 1920/1921/1922/1923/1925/1926 French Championships champion | |
| Dorothy Levine | United States |
1954 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Li Na |  China |
1982
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 2013 and world No. 54 in doubles in 2006 • 2011/2013 Australian Open runner-up • 2011 French Open champion • 2014 Australian Open champion | ||
| Elena Likhovtseva | Russia |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 15 in singles in 1999 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2004 • 2002 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 2007 Australian Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Catarina Lindqvist | Sweden |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 10 in 1985 | |||
| Sabine Lisicki | Germany |
1989
|
Ranked world No. 12 and world No. 35 in doubles in 2012 • 2009 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 2011 Wimbledon semifinalist • 2012 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 2013 Wimbledon finalist • 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Dorothy Round Little | United Kingdom |
1908
|
1982
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 1 at year-end in 1934 • 1934/1937 Wimbledon champion • 1935 Australian Championships champion • 1934/1935/1936 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |
| Anita Lizana |  Chile |
1915
|
1994
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 1 at year-end in 1937 • 1937 U.S. Championships champion | |
| Peanut Louie Harper | United States |
1960
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles in 1985 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1992 | |||
| Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Lovera |
France |
1945
|
1968/1971 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Mirjana Lučić |  Croatia |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 32 in singles and world No. 19 in doubles in 1998 • 1998 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Ivanna Madrgua-Osses | Argentina |
1961
|
1980 French Open quarterfinalist • 1980/1983 US Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Gretchen (Rush) Magers | United States |
1964
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 1985 and world No. 18 in doubles in 1990 | |||
| Iva Majoli | Croatia |
1977
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 1996 and world No. 24 in doubles in 1995 • 1997 French Open champion | ||
| Katerina Maleeva |  Bulgaria |
1969
|
Ranked world No. 6 in singles in 1990 and world No. 24 in doubles in 1994 | |||
| Magdalena Maleeva | Bulgaria |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 1996 and world No. 13 in doubles in 2004 | |||
| Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere | Bulgaria |
1967
|
Ranked world No. 3 in 1985 • 1984 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Molla Bjurstedt Mallory |  Norway United States |
1884
|
1959
|
8
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1921 and 1922 • 1915/1916/1917/1918/1920/1921/1922/1926 U.S. Championships champion • 1916/1917 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1917/1922/1923 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Hana Mandlíková | Czechoslovakia Australia |
1962
|
4
|
Ranked world No. 3 in 1984 • 1980/1987 Australian Open champion • 1981 French Open champion • 1985 US Open champion • 1989 US Open women's doubles champion | ||
| Lucia Manfredi | Italy |
1947 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Alice Marble | United States |
1913
|
1990
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1939 • 1936/1938/1939/1940 U.S. Championships champion • 1939 Wimbledon champion • 1937/1938/1939/1940 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1938/1939 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1936/1938/1939/1940 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1937/1938/1939 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |
| Norma Marsh | Australia |
1936
|
1958 Australian Championship semifinalist | |||
| Regina Maršíková | Czechoslovakia |
1958
|
1977/1978 French Open semifinalist | |||
| Cecilia Martinez | United States |
1947
|
1970 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Conchita Martínez | Spain |
1972
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1995 • 1994 Wimbledon champion • 1992/2004 Olympic silver medalist in women's doubles • 1996 Olympic bronze medalist in women's doubles | ||
| María José Martínez Sánchez | Spain |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles in 2010 | |||
| Helga Niessen Masthoff | West Germany |
1941
|
Ranked world No. 6 at year-end in 1970 • 1970 French Open runner-up • 1976 French Open women's doubles runner-up | |||
| Simonne Mathieu | France |
1908
|
1980 |
2
|
Ranked world No. 3 at year-end in 1932 • 1938/1939 French Championships champion • 1933/1934/1937 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1933/1934/1936/1937/1938/1939 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1937/1938 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Christine Matison | Australia |
1951
|
1978 Australian Open semifinalist | |||
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | United States |
1985
|
Ranked world No. 30 in singles in 2011 and world No. 12 in doubles in 2010 • 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Amélie Mauresmo | France |
1979
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 1 in 2004 and 2006 • 2006 Australian Open champion • 2006 Wimbledon champion | ||
| Kathy May | United States |
1956
|
1977/1978 French Open quarterfinalist • 1978 US Open quarterfinalist • Ranked 10th in singles in 1977 | |||
| Meredith McGrath | United States |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 18 in singles in 1996 and world No. 5 in doubles in 1994 • 1995 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Mary McIlquham | Netherlands |
1929 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Lori McNeil | United States |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 9 in singles in 1988 and world No. 4 in doubles in 1987 • 1987 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1988 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 16 in singles in 2009 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2008 • 2008 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Natalia Medvedeva | Soviet Union Ukraine |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 23 in singles in 2003 and world No. 21 in doubles in 1994 | |||
| Christianne Mercelis | Belgium |
1957 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Leila Meskhi | Soviet Union Georgia |
1968
|
Ranked world No. 12 in singles in 1991 and world No. 21 in doubles in 1995 | |||
| Margaret "Peggy" Michel | United States |
1949
|
1974/1975 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1974 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | |||
| Florența Mihai | Romania |
1955
|
1977 French Open runner-up | |||
| Anne Minter | Australia |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 23 in singles in 1988 and world No. 68 in doubles in 1990 | |||
| Sania Mirza |  India |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 27 in singles and world No. 5 in doubles. Three Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles. By far the most successful female player from India. | |||
| Corinne Molesworth | United Kingdom |
1949
|
1972 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Margaret Molesworth | Australia |
1894
|
1985
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 10 at year-end in 1922 and 1923 • 1922/1923 Australian Championships champion • 1930/1933/1934 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | |
| Alicia Molik | Australia |
1981
|
Ranked world No. 8 in singles and world No. 6 in doubles in 2005 • 2005 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2007 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Dominique Monami | Belgium |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 9 in singles in 1998 and world No. 21 in doubles in 2000 | |||
| Ángeles Montolio | Spain |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 22 in singles in 2002 | |||
| Helen Wills Moody | United States |
1905
|
1998
|
19
|
Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, and 1938 • 1923/1924/1925/1927/1928/1929/1931 U.S. Championships champion • 1927/1928/1929/1930/1932/1933/1935/1938 Wimbledon champion • 1928/1929/1930/1932 French Championships champion • 1922/1924/1925/1928 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1924/1927/1930 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1930/1932 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1924/1928 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1929 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1924 Olympic gold medalist in singles and in doubles | |
| Sally Moore Huss | United States |
1940
|
Ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1959 • 1959 Wimbledon semifinalist | |||
| Corina Morariu | United States |
1978
|
Ranked world No. 29 in singles in 1998 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2000 • 1999 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2001 Australian Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Olga Morozova | Soviet Union |
1949
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1975 • 1974 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Angela Mortimer Barrett | United Kingdom |
1932
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 1 at year-end in 1961 • 1955 French Championships champion • 1958 Australian Championships champion • 1961 Wimbledon champion • 1955 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Joy Gannon Mottram | United Kingdom |
1952 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Alycia Moulton | United States |
1961
|
Ranked world No. 18 in singles in 1984 and world No. 28 in doubles in 1987 | |||
| Phyllis Mudford King | United Kingdom |
1905
|
2006
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1930 • 1930 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1931 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Anastasia Myskina | Russia |
1981
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 2 in singles in 2004 and world No. 15 in doubles in 2005 • 2004 French Open champion | ||
| Kyōko Nagatsuka | Japan |
1974
|
Ranked world No. 28 in singles and world No. 31 in doubles in 1995 | |||
| Betsy Nagelsen | United States |
1956
|
Ranked world No. 25 in singles in 1986 and world No. 11 in doubles in 1988 • 1978/1980 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Henrieta Nagyová | Slovakia |
1978
|
Ranked world No. 21 in singles in 2001 and world No. 37 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Martina Navratilova | Czechoslovakia United States |
1956
|
18
|
Ranked world No. 1 at year-end in 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986 • 1978/1979/1982/1983/1984/1985/1986/1987/1990 Wimbledon champion • 1981/1983/1985 Australian Open champion • 1982/1984 French Open champion • 1983/1984/1986/1987 US Open champion • 1980/1982/1983/1984/1985/1987/1988/1989 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1975/1982/1984/1985/1986/1987/1988 French Open women's doubles champion • 1976/1979/1981/1982/1983/1984/1986 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1977/1978/1980/1983/1984/1986/1987/1989/1990 US Open women's doubles champion • 2003 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 1974/1985 French Open mixed doubles champion • 1985/1993/1995/2003 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1985/1987/2006 US Open mixed doubles champion • Ranked world No. 1 for 331 weeks | ||
| Larisa (Savchenko) Neiland |  Latvia |
1966
|
Ranked world No. 58 in singles in 1996 and world No. 1 in doubles in 1992 • 1989 French Open women's doubles champion • 1991 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1992 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion • 1994/1996 Australian Open mixed-doubles champion • 1995 French Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Janet Newberry | United States |
1953
|
1975/1977 French Open semifinalist | |||
| Helene Nicolopoulos | Greece |
1928 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Molly Van Nostrand | United States |
1965
|
1985 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Jana Novotná | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
1968
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 2 in singles at the end of the year in 1997 and world No. 1 in doubles in 1990 • 1998 Wimbledon champion • 1989/1990/1995/1998 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1990/1995 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1990/1991/1998 French Open women's doubles champion • 1994/1997/1998 US Open women's doubles champion • 1988/1989 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 1988 US Open mixed doubles champion • 1989 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| Yola Ramírez Ochoa | Mexico |
1935
|
Ranked world No. 6 at year-end in 1961 • 1958 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1959 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |||
| Miriam Oremans | Netherlands |
1972
|
Ranked world No. 25 in singles in 1993 and world No. 19 in doubles in 1997 | |||
| Tatiana Panova | Russia |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 2002 and world No. 75 in doubles in 2003 | |||
| Pascale Paradis | France |
1966
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles and world No. 38 in doubles in 1988 | |||
| Susan Chatrier Partridge | Spain |
1953 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Barbara Paulus | Austria |
1970
|
Ranked world No. 10 in singles in 1996 and world No. 83 in doubles in 1989 | |||
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Russia |
1991
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles in 2011 and world No. 70 in doubles in 2009 | |||
| Lolette Payot | Switzerland |
1
|
Ranked world No. 4 at year-end in 1932 • 1945 French Championships champion • 1935 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |||
| Irene Bowder Peacock | South Africa |
1892
|
1978
|
Ranked world No. 6 at year-end in 1922 • 1927 French Championships runner-up • 1927 French Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Shahar Pe'er |  Israel |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 11 in singles in 2011 and world No. 14 in doubles in 2008 | |||
| Peng Shuai | China |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles in 2011 and world No. 13 in doubles in 2009 | |||
| Flavia Pennetta | Italy |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 10 in singles in 2009 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2011 • 2011 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Květa (Hrdličková) Peschke | Czech Republic |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 26 in singles in 2005 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2011 • won Wimbledon doubles in 2011 | |||
| Andrea Petkovic | Germany |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 9 in singles in 2011 and world No. 68 in doubles in 2009 | |||
| Nadia Petrova | Russia |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 2006 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2005 | |||
| Eva Pfaff | West Germany |
1961
|
Ranked world No. 17 in singles in 1983 and world No. 16 in doubles in 1988 | |||
| Terry Phelps | United States |
1966
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 1986 and world No. 37 in doubles in 1989 | |||
| Mary Pierce | France |
1975
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 1995 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2000 • 1995 Australian Open champion • 2000 French Open champion • 2000 French Open women's doubles champion • 2005 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| Marie Neumannová Pinterova |
Czechoslovakia Hungary |
1946
|
1974 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Sylvia Plischke | Austria |
1977
|
Ranked world No. 27 in singles in 1999 and world No. 78 in doubles in 2001 • 1999 French Open quarterfinals | |||
| Kimberly Po-Messerli | United States |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles in 1997 and world No. 6 in doubles in 2001 • 2000 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |||
| Claudia Porwik | Germany |
1968
|
Ranked world No. 29 in singles in 1990 and world No. 24 in doubles in 1994 • 1990 Australian Open quarterfinals | |||
| Barbara Potter | United States |
1961
|
Ranked world No. 10 in singles in 1983, and world No. 15 in doubles in 1988 | |||
| Betty Rosenquest Pratt | United States |
1925
|
Ranked world No. 7 at year-end in 1954 • 1954 Wimbledon semifinalist | |||
| Mary Ann Prentiss | United States |
1948 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Sandra Reynolds Price | South Africa |
1934
|
Ranked world No. 3 at year-end in 1960 • 1959 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1959/1961/1962 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1959 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |||
| Jean Quertier | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1952 • 1948/1952 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1953 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland |
1989
|
Ranked world No. 6 in singles in 2012 and world No. 25 in doubles in 2011 | |||
| Lisa Raymond | United States |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 15 in singles in 1997 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2000 • 2000 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2001 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2001/2005 US Open women's doubles champion • 2006 French Open women's doubles champion • 1996/2002 US Open mixed doubles champion • 1999 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 2003 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Virginie Razzano | France |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 16 in singles in 2009 and world No. 82 in doubles in 2001 | |||
| Hazel Redick-Smith | South Africa |
1926
|
1952 French Championships semifinalist | |||
| Raffaella Reggi | Italy |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 13 in singles in 1988 and world No. 25 in doubles in 1991 | |||
| Stephanie Rehe | United States |
1969
|
Ranked world No. 10 in singles in 1989 and world No. 10 in doubles in 1992 | |||
| Kerry Melville Reid | Australia |
1947
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 5 at year-end in 1971 • 1977 (January) Australian Open champion • 1968/1977 Australian Championships/Open women's doubles champion • 1978 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Elna Reinach | South Africa |
1968
|
Ranked world No. 26 in singles in 1989 and world No. 10 in doubles in 1990 • 1994 US Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Jennifer Mundel Reinbold | South Africa |
1962
|
1983 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Mary Carter Reitano | Australia |
1934
|
2
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1956/1959 Australian Championships champion • 1961 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1960/1961 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Aravane Rezaï | France |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 16 in singles in 2010 | |||
| Nancy Richey (Gunter) | United States |
1942
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 3 at the end of the year in 1968 • 1967 Australian Championships champion • 1968 French Open champion • 1966 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1965/1966 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Joan Ridley O'Meara | United Kingdom |
1929 Wimbledon semifinalist | ||||
| Helen Rihbany | United States |
1949 Wimbledon semifinalist | ||||
| Kathy Rinaldi | United States |
1967
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles in 1986 and world No. 13 in doubles in 1993 | |||
| Barbara Rittner | Germany |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 24 in singles in 1993 and world No. 23 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Esna Boyd Robertson | Australia |
1899
|
1966
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 10 at year-end in 1928 • 1927 Australian Championships champion • 1922/1923/1926/1928 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1922/1926/1927 Australian Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Madzy Rollin Couquerque | Netherlands |
1903
|
1994
|
1938 French Championships semifinalist | ||
| E. F. Rose | 1923 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||||
| Odile de Roubin | France |
1948
|
1973 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Virginia Ruano Pascual | Spain |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 28 in singles in 1999 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2003 • 2001/2002/2004/2005/2008 French Open women's doubles champion • 2002/2003/2004 US Open women's doubles champion • 2004 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2000 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Chanda Rubin | United States |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 6 in singles in 1996 and world No. 9 in doubles in 1996 | |||
| Magda Rurac | Romania |
Ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1948 • 1947 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Joanne Russell | United States |
1954
|
Ranked world No. 22 in singles in 1983 and world No. 32 in doubles in 1987 | |||
| Virginia Ruzici | Romania |
1955
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 8 in 1979 • 1978 French Open champion • 1978 French Open women's doubles champion | ||
| Elizabeth Ryan | United States |
1892
|
1979
|
Ranked world No. 3 at year-end in 1927 • 1914/1922/1930/1932/1933/1934 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1914/1919/1920/1921/1922/1923/1925/1926/1927/1930/1933/1934 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1926 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1913/1914 French Championships mixed doubles champion • 1919/1921/1923/1927/1928/1930/1932 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion • 1926/1933 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Gabriela Sabatini | Argentina |
1970
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 1989 and world No. 3 in doubles in 1988 • 1990 US Open champion • 1988 Wimbledon women's doubles champion. 1988 Olympic silver medalist in singles. | ||
| Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 22 in singles in 2007 and world No. 72 in doubles in 2009 | |||
| Dinara Safina | Russia |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles in 2009 and world No. 8 in doubles in 2008 • 2007 US Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Spain |
1971
|
4
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles in 1995 and world No. 1 in doubles in 1992 • 1989/1994/1998 French Open champion • 1994 US Open champion • 1992/1995/1996 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1993/1994 US Open women's doubles champion • 1995 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1990/1992 French Open mixed doubles champion • 1993 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 2000 US Open mixed doubles champion | ||
| Christina Sandberg | Sweden |
1948
|
1970 Australian Open quarterfinals | |||
| Mara Santangelo | Italy |
1981
|
Ranked world No. 27 in singles and world No. 5 in doubles in 2007 • 2007 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Phyllis Satterthwaite | United Kingdom |
1886
|
1962
|
Ranked world No. 8 at year-end in 1924 • 1924 Wimbledon semifinalist | ||
| Kazuko Sawamatsu | Japan |
1951
|
1975 French Open quarterfinalist • 1975 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | |||
| Naoko Sawamatsu | Japan |
1973
|
Ranked world No. 14 in singles and world No. 98 in doubles in 1995 | |||
| Mary Sawyer | Australia |
1979 Australian Open semifinalist | ||||
| Marijke Schaar | Netherlands |
1944
|
1971 French Open semifinalist | |||
| Barbara Schett | Austria |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles in 1999 and world No. 8 in doubles in 2001 | |||
| Francesca Schiavone | Italy |
1980
|
1 | Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 2011 and world No. 8 in doubles in 2007 • 2010 French Open champion | ||
| Patty Schnyder | Switzerland |
1978
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles and world No. 15 in doubles in 2005 | |||
| Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | Netherlands |
1970
|
Ranked world No. 9 in singles in 1996 and world No. 7 in doubles in 1995 | |||
| Helga Schultze Hösl Thaw | West Germany |
1940
|
Ranked world No. 5 at year-end in 1964 • 1964 French Championships semifinalist | |||
| Renee Schuurman | South Africa |
1939
|
2001
|
Ranked world No. 8 at year-end in 1963 • 1959 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1959/1961/1962/1963 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1962 French Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Barbara Schwartz | Austria |
1979
|
Ranked world No. 40 in singles in 1999 • 1999 French Open quarter-finals | |||
| Margaret Scriven Vivian | United Kingdom |
1912
|
2001
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 5 at year-end in 1933 and 1934 • 1933/1934 French Championships champion • 1935 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1935 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Heather Segal | South Africa |
1931
|
1958 French Championships semi-finalist | |||
| Ann Marie Seghers | 1949/1954 French Championships quarter-finalist | |||||
| Monica Seles | Yugoslavia United States |
1973
|
9
|
Ranked world No. 1 in singles at the end of the year in 1991, 1992, and 1995 • Ranked world No. 16 in doubles in 1991 • 1991/1992/1993/1996 Australian Open champion • 1990/1991/1992 French Open champion • 1991/1992 US Open champion• 1990/1991/1992 WTA Year-End Champion • Won 53 career WTA titles • Ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 178 weeks | ||
| Magüi Serna | Spain |
1979
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles and world No. 25 in doubles in 2004 | |||
| Maria Sharapova | Russia |
1987
|
5
|
Ranked world No. 1 in 2005 • 2004 Wimbledon champion • 2006 US Open champion • 2008 Australian Open champion •2012/2015 French Open champion•Ranked world No. 1 for a total of 21 weeks | ||
| Meghann Shaughnessy | United States |
1979
|
Ranked world No. 11 in singles in 2001 and world No. 4 in doubles in 2005 | |||
| Winnie Shaw | United Kingdom |
1947
|
1992
|
1970 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||
| Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | United Kingdom |
1897
|
1953
|
1921/1924 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1924 Olympic bronze medalist in women's doubles • 1931 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Betty Nuthall Shoemaker | United Kingdom |
1911
|
1983
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1929 • 1930 U.S. Championships champion • 1930/1931/1933 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1931 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1929/1931 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1931/1932 French Championships mixed doubles champion | |
| Pam Shriver | United States |
1962
|
Ranked world No. 3 in 1984 • 1984/1985/1987/1988 French Open women's doubles champion • 1981/1982/1983/1984/1986 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1983/1984/1986/1987/1991 US Open women's doubles champion • 1982/1983/1984/1985/1987/1988/1989 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1987 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Yaroslava Shvedova | Russia Kazakhstan |
1987
|
Ranked world No. 29 in singles and world No. 7 in doubles in 2010 • 2010 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2010 US Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | France |
1979
|
Ranked world No. 24 in singles in 2000 and world No. 15 in doubles in 2001 | |||
| Brigitte Simon-Glinel | France |
1956
|
1978 French Open semifinalist | |||
| Susan Sloane-Lundy | United States |
1970
|
Ranked world No. 19 in 1989 | |||
| Anna Smashnova (Pistolesi) | Israel |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 15 in 2003 | |||
| Anne Smith | United States |
1959
|
Ranked world No. 12 in 1982 • 1981 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1980/1982 French Open women's doubles champion • 1980 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1981 US Open women's doubles champion • 1980/1984 French Open mixed-doubles champion • 1982 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion • 1981/1982 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Elizabeth Smylie | Australia |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 1987 and world No. 5 in doubles in 1988 • 1985 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1991 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion • 1983/1990 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | Germany Denmark |
1908
|
1981
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1936 • 1935/1936/1937 French Championships champion • 1933 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | |
| Irina Spîrlea | Romania |
1974
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles in 1997 and world No. 16 in doubles in 1995 | |||
| Karolina Šprem | Croatia |
1984
|
Ranked world No. 17 in 2004 | |||
| Katarina Srebotnik |  Slovenia |
1981
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 2006 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2008 • 1999/2006/2010 French Open mixed doubles champion • 2003 US Open mixed doubles champion • 2011 Australian Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Kay Stammers Bullitt | United Kingdom |
1914
|
2005
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1939 • 1935 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1935/1936 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | ||
| Carolin Babcock Stark | United States |
1912
|
1987
|
Ranked world No. 10 at year-end in 1934 and 1936 • 1936 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Sloane Stephens | United States |
1993
|
Ranked world No. 17 in singles in 2013 | |||
| Greer Stevens | South Africa |
1957
|
Ranked world No. 10 at year-end in 1980 • 1980 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Alexandra Stevenson | United States |
1980
|
Ranked world No. 18 in singles in 2002 and world No. 67 in doubles in 2003 | |||
| Samantha Stosur | Australia |
1984
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 2011 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2006 • 2011 US Open Champion • 2006 French Open women's doubles champion • 2005 US Open women's doubles champion • 2005 Australian Open mixed-doubles champion • 2008 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion | ||
| Betty Stöve | Netherlands |
1945
|
Ranked world No. 5 in 1977 • 1972/1979 French Open women's doubles champion • 1972 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1972/1977/1979 US Open women's doubles champion • 1978/1981 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion • 1977/1978 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Rennae Stubbs | Australia |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 64 in 1996 • 2000 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2001/2004 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 2001 US Open women's doubles champion • 2000 Australian Open mixed-doubles champion • 2001 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Paola Suárez | Argentina |
1976
|
Ranked world No. 9 in singles in 2004 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2002 • 2001/2002/2004/2005 French Open women's doubles champion • 2002/2003/2004 US Open women's doubles champion • 2004 Australian Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Carla Suárez Navarro | Spain |
1988
|
Ranked world No. 22 in 2009 | |||
| Elena Subirats | Mexico |
1947
|
1968 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Ai Sugiyama | Japan |
1975
|
Ranked world No. 8 in singles in 2004 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2000 • 2000 US Open women's doubles champion • 2003 French Open women's doubles champion • 2003 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1999 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Helena Suková | Czech Republic |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 4 in 1985 • 1990/1992 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1990 French Open women's doubles champion • 1987/1989/1990/1996 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1985/1993 US Open women's doubles champion • 1991 French Open mixed-doubles champion • 1994/1996/1997 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion • 1993 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Věra Suková | Czechoslovakia |
1931
|
1982
|
Ranked world No. 5 at the end of the year in 1962 • 1962 Wimbledon runner-up • 1957 French Championships mixed-doubles champion | ||
| Sheila Piercey Summers | South Africa |
1919
|
2005
|
Ranked world No. 6 at the end of the year in 1947 • 1947/1949 French Championships mixed-doubles champion • 1949 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion | ||
| Karen Hantze Susman | United States |
1942
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1962 • 1962 Wimbledon champion • 1961/1962 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1964 U.S Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| May Sutton Bundy | United States |
1886
|
1975
|
3
|
1904 U.S. Championships champion • 1905/1907 Wimbledon champion • 1904 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion | |
| Astrid Suurbeek | Netherlands |
1947
|
1968 Australian Open quarter-finals | |||
| Mariaan de Swardt | South Africa |
1971
|
Ranked world No. 28 in singles in 1996 and world No. 11 in doubles in 1998 • 1999 Australian Open mixed doubles champion • 2000 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Éva Szabó | Hungary |
1945
|
1975 French Open quarter-finalist | |||
| Ágnes Szávay | Hungary |
1988
|
Ranked world No. 13 in singles in 2008 and world No. 22 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Silvija Talaja | Croatia |
1978
|
Ranked world No. 18 in singles in 2000 and world No. 54 in doubles in 2004 | |||
| Tamarine Tanasugarn |  Thailand |
1977
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles in 2002 and world No. 15 in doubles in 2004 | |||
| Catherine Tanvier | France |
1965
|
Ranked world No. 20 in singles in 1984 and world No. 16 in doubles in 1986 | |||
| Billie Tapscott | South Africa |
1903
|
1970
|
1927 French, 1929 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||
| Nathalie Tauziat | France |
1967
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 2000 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Pam Teeguarden | United States |
1951
|
1977 French Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Judy Tegart Dalton | Australia |
1937
|
Ranked world No. 7 at the end of the year in 1968 • 1968 Wimbledon runner-up • 1964/1967/1969/1970 Australian Championships/Open women's doubles champion • 1966 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1966 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1970/1971 US Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Andrea Temesvári | Hungary |
1966
|
Ranked world No. 7 in 1984 • 1986 French Open women's doubles champion | |||
| Sandrine Testud | France |
1972
|
Ranked world No. 9 in singles and world No. 8 in doubles in 2000 | |||
| Patricia Canning Todd | United States |
1922
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 4 at the end of the year in 1950 • 1947 French Championships champion • 1948 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1947 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1948 French Championships mixed doubles champion | ||
| Renáta Tomanová | Czechoslovakia |
1954
|
1978 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1978 French Open mixed doubles champion | |||
| Christine Truman Janes | United Kingdom |
1941
|
1
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1959 • 1959 French Championships champion • 1960 Australian Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Kay Tuckey Maule | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 10 at year-end in 1951 • 1951 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Linda Tuero | United States |
1950
|
1971 French Open quarter-finalist | |||
| Iroda Tulyaganova |  Uzbekistan |
1982
|
Ranked world No. 16 in singles and world No. 28 in doubles in 2002 | |||
| Wendy Turnbull | Australia |
1952
|
Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 1985 • 1977 US Open runner-up • 1979 French Open runner-up • 1980 Australian Open runner-up • 1978 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1979 French Open women's doubles champion • 1979/1982 US Open women's doubles champion • 1979/1982 French Open mixed-doubles champion • 1980 US Open mixed-doubles champion • 1983/1984 Australian Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Lesley Turner Bowrey | Australia |
1942
|
2
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1963 • 1963/1965 French Championships champion • 1964/1965/1967 Australian Championships women's doubles champion • 1964/1965 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1964 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1961 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1961/1964 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion | ||
| C Tyrell | 1926 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||||
| Vladimíra Uhlířová | Czech Republic |
1978
|
Ranked world No. 18 in doubles in 2007 | |||
| Nicole Vaidišová | Czech Republic |
1989
|
Ranked world No. 7 in singles in 2007 | |||
| Lucia Valerio |  Italy |
1905
|
1996
|
1933 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||
| Molly Van Nostrand | United States |
1965
|
1985 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Yvonne Vermaak | South Africa |
1956
|
Ranked world No. 20 in 1983 | |||
| Elena Vesnina | Russia |
1986
|
Ranked world No. 22 in singles and world No. 15 in doubles in 2009 | |||
| Roberta Vinci | Italy |
1983
|
Ranked world No. 12 in singles in 2013 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2012 • Year-end world No. 1 in doubles in 2012 • 2012 French Open women's doubles champion • 2012 US Open women's doubles champion • 2013 Australian Open women's doubles champion • ITF World Champion in doubles, 2012 (with Sara Errani) | |||
| Erika Vollmer | Germany |
1953 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||||
| Vlasta Kodesova | Czechoslovakia |
1944
|
1968 and 1970 French Open quarter-finalist | |||
| Bernice Carr Vukovich | South Africa |
1938
|
1960 US Open quarter-finals | |||
| Virginia Wade | United Kingdom |
1945
|
3
|
Ranked world No. 2 at the end of the year in 1968 • 1968 US Open champion • 1977 Wimbledon champion • 1972 Australian Open champion • 1973 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1973 French Open women's doubles champion • 1973 and 1975 US Open women's doubles champion | ||
| Jean Walker-Smith | United Kingdom |
Ranked world No. 5 at the end of the year in 1951 • 1951 French Championships semifinalist | ||||
| Patricia Ward Hales | United Kingdom |
1929
|
1985
|
Ranked world No. 8 at the end of the year in 1956 | ||
| Maud Watson | United Kingdom |
1864
|
1946
|
2
|
1884/1885 Wimbledon champion | |
| Phoebe Holcroft Watson | United Kingdom |
1898
|
1980
|
Ranked world No. 2 at year-end in 1929 • 1929 U.S. Championships runner-up • 1928/1929 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1929 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1928 French Championships women's doubles champion | ||
| Maria Weiss | Argentina |
1948/1952 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Alice Weiwers | Luxembourg |
1946 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Mimi Arnold Wheeler | United States |
1939
|
1958 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | |||
| Nancy Chaffee | United States |
1929
|
2002
|
Ranked world No. 4 at year-end in 1951 • 1951 Wimbledon quarterfinalist | ||
| Anne White | United States |
1961
|
Ranked world No. 19 in singles in 1986 and world No. 18 in doubles in 1988 | |||
| Robin White | United States |
1963
|
Ranked world No. 15 in singles in 1987 and world No. 8 in doubles in 1990 • 1988 US Open women's doubles champion • 1989 US Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Eileen Bennett Whittingstall | United Kingdom |
1907
|
1979
|
Ranked world No. 3 at year-end in 1931 • 1928 French Championships runner-up • 1931 U.S. Championships runner-up • 1928/1931 French Championships women's doubles champion • 1931 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1928/1929 French Championships mixed-doubles champion • 1927 U.S. Championships mixed-doubles champion | ||
| Yanina Wickmayer | Belgium |
1989
|
Ranked world No. 12 in singles and world No. 72 in doubles in 2010 | |||
| Judith Wiesner | Austria |
1966
|
Ranked world No. 12 in singles in 1997 and world No. 29 in doubles in 1989 • 1996 Wimbledon quaraterfinalist • 1996 US Open quarterfinalist | |||
| Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman |
United States |
1886
|
1974
|
4
|
1909/1910/1911/1919 U.S. Championships champion • 1909/1910/1911/1915/1924/1928 U.S. Championships women's doubles champion • 1924 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1909/1910/1911/1915/1918/1920 U.S. Championships mixed doubles champion • 1924 Olympic gold medalist in women's doubles and mixed doubles | |
| Serena Williams | United States |
1981
|
21
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Ranked world No. 1 at the end of the year in 2002, 2009, 2013 and 2014, and ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 2010 • ITF World Champion: singles, 2002, 2009, 2012; doubles, 2009 (with Venus Williams) • 2003/2005/2007/2009/2010/2015 Australian Open champion • 2002/2013/2015 French Open champion • 2002/2003/2009/2010/2012/2015 Wimbledon champion • 1999/2002/2008/2012/2013/2014 US Open champion • 2012 Olympic Singles Gold Medalist • 2000/2008/2012 Olympic Doubles Gold Medalist • 2001/2003/2009/2010 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1999/2010 French Open women's doubles champion • 2000/2002/2008/2009/2012 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1999/2009 US Open women's doubles champion • 1998 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion • 1998 US Open mixed-doubles champion • Ranked world No. 1 for a total of 170 weeks See also: Williams sisters |
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| Venus Williams | United States |
1980
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7
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Ranked world No. 1 in singles in 2002 and world No. 1 in doubles in 2010 • ITF World Champion in doubles, 2009 (with Serena Williams) • 2000/2001/2005/2007/2008 Wimbledon champion • 2000/2001 US Open champion • 2000 Olympic Singles Gold Medalist • 2000/2008/2012 Olympic Doubles Gold Medalist • 2001/2003/2009/2010 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1999/2010 French Open women's doubles champion • 2000/2002/2008/2009/2012 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1999/2009 US Open women's doubles champion • 1998 Australian Open mixed-doubles champion • 1998 French Open mixed-doubles champion • Ranked world No. 1 for a total of 11 weeks See also: Williams sisters |
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| Julia Wipplinger | South Africa |
1952 French Championships quarterfinalist | ||||
| Marianne Werdel Witmeyer | United States |
1967
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Ranked world No. 21 in singles in 1995 and world No. 45 in doubles in 1992 | |||
| Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark |
1990
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Ranked world No. 1 in singles at the end of the year in 2010 and world No. 52 in doubles in 2014 | |||
| Aleksandra Wozniak | Canada |
1987
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Ranked world No. 21 in 2009 | |||
| Yan Zi | China |
1984
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Ranked world No. 40 in singles in 2008 and world No. 4 in doubles in 2006 • 2006 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2006 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | |||
| Zheng Jie | China |
1983
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Ranked world No. 15 in singles in 2009 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2006 • 2006 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2006 Wimbledon women's doubles champion | |||
| Radka Zrubáková | Czech Republic |
1970
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Ranked world No. 22 in singles in 1991 and world No. 38 in doubles in 1993 | |||
| Fabiola Zuluaga |  Colombia |
1979
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Ranked world No. 16 in singles in 2005 | |||
| Natasha Zvereva | Belarus |
1971
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Ranked world No. 5 in singles in 1989 and world No. 1 in doubles in 1991 • 1989/1992/1993/1994/1995/1997 French Open women's doubles champion • 1991/1992/1995/1996 US Open women's doubles champion • 1991/1992/1993/1994/1997 Wimbledon women's doubles champion • 1993/1994/1997 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 1990 & 1995 Australian Open mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Vera Zvonareva | Russia |
1984
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Ranked world No. 4 in singles in 2010 and world No. 9 in doubles in 2005 • 2006 US Open women's doubles champion • 2012 Australian Open women's doubles champion • 2004 US Open mixed-doubles champion • 2006 Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion | |||
| Garbiñe Muguruza | Spain |
1993
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Ranked world No. 3 in singles in 2015, ranked world No.10 in doubles in 2015. 2015 Wimbledon finalist, two time French Open Quarterfinalist. |
See also
- List of male tennis players
- List of sportspeople
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players
- List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions
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