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

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

Grand Slam singles career records (1973 – present)

Notes:

  • Grand Slam tournaments began long before the WTA was formed. Therefore, some of the players' full Grand Slam statistics are higher than what is listed here, which is only an account of the Grand slam records during the existence of the WTA tour.
  • These statistics were compiled from each players individual Grand Slam tournament performances past and present.

Player totals

Active players in bold

Titles #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 22
2. United States Serena Williams 21
3. United States Chris Evert 18
United States Martina Navratilova
5. United States Monica Seles 9
6. Belgium Justine Henin 7
United States Venus Williams
8. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
Australia Evonne Goolagong
Russia Maria Sharapova
Finals #
1. United States Chris Evert 34
2. United States Martina Navratilova 32
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 31
4. United States Serena Williams 26
5. United States Venus Williams 14
6. United States Monica Seles 13
7. Belgium Justine Henin 12
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
Australia Evonne Goolagong
Semifinals #
1. United States Chris Evert 52
2. United States Martina Navratilova 44
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 37
4. United States Serena Williams 30
5. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 21
6. Russia Maria Sharapova 20
7. Switzerland Martina Hingis 19
United States Venus Williams
Australia Evonne Goolagong
10. United States Monica Seles 18
United States Lindsay Davenport
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Quarterfinals #
1. United States Chris Evert 54
2. United States Martina Navratilova 53
3. United States Serena Williams 43
4. West Germany Steffi Graf 42
5. United States Venus Williams 35
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
7. United States Monica Seles 31
United States Lindsay Davenport
9. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 28
10. Russia Maria Sharapova 24
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Match Wins #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 306
2. United States Chris Evert 299
3. United States Serena Williams 291
4. West Germany Steffi Graf 278
5. United States Venus Williams 231
6. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 210
7. United States Lindsay Davenport 198
8. Russia Maria Sharapova 183
9. United States Monica Seles 180
10. Spain Conchita Martínez 174
Appearances #
1. United States Amy Frazier 71
2. United States Venus Williams 69
3. United States Martina Navratilova 67
4. Spain Conchita Martínez 64
5. Japan Ai Sugiyama 63
6. United States Serena Williams 62
7. Italy Francesca Schiavone 61
8. Switzerland Patty Schnyder 59
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
10. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 58

Consecutive streaks

Active streaks in bold

Titles #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 6
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 5
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 4
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
6. United States Martina Navratilova 3
United States Chris Evert
West Germany Steffi Graf
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Finals #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 13
2. United States Martina Navratilova 11
3. United States Chris Evert 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
5. West Germany Steffi Graf 5
Switzerland Martina Hingis
7. United States Martina Navratilova 4
United States Chris Evert
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
Belgium Justine Henin
United States Serena Williams (2)
Semifinals #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 18
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 15
3. United States Chris Evert 11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
5. United States Chris Evert 9
6. United States Chris Evert 7
7. West Germany Steffi Graf 6
United States Serena Williams
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams (2)
Quarterfinals #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 19
2. United States Martina Navratilova 18
3. Argentina Gabriella Sabatini 15
4. United States Chris Evert 11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6. United States Lindsay Davenport 10
7. United States Chris Evert 9
West Germany Steffi Graf
United States Serena Williams
Match Wins #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 45
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 40
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 33
= United States Serena Williams 33
= United States Serena Williams (2) 33
6. United States Martina Navratilova 27
= West Germany Steffi Graf 27
= Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
9. West Germany Steffi Graf 26
= Switzerland Martina Hingis 26
Appearances #
1. Japan Ai Sugiyama 62
2. Italy Francesca Schiavone 61
3. France Elena Likhovtseva 54
Russia Nathalie Dechy
5. Switzerland Patty Schnyder 52
6. Serbia Jelena Janković 49
7. South Africa Amanda Coetzer 46
Russia Elena Dementieva
9. United States Jill Craybas 45
Serbia Ana Ivanovic

Most singles titles per Grand Slam in the Open Era

Active players in bold

Match wins per Grand Slam tournament

Winning percentages

Winning percentage in individual Grand Slam tournaments

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

Winning percentage in all Grand Slam tournaments

WTA Tour singles career records (1973 – present)

WTA singles titles and finals

Most titles / finals at a single tournament

# Titles Tournament Years
12 United States Martina Navratilova Chicago 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92
11 United States Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993
9 United States Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Wimbledon 1978–79, 1982–87, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Dallas 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
Germany Steffi Graf German Open 1986–89, 1991–94, 1996
8 United States Chris Evert Family Circle 1974–78, 1981, 1984–85
United States Martina Navratilova WTA Tour Finals 1978–79, 1981, 1983–86twice in 1986
United States Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93
United States Serena Williams Miami Masters 2002-04, 2007–08, 2013–15
7 United States Chris Evert French Open 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86
United States Martina Navratilova Orlando 1974, 1980–85
Germany Steffi Graf Wimbledon 1988–89, 1991–93, 1995–96
# Finals Tournament Years
14 United States Martina Navratilova Chicago 1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93
United States Martina Navratilova WTA Tour Finals 1975, 1978–86,twice in 1986 1989, 1991–92
13 United States Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978–79, 1982–87, 1988–91, 1993
12 United States Martina Navratilova Wimbledon 1978–79, 1982–90, 1994
11 United States Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1986, 1988, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Dallas 1975–76, 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
United States Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1977–81, 1983, 1986, 1989–90, 1992–93
Germany Steffi Graf German Open 1985–89, 1990–94, 1996
10 United States Chris Evert Wimbledon 1973-74, 1976,1978–82,1984–85
United States Serena Williams Miami Masters 1999, 2002–04, 2007–09, 2013-15
9 Germany Steffi Graf Wimbledon 1987–89, 1991–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany Steffi Graf French Open 1987–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany Steffi Graf Florida 1986–89, 1991–95
United States Chris Evert French Open 1973–75, 1979–80, 1983–86
United States Chris Evert Family Circle 1974–78, 1981, 1984–86
United States Chris Evert US Open 1975–80, 1982–84
United States Martina Navratilova Houston 1976–80, 1983, 1985, 1987–88
United States Martina Navratilova Stuttgart 1979, 1981–83, 1986–88, 1991–92
United States Martina Navratilova West Classic 1979–80, 1984, 1988, 1990–94

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

Consecutive records

  • Active players in bold

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

Matches won and winning percentages

All surfaces

Match wins per court type

Outdoor #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 756
2. United States Chris Evert 724
3. Germany Steffi Graf 693
4. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 687
5. United States Serena Williams 672
7. United States Venus Williams 621
6. Spain Conchita Martínez 614
8. United States Lindsay Davenport 585
9. Serbia Jelena Janković 507
10. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 495
Indoor #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 607
2. United States Chris Evert 287
3. United States Pam Shriver 200
4. United States Zina Garrison 191
5. Germany Steffi Graf 189
6. Czech Republic Helena Suková 187
7. Czech Republic Jana Novotná 164
8. United States Lindsay Davenport 155
9. Switzerland Manuela Maleeva 149
10. France Amélie Mauresmo 144

Career winning percentage

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

Single season winning percentage

Winning streaks

Tour Year End Championships

Match Won #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 60
2. United States Chris Evert 34
3. Germany Steffi Graf 31
4. United States Serena Williams 30
5. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 21
Russia Maria Sharapova
Win % W–L *
1. United States Serena Williams 83.33 30–6
2. Germany Steffi Graf 81.57 31–7
3. United States Martina Navratilova 81.08 60–14
4. United States Chris Evert 79.07 34–9
5. United States Monica Seles 75.00 18–6
* Minimum + 18 Wins
Not losing a set Year
United States Martina Navratilova 1984, 1985 (2)
United States Serena Williams 2001, 2012 (2)
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1988
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2002

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

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

Titles by court type

Hard #
1. United States Serena Williams 16
2. Russia Maria Sharapova 8
3. Belarus Victoria Azarenka 8
West Germany Steffi Graf
5. United States Venus Williams 6
6. United States Monica Seles 6
Belgium Kim Clijsters
8. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Clay #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 8
Spain Conchita Martínez
3. United States Serena Williams 6
4. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
Belgium Justine Henin
6. France Amélie Mauresmo 4
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Russia Maria Sharapova
9. United States Monica Seles 3
Russia Dinara Safina
Serbia Jelena Janković

WTA rankings (since 1973)

As of March 28, 2016

  • Bold font denotes active players

Youngest WTA No. 1[3]

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

Oldest WTA No. 1[4]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
United States Serena Williams 34 years, 177 days September 26, 1981 March 21, 2016
  • Serena Williams first set the record on February 18, 2013 (31 years, 145 days) when she returned to No.1. She has held the top position since.

Most career singles wins over world No. 1

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

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

Lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1

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

WTA Tour doubles career records

Most doubles titles won

Other selected achievements

Youngest winners of a singles title

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

  1. Tracy Austin: 14 years, 0 months, 28 days (1977 Portland)
  2. Kathy Rinaldi: 14 years, 6 months, 24 days (1981 Kyoto)
  3. Jennifer Capriati: 14 years, 6 months, 29 days (1990 Puerto Rico)
  4. Andrea Jaeger: 14 years, 7 months, 14 days (1980 Las Vegas)
  5. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni: 15 years, 1 month, 25 days (1997 Bol)
  6. Nicole Vaidišová: 15 years, 3 months, 23 days (2004 Vancouver)
  7. Monica Seles: 15 years, 4 months, 29 days (1989 Houston)
  8. Anke Huber: 15 years, 8 months, 22 days (1990 Schenectady)
  9. Tamira Paszek: 15 years, 9 months, 18 days (2006 Portorož)
  10. Martina Hingis: 16 years, 13 days (1996 Filderstadt)

Oldest winners of a singles title

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

  1. Billie Jean King: 39 yrs, 7 months, 23 days (1983 Edgbaston Cup)
  2. Kimiko Date-Krumm: 38 yrs, 11 months, 30 days (2009 Hansol Korea Open)
  3. Martina Navratilova: 37 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (1994 Open Gaz de France)
  4. Francesca Schiavone: 35 years, 7 months, 29 days (2016 Rio Open)
  5. Venus Williams: 35 years, 7 months, 28 days (2016 Taiwan Open)
  6. Helga Niessen Masthoff: 35 years, 5 months, 1 day (1977 Monte Carlo Open)
  7. Marie Pinterova: 35 years, 2 months, 3 days (1981 Japan Open)
  8. Maria Bueno: 34 years, 11 months, 26 days (1974 Japan Open)
  9. Helga Schultze: 34 years, 5 months, 6 days (1974 Swiss Open Championships)
  10. Margaret Court: 34 yrs, 4 months, 26 days (1976 Toyota Classic)

Longest gap between titles

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

WTA Prize money leaders

As of November 2, 2015:

  • 331 players have earned at least US $1 million since September 1970.
  • 171 players have earned at least US $2 million since September 1970.
  • 123 players have earned at least US $3 million since September 1970.
  • 90 players have earned at least US $4 million since September 1970.
  • 71 players have earned at least US $5 million since September 1970.
  • 60 players have earned at least US $6 million since September 1970.
  • 44 players have earned at least US $8 million since September 1970.
  • 36 players have earned at least US $10 million since September 1970.
  • 20 players have earned at least US $15 million since September 1970.
  • 13 players have earned at least US $20 million since September 1970.
  • 3 players have earned at least US $30 million since September 1970.
  • 1 player has earned at least US $70 million since September 1970.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Martina Navratilova Biography". 2015. WTA. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Record_TitlesOneSeason.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/40love/article/3134011/title/40-love-moments-the-youngest-no1
  4. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5267099/title/the-serena-williams-stats-you-need
  5. ^ 2012 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253
  6. ^ http://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/NET-POSTS/September-2014/Mirjana-Lucic-Baroni%E2%80%99s-Record-Breaking-Quebec-Titl.aspx