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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 list of Open Era records (1968–present) see the article List of open era tennis records.

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

Grand Slam Singles Career Records (1973–present)

Player Totals

active players in boldface

Titles #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 22
2. United States Chris Evert 18
United States Martina Navratilova
4. United States Serena Williams 16
5. United States Monica Seles 9
6. Belgium Justine Henin 7
United States Venus Williams
8. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
Australia Evonne Goolagong
10. Belgium Kim Clijsters 4
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlikova
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
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 20
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 23
5. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 21
6. Switzerland Martina Hingis 19
United States Venus Williams
Australia Evonne Goolagong
9. 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. West Germany Steffi Graf 42
4. United States Serena Williams 36
5. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 34
6. United States Venus Williams 33
7 United States Monica Seles 31
United States Lindsay Davenport
9. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 28
10. Switzerland Martina Hingis 24
Match Wins #
1. United States Chris Evert 305
2. United States Martina Navratilova 300
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 278
4. United States Serena Williams 239
5. United States Venus Williams 215
6. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 212
7. United States Lindsay Davenport 198
8. United States Monica Seles 181
9. Spain Conchita Martínez 174
10. Argentina Gabriella Sabatini 164
Appearances #
1. United States Amy Frazier 71
2. United States Martina Navratilova 67
3. Spain Conchita Martínez 64
4. Japan Ai Sugiyama 63
5. Switzerland Patty Schnyder 59
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
7. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 58
United States Venus Williams
9. Spain Virginia Ruano 57
10. United States Chris Evert 56
South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Russia Elena Likhovtseva

Consecutive Streaks

active streaks in boldface

Titles #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 6
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 5
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 4
United States Serena Williams
5. United States Chris Evert 3
West Germany Steffi Graf
West Germany Steffi Graf(2)
West Germany Steffi Graf(3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
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
Semifinals #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 19
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
10. United States Martina Navratilova 5
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Belgium Justine Henin
Australia Evonne Goolagong
Quarterfinals #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 19
United States Martina Navratilova
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 41
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 33
United States Serena Williams
5. West Germany Steffi Graf 27
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
7. West Germany Steffi Graf 26
Switzerland Martina Hingis
9. West Germany Steffi Graf 21
10. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 20
United States Chris Evert
Appearances #
1. Japan Ai Sugiyama 62
2. France Nathalie Dechy 54
Russia Elena Likhovtseva 54
4. Switzerland Patty Schnyder 52
5. Italy Francesca Schiavone 50
6. Russia Elena Dementieva 46
South Africa Amanda Coetzer
8. United States Jill Craybas 45
9. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 43
France Sandrine Testud

Match wins per Grand Slam tournament

Australian Open #
1. United States Serena Williams 58
2. United States Lindsay Davenport 56
3. Switzerland Martina Hingis 52
4. United States Martina Navratilova 49
5. West Germany Steffi Graf 47
6. United States Monica Seles 43
Belgium Kim Clijsters
8. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 42
9. United States Venus Williams 41
10. Russia Maria Sharapova 39
United States Mary Joe Fernandez
French Open #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 84
2. United States Chris Evert 72
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
4. Spain Conchita Martinez 62
5. United States Monica Seles 54
6. United States Martina Navratilova 53
7. United States Serena Williams 46
8. Russia Maria Sharapova 43
9. Argentina Gabriella Sabatini 42
10. United States Venus Williams 41
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Wimbledon #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 121
2. United States Chris Evert 98
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 75
4. United States Venus Williams 71
5. United States Serena Williams 70
6. Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 50
7. United States Lindsay Davenport 49
8. Argentina Gabriella Sabatini 42
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
10. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 41
US Open #
1. United States Chris Evert 101
2. United States Martina Navratilova 89
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 73
4. United States Serena Williams 65
5. United States Lindsay Davenport 62
United States Venus Williams
7. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 56
8. United States Monica Seles 54
9. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 51
10. United States Zina Garrison 47

Winning percentages

Winning percentage in Individual Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open % * W–L
1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 91.49 43–4
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 88.67 47–6
3. United States Chris Evert 88.23 30–4
4. Switzerland Martina Hingis 88.13 52–7
5. United States Serena Williams 87.88 58–8
6. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 86.35 45–7
7. Belgium Kim Clijsters 82.69 43–9
8. Belgium Justine Henin 82.60 38–8
9. United States Jennifer Capriati 82.35 28–6
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 82.35 28–6
* Minimum + 20 wins
French Open % * W–L
1. United States Chris Evert 92.31 72–6
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 89.69 87–10
3. Belgium Justine Henin 88.37 38–5
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 87.10 54–8
5. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 84.70 72–13
6. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 82.25 51–11
7. United States Serena Williams 82.14 46–10
8. Russia Maria Sharapova 81.13 43-10
9. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 80.39 41–10
10. United States Jennifer Capriati 79.59 39–10
* Minimum + 30 wins
Wimbledon % * W–L
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 90.36 75–8
2. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 89.63 121–14
3. United States Serena Williams 88.60 70–9
4. United States Venus Williams 86.59 71–11
5. United States Chris Evert 86.23 96–15
6. Australia Evonne Goolagong 83.33 40–8
United States Billie Jean King 83.33 30–6
8. United States Lindsay Davenport 80.32 49–12
9. Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 79.36 50–13
10. Russia Maria Sharapova 79.16 38–10
* Minimum + 30 wins
US Open % * W–L
1. United States Chris Evert 89.38 101–12
2. United States Tracy Austin 88.57 31–4
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 87.95 73–10
4. United States Serena Williams 87.84 65–9
5. Belgium Kim Clijsters 86.36 38–6
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 84.12 53–10
7. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 83.96 89–17
8. United States Venus Williams 83.78 62–12
9. United States Billie Jean King 83.33 30–6
Belgium Justine Henin 83.33 35–7
* Minimum + 30 wins

  • Note: Active players in bold.

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

  • Note: Players Billie Jean King and Evonne Goolagong Cawley careers began before the WTA was formed and continued after. Their full Grand Slam tournament statistics are higher than other players listed here.
  • Note These statistics were compiled from each players individual Grand Slam tournament performances past and present.

Winning percentage in All Grand Slam tournaments

No Matches %* W–L
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 89.24 282–34
2. United States Chris Evert 88.92 299–37
3. United States Serena Williams 86.91 239–36
4. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 86.20 305–49
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 85.37 181–31
6. Belgium Justine Henin 83.43 141–28
7. United States Billie Jean King 82.60 95–22
8 Switzerland Martina Hingis 82.41 150–32
9. Belgium Kim Clijsters 81.09 133–31
10. United States Venus Williams 80.83 215–51
* Minimum + 90 wins
Finals %* W–L
1. United States Serena Williams 80.00 16–4
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 70.97 22–9
3. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 69.23 9–4
4. Belgium Justine Henin 58.33 7–5
5. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 56.25 18–14
6. United States Chris Evert 52.94 18–16
7. United States Venus Williams 50.00 7–7
8. Australia Evonne Goolagong 41.67 5–7
Switzerland Martina Hingis 41.67 5–7
* Minimum + 5 titles.

WTA Tour Singles Career Records (1973–present)

WTA Singles Titles and Finals

Titles #
1. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 167
2. United States Chris Evert 157
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 107
4. United States Lindsay Davenport 55
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 53
6. United States Serena Williams 52
7. United States Venus Williams 44
8. Switzerland Martina Hingis 43
Belgium Justine Henin
10. Australia Evonne Goolagong 42
Titles (Active) #
1. United States Serena Williams 52
2. United States Venus Williams 44
3. Russia Maria Sharapova 29
4. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 20
5. Belarus Victoria Azarenka 16
6. Serbia Jelena Janković 13
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Nadia Petrova
9. Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 12
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Finals #
1. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 239
2. United States Chris Evert 208
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 138
4. United States Lindsay Davenport 93
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 85
6. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 77
7. United States Venus Williams 71
8. United States Serena Williams 68
Switzerland Martina Hingis
10. Belgium Justine Henin 61
Finals (Active) #
1. United States Venus Williams 71
2. United States Serena Williams 68
3. Russia Maria Sharapova 51
4. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 33
5. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 32
6. Russia Vera Zvonareva 30
Serbia Jelena Janković
8. Belarus Victoria Azarenka 28
9. Russia Nadia Petrova 24
10. Italy Flavia Pennetta 22

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, 1983–86(Twice)
United States Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93
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), 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
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 year

Consecutive Titles

  • Active players in bold
Winning in a row Years #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 1984 13
2. Australia Margaret Court 1972–73 12
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 1989–90 11
4. United States Chris Evert 1974 10
5. United States Chris Evert 1975-76 9
United States Martina Navratilova 1986
Australia Margaret Court 1970
8. United States Chris Evert 1981 8
West Germany Steffi Graf 1988
United States Martina Navratilova 1983
Winning at least one a year Years #
1. Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 1974–94 21
2. United States Chris Evert 1971–88 18
3. West Germany Steffi Graf 1986–99 14
4. Russia Maria Sharapova 2003–13 11
Australia Evonne Goolagong 1970–80
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1968–78
7. Italy Sandra Cecchini 1984–92 9
Australia Margaret Court 1968–76
United States Lindsay Davenport 1993–01
Spain Conchita Martínez 1988–96
Spain Arantxa Sánchez 1988–96

Sources: Except for the information concerning active players, the source for the all-time table is the '2012 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. And an external website claims that Court won 197 and Wade won 68 career singles titles and 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Official Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 163.

Matches won and winning percentages

All surfaces

Played #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 1661
2. United States Chris Evert 1448
3. United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1168
4. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 1054
5. Spain Conchita Martínez 1036
6. Germany Steffi Graf 1015
7. United States Lindsay Davenport 947
8. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 943
9. Italy Francesca Schiavone 894
10. France Stéphanie Foretz 872
Played (active) #
1. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 943
2. Italy Francesca Schiavone 894
3. France Stéphanie Foretz 872
4. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 836
5. Italy Flavia Pennetta 826
6. Russia Nadia Petrova 825
7. Spain Lourdes Domínguez 809
8. Spain Anabel Medina 803
9. United States Venus Williams 793
10. Serbia Jelena Janković 790
Won #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 1442
2. United States Chris Evert 1304
3. Germany Steffi Graf 900
4. United Kingdom Virginia Wade 839
5. Spain Arantxa Sánchez 759
6. United States Lindsay Davenport 753
7. Spain Conchita Martínez 739
8. Australia Evonne Goolagong 704
9. United States Billie Jean King 695
10. United States Venus Williams 632
Won (active) #
1. United States Venus Williams 632
2. United States Serena Williams 600
3. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 531
4. Russia Nadia Petrova 529
5. Italy Francesca Schiavone 523
6. Serbia Jelena Janković 513
7. Italy Flavia Pennetta 510
= Russia Maria Sharapova 509
9. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 504
10. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 489
= France Marion Bartoli 489

Match wins per court type

Winning Percentage

  • Note that the figures below represent career winning percentages of players that are retired (regular font) as well as current active players (boldface). The latter are subject to change and do not reflect the final figure.
All surfaces W–L % *
1. Australia Margaret Court 593–56 91.17
2. United States Chris Evert 1,304–144 90.05
3. Germany Steffi Graf 900–115 88.66
4. United States Martina Navratilova 1,442–219 86.82
5. United States Serena Williams 600–111 84.39
6. United States Monica Seles 595–122 82.98
7. Belgium Justine Henin 525–115 82.03
8. United States Billie Jean King 695–155 81.76
9. Australia Evonne Goolagong 704–165 81.01
10. Russia Maria Sharapova 509–121 80.79
* Minimum + 500 wins

Single Season winning percentage

Winning streaks

Tour Year End Championships

Titles # Years
1. United States Martina Navratilova 8 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2)
2. Germany Steffi Graf 5 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
3. United States Chris Evert 4 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
4. United States Monica Seles 3 1990, 1991, 1992
= Belgium Kim Clijsters 3 2002, 2003, 2010
= United States Serena Williams 3 2001, 2009, 2012
Finals #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 14
2. United States Chris Evert 8
3. Germany Steffi Graf 6
4. United States Serena Williams 5
5. United States Monica Seles 4
= Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 4
= Switzerland Martina Hingis 4
= United States Lindsay Davenport 4
Semifinals #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 16
2. United States Chris Evert 9
3. Germany Steffi Graf 9
4. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 7
5. Belgium Kim Clijsters 5
= Australia Evonne Goolagong 5
= United States Lindsay Davenport 5
= United States Serena Williams 5
= Russia Maria Sharapova 5
Appearances #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 21
2. United States Chris Evert 13
= Germany Steffi Graf 13
= Spain Arantxa Sánchez 13
5. United States Zina Garrison 12

Match Won #
1. United States Martina Navratilova 60
2. United States Chris Evert 34
3. Germany Steffi Graf 31
4. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 21
5. United States Serena Williams 20
Win % W–L *
1. Germany Steffi Graf 81.57 31–7
2. United States Martina Navratilova 81.08 60–14
3. United States Serena Williams 80.00 20–5
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
United States Serena Williams 2001, 2012
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1988
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2002

WTA Premier/Tier One (since inception in 1988)

  • Overall totals include premier mandatory,premier five and tier one tournaments only.
  • Tier one events were played on 3 surfaces, (carpet) ceased as a surface in 1995.
Titles #
1. West Germany Steffi Graf 18
2. Switzerland Martina Hingis 17
3. United States Serena Williams 15
4. Russia Maria Sharapova 11
= United States Lindsey Davenport 11
6. Belgium Justine Henin 10
7. Spain Conchita Martínez 9
= United States Monica Seles 9
9. United States Venus Williams 8
10. Belgium Kim Clijsters 7
Finals #
1. Switzerland Martina Hingis 27
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 25
3. United States Serena Williams 22
= Russia Maria Sharapova 22
5. United States Lindsey Davenport 21
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 18
7. Spain Conchita Martinez 14
= Belgium Justine Henin 14
= Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 14
10. United States Venus Williams 13
Semi Finals #
1. Switzerland Martina Hingis 39
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 30
= Russia Maria Sharapova 30
4. United States Serena Williams 28
= Spain Conchita Martinez 28
6. United States Lindsay Davenport 26
7. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 25
= United States Jennifer Capriati 14
= Russia Elena Dementieva 24
10. United States Venus Williams 23

Titles by court type

Hard #
1. United States Serena Williams 10
2. West Germany Steffi Graf 8
3. Russia Maria Sharapova 7
4. United States Monica Seles 6
= Belgium Kim Clijsters 6
= Belarus Victoria Azarenka 6
7. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
= Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 5
9. United States Venus Williams 5
10. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5
Clay #
1. Spain Conchita Martinez 8
= West Germany Steffi Graf 8
3. Switzerland Martina Hingis 5
= United States Serena Williams 5
= Belgium Justine Henin 5
6. France Amélie Mauresmo 4
= Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 4
8. United States Monica Seles 3
= Russia Dinara Safina 3
= Serbia Jelena Janković 3

WTA Rankings (since 1973)

As of July 15, 2013.

Weeks No. 1 #
1 Germany Steffi Graf 377
2 United States Martina Navratilova 332
3 United States Chris Evert 262
4 Switzerland Martina Hingis 209
5 United States Monica Seles 178
6 United States Serena Williams 146
7 Belgium Justine Henin 117
8 United States Lindsay Davenport 98
9 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 67
10 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 51
Consecutive #
1 Germany Steffi Graf 186
2 United States Martina Navratilova 156
3 United States Chris Evert 113
4 Germany Steffi Graf 94
5 United States Monica Seles 91
6 United States Martina Navratilova 90
7 Germany Steffi Graf 87
8 Switzerland Martina Hingis 80
9 United States Chris Evert 76
10 Switzerland Martina Hingis 73
WTA Year-end No. 1 #
1. Germany Steffi Graf 8
2. United States Martina Navratilova 7
3. United States Chris Evert 5
4. United States Lindsay Davenport 4
5. Belgium Justine Henin 3
= Switzerland Martina Hingis 3
= United States Monica Seles 3
8. United States Serena Williams 2
= Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 2
10. Belarus Victoria Azarenka 1
= Serbia Jelena Janković 1

Most career singles wins over World No. 1

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

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 (1973–present)

Most doubles titles won

No All-time Titles
1 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 177
2 United States Rosemary Casals 112
3 United States Pam Shriver 106
4 United States Billie Jean King 101
5 Soviet Union/Belarus Natasha Zvereva 80
6 United States Lisa Raymond 79
7 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 76
8 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 69
9 United States Gigi Fernández 68
= Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 68
11 Latvia Larisa Savchenko Neiland 66
12 Australia Rennae Stubbs 60
13 Australia Wendy Turnbull 55
= Zimbabwe Cara Black 55
15 United States Liezel Huber 53
Pos Active Titles
1 United States Lisa Raymond 79
2 Zimbabwe Cara Black 55
3 United States Liezel Huber 53
4 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 33
5 Slovakia Janette Husarova 25
= Czech Republic Květa Peschke 25
7 Russia Nadia Petrova 24
8 Australia Samantha Stosur 23
9 United States Serena Williams 22
10 United States Venus Williams 21
11 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 20
12 Chinese Taipei Chia-Jung Chuang 19
= Italy Roberta Vinci 19
= Italy Sara Errani 19
15 Czech Republic Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 17
= China Yan Zi 17
17 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 16
= Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 16
= Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 16
= India Sania Mirza 16

Other selected achievements

Youngest winners of a singles title

In the following table,[1] 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: 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)

Oldest winners of a singles title

In the following table,[1] only the last tournament won by each player is listed. For example, Navratilova won many other tournaments between the ages of 33 and 37.

  1. Billie Jean King: 39 yrs, 7 months, 23 days (1983 Birmingham)
  2. Kimiko Date-Krumm: 38 yrs, 11 months, 30 days (2009 Seoul)
  3. Martina Navratilova: 37 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (1994 Paris Indoors)
  4. Margaret Court: 34 yrs, 4 months, 26 days (1976 Melbourne)
  5. Chris Evert: 33 years, 9 months, 18 days (1988 New Orleans)
  6. Nathalie Tauziat: 33 years, 8 months (2001 Birmingham)
  7. Tamarine Tanasugarn: 33 years, 4 months, 23 days (2010 Osaka)
  8. Virginia Wade: 33 years, 2 months, 2 days (1978 Tampa)
  9. Nancy Richey: 33 years, 1 month, 22 days (1975 Phoenix)
  10. Amy Frazier: 33 years, 1 month 18 days (2005 Quebec City)

WTA Prize money leaders

Career Prize money
1 United States Serena Williams $46,583,995
2 United States Venus Williams $28,700,842
3 Russia Maria Sharapova $26,683,645
4 Belgium Kim Clijsters $24,442,340
5 United States Lindsay Davenport $22,166,338
6 Germany Steffi Graf $21,895,277
7 United States Martina Navratilova $21,626,089
8 Belgium Justine Henin $20,863,335
9 Belarus Victoria Azarenka $20,631,404
10 Switzerland Martina Hingis $20,130,657
11 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova $17,249,593
12 Spain Arantxa Sánchez $16,942,640
13 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki $15,206,284
14 France Amélie Mauresmo $15,022,476
15 United States Monica Seles $14,891,762
Active Prize money
1 United States Serena Williams $46,583,995
2 United States Venus Williams $28,700,842
3 Russia Maria Sharapova $26,683,645
4 Belarus Victoria Azarenka $20,631,404
5 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova $17,249,593
6 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki $15,206,284
7 Serbia Jelena Janković $14,161,180
8 Russia Vera Zvonareva $13,225,072
9 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska $12,735,062
10 Australia Samantha Stosur $12,381,297
11 Russia Nadia Petrova $12,277,963
12 China Li Na $11,259,960
13 France Marion Bartoli $11,019,184
14 Serbia Ana Ivanovic $10,385,649
15 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová $10,251,356
End of Season Prize money Year
1 Belarus Victoria Azarenka $7,923,920 2012
2 United States Serena Williams $7,045,975 2012
3 United States Serena Williams (2) $6,545,586 2009
4 Russia Maria Sharapova $6,508,296 2012
5 Belgium Justine Henin $5,429,586 2007
6 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová $5,145,943 2011
7 Belgium Kim Clijsters $5,035,060 2010
8 United States Serena Williams (3) $4,786,086 2013
9 Belgium Kim Clijsters (2) $4,466,345 2003
10 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki $4,446,488 2010
11 Russia Dinara Safina $4,310,218 2009
12 United States Serena Williams (4) $4,266,011 2010
13 Belgium Justine Henin (2) $4,204,810 2006
14 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska $4,101,542 2012
15 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2) $4,065,581 2011

  • as of June 10, 2013:
    • 285 players have earned at least US $1 million since September 1970.
    • 141 players have earned at least US $2 million since September 1970.
    • 95 players have earned at least US $3 million since September 1970.
    • 73 players have earned at least US $4 million since September 1970.
    • 57 players have earned at least US $5 million since September 1970.
    • 48 players have earned at least US $6 million since September 1970.
    • 38 players have earned at least US $7 million since September 1970.
    • 37 players have earned at least US $8 million since September 1970.
    • 32 players have earned at least US $9 million since September 1970.
    • 29 players have earned at least US $10 million since September 1970.
    • 25 players have earned at least US $11 million since September 1970.
    • 21 players have earned at least US $12 million since September 1970.
    • 18 players have earned at least US $13 million since September 1970.
    • 17 players have earned at least US $14 million since September 1970.
    • 14 players have earned at least US $15 million since September 1970.
    • 10 players have earned at least US $20 million since September 1970.
    • 3 players have earned at least US $25 million since September 1970.
    • 1 player has earned at least US $30 million since September 1970.
    • 1 player has earned at least US $35 million since September 1970.
    • 1 player has earned at least US $40 million since September 1970.
    • 1 player has earned at least US $45 million since September 1970.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 2012 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253