Open Era tennis records – Women's singles

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

Grand Slam totals

Active streaks and active players are in boldface.

Open era Career totals

Career matches

Consecutive titles
  • spanning consecutive tournaments
#TitlesYears
6Australia Margaret Court1969–71
United States Martina Navratilova1983–84
5West Germany Steffi Graf1988–89
4West Germany Steffi Graf (2)1993–94
United States Serena Williams2002–03
United States Serena Williams (2)2014–15
3United States Billie Jean King1972
United States Martina Navratilova (2)1981–82
United States Chris Evert1982–83
West Germany Steffi Graf (3)1989–90
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1991–92
West Germany Steffi Graf (4)1995
West Germany Steffi Graf (5)1996
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997–98
#FinalsYears
13West Germany Steffi Graf[7]1987–90
11United States Martina Navratilova1985–87
6Australia Margaret Court1969–71
United States Martina Navratilova (2)1983–84
United States Chris Evert1984–85
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1991–93
5West Germany Steffi Graf (2)1993–94
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997–98
4United States Chris Evert (2)1982–83
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario1994–95
United States Serena Williams2002–03
United States Venus Williams2002–03
Belgium Justine Henin2006
United States Serena Williams (2)2014–15
#Semifinals
19United States Martina Navratilova
15West Germany Steffi Graf
11United States Chris Evert
Switzerland Martina Hingis
10United States Serena Williams
9Australia Margaret Court
United States Chris Evert (2)
7United States Chris Evert (3)
6West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams (2)
#Quarterfinals
19United States Martina Navratilova
West Germany Steffi Graf
15Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
11United States Chris Evert
Switzerland Martina Hingis
10United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Serena Williams
9United States Chris Evert (2)
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
United States Serena Williams (2)
#Match wins
45United States Martina Navratilova
40West Germany Steffi Graf
35Australia Margaret Court
33United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
32West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
27West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
26West Germany Steffi Graf (4)
Switzerland Martina Hingis
#Appearances
67France Alizé Cornet
62Japan Ai Sugiyama[8]
61Italy Francesca Schiavone
56Serbia Jelena Janković
54France Nathalie Dechy
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
52Switzerland Patty Schnyder
51Germany Angelique Kerber
48Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Grand Slam tournament totals

Titles per tournament

Finals per tournament

Match wins per tournament

Match record per tournament
  • minimum 20 wins and over 80% (correct as of 2023 US Open)

Grand Slam career achievements

Titles

Finals
  • Reached the final of each Grand Slam tournament at least once during career
Event of completionAgePlayer
1970 Wimbledon27Australia Margaret Court
1972 French Open28United States Billie Jean King
1973 US Open22Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1975 US Open20United States Chris Evert
1981 Wimbledon19Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
1981 US Open24Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova
1988 Australian Open18West Germany Steffi Graf
1992 Wimbledon18Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
1995 Wimbledon23Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1997 US Open16Switzerland Martina Hingis
2003 Australian Open22United States Venus Williams
2003 Australian Open21United States Serena Williams
2004 Australian Open21Belgium Justine Henin
2012 French Open25Russia Maria Sharapova

Grand Slam calendar-year achievements

Match record
  • minimum 20 wins
%W–LPlayerYear
27–0West Germany Steffi Graf1988
26–0Australia Margaret Court1970
21–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1991
21–0West Germany Steffi Graf1995
21–0West Germany Steffi Graf1996
21–0United States Serena Williams2002
27–1West Germany Steffi Graf1989
27–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1992
27–1West Germany Steffi Graf1993
27–1Switzerland Martina Hingis1997

The Golden Slam and the Grand Slam
#All 4 titles + Olympic gold medal*Year
1West Germany Steffi Graf1988
*called the Golden Slam
#All 4 titles*Year
1Australia Margaret Court1970
West Germany Steffi Graf1988
*called the Grand Slam

Other achievements
#3+ titlesYear
5West Germany Steffi Graf1988–89, 93, 95–96
3Australia Margaret Court1969–70, 73
2United States Martina Navratilova1983–84
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1991–92
United States Serena Williams2002, 15
1United States Billie Jean King1972
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997
#2+ titlesYear
7United States Serena Williams2002–03, 09–10, 12–13, 15
6United States Martina Navratilova1982–87
5United States Chris Evert1974–76, 80, 82
West Germany Steffi Graf1988–89, 93, 95–96
3Australia Margaret Court1969–70, 73
2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1991–92
United States Venus Williams2000–01
Belgium Justine Henin2003, 07
1Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley1971
United States Billie Jean King1972
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario1994
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997
United States Jennifer Capriati2001
France Amélie Mauresmo2006
Germany Angelique Kerber2016
Poland Iga Świątek2022
#All 4 finalsYear
3United States Martina Navratilova1985, 86*, 87
West Germany Steffi Graf1988–89, 93
1Australia Margaret Court1970
United States Chris Evert1984
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1992
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997
Belgium Justine Henin2006
*Australian Open not played in 1986

Made all 3 available finals

#All 4 semifinalsYear
6United States Chris Evert1974, 81–82, 84–85, 86*
4United States Martina Navratilova1984–85, 86*, 87
West Germany Steffi Graf1988–90, 93
3Australia Margaret Court1969–70, 73
2Switzerland Martina Hingis1997–98
United States Serena Williams2015–16
Belgium Justine Henin2003, 06
1Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley1973
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1992
Spain Conchita Martínez1995
United States Jennifer Capriati2001
Belgium Kim Clijsters2003
*Australian Open not played in 1986

Made all 3 available semifinals

#All 4 quarterfinalsYear
6United States Chris Evert1974, 81–82, 84–85, 86*
5West Germany Steffi Graf1988–91, 93
United States Serena Williams2001, 07, 09, 15–16
4United States Martina Navratilova1984–85, 86*, 87
3Australia Margaret Court1969–70, 73
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini1991–93
Switzerland Martina Hingis1997–98, 00
United States Lindsay Davenport1998–99, 05
2United States Venus Williams1998, 02
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles1992, 02
United States Jennifer Capriati2001–02
Belgium Justine Henin2003, 06
1United States Billie Jean King1969
United States Rosemary Casals1969
United Kingdom Virginia Wade1972
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley1973
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková1981
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková1986*
Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch1987
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario1991
Spain Conchita Martínez1995
Belgium Kim Clijsters2003
France Amélie Mauresmo2004
Russia Maria Sharapova2005
*Australian Open not played in 1986

Made all 3 available quarterfinals

Achievements at all 4 majors by year

Achievements at 3 out of 4 majors by year

Grand Slam miscellaneous

Grand Slam season streaks

Grand Slams won without losing a set
#PlayerMajors
6United States Martina Navratilova1983 WM, 1983 US, 1984 WM, 1986 WM, 1987 US, 1990 WM
United States Serena Williams2002 WM, 2002 US, 2008 US, 2010 WM, 2014 US, 2017 AU
5United States Chris Evert1974 FR, 1976 US, 1977 US, 1978 US, 1981 WM
West Germany Steffi Graf1988 AU, 1988 FR, 1989 AU, 1994 AU, 1996 US
4Australia Evonne Goolagong1971 FR, 1975 AU, 1976 AU, 1977 AU (Dec)
3Australia Margaret Court1969 US, 1970 AU, 1973 AU
United States Billie Jean King1971 US, 1972 FR, 1972 US
United States Lindsay Davenport1998 US, 1999 WM, 2000 AU
Belgium Justine Henin2006 FR, 2007 FR, 2007 US
2 Switzerland Martina Hingis1997 AU, 1997 US
United States Venus Williams2001 US, 2008 WM
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1992 US
Russia Maria Sharapova2008 AU
France Marion Bartoli2013 WM
Poland Iga Świątek2020 FR
United Kingdom Emma Raducanu2021 US
Australia Ashleigh Barty2022 AU

Winning first and last titles

Winning a title

Reaching a final

Grand Slam titles by decade
  • minimum 2 titles

All tournaments

Titles and finals
#Titles
167Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova
157United States Chris Evert
107West Germany Steffi Graf
92Australia Margaret Court
73United States Serena Williams
68Australia Evonne Goolagong
67United States Billie Jean King
55United Kingdom Virginia Wade
United States Lindsay Davenport
53Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
49United States Venus Williams
#FinalsRecord
239Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova167–72
230United States Chris Evert157–73
138West Germany Steffi Graf107–31
122United States Billie Jean King67–55
121Australia Margaret Court92–29
119Australia Evonne Goolagong68–51
98United States Serena Williams73–25
93United States Lindsay Davenport55–38
85Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles53–32
83United States Venus Williams49–34

Matches
#Played
1661Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova[10]
1455United States Chris Evert[11]
1168United Kingdom Virginia Wade[12]
1135Germany Tatjana Maria
1133Italy Sara Errani
1099Switzerland Patty Schnyder
1094United States Venus Williams[13]
1093Italy Francesca Schiavone
1064Australia Samantha Stosur
1057United States Varvara Lepchenko
#Won
1442Czech Republic/United States Martina Navratilova
1309United States Chris Evert
900Germany Steffi Graf
858United States Serena Williams
839United Kingdom Virginia Wade
818United States Venus Williams
765Spain Arantxa Sánchez
733United States Lindsay Davenport
719Spain Conchita Martínez
679Australia Evonne Goolagong
#Played (active)
1135Germany Tatjana Maria
1133Italy Sara Errani
1094United States Venus Williams
1062United States Varvara Lepchenko
1036Germany Angelique Kerber
1018Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
977Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
972France Alizé Cornet
963China Zhang Shuai
921Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
#Won (active)
818United States Venus Williams
673Germany Angelique Kerber
670Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
653Italy Sara Errani
639Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
639Germany Tatjana Maria
633Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
621Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
607United States Varvara Lepchenko
599Belarus Victoria Azarenka
595Russia Vera Zvonareva
#Consecutive match winsYears
74United States Martina Navratilova1984
66West Germany Steffi Graf1989–90
58United States Martina Navratilova1986–87
57Australia Margaret Court1972–73
56United States Chris Evert1974
54United States Martina Navratilova1983–84
46West Germany Steffi Graf1988
45West Germany Steffi Graf1987
42United States Chris Evert1975–76
41United States Martina Navratilova1982
39United States Martina Navratilova1982–83
37Poland Iga Świątek2022
36Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles1990

Most titles / finals at a single tournament
#PlayerTournamentYears
Titles
12 United States Martina NavratilovaChicago1978–83, 86–88, 90–92[14]
11 United States Martina NavratilovaEastbourne1978, 82–86, 88–91, 93
9 Czech Republic/United States Martina NavratilovaWashington1975, 77–78, 82–83, 85–86, 88, 90
United States Martina NavratilovaWimbledon1978–79, 82–87, 90
United States Martina NavratilovaDallas1979–83, 85–87, 90
Germany Steffi GrafGerman Open1986–89, 91–94, 96
8 United States Chris EvertFamily Circle1974–78, 81, 84–85
United States Martina NavratilovaWTA Tour Finals1978–79, 81, 83–85, 86 (x2)
United States Martina NavratilovaLos Angeles1978, 80–81, 83, 86, 89, 92–93
United States Serena WilliamsMiami Masters2002–04, 07–08, 13–15
7 Czech Republic/United States Martina NavratilovaOrlando1974, 80–85
United States Chris EvertFrench Open1974–75, 79–80, 83, 85–86
Germany Steffi GrafWimbledon1988–89, 91–93, 95–96
United States Serena WilliamsWimbledon2002–03, 09–10, 12, 15–16
United States Serena WilliamsAustralian Open2003, 05, 07, 09–10, 15, 17
6 United States Chris EvertU.S. Clay Court Championships 1972–75, 79–80
United States Chris EvertUS Open 1975–78, 80, 82
United States Martina NavratilovaHouston 1976–79, 83, 85
United States Chris EvertEckerd Open, Tampa Bay Area 1971, 73–74, 82, 87–88
Germany Steffi GrafHamburg 1987–92
United States Martina NavratilovaFilderstadt & Stuttgart 1982–83, 86–88, 92
Germany Steffi GrafZurich 1986–87, 89–92
Germany Steffi GrafBrighton 1986, 88–92
Germany Steffi GrafVirginia Slims of Florida 1987, 89, 92–95
Germany Steffi GrafFrench Open 1987–88, 93, 95–96, 99
United States Serena WilliamsUS Open 1999, 02, 08, 12–14
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spanish Open 1989–90, 93–95, 01[15]
#PlayerTournamentYears
Finals
14 Czech Republic/United States Martina NavratilovaWTA Tour Finals1975, 78–85, 86 (x2), 89, 91–92
Czech Republic/United States Martina NavratilovaChicago1975, 78–83, 86–88, 90–93
13 United States Martina NavratilovaEastbourne1978–79, 82–87, 88–91, 93
12 United States Martina NavratilovaWimbledon1978–79, 82–90, 94
11 Czech Republic/United States Martina NavratilovaWashington1975, 77–80, 82–83, 85–86, 88, 90
Czech Republic/United States Martina NavratilovaDallas1975–76, 79–83, 85–87, 90
United States Martina NavratilovaLos Angeles1977–81, 83, 86, 89–90, 92–93
Germany Steffi GrafGerman Open1985–89, 90–94, 96
United States Serena WilliamsWimbledon2002–04, 08–10, 12, 15–16, 18–19
10 United States Chris EvertWimbledon1973–74, 76, 78–82, 84–85
United States Serena WilliamsMiami Masters1999, 02–04, 07–09, 13–15
United States Serena WilliamsUS Open1999, 01–02, 08, 11–14, 18–19
9 United States Chris EvertUS Open1975–80, 82–84
United States Chris EvertFamily Circle1974–78, 81, 84–86
United States Chris EvertFrench Open1973–75, 79–80, 83–86
United States Martina NavratilovaHouston1976–80, 83, 85, 87–88
United States Martina NavratilovaStuttgart1979, 81–83, 86–88, 91–92
United States Martina NavratilovaWest Classic1979–80, 84, 88, 90–94
Germany Steffi GrafFlorida1986–89, 91–95
Germany Steffi GrafFrench Open1987–90, 92–93, 95–96, 99
Germany Steffi GrafWimbledon1987–89, 91–93, 95–96, 99
United States Venus WilliamsWimbledon2000–03, 05, 07–09, 17

Career match streaks

Titles by court type

Match wins by court type

Match record by court type
  • active players are denoted in boldface

Career season streaks

Single season records

Year-end Championships
  • (1972 – present)

WTA Premier/Tier One (since inception in 1988)
  • Overall totals include premier mandatory, premier five and tier one tournaments only.
  • Tier one tournaments were played on 3 surfaces (carpet ceased as a surface in 1995).

Titles by court type

WTA rankings achievements
Main articles: WTA rankings and List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
See also: World number 1 ranked female tennis players and Top ten ranked female tennis players

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

Correct as of 11 September 2023 with (▲) indicating active streaks.[20].

Year-end rankings total through 2021

Prize money

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

See also

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