WTA Tour records

Last updated April 22, 2024

This is a list of Women's Tennis Association (WTA) records since its inception in June 1973. Some records additionally extend back a few more years in order to include the immediately preceding Virginia Slims Circuit era for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by the WTA. These however do not make up the entire Open Era records (1968 – present). For those, see Open Era tennis records – Women's singles.

Grand Slam tournaments

Titles and finals

	Titles	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	167^[1]
2.	Chris Evert	157
3.	Steffi Graf	107
4.	Margaret Court	92
5.	Serena Williams	73
6.	Evonne Goolagong	68
7.	Billie Jean King	67
8.	Virginia Wade	55
8.	Lindsay Davenport	55
10.	/ Monica Seles	53

	Finals	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	239
2.	Chris Evert	230
3.	Steffi Graf	138
4.	Billie Jean King	122
5.	Margaret Court	121
6.	Evonne Goolagong	119
7.	Serena Williams	98
8.	Lindsay Davenport	93
9.	/ Monica Seles	85
10.	Venus Williams	83

	Titles (active players)	#
1.	Venus Williams	49
2.	Petra Kvitová	31
3.	Caroline Wozniacki	30
4.	Simona Halep	24
5.	Victoria Azarenka	21
6.	Iga Świątek	19
7.	Elina Svitolina	17
7.	Karolína Plíšková	17
9.	Angelique Kerber	14
9.	Aryna Sabalenka	14

	Finals (active players)	#
1.	Venus Williams	83
2.	Caroline Wozniacki	55
3.	Simona Halep	42
3.	Petra Kvitová	42
5.	Victoria Azarenka	41
6.	Karolína Plíšková	32
6.	Angelique Kerber	32
8.	Vera Zvonareva	30
9.	Aryna Sabalenka	26
10.	Iga Świątek	23

Most titles / finals at a single tournament

#	Titles	Tournament	Years
12	/ Martina Navratilova	Chicago	1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92
11	/ Martina Navratilova	Eastbourne	1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993
9	/ Martina Navratilova	Washington	1975, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
	/ Martina Navratilova	Wimbledon	1978–79, 1982–87, 1990
	/ Martina Navratilova	Dallas	1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
	Steffi Graf	German Open	1986–89, 1991–94, 1996
8	Chris Evert	Family Circle	1974–78, 1981, 1984–85
	/ Martina Navratilova	WTA Tour Finals	1978–79, 1981, 1983–86^{twice in 1986}
	/ Martina Navratilova	Los Angeles	1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93
	Serena Williams	Miami Masters	2002–04, 2007–08, 2013–15
7	Chris Evert	French Open	1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86
	/ Martina Navratilova	Orlando	1974, 1980–85
	Steffi Graf	Wimbledon	1988–89, 1991–93, 1995–96
	Serena Williams	Wimbledon	2002–03, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–16
	Serena Williams	Australian Open	2003, 2005, 2007, 2009–10, 2015, 2017

#	Finals	Tournament	Years
14	/ Martina Navratilova	Chicago	1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93
14	/ Martina Navratilova	WTA Tour Finals	1975, 1978–86,^{twice in 1986} 1989, 1991–92
13	/ Martina Navratilova	Eastbourne	1978–79, 1982–87, 1988–91, 1993
12	/ Martina Navratilova	Wimbledon	1978–79, 1982–90, 1994
11	/ Martina Navratilova	Washington	1975, 1977–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
	/ Martina Navratilova	Dallas	1975–76, 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
	/ Martina Navratilova	Los Angeles	1977–81, 1983, 1986, 1989–90, 1992–93
	Steffi Graf	German Open	1985–89, 1990–94, 1996
	Serena Williams	Wimbledon	2002–04, 2008–10, 2012, 2015–16, 2018–19
10	Chris Evert	Wimbledon	1973–74, 1976,1978–82,1984–85
	Serena Williams	Miami Masters	1999, 2002–04, 2007–09, 2013–15
	Serena Williams	US Open	1999, 2001–02, 2008, 2011–14, 2018–19
9	Steffi Graf	Wimbledon	1987–89, 1991–93, 1995–96, 1999
	Steffi Graf	French Open	1987–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999
	Steffi Graf	Florida	1986–89, 1991–95
	Chris Evert	French Open	1973–75, 1979–80, 1983–86
	Chris Evert	Family Circle	1974–78, 1981, 1984–86
	Chris Evert	US Open	1975–80, 1982–84
	/ Martina Navratilova	Houston	1976–80, 1983, 1985, 1987–88
	/ Martina Navratilova	Stuttgart	1979, 1981–83, 1986–88, 1991–92
	/ Martina Navratilova	West Classic	1979–80, 1984, 1988, 1990–94
	Venus Williams	Wimbledon	2000–03, 2005, 2007–09, 2017

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

	Winner	Year^[2]	Titles
1.	Margaret Court	1970	21
2.	Margaret Court	1969	18
2.	Margaret Court	1973	18
4.	Billie Jean King	1971	17
5.	Chris Evert	1974	16
	Chris Evert	1975
	/ Martina Navratilova	1983
8.	/ Martina Navratilova	1982	15
9.	Margaret Court	1968	14
	/ Martina Navratilova	1986
	Steffi Graf	1989
12.	/ Martina Navratilova	1984	13
13.	Evonne Goolagong	1971	12
	Chris Evert	1973
	Chris Evert	1976
	/ Martina Navratilova	1985
	Martina Hingis	1997
19.	Evonne Goolagong	1972	11
	Billie Jean King	1972
	Chris Evert	1977
	/ Martina Navratilova	1978
	/ Martina Navratilova	1980
	Steffi Graf	1987
	Steffi Graf	1988
	Serena Williams	2013
27.	Evonne Goolagong	1973	10
	/ Martina Navratilova	1979
	/ Martina Navratilova	1981
	Chris Evert	1982
	Chris Evert	1985
	Steffi Graf	1990
	Monica Seles	1991
	Monica Seles	1992
	Steffi Graf	1993
	Justine Henin	2007

Consecutive records

Active streaks in bold

	Consecutively won titles	Years	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	1984	13
2.	Margaret Court	1972–73	12
3.	Steffi Graf	1989–90	11
4.	Chris Evert	1974	10
5.	Margaret Court	1973	9
5.	/ Martina Navratilova	1986	9
7.	/ Martina Navratilova	1983	8
7.	Steffi Graf	1988	8

	Winning at least 1 title a year	Years	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	1974–94	21
2.	Chris Evert	1971–88	18
3.	Steffi Graf	1986–99	14
4.	Maria Sharapova	2003–15	13
5.	Virginia Wade	1968–78	11
	Evonne Goolagong	1970–80
	Caroline Wozniacki	2008–18
	Serena Williams	2007–17

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 tournaments long before the Open Era started in 1968; therefore, the statistics shown above do not reflect their entire careers. For example, Billie Jean King career statistics lists 129 career singles titles for King.

Match wins

Matches won on all surfaces

#	Played
1661	/ Martina Navratilova ^[3]
1455	Chris Evert ^[4]
1168	Virginia Wade ^[5]
1151	Sara Errani
1143	Tatjana Maria
1099	Patty Schnyder
1094	Venus Williams ^[6]
1093	Francesca Schiavone
1087	Varvara Lepchenko
1064	Samantha Stosur

#	Won
1442	/ Martina Navratilova
1309	Chris Evert
900	Steffi Graf
858	Serena Williams
839	Virginia Wade
818	Venus Williams
765	Arantxa Sánchez
733	Lindsay Davenport
719	Conchita Martínez
679	Evonne Goolagong

#	Played (active)
1151	Sara Errani
1143	Tatjana Maria
1094	Venus Williams
1087	Varvara Lepchenko
1043	Angelique Kerber
1018	Svetlana Kuznetsova
986	Karolína Plíšková
986	Alizé Cornet
963	Zhang Shuai
921	Petra Kvitová

#	Won (active)
818	Venus Williams
674	Angelique Kerber
670	Svetlana Kuznetsova
662	Sara Errani
643	Tatjana Maria
640	Caroline Wozniacki
633	Petra Kvitová
627	Karolína Plíšková
621	Varvara Lepchenko
605	Victoria Azarenka

Match wins per court type

	Hardcourt	#
1.	Serena Williams	541
2.	Venus Williams	499
3.	Chris Evert	478
4.	Lindsay Davenport	464
5.	Caroline Wozniacki	430
6.	Agnieszka Radwańska	412
7.	Jelena Janković	400
8.	Maria Sharapova	392
9.	/ Martina Navratilova	375
10.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	356

	Clay	#
1.	Chris Evert	382
2.	Arantxa Sánchez	342
3.	Conchita Martínez	314
4.	Patty Schnyder	297
5.	Sara Errani	296
6.	Steffi Graf	279
7.	Flavia Pennetta	266
8.	Sandra Cecchini	261
9.	Kiki Bertens	214
10.	/ Martina Navratilova	208

	Grass	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	307
2.	Margaret Court	293
3.	Chris Evert	242
4.	Pam Shriver	186
5.	Helena Suková	125
6.	Zina Garrison	121
7.	Rosalyn Fairbank	114
8.	Nathalie Tauziat	112
9.	Serena Williams	107
9.	Lori McNeil	107

	Carpet	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	512
2.	Chris Evert	207
3.	Steffi Graf	190
4.	Pam Shriver	187
5.	Helena Suková	182
6.	Zina Garrison	163
7.	Jana Novotná	152
8.	Manuela Maleeva	139
9.	Nathalie Tauziat	127
10.	Magdalena Maleeva	122

	Outdoor	#
1.	Chris Evert	903
2.	Serena Williams	782
3.	/ Martina Navratilova	755
4.	Steffi Graf	693
5.	Arantxa Sánchez	687
6.	Venus Williams	637
7.	Conchita Martínez	614
8.	Lindsay Davenport	585
9.	Jelena Janković	507
10.	Margaret Court	501

	Indoor	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	605
2.	Chris Evert	406
3.	Steffi Graf	201
4.	Pam Shriver	200
5.	Zina Garrison	191
6.	Helena Suková	187
7.	Venus Williams	173
8.	Lindsay Davenport	168
9.	Jana Novotná	164
10.	Manuela Maleeva	149

Winning percentages

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.

	All surfaces	%	W–L
1.	Margaret Court	91.37	593–56
2.	Chris Evert	89.96	1309–146
3.	Steffi Graf	88.69	902–115
4.	/ Martina Navratilova	86.81	1442–219
5.	Serena Williams	84.91	855–152
6.	/ Monica Seles	82.98	595–122
7.	Justine Henin	81.95	527–116
8.	Billie Jean King	81.76	695–155
9.	Iga Świątek	81.57	301–68
10.	Evonne Goolagong	81.01	704–165
* Minimum 200 wins

	Hard	%	W–L
1.	Chris Evert	91.57	478–44
2.	Steffi Graf	89.65	338–39
3.	/ Martina Navratilova	87.00	375–56
4.	Serena Williams	85.33	535–92
5.	/ Monica Seles	83.82	311–60
6.	Kim Clijsters	82.69	325–68
7.	Justine Henin	81.98	273–60
8.	Lindsay Davenport	79.93	466–117
9.	Martina Hingis	79.47	302–78
10.	Maria Sharapova	78.49	387–106
* Minimum 200 wins

	Clay	%	W–L
1.	Chris Evert	94.55	382–22
2.	Steffi Graf	88.57	279–36
3.	Justine Henin	84.89	163–29
4.	/ Monica Seles	85.02	142–25
5.	Serena Williams	82.49	179–38
6.	Maria Sharapova	82.38	159–34
7.	Martina Hingis	81.34	109–25
8.	/ Martina Navratilova	80.30	208–51
9.	Gabriela Sabatini	79.44	201–52
10.	Lindsay Davenport	77.27	119–35
* Minimum 100 wins

	Grass	%	W–L
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	88.72	307–39
2.	Serena Williams	87.70	107–15
3.	Chris Evert	87.36	242–35
4.	Steffi Graf	85.00	85–15
5.	Justine Henin	82.81	53–11
6.	Venus Williams	81.66	98–22
7.	Maria Sharapova	79.80	83–21
8.	Jana Novotná	79.00	79–21
9.	Kim Clijsters	77.77	56–16
10.	Pam Shriver	77.17	186–55
* Minimum 50 wins

	Carpet	%	W–L
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	93.13	515–38
2.	Steffi Graf	90.43	189–20
3.	Chris Evert	88.51	208–27
4.	Lindsay Davenport	83.82	114–22
5.	/ Monica Seles	83.74	103–20
6.	Tracy Austin	81.90	95–21
7.	Kim Clijsters	81.25	52–12
8.	Hana Mandlíková	80.63	129–31
9.	Martina Hingis	78.69	96–26
10.	Venus Williams	74.24	49–17
* Minimum 40 wins

Single season winning percentage

No	Player	Year	W–L*	%
1.	Martina Navratilova	1983	86–1	98.85
2.	Steffi Graf	1989	86–2	97.73
3.	Martina Navratilova	1984	78–2	97.50
4.	Steffi Graf	1987	75–2	97.40
5.	Martina Navratilova	1982	90–3	96.77
6.	Martina Navratilova	1986	89–3	96.73
7.	Steffi Graf	1988	72–3	96.00
8.	Margaret Court	1973	102–5	95.32
9.	Chris Evert	1978	60-3	95.24
10.	Serena Williams	2013	78–4	95.12
* Minimum 50 wins

Winning streaks

	Player	Wins
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	74 (1984)
2.	Steffi Graf	66 (1989–90)
3.	/ Martina Navratilova	58 (1986–87)
4.	Chris Evert	56 (1974)
5.	/ Martina Navratilova	54 (1983–84)
6.	Steffi Graf	46 (1988)
7.	Steffi Graf	45 (1987)
8.	Chris Evert	42 (1975–76)
9.	/ Martina Navratilova	41 (1982)
10.	/ Martina Navratilova	39 (1982–83)

Year-end Championships

	Titles	#	Years
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	8	1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2)
2.	Steffi Graf	5	1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
2.	Serena Williams	5	2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
4.	Chris Evert	4	1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
5.	/ Monica Seles	3	1990, 1991, 1992
5.	Kim Clijsters	3	2002, 2003, 2010

	Finals	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	14
2.	Chris Evert	8
3.	Serena Williams	7
4.	Steffi Graf	6
5.	/ Monica Seles	4
	Gabriela Sabatini
	Martina Hingis
	Lindsay Davenport

	Semifinals	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	16
2.	Chris Evert	9
2.	Steffi Graf	9
4.	Gabriela Sabatini	7
4.	Serena Williams	7

	Appearances	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	21
2.	Chris Evert	13
	Steffi Graf
	Arantxa Sánchez
5.	Zina Garrison	12

	Match Won	#
1.	/ Martina Navratilova	60
2.	Chris Evert	34
3.	Steffi Graf	31
4.	Serena Williams	29
5.	Gabriela Sabatini	21
5.	Maria Sharapova	21

	Win %		W–L *
1.	Serena Williams	83.33	30–6
2.	Steffi Graf	81.57	31–7
3.	/ Martina Navratilova	81.08	60–14
4.	Chris Evert	79.07	34–9
5.	/ Monica Seles	75.00	18–6
* Minimum 18 wins

Not losing a set	Year
/ Martina Navratilova	1984, 1985 (2)
Serena Williams	2001, 2012 (2)
Gabriela Sabatini	1988
Kim Clijsters	2002
Iga Świątek	2023

WTA 1000 level records (since inception as "Tier One" in 1988)

Only WTA 1000 and their predecessor (Tier 1 in 1990-2008, Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 in 2009-2020) level tournament records are included.
Tier 1 tournaments were played on 3 surfaces, one of which (carpet) ceased to be used from around 1995.

	Titles	#
1.	Serena Williams	23
2.	Steffi Graf	18
3.	Martina Hingis	17
4.	Maria Sharapova	14
5.	Lindsay Davenport	11
6.	Justine Henin	10
6.	Victoria Azarenka	10
8.	Conchita Martínez	9
	/ Monica Seles
	Venus Williams
	Simona Halep
	Petra Kvitová

	Finals	#
1.	Serena Williams	33
2.	Martina Hingis	27
3.	Steffi Graf	25
3.	Maria Sharapova	25
5.	Lindsay Davenport	21
6.	/ Monica Seles	18
6.	Simona Halep	18
8.	Venus Williams	15
9.	Conchita Martínez	14
	Justine Henin
	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
	Victoria Azarenka

	Semi Finals	#
1.	Serena Williams	43
2.	Martina Hingis	39
3.	Maria Sharapova	36
4.	Steffi Graf	30
5.	Simona Halep	29
6.	Conchita Martínez	28
7.	Venus Williams	27
8.	Lindsay Davenport	26
9.	/ Monica Seles	25
10.	Jennifer Capriati	24
	Elena Dementieva
	Agnieszka Radwańska

Titles by court type

	Hard	#
1.	Serena Williams	16
2.	Victoria Azarenka	10
3.	Maria Sharapova	9
4.	Steffi Graf	8
5.	Venus Williams	7
6.	/ Monica Seles	6
	Kim Clijsters
	Caroline Wozniacki
	Simona Halep
	Petra Kvitová
	Iga Świątek

	Clay	#
1.	Steffi Graf	8
1.	Conchita Martínez	8
3.	Serena Williams	7
4.	Martina Hingis	5
4.	Justine Henin	5
6.	Amélie Mauresmo	4
	Gabriela Sabatini
	Maria Sharapova
9.	/ Monica Seles	3
	Dinara Safina
	Jelena Janković
	Petra Kvitová
	Simona Halep

WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)

As of April 1,2024^[update]
Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive streaks

	Weeks No. 1	#
1	Steffi Graf	377
2	/ Martina Navratilova	332
3	Serena Williams	319
4	Chris Evert	260
5	Martina Hingis	209
6	/ Monica Seles	178
7	Justine Henin	117
8	Ashleigh Barty	116
9	Lindsay Davenport	98
10	Iga Świątek	97

	Consecutive weeks No. 1	#
1.	Steffi Graf	186
1.	Serena Williams	186
3.	/ Martina Navratilova	156
4.	Chris Evert	113
5.	Ashleigh Barty	109
6.	Steffi Graf (2)	94
7.	/ Monica Seles	91
8.	/ Martina Navratilova (2)	90
9.	Steffi Graf (3)	87
10.	Martina Hingis	80

	WTA Year-end No. 1	#
1.	Steffi Graf	8
2.	/ Martina Navratilova	7
3.	Chris Evert	5
3.	Serena Williams	5
5.	Lindsay Davenport	4
6.	/ Monica Seles	3
	Martina Hingis
	Justine Henin
	Ashleigh Barty
10.	Caroline Wozniacki	2
	Simona Halep
	Iga Świątek

	WTA Player of the Year	#
1.	Steffi Graf	8
2.	/ Martina Navratilova	7
2.	Serena Williams	7
4.	/ Monica Seles	2
	Lindsay Davenport
	Justine Henin
	Kim Clijsters
	Ashleigh Barty
	Iga Świątek
10.	13 players tied	1

Youngest WTA No. 1^[7]

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

Oldest WTA No. 1^[8]

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Achievement
Serena Williams	35 years, 224 days	26 September 1981	8 May 2017

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.

	Player	#
1	/ Martina Navratilova	18
2	Serena Williams	17
3	Venus Williams	15
3	Lindsay Davenport	15
5	Steffi Graf	11
6	Gabriela Sabatini	10
7	Tracy Austin	9
7	Chris Evert	9
9	Amélie Mauresmo	8
10	Mary Pierce	7
	Justine Henin
	Maria Sharapova
	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Source: 2012 WTA Media Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 178. Updated: Nov. 30, 2020

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.)

Rank	Player	World No. 1 player defeated	Event
226	Zhang Shuai	Dinara Safina	2009 Beijing (2R)
188	Julie Coin	Ana Ivanovic	2008 US Open (2R)
133	Zheng Jie	Ana Ivanovic	2008 Wimbledon (3R)
133	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	2005 Indian Wells (F)
132	Chang Kai-chen	Dinara Safina	2009 Tokyo (2R)

Lowest-ranked players to win a singles title

The following table lists players ranked 200 and lower, that have won a WTA title.

Ranking^[9]	Player	Tournament
Unranked	Evonne Goolagong	1977 Australian Open
Unranked	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	1997 Bol
Unranked	Kim Clijsters	2009 U.S. Open
579	Angelique Widjaja	2001 Bali
508	Elina Svitolina	2023 Strasbourg
299	Margarita Gasparyan	2018 Tashkent
285	Fabiola Zuluaga	2002 Bogotá
259	Tamira Paszek	2006 Portorož
246	Maria Timofeeva	2023 Budapest
237	Tatjana Maria	2022 Bogotá
234	Lindsay Davenport	2007 Bali
233	Markéta Vondroušová	2017 Biel Bienne
209	Alexandra Dulgheru	2009 Warsaw
208	Melanie Oudin	2012 Birmingham
207	Federica Haumüller	1989 Guarujá
205	Kumiko Okamoto	1989 Tokyo
201	Petra Langrová	1988 Paris

WTA Tour doubles career records

Most doubles titles won

No	All-time	Titles
1	/ Martina Navratilova	177
2	Rosemary Casals	112
3	Pam Shriver	111
4	/ Natasha Zvereva	80
5	Lisa Raymond	79
6	Jana Novotná	76
7	Betty Stöve	75
8	Gigi Fernández	69
	Helena Suková
	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
11	/ Larisa Neiland	65
12	Martina Hingis	64

No	Active	Titles
1	Hsieh Su-wei	34
2	Latisha Chan	33
3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	30
4	Sara Errani	29
5	Kristina Mladenovic	28
6	Tímea Babos	25
7	Kateřina Siniaková	24
8	Chan Hao-ching	21
9	Elise Mertens	20
10	Shuko Aoyama	19
11	Barbora Krejčíková	18
11	Demi Schuurs	18

Other selected achievements

Youngest winners of a singles title

Only the first tournament won by each player is listed.

Age at first WTA title^[10]		Event
14y 6m	Jennifer Capriati	1990 Puerto Rico Open
14y 7m	Andrea Jaeger	1980 Las Vegas
15y 1m	Mirjana Lučić	1997 Bol
15y 3m	Nicole Vaidišová	2004 Vancouver
15y 4m	Monica Seles	1989 Houston
15y 5m	Gabriela Sabatini	1985 Japan
15y 7m	Coco Gauff	2019 Linz
15y 8m	Anke Huber	1990 Schenectady

Oldest winners of a singles title

Only the last tournament won by each player is listed.

Age at latest WTA title		Event
39y 7m	Billie Jean King	1983 Edgbaston Cup
38y 11m	Kimiko Date-Krumm	2009 Hansol Korea Open
38y 3m	Serena Williams	2020 ASB Classic
37y 4m	Martina Navratilova	1994 Open Gaz de France
36y 9m	Francesca Schiavone	2017 Copa Colsanitas
35y 8m	Tatjana Maria	2023 Copa Colsanitas
35y 7m	Venus Williams	2016 Taiwan Open
35y 2m	Marie Pinterová	1981 Japan Open
34y 11m	Maria Bueno	1974 Japan Open
34y 6m	Helga Niessen Masthoff	1976 British Hard Court Championships

Longest gap between titles

Gap^[11]	Player	From	To
16 years, 4 months	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	1998 Bol	2014 Quebec City
13 years, 1 month	Kimiko Date-Krumm	1996 San Diego	2009 Seoul
12 years, 6 months	Sorana Cîrstea	2008 Tashkent	2021 İstanbul
9 years, 9 months	Pauline Parmentier	2008 Bad Gastein	2018 İstanbul
8 years, 9 months	/ Jelena Dokic	2002 Birmingham	2011 Kuala Lumpur

WTA career prize money leaders

Top 15 Career Prize Money Leaders As of 8 April 2024^[update]:
Top 15 YTD Money Leaders As of 8 April 2024^[update]:

All time
	Player	Prize money
1	Serena Williams	$94,816,730
2	Venus Williams	$42,648,697
3	Simona Halep	$40,226,687
4	Maria Sharapova	$38,777,962
5	Victoria Azarenka	$37,460,500
6	Petra Kvitová	$37,252,032
7	Caroline Wozniacki	$35,906,178
8	Angelique Kerber	$32,307,783
9	Agnieszka Radwańska	$27,683,807
10	Iga Świątek	$27,213,597
11	Svetlana Kuznetsova	$25,816,890
12	Karolína Plíšková	$25,748,799
13	Garbiñe Muguruza	$24,813,379
14	Martina Hingis	$24,749,074
15	Kim Clijsters	$24,545,194

Active players
	Player	Prize money
1	Venus Williams	$42,648,697
2	Simona Halep	$40,226,687
3	Victoria Azarenka	$37,460,500
4	Caroline Wozniacki	$35,906,178
5	Angelique Kerber	$32,307,783
6	Iga Świątek	$27,213,597
7	Karolína Plíšková	$25,748,799
8	Elina Svitolina	$23,283,743
9	Aryna Sabalenka	$22,776,684
10	Naomi Osaka	$21,474,174
11	Sloane Stephens	$18,374,670
12	Caroline Garcia	$17,813,955
13	Madison Keys	$17,538,165
14	Vera Zvonareva	$16,472,853
15	Jeļena Ostapenko	$14,814,777

Single season
	Player	Year	Prize money
1	Serena Williams	2013	$12,385,572
2	Ashleigh Barty	2019	$11,307,587
3	Serena Williams (2)	2015	$10,582,642
4	Angelique Kerber	2016	$10,136,615
5	Iga Świątek	2022	$9,875,525
6	Iga Świątek (2)	2023	$9,857,686
7	Serena Williams (3)	2014	$9,317,298
8	Aryna Sabalenka	2023	$8,202,653
9	Victoria Azarenka	2012	$7,923,920
10	Serena Williams (4)	2016	$7,675,030
11	Simona Halep	2018	$7,409,564
12	Serena Williams (5)	2012	$7,045,975
13	Simona Halep (2)	2019	$6,962,442
14	Naomi Osaka	2019	$6,788,282
15	Coco Gauff	2023	$6,669,622

As of April 8,2024^[update]

Since September 1970:

5124 players have earned at least US$1 million.
306 players have earned at least US$2 million.
146 players have earned at least US$5 million.
71 players have earned at least US$10 million.
33 players have earned at least US$15 million.
24 players have earned at least US$20 million.
12 players have earned at least US$25 million.
8 players have earned at least US$30 million.
3 players have earned at least US$40 million.
1 player has earned at least US$50 million.

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[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Martina Navratilova record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[4] "Chris Evert record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[5] "Virginia Wade record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[6] "Venus Williams record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[7] "40 Love | WTA Tennis English". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

[8] (29 January 2016). "The Serena Williams Stats You Need".

[9] "The resurgent Margarita Gasparyan outplayed Anastasia Potapova in an all-Russian contest to claim her second WTA title at the Tashkent Open". www.wtatour.com.

[2012_Guide_Page_253-10] 2012 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253

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