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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.
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# | Titles | Tournament | Years |
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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, 1983–86twice 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 |
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14 | / Martina Navratilova | Chicago | 1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93 |
/ 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 |
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Consecutively won titles | Years | # | |
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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 |
/ Martina Navratilova | 1986 | ||
7. | / Martina Navratilova | 1983 | 8 |
Steffi Graf | 1988 |
Winning at least 1 title a year | Years | # | |
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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.
# | Played |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
Hardcourt | # | |
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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 | # | |
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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 | # | |
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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 |
Lori McNeil |
Carpet | # | |
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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 |
All surfaces | % | W–L | |
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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. | Iga Świątek | 82.11 | 335–73 |
8. | Justine Henin | 81.95 | 527–116 |
9. | Billie Jean King | 81.76 | 695–155 |
10. | Evonne Goolagong | 81.01 | 704–165 |
* Minimum 200 wins |
Hard | % | W–L | |
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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 | |
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1. | Chris Evert | 94.55 | 382–22 |
2. | Steffi Graf | 88.57 | 279–36 |
3. | Iga Świątek | 88.39 | 137–18 |
4. | / Monica Seles | 85.02 | 142–25 |
5. | Justine Henin | 84.89 | 163–29 |
6. | Serena Williams | 82.49 | 179–38 |
7. | Maria Sharapova | 82.38 | 159–34 |
8. | Martina Hingis | 81.34 | 109–25 |
9. | / Martina Navratilova | 80.30 | 208–51 |
10. | Gabriela Sabatini | 79.44 | 201–52 |
* Minimum 100 wins |
Grass | % | W–L | |
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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 | |
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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 |
No | Player | Year | W–L* | % |
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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 |
Player | Wins | |
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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) |
Titles | # | Years | |
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1. | / Martina Navratilova | 8 | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2) |
2. | Steffi Graf | 5 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 |
Serena Williams | 2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 | ||
4. | Chris Evert | 4 | 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 |
5. | / Monica Seles | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1992 |
Kim Clijsters | 2002, 2003, 2010 |
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Youngest WTA No. 1 [7]
Name | Age | Date of Birth | Date of Achievement |
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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 |
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Serena Williams | 35 years, 224 days | 26 September 1981 | 8 May 2017 |
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.
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Source: 2012 WTA Media Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 178. Updated: Nov. 30, 2020
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.)
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The following table lists players ranked 200 and lower, that have won a WTA title.
Ranking [9] | Player | Tournament |
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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 |
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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 |
17y 3m | Mirra Andreeva | 2024 Iași Open |
Age at latest WTA title | Event | |
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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 |
Gap [11] | Player | From | To |
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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 |
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