Records in women's tennis

[superstition]

Martina Navratilova

Best singles winning percentage in a year (open era): 86-1 in 1983
Most singles titles: 167
Most doubles titles: 178
Most Wimbledon singles wins: 9 (Wills-Moody follows with eight)
Most consecutive Wimbledon wins: 6
Wimbledon singles winning percentage: 9.15% (119-13)*
Most Wimbledon titles: 20 (shared with King)
Longest Wimbledon singles title span? 12 years
Best doubles streak: 109 matches with Shriver
Longest slam title span (mixed): 32 years 1974-2006
Longest slam women's doubles title span? 15 years 1975-1990
Longest slam singles final span? 19 years 1975-1994
Longest pro career span: 33 years 1973-2006
Oldest slam titleist: age 49 2006 US Open Mixed
Oldest open-era tour/slam match winner: age 47 2004 Wimbledon
"Boxed set" of slam titles: (shared with two other players)

1975 Chris Evert
1976 Chris Evert
1977 Chris Evert
1978 Martina Navratilova
1979 Martina Navratilova
1980 Chris Evert
1981 Chris Evert
1982 Martina Navratilova
1983 Martina Navratilova
1984 Martina Navratilova
1985 Martina Navratilova
1986 Martina Navratilova

*This ignores her 2004 comeback at age 47 where she lost to Dulko in the second round.

Margaret Smith-Court

Most slam singles titles: 24
Most slam titles: 62 (followed by Navratilova with 59)
Double slams "boxed set"
Calender year singles "Super Slam": (shared with two other players)
Both calender year singles and calender year mixed "Super Slam"
Australian Open winning percentage: 61-3 .953 (lost to Reitano, King, Navratilova)
Best slam winning percentage? 61-3 .953 AO

Steffi Graf

Most slam singles titles (open era): 22
Weeks at No. 1: 377 (followed by Navratilova with 331)
Year end No. 1 times: 8 (followed by Navratilova with 7)
Grand Slam on all surfaces
Won all four slams a minimum of four times
Golden Slam (calendar year Grand Slam plus Olympics)*: 1988

1987 Steffi Graf
1988 Steffi Graf
1989 Steffi Graf
1990 Steffi Graf
1991 Monica Seles
1992 Monica Seles
1993 Steffi Graf
1994 Steffi Graf
1995 Steffi Graf
1996 Steffi Graf

*impossible for many players, because the Olympics didn't include tennis

Chris Evert

Singles winning percentage: 1,309-146 (.900)
Most French Open titles: 7
Youngest player to defeat the No. 1? (defeated Court at age 15)
clay winning streak: 125 consecutive
First four year winning percentage: 91.1% 1971-1974 with 34 titles (Seles is second with 90.2% and 30 titles)

Monica Seles

Youngest French Open champion: 16 years 1990
First female player to win in first six slam finals
33-0 Australian Open record until loss to Hingis in 1999

Wills-Moody

Longest streak without losing a set: 158 matches (1927-1932)
Longest streak: 158 matches (1927-1932)
Exclusing defaults, never was knocked out before the final in a slam
Longest over 90% winning percentage: .919 (1919-1938 - a 19 year period)

Martina Hingis

Youngest player to win a junior slam: 1993, age 12, French Open
Youngest player to win a slam match: 1995, age 14, Australian Open
Youngest Wimbledon titleist (women's doubles): 1996, age 15, with Suková
Youngest slam singles winner: AO, 1997, age 16

Venus Williams

Lowest Wimbledon seed to win the title: 14, 2005
Winner of longest Wimbledon match in history: 2005, against Davenport

 

[gb.tennis.junky]

hum...general knowledge...
good information gathering and well synthetized.
clear and compact.
good work.

 

[superstition]

hum...general knowledge...
good information gathering and well synthetized.
clear and compact.
good work.

Thanks. Does anyone have more?

 

[scineram]

Just wait for Condi to arrive. lol

 

[jjames]

but if seles hadn't been stabbed...............

 

[superstition]

Cue Psycho shower music.

Action!

Originally Posted by year end No. 1
1987 Steffi Graf
1988 Steffi Graf
1989 Steffi Graf
1990 Steffi Graf
1991 Monica Seles
1992 Monica Seles
1993 Steffi Graf
1994 Steffi Graf
1995 Steffi Graf
1996 Steffi Graf

 

[blinkinrogue]

IS Hingis also the youngest player to win 3 consecutive major titles for AO?

 

[Warriorroger]

IS Hingis also the youngest player to win 3 consecutive major titles for AO?

No, tineke tent is.

 

[Condoleezza]

Martina Navratilova

Most singles titles: 167
Most doubles titles: 178
Wimbledon singles winning percentage: 9.15% (119-13)*

Sloppy work as always.

Court has more titles, singles and doubles.

Graf has a higher winning percentage at Wimbledon (91.4 % with 74-7; Navratilova has 89.6 % with 120-14).

Condi

 

[Condoleezza]

Martina Navratilova


.... most doubles ....
Best doubles ....
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Oldest ....
Oldest ....
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What about longest span in winning percentages in mixed doubles at age 45plus?

Condi

 

[Condoleezza]

....
Steffi Graf

Most slam singles titles (open era): 22
Weeks at No. 1: 377 (followed by Navratilova with 331)
Year end No. 1 times: 8 (followed by Navratilova with 7)
Grand Slam on all surfaces
Won all four slams a minimum of four times
Golden Slam (calendar year Grand Slam plus Olympics)*: 1988
...

Only person to win and successfully defend all four slams
Only person to win all four slams twice in 2 different decades
Only person to win a calender AND a non-calender year Grand Slam on separate occasions
Ranked #1 for a record 377 weeks
Ranked #1 for a record 186 consecutive weeks
Ranked #1 at end of year for a record 8 years
Ranked at least #2 every week for a record 10 consecutive years
Named WTA Player of the Year a record 8 times
Named World Champion of Tennis a record 7 times
Won 3+ slams in a year a record 5 times
Had a record 13 consecutive slam finals
Had a record 57 set win streak (open era)
Had a record 45 slam match win streak (open era)
Reached all four slam finals in a year a record 3 times
Won a record 8 out of 9 slams in 1988-'90
Longest span for beating a #1-ranked player in a slam final (12 years)
Only player to beat four different #1 players in a slam final
Only player to beat the #3, #2 AND #1 player in a slam
1st in career prize money, $21,8 million

No mixed-doubles-related records, though.
Maybe that will sink her boat ....

Condi

 

[AndrewD]

Margaret Court made the final of two mixed doubles events (Aus Open in 65 and 69) that were never played but were actually shared (both teams declared winners). As a result, her actual total of majors is 64, not 62, as is usually and incorrectly stated.

Margaret Court won the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam in 1963 (playing all events with Ken Fletcher) and 1965 (Aus Open with Newcombe, French and Wimbledon with Fletcher, US Open with Stolle). As a result, she is the only player in the history of tennis to have won 3 Grand Slams.

On a side note, Court won 3 of the 4 mixed doubles majors in 1964, losing only in the final of Wimbledon. That means between 1963 and 1965 she was in the final of 12 out of 12 mixed events.

In 14 years of playing the majors (1960-1973) Court played 46 tournaments, made the quarter finals of better in 42 tournaments (91% siccess rate) and won 23 singles titles - a 50% success rate. In comparison, Steffi Graf played 54 tournaments over 17 years, made the quarters of better 42 times (78% success rate) and won 22 singles titles (41% success rate).

Court also managed to win 11 major titles (4 singles) after giving birth to her first child and another 2 after the birth of her second child. People don't consider that significant but I think it's one hell of an achievement.

 

[Condoleezza]

<a lot about mixed doubles>

Steffi was good at table tennis!


Condi

 

[Koaske]

Martina Navratilova
Best singles winning percentage in a year (open era): 86-1 in 1983

Who did she lose to in 1983 then?

 

[ATPballkid]

Only person to win and successfully defend all four slams

Condi

Navratilova has the ALL-TIME RECORD for most singles titles at 2 of the 5 biggest events in women's tennis. Graf has no ALL-TIME RECORDS at any of the 5 biggest events in women's tennis.

Graf has better balance in her record because she played a more balanced schedule of Grand Slam events and she was the beneficiary of the Monica Seles stabbing.

 

[ATPballkid]

No mixed-doubles-related records, though.
Maybe that will sink her boat ....

Condi

I don't recall Navratilova needing a fan to stab Evert or Graf in the back with a knife.

Navratilova won an all-time record 9 Wimbledon singles titles without a knife in the back of Evert or Graf.

Navratilova won an all-time record 8 WTA Tour Championships without a knife in the back of Evert or Graf.

Navratilova won an all-time record 167 WTA Tour singles titles without a knife in the back of Evert or Graf.

Navratilova won a record 6 Wimbledon singles titles -- she got to the final round of Wimbledon in 9 consecutive years vs. 3 years in a row for Graf -- she got to the quarters or better in 20 consecutive Wimbledons vs. 10 years in a row for Graf.

Navratilova had a tremendous career with some all-time records at some of the biggest events in the world and in both singles and doubles -- and she accomplished these without a knife in the back of Evert or Graf.

 

[oberyn]

Who did she lose to in 1983 then?

She lost to Kathy Horvath in the fourth round of the French Open during the period in which the Australian Open was the last major of the year, played in December. She went on to win the rest of her matches that season, winning the last three slams of 1983. She won the first three slams of 1984 before losing to Helena Sukova in the semifinals of the 1984 Australian Open. This ended her 74-match winning streak.

 

[ATPballkid]

What about longest span in winning percentages in mixed doubles at age 45plus?

Condi

Most singles titles in one season:

Steffi Graf: 14 in 1989
Navratilova: 16 in 1983 ... 15 in 1982 ... 14 in 1986.


Most singles titles in 2 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 25 in 1988-1989
Navratilova: 31 in 1982-1983


Most singles titles in 3 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 36 in 1987-1989
Navratilova: 44 in 1982-1984


Most singles titles in 4 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 46 in 1987-1990
Navratilova: 56 in 1982-1985


Most singles titles in 5 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 54 in 1986-1990
Navratilova: 70 in 1982-1986


Most singles titles in 6 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 61 in 1986-1991
Navratilova: 80 in 1981-1986


Most singles titles in 7 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 69 in 1986-1992
Navratilova: 91 in 1980-1986


Most singles titles in 8 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 79 in 1986-1993
Navratilova: 101 in 1979-1986


Most singles titles in 9 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 86 in 1986-1994
Navratilova: 123 in 1978-1986


Most singles titles in 10 consecutive seasons:

Steffi Graf: 95 in 1986-1995
Navratilova: 130 in 1977-1986


Most singles titles in a given year:

1. Navratilova 1983 ....... 16
2. Navratilova 1982 ....... 15
3. Navratilova 1986 ....... 14
3. Graf 1989 ..................... 14
5. Navratilova 1984 ....... 13
6. Navratilova 1985 ....... 12
7. Navratilova 1978 ....... 11
7. Navratilova 1980 ....... 11
7. Graf 1987 ..................... 11
7. Graf 1988 ..................... 11
11. Navratilova 1979 ....... 10
11. Navratilova 1981 ....... 10
11. Graf 1990 ..................... 10
11. Graf 1993 ..................... 10

What were you saying, Condi?

 

[superstition]

Court has more titles, singles and doubles.

Not in the Open Era.

Graf has a higher winning percentage at Wimbledon (91.4 % with 74-7; Navratilova has 89.6 % with 120-14).

Navratilova Wimbledon singles winning percentage: 91.5% (119-13)*

*This ignores her 2004 singles play at age 47 where she lost to Dulko in the second round.

 

[superstition]

What were you saying, Condi?

She did that while playing and winning in doubles and mixed, too. What's Graf's doubles/mixed participation record?

 

[Condoleezza]

Not in the Open Era.

Wimbledon winning percentage

1. Graf 91.4 (74-7)
2. Navratilova 90.2 (119-13*)


*Her last Wimbledon excluded (why the f***?) when she lost to Dulko in the second round.

Condi

 

[superstition]

1. Graf 91.4 (74-7)
2. Navratilova 90.2 (119-13*)

Perhaps I'm doing the calculation wrong. When I divide 119 by 13, I end up with 9.15, which I assumed is 91.5%.

*Her last Wimbledon excluded (why the f***?) when she lost to Dulko in the second round.

She was 47 years old and playing for fun. If Graf got out there in her 40s, then it would be fair to include that. The stat that matters is her pre-retirement stat. She retired from singles around 94, and that 2004 Wimbledon was designed to do two things: show that she could win a round or two despite her age and give her practice for her doubles. Her real aim was to collect doubles/mixed titles. She collected three and should have had the French (her partner got injured severely when they were near victory).

 

[Condoleezza]

Perhaps I'm doing the calculation wrong. When I divide 119 by 13, I end up with 9.15, which I assumed is 91.5%.
...

You are joking, hopefully ....


For our young readers:

119 wins and 13 losses in 132 matches.
119 divided by 132 is a .902 or 90.2 % winning percentage.

Condi