WTA Tennis records of the Open Era

[TMF]

Most GS titles
player total
1 Serena Williams 23
2 Steffi Graf 22
3 Martina Navratilova 18
3 Chris Evert 18
5 Margaret Court 11
6 Monica Seles 9
7 Billie Jean King 8
8 Justine Henin 7
8 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7
8 Venus Williams 7

Most GS finals
Rank Name Total
1 Chris Evert 34
2 Martina Navrátilová 32
3 Steffi Graf 31
= Serena Williams 31
5 Evonne Goolagong 18
6 Venus Williams 14
7 Monica Seles 13
8 Margaret Court 12
8 Martina Hingis 12
8 Billie Jean Moffitt 12

Calendar Slam
Margaret Court(1970)
Steffi Graf(1988)

Consecutive GS finals
1. Steffi Graf 13
2. Martina Navratilova 11
3. Margaret Court 6
3. Chris Evert 6
3. Monica Seles 6
6. Steffi Graf 5
6. Martina Hingis 5
8. Martina Navratilova 4
8. Chris Evert 4
8. Arantxa Sánchez 4
8. Serena Williams 4
8. Venus Williams 4
8. Justine Henin 4

Most single titles
Rank Player Singles
1 Martina Navratilova 167
2 Chris Evert 157
3 Steffi Graf 107
4 Margaret Court 101
5 Serena Williams 72
6 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 68
7 Billie Jean King 67
8 Virginia Wade 55
= Lindsay Davenport 55
10 Monica Seles 53

Most weeks at #1
Rank Player weeks
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 Lindsay Davenport 98
9 Caroline Wozniacki 67
10 Victoria Azarenka 51

Consecutive weeks at #1
1 Steffi Graf 186
= Serena Williams 186
3 Martina Navratilova 156
4 Chris Evert 113
5 Monica Seles 91
6 Martina Navratilova 90
7 Steffi Graf 87
8 Martina Hingis 80
9 Chris Evert 76
10 Martina Hingis 73

Year end No. 1 players
player year
1 Steffi Graf 8
2 Martina Navratilova 7
3 Chris Evert 5
= Serena Williams 5
5 Lindsay Davenport 4
6 Justine Henin 3
6 Martina Hingis 3
6 Monica Seles 3
9 Caroline Wozniacki 2
10 Jelena Jankovic 1
10 Victoria Azarenka 1

Year-End Championships
1. Martina Navratilova 8
2. Steffi Graf 5
= Serena Williams 5
4. Chris Evert 4
5. Monica Seles 3
6. Kim Clijsters 3
7. Gabriela Sabatini 2
8. Martina Hingis 2
9. Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2
10. Justine Henin 2

All surface single winning percentage
Rank Player Wins-Losses Win %
1 Margaret Court 593-56 91.37
2 Chris Evert 1304-144 90.05
3 Steffi Graf 900-115 88.67
4 Martina Navratilova 1442-219 86.82
5 Serena Williams 805-137 85.46
6 Monica Seles 595-122 82.98
7 Justine Henin 525-115 82.03
8 Billie Jean King 695-155 81.76
9 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 704-165 81.01

Most singles matches won
Player Wins
1 Martina Navratilova 1442
2 Chris Evert 1304
3 Steffi Graf 900
4 Virginia Wade 839
5 Serena Williams 805
6 Venus Williams 763
7 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 759
8 Lindsay Davenport 753
9 Conchita Martínez 739
10 Evonne Goolagong 704

Most match winning streak(all surfaces)
Rank Player Matches
1 Martina Navratilova 74
2 Steffi Graf 66
3 Martina Navratilova 58
4 Margaret Court 57
5 Chris Evert 55
6 Martina Navratilova 54
7 Steffi Graf 46
8 Steffi Graf 45
9 Steffi Graf 44
10 Martina Navratilova 41

Most consecutive singles titles
1. 13 - Martina Navratilova (1984)
2. 12 - Margaret Court (1972-1973)
3. 11 - Steffi Graf (1989-1990)
4. 10 - Chris Evert (1974)
5. 9 - Martina Navratilova (1986)
5. 9 - Margaret Court (1970)
7. 8 - Steffi Graf (1988 )
7. 8 - Martina Navratilova (1983)

Highest annual singles winning percentage
1 Martina Navratilova 98.9
2 Steffi Graf 97.7
3 Martina Navratilova 97.5
4 Steffi Graf 97.4
5 Martina Navratilova 96.8
6 Martina Navratilova 96.7
7 Steffi Graf 96
8 Margaret Court 95.3
9 Serena Williams 95.1
10 Chris Evert 94.9

Winning Streaks
1. Martina Navratilova 74
2. Steffi Graf 66
3. Martina Navratilova 58
4. Chris Evert 56
5. Martina Navratilova 54
6. Steffi Graf 46
7. Steffi Graf 45
8. Martina Navratilova 41
9. Martina Navratilova 39
10. Martina Navratilova 38

Most consecutive years winning at least one singles title
1. 21 - Martina Navratilova (1974-1994)
2. 18 - Chris Evert (1971-1988 )
3. 14 - Steffi Graf (1986-1999)
4. 11 - Sharapova (2003-2013)
4. 11 - Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1970-1980)
4. 11 - Virginia Wade (1968-1978 )
7. 9 - Sandra Cecchini (1984-1992)
7. 9 - Margaret Court (1968-1976)
7. 9 - Lindsay Davenport (1993-2001)
7. 9 - Conchita Martinez (1988-1996)
7. 9 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (1988-1996)

Most singles titles won in a year
1. 21 - Margaret Court (1970)
2. 18 - Margaret Court (1969, 1973)
3. 17 - Billie Jean King (1971)
4. 16 - Chris Evert (1974, 1975)
4. 16 - Martina Navratilova (1983)
6. 15 - Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1970)
6. 15 - Martina Navratilova (1982)
8. 14 - Margaret Court (1968 )
8. 14 - Steffi Graf (1989)
8. 14 - Martina Navratilova (1986)
11. 13 - Martina Navratilova (1984)
12. 12 - Chris Evert (1973, 1976)
12. 12 - Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1971)
12. 12 - Martina Navratilova (1985)
12. 12 - Martina Hingis (1997)
16. 11 - Tracy Austin (1980)
16. 11 - Chris Evert (1977)
16. 11 - Steffi Graf (1987, 1988 )
16. 11 - Martina Navratilova (1978, 1979)
16. 11 - Serena Williams (2013)

 

[ollinger]

I'll synthesize and summarize: players used to play more tournaments per year than they play now, which augmented their career stats.

 

[Djokovic2011]

If the Open era commenced in 1968, how on earth did Margaret Court manage to win 92 titles? I thought she retired in 1976.

 

[tennisaddict]

In former player forum there are several members who have seen tennis for 50 years state that Chris Evert is the best.

There seems to be some truth.

 

[AngieB]

In former player forum there are several members who have seen tennis for 50 years state that Chris Evert is the best.

There seems to be some truth.

Incorrect.

The consensus is that she was best-ever on clay because of her exemplary results on the surface. She won 10 of her 18 grand slam events on clay. Anemic on other surfaces when compared to other greats, especially her record in grand slam finals.

Chris was very consistent and won a slew of tour level events, including 89.9% of her matches. However, in grand slam finals, she only won 53% of the time. Last on the list of top ten grand slam champions finals winning %/

As I've previously said, the path to best-ever begins and ends on grass, not clay. The most prestigious tennis tournament in the world is played on grass, and two other grand slam events on hard court surfaces. Clay continues to be a mid-level specialty surface. This is where Evert-Nadal run into problems historically.

#PTL

AngieB

 

[TMF]

If the Open era commenced in 1968, how on earth did Margaret Court manage to win 92 titles? I thought she retired in 1976.

Actually Court won 101 titles since the open-era(1968) to 1977

She won 91 titles during the pre-open era.