WTA Tour records

This is a list of Women's Tennis Association (WTA) records since its inception in June 1973. Some tournaments from the predecessor tour, the Virginia Slims Circuit, are also included for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by the WTA. For a full list of Open Era records (1968 – present) see Open Era tennis records – women's singles.

These tables include only official WTA tour and Virginia Slims Circuit events.

Grand Slam singles career records (1973 – present)

Notes:

  • Grand Slam tournaments began long before the WTA was formed. Therefore, some of the players' full Grand Slam statistics are higher than what is listed here, which is only an account of the Grand slam records during the existence of the WTA tour.
  • These statistics were compiled from each player's individual Grand Slam tournament performances past and present.

Player totals

Active players in bold

TitlesNo.
1.United States Serena Williams23
2.West Germany Steffi Graf22
3.United States Chris Evert18
United States Martina Navratilova
5.Australia Margaret Court11
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles9
7.United States Billie Jean King8
8.Australia Evonne Goolagong7
Belgium Justine Henin
United States Venus Williams

FinalsNo.
1.United States Chris Evert34
2.United States Martina Navratilova32
3.West Germany Steffi Graf31
United States Serena Williams
5.Australia Evonne Goolagong18
6.United States Venus Williams 16
7.United States Monica Seles13
8.Spain Arantxa Sánchez12
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Belgium Justine Henin

SemifinalsNo.
1.United States Chris Evert52
2.United States Martina Navratilova44
3.West Germany Steffi Graf37
4.United States Serena Williams 36
5.United States Venus Williams 23
6.Australia Evonne Goolagong22
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
8.Russia Maria Sharapova 20
9.Switzerland Martina Hingis19
10.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini18

QuarterfinalsNo.
1.United States Chris Evert54
2.United States Martina Navratilova53
3.United States Serena Williams49
4.West Germany Steffi Graf42
5.United States Venus Williams39
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez35
7.United States Monica Seles31
United States Lindsay Davenport
9.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini28
10.Australia Evonne Goolagong26
Match winsNo.
1.United States Serena Williams331
2.United States Martina Navratilova306
3.United States Chris Evert299
4.West Germany Steffi Graf278
5.United States Venus Williams266
6.Spain Arantxa Sánchez210
7.United States Lindsay Davenport198
8.Russia Maria Sharapova194
9.United States Monica Seles180
10.Spain Conchita Martínez174

AppearancesNo.
1.United States Venus Williams 80
2.United States Amy Frazier71
3.Italy Francesca Schiavone70
4.United States Serena Williams 69
5.United States Martina Navratilova67
6.Spain Conchita Martínez64
7.Japan Ai Sugiyama63
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
9.Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová61
10.Switzerland Patty Schnyder60
11.Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn59
France Virginie Razzano

Consecutive streaks

Active streaks in bold

TitlesNo.
1.United States Martina Navratilova6
2.West Germany Steffi Graf5
3.West Germany Steffi Graf4
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
6.United States Martina Navratilova3
United States Chris Evert
West Germany Steffi Graf
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
West Germany Steffi Graf (2)
West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
Switzerland Martina Hingis

FinalsNo.
1.West Germany Steffi Graf13
2.United States Martina Navratilova11
3.United States Chris Evert6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
5.West Germany Steffi Graf5
Switzerland Martina Hingis
7.United States Martina Navratilova4
United States Chris Evert
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
United States Venus Williams
Belgium Justine Henin
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)

SemifinalsNo.
1.United States Martina Navratilova18
2.West Germany Steffi Graf15
3.United States Chris Evert11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
5.United States Serena Williams 10
6.United States Chris Evert9
7.United States Chris Evert7
8.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles6
West Germany Steffi Graf
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Serena Williams

QuarterfinalsNo.
1.West Germany Steffi Graf19
2.United States Martina Navratilova18
3.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini15
4.United States Chris Evert11
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6.United States Lindsay Davenport10
United States Serena Williams
8.United States Chris Evert9
West Germany Steffi Graf
United States Serena Williams
Match winsNo.
1.United States Martina Navratilova45
2.West Germany Steffi Graf40
3.West Germany Steffi Graf33
United States Serena Williams
United States Serena Williams (2)
6.United States Martina Navratilova27
West Germany Steffi Graf
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles
9.West Germany Steffi Graf26
Switzerland Martina Hingis

AppearancesNo.
1.Japan Ai Sugiyama62
2.Italy Francesca Schiavone61
3.Serbia Jelena Janković56
4.Russia Elena Likhovtseva54
France Nathalie Dechy
6.Switzerland Patty Schnyder52
7.Serbia Ana Ivanovic48
France Alize Cornet
9.Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova47
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska

Most singles titles per Grand Slam in the Open era

Active players in bold

Match wins per Grand Slam tournament

Winning percentages

Winning percentage in individual Grand Slam tournaments

Source: WTA player career statistics: and WTA Tour Archive 2012:Accessed 01/23/2012

Winning percentage in all Grand Slam tournaments

WTA Tour singles career records (1973 – present)

WTA singles titles and finals

Most titles / finals at a single tournament

#TitlesTournamentYears
12 United States Martina NavratilovaChicago1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92
11 United States Martina NavratilovaEastbourne1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993
9 United States Martina NavratilovaWashington1975, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
United States Martina NavratilovaWimbledon1978–79, 1982–87, 1990
United States Martina NavratilovaDallas1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
Germany Steffi GrafGerman Open1986–89, 1991–94, 1996
8 United States Chris EvertFamily Circle1974–78, 1981, 1984–85
United States Martina NavratilovaWTA Tour Finals1978–79, 1981, 1983–86twice in 1986
United States Martina NavratilovaLos Angeles1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93
United States Serena Williams Miami Masters2002-04, 2007–08, 2013–15
7 United States Chris EvertFrench Open1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86
United States Martina NavratilovaOrlando1974, 1980–85
Germany Steffi GrafWimbledon1988–89, 1991–93, 1995–96
United States Serena Williams Wimbledon2002–03, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–16
United States Serena Williams Australian Open2003, 2005, 2007, 2009–10, 2015, 2017
#FinalsTournamentYears
14 United States Martina NavratilovaChicago1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93
United States Martina NavratilovaWTA Tour Finals1975, 1978–86,twice in 1986 1989, 1991–92
13 United States Martina NavratilovaEastbourne1978–79, 1982–87, 1988–91, 1993
12 United States Martina NavratilovaWimbledon1978–79, 1982–90, 1994
11 United States Martina NavratilovaWashington1975, 1977–1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1986, 1988, 1990
United States Martina NavratilovaDallas1975–76, 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
United States Martina NavratilovaLos Angeles1977–81, 1983, 1986, 1989–90, 1992–93
Germany Steffi GrafGerman Open1985–89, 1990–94, 1996
10 United States Chris EvertWimbledon1973-74, 1976,1978–82,1984–85
United States Serena Williams Miami Masters1999, 2002–04, 2007–09, 2013-15
United States Serena Williams Wimbledon2002–2004, 2008–2010, 2012, 2015–2016, 2018
9 Germany Steffi GrafWimbledon1987–89, 1991–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany Steffi GrafFrench Open1987–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany Steffi GrafFlorida1986–89, 1991–95
United States Chris EvertFrench Open1973–75, 1979–80, 1983–86
United States Chris EvertFamily Circle1974–78, 1981, 1984–86
United States Chris EvertUS Open1975–80, 1982–84
United States Martina NavratilovaHouston1976–80, 1983, 1985, 1987–88
United States Martina NavratilovaStuttgart1979, 1981–83, 1986–88, 1991–92
United States Martina NavratilovaWest Classic1979–80, 1984, 1988, 1990–94
United States Venus Williams Wimbledon2000–2003, 2005, 2007–2009, 2017
United States Serena Williams US Open1999, 2001-02, 2008, 2011–14, 2018

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

Consecutive records

  • Active streaks in bold

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 events long before the open era started in 1968; therefore, the statistics shown above do not reflect their entire careers. For example, the Billie Jean King career statistics Wikipedia article lists 129 career singles titles for King.

Matches won and winning percentages

Match wins per court type

Outdoor#
1.United States Martina Navratilova776
2.United States Chris Evert731
3.Germany Steffi Graf699
4.Spain Arantxa Sánchez696
5.United States Serena Williams 651
7.United States Venus Williams 620
6.Spain Conchita Martínez619
8.United States Lindsay Davenport612
9.Serbia Jelena Janković 507
10.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini495

Indoor#
1.United States Martina Navratilova607
2.United States Chris Evert287
3.United States Pam Shriver220
4.United States Zina Garrison199
5.Germany Steffi Graf196
6.Czech Republic Helena Suková192
7.Czech Republic Jana Novotná184
8.United States Lindsay Davenport175
9.United States Venus Williams 172
10.Switzerland Manuela Maleeva163

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.

Single season winning percentage

Winning streaks

Tour Year End Championships

Titles#Years
1.United States Martina Navratilova81978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2)
2.Germany Steffi Graf51987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
United States Serena Williams 2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
4.United States Chris Evert41972, 1973, 1975, 1977
5.United States Monica Seles31990, 1991, 1992
Belgium Kim Clijsters2002, 2003, 2010
Match Won#
1.United States Martina Navratilova60
2.United States Chris Evert34
3.Germany Steffi Graf31
4.United States Serena Williams 30
5.Argentina Gabriela Sabatini21
Russia Maria Sharapova

Win %W–L *
1.United States Serena Williams 83.3330–6
2.Germany Steffi Graf81.5731–7
3.United States Martina Navratilova81.0860–14
4.United States Chris Evert79.0734–9
5.United States Monica Seles75.0018–6
* Minimum 18 wins

Not losing a setYear
United States Martina Navratilova 1984, 1985 (2)
United States Serena Williams 2001, 2012 (2)
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1988
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2002

WTA Premier Mandatory & 5/Tier One (since inception in 1988)

  • Overall totals include premier mandatory,premier five and tier one tournaments only.
  • Tier one events were played on 3 surfaces, (carpet) ceased as a surface in 1995.

Titles by court type

Hard#
1.United States Serena Williams 16
2.Belarus Victoria Azarenka 9
Russia Maria Sharapova
4.West Germany Steffi Graf8
5.United States Venus Williams 7
6.United States Monica Seles6
Belgium Kim Clijsters
8.Switzerland Martina Hingis5
PolandAgnieszka Radwańska
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Romania Simona Halep
CzechoslovakiaPetra Kvitová
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Clay#
1.West Germany Steffi Graf8
Spain Conchita Martínez
3.United States Serena Williams 7
4.Switzerland Martina Hingis5
Belgium Justine Henin
6.France Amélie Mauresmo4
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Russia Maria Sharapova
9.United States Monica Seles3
Russia Dinara Safina
Serbia Jelena Janković
CzechoslovakiaPetra Kvitová

WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)

  • As of February 19, 2018
  • Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive streaks

Youngest WTA No. 1[3]

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

Oldest WTA No. 1[4]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
United States 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.

Source: 2012 WTA Media Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 178. Updated: Mar. 30, 2017

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.)

Lowest-ranked players to win a singles title

Ranking[5] Player Tournament
579 Indonesia Angelique Widjaja 2001 Bali
299 Russia Margarita Gasparyan 2018 Tashkent

WTA Tour doubles career records

Most doubles titles won

Other selected achievements

Youngest winners of a singles title

In the following table,[6] only the first tournament won by each player is listed.

  1. Tracy Austin: 14 years, 0 months, 28 days (1977 Portland)
  2. Kathy Rinaldi: 14 years, 6 months, 24 days (1981 Kyoto)
  3. Jennifer Capriati: 14 years, 6 months, 29 days (1990 Puerto Rico)
  4. Andrea Jaeger: 14 years, 7 months, 14 days (1980 Las Vegas)
  5. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni: 15 years, 1 month, 25 days (1997 Bol)
  6. Nicole Vaidišová: 15 years, 3 months, 23 days (2004 Vancouver)
  7. Monica Seles: 15 years, 4 months, 29 days (1989 Houston)
  8. Gabriela Sabatini: 15 years, 5 months, 2 days (1985 Japan)
  9. Anke Huber: 15 years, 8 months, 22 days (1990 Schenectady)
  10. Tamira Paszek: 15 years, 9 months, 18 days (2006 Portorož)

Oldest winners of a singles title

In the following table, only the last tournament won by each player is listed.

  1. Billie Jean King: 39 yrs, 7 months, 23 days (1983 Edgbaston Cup)
  2. Kimiko Date-Krumm: 38 yrs, 11 months, 30 days (2009 Hansol Korea Open)
  3. Martina Navratilova: 37 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (1994 Open Gaz de France)
  4. Francesca Schiavone: 36 years, 9 months, 23 days (2017 Copa Colsanitas)
  5. Venus Williams: 35 years, 7 months, 28 days (2016 Taiwan Open)
  6. Helga Niessen Masthoff: 35 years, 5 months, 1 day (1977 Monte Carlo Open)
  7. Serena Williams: 35 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (2017 Australian Open)
  8. Marie Pinterova: 35 years, 2 months, 3 days (1981 Japan Open)
  9. Maria Bueno: 34 years, 11 months, 26 days (1974 Japan Open)
  10. Helga Schultze: 34 years, 5 months, 6 days (1974 Swiss Open Championships)

Longest gap between titles

Gap[7] Player Tournaments
16 years, 4 months Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1998 Bol — 2014 Quebec City
13 years, 1 month Kimiko Date-Krumm 1996 San Diego — 2009 Seoul
9 years, 9 months Pauline Parmentier 2008 Bad Gastein — 2018 Istanbul

WTA career prize money leaders

As of October 1, 2018
  • 387 players have earned at least US $1 million since September 1970.
  • 220 players have earned at least US $2 million since September 1970.
  • 97 players have earned at least US $5 million since September 1970.
  • 46 players have earned at least US $10 million since September 1970.
  • 23 players have earned at least US $15 million since September 1970.
  • 16 players have earned at least US $20 million since September 1970.
  • 9 players have earned at least US $25 million since September 1970.
  • 4 players have earned at least US $30 million since September 1970.
  • 2 players have earned at least US $40 million since September 1970.
  • 1 player has earned at least US $50 million since September 1970.

See also

References

  1. "Martina Navratilova Biography". 2015. WTA. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  4. admin (29 January 2016). "The Serena Williams Stats You Need".
  5. "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.
  6. 2012 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253
  7. "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni's Record-Breaking Quebec Title". www.tennisnow.com.
  8. WTA Tour Career Money Leaders

Sources

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