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
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Consecutive streaks
Active streaks in bold
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Most singles titles per Grand Slam in the Open era
Active players in bold
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Match wins per Grand Slam tournament
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Winning percentages
Winning percentage in individual Grand Slam tournaments
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Source: WTA player career statistics: and WTA Tour Archive 2012:Accessed 01/23/2012
Winning percentage in all Grand Slam tournaments
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WTA Tour singles career records (1973 – present)
WTA singles titles and finals
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Most titles / finals at a single tournament
# | Titles | Tournament | Years |
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12 | Chicago | 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92 | |
11 | Eastbourne | 1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993 | |
9 | Washington | 1975, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990 | |
Wimbledon | 1978–79, 1982–87, 1990 | ||
Dallas | 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990 | ||
German Open | 1986–89, 1991–94, 1996 | ||
8 | Family Circle | 1974–78, 1981, 1984–85 | |
WTA Tour Finals | 1978–79, 1981, 1983–86twice in 1986 | ||
Los Angeles | 1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93 | ||
Miami Masters | 2002-04, 2007–08, 2013–15 | ||
7 | French Open | 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86 | |
Orlando | 1974, 1980–85 | ||
Wimbledon | 1988–89, 1991–93, 1995–96 | ||
Wimbledon | 2002–03, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–16 | ||
Australian Open | 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009–10, 2015, 2017 |
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Most titles won in a season in Open Era
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Consecutive records
- Active streaks in bold
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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
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Match wins per court type
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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.
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Single season winning percentage
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Winning streaks
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Tour Year End Championships
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1. | 8 | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2) | |
2. | 5 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 | |
2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 | |||
4. | 4 | 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 | |
5. | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1992 | |
2002, 2003, 2010 |
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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.
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Titles by court type
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WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)
- As of February 19, 2018
- Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive streaks
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Youngest WTA No. 1[3]
Name | Age | Date of Birth | Date of Achievement |
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16 years, 152 days | 9 September 1980 | 1 March 1997 |
Oldest WTA No. 1[4]
Name | Age | Date of Birth | Date of Achievement |
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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.
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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.)
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Lowest-ranked players to win a singles title
Ranking[5] | Player | Tournament |
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579 | 2001 Bali | |
299 | 2018 Tashkent |
WTA Tour doubles career records
Most doubles titles won
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Other selected achievements
Youngest winners of a singles title
In the following table,[6] only the first tournament won by each player is listed.
- Tracy Austin: 14 years, 0 months, 28 days (1977 Portland)
- Kathy Rinaldi: 14 years, 6 months, 24 days (1981 Kyoto)
- Jennifer Capriati: 14 years, 6 months, 29 days (1990 Puerto Rico)
- Andrea Jaeger: 14 years, 7 months, 14 days (1980 Las Vegas)
- Mirjana Lučić-Baroni: 15 years, 1 month, 25 days (1997 Bol)
- Nicole Vaidišová: 15 years, 3 months, 23 days (2004 Vancouver)
- Monica Seles: 15 years, 4 months, 29 days (1989 Houston)
- Gabriela Sabatini: 15 years, 5 months, 2 days (1985 Japan)
- Anke Huber: 15 years, 8 months, 22 days (1990 Schenectady)
- 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.
- Billie Jean King: 39 yrs, 7 months, 23 days (1983 Edgbaston Cup)
- Kimiko Date-Krumm: 38 yrs, 11 months, 30 days (2009 Hansol Korea Open)
- Martina Navratilova: 37 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (1994 Open Gaz de France)
- Francesca Schiavone: 36 years, 9 months, 23 days (2017 Copa Colsanitas)
- Venus Williams: 35 years, 7 months, 28 days (2016 Taiwan Open)
- Helga Niessen Masthoff: 35 years, 5 months, 1 day (1977 Monte Carlo Open)
- Serena Williams: 35 yrs, 4 months, 2 days (2017 Australian Open)
- Marie Pinterova: 35 years, 2 months, 3 days (1981 Japan Open)
- Maria Bueno: 34 years, 11 months, 26 days (1974 Japan Open)
- Helga Schultze: 34 years, 5 months, 6 days (1974 Swiss Open Championships)
Longest gap between titles
Gap[7] | Player | Tournaments |
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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 |
9 years, 9 months | Pauline Parmentier | 2008 Bad Gastein — 2018 Istanbul |
WTA career prize money leaders
- Top 15 Career Prize Money Leaders as of 8th October 2018:
- Top 15 YTD Money Leaders as of 8th October 2018:
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- 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
- Lists of tennis records and statistics
- Overall tennis records – women's singles
- Tennis records of the Open Era – women's singles
- WTA Tour Championships
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players
- List of female tennis players
- WTA Awards
- List of tennis tournaments
- Grand Slam (tennis)
- Overall tennis records – men's singles
- List of open era tennis records
- Tennis records of the Open Era – men's singles
- ATP World Tour records
References
- ↑ "Martina Navratilova Biography". 2015. WTA. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ admin (29 January 2016). "The Serena Williams Stats You Need".
- ↑ "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 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253
- ↑ "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni's Record-Breaking Quebec Title". www.tennisnow.com.
- ↑ WTA Tour Career Money Leaders
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