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WTA Tour records

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.

Grand Slam tournaments

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For Grand Slam records in the Open Era, see Open Era tennis records – Women's singles.
For all-time Grand Slam records, see All-time tennis records – Women's singles.

Titles and finals

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Most titles / finals at a single tournament

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# Titles Tournament Years
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
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

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

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Consecutive records

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  • Active streaks in bold
Consecutively won titles Years #
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 #
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.

Match wins

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Matches won on all surfaces

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# Played
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
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)
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)
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

Match wins per court type

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Hardcourt #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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
Outdoor #
1.   Chris Evert 903
2.   Serena Williams 782
3.  /  Martina Navratilova 755
4.   Steffi Graf 693
5.   Arantxa Sánchez 687
6.   Venus Williams 637
7.   Conchita Martínez 614
8.   Lindsay Davenport 585
9.   Jelena Janković 507
10.   Margaret Court 501
Indoor #
1.  /  Martina Navratilova 605
2.   Chris Evert 406
3.   Steffi Graf 201
4.   Pam Shriver 200
5.   Zina Garrison 191
6.   Helena Suková 187
7.   Venus Williams 173
8.   Lindsay Davenport 168
9.   Jana Novotná 164
10.   Manuela Maleeva 149

Winning percentages

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Career winning percentage

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  • 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.
All surfaces % W–L
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
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
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
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
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

Single season winning percentage

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No Player Year W–L* %
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

Winning streaks

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Player Wins
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)

Year-end Championships

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Titles # Years
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
Matches won #
1.  /  Martina Navratilova 60
2.   Chris Evert 34
3.   Steffi Graf 31
4.   Serena Williams 29
5.   Gabriela Sabatini 21
  Maria Sharapova
Win % W–L *
1.   Serena Williams 83.33 30–6
2.   Steffi Graf 81.57 31–7
3.  /  Martina Navratilova 81.08 60–14
4.   Chris Evert 79.07 34–9
5.  /  Monica Seles 75.00 18–6
* Minimum 18 wins
Not losing a set Year
 /  Martina Navratilova 1984, 1985 (2)
  Serena Williams 2001, 2012 (2)
  Gabriela Sabatini 1988
  Kim Clijsters 2002
  Iga Świątek 2023

WTA 1000 level records (since inception as "Tier One" in 1988)

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  • Only WTA 1000 and their predecessor (Tier 1 in 1990-2008, Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 in 2009-2020) level tournament records are included.
  • Tier 1 tournaments were played on 3 surfaces, one of which (carpet) ceased to be used from around 1995.

Titles by court type

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Hard #
1.   Serena Williams 16
2.   Victoria Azarenka 10
3.   Maria Sharapova 9
4.   Steffi Graf 8
5.   Venus Williams 7
6.  /  Monica Seles 6
  Kim Clijsters
  Caroline Wozniacki
  Simona Halep
  Petra Kvitová
  Iga Świątek
Clay #
1.   Steffi Graf 8
  Conchita Martínez
3.   Serena Williams 7
4.   Martina Hingis 5
  Justine Henin
6.   Amélie Mauresmo 4
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Maria Sharapova
  Iga Świątek
9.  /  Monica Seles 3
  Dinara Safina
  Jelena Janković
  Petra Kvitová
  Simona Halep

WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)

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Main article: WTA rankings
  • As of April 1, 2024
  • Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive streaks

Youngest WTA No. 1[7]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
  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
  Serena Williams 35 years, 224 days 26 September 1981 8 May 2017

Most career singles wins over world No. 1

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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: Nov. 30, 2020

Lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1

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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

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The following table lists players ranked 200 and lower, that have won a WTA title.

Ranking[9] Player Tournament
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

WTA Tour doubles career records

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Most doubles titles won

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Other selected achievements

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Youngest winners of a singles title

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  • Only the first tournament won by each player is listed.
Age at first WTA title[10] Event
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

Oldest winners of a singles title

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  • Only the last tournament won by each player is listed.
Age at latest WTA title Event
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

Longest gap between titles

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Gap[11] Player From To
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

WTA career prize money leaders

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As of September 16, 2024

Since September 1970:

  • 525 players have earned at least US$1 million.
  • 323 players have earned at least US$2 million.
  • 153 players have earned at least US$5 million.
  • 72 players have earned at least US$10 million.
  • 39 players have earned at least US$15 million.
  • 24 players have earned at least US$20 million.
  • 13 players have earned at least US$25 million.
  • 9 players have earned at least US$30 million.
  • 3 players have earned at least US$40 million.
  • 1 player has earned at least US$50 million.

See also

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References

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Martina Navratilova record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Chris Evert record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Virginia Wade record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Venus Williams record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. ^ "40 Love | WTA Tennis English". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  8. ^ admin (29 January 2016). "The Serena Williams Stats You Need".
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 2012 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253
  11. ^ "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni's Record-Breaking Quebec Title". Tennis Now.
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