Female tennis players with most singles major championship wins
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Note: Players in bold are active players.
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[edit] Tennis History
In the following table:
"NP" means that the person never played in that particular Grand Slam event.
"AU" means the Australian Open or the Australian Championships.
"WB" means Wimbledon.
"FR" means the French Open, the French Championships, or the World Hard Court Championships.
"US" means the United States Open or the United States Championships.
| Rank | Name | Country | AU W-L |
FR W-L |
WB W-L |
US W-L |
Total W-L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret Smith Court | Australia | 11-1 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 24-5 |
| 2 | Steffi Graf | Germany | 4-1 | 6-3 | 7-2 | 5-3 | 22-9 |
| 3 | Helen Wills Moody | United States | NP | 4-0 | 8-1 | 7-2 | 19-3 |
| 4 | Martina Navratilova | Czechoslovakia/United States | 3-3 | 2-4 | 9-3 | 4-4 | 18-14 |
| = | Chris Evert | United States | 2-4 | 7-2 | 3-7 | 6-3 | 18-16 |
| 6 | Suzanne Lenglen | France | NP | 6-0 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 12-0 |
| = | Billie Jean King | United States | 1-1 | 1-0 | 6-3 | 4-2 | 12-6 |
| 8 | Maureen Connolly Brinker | United States | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 9-0 |
| = | Monica Seles | Yugoslavia/United States | 4-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 9-4 |
| 10 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | United States | NP | 0-1 | 0-1 | 8-2 | 8-4 |
| 11 | Serena Williams | United States | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 7-2 |
| = | Dorothea Douglass | United Kingdom | NP | NP | 7-4 | 0-0 | 7-4 |
| = | Maria Bueno | Brazil | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 7-5 |
| = | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Australia | 4-3 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-4 | 7-11 |
| 15 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Australia | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6-3 |
| = | Margaret Osborne duPont | United States | NP | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 6-4 |
| = | Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom | NP | NP | 6-7 | NP | 6-7 |
| = | Louise Brough Clapp | United States | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-5 | 6-8 |
| = | Doris Hart | United States | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 6-12 |
- 5 majors: Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Pauline Betz Addie, Charlotte Cooper, Lottie Dod, Althea Gibson, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Martina Hingis, Alice Marble, Venus Williams
- 4 majors: Shirley Fry Irvin, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Hana Mandlíková, Elisabeth Moore, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
- 3 majors: Juliette Atkinson, Mary Browne, Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, Darlene Hard, Ann Haydon Jones, Angela Mortimer Barrett, Dorothy Round Little, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, May Sutton, Virginia Wade
- 2 majors: Cilly Aussem, Tracy Austin, Mabel Cahill, Simone Mathieu, Amélie Mauresmo, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Mary Pierce, Nancy Richey Gunter, Maria Sharapova
- 1 major: Maud Barger-Wallach, Sue Barker, Dora Boothby, Kornelia Bouman, Kim Clijsters, Francoise Durr, Mima Jausovec, Barbara Jordan, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nelly Landry, Ethel Larcombe, Anita Lizana, Iva Majoli, Conchita Martinez, Anastasia Myskina, Jana Novotná, Chris O'Neil, Kerry Melville Reid, Muriel Robb, Virginia Ruzici, Gabriela Sabatini, Christine Truman Janes
[edit] Open Era
| Name | Country | AUS | FRA | WIM | USA | Total | Winning span (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steffi Graf | Germany | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 1987-1999 (13) |
| Martina Navratilova | United States | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 1978-1990 (13) |
| Chris Evert | United States | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1974-1986 (13) |
| Margaret Smith Court | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1969-1973 (5) |
| Monica Seles | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1990-1996 (7) |
| Billie Jean King | United States | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1968-1975 (8) |
| Serena Williams | United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1999-2005 (7) |
| Evonne Goolagong | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | 1971-1980 (10) |
- 5 majors: Justine Henin-Hardenne, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams
- 4 majors: Hana Mandlíková, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
- 3 majors: Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, Virginia Wade
- 2 majors: Tracy Austin, Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova
- 1 major: Sue Barker, Kim Clijsters, Ann Haydon Jones, Mima Jausovec, Barbara Jordan, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Iva Majoli, Conchita Martinez, Anastasia Myskina, Jana Novotná, Chris O'Neil, Kerry Reid, Nancy Richey, Virginia Ruzici, Gabriela Sabatini
[edit] Chronological list of titles leaders
| 1. | 1884-1885 (2) | Maud Watson | United Kingdom | 1 (2) | Wimbledon |
| 2. | 1888-1891 (4) | Lottie Dod | United Kingdom | 2 (5) | Wimbledon |
| 1889-1891 (3) | Bertha Townsend | United Kingdom | 2 (2) | U.S. Championships | |
| 3. | 1891-1900 (10) | Lottie Dod (2) | United Kingdom | 3 (5) | Wimbledon |
| 4. | 1900-1914 (15) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom | 6 (6) | Wimbledon |
| 5. | 1914-1926 (13) | Dorothea Douglass | United Kingdom | 7 (7) | Wimbledon |
| 6. | 1926-1929 (4) | Suzanne Lenglen | France | 8 (8) | French Championships |
| 1926-1929 (4) | Molla Mallory | United States | 8 (8) | U.S. Championships | |
| 7. | 1929-1970 (42) | Helen Wills Moody | United States | 9 (19) | French Championships |
| 8. | 1970-? (37) | Margaret Smith Court | Australia | 20 (24) | U.S Open |
