Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport
Country	United States
Residence	Laguna Beach, California
Date of birth	June 8, 1976 (1976-06-08) (age 33)
Place of birth	Palos Verdes, California
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg/12.5 st)
Turned pro	February 22, 1993
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$22,144,735[1] (1st in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record:	753–194
Career titles:	55
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (October 12, 1998)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (2000)
French Open	SF (1998)
Wimbledon	W (1999)
US Open	W (1998)
Major tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1999)
Olympic Games	Gold medal (1996)
Doubles
Career record:	382–115
Career titles:	37 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (October 20, 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005)
French Open	W (1996)
Wimbledon	W (1999)
US Open	W (1997)
Mixed Doubles
Career record:	{{{mixedrecord}}}
Career titles:	{{{mixedtitles}}}
Highest ranking:	{{{highestmixedranking}}}
Infobox last updated on: April 14, 2008.

Medal record
Olympic Games
Women's tennis
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Singles

Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In addition, she has won more prize money than any other professional female athlete.^[2]. She is number 29 of Tennis magazine's "40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era". She is one of only four women (the others being Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert) since 1975 who has been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times. Davenport finished 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005 as the top ranked player.

Contents 1 Playing style 2 Personal life 3 Career 3.1 1991-1993 3.2 1994 3.3 1995 3.4 1996 3.5 1997 3.6 1998 3.7 1999 3.8 2000 3.9 2001 3.10 2002 3.11 2003 3.12 2004 3.13 2005 3.14 2006 3.15 2007 3.16 2008 4 Record against other top players 5 Awards and accomplishments 6 Grand Slam singles finals 6.1 Wins (3) 6.2 Runner-ups (4) 7 Grand Slam doubles finals 7.1 Wins (3) 7.2 Runner-ups (10) 8 WTA Tour Championships singles finals (4) 8.1 Win (1) 8.2 Runner-ups (3) 9 WTA tour singles finals 9.1 Wins (55) 10 WTA tour doubles finals 10.1 Wins (37) 11 Singles performance timeline 12 Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline 13 WTA tour career earnings 14 See also 15 References 16 External links

Playing style

Her game is built largely around her groundstrokes, service return, and serve, which are considered to be among the most powerful and cleanly struck in the history of women's tennis. Her devastating return of second service is frequently taken well inside the baseline. Lack of court speed is perhaps her greatest weakness, mainly because of her size. At slightly over 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m), she is the tallest woman ever to win a Grand Slam singles title. However, she has worked to overcome this by losing weight, overhauling her conditioning program, and by becoming mentally stronger. She is an advocate for the mental game, as evidenced by her comments on the cover of Smart Tennis: How to Play and Win the Mental Game.

Personal life

Davenport is the daughter of Wink Davenport, who was a member of the U.S. volleyball team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and Ann Davenport. She attended both Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California and Murrieta Valley High School in Murrieta, California. Davenport currently owns a home in the Irvine, California neighborhood of Shady Canyon.^[3]

In 2003, she married investment banker and former All-American tennis player Jon Leach, brother of tennis player Rick Leach.

Davenport took a break from competitive tennis in late 2006 and much of 2007 to have a baby. On June 10, 2007, she gave birth to a baby boy, Jagger Jonathan, in Newport Beach, California.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Career

1991-1993

While Davenport's first play dated back to 1991, she officially became a professional two years after her first professional-level matches. Davenport's doubles success in 1993 was a 17–16 record while she reached the top 100 in doubles rankings. She reached the third round at the 1993 Australian Open doubles competition with Chanda Rubin. Davenport entered the top 20, despite coming into her first tournament that year ranked 162. She qualified for the 1993 Australian Open, reaching the third round before falling to Mary Pierce. At the Indian Wells Masters, Davenport reached the quarterfinals ranked 99, but lost to 7th-ranked and future doubles partner Mary Joe Fernandez. Later that year, Davenport won her first Tier III title at the European Open where she beat Nicole Bradtke in three sets in the finals. She reached the third round at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, and at the 1993 US Open, the American reached the fourth round ranked 24.

1994

Davenport won the first tournament she entered, in Brisbane, Australia. At the Australian Open, she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, defeating fifth ranked Mary Joe Fernandez in the fourth round before losing in the quarterfinals to top ranked Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–2. Davenport then reached the semifinals at Indian Wells, California and Miami and won the title in Lucerne. At Wimbledon, Davenport reached her second Grand Slam quarterfinal. Ranked ninth, Davenport defeated tenth ranked Gabriela Sabatini before losing to third ranked Conchita Martínez.

In doubles, Davenport won Indian Wells with Lisa Raymond and reached the French Open doubles final with Raymond, where they lost to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. Davenport teamed with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario to win the title in Oakland, defeating Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova in the final.

1995

Davenport started the year by reaching the final of the tournament in Sydney, where she lost to Gabriela Sabatini. Davenport again reached the Australian Open quarterfinals and the following week, lost to Kimiko Date in the final of the tournament in Tokyo.

On clay, Davenport won the tournament in Strasbourg on her first attempt, defeating Date in the final. Date, however, turned the tables at the French Open, defeating Davenport in the fourth round 6–4, 6–3.

At Wimbledon, Davenport was upset in the fourth round by Mary Joe Fernandez 7–6(6), 6–1. At the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open, Davenport was again upset, this time in the second round by Zina Garrison Jackson 6–1, 6–3.

In doubles, Davenport and Jana Novotná started the year by winning the tournament in Sydney. Davenport and Lisa Raymond then lost in the Australian Open semifinals to the top seeded team of Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. Davenport teamed with Nicole Arendt to reach the French Open semifinals, where they lost to the top seeded team of Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. At Wimbledon, Davenport and Raymond, the fourth seeded team, were upset in the first round. At the US Open, Davenport and Raymond were again the fourth seeded team and were upset in the third round by fifteenth seeded Lori McNeil and Helena Suková 6–0, 6–2. In other tournaments, Davenport and Raymond won in Indian Wells, and Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez won in Tokyo (the non-Tier I tournament) and Strasbourg.

1996

Davenport's year began with a runner-up finish in Sydney and a fourth round loss at the Australian Open. Davenport then reached the semifinals of the tournament in Indian Wells, California, where she lost to Steffi Graf.

On clay, Davenport won the Strasbourg tournament and reached the French Open quarterfinals, losing to Conchita Martínez.

During the summer, Davenport won the tournament in Los Angeles, defeating Graf for the first time in her career in the semifinals before defeating Anke Huber in the final. Davenport then won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final.

In doubles, Davenport teamed with Mary Joe Fernandez to win the tournament in Sydney before losing in the final of the Australian Open to Chanda Rubin and Sánchez Vicario. Davenport and Fernandez then won the French Open doubles title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final. The two also won the tournament in Oakland and the year-ending Chase Championships together. Davenport partnered with Zvereva to win the tournament in Los Angeles.

1997

Davenport lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open to Kimberly Po. She then won the tournaments in Oklahoma City and Indian Wells, California for the first time in her career.

Davenport began her clay court season by winning the tournament in Amelia Island, Florida. However, she lost to Iva Majoli, the eventual champion, in the fourth round at the French Open.

At Wimbledon, Davenport lost to Denisa Chládková in the second round. She then lost to Monica Seles in the final at Los Angeles after beating top-ranked Martina Hingis in the semifinals. After winning in Atlanta, Davenport reached the US Open semifinals, losing again to Hingis. Davenport won the titles in Zürich and Chicago before losing the Philadelphia final to Hingis 7–5, 6–7(7), 7–6(4).

In doubles, Davenport was the runner-up in Sydney with Natasha Zvereva and at the Australian Open with Lisa Raymond. She won the US Open with Czech partner Jana Novotná. Davenport's other doubles titles were in Tokyo, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, and Berlin.

1998

Davenport started 1998 by reaching the singles semifinals of the Australian Open, which was her second consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinal. At the tournament in Tokyo, Davenport, ranked second, defeated Martina Hingis, ranked first, in the final 6–3, 6–3. Davenport then lost in the Indian Wells, California final to Hingis after defeating Steffi Graf and in the Miami quarterfinals to Anna Kournikova. At the French Open, Davenport defeated defending champion Iva Majoli in the quarterfinals, before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals. Davenport won titles in San Diego, Stanford, and Los Angeles.

Davenport's next victory on tour was her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 US Open, defeating fifth-ranked Venus Williams in the semifinals and top-ranked Hingis in the final.

Davenport then won Zürich and lost to 17th ranked Graf in Philadelphia despite attaining the number 1 ranking. Davenport finished the year with a loss to Hingis in the final of the Chase Championships .

In doubles, Davenport reached the final of the 1998 Australian Open with Natasha Zvereva, where they lost to the wildard team of Hingis and Mirjana Lučić. Davenport and Zvereva lost to Hingis and Lučić again in the Tokyo final and then won both Indian Wells and Berlin, both times defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.

Davenport and Zvereva then lost to Hingis and Jana Novotná in the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open doubles finals. Davenport won San Diego and Stanford with Zvereva and lost in the US Open doubles final. Davenport won Filderstadt and then the year-end doubles championship with Zvereva, defeating Fusai and Tauziat 6–7, 7–5, 6–3. In 1998, Davenport reached all four Grand Slam doubles finals with Zvereva, losing to teams that included Hingis all four times.

1999

Davenport started 1999 by winning the Sydney singles final. At the Australian Open, she reached the singles semifinals, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo after beating Venus Williams, and she teamed with Natasha Zvereva to reach the doubles final before losing to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova.

At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Davenport and Zvereva beat Hingis and Jana Novotná, to whom they had lost in three of the four 1998 Grand Slam doubles finals. Davenport's second singles title of the year was at Madrid where she defeated lucky loser Paola Suárez in the final.

Davenport's next tournament championship was at Wimbledon. In the final, she defeated Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–5 in Graf's last career Grand Slam match. Davenport also won the doubles title at Wimbledon with Corina Morariu, defeating Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova in the final 6–4, 6–4.

After Wimbledon, Davenport won the singles and doubles titles in Stanford and won San Diego in doubles with Morariu over Serena and Venus Williams in the final. Davenport lost in the singles semifinals to Serena and in the doubles quarterfinals with Morariu to Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud at the US Open. To close the year, Davenport won two additional singles and the Chase Championships with a 6–4, 6–2 victory over Hingis in the final.

2000

Davenport started the year by reaching the Sydney singles final, losing to Amélie Mauresmo.

Her next event was the Australian Open, which she won in singles without the loss of a set. Seeded second, Davenport defeated top seeded Martina Hingis in the final 6–1, 7–5. She and Corina Morariu lost in the doubles semifinals to Hingis and Mary Pierce. Two events later, at the Indian Wells, California tournament, Davenport again defeated Hingis and won the doubles title with Morariu over Anna Kournikova and Natasha Zvereva in the final. Davenport lost to Hingis in the Miami final.

At the French Open, Davenport was upset by twenty-second ranked Dominique Van Roost in three sets in the first round. Van Roost again beat her at Eastbourne.

Davenport then reached the Wimbledon final, where she lost to Venus Williams 6–3, 7–6(3). Davenport lost once again to Venus in the Stanford final and to Serena Williams in the Los Angeles final. She also lost in the US Open final to Venus.

After losing to Hingis in the Zürich final, Davenport won two consecutive titles in Linz, defeating Venus Williams, and in Philadelphia. She was upset at the Chase Championships by Elena Dementieva but helped the United States win the Fed Cup over Spain.

2001

Davenport was at least a quarterfinalist in all seventeen of her singles events. She won seven singles titles, with victories in Tokyo, Scottsdale, Eastbourne, Los Angeles, Filderstadt, Zürich, and Linz. She lost in the final of the year-ending Chase Championships. She was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open, a semifinalist at Wimbledon, and a quarterfinalist at the US Open. She lost in the Australian Open doubles final with Morariu to Venus and Serena Williams. She teamed with Lisa Raymond to win the doubles titles in Filderstadt and Zürich.

2002

Davenport did not win a singles title in 2002. She missed the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. She played her first singles event in July, losing in the Stanford semifinals to Kim Clijsters. Davenport then reached the semifinals of the Tier I San Diego tournament, where she lost to Venus Williams 6–2, 6–1. At her next tournament in Los Angeles, she lost in the final to Chanda Rubin. She then lost to Venus in New Haven and to Serena Williams in the US Open semifinals. She reached two more finals during 2002, losing in Moscow to Magdalena Maleeva and in Zürich to Patty Schnyder. At the year-ending Chase Championships, Davenport lost to Monica Seles 3–6 7–6(6) 6–3 after holding seven match points, her third loss to Seles, having held match point on all three occasions.

Davenport played her first doubles tournament of the year in Filderstadt in October, where she partnered with Lisa Raymond to win the title.

2003

Davenport started the year by reaching the final of the tournament in Sydney, where she lost to Kim Clijsters. She then reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, where she lost to Justine Henin 7–5, 5–7, 9–7. Davenport then won in Tokyo and lost in the Indian Wells, California final to Clijsters. At the remaining Grand Slam tournaments of the year, she lost in the French Open fourth round, the Wimbledon quarterfinals, and the US Open semifinals. She was the runner-up at tournaments in Amelia Island, Florida, Los Angeles, and New Haven.

Davenport and Lisa Raymond reached the doubles semifinals of the Australian Open where they lost to Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Davenport and Raymond won Indian Wells, defeating Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama. Davenport and Raymond also won in Amelia Island, over Paola Suárez and Virginia Ruano Pascual, and in Eastbourne, over Jennifer Capriati and Magüi Serna. Davenport and Raymond lost in the Wimbledon semifinals to Clijsters and Sugiyama 6–1, 0–6, 6–4.

2004

Davenport won a tour-high seven titles, including four straight during the summer (Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Cincinnati). She also had the most match wins on the WTA Tour, with 63. She finished the year ranked first for the third time in her career. She defeated Venus and Serena Williams for the first time since 2000, which she said instilled belief in her that she could win more Grand Slam tournaments.

2005

Davenport's success continued into 2005 when she reached her first Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open, since the 2000 US Open. Unfortunately for Davenport, she fell to Serena Williams in three sets.

At the tournament in Indian Wells, California in March, Davenport made history by defeating world number three Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–0. It marked the first time that a player ranked in the top three had ever been "shut out" on the WTA tour and was also the first time Sharapova had failed to win a game during a match.

In April, she won the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida for the third time, defeating Silvia Farina Elia in the final. In the quarterfinals of that tournament, Davenport defeated Venus Williams for the fourth consecutive time.

Davenport bypassed the European clay court season and went to the French Open without having played a professional competitive match for weeks. She confounded expectations with a run to the quarterfinals on her least favourite surface, including a come-from-behind victory over Kim Clijsters in the fourth round. Davenport lost to eventual runner-up Mary Pierce.

At Wimbledon, Davenport was the top seed and made it easily to the fourth round, where she was tested again by Clijsters but came through in three sets to win her second successive match against the Belgian. Davenport then reached the semifinals, where her match against Amélie Mauresmo was interrupted by rain and was completed over the course of two days. Davenport eventually defeated Mauresmo 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 and faced 14th seeded Venus Williams in an all-American final. Davenport lead most of the way, as she served for the match at 6–5 in the second set and had a match point at 5–4 in the third set. Williams went on to win 4–6, 7–6, 9–7 in the longest (in terms of time) Wimbledon final in history. In that match, Davenport sustained a serious back injury while leading 4–2 (40–15) in the final set, although she acknowledged after the match that the injury did not cause her defeat and that Williams was the superior mentally strong player on the day. The injury forced Davenport to withdraw from Fed Cup competition. She returned to the tour at the Stanford tournament. After reinjuring her back in a warmup just hours before her match, Davenport retired while trailing 5–0 in the first set. This back injury then forced her to withdraw from other hardcourt events in San Diego and Los Angeles.

Davenport returned to the WTA Tour in August, winning her comeback tournament in New Haven without dropping a set. Davenport then reached the quarterfinals of the US Open, where she held a match point on Elena Dementieva before falling 7–6(6) in the third set. Davenport briefly lost the #1 ranking following the event.

After the loss at the US Open, Davenport captured the title in Bali without dropping a set and subsequently qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. She then won the title in Filderstadt, defeating Mauresmo in the final for the second consecutive year. The win made her only the tenth woman ever to win 50 career WTA singles titles.

In Zürich, Davenport saved two match points while defeating Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 7–5, 6–2. The win assured Davenport of recapturing the World No. 1 ranking from Sharapova the following week. In the final, Davenport defeated sixth seeded Patty Schnyder 7–6(5), 6–3 for her fourth title in Zürich and her sixth title of 2005, second only to Clijsters's nine. It was also the first time Davenport had saved match points en route to a victory since the 1999 U.S. Open. The Zürich title left her with eleven Tier I titles, second among active players.

Davenport was a semifinalist at the WTA tour year-ending championships (losing to Pierce 7–6(5), 7–6(6)), which ensured that she finished the year ranked No. 1. 2005 was the fourth time that Davenport ended the year ranked No. 1, joining Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert as the only female players to end a year ranked first at least four times.

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked Davenport 29th in its list of the 40 greatest players of the tennis era.

2006

On February 22, 2006, Davenport became just the eighth woman in WTA history to win 700 singles matches, when she handed out her fourth career "double bagel", defeating Elena Likhovtseva 6–0, 6–0 in the second round of the Dubai tournament.

At the March tournament in Indian Wells, California, Davenport lost in the fourth round to Martina Hingis 6–3, 1–6, 6–2. She was then absent from the tour until August because of a back injury. She returned in Los Angeles, losing a second round match to Samantha Stosur 6–7, 6–4, 6–3. It was Davenport's earliest exit from a tournament since early 2003. Davenport attributed the loss to her having resumed training only three weeks prior to the start of the tournament. Davenport had re-hired Adam Peterson as her coach, with whom she worked during her 2004–05 resurgence.

At the tournament in New Haven, Davenport defeated World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals 6–4, 7–5 but was forced to retire with a right shoulder injury while playing Justine Henin in the final.

Despite injury, Davenport reached the US Open quarterfinals, where she again lost to Henin 6–4, 6–4.

Davenport's last competitive match before the announcement of her pregnancy was a quarterfinal loss in Beijing to top ranked Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3. It was Mauresmo's first win over Davenport after nine consecutive losses.

2007

On July 18, 2007, Davenport announced that she would return to the WTA Tour. At her first tournament, she partnered with Lisa Raymond in the doubles competition at New Haven, where they lost in the first round to top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6–7(1), 6–3, 10–4.

Davenport returned to singles competition in Bali, where she won her first title since 2005, defeating Daniela Hantuchová in the final. En route to the title, Davenport defeated third ranked Jelena Janković, among others. Davenport and her partner Hantuchová also advanced to the semifinals in Bali before withdrawing from the tournament.

Davenport's second tournament was in Beijing, where she defeated fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals 7–6(1), 6–1 before losing to Janković in the semifinals 6–3, 7–5.

Davenport's third tournament was in Quebec City, Canada, defeating second seeded Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–3 and Julia Vakulenko in the final. This was Davenport's 53rd career singles title and lifted her to #73 in the WTA rankings.

2008

Davenport won the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, the first WTA tour event of the year. Davenport defeated Aravane Rezaï in the final. This raised her ranking to World No. 52. She was the only player in the WTA Top 100 that had fewer than 10 tournaments counting towards her world ranking.

At the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, Davenport lost in the second round to eventual champion Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–3. This was the first time that Davenport had lost to Sharapova in straight sets.

On January 14, 2008, Davenport surpassed Steffi Graf in career prize money earned on the women's tour, garnering a total of US$21,897,501.

In March, Davenport won her second tournament of the year and 55th career singles title by beating Olga Govortsova in the final of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & The Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee. She tied Virginia Wade for seventh place on the list of most singles titles won during the open era. Davenport also teamed with Lisa Raymond to win the doubles title.

At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Davenport lost in the quarterfinals to Jelena Janković 6–2, retired. She retired from the match because of a back injury sustained before the match started. At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Davenport defeated World No. 2 and second-seeded Ana Ivanović in the third round 6–4, 6–2 before losing her fourth round match with Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–4.

In her first clay court tournament since 2005, Davenport reached the semifinals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, where she defaulted her match with Sharapova before it began due to illness. Citing undisclosed personal reasons, Davenport withdrew from the French Open five days before the tournament began.

At Wimbledon, Davenport was seeded 25th, won her first round match, and then withdrew from the tournament because of a right knee injury.

On August 8, 2008, Davenport withdrew from the singles competition at the Olympic Games in Beijing because of a lingering knee injury.^[7] She and her partner, World No. 1 doubles player Liezel Huber, lost in the women's doubles quarterfinals.

At the US Open, Davenport was seeded 23rd and lost to 12th-seeded Marion Bartoli in the third round 6–1, 7–6(3). Davenport was scheduled to play the Fortis Championships Luxembourg in October, but withdrew before the start of the tournament.

Record against other top players

As of 17 November 2008, Davenport's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:^[8]

Awards and accomplishments

• Named in 1993 the Rookie of the Year by both Tennis Magazine and World Team Tennis.
• 1996 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champion in women's doubles.
• 1998 ITF World Champion in women's singles and doubles.
• 1998 Tennis Magazine player of the year.
• 1998 and 1999 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player of the year.
• Diamond ACES award winner in 1998 and 1999.
• Named the U.S. Olympic Committee's female athlete of the month for July 1999 after winning the women's doubles and singles at Wimbledon.
• Voted by journalists at the 2000 French Open as the winner of the Prix Orange, which goes to the player who has shone in the tennis world the international essence of fairness, kindness, availability, and friendliness.
• Re-elected to the WTA player council in 2002.
• Voted by the International Tennis Writers Association as a joint winner of the 2004 women's Ambassador for Tennis award.
• Highest earning female tennis player.
• 2007 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Comeback Player of the Year.

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1998	US Open	Martina Hingis	6–3, 7–5
1999	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–5
2000	Australian Open	Martina Hingis	6–1, 7–5

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2000	Wimbledon	Venus Williams	6–3, 7–6
2000	US Open	Venus Williams	6–4, 7–5
2005	Australian Open	Serena Williams	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
2005	Wimbledon	Venus Williams	4–6, 7–6, 9–7

Grand Slam doubles finals

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
1996	French Open	Mary Joe Fernández	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
1997	US Open	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
1999	Wimbledon	Corina Morariu	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (10)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
1994	French Open	Lisa Raymond	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
1996	Australian Open	Mary Joe Fernandez	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1997	Australian Open (2)	Lisa Raymond	Martina Hingis Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
1998	Australian Open (3)	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1998	French Open (2)	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6
1998	Wimbledon	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1998	US Open	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–3
1999	Australian Open (4)	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	7–5, 6–3
2001	Australian Open (5)	Corina Morariu	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2005	Australian Open (6)	Corina Morariu	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–3, 6–4

WTA Tour Championships singles finals (4)

Win (1)

Year	Location	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1999	New York City	Martina Hingis	6-4, 6-2

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Location	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1994	New York City	Gabriela Sabatini	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1998	New York City	Martina Hingis	7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
2001	Munich	Serena Williams	walkover

WTA tour singles finals

Wins (55)

Legend) Olympic Gold (1) WTA Championships (1) Grand Slam (3) Tier I (11) Tier II (26) Tier III (12) Tier IV (1)

Titles by Surface Hard (34) Clay (8) Grass (2) Carpet (11)

No.	Date	Tournament Name	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score
1.	1993-05-17	European Open (1)	Lucerne, Switzerland	Clay	Nicole Bradtke	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
2.	1994-01-03	Danone Hardcourt Championships	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Florencia Labat	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
3.	1994-05-16	Lucerne (2)	Lucerne, Switzerland	Clay	Lisa Raymond	7–6(3), 6–4
4.	1995-05-22	Internationaux de Strasbourg (1)	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Kimiko Date	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
5.	1996-05-20	Internationaux de Strasbourg (2)	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Barbara Paulus	6–3, 7–6(6)
6.	1996-07-22	Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(6), 6–2
7.	1996-08-12	Acura Classic (1)	Los Angeles	Hard	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–3
8.	1997-02-17	IGA Tennis Classic (1)	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.	Hard	Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–2
9.	1997-03-03	State Farm Evert Cup (1)	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Irina Spîrlea	6–2, 6–1
10.	1997-04-07	Bausch & Lomb Championships (1)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–3
11.	1997-08-18	U.S. Hardcourt Championships	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Hard	Sandrine Testud	6–4, 6–1
12.	1997-10-13	European Indoor Championships (1)	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	7–6(3), 7–5
13.	1997-11-03	Ameritech Cup	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	6–0, 7–5
14.	1998-02-02	Toray Pan Pacific Open (1)	Tokyo	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–3
15.	1998-07-27	Bank of the West Classic (1)	Stanford, California, U.S.	Hard	Venus Williams	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
16.	1998-08-03	Toshiba Classic (1)	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–1
17.	1998-08-10	Acura Classic (2)	Los Angeles	Hard	Martina Hingis	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
18.	1998-08-31	US Open	New York City	Hard	Martina Hingis	6–3, 7–5
19.	1998-10-12	European Championships / Swisscom Challenge (2)	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–3
20.	1999-01-11	Sydney International	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–3
21.	1999-05-17	Open Villa de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Paola Suárez	6–1, 6–3
22.	1999-06-21	Wimbledon	London	Grass	Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–5
23.	1999-07-26	Bank of the West Classic (2)	Stanford, California, U.S.	Hard	Venus Williams	7–6(1), 6–2
24.	1999-09-20	Toyota Princess Cup	Tokyo	Hard	Monica Seles	7–5, 7–6(1)
25.	1999-11-08	Advanta Championships (1)	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4
26.	1999-11-15	Chase Championships	New York City	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
27.	2000-01-17	Australian Open	Melbourne	Hard	Martina Hingis	6–1, 7–5
28.	2000-03-06	Tennis Masters Series (2)	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Martina Hingis	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
29.	2000-10-16	Generali Ladies Linz (1)	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Venus Williams	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
30.	2000-11-06	Advanta Championships (2)	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Martina Hingis	7–6(7), 6–4
31.	2001-01-29	Toray Pan Pacific Open (2)	Tokyo	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6–7(4), 6–4, 6–2
32.	2001-02-26	State Farm Classic	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–3
33.	2001-06-18	Britannic Asset Management International Championships	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Magüi Serna	6–2, 6–0
34.	2001-08-06	estyle.com Classic (3)	Los Angeles	Hard	Monica Seles	6–3, 7–5
35.	2001-10-08	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (1)	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Justine Henin	7–5, 6–4
36.	2001-10-15	Swisscom Challenge (3)	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard	Jelena Dokić	6–3, 6–1
37.	2001-10-22	Generali Ladies Linz (2)	Linz, Austria	Hard	Jelena Dokić	6–4, 6–1
38.	2003-01-27	Toray Pan Pacific Open (3)	Tokyo	Carpet	Monica Seles	6–7(6), 6–1, 6–2
39.	2004-02-02	Toray Pan Pacific Open (4)	Tokyo	Carpet	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 6–1
40.	2004-04-05	Bausch & Lomb Championships (2)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–4
41.	2004-07-12	Bank of the West Classic (3)	Stanford, California, U.S.	Hard	Venus Williams	7–6(4), 5–7, 7–6(4)
42.	2004-07-19	JPMorgan Chase Open (4)	Los Angeles	Hard	Serena Williams	6–1, 6–3
43.	2004-07-26	Acura Classic (2)	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Anastasia Myskina	6–1, 6–1
44.	2004-08-16	Western & Southern Financial Women's Open	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–2
45.	2004-10-04	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (2)	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2 retired
46.	2005-03-05	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Jelena Janković	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
47.	2005-04-04	Bausch & Lomb Championships (3)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	7–5, 7–5
48.	2005-08-20	Pilot Pen Tennis	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–4
49.	2005-09-13	Wismilak International (1)	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	6–2, 6–4
50.	2005-10-03	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (3)	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–4
51.	2005-10-23	Zürich Open (4)	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard	Patty Schnyder	7–6(5), 6–3
52.	2007-09-16	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic (2)	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
53.	2007-11-04	Bell Challenge	Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Julia Vakulenko	6–4, 6–1
54.	2008-01-05	ASB Classic	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Aravane Rezaï	6–2, 6–2
55.	2008-03-01	Cellular South Cup (2)	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Hard (i)	Olga Govortsova	6–2, 6–1

WTA tour doubles finals

Wins (37)

Legend) WTA Championships (3) Grand Slam (3) Tier I (9) Tier II (19) Tier III (3) Tier IV & V (0)

Titles by Surface Hard (23) Clay (6) Grass (2) Carpet (6)

No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	February 27, 1994	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Manon Bollegraf Helena Suková	6–2, 6–4
2.	November 6, 1994	Oakland, U.S.	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–3
3.	January 15, 1995	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jana Novotná	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
4.	March 5, 1995	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	May 28, 1995	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6–2, 6–3
6.	September 24, 1995	Tokyo (Nichirei), Japan	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Amanda Coetzer Linda Wild	6–3, 6–2
7.	January 14, 1996	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	6–3, 6–3
8.	June 9, 1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
9.	August 18, 1996	Los Angeles	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6–1, 6–4
10.	November 10, 1996	Oakland, U.S.	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Irina Spîrlea Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–3
11.	November 24, 1996	WTA Tour Championships, New York City	Carpet	Mary Joe Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
12.	February 2, 1997	Tokyo (Pan Pacific)	Carpet	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–3
13.	March 16, 1997	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 6–2
14.	April 13, 1997	Amelia Island, U.S.	Clay	Jana Novotná	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–0
15.	May 18, 1997	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
16.	July 27, 1997	Stanford, U.S.	Hard	Martina Hingis	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–3
17.	September 7, 1997	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
18.	November 23, 1997	WTA Tour Championships, New York City	Carpet	Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
19.	March 15, 1998	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
20.	May 17, 1998	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Natasha Zvereva	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 6–0
21.	August 2, 1998	Stanford, U.S.	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–4
22.	August 9, 1998	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–1
23.	October 11, 1998	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Anna Kournikova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
24.	November 22, 1998	WTA Tour Championships, New York City	Carpet	Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
25.	February 7, 1999	Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan	Carpet	Natasha Zvereva	Jana Novotná Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–3
26.	July 4, 1999	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Corina Morariu	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–4
27.	August 1, 1999	Stanford, U.S.	Hard	Corina Morariu	Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–4
28.	August 8, 1999	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Corina Morariu	Venus Williams Serena Williams	6–4, 6–1
29.	March 19, 2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Corina Morariu	Anna Kournikova Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–3
30.	October 14, 2001	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Lisa Raymond	Justine Henin-Hardenne Meghann Shaughnessy	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
31.	October 21, 2001	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Lisa Raymond	Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
32.	October 13, 2002	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Lisa Raymond	Paola Suárez Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–4
33.	March 15, 2003	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
34.	April 20, 2003	Amelia Island, U.S.	Clay	Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–2
35.	June 21, 2003	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Jennifer Capriati Magüi Serna	6–3, 6–2
36.	September 17, 2006	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Corina Morariu	Natalie Grandin Trudi Musgrave	6–3, 6–4
37.	March 1, 2008	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Angela Haynes Mashona Washington	6–3, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the US Open in New York City, which ended on September 6, 2008.

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	QF	QF	4R	4R	SF	SF	W	SF	A	4R	QF	F	QF	A	2R	1 / 14	56–13
French Open	A	A	1R	3R	4R	QF	4R	SF	QF	1R	A	A	4R	4R	QF	A	A	A	0 / 11	31–11
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	QF	4R	2R	2R	QF	W	F	SF	A	QF	SF	F	A	A	2R	1 / 13	49–11
US Open	1R	2R	4R	3R	2R	4R	SF	W	SF	F	QF	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF	A	3R	1 / 17	62–16
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 3	3 / 55	N/A
Win-Loss	0–1	1–1	7–4	12–4	11–4	11–4	12–4	21–3	21–3	19–3	14–3	5–1	15–4	17–4	20–4	8–2	0–0	4–2	N/A	198–51
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held	A	Not Held			W	Not Held			2R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	1 / 2	7–0
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	F	1R	QF	1R	F	W	1R	F	1R	A	RR	SF	A	A	A	1 / 11	18–11
WTA Tier I Tournaments
Doha	Not Held										Not Tier I							A	0 / 0	0–0
Indian Wells	Not Tier I					SF	W	F	2R	W	QF	A	F	F	F	4R	A	QF	2 / 11	40–9
Miami	A	2R	2R	SF	4R	SF	4R	QF	QF	F	QF	A	4R	A	A	A	A	4R	0 / 12	32–12
Charleston	A	A	2R	QF	A	A	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	QF	A	A	A	0 / 7	14–7
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
San Diego	Not Tier I													W	A	A	A	Not Held	1 / 1	5–0
Montréal/Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
Tokyo	Not Tier I		A	A	F	QF	QF	W	QF	A	W	A	W	W	F	A	A	A	4 / 9	27–5
Moscow	Not Held					Not Tier I	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	5–2
Zürich	Not Tier I		A	A	A	A	W	W	A	F	W	F	A	A	W	A	A	Not Tier I	4 / 6	22–2
Philadelphia	Not Tier I		2R	2R	A	Not Tier I										Not Held			0 / 2	2–2
Boca Raton	A	A	Not Tier I or Was Not Held																0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments played	3	12	16	17	15	18	22	21	19	19	17	9	16	17	16	8	3	8	N/A	256
Finals reached	0	0	1	3	3	4	8	10	8	12	11	4	6	9	10	1	2	2	N/A	94
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	2	1	3	6	6	7	4	7	0	1	7	6	0	2	2	N/A	55
Hardcourt Win-Loss	3–3	9–7	23–8	21–5	15–8	29–6	34–8	38–8	36–7	41–8	49–8	18–6	29–10	39–4	40–6	19–7	13–1	19–5	N/A	475–115
Clay Win-Loss	0–0	8–5	10–4	16–5	8–1	9–1	10–4	13–4	9–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	10–3	13–3	11–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	N/A	122–35
Grass Win-Loss	0–0	0–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	7–0	7–2	9–1	0–0	4–2	5–1	6–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	N/A	55–16
Carpet Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	3–2	7–4	7–3	11–6	14–3	14–2	9–1	11–1	4–0	6–3	4–0	6–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	N/A	101–28
Overall Win-Loss	3-3	17-13	38-16	48-15	33-13	51-15	59-16	69-15	61-10	60-12	62-9	24-9	47-15	63-9	60-10	21-8	13-1	24–5	N/A	753–194
Win %	50%	57%	70%	76%	72%	77%	79%	82%	86%	83%	88%	73%	76%	88%	86%	72%	93%	83%	N/A	80%
Year End Ranking	339	159	20	6	12	9	3	1	2	2	1	12	5	1	1	25	73	36	N/A	N/A

• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments																				121–32
Australian Open	A	A	3R	3R	SF	F	F	F	F	SF	F	A	SF	3R	F	A	A	3R	0 / 13	49–12
French Open	A	A	1R	F	SF	W	3R	F	SF	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 8	28–6
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	3R	1R	QF	QF	F	W	A	A	A	SF	A	2R	A	A	A	1 / 9	25–7
US Open	1R	1R	1R	QF	3R	A	W	F	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		1 / 8	19–7
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	3 / 38	N/A

WTA tour career earnings

Year	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
1991	10,613	263
1992	34,761	No data
1993	201,409	32
1994	552,237	No data
1995	438,632	15
1996	871,393	8
1997	1,533,393	3
1998	3,052,105	2
1999	2,734,205	2
2000	2,444,734	2
2001	2,102,242	4
2002	805,191	12
2003	1,632,909	5
2004	2,220,005	3
2005	2,684,490	3
2006	384,188	36
2007	85,664	153
2008	201,522	22
Career	22,050,839	1

See also

• List of female tennis players
• List of Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champions
• List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions

References

External links

• Lindsay Davenport profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Lindsay Davenport at the International Tennis Federation
• Lindsay Davenport at the Fed Cup

Sporting positions
Preceded by Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Jennifer Capriati Amélie Mauresmo Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova	World No. 1 October 12, 1998 - February 7, 1999 July 5, 1999 - August 8, 1999 April 3, 2000 - May 7, 2000 May 15, 2000 - May 21, 2000 November 5, 2001 - January 13, 2002 October 18, 2004 - August 21, 2005 August 29, 2005 - September 11, 2005 October 24, 2005 - January 29, 2006	Succeeded by Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Jennifer Capriati Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Martina Hingis	ITF World Champion 1998	Succeeded by Martina Hingis
Preceded by Martina Hingis	WTA Player of the year 1998-1999	Succeeded by Venus Williams
Preceded by Serena Williams	WTA Comeback of the year 2007	Succeeded by -

WTA World No. 1s in Women's tennis Tracy Austin · Jennifer Capriati · Kim Clijsters · Lindsay Davenport · Chris Evert · Evonne Goolagong · Steffi Graf · Justine Henin(-Hardenne) · Martina Hingis · Ana Ivanović · Jelena Janković · Amélie Mauresmo · Martina Navrátilová · Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · Monica Seles · Maria Sharapova · Serena Williams · Venus Williams

Australian Open women's singles champions (1969–71) Margaret Court · (1972) Virginia Wade · (1973) Margaret Court · (1974–76) Evonne Goolagong · (1977 (Jan)) Kerry Reid · (1977 (Dec)) Evonne Goolagong · (1978) Chris O'Neil · (1979) Barbara Jordan (1980) Hana Mandlíková · (1981) Martina Navrátilová · (1982) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1983) Martina Navrátilová · (1984) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1985) Martina Navrátilová · (1987) Hana Mandlíková · (1988–90) Steffi Graf (1991–93) Monica Seles · (1994) Steffi Graf · (1995) Mary Pierce · (1996) Monica Seles · (1997–99) Martina Hingis · (2000) Lindsay Davenport · (2001–02) Jennifer Capriati · (2003) Serena Williams (2004) Justine Henin-Hardenne · (2005) Serena Williams · (2006) Amélie Mauresmo · (2007) Serena Williams · (2008) Maria Sharapova

Wimbledon (Open era) women's singles champions (1968) Billie Jean King · (1969) Ann Haydon-Jones · (1970) Margaret Court · (1971) Evonne Goolagong · (1972–73) Billie Jean King · (1974) Chris Evert · (1975) Billie Jean King · (1976) Chris Evert (1977) Virginia Wade · (1978–79) Martina Navrátilová · (1980) Evonne Goolagong · (1981) Chris Evert · (1982–87) Martina Navrátilová · (1988–89) Steffi Graf · (1990) Martina Navrátilová · (1991–93) Steffi Graf (1994) Conchita Martínez · (1995–96) Steffi Graf · (1997) Martina Hingis · (1998) Jana Novotná · (1999) Lindsay Davenport · (2000–01) Venus Williams · (2002–03) Serena Williams · (2004) Maria Sharapova (2005) Venus Williams · (2006) Amélie Mauresmo · (2007–08) Venus Williams

US Open women's singles champions (1968) Virginia Wade · (1969–70) Margaret Court · (1971–72) Billie Jean King · (1973) Margaret Court · (1974) Billie Jean King · (1975–78) Chris Evert · (1979) Tracy Austin · (1980) Chris Evert-Lloyd (1981) Tracy Austin · (1982) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1983–84) Martina Navrátilová · (1985) Hana Mandlíková · (1986–87) Martina Navrátilová · (1988–89) Steffi Graf · (1990) Gabriela Sabatini · (1991–92) Monica Seles (1993) Steffi Graf · (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · (1995–96) Steffi Graf · (1997) Martina Hingis · (1998) Lindsay Davenport · (1999) Serena Williams · (2000–01) Venus Williams · (2002) Serena Williams (2003) Justine Henin-Hardenne · (2004) Svetlana Kuznetsova · (2005) Kim Clijsters · (2006) Maria Sharapova · (2007) Justine Henin · (2008) Serena Williams

WTA Tour Championships singles champions* (1972-73, 1975, 1977) Chris Evert • (1974, 1976) Evonne Goolagong • (1978-79, 1981, 1983-86) Martina Navrátilová • (1980) Tracy Austin • (1982) Sylvia Hanika • (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995-96) Steffi Graf • (1988, 1994) Gabriela Sabatini • (1990-92) Monica Seles • (1997) Jana Novotná • (1998, 2000) Martina Hingis • (1999) Lindsay Davenport • (2001) Serena Williams • (2002-03) Kim Clijsters • (2004) Maria Sharapova • (2005) Amélie Mauresmo • (2006-07) Justine Henin(-Hardenne) • (2008) Venus Williams

Tennis at the Summer Olympics • Olympic Champions in women's singles 1900: Charlotte Cooper • 1908: Dorothea Chambers, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (indoors) • 1912: Marguerite Broquedis, Edith Hannam (indoors) • 1920: Suzanne Lenglen • 1924: Helen Wills • 1988: Steffi Graf • 1992: Jennifer Capriati • 1996: Lindsay Davenport • 2000: Venus Williams • 2004: Justine Henin-Hardenne • 2008: Elena Dementieva