List of female tennis players
This is a list of highly-ranked international female tennis players. To qualify for inclusion in this list, a player must satisfy at least one of the following notability criteria:
- In singles, she must have reached the WTA Top 200 world rankings on or after January 1, 2000, or the WTA Top 100 world rankings before January 1, 2000, and the ranking must be verifiable.
- In doubles, she must have won at least one WTA ranking event.
- In singles, she must have reached at least the quarterfinals of at least one Grand Slam tournament before the inception of the WTA world rankings system.
Note: Players who have won more than one Grand Slam singles title or have been ranked World No. 1 in singles have been put in bold font so as to stand out.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X-Z
A
- Ivana Abramović (1983–) ( Croatia) — Ranked World No. 143 in 2004
- Monique Adamczak (1983–) ( Australia) — Ranked World No. 148 in 2008
- Katrina Adams (1968–) ( USA) — Won 7 WTA doubles titles between 1987 and 1996, partnering Zina Garrison • Highest singles ranking was World No. 67 in 1989.
- Lauren Albanese (1989–) ( USA) — Ranked World No. 193 in 2008
- Roberta Alison (1944–) ( USA) — Won 3 doubles titles between 1962 and 1965, and twice singles finalist at Cincinnati Masters, in 1962 and 1965.
- Louise Allen (1962-) ( USA) - Ranked No. 87 at year-end in 1992
- Maria Fernanda Alves (1983–) ( Brazil) — Ranked World No. 132 in 2005
- Akgul Amanmuradova (1984–) ( Uzbekistan) — Ranked World No. 50 in 2008
- Sanja Ančić (1988–) ( Croatia) — Ranked World No. 159 in 2006
- Maret Ani (1982–) ( Estonia) — Ranked World No. 63 in 2006
- Olena Antypina (1979–) ( Ukraine) — Ranked World No. 180 in 2005
- Sabine Appelmans (1972–) ( Belgium) — Peaked at World No. 16 in 1997 • Winner of 7 singles titles and 4 doubles titles
- Nicole Arendt (1969–) ( USA) — In 1997, peaked at World No. 49 in singles and World No. 3 in doubles • Holds 16 doubles titles • 1997 Wimbledon doubles finalist
- María-José Argeri (1984–) ( Argentina) — Ranked World No. 149 in 2006
- Greta Arn (1979–) ( Hungary) — Winner of one WTA singles title in 2007 • Ranked World No. 81 in 2002
- Laura Arraya (1967–) (/ Argentina/Peru) — Holder of 2 singles titles and 1 doubles title • 1991 Wimbledon quarter-finalist • Peaked at World No. 14 in 1990
- Jeanne Arth (1935–) ( USA) — winner of 3 Grand Slam doubles titles, with partner Darlene Hard • 1959 Wimbledon doubles champion • 1958 & 1959 US Open doubles champion
- Sofia Arvidsson (1984–) ( Sweden) — Winner of 1 WTA singles title • Ranked World No. 29 in 2006
- Shinobu Asagoe (1976–) ( Japan) — 8 doubles titles • 2006 Australian Open semi-finalist • Peaked at World No. 21 in singles (2005) and World No. 13 in doubles (2006)
- Teryn Ashley (1978–) ( USA) — 1 WTA doubles title • Ranked World No. 95 in singles (2004) and World No. 59 in doubles (2003)
- Cilly Aussem (1909–1963) ( Germany) — 1931 French Open champion • 1931 Wimbledon champion
- Tracy Austin (1962–) ( USA) — Ranked World No. 1 for 22 weeks • 1979 & 1981 US Open champion • 1980 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion
- Victoria Azarenka (1989–) ( Belarus) — Holder of 1 WTA doubles title • In 2008, ranked World No. 14 in singles and World No. 7 in doubles
B
- Meike Babel (1974–) ( Germany) — Reached World No. 27 in singles and No. 45 in doubles
- Lubomira Bacheva (1975–) ( Bulgaria) — Reached World No. 68 in singles in 1999 and World No. 53 in doubles in 2001 • Holder of 2 doubles titles
- Angelika Bachmann (1979–) ( Germany) — In 2000, peaked at World No. 130 in singles and World No. 90 in doubles
- Timea Bacsinszky (1989–) ( Switzerland) — In 2008, reached World No. 48 in singles
- Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (1956–) ( Australia) — 1977 Australian Open doubles champion • 1977 Australian Open singles finalist • Reached World No. 4 in 1979 • Holder of 17 singles titles
- Elena Baltacha (1983–) ( United Kingdom) — Ranked World No. 118 in 2005
- Sybille Bammer (1980–) ( Austria) — Ranked World No. 19 in 2007 • Holder of 1 WTA singles title
- Olga Barabanschikova (1979–) ( Belarus) — In 1998, ranked World No. 49 in singles and No. 81 in doubles
- Catherine Barclay (1973–) ( Australia) — Holder of 2 WTA doubles titles • Ranked World No. 32 in doubles, in 1998
- Vasilisa Bardina (1987–) ( Russia) — Ranked World No. 48 in 2007
- Sue Barker (1956–) ( United Kingdom) — 1976 French Open champion • Peaked at World No. 3 • Winner of 15 singles titles
- Adriana Barna (1978–) ( Germany) — Ranked World No. 180 in 2004
- Anca Barna (1977–) ( Germany) — Ranked World No. 46 in 2004
- Kristina Barrois (Germany)
- Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz (USA)
- Marion Bartoli (France)
- Csilla Bartos (Switzerland)
- Carling Bassett-Seguso (Canada)
- Yayuk Basuki (Indonesia)
- Joan Hartigan Bathurst (Australia) - 1933/1934/1936 Australian Championships champion
- Nathalie Baudone (Italy)
- Dája Bedáňová (Czech Republic)
- Chantal Beetham (Canada)
- Petra Begerow (Germany)
- Céline Beigbeder (France)
- Iveta Benešová (Czech Republic)
- Camille Benjamin (USA)
- Maria Francesca Bentivoglio (Italy)
- Eva Bes (Spain)
- Pauline Betz Addie (USA) - 1942/1943/1944/1946 U.S. Championships champion • 1946 Wimbledon Championships champion
- Yulia Beygelzimer (Ukraine)
- Louise Bickerton (Australia)
- Bea Bielik (USA)
- Eva Birnerová (Czech Republic)
- Cara Black (Zimbabwe)
- Olga Blahotova (Czech Republic)
- Radka Bobkova (Czech Republic)
- Katerina Bohmova (Czech Republic)
- Manon Bollegraf (Holland)
- Nancye Wynne Bolton (Australia) - 1937/1940/1946/1947/1948/1951 Australian Championships champion
- Alyona Bondarenko (Ukraine)
- Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine)
- Lisa Bonder-Kreiss (USA)
- Federica Bonsignori (Italy)
- Kristie Boogert (Netherlands)
- Sarah Borwell (United Kingdom)
- Kornelia Bouman (Netherlands)
- Elena Bovina (Russia)
- Nicole Bradtke (Australia)
- Kristina Brandi (Puerto Rico)
- Nina Bratchikova (Russia)
- Séverine Brémond (France)
- Alberta Brianti (Italy)
- Elena Brioukhovets (URS)
- Marguerite Broquedis (France) - 1913/1914 French Championships champion • 1912 World Hard Court Championships champion
- Louise Brough Clapp (USA) - 1947 U.S. Championships champion • 1950 Australian Championships champion • 1948/1949/1950/1955 Wimbledon Championships champion
- Mary Browne (USA) - 1912/1913/1914 U.S. Championships champion
- Maria Bueno (Brazil) - 1959/1960/1964 Wimbledon Championships champion • 1959/1963/1964/1966 U.S. Championships champion
- May Sutton Bundy (USA) - 1905/1907 Wimbledon Championships champion • 1904 U.S. Championships champion
- Bettina Bunge (Germany)
- Elise Burgin (USA)
- Coral Buttsworth (Australia) - 1931/1932 Australian Championships champion
- Angela Buxton (United Kingdom)
- Mihaela Buzarnescu (Romania)
- Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia)
- Jenny Byrne (Australia)
C
- Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spain)
- Sandra Cacic (USA)
- Els Callens (Belgium)
- Maria Elena Camerin (Italy)
- Alice Canepa (Italy)
- Jennifer Capriati (USA) - 2001/2002 Australian Open champion • 2001 French Open champion • 1992 Olympic gold medalist • ranked World No. 1 for 17 weeks
- Ansley Cargill (USA)
- Mary Carillo (USA)
- Larissa Carvalho (Brazil)
- Rosemary Casals (USA)
- Myriam Casanova (Switzerland)
- Giulia Casoni (Italy)
- Catalina Castaño (Colombia)
- Vilmarie Castellvi Castillo (Puerto Rico)
- Naomi Cavaday (United Kingdom)
- Cathy Caverzasio (Italy)
- Helen Gourlay Cawley (Australia)
- Sandra Cecchini (Italy)
- Ľudmila Cervanová (Slovakia)
- Petra Cetkovská (Czech Republic)
- Margalita Chakhnashvili (Georgia)
- Anna Chakvetadze (Russia)
- Dorothea Chambers (aka Dorothea Douglass and Dorothea Lambert) (United Kingdom) - 1903/1904/1906/1910/1911/1913/1914 Wimbledon champion • 1908 Olympic gold medalist
- Chan Chin-wei (Taiwan)
- Chan Yung-jan (Taiwan)
- Chen Yanchong (China)
- Dorothy Bundy Cheney (USA) - 1938 Australian Championships champion
- Jane Chi (USA)
- Denisa Chládková (Czech Republic)
- Cho Yoon-jeong (Korea)
- Dominika Cibulková (Slovakia)
- Halle Cioffi (USA)
- Sorana Cîrstea (Romania)
- Kim Clijsters (Belgium) - 2005 US Open champion • 2002/2003 WTA Tour Championships champion • 2001 Fed Cup champion • ranked World No. 1 for 19 weeks
- Amelie Cocheteux (France)
- Amanda Coetzer (South Africa)
- Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (France)
- Julie Coin (France)
- Patricia Coleman (Australia)
- Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) - 1953 Australian Championships champion • 1953/1954 French Championships champion • 1952/1953/1954 Wimbledon champion • 1951/1952/1953 U.S. Championships champion
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke (USA) - 1941/1945 U.S. Championships champion
- Charlotte Cooper (United Kingdom) - 1895/1896/1898/1901/1908 Wimbledon champion • 1900 Olympic gold medalist
- Belinda Cordwell (New Zealand)
- Alizé Cornet (France)
- Margaret Court (aka Margaret Smith) (Australia) - 1960/1961/1962/1963/1964/1965/1966/1969/1970/1971/1973 Australian Open champion • 1962/1964/1969/1970/1973 French Open champion • 1963/1965/1970 Wimbledon champion • 1962/1965/1968/1969/1970/1973 US Open champion. One of three players to have won every possible title (singles, same-sex doubles, mixed doubles) at all four Grand Slam events.
- Laurence Courtois (Belgium)
- Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) - 1925/1926/1928/1929/1930 Australian Championships champion
- Jorgelina Cravero (Argentina)
- Marjorie Cox Crawford (Australia)
- Jill Craybas (USA)
- Cătălina Cristea (Romania)
- Isabel Cueto (Germany)
- Carrie Cunningham (USA)
- Melinda Czink (Hungary)
D
- Cecilia Dahlman (Sweden)
- Nanne Dahlman (Finland)
- Mary Lou Daniels (USA)
- Eleni Daniilidou (Greece)
- Kimiko Date (Japan)
- Lindsay Davenport (USA) - 1998 US Open champion • 1999 Wimbledon champion • 2000 Australian Open champion • 2000 Fed Cup champion • ranked World No. 1 for 98 weeks
- Surina de Beer (South Africa)
- Erika de Lone (USA)
- Rossana de los Ríos (Paraguay)
- Mariaan de Swardt (South Africa)
- Stephanie de Ville (Belgium)
- Alexia Dechaume (aka Alexia Dechaume-Balleret) (France)
- Nathalie Dechy (France)
- Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
- Elena Dementieva (Russia) - 2005 Fed Cup champion • 2008 Olympic gold medalist
- Isabelle Demongeot (France)
- Corinna Dentoni (Italy)
- Caroline Dhenin (France)
- Niege Dias (Brazil)
- Mariana Díaz-Oliva (Argentina)
- Julie Ditty (USA)
- Lottie Dod (United Kingdom) - 1887/1888/1891/1892/1893 Wimbledon champion
- Jelena Dokić (Australia / Yugoslavia)
- Marta Domachowska (Poland)
- Lourdes Domínguez Lino (Spain)
- Evie Dominikovic (Australia)
- Sandra Dopfer (Austria)
- Vera Douchevina (aka Vera Dushevina) (Russia)
- Ruxandra Dragomir (Romania)
- Maureen Drake (Canada)
- Stéphanie Dubois (Canada)
- Nina Duebbers (Germany)
- Gisela Dulko (Argentina)
- Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy (South Africa)
- Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) - 1946/1949 French Championships champion • 1948/1949/1950 U.S. Championships champion • 1947 Wimbledon champion
- Mariana Duque Marino (Colombia)
- Jo Durie (United Kingdom)
- Françoise Durr (France) - 1967 French Championships champion
- Eva Dyrberg (Denmark)
- Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Belarus)
E
- Katja Ebbinghaus (Germany)
- Silvia (Farina) Elia (Italy)
- Anita Lizana de Ellis (Chile) - 1937 U.S. Championships champion
- Annabel Ellwood (Australia)
- Mana Endo (Japan)
- Marina Erakovic (New Zealand)
- Nadine Ercegovic (Croatia)
- Sara Errani (Italy)
- Soledad Esperon (Argentina)
- Chris Evert (USA) - 1974/1975/1979/1980/1983/1985/1986 French Open champion • 1974/1976/1981 Wimbledon champion • 1975/1976/1977/1978/1980/1982 US Open champion • 1982/1984 Australian Open champion • 1977/1978/1979/1980/1981/1982/1986/1987/1989 Fed Cup champion • ranked World No. 1 for 262 weeks
F
- Donna Faber (USA)
- Rosalyn Fairbank (aka Rosa Fairbank-Nideffer / Ros Nideffer) (USA)
- Donna Floyd Fales (USA)
- Silvia Farina Elia (Italy)
- Christelle Fauche (Switzerland)
- Jo-Anne Faull (Australia)
- Evelyn Fauth (Austria)
- Yuliana Fedak (Ukraine)
- Youlia Fedossova (France)
- Patty Fendick (USA)
- Sophie Ferguson (Australia)
- Clarisa Fernández (Argentina)
- Gigi Fernández (Puerto Rico)
- Mary Joe Fernandez (United States)
- Linda Ferrando (Italy)
- Louise Field (Australia)
- Eva Fislova (Slovakia)
- Joyce Fitch (Australia)
- Beverly Baker Fleitz (USA)
- Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)
- Galina Fokina (Russia)
- Stéphanie Foretz (France)
- Silke Frankl (Germany)
- Amy Frazier (USA)
- Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) - 1957 Australian Championships champion • 1951 French Championships champion • 1956 Wimbledon champion • 1956 U.S. Championships champion • One of nine women to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once in her career
- Ryoko Fuda (Japan)
- Rika Fujiwara (Japan)
- Bettina Fulco (aka Bettina Fulco-Villella) (Argentina)
- Alexandra Fusai (France)
G
- Giulia Gabba (Italy)
- Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland)
- Maria Jose Gaidano (Argentina)
- Jarmila Gajdošová (Australia)
- Edina Gallovits (Romania)
- Tathiana Garbin (Italy)
- Paula Garcia (Spain)
- Maria Vanina Garcia Sokol (Argentina)
- Zina Garrison (aka Zina Garrison Jackson) (USA)
- Laura Garrone (Italy)
- Angelica Gavaldon (Mexico)
- Stephanie Gehrlein (Germany)
- Adriana Gerši (Czech Republic)
- Althea Gibson (USA) - 1956 French Championships champion • 1957/1958 Wimbledon Championships champion • 1957/1958 United States Championships champion
- Laura Arraya Gildemeister (Peru)
- Andrea Glass (Germany)
- Alexa Glatch (USA)
- Kitty McKane Godfree (United Kingdom) - 1924/1926 Wimbledon Championships champion
- Kristin Godridge (Australia)
- Julia Goerges (Germany)
- Madalina Gojnea (Romania)
- Laura Golarsa (Italy)
- Sabrina Goleš (Croatia)
- Tatiana Golovin (France)
- Maria Goloviznina (Russia)
- Sara Gomer (United Kingdom)
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Australia) - 1974/1975/1976/1977(Dec.) Australian Open Champion • 1971 French Open champion • 1971/1980 Wimbledon champion
- Inés Gorrochategui (Argentina)
- Olga Govortsova (Belarus)
- Carole Caldwell Graebner (USA)
- Debbie Graham (USA)
- Rita Grande (Italy)
- Natalie Grandin (South Africa)
- Laura Granville (USA)
- Steffi Graf (Germany) - 1988/1989/1990/1994 Australian Open champion • 1987/1988/1993/1995/1996/1999 French Open champion • 1988/1989/1991/1992/1993/1995/1996 Wimbledon champion • 1988/1989/1993/1995/1996 US Open champion • ranked World No. 1 for 377 weeks
- Rita Grande (Italy)
- Laura Granville (USA)
- Anna-Lena Gronefeld (Germany)
- Marzia Grossi (Italy)
- Anne Grossman (USA)
- Magdalena Grzybowska (Poland)
- Zsófia Gubacsi (Hungary)
- Carly Gullickson (USA)
- Kerry-Anne Guse (Australia)
- Natalia Gussoni (Argentina)
H
- Karina Habšudová (Slovakia)
- Sabine Hack (Germany)
- Patricia Ward Hales (United Kingdom)
- Julie Halard-Decugis (France)
- Sylvia Hanika (Germany)
- Daniela Hantuchová (Slovakia) - 2002 Fed Cup champion
- Darlene Hard (USA) - 1960 French Championships champion • 1960/1961 U.S. Championships champion
- Ashley Harkleroad (USA)
- Anna McCune Harper (USA)
- Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper (USA)
- Sylvia Lance Harper (Australia) - 1924 Australian Championships champion
- Kerry Harris (Australia)
- Doris Hart (USA) - 1949 Australian Championships champion • 1950/1952 French Championships champion • 1951 Wimbledon Championships champion • 1954/1955 U.S. Championships champion • First woman to win all possible titles (singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles) from all four Grand Slam events
- Kathy Harter (USA)
- Linda Harvey-Wild (aka Linda Wild) (USA)
- Barbara Hawcroft (Australia)
- Renee Schuurman Haygarth (South Africa)
- Angela Haynes (USA)
- Julie Heldman (USA)
- Ginger Helgeson (aka Ginger Helgeson Nielsen) (USA)
- Justine Henin (Belgium) - 2003/2005/2006/2007 French Open champion • 2003/2007 US Open champion • 2004 Australian Open champion • 2006/2007 WTA Tour Championships champion • 2001 Fed Cup champion • 2004 Olympic gold medalist • ranked World No. 1 for 125 weeks
- Vanessa Henke (Germany)
- Ann Henricksson (USA)
- Nathalie Herreman (France)
- Blanche Bingley Hillyard (United Kingdom) - 1886/1890/1894/1897/1899/1900 Wimbledon champion
- Martina Hingis (Switzerland) - • 1997/1998/1999 Australian Open champion • 1997 Wimbledon champion • 1997 US Open champion • 1998/2000 WTA Tour Championships champion • ranked World No. 1 for 209 weeks
- Rika Hiraki (Japan)
- Shiho Hisamatsu (Japan)
- Tereza Hladikova (Czech Republic)
- Jennifer Hopkins (USA)
- Nell Hall Hopman (Australia)
- Amanda Hopmans (Netherlands)
- Kathy Horvath (USA)
- Lucie Hradecká (Czech Republic)
- Eva Hrdinová (Czech Republic)
- Stanislava Hrozenska (Slovakia)
- Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan)
- Hu Na
- Anke Huber (Germany) - 1992 Fed Cup champion
- Liezel Huber (South Africa / USA)
- Lesley Hunt (Australia)
- Janette Husárová (Slovakia)
- Patricia Hy (aka Patricia Hy-Boulais) (Canada)
I
- Kumiko Iijima (Japan)
- Etsuko Inoue (Japan)
- Marissa Irvin (USA)
- Ekaterina Ivanova (Russia)
- Ana Ivanović (Serbia) - 2008 French Open champion
J
- Jamea Jackson (USA)
- Helen Jacobs (USA) - 1932/1933/1934/1935 U.S. Championships champion • 1936 Wimbledon champion • 11-time runner-up in Grand Slam singles tournaments
- Tatyana Jecmenica (Yugoslavia)
- Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Poland)
- Andrea Jaeger (USA)
- Nicole Jagerman (aka Nicole Muns-Jagerman) (Holland)
- Michelle Jaggard-Lai (Australia)
- Jelena Janković (Serbia) - Ranked as World No. 1
- Mima Jaušovec (Slovenia) - 1977 French Open champion
- Monique Javer (United Kingdom)
- Jeon Mi-Ra (Korea)
- Sonya Jeyaseelan (Canada)
- Alina Jidkova (Russia)
- Mathilde Johansson (France)
- Ann Haydon Jones (United Kingdom) - 1961/1966 French Championships champion • 1969 Wimbledon champion
- Betina Jozami (Argentina)
- Mervana Jugić-Salkić (Bosnia)
K
- Yone Kamio (Japan)
- Petra Kamstra (Netherlands)
- Jana Kandarr (Germany)
- Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
- Angeliki Kanellopoulou (Greece)
- Anikó Kapros (Hungary)
- Sesil Karatantcheva (Bulgaria)
- Lilian Kelaidis-Drescher (Switzerland)
- Helen Kelesi (Canada)
- Audra Keller (USA)
- Fern "Peachy" Kellmeyer (USA)
- Anne Keothavong (United Kingdom)
- Angelique Kerber (Germany)
- Maya Kidowaki (Japan)
- Akiko Kijimuta (Japan)
- Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (Germany)
- Billie Jean King (USA) - 1966/1967/1968/1972/1973/1975 Wimbledon champion • 1967/1971/1972/1974 US Open champion • 1968 Australian Open champion • 1972 French Open champion • ranked as World No. 1
- Vania King (USA)
- Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
- Jessica Kirkland (USA)
- Sabine Klaschka (Germany)
- Sandra Kleinová (Czech Republic)
- Andreja Klepač (Slovenia)
- Alisa Kleybanova (Russia)
- Sandra Kloesel (Germany)
- Karin Knapp (Italy)
- Dorothy Head Knode (USA)
- Marketa Kochta (Germany)
- Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (Germany)
- Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)
- Zsuzsi Kormoczy (Hungary)
- Mariya Koryttseva (Ukraine)
- Anna Korzeniak (Poland)
- Jelena Kostanić Tošić (aka Jelena Kostanić) (Croatia)
- Evgenia Koulikovskaya (Russia)
- Anna Kournikova (Russia)
- Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands)
- Karen Krantzcke (Australia)
- Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Russia)
- Alexandra Kravets (Ukraine)
- Anne Kremer (Luxembourg)
- Katerina Kroupova (Czechoslovakia)
- Joannette Kruger (South Africa)
- Karin Kschwendt (Germany)
- Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia)
- Caroline Kuhlman (USA)
- Regina Kulikova (Russia)
- Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (Slovakia)
- Darya Kustova (aka Darya Kustava) (Belarus)
- Rita Kuti-Kis (Hungary)
- Zuzana Kucova (Slovakia)
- Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukraine)
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) - 2004 US Open champion • 2007 Fed Cup champion
- Petra Kvitová (Czech Republic)
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- Florencia Labat (Argentina)
- Emma Laine (Finland)
- Bianka Lamade (Germany)
- Nelly Adamson Landry (France) - 1948 French Championships champion
- Petra Langrová (Czechoslovakia)
- Laura Lapi (Italy)
- Anna Lapushchenkova (Russia)
- Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal)
- Ethel Thomson Larcombe (United Kingdom) - 1912 Wimbledon champion
- Larsson, Johanna (Sweden)
- Janet Lee (Taiwan)
- Lee Ye-Ra (Korea)
- Lindsay Lee-Waters (aka Lindsay Lee) (USA)
- Jan Lehane O'Neill (Australia)
- Suzanne Lenglen (France) - 1914/1921/1922/1923 World Hard Court Championships champion • 1919/1920/1921/1922/1923/1925 Wimbledon champion • 1925/1926 French Championships champion (open to international competitors) • 1920/1921/1922/1923 French Championships champion (open only to members of French tennis clubs)
- Gala Leon Garcia (Spain)
- Varvara Lepchenko (USA / Uzbekistan)
- Li Fang (China)
- Li Na (China)
- Li Ting (China)
- Kelly Liggan (Ireland)
- Elena Likhovtseva (Russia)
- Catarina Lindqvist (Sweden)
- Evgenia Linetskaya (Russia)
- Sabine Lisicki (Germany)
- Ivana Lisjak (Croatia)
- Dorothy Round Little (United Kingdom) - 1934/1937 Wimbledon champion • 1935 Australian Championships champion
- Liu Nan-Nan (China)
- Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spain)
- Émilie Loit (France)
- Thelma Coyne Long (Australia) - 1952/1954 Australian Championships champion
- Sarah Loosemore (United Kingdom)
- Peanut Louie-Harper (USA)
- Francesca Lubiani (Italy)
- Mirjana Lučić (Croatia)
- Tetiana Luzhanska (Ukraine)
- Oxana Lyubtsova (Ukraine)
M
- Cammy Macgregor (USA)
- Caroline Maes (Belgium)
- Gretchen Magers (USA)
- Jennifer Magley (USA)
- Iva Majoli (Croatia) - 1997 French Open champion
- Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)
- Elena Makarova (Russia)
- Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria)
- Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria)
- Manuela Maleeva Fragniere (Bulgaria)
- Tatjana Malek (Germany)
- Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (Norway & USA) - 1915/1916/1917/1918/1920/1921/1922/1926 U.S. Championships champion • 1912 Olympic bronze medalist
- Sanda Mamić (Croatia)
- Vesna Manasieva (Russia)
- Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia/Australia) - 1980/1987 Australian Open champion • 1981 French Open champion • 1985 US Open champion
- Petra Mandula (Hungary)
- Eugenia Maniokova (Russia)
- Alice Marble (USA)
- Melanie Marois (Canada)
- Katalin Marosi (Hungary)
- Marta Marrero (Spain)
- Norma Marsh (Australia)
- Petra Martić (Croatia)
- Stacy Martin (USA)
- Veronika Martinek (Germany)
- Conchita Martínez (Spain) - 1994 Wimbledon champion
- Conchita Martínez Granados (Spain)
- María José Martínez Sánchez (Spain)
- Sandra Martinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Marion Maruska (Austria)
- Helga Niessen Masthoff (Germany)
- Simona Matei (Romania)
- Maja Matevžič (Slovenia)
- Simone Mathieu (France) - 1938/1939 French Championships champion
- Bethanie Mattek (USA)
- Amélie Mauresmo (France) - 2006 Australian Open champion • 2006 Wimbledon champion • 2005 WTA Tour Championships champion • 2003 Fed Cup champion • World No. 1 in 2004 and 2006
- Patricia Mayr (Austria)
- Kelly McCain (USA)
- Meredith McGrath (USA)
- Lori McNeil (USA)
- Rachel McQuillan (Australia)
- Lisa Mcshea (Australia)
- Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain)
- Natalia Medvedeva (URS)
- Silke Meier (Germany)
- Leila Meskhi (URS)
- Yvonne Meusburger (Austria)
- Florenta Mihai (Romania)
- Magda Mihalache (Romania)
- Marie-Gaiane Mikaelian (Switzerland)
- Anne Miller (aka Annie Miller) (USA)
- Anne Minter (Australia)
- Sania Mirza (India)
- Nana Miyagi (Japan)
- Corinne Molesworth (United Kingdom)
- Margaret Molesworth (Australia) - 1922/1923 Australian Championships champion
- Alicia Molik (Australia)
- Dominique Monami (aka Dominique Van Roost) (Belgium)
- Ángeles Montolio (Spain)
- Jessica Moore (Australia)
- Bahia Mouhtassine (MAR)
- Helen Wills Moody (USA) - 1923/1924/1925/1927/1928/1929/1931 U.S. Championships champion • 1927/1928/1929/1930/1932/1933/1935/1938 Wimbledon champion 1928/1929/1930/1932 • French Championships champion
- Sally Moore (USA)
- Corina Morariu (USA)
- Akiko Morigami (Japan)
- Ayumi Morita (Japan)
- Olga Morozova (Russia)
- Angela Mortimer Barrett (United Kingdom) - 1955 French Championships champion • 1958 Australian Championships champion • 1961 Wimbledon champion
- Catherine Mothes (France)
- Martina Müller (Germany)
- Anastasia Myskina (Russia) - 2004 French Open champion • 2004/2005 Fed Cup champion
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- Sandra Nacuk (Yugoslavia)
- Kyoko Nagatsuka (Japan)
- Betsy Nagelsen (USA)
- Kira Nagy (Hungary)
- Henrieta Nagyová (Slovakia)
- Aiko Nakamura (Japan)
- Junri Namigata (Japan)
- Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia [Czech]/USA) - 1978/1979/1982/1983/1984/1985/1986/1987/1990 Wimbledon champion • 1981/1983/1985 Australian Open champion • 1982/1984 French Open champion • 1983/1984/1986/1987 US Open champion • ranked World No. 1 for 331 weeks • one of three players to have won every possible title (singles, same-sex doubles, mixed doubles) at all four Grand Slam events.
- Larisa Savchenko Neiland (Latvia)
- Jana Nejedly (Canada)
- Lenka Nemeckova (Czech Republic)
- Virág Németh (Hungary)
- Monica Niculescu (Romania)
- Pavlina Stoyanova Nola (Bulgaria)
- Hanna Nooni (Sweden)
- Seda Noorlander (Netherlands)
- Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic) - 1998 Wimbledon champion
- Katarzyna Nowak (Poland)
O
- Katie O'Brien (United Kingdom)
- Saori Obata (Japan)
- Tzipora Obziler (Israel)
- Yola Ramírez Ochoa (Mexico)
- Katja Oeljeklaus (Germany)
- Seiko Okamoto ((Japan)
- Ioana Raluca Olaru (Romania)
- Aleksandra Olsza (Poland)
- Zuzana Ondrášková (Czech Republic)
- Romina Oprandi (Italy)
- Miriam Oremans (Netherlands)
- Lilia Osterloh (USA)
- Nadejda Ostrovskaya (Belarus)
- Melanie Oudin (USA)
- Nika Ožegović (Croatia)
P
- Ksenia Palkina (Kyrgyzstan)
- Elena Pampoulova (Bulgaria)
- Jelena Pandžić (Croatia)
- Alexandra Panova (Russia)
- Tatiana Panova (Russia)
- Pascale Paradis-Mangon (aka Pascale Paradis) (France)
- Sung-Hee Park (Korea)
- Pauline Parmentier (France)
- Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spain)
- Michaela Paštiková (Czech Republic)
- Tamira Paszek (Austria)
- Barbara Paulus (Austria)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia)
- Mercedes Paz (Argentina)
- Shahar Pe'er (Israel)
- Marie-Eve Pelletier (Canada)
- Peng Shuai (China)
- Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
- Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine)
- Teliana Pereira (Brazil)
- Flora Perfetti (Italy)
- Anda Perianu (Romania)
- Shenay Perry (USA)
- Ksenia Pervak (Russia)
- Květa Peschke (Czech Republic)
- Andrea Petkovic (Germany)
- Nadia Petrova (Russia)
- Eva Pfaff (Germany)
- Terry Phelps (USA)
- Virginie Pichet (France)
- Katia Piccolini (Italy)
- Frederica Piedade (Portugal)
- Mary Pierce (France) - 1995 Australian Open champion • 2000 French Open champion
- Camille Pin (France)
- Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria)
- Tina Pisnik (Slovenia)
- Sarah Pitkowski (France)
- Anastasia Pivovarova (Russia)
- Gloria Pizzichini (Italy)
- Sylvia Plischke (Austria)
- Kimberly Po (USA)
- Claudia Porwik (Germany)
- Jana Pospisilova (Czechoslovakia)
- Barbara Potter (USA)
- Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus)
- Olga Puchkova (Russia)
- Wynne Prakusya (Indonesia)
- Nicole Pratt (Australia)
- Sandra Reynolds Price (South Africa)
- Wiltrud Probst (Germany)
- Nicole Provis (Australia)
- Libuse Prusova (Czech Republic)
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R
- Kristine Radford (Australia)
- Agnieszka Radwańska (Poland)
- Urszula Radwańska (Poland)
- Regina Rajchrtová (Czechoslovakia)
- Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar)
- Sunitha Rao (India / USA)
- Lisa Raymond (USA)
- Virginie Razzano (France)
- Samantha Reeves (USA)
- Raffaella Reggi (aka Raffaella Reggi-Concato) (Italy)
- Stephanie Rehe (USA)
- Kerry Melville Reid (Australia) - 1977 (Jan.) Australian Championships champion
- Ronni Reis (USA)
- Elna Reinach (South Africa)
- Beate Reinstadler (Austria)
- Mary Carter Reitano (Australia) - 1956/1959 Australian Championships champion
- Aravane Rezaï (aka Aravane Rezaï Bidakhavidi) (France)
- Nancy Richey Gunter (USA) - 1967 Australian Championships champion • 1968 French Open champion
- Ludmila Richterova (Czech Republic)
- Kathy Rinaldi (USA)
- Brie Rippner (USA)
- Petra Ritter (aka Petra Schwarz-Ritter) (Austria)
- Barbara Rittner (Germany)
- Esna Boyd Robertson (Australia) - 1927 Australian Championships champion
- Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (Australia)
- Evgeniya Rodina (Russia)
- Anastasia Rodionova (Russia)
- Angelika Roesch (Germany)
- Ahsha Rolle (USA)
- Barbara Romano (Italy)
- Stephanie Rottier (Netherlands)
- Capucine Rousseau (France)
- Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain)
- Chanda Rubin (USA)
- Arantxa Rus (Netherlands)
- Margit Rüütel (Estonia)
- Virginia Ruzici (Romania) - 1978 French Open champion
- Elizabeth Ryan (USA) - won 30 Grand Slam titles, all of them in women's or mixed doubles • won 19 titles at Wimbledon, second only to the 20 won by both Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova • four-time runner-up in singles at the World Hard Court Championships or Grand Slam tournaments, losing to Suzanne Lenglen (twice), Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, and Helen Wills Moody
- Magdalena Rybáriková (Slovakia)
S
- Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) - 1990 US Open champion • 1988/1994 WTA Tour Championships champion
- Miho Saeki (Japan)
- Lucie Šafářová (Czech Republic)
- Dinara Safina (Russia)
- Joanna Sakowicz (Poland)
- Maria Emilia Salerni (Argentina)
- Olivia Sanchez (France)
- Maria Sánchez Lorenzo (Spain)
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) - 1989/1994/1998 French Open champion • 1994 US Open champion • ranked World No. 1
- Christina Sandberg (Sweden)
- Raluca Sandu (Romania)
- Mara Santangelo (Italy)
- Valentina Sassi (Italy)
- Olga Savchuk (Ukraine)
- Yevgenia Savranska (Ukraine)
- Kazuko Sawamatsu (Japan)
- Naoko Sawamatsu (Japan)
- Marijke Schaar (Netherlands)
- Anne Schaefer (Germany)
- Claudine Schaul (Luxembourg)
- Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa)
- Barbara Schett (Austria)
- Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
- Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)
- Julia Schruff (Germany)
- Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands)
- Barbara Schwartz (Austria)
- Petra Schwarz-Ritter (Austria)
- Monica Seles (Yugoslavia/USA) - 1991/1992/1993/1996 Australian Open champion • 1990/1991/1992 French Open champion • 1991/1992 US Open champion • 1990/1991/1992 WTA Tour Championships champion • ranked World No. 1
- Irina Selyutina (Kazakhstan)
- Milagros Sequera (Venezuela)
- Carling Bassett-Seguso (Canada)
- Yurika Sema (Japan)
- Magüi Serna (Spain)
- Adriana Serra Zanetti (Italy)
- Antonella Serra Zanetti (Italy)
- Delia Sescioreanu (Romania)
- Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia)
- Selima Sfar (Tunisia)
- Maria Sharapova (Russia) - • 2004 Wimbledon champion • 2006 US Open champion • 2008 Australian Open champion • 2004 WTA Tour Championships champion • ranked World No. 1 for 14 weeks
- Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
- Winnie Shaw (United Kingdom)
- Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (United Kingdom) - 1930 U.S. Championships champion
- Pam Shriver (USA)
- Ekaterina Shulaeva (Canada)
- Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan)
- Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (France)
- Neuza Silva (Portugal)
- Christina Singer (Germany)
- Lioudmila Skavronskaia (Russia)
- Susan Sloane (aka Susan Sloane-Lundy) (USA)
- Anna Smashnova (aka Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi) (Israel)
- Anne Smith (USA)
- Samantha Smith (United Kingdom)
- Elizabeth Sayers Smylie (Australia)
- Tara Snyder (USA)
- Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain)
- Melanie South (United Kingdom)
- Abigail Spears (USA)
- Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (Germany) - 1935/1936/1937 French Championships champion
- Irina Spîrlea (Romania)
- Karolina Šprem (Croatia)
- Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)
- Hana Šromová (Czech Republic)
- Shaun Stafford (USA)
- Kay Stammers Bullitt (United Kingdom)
- Carolin Babcock Stark (USA)
- Alexandra Stevenson (USA)
- Georgie Stoop (United Kingdom)
- Samantha Stosur (Australia)
- Betty Stöve (Netherlands)
- Maria Strandlund (Sweden)
- Andrea Strnadová (Czechoslovakia)
- Rennae Stubbs (Australia)
- Katarina Studenikova (Slovakia)
- Paola Suárez (Argentina)
- Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain)
- Elena Subirats (Mexico)
- Martina Suchá (Slovakia)
- Ai Sugiyama (Japan)
- Helena Suková (Czechoslovakia)
- Věra Puzejova Suková (Czechoslovakia)
- Sun Shengnan (China)
- Sun Tiantian (China)
- Karen Hantze Susman (USA) - 1962 Wimbledon champion
- May Sutton Bundy (USA) - 1904 U.S. Championships champion • 1905/1907 Wimbledon champion
- Astrid Suurbeek (Netherlands)
- Asa Svensson (Sweden)
- Eva Sviglerova (Czechoslovakia)
- Agnes Szatmari (Romania)
- Ágnes Szávay (Hungary)
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- Erika Takao (Japan)
- Silvija Talaja (Croatia)
- Elise Tamaela (Netherlands)
- Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand)
- Catherine Tanvier (France)
- Patricia Tarabini (Argentina)
- Elena Tatarkova (Ukraine)
- Anna Tatishvili (Georgia)
- Nathalie Tauziat (France)
- Sarah Taylor (USA)
- Romana Tedjakusuma (Indonesia)
- Judy Tegart Dalton (Australia)
- Andrea Temesvári (aka Andrea Temesvári-Trunkos) (Hungary)
- Cristina Tessi (Argentina)
- Sandrine Testud (France)
- Valerie Tetreault (Canada)
- Petra Thoren (Finland)
- Andrea Timotic (Serbia)
- Patricia Canning Todd (USA) - 1947 French Championships champion
- Renata Tomanová (Czechoslovakia)
- Cristina Torrens Valero (Spain)
- Christine Truman Janes (United Kingdom) - 1959 French Championships champion
- Meilen Tu (USA)
- Linda Tuero (USA)
- Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan)
- Wendy Turnbull (Australia)
- Lesley Turner Bowrey (Australia) - 1963/1965 French Championships champion
U
- Neha Uberoi (USA)
- Shikha Uberoi (USA)
- Liana Ungur (Romania)
V
- Nicole Vaidišová (Czech Republic)
- Julia Vakulenko (Ukraine)
- Lili de Alvarez Valdene (Spain)
- Noelle van Lottum (France)
- Dinky van Rensburg (South Africa)
- Andreea Vanc (Romania)
- Alena Vašková (Czech Republic)
- Miroslava Vavrinec (Switzerland)
- Maria Vento-Kabchi (aka Maria Vento) (Venezuela)
- Elena Vesnina (Russia)
- Andrea Vieira (Brazil)
- Nathalie Vierin (Italy)
- Roberta Vinci (Italy)
- Suchanan Viratprasert (Thailand)
- Margaret Scriven Vivian (United Kingdom)
- Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland)
- Vlasta Vopickova (Czechoslovakia)
- Renata Voráčová (Czech Republic)
- Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan)
- Ana Vrljic (Croatia)
- Bernice Carr Vukovich (South Africa)
W
- Virginia Wade (United Kingdom) - 1968 US Open champion • 1977 Wimbledon champion • 1972 Australian Open champion
- Elena Wagner (Germany)
- Sharon Walsh (USA)
- Wang Shi-ting (Taiwan)
- Patricia Wartusch (Austria)
- Mashona Washington (USA)
- Sandra Wasserman (Belgium)
- Jolene Watanabe (USA)
- Cindy Watson (Australia)
- Maud Watson (United Kingdom) - 1884/1885 Wimbledon champion
- Vanessa Webb (Canada)
- Marlene Weingartner (Germany)
- Marianne Werdel (USA)
- Stephanie Wetmore (Canada)
- Christina Wheeler (Australia)
- Robin White (USA)
- Tami Whitlinger (aka Tami Whitlinger-Jones) (USA)
- Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (United Kingdom)
- Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium)
- Angelique Widjaja (Indonesia)
- Jennifer Widjaja (Brazil)
- Lenka Wienerova (Slovakia)
- Judith Wiesner (Austria)
- Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA) - • 1909/1910/1911/1919 U.S. Championships champion
- Serena Williams (USA) - • 1999/2002/2008 US Open champion • 2002 French Open champion • 2002/2003 Wimbledon champion • 2003/2005/2007 Australian Open champion • 2001 WTA Tour Championships champion • 2 time Olympic gold medalist• ranked World No. 1 for 57 weeks
- Venus Williams (USA) - • 2000/2001/2005/2007/2008 Wimbledon champion • 2000/2001 US Open champion • 3 time Olympic gold medalist• ranked World No. 1 for 11 weeks
- Helen Wills Moody (USA) - 31 Grand Slam titles • World No. 1 for 8 years.
- Kathrin Woerle (Germany)
- Clare Wood (United Kingdom)
- Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
- Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada)
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Y
- Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarus)
- Yan Zi (China)
- Yi Jing-Qian (China)
- Tomoko Yonemura (Japan)
- Yuka Yoshida (Japan)
- Yuan Meng (China)
Z
- Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (Czech Republic)
- Sandra Zahlavova (Czech Republic)
- Klára Zakopalová (Czech Republic)
- Emanuela Zardo (Switzerland)
- Masa Zec Peskiric (Slovenia)
- Zhang Shuai (China)
- Zheng Jie (China)
- Maja Zivec-Skulj (Germany)
- Radka Zrubáková (Czechoslovakia)
- Fabiola Zuluaga (Colombia)
- Natasha Zvereva (aka Natalya Zvereva) (Belarus)
- Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
See also
- List of male tennis players
- List of tennis players
- List of sportspeople
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players
- List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions