List of Grand Slam women's singles champions

List of Women's Singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions. Note that some major changes have taken place over the years that have affected how many titles have been won by various players. Most notable included the opening of the French national championships to international competition in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the allowing in of professional players in 1968 (the start of the 'Open' era).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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Champions by year

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1884
started in 1922
started in 1897
 Maud Watson (1/2)
started in 1887
1885 tournament not created tournament not created Maud Watson (2/2) tournament not created
1886 tournament not created tournament not created Blanche Bingley Hillyard (1/6) tournament not created
1887 tournament not created tournament not created Lottie Dod (1/5) Ellen Hansell (1/1)
1888 tournament not created tournament not created Lottie Dod (2/5) Bertha Townsend (1/2)
1889 tournament not created tournament not created Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2/6) Bertha Townsend (2/2)
1890 tournament not created tournament not created Helen Rice (1/1) Ellen Roosevelt (1/1)
1891 tournament not created tournament not created Lottie Dod (3/5) Mabel Cahill (1/2)
1892 tournament not created tournament not created Lottie Dod (4/5) Mabel Cahill (2/2)
1893 tournament not created tournament not created Lottie Dod (5/5) Aline Terry (1/1)
1894 tournament not created tournament not created Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3/6) Helen Hellwig (1/1)
1895 tournament not created tournament not created Charlotte Cooper Sterry (1/5) Juliette Atkinson (1/3)
1896 tournament not created tournament not created Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2/5) Elisabeth Moore (1/4)
1897 tournament not created Masson, AdineAdine Masson * Blanche Bingley Hillyard (4/6) Juliette Atkinson (2/3)
1898 tournament not created Masson, AdineAdine Masson * Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3/5) Juliette Atkinson (3/3)
1899 tournament not created Masson, AdineAdine Masson * Blanche Bingley Hillyard (5/6) Marion Jones (1/2)
1900 tournament not created Prévost, HélèneHélène Prévost * Blanche Bingley Hillyard (6/6) Myrtle McAteer (1/1)
1901 tournament not created Girod, P.P. Girod * Charlotte Cooper Sterry (4/5) Elisabeth Moore (2/4)
1902 tournament not created Masson, AdineAdine Masson * Muriel Robb (1/1) Marion Jones (2/2)
1903 tournament not created Masson, AdineAdine Masson * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1/7) Elisabeth Moore (3/4)
1904 tournament not created Gillou, KateKate Gillou * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (2/7) May Sutton Bundy (1/3)
1905 tournament not created Gillou, KateKate Gillou * May Sutton Bundy (2/3) Elisabeth Moore (4/4)
1906 tournament not created Gillou-Fenwick, KateKate Gillou-Fenwick * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (3/7) Helen Homans (1/1)
1907 tournament not created Kermel, Comtesse deComtesse de Kermel * May Sutton Bundy (3/3) Evelyn Sears (1/1)
1908 tournament not created Gillou-Fenwick, KateKate Gillou-Fenwick * Charlotte Cooper Sterry (5/5) Maud Barger-Wallach (1/1)
1909 tournament not created Matthey, JeanneJeanne Matthey * Dora Boothby (1/1) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1/4)
1910 tournament not created Matthey, JeanneJeanne Matthey * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (4/7) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2/4)
1911 tournament not created Matthey, JeanneJeanne Matthey * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (5/7) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3/4)
1912 tournament not created Matthey, JeanneJeanne Matthey * Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1/1) Mary Browne (1/3)
1913 tournament not created Broquedis, MargueriteMarguerite Broquedis * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (6/7) Mary Browne (2/3)
1914 tournament not created Broquedis, MargueriteMarguerite Broquedis * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (7/7) Mary Browne (3/3)
1915 tournament not created no competition no competition Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (1/8)
1916 tournament not created no competition no competition Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2/8)
1917 tournament not created no competition no competition Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3/8)
1918 tournament not created no competition no competition Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4/8)
1919 tournament not created no competition Suzanne Lenglen (1/8) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (4/4)
1920 tournament not created Lenglen, SuzanneSuzanne Lenglen * Suzanne Lenglen (2/8) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (5/8)
1921 tournament not created Lenglen, SuzanneSuzanne Lenglen * Suzanne Lenglen (3/8) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6/8)
1922 Margaret Molesworth (1/2) Lenglen, SuzanneSuzanne Lenglen * Suzanne Lenglen (4/8) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (7/8)
1923 Margaret Molesworth (2/2) Lenglen, SuzanneSuzanne Lenglen * Suzanne Lenglen (5/8) Helen Wills Moody (1/19)
1924 Sylvia Lance Harper (1/1) Vlasto, EmilienneEmilienne Vlasto * Kathleen McKane Godfree (1/2) Helen Wills Moody (2/19)
1925 Daphne Akhurst Cozens (1/5) Suzanne Lenglen (6/8) † Suzanne Lenglen (7/8) Helen Wills Moody (3/19)
1926 Daphne Akhurst Cozens (2/5) Suzanne Lenglen (8/8) Kathleen McKane Godfree (2/2) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (8/8)
1927 Esna Boyd Robertson (1/1) Kornelia Bouman (1/1) Helen Wills Moody (4/19) Helen Wills Moody (5/19)
1928 Daphne Akhurst Cozens (3/5) Helen Wills Moody (6/19) Helen Wills Moody (7/19) Helen Wills Moody (8/19)
1929 Daphne Akhurst Cozens (4/5) Helen Wills Moody (9/19) Helen Wills Moody (10/19) Helen Wills Moody (11/19)
1930 Daphne Akhurst Cozens (5/5) Helen Wills Moody (12/19) Helen Wills Moody (13/19) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (1/1)
1931 Coral McInnes Buttsworth (1/2) Cilly Aussem (1/2) Cilly Aussem (2/2) Helen Wills Moody (14/19)
1932 Coral McInnes Buttsworth (2/2) Helen Wills Moody (15/19) Helen Wills Moody (16/19) Helen Jacobs (1/5)
1933 Joan Hartigan Bathurst (1/3) Margaret Scriven Vivian (1/2) Helen Wills Moody (17/19) Helen Jacobs (2/5)
1934 Joan Hartigan Bathurst (2/3) Margaret Scriven Vivian (2/2) Dorothy Round Little (1/3) Helen Jacobs (3/5)
1935 Dorothy Round Little (2/3) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1/3) Helen Wills Moody (18/19) Helen Jacobs (4/5)
1936 Joan Hartigan Bathurst (3/3) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (2/3) Helen Jacobs (5/5) Alice Marble (1/5)
1937 Nancye Wynne Bolton (1/6) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (3/3) Dorothy Round Little (3/3) Anita Lizana de Ellis (1/1)
1938 Dorothy Bundy Cheney (1/1) Simone Mathieu (1/2) Helen Wills Moody (19/19) Alice Marble (2/5)
1939 Emily Hood Westacott (1/1) Simone Mathieu (2/2) Alice Marble (3/5) Alice Marble (4/5)
1940 Nancye Wynne Bolton (2/6) no competition no competition Alice Marble (5/5)
1941 no competition Alice Weiwers ††† no competition Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1/2)
1942 no competition Alice Weiwers ††† no competition Pauline Betz Addie (1/5)
1943 no competition Simone Iribarne Lafargue ††† no competition Pauline Betz Addie (2/5)
1944 no competition Raymonde Weber Jones ††† no competition Pauline Betz Addie (3/5)
1945 no competition Lolette Payot(1/1) no competition Sarah Palfrey Cooke (2/2)
1946 Nancye Wynne Bolton (3/6) Margaret Osborne duPont (1/6) Pauline Betz Addie (4/5) Pauline Betz Addie (5/5)
1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton (4/6) Patricia Canning Todd (1/1) Margaret Osborne duPont (2/6) Louise Brough Clapp (1/6)
1948 Nancye Wynne Bolton (5/6) Nelly Landry (1/1) Louise Brough Clapp (2/6) Margaret Osborne duPont (3/6)
1949 Doris Hart (1/6) Margaret Osborne duPont (4/6) Louise Brough Clapp (3/6) Margaret Osborne duPont (5/6)
1950 Louise Brough Clapp (4/6) Doris Hart (2/6) Louise Brough Clapp (5/6) Margaret Osborne duPont (6/6)
1951 Nancye Wynne Bolton (6/6) Shirley Fry Irvin (1/4) Doris Hart (3/6) Maureen Connolly Brinker (1/9)
1952 Thelma Coyne Long (1/2) Doris Hart (4/6) Maureen Connolly Brinker (2/9) Maureen Connolly Brinker (3/9)
1953 Maureen Connolly Brinker (4/9) Maureen Connolly Brinker (5/9) Maureen Connolly Brinker (6/9) Maureen Connolly Brinker (7/9)
1954 Thelma Coyne Long (2/2) Maureen Connolly Brinker (8/9) Maureen Connolly Brinker (9/9) Doris Hart (5/6)
1955 Beryl Penrose Collier (1/1) Angela Mortimer Barrett (1/3) Louise Brough Clapp (6/6) Doris Hart (6/6)
1956 Mary Carter Reitano (1/2) Althea Gibson (1/5) Shirley Fry Irvin (2/4) Shirley Fry Irvin (3/4)
1957 Shirley Fry Irvin (4/4) Shirley Bloomer Brasher (1/1) Althea Gibson (2/5) Althea Gibson (3/5)
1958 Angela Mortimer Barrett (2/3) Körmöczy Zsuzsi (1/1) Althea Gibson (4/5) Althea Gibson (5/5)
1959 Mary Carter Reitano (2/2) Christine Truman Janes (1/1) Maria Bueno (1/7) Maria Bueno (2/7)
1960 Margaret Court (1/24) Darlene Hard (1/3) Maria Bueno (3/7) Darlene Hard (2/3)
1961 Margaret Court (2/24) Ann Haydon Jones (1/3) Angela Mortimer Barrett (3/3) Darlene Hard (3/3)
1962 Margaret Court (3/24) Margaret Court (4/24) Karen Hantze Susman (1/1) Margaret Court (5/24)
1963 Margaret Court (6/24) Lesley Turner Bowrey (1/2) Margaret Court (7/24) Maria Bueno (4/7)
1964 Margaret Court (8/24) Margaret Court (9/24) Maria Bueno (5/7) Maria Bueno (6/7)
1965 Margaret Court (10/24) Lesley Turner Bowrey (2/2) Margaret Court (11/24) Margaret Court (12/24)
1966 Margaret Court (13/24) Ann Haydon Jones(2/3) Billie Jean King (1/12) Maria Bueno (7/7)
1967 Nancy Richey (1/2) Françoise Durr (1/1) Billie Jean King (2/12) Billie Jean King (3/12)
1968 Billie Jean King (4/12) Nancy Richey (2/2)
open tennis begins
 Billie Jean King (5/12) Virginia Wade (1/3)
1969 Margaret Court (14/24) Margaret Court (15/24) Ann Haydon Jones (3/3) Margaret Court (16/24)
1970 Margaret Court (17/24) Margaret Court (18/24) Margaret Court (19/24) Margaret Court (20/24)
1971 Margaret Court (21/24) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1/7) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2/7) Billie Jean King (6/12)
1972 Virginia Wade (2/3) Billie Jean King (7/12) Billie Jean King (8/12) Billie Jean King (9/12)
1973 Margaret Court (22/24) Margaret Court (23/24) Billie Jean King (10/12) Margaret Court (24/24)
1974 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (3/7) Chris Evert (1/18) Chris Evert (2/18) Billie Jean King (11/12)
1975 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (4/7) Chris Evert (3/18) Billie Jean King (12/12) Chris Evert (4/18)
1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (5/7) Sue Barker (1/1) Chris Evert (5/18) Chris Evert (6/18)
1977 Kerry Melville Reid (1/1) (Jan)
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (6/7) (Dec)		 Mima Jaušovec (1/1) Virginia Wade (3/3) Chris Evert (7/18)
1978 Chris O'Neil (1/1) †† Virginia Ruzici (1/1) Martina Navratilova (1/18) Chris Evert (8/18)
1979 Barbara Jordan (1/1) †† Chris Evert (9/18) Martina Navratilova (2/18) Tracy Austin (1/2)
1980 Hana Mandlíková (1/4) †† Chris Evert (10/18) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7/7) Chris Evert (11/18)
1981 Martina Navratilova (3/18) †† Hana Mandlíková (2/4) Chris Evert (12/18) Tracy Austin (2/2)
1982 Chris Evert (14/18) †† Martina Navratilova (4/18) Martina Navratilova (5/18) Chris Evert (13/18)
1983 Martina Navratilova (8/18) †† Chris Evert (15/18) Martina Navratilova (6/18) Martina Navratilova (7/18)
1984 Chris Evert (16/18) †† Martina Navratilova (9/18) Martina Navratilova (10/18) Martina Navratilova (11/18)
1985 Martina Navratilova (13/18) †† Chris Evert (17/18) Martina Navratilova (12/18) Hana Mandlíková (3/4)
1986 no competition Chris Evert (18/18) Martina Navratilova (14/18) Martina Navratilova (15/18)
1987 Hana Mandlíková (4/4) Steffi Graf (1/22) Martina Navratilova (16/18) Martina Navratilova (17/18)
1988 Steffi Graf (2/22) Steffi Graf (3/22) Steffi Graf (4/22) Steffi Graf (5/22)
1989 Steffi Graf (6/22) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1/4) Steffi Graf (7/22) Steffi Graf (8/22)
1990 Steffi Graf (9/22) Monica Seles (1/9) Martina Navratilova (18/18) Gabriela Sabatini (1/1)
1991 Monica Seles (2/9) Monica Seles (3/9) Steffi Graf (10/22) Monica Seles (4/9)
1992 Monica Seles (5/9) Monica Seles (6/9) Steffi Graf (11/22) Monica Seles (7/9)
1993 Monica Seles (8/9) Steffi Graf (12/22) Steffi Graf (13/22) Steffi Graf (14/22)
1994 Steffi Graf (15/22) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2/4) Conchita Martínez (1/1) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3/4)
1995 Mary Pierce (1/2) Steffi Graf (16/22) Steffi Graf (17/22) Steffi Graf (18/22)
1996 Monica Seles (9/9) Steffi Graf (19/22) Steffi Graf (20/22) Steffi Graf (21/22)
1997 Martina Hingis (1/5) Iva Majoli (1/1) Martina Hingis (2/5) Martina Hingis (3/5)
1998 Martina Hingis (4/5) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4/4) Jana Novotná (1/1) Lindsay Davenport (1/3)
1999 Martina Hingis (5/5) Steffi Graf (22/22) Lindsay Davenport (2/3) Serena Williams (1/13)
2000 Lindsay Davenport (3/3) Mary Pierce (2/2) Venus Williams (1/7) Venus Williams (2/7)
2001 Jennifer Capriati (1/3) Jennifer Capriati (2/3) Venus Williams (3/7) Venus Williams (4/7)
2002 Jennifer Capriati (3/3) Serena Williams (2/13) Serena Williams (3/13) Serena Williams (4/13)
2003 Serena Williams (5/13) Justine Henin (1/7) Serena Williams (6/13) Justine Henin (2/7)
2004 Justine Henin (3/7) Anastasia Myskina (1/1) Maria Sharapova (1/3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (1/2)
2005 Serena Williams (7/13) Justine Henin (4/7) Venus Williams (5/7) Kim Clijsters (1/4)
2006 Amélie Mauresmo (1/2) Justine Henin (5/7) Amélie Mauresmo (2/2) Maria Sharapova (2/3)
2007 Serena Williams (8/13) Justine Henin (6/7) Venus Williams (6/7) Justine Henin (7/7)
2008 Maria Sharapova (3/3) Ana Ivanović (1/1) Venus Williams (7/7) Serena Williams (9/13)
2009 Serena Williams (10/13) Svetlana Kuznetsova (2/2) Serena Williams (11/13) Kim Clijsters (2/4)
2010 Serena Williams (12/13) Francesca Schiavone (1/1) Serena Williams (13/13) Kim Clijsters (3/4)
2011 Kim Clijsters (4/4) Li Na (1/1) Petra Kvitová (1/1) Samantha Stosur (1/1)
Legend
Player won all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the same year
Player won 3 Grand Slam tournaments in the same year
Player won 2 Grand Slam tournaments in the same year
Italics- club members or citizens only
considered a non-slam event by most authorities*
† The French Championships opened itself to international competitors and renamed as Championnats Internationaux de France (de tennis).
†† Australian Open held in December
††† Not recognized because France was under German control

Statistics

Winners by decade

1920s

7 
 Suzanne Lenglen
4 
 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
2 
 Kathleen McKane Godfree, Margaret Molesworth
1 
 Kornelia Bouman, Sylvia Lance Harper, Esna Boyd Robertson

1930s

8 
 Helen Wills Moody
5 
 Helen Jacobs
4 
 Alice Marble
3 
 Joan Hartigan Bathurst, Dorothy Round Little, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
2 
 Cilly Aussem, Coral McInnes Buttsworth, Simone Mathieu, Margaret Scriven Vivian
1 
 Nancye Wynne Bolton, Dorothy Bundy Cheney, Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Anita Lizana de Ellis, Betty Nuthall Shoemaker, Emily Hood Westacott

1940s

5 
 Pauline Betz Addie, Margaret Osborne duPont
4 
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
3 
 Louise Brough Clapp
2 
 Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1 
 Doris Hart, Alice Marble, Nelly Landry, Lolette Payot, Patricia Canning Todd

1950s

9 
 Maureen Connolly Brinker
5 
 Althea Gibson, Doris Hart
4 
 Shirley Fry Irvin
3 
 Louise Brough Clapp
2 
 Angela Mortimer Barrett, Maria Bueno, Thelma Coyne Long, Mary Carter Reitano
1 
 Nancye Wynne Bolton, Shirley Bloomer Brasher, Beryl Penrose Collier, Margaret Osborne duPont, Christine Truman Janes, Zsuzsi Kormoczy

1960s

16 
 Margaret Court
5 
 Maria Bueno, Billie Jean King
3 
 Darlene Hard, Ann Haydon Jones
2 
 Lesley Turner Bowrey, Nancy Richey Gunter
1 
 Angela Mortimer Barrett, Françoise Durr, Karen Hantze Susman, Virginia Wade

1970s

9 
 Chris Evert
8 
 Margaret Court
7 
 Billie Jean King
6 
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
2 
 Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade
1 
 Tracy Austin, Sue Barker, Mima Jaušovec, Barbara Jordan, Chris O'Neil, Kerry Melville Reid, Virginia Ruzici

1980s

15 
 Martina Navratilova
9 
 Chris Evert
8 
 Steffi Graf
4 
 Hana Mandlíková
1 
 Tracy Austin, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Barbara Jordan, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

1990s

14 
 Steffi Graf
9 
 Monica Seles
5 
 Martina Hingis
3 
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
2 
 Lindsay Davenport
1 
 Iva Majoli, Conchita Martínez, Martina Navratilova, Jana Novotná, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Serena Williams

2000s

10 
 Serena Williams
7 
 Justine Henin, Venus Williams
3 
 Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova,
2 
 Amélie Mauresmo, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Kim Clijsters
1 
 Lindsay Davenport, Anastasia Myskina, Mary Pierce, Ana Ivanović

2010s

2 
 Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters
1 
 Francesca Schiavone, Li Na, Petra Kvitová, Samantha Stosur

All time

Multiple singles winners (5 or more)

Rank Titles Player
1 24 Margaret Court
2 22 Steffi Graf
3 19 Helen Wills Moody
4 18 Chris Evert
4 18 Martina Navratilova
6 13 Serena Williams
7 12 Billie Jean King
8 9 Maureen Connolly Brinker
8 9 Monica Seles
10 8 Suzanne Lenglen
10 8 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
12 7 Venus Williams
12 7 Maria Bueno
12 7 Evonne Goolagong
12 7 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
12 7 Justine Henin
17 6 Nancye Wynne Bolton
17 6 Louise Brough Clapp
17 6 Margaret Osborne duPont
17 6 Doris Hart
17 6 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
22 5 Pauline Betz Addie
22 5 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
22 5 Lottie Dod
22 5 Althea Gibson
22 5 Martina Hingis
22 5 Helen Jacobs
22 5 Françoise Masson
22 5 Alice Marble
22 5 Charlotte Cooper Sterry

Most singles wins by Grand Slam tournament

Grand Slam Wins # Player(s)
Australian Open 11 Margaret Court
French Open 7 Chris Evert
Wimbledon 9 Martina Navratilova
US Open 8 Molla Mallory

Total winners by country

Rank Country Wins
1  United States 192
2  Australia 61
3  United Kingdom 51
4  Germany 22
5  France 20
6  Belgium 11
7  West Germany 9
8  Brazil 7
9  Russia 6
=  Switzerland 6
=  SFR Yugoslavia 6
12  Czechoslovakia 5
=  Spain 5
14  FR Yugoslavia 3
15  Czech Republic 2
16  Argentina 1
=  Chile 1
=  China 1
=  Croatia 1
=  Hungary 1
=  Italy 1
=  Netherlands 1
=  Romania 1
=  Serbia 1

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles titles

Titles Players Years
6 Maureen Connolly Brinker 1952-53
Margaret Court 1969-71
Martina Navratilova 1983-84
5 Steffi Graf 1988-89
4 Steffi Graf 1993-94
Serena Williams 2002-03
3 Helen Wills Moody 1928 and 1929
Margaret Court 1965-66
Billie Jean King 1967-68 and 1972
Chris Evert 1982-83
Steffi Graf 1989-90, 1995 and 1996
/ Monica Seles 1991-92
Martina Hingis 1997-98

Open era

Grand Slam singles titles

Titles Players
22 Steffi Graf
18 Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova
13 Serena Williams
11 Margaret Court
9 // Monica Seles
8 Billie Jean King
7 Evonne Goolagong, Venus Williams, Justine Henin
5 Martina Hingis
4 Hana Mandlíková, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Kim Clijsters
3 Virginia Wade, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova
2 Tracy Austin, Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo, Svetlana Kuznetsova
1 Nancy Richey Gunter, Ann Haydon Jones, Sue Barker, Kerry Melville Reid, Mima Jaušovec, Chris O'Neil, Virginia Ruzici, Barbara Jordan, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, Iva Majoli, Jana Novotná, Anastasia Myskina, Ana Ivanović, Francesca Schiavone, Li Na, Petra Kvitová, Samantha Stosur

Bold: Active Players

Most singles wins by Grand Slam tournament

Grand Slam Wins # Player(s)
Australian Open 5 Serena Williams
French Open 7 Chris Evert
Wimbledon 9 Martina Navratilova
US Open 6 Chris Evert

Unique winners by country

In the 44 years of the Open Era 40 different women have won at least one Grand Slam singles title.

Country Players Names
 Argentina 1 Gabriela Sabatini
 Australia 5 Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Chris O'Neil, Kerry Melville Reid, Samantha Stosur
 Belgium 2 Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin
 China 1 Li Na
 Croatia 1 Iva Majoli
 Czechoslovakia 1 Hana Mandlíková
 Czech Republic 2 Jana Novotná, Petra Kvitová
 France 2 Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce
 Germany 1 Steffi Graf
 Italy 1 Francesca Schiavone
 Romania 1 Virginia Ruzici
 Russia 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova
 Spain 2 Conchita Martínez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
 Switzerland 1 Martina Hingis
 United Kingdom 3 Sue Barker, Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade
 United States 11 Tracy Austin, Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, Chris Evert, Barbara Jordan, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Nancy Richey Gunter, Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Venus Williams
 SFR Yugoslavia 2 Monica Seles, Mima Jaušovec
 FR Yugoslavia
 Serbia		 2 Monica Seles, Ana Ivanović

Total winners by country

74 
  United States
22 
  Germany (also  West Germany)
21 
  Australia
11 
  Belgium
6 
  Czechoslovakia,  Russia and  SFR Yugoslavia
5 
  United Kingdom,  Spain and  Switzerland
4 
  France and  Serbia (also  FR Yugoslavia)
2 
  Czech Republic
1 
  Argentina,  China,  Croatia,  Italy and  Romania

Total winners by continent

79 
 Europe
74 
 North America
21 
 Australia
1 
 Asia, South America

Winners of the Grand Slam

Winners of the Career Grand Slam

(Date listed is the year the player first won each tournament. Last one marked in bold)

Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Maureen Connolly Brinker 1953 1953 1952 1951
Doris Hart 1949 1950 1951 1954
Shirley Fry Irvin 1957 1951 1956 1956
Margaret Court 1960 1962 1963 1962
Billie Jean King 1968 1972 1966 1967
Chris Evert 1982 1974 1974 1975
Martina Navratilova 1981 1982 1978 1983
Steffi Graf 1988 1987 1988 1988
Serena Williams 2003 2002 2002 1999

Winners of three Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year

Winners of two Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year

Winning a Grand Slam singles tournament without losing a set (open era)

Chronological timeline (by player)

Most in category  *
Three different slams  #
Rank Nationality Player Times Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
T6  Australia Margaret Court 3 1970, 1973 — — 1969
T4  Australia Evonne Goolagong 4 1975, 1976, 1977 (Dec)  * 1971 — —
T6  United States Billie Jean King 3 — 1972^ — 1971, 1972^
T2  United States Chris Evert  # 5 — 1974 1981 1976, 1977, 1978  *
T12  Australia Chris O'Neil 1 1978 — — —
1  United States Martina Navratilova 6  * — — 1983^, 1984, 1986, 1990  * 1983^, 1987
T2  Germany Steffi Graf  # 5 1988^, 1989, 1994  * 1988^ — 1996
T12  Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1 — — — 1992
T12  Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1 — 1994 — —
T12  France Mary Pierce 1 1995 — — —
T10  Switzerland Martina Hingis 2 1997^ — — 1997^
T6  United States Lindsay Davenport  # 3 2000 — 1999 1998
T10  United States Venus Williams 2 — — 2008 2001
T4  United States Serena Williams 4 — — 2002^, 2010 2002^, 2008
T6  Belgium Justine Henin 3 — 2006, 2007^  * — 2007^
T12  Russia Maria Sharapova 1 2008 — — —

Slam occurrences

Grand Slam Tournament Times Number of Players Player(s)
Australian Open 13 8 Margaret Court (twice), Evonne Goolagong (thrice), Chris O'Neil, Steffi Graf (thrice), Mary Pierce, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Maria Sharapova
French Open 7 6 Evonne Goolagong, Billy Jean King, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Justine Henin (twice)
Wimbledon 9 5 Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova (four-times), Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams (twice), Venus Williams
US Open 16 11 Margaret Court, Billie Jean King (twice), Chris Evert (thrice), Martina Navratilova (twice), Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Serena Williams (twice), Justine Henin

Decade breakdown

Decades Times Player(s)
1960s 1 Margaret Court
1970s 14 Chris Evert (4), Evonne Goolagong (4), Billie Jean King (3), Margaret Court (2), Chris O’Neil
1980s 9 Martina Navratilova (5), Steffi Graf (3), Chris Evert
1990s 10 Lindsay Davenport (2), Steffi Graf (2), Martina Hingis (2), Martina Navratilova, Mary Pierce, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
2000s 10 Justine Henin (3), Serena Williams (3), Venus Williams (2), Lindsay Davenport, Maria Sharapova
2010s 1 Serena Williams

All countrywomen in final (Open era)

Only four countries (Australia, United States, Belgium and Russia) have had two countrywomen play in a Grand Slam final.

Tournament Winner Runner-up
1970 Australian Open Margaret Court Kerry Melville Reid
1970 Australian Open Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1971 French Open Evonne Goolagong Cawley Helen Gourlay Cawley
1971 Wimbledon Evonne Goolagong Cawley Margaret Court
1971 US Open Billie Jean King Rosemary Casals
1973 Australian Open Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1973 Wimbledon Billie Jean King Chris Evert
1973 US Open Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1977 Australian Open (January) Kerry Melville Reid Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat
1977 Australian Open (December) Evonne Goolagong Cawley Helen Gourlay Cawley
1978 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1978 US Open Chris Evert Pam Shriver
1979 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1979 US Open Tracy Austin Chris Evert
1979 Australian Open Barbara Jordan Sharon Walsh
1981 US Open Tracy Austin Martina Navratilova
1983 US Open Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1984 US Open Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1981 Australian Open Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1982 Australian Open Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
1982 French Open Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger
1982 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1983 Australian Open Martina Navratilova Kathy Jordan
1983 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Andrea Jaeger
1984 French Open Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1984 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1985 Australian Open Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1985 French Open Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
1985 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Chris Evert
1986 French Open Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
1990 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Zina Garrison
2000 Wimbledon Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport
2000 US Open Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport
2001 US Open Venus Williams Serena Williams
2002 French Open Serena Williams Venus Williams
2002 Wimbledon Serena Williams Venus Williams
2002 US Open Serena Williams Venus Williams
2003 Australian Open Serena Williams Venus Williams
2003 French Open Justine Henin Kim Clijsters
2003 Wimbledon Serena Williams Venus Williams
2003 US Open Justine Henin Kim Clijsters
2004 Australian Open Justine Henin Kim Clijsters
2004 French Open Anastasia Myskina Elena Dementieva
2004 US Open Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Dementieva
2005 Australian Open Serena Williams Lindsay Davenport
2005 Wimbledon Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport
2008 Wimbledon Venus Williams Serena Williams
2009 French Open Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina
2009 Wimbledon Serena Williams Venus Williams

See also

Notes

  1. ^ ESPN Sports Almanac 2006, page 814
  2. ^ World Book Encyclopedia 2008 T p166a
  3. ^ Compton Encyclopedia 1975 ST p301
  4. ^ Concord Encyclopedia
  5. ^ CBS Sports "[1]"
  6. ^ Top End Sports "[2]"
  7. ^ BNP Tennis "[3]"
  8. ^ Getlisty Tennis "[4]"
  9. ^ USA Today Tennis "[5]"
  10. ^ Tennis 28 Slams "[6]"
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