OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE LEADERS AO RG WIM USO SERENA 7 3 7 6 WILLIAMS 23 STEFANIE 4 6 7 5 GRAF 22 CHRIS 2 7 3 6 EVERT 18 MARTINA 3 2 9 4 NAVRATILOVA 18 MARGARET 4 3 1 3 COURT 11 GRAND SLAMS Grand Slam Champions The Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open are the four Grand Slam tournaments. Winning the title at each major in the same year is known as the “Grand Slam”. Three women have completed the singles Grand Slam in a calendar year: 1953 – Maureen Connolly; 1970 – Margaret Court; 1988 – Stefanie Graf. A further seven women have won each Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers (known as the career Grand Slam): Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, with Navratilova (1983-84) and Williams (2002-03, 2014-15) holding all four titles at the same time. Australia’s Margaret Court holds the record for all-time Grand Slam singles titles (men or women) with 24 titles, ahead of Stefanie Graf and Serena Williams, who holds the Open Era record with 23 Grand Slam singles titles. In the Open Era, seven women have won three of the four Grand Slam titles: Lindsay Davenport, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Hana Mandlikova, Monica Seles and Virginia Wade. All-Time Grand Slam Singles Titles Leaders PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 11 5 3 5 24 Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 4 8 7 19 Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 1 1 6 4 12 Maureen Connolly (USA) 1 2 3 3 9 Monica Seles (USA) 4 3 2 9 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) 2 6 8 Molly Bjurstedt Mallory (USA) 8 8 Open Era Grand Slam Singles Titles Leaders PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 Margaret Court (AUS) 4 3 1 3 11 Monica Seles (USA) 4 3 2 9 Billie Jean King (USA) 1 4 3 8 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 4 1 2 7 Justine Henin (BEL) 1 4 2 7 Venus Williams (USA) 5 2 7 All-Time Women’s Grand Slam Titles Leaders AO RG WIM US PLAYER S-D-M S-D-M S-D-M S-D-M S-D-M TOTAL Margaret Smith Court, 1960-75 11-8-2 5-4-4 3-2-5 5-5-8 24-19-21 64 Martina Navratilova, 1974-93 3-8-1 2-7-2 9-7-4 4-9-3 18-31-10 59 Billie Jean King, 1961-81 1-0-1 1-1-2 6-10-4 4-5-4 12-16-11 39 Serena Williams, 1998-present 7-4-0 3-2-0 7-6-1 6-2-1 23-14-2 39 Margaret Osborne duPont, 1941-60 * 2-3-0 1-5-1 3-13-9 6-21-10 37 Doris J. Hart, 1947-55 1-1-2 2-5-3 1-4-5 2-4-5 6-14-15 35 Louise Brough Clapp, 1942-57 1-1-0 0-3-0 4-5-4 1-12-4 6-21-8 35 Helen Wills Moody, 1922-38 * 4-2-0 8-3-1 7-4-2 19-9-3 31 Elizabeth Ryan, 1914-34 * 0-4-0 0-12-7 0-1-2 0-17-9 26 Martina Hingis, 1993-2017 3-5-2 0-2-1 1-3-2 1-3-2 5-13-7 25 Stefanie Graf, 1987-99 4-0-0 6-0-0 7-1-0 5-0-0 22-1-0 23 * Denotes did not play in Grand Slam ** Suzanne Lenglen won four additional Roland Garros singles titles before 1925 when the event was reserved for French residents 176 Grand Slam – Match Wins Leaderboard (Open Era) Serena Williams moved ahead of Martina Navratilova In percentage terms, however, Margaret Court won for most career Grand Slam wins at the 2016 US Open. They more than 90% of her matches in Open Era Grand Slam are the only two women with 300+ Grand Slam match wins. tournaments to top the list: Here is a list of players with 170+ match wins at the Slams: Open Era: Most Grand Slam Match Wins Open Era: Best Grand Slam Match Win Pct. PLAYER (NAT) W L PLAYER (NAT) W L PCT. Serena Williams (USA) 316 43 Margaret Court (AUS) 96 10 .906 Martina Navratilova (TCH/USA) 306 49 Stefanie Graf (GER) 278 32 .897 Chris Evert (USA) 299 37 Chris Evert (USA) 299 37 .890 Stefanie Graf (GER) 278 32 Serena Williams (USA) 316 43 .880 Venus Williams (USA) 262 68 Martina Navratilova (TCH/USA) 306 49 .862 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 210 54 Monica Seles (YUG/USA) 180 31 .853 Lindsay Davenport (USA) 198 51 Ann Jones (GBR) 29 5 .853 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 186 45 Billie Jean King (USA) 127 24 .841 Monica Seles (YUG/USA) 180 31 Justine Henin (BEL) 141 28 .834 Conchita Martínez (ESP) 174 63 Martina Hingis (SUI) 153 32 .827 All-Time: Grand Slam Titles Leaders - Doubles & Mixed Doubles All-Time Doubles All-Time Doubles Teams All-Time Mixed Doubles Titles Titles Titles 31 Martina Navratilova 20 Brough / Osbourne duPont 19 Margaret Court 21 Louise Brough 20 Navratilova / Shriver 15 Doris Hart 21 Margaret Osborne duPont 14 Fernández / Zvereva 11 Billie Jean King 21 Pam Shriver 14 S.Williams / V.Williams 10 Margaret Osborne duPont 19 Margaret Court 11 Fry / Hart 10 Martina Navratilova Open Era: Grand Slam Titles Leaders - Doubles & Mixed Doubles Open Era Doubles Open Era Doubles Teams Open Era Mixed Doubles Titles Titles Titles 31 Martina Navratilova 20 Navratilova / Shriver 10 Martina Navratilova 21 Pam Shriver 14 Fernández / Zvereva 7 Billie Jean King 18 Natasha Zvereva 14 S.Williams / V.Williams 7 Martina Hingis 17 Gigi Fernández 8 Ruano Pascual / Suárez 6 Margaret Court 14 Serena Williams 5 Errani / Vinci 5 Cara Black 14 Venus Williams 5 Mattek-Sand / Safarova 5 Lisa Raymond 13 Martina Hingis 5 Anne Smith 12 Jana Novotna 5 Katarina Srebotnik 10 Billie Jean King 5 Helena Sukova 10 Margaret Court 5 Wendy Turnbull 10 Virginia Ruano Pascual Grand Slam Singles Titles Leaders All-Time Open Era Australian Open Margaret Court (11) Serena Williams (7) Roland Garros Chris Evert (7) Chris Evert (7) Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (9) Martina Navratilova (9) US Open Molly Bjurstedt Mallory (8) Chris Evert, Serena Williams (6) WWW.WTATENNIS.COM 177 Open Era Grand Slam Champions YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN 1968 [2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR) 1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1977 JAN - [2] Kerry Reid (AUS) [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 1978 [-] Chris O’Neil (AUS) [2] Virginia Ruzici (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA) 1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1984 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1985 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1990 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) 1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) 1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1994 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) 1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) 1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA) 2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA) 2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA) 2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL) 2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6]