The best women's tennis players of all time are multiple Grand Slam champions, Olympic tennis gold medalists and simply the best ladies to ever step on the clay or grass courts around the world. These record holders hail from around the world, leaving aspiring female tennis players in the dust as they dominate at the top tennis tournaments around including the Australian Open, the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon. That's not to mention that these famous women tennis players are also some of the hottest tennis players of all time too.
Few can deny that Steffi Graf is the best female tennis player ever. During her nearly 20-year career, Graf won 22 Grand Slam titles plus was the only tennis player (man or woman) in history to win the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in the same year (1988). Additionally, she dominated both the major tennis competitions and the Women's Tennis Association rankings during much of her career despite formidable competition from other top women tennis players.
Beyond Graf, the world of women's tennis has seen numerous notable ladies play the game during the years. Top names like Martina Navatilova, Serena Williams, Chris Evert, Monica Seles and Margaret Smith Court all come to mind among the best to ever play the game, as do Billie Jean King, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters. Each of these ladies have seen a great deal of success throughout the years and easily earn recognition as among the greatest female tennis players ever.
While it's arguable whether these women are better than the greatest men's tennis players of all time, one thing is certain. They will go down, and already are recognized, as the best women to ever play the game of tennis. They hold the gold standard for aspiring female tennis players and have set that bar quite high for any who wish to follow in their footsteps.
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2,062954Martina Navratilova
United States of America, CzechoslovakiaBirthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Year Turned Pro: 1975
Australian Open: Winner 1981, 1983, 1985; Finalist 1975, 1982, 1987
French Open: Winner 1982, 1984; Finalist 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987
Wimbledon: Winner 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990; Finalist 1988, 1989, 1994
US Open: Winner: 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987; Finalist 1981, 1985, 1989, 19912
1,7841,005Monica Seles
United States of America, GermanyBirthplace: Novi Sad, Serbia
Year Turned Pro: 1989
Australian Open: Winner 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
French Open: Winner 1990, 1991, 1992; Finalist 1998
Wimbledon: Finalist 1992
US Open: Winner 1991, 1992; Finalist 1995, 19963
1,120841Chris Evert
United States of AmericaBirthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Year Turned Pro: 1972
Australian Open: Winner 1982, 1984; Finalist 1974, 1981, 1985, 1988
French Open: Winner 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986; Finalist 1973, 1984
Wimbledon: Winner 1974, 1976, 1981; Finalist 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985
US Open: Winner 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982; Finalist 1979, 1983, 19844
2,5462,133Steffi Graf
Germany, West GermanyBirthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Year Turned Pro: 1982
Australian Open: Winner 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994; Finalist 1993
French Open: Winner 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999; Finalist 1989, 1990, 1992
Wimbledon: Winner 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996; Finalist 1987, 1999
US Open: Winner 1988, 1999, 1993, 1995, 1996; Finalist 1987, 1990, 19945
2,9822,517Serena Williams
United States of AmericaBirthplace: Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America
Year Turned Pro: 1995
Australian Open: Winner 2003, 2005, 2007 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017; Finalist 2016
French Open: Winner 2002, 2013, 2015; Finalist 2016
Wimbledon: Winner 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016; Finalist 2004, 2008, 2018, 2019
US Open: Winner 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014; Finalist 2001, 2011, 2018, 20196
931757Margaret Court
AustraliaBirthplace: Perth, Australia
Year Turned Pro: 1968
Australian Open: Winner 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973; Finalist 1968
French Open: Winner 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973; Finalist 1965
Wimbledon: Winner 1963, 1965, 1970; Finalist 1964, 1971
US Open: Winner 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973; Finalist 19637
1,385546Kimiko Date-Krumm
JapanBirthplace: Kyoto, Keihanshin, Japan
Year Turned Pro: 1989-03
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773858Billie Jean King
United States of AmericaBirthplace: Long Beach, California, United States of America
Year Turned Pro: 1968
Australian Open: Winner 1968; Finalist 1969
French Open: Winner 1972
Wimbledon: Winner 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972 1973, 1975; Finalist 1963, 1969, 1970
US Open: Winner 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974; Finalist 1965, 19689
8791,009Martina Hingis
Switzerland, SlovakiaBirthplace: Košice, Slovakia
Year Turned Pro: 1994
Australian Open: Winner 1997, 1998, 1999; Finalist 2000, 2001, 2002
French Open: Finalist 1997, 1999
Wimbledon: Winner 1997
US Open: Winner 1997; Finalist 1998, 199910
9741,154Venus Williams
United States of AmericaBirthplace: Lynwood, California, United States of America
Year Turned Pro: 1994-10-31
Australian Open: Finalist 2003, 2017
French Open: Finalist 2002
Wimbledon: Winner 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008; Finalist 2002, 2003, 2009, 2017
US Open: Winner 2000, 2001; Finalist 1997, 200211
1,307250Francoise Durr
FranceBirthplace: Algiers, Algeria
French Open: Winner 1967
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679865Justine Henin
BelgiumBirthplace: Liège, Belgium
Year Turned Pro: 1999-01-01
Australian Open: Winner 2004; Finalist 2006, 2010
French Open: Winner 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Wimbledon: Finalist 2001
US Open: Winner 2003, 2007; Finalist 200613
1,0321,353Maria Sharapova
RussiaBirthplace: Nyagan, Russia
Year Turned Pro: 2001-04-19
Australian Open: Winner 2008; Finalist 2007, 2012, 2015
French Open: Winner 2012, 2014; Finalist 2013
Wimbledon: Winner 2004; Finalist 2011
US Open: Winner 200614
459561Simona Halep
RomaniaBirthplace: Constanța, Sud-Est, Romania
Australian Open: Finalist 2018
French Open: Winner 2018; Finalist 2014, 2017
Wimbledon: Winner 201915
384437Caroline Wozniacki
DenmarkBirthplace: Odense, Denmark
Year Turned Pro: 2005-07-18
Australian Open: Winner 2018
US Open: Finalist 2009, 201416
628924Kim Clijsters
BelgiumBirthplace: Bilzen, Belgium
Year Turned Pro: 1997-08-17
Australian Open: Winner 2011; Finalist 2004
French Open: Finalist 2001, 2003
US Open: Winner 2005, 2009, 2010; Finalist 200317
392608Evonne Goolagong Cawley
AustraliaBirthplace: Griffith, Australia
Year Turned Pro: 1971
Australian Open: Winner 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978; Finalist 1971, 1972 1973
French Open: Winner 1971; Finalist 1972
Wimbledon: Winner 1971, 1980; Finalist 1972, 1975, 1976
US Open: Finalist 1973, 1974, 1975, 197618
244341Garbiñe Muguruza
SpainBirthplace: Caracas, Venezuela
Australian Open: Finalist 2020
French Open: Winner 2016
Wimbledon: Winner 2017; Finalist 201519
233299Angelique Kerber
Germany, PolandBirthplace: Bremen, Germany
Year Turned Pro: 2003
Australian Open: Winner 2016
Wimbledon: Winner 2018; Finalist 2016
US Open: Winner 201620
194259Victoria Azarenka
BelarusBirthplace: Minsk, Belarus
Year Turned Pro: 2003
Australian Open: Winner 2012, 2013
US Open: Finalist 2012, 201321
119101Australian Open: Winner 2019
US Open: Winner 2018
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287457Jennifer Capriati
United States of AmericaBirthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Year Turned Pro: 1990-03-05
Australian Open: Winner 2001, 2002
French Open: Winner 200123
309519Gabriela Sabatini
ArgentinaBirthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Year Turned Pro: 1985-01
Wimbledon: Finalist 1991
US Open: Winner 1990, Finalist 198824
183313Mary Pierce
Canada, FranceBirthplace: Montreal, Canada
Year Turned Pro: 1989-03
Australian Open: Winner 1995; Finalist 1997
French Open: Winner 2000; Finalist 1994, 2005
US Open: Finalist 200525
180219Petra Kvitová
Czech RepublicBirthplace: Bílovec, Czech Republic
Year Turned Pro: 2006
Australian Open: Finalist 2019
Wimbledon: Winner 2011, 2014
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