List of Open Era tennis records

This is a list of tennis records that were obtained during the Open Era from 1968 onwards. Records are included from both male (ATP, Grand Prix and WCT) and female (WTA) professional tennis tours.

To keep the list at a reasonable length, it includes only players who have been ranked World No. 1, have won a Grand Slam title and/or hold records (overall or consecutive) with regards to most titles, weeks at No. 1, matches (played, won or lost), winning percentage, tournament appearances, aces and records by court type at a Grand Slam, Year-End Championship or Masters 1000 tournament.

Most titles at a single tournament

The following are lists of tennis players who have won a particular tournament at least five times during the open era. Rafael Nadal has won a record nine times at the French Open, Monte Carlo, and Barcelona, and seven times at Rome. Roger Federer has won a record seven tournaments at least five times each (five on hard courts and two on grass).

Men

Wins	Player	Tournament	Years
9	Rafael Nadal	French Open	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
	Rafael Nadal	Monte-Carlo Masters	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016
	Rafael Nadal	Barcelona Open	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
8	Guillermo Vilas	Buenos Aires	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1977(2), 1979, 1982
	Roger Federer	Halle Open	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
7	Pete Sampras	Wimbledon	1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
	Rafael Nadal	Italian Open	2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
	Roger Federer	Wimbledon	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
	Roger Federer	Dubai Tennis Championships	2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015
	Roger Federer	Cincinnati Masters	2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
	Roger Federer	Swiss Indoors	2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
6	Jimmy Connors	Grand Prix Birmingham	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980
	Björn Borg	French Open	1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
	Balázs Taróczy	Dutch Open	1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
	Ivan Lendl	Canadian Open	1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989
	Andre Agassi	Miami Masters	1990, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003
	Roger Federer	ATP World Tour Finals	2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
	Novak Djokovic	China Open	2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
	Novak Djokovic	Australian Open	2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
	Novak Djokovic	Miami Open	2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
5	Björn Borg	Wimbledon	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
	Jimmy Connors	US Open	1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983
	John McEnroe	Wembley Championship	1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
	John McEnroe	Pacific Coast Championships	1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986
	Ivan Lendl	Masters	1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
	John McEnroe	WCT Finals	1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989
	Ivan Lendl	Tokyo Indoor	1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993
	Andre Agassi	Washington Open (tennis)	1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999
	Pete Sampras	ATP Tour World Championship	1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Kremlin Cup	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
	Pete Sampras	US Open	1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002
	Andre Agassi	Pacific Coast Championships	1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2003
	Carlos Moyà	Croatia Open	1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007
	Roger Federer	US Open	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
	Novak Djokovic	ATP World Tour Finals	2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
	Novak Djokovic	Indian Wells Masters	2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
	Andy Murray	Queens Club Championships	2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016

Women

Wins	Player	Tournament	Years
12	Martina Navratilova	Chicago	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992
11	Martina Navratilova	Eastbourne	1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
9	Martina Navratilova	Washington, D.C.	1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990
	Martina Navratilova	Wimbledon	1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990
	Martina Navratilova	Dallas	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
	Steffi Graf	German Open, Berlin	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
8	Chris Evert	Hilton Head & Charleston	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985
	Martina Navratilova	WTA Tour Championships	1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (twice)
	Martina Navratilova	Los Angeles	1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993
	Serena Williams	Key Biscayne	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
7	Chris Evert	French Open	1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986
	Martina Navratilova	Orlando	1974, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
	Steffi Graf	Wimbledon	1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
	Serena Williams	Wimbledon	2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
6	Chris Evert	Virginia Slims Palm Harbour Tampa St.Petersburg	1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1987, 1988
	Chris Evert	U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980
	Chris Evert	US Open	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982
	Martina Navratilova	Houston	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985
	Martina Navratilova	Filderstadt & Stuttgart	1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992
	Serena Williams	US Open	1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014
	Serena Williams	Australian Open	2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015
	Steffi Graf	Brighton	1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
	Steffi Graf	Zurich	1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
	Steffi Graf	French Open	1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999
	Steffi Graf	Boca Raton and other sites in Florida	1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
	Steffi Graf	Hamburg	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spanish Open	1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001[1]
5	Virginia Wade	London (Dewar Cup)	1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
	Chris Evert	Italian Open	1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982
	Chris Evert	Houston	1974, 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988
	Martina Navratilova	U.S. Indoor Championships	1975, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1986
	Martina Navratilova	Virginia Slims Worcester Boston New England	1975, 1986 (twice), 1988, 1989
	Martina Navratilova	Sydney	1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989
	Martina Navratilova	Stanford & Oakland, California	1979, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1993
	Steffi Graf	Key Biscayne	1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996
	Steffi Graf	WTA Tour Championships	1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
	Steffi Graf	US Open	1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
	Steffi Graf	Leipzig	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998
	Monica Seles	Toyota Princess Cup	1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998
	Martina Hingis	Tokyo Pan Pacific Open	1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007
	Kim Clijsters	Luxembourg City	1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
	Venus Williams	Wimbledon	2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008
	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Palermo	2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
	Serena Williams	WTA Tour Championships	2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014

Longest match winning streaks during the open era (all surfaces)

† Note: Sources are not in agreement as to the length of Borg's winning streaks. News articles of the time in question clearly tell of the Borg streaks as does counting the ITF results, yet more sources use the Vilas streak as the record.

Most Year-End Championships (combined)

World Tour Finals (1970–present)

• The best players of all participants on the world tour, within a season, would qualify for the year-end tournament.
• The world tour event began in 1970 and was originally known as the Masters Grand Prix as part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was organised by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).
• In 1990, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) took over the running of the men's tour and replaced the Masters with the ATP Tour World Championship. Between 2000 and 2008, the event was called the Tennis Masters Cup and was endorsed by ITF, ATP and the Grand Slam tournaments (as a result of merging the ATP Tour World Championship with the Grand Slam Cup). In 2009 the Championship was renamed the ATP World Tour Finals.
• Currently, the tournament is organized at the O2 Arena in London, under efficient lighting conditions of play, on blue, medium fast, low bouncing, hard courts.

WCT Finals (1971–1989)

• The best players of the season, from a reduced pool of professionals under contract for the WCT circuit, would qualify for the circuit finals.
• The WCT Finals, as the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis circuit, was held annually in Dallas, Texas, and played on indoor carpet courts. The 1971 quarterfinals and semifinals were played in Houston, and final played at Moody Coliseum in Dallas. The 1972–1979 editions were played at Moody Coliseum, and the 1980–1989 tournaments at Reunion Arena in Dallas. The WCT, in 1974, was the first tennis tournament to experiment with electronic line calling.

Grand Slam Cup (1990–1999)

• The Grand Slam Cup was the ITF season end finals in the 1990s. Points were allocated to a player based on his Grand Slam performances, and after all four Grand Slam events had concluded the 16 players with the most points – 12 in 1998 and 1999 – qualified for the Cup. Grand Slam champions were not assured of a berth in the event. All of the events were played in Munich, Germany.

The only man to have won all three of these season end championships was Boris Becker (he won the WCT Finals in 1988, the World Tour Finals in 1988, 1992 and 1995 and the Grand Slam Cup in 1996)

Key

GP/ATP	ATP World Tour Finals
WCT	WCT Finals
ITF	Grand Slam Cup

Open era records

Men

The following six male players have won at least five singles titles in one Grand Slam tournament during the open era:

Player	Grand Slam tournament	# of titles
Pete Sampras	Wimbledon	7
	US Open	5
Roger Federer	Wimbledon	7
	US Open	5
Rafael Nadal	French Open	9
Björn Borg	French Open	6
	Wimbledon	5
Novak Djokovic	Australian Open	6
Jimmy Connors	US Open	5

By player

The records and achievements of various players who have competed during the open era are listed in this section. This section is based on information maintained on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Roger Federer

Pete Sampras

Rafael Nadal

Björn Borg

Rod Laver

Andre Agassi

Ivan Lendl

Novak Djokovic

John McEnroe

Jimmy Connors

Mats Wilander

Stefan Edberg

Boris Becker

Jim Courier

Guillermo Vilas

Lleyton Hewitt

• Youngest qualifier at the Australian Open at 15 years, 11 months old (1997).^[3]
• Won the singles title in Adelaide in 1998 to become the youngest tour winner (16 years, 10 months old) since Michael Chang in 1988 and the lowest-ranked (550) winner in the history of the ATP tour.^[3]
• Youngest male to win a Grand Slam tournament doubles title at 19 years, 6 months old (2000 US Open).^[3]
• In 2000, he was the first teenager to qualify for the Masters Cup since Andriy Medvedev in 1993.^[3]
• Youngest ever male player to be ranked World No. 1^[4]
• Youngest male player to be the year-end World No. 1 at 20 years, 8 months old (2001).^[3][5]
• Best career match winning percentage in finals on grass: 87.5% (7–1)^[6]

Andy Murray

Andy Roddick

Goran Ivanišević

• Only the second player to win a Grand Slam title as a wildcard (after Boris Becker). He achieved this at Wimbledon in 2001.
• Most aces by any player in a single season (1,477 in 1996).

Michael Chang

Ken Rosewall

Ilie Năstase

Bob and Mike Bryan

Women

The following five players have won at least five singles titles in one Grand Slam tournament during the open era:

Player	Grand Slam tournament	# of titles
Martina Navratilova	Wimbledon	9
Steffi Graf	Wimbledon	7
	French Open	6
	US Open	5
Chris Evert	French Open	7
	US Open	6
Serena Williams	Australian Open	6
	US Open	6
	Wimbledon	7
Venus Williams	Wimbledon	5

By player

Margaret Court

• Most career Grand Slam singles titles: 24
• Most career Australian Grand Slam singles titles: 11
• Highest Open Era singles career winning percentage: 91.37% (593–56)
• First to win the Grand Slam in (1970) in the open era: (later achieved by Steffi Graf).
• Most WTA singles titles won in a year: 21 (1970) this was her most notable season she played 24 tournaments winning 21 of them. Out of 110 matches she won 104 giving her (94.54%) winning percentage.
• Most consecutive Major singles titles (1969–71): 6 (later achieved by Martina Navratilova).
• Only player of either sex to complete a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles (singles, same-sex doubles, mixed doubles at all four championships) in the Open Era, and one of only three (all women) to have done so in history (later achieved by Martina Navratilova).
• Only mother to win three grand slams in one season (1973)
• Three career grand slams titles as a mother (shared with Kim Clijsters)
• Only mother to win the French Open (1973)

Steffi Graf

• Most Major singles titles in the open era: 22 (tied with Serena Williams)
• Most consecutive Major Finals in a row: 13 (1987 French Open through 1990 French Open: Record: 9–4)
• Only player who has won four singles titles at each Major tournament.
• Most year-end World No. 1 rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA): 8 (1987–1990, 1993–1996)^[7]
• Most years ranked year-end No.1 officially: 7 (1987-1990, 1993, 1995 & 1996) tied with Chris Evert.
• Ranked World No. 1 or World No. 2 by the WTA longer than any other player (10 years and three months, from March 1987 to June 1997). Ranked World No. 1 by the WTA for more weeks than any other player (377).^[7]
• Only player to have been ranked World No. 1 by the WTA at some point during 10 different years: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
• Tied with Serena Williams for most weeks ranked world No. 1 by WTA (186, August 17, 1987, through March 10, 1991).^[8]
• Won her first 45 singles matches in 1987.^[9]
• Only player to have won the "Golden Grand Slam" - winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic singles gold medal in the same calendar year.
• Second woman to win a non-calendar year Grand Slam in singles with her win at the 1994 Australian Open.
• During the 1999 French Open, became the first player since the WTA rankings began on November 3, 1975, to defeat the first, second, and third ranked players at the same tournament (#1 Hingis, #2 Davenport, #3 Seles).^[7]
• Only player to have four times won three of the four Major singles titles in a calendar year: 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996.
• Lost only 20 games while winning the 1988 French Open, the third least number of games lost by the winner of a Grand Slam singles tournament during the open era. (Martina Navratilova lost 19 games while winning the 1983 US Open. Chris Evert lost only 12 games while winning the 1976 US Open. )^[9]
• Most singles match wins at the French Open: 84.
• Only player (man or woman) in history to have defended all the 4 Major Singles at least once in her career.
• Highest Hard court winning percentage: 90.30% (335–36).
• Does not have a losing record against any Grand Slam tournament champion.
• Longest winning streak against No 1 player (years): 4 (shared with Davenport, Serena and Venus Williams).

Serena Williams

• Most Major singles titles in the open era: 22 (tied with Steffi Graf)
• At 1997 Ameritech Cup in Chicago, became the lowest ranked player (No.304) to defeat two Top 10 players in one tournament (Monica Seles and Mary Pierce)
• At the 1998 Lipton Championships in Miami became the fastest woman to record 5 Top 10 wins by defeating Irina Spîrlea
• At the 1999 Lipton Championships in Miami became the first pair of sisters in the Open era to meet in a tournament final (with Venus Williams)
• By winning the 2001 Australian Open Doubles with Venus Williams, became the only pair to win a Career Doubles Golden Slam and thus Serena's the only player, male or female, to accomplish a Career Golden Slam (each of the four grand slams & Olympic gold) in singles AND doubles.
• At the 2001 US Open, marked the first time in the Open era, and second time in 117 years that sisters met in a Grand Slam final (with Venus Williams)
• In 2001 became the first player in history to win the Season-Ending Championships on her debut
• At the 2002 French Open, she became the first younger sister to defeat her older sister in a Grand Slam singles tournament.
• In 2002 became the first ever siblings to rank Top 2 at same time with sister Venus Williams
• By winning the 2003 Australian Open, became the first African-American to win the championship
• By winning the 2005 Australian Open by defeating Mauresmo and Davenport, became the only player to win three Grand Slam singles titles (1999 US Open, 2002 French Open) by beating the top two ranked players.
• At 2007 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami became lowest ranked player (Number 18) to defeat the Top 2 players in the world in the same tournament by defeating Number 1 Henin & 2 Sharapova
• In 2008 winning her fifth Miami tournament title, tying Steffi Graf for the most singles titles at this tournament
• By winning 2008 US Open she makes the longest-ever gap between stints at No.1 (five years, one month)
• Only player to have won three Grand Slam singles titles after saving match points (2003 Australian Open versus Kim Clijsters, 2005 Australian Open versus Maria Sharapova, and 2009 Wimbledon versus Elena Dementieva).
• Against Elena Dementieva, she played the longest recorded Wimbledon women's semifinal in the open era: 2 hours, 45 minutes.
• In 2010, she became the first woman in the open era to win the Australian Open singles title five times.
• Longest winning streak against No 1 player (years): 4 (shared with Davenport, Graf and Venus Williams).
• Most Key Biscayne (Miami) titles: 8
• Oldest player to hold No. 1 ranking (33 years, 267 days) as of 19 June 2015.
• First woman to win more than US$12 million in prize money in a single year: 2013.
• First woman to win over US$60 million in career prize money (2014)
• Most WTA premier series titles: 21
• Most hardcourt Grand slam titles: 12
• Most Australian Open Singles titles in the Open Era: 6
• Most US Open singles titles in the Open Era: 6 (tied with Chris Evert)
• Most match wins at the Australian Open in the Open Era: 74
• Longest-ever span between two Grand Slam titles: 1999 US Open - 2016 Wimbledon.
• With Graf, the only 2 players (male or female), to hold all Grand Slam titles in singles and the Olympic Gold simultaneously (US Open 2014-Wimbledon 2015, 2012 Olympics).
• First woman to win 50+ career matches in all four Grand Slams in the Open Era.
• Oldest singles Grand Slam winner: 2016 Wimbledon (34 years, 287 days)
• Only player to win at least 6 singles titles in at least 3 out of 4 Grand Slams.
• Only player to win at least 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two different decades.
• Tied with Steffi Graf for most weeks ranked World No. 1 by WTA (186; February 18, 2013 to September 05, 2016).

Chris Evert

• Most Major finals: 34
• Most Years Ranked year-end #1: 7 (1974 - 1978, 1980, 1981)
• Most consecutive Major singles semi-finals:34.
• Most Major semi-finals:52.
• Most Major quarter-finals:54.
• Most losses in Major finals :16.
• Won at least one Major singles title the most consecutive years: 13
• Most consecutive years ended at No1,(singles), (1974–78): 5 (later tied by Navratilova)
• First female player to win over 1 million dollars in prize money.
• First Player of the Open Era to win 100 tournament titles.
• First Player of the Open Era to attain 1,000 match wins (accomplished at the 1984 Australian Open, she finished the tournament with the title and a win/loss record of 1,003-97)
• Won the most French Open's: 7
• Won the most US Open's: 6 ( later tied by Serena Williams)
• Won the most consecutive US Open's (1975–78): 4
• Most US Open singles matches wins: 101
• Only female player to win US Open on two different surfaces: Clay 75-77 & Hard 78, 80, 82
• Only female player to win US Open on Clay: 75-77
• Most consecutive women's singles finals at the US Open: 6
• Most US Open finals amongst men and women: 9
• Best Career win-loss record singles matches 1972-89 of 1309-145 (.900%) of any player man or woman.
• Best Clay court winning percentage: 94.05% (316–20).
• Best record on clay of any player male or female for any single surface with a 125 match winning streak with the loss of only 7 sets from August 1973 to May 1979 when she was defeated by Tracy Austin in the semi finals of the 1979 Italian Open
• Best Career semi-final record, she made 273 semi-finals of 303 tournaments played: 90.10%
• Most consecutive years inside the top 3 rankings: 17 (1972–1988)
• Most career outdoor titles: 112
• Most career clay court titles: 66
• Most career singles titles on hard courts :53.
• Most career match wins overall on clay courts: 316
• Most matches between the same players: 80 (against Martina Navratilova 43-37).
• Most singles finals between the same players: 61 (against Martina Navratilova, 36-25).
• Fewest games lost while winning a major: 12, when Evert won the 1976 US Open.
• Youngest player to beat a world number one, when Evert (15 years 8 months), beat Margaret Court in September 1970 in the year that Court won the Grand Slam.
• Longest years undefeated on one surface in one state: Florida, Evert did not lose a professional match on clay courts in Florida from 1971 until 1984.
• 2nd Most singles titles won (men or women):157

Martina Navratilova

• Won most Major titles overall (men or women)in the open era: 59
• Won the Wimbledon singles title 6 consecutive times, which is an open era record among both men and women.
• Most consecutive years ended at No1 (singles),(1982–86): 5 (tied with Chris Evert)
• Most weeks at No.1 (doubles ranking): 237.
• Most consecutive weeks at No.1 (doubles): 191.
• Won the Wimbledon singles title 9 times, which is a record for both men and women.
• Won more singles titles at one Grand Slam tournament (Wimbledon) in the open era than any other man or woman.
• Won most single titles (men or women): 167
• Won most doubles titles (men or women): 177
• Won most titles overall (men or women): 359
• Won most single matches (men or women): 1,442
• Won a career boxed set of Grand Slam (tennis) titles winning singles, same gender doubles and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments a record shared with Margaret Court and Doris Hart.
• Won most Majors combined doubles (same gender and mixed) titles: 41 (an all-time record).
• Won most same gender Majors doubles titles: 31 (20 partnered with Pam Shriver)
• Best single-season win-loss record of all time (man or woman): 86–1 (98.9%) in (1983).
• Longest winning streak on grass courts: 69
• Won singles and doubles at same tournament a record 84 times.
• Won the most WTA Tour Championships titles (1978–86): 8
• Most WTA Tour Championship Finals (1975–92): 14
• Won the most WTA Tour Championships doubles titles (1980–91): 11.
• Most consecutive tour titles in a single season: 13 (1984).
• Most consecutive years winning at least one tour title: 21 (1975–1995)
• Most titles at any single WTA tournament overall Ameritech Cup Chicago: 12 (6 wins consecutive 1978–1993).
• Most career indoor titles: 93
• Most Majors match wins: 306
• Most WTA tour finals match wins: 60
• Most career match wins overall on grass courts: 305
• Most career match wins overall on carpet courts: 516
• Most match wins against No 1 ranked player: 18
• Most consecutive sets won in a season (1984): 74.
• Most matches between the same players:80 (against Chris Evert 43-37).
• Most singles finals between the same players: 61 (against Chris Evert, 36-25).
• Most consecutive singles finals played: 23 (1983-1984).
• Most different tournaments played in a career: 390.
• Longest consecutive winning streak (open era):74 matches (1984).
• Best Grass court winning percentage: 86.66% (305–39).
• Best Carpet court winning percentage:89.99% (576–58).
• In 2006, Navratilova became the oldest-ever Grand Slam tournament champion when she won the United States Open (U.S. Open) mixed doubles title. At that time she was just over a month away from her 50th birthday (October 18). Her partner, Bob Bryan, was born in 1978, four years after she won her first Slam title.
• The only man or woman to win 8 different tournaments at least 7 times.

Monica Seles

• By winning the 1990 French Open, became the youngest woman ever to win the tournament.
• Seles has the longest unbeaten streak in a grand slam tournament with 33–0 victories at the Australian Open (winner in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 and semi finalist in 1999).
• Seles is the only player to win the first 6 Major finals she entered without a loss.
• Seles is the only teen to hold 8 Major titles (man or woman) before turning 20.
• By beating Gabriela Sabatini in the 1990 YEC final, Seles became the first woman of the Open Era to win a 5-set match.^[10]
• Seles won the French Open 3 times in a row, an open era record shared with Justine Henin (and all-time record shared with Hilde Sperling).
• Seles is the only player, man or woman of the open era to win 8 of the first 14 slams she played. In comparison, after 14 slams, Evert had won 5, Graf 1, Hingis 4, Navratilova 0, Serena Williams 1, Venus Williams 2.
• Seles is the only player who beat Graf 3 times in Major finals.
• Seles is the only #1 player with a leading record against Martina Navratilova.
• Up to the day of her stabbing, Seles had compiled 253 victories for only 29 losses, an 89.7% winning percentage.
• Until her stabbing, Seles had a winning record against all active players, except for Steffi Graf.

Venus Williams

• US Open (1997) first unseeded finalist.
• In 1999, Venus won the IGA Classic in Oklahoma City during the same week that her sister Serena Williams won the tournament in Paris. This was the first time in tennis history that sisters won singles titles in the same week.
• At the 1999 Lipton International Players Championships in Miami, she and her sister Serena became the first pair of sisters in the open era to meet in a tournament final.
• Won a Career Doubles Grand Slam (2001) at the Australian Open with Serena Williams.
• Only woman to win a Career Doubles (Serena Williams) Golden Slam (1999 French Open to 2001 Australian Open).
• Became the first sisters (Serena Williams) in the open era to contest a Grand Slam singles tournament final at the US Open (2001).
• Became the first ever siblings (Serena Williams) to rank Top 2 at same time (2002).
• Lowest seeded (27th) and lowest ranked (31st) to win Wimbledon (2007).^[11]
• Holds fastest serve recorded by a woman at the French Open: 128 mph in 2007 second round against Ashley Harkleroad.^[12]
• Holds fastest serve recorded by a woman at the US Open: 129 mph in 2007 first round against Kira Nagy.^[13]
• Holds fastest serve recorded by a woman at the Wimbledon: 129 mph in 2008 final against Serena Williams.^[14]
• Four Olympic Gold Medals (shared with Serena Williams)
• Longest winning streak against No 1 player (years): 4 (shared with Davenport, Graf and Serena Williams).
• Most Olympic medals won in tennis (shared with Kathleen McKane Godfree)
• Most Grand slam appearances surpassing Amy Frazier's record in the 2016 US Open

Justine Henin

• Shares with Monica Seles the open era record for most consecutive French Open singles titles: 3.
• Holds the open era record (and tied with Helen Wills Moody all time) for most consecutive sets won at the French Open: 40 (2005–2010).
• First woman to win $5 million in prize money in a single year: 2007.
• In 2005, she became the first reigning French Open champion to lose in the first round at Wimbledon.
• In 2008, she became the only woman in the open era to retire from professional tennis while being ranked World No. 1.^[15]
• Only player in open era to win the French Open twice without dropping a set (2006 and 2007)
• One of only 7 players in open era to reach the final of all 4 grand slams in a calendar year (2006) [others are Graf, Seles, Hingis, Evert, Navratilova, and Court]
• One of only 6 players in open era to win 2 grand slams in a calendar year (2007) without dropping a set [others include King, Navratilova, Graf, Hingis, and S. Williams]
• Shares with Evonne Goolagong the women's open era record for player with lowest ranking to reach the final of a grand slam. Each was unranked. Henin fell to S. Williams at the Australian Open in 2010; Goolagong won the same event in 1977.
• In 2004 became the first, and as of 2014 only, Belgian to win a gold medal at the Olympics in women's singles.

Martina Hingis

• On March 31, 1997, Hingis became the youngest player ever to be ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (age 7008520646400000000♠16 years, 182 days).^[16]
• In 1997, Hingis became the first Swiss woman ever to win Wimbledon.
• In 1998, Hingis won all four Major women's doubles titles in the same calendar year, only the fourth woman in tennis history to do so (after Maria Bueno, Martina Navratilova, and Pam Shriver).
• In 2000, Hingis became the only woman player to earn more than US$3 million in prize money for four consecutive years.^[17]
• On June 8, 1998, Hingis became the third woman since the Women's Tennis Association rankings began on November 3, 1975, to hold the World No. 1 ranking in singles and doubles simultaneously (after Navratilova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario).^[18] Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters, and Serena Williams have since duplicated that feat.^[18]
• Won all WTA Tier I titles.
• Most WTA Tier I finals: 27

Billie Jean King

• Most singles matches played in a season (1971):125.
• Most singles matches won in a season (1971):112.
• Most doubles titles won in a season (1971):21.
• Most singles and doubles titles won in a season (1971): 38.
• Most singles and doubles matches won in a season (1971):192.
• Most doubles matches won in a season (1971):80.
• Oldest singles title winner on the WTA Tour (Birmingham 1983):39 years, 7 months.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

• Most consecutive Australian Open finals (1971–76):6 (shared with Martina Hingis).
• Most Australian Open finals overall:7.
• Most Australian Open wins in straight sets in consecutive years(1975–77):3. (shared with Steffi Graf).

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