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This is a list of Women's Tennis Association (WTA) records since its inception in June 1973. Some records additionally extend back a few more years in order to include the immediately preceding Virginia Slims Circuit era for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by the WTA. These however do not make up the entire Open Era records (1968 – present). For those, see Open Era tennis records – Women's singles.

Grand Slam tournaments

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Titles and finals

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Most titles / finals at a single tournament

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# Titles Tournament Years
12 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Chicago 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–92
11 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978, 1982–86, 1988–91, 1993
9 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Wimbledon 1978–79, 1982–87, 1990
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Dallas 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
Germany  Steffi Graf German Open 1986–89, 1991–94, 1996
8 United States  Chris Evert Family Circle 1974–78, 1981, 1984–85
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova WTA Tour Finals 1978–79, 1981, 1983–86twice in 1986
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1978, 1980–81, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992–93
United States  Serena Williams Miami Masters 2002–04, 2007–08, 2013–15
7 United States  Chris Evert French Open 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Orlando 1974, 1980–85
Germany  Steffi Graf Wimbledon 1988–89, 1991–93, 1995–96
United States  Serena Williams Wimbledon 2002–03, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–16
United States  Serena Williams Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009–10, 2015, 2017
# Finals Tournament Years
14 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Chicago 1975, 1978–83, 1986–88, 1990–93
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova WTA Tour Finals 1975, 1978–86,twice in 1986 1989, 1991–92
13 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Eastbourne 1978–79, 1982–87, 1988–91, 1993
12 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Wimbledon 1978–79, 1982–90, 1994
11 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Washington 1975, 1977–80, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988, 1990
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Dallas 1975–76, 1979–83, 1985–87, 1990
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Los Angeles 1977–81, 1983, 1986, 1989–90, 1992–93
Germany  Steffi Graf German Open 1985–89, 1990–94, 1996
United States  Serena Williams Wimbledon 2002–04, 2008–10, 2012, 2015–16, 2018–19
10 United States  Chris Evert Wimbledon 1973–74, 1976,1978–82,1984–85
United States  Serena Williams Miami Masters 1999, 2002–04, 2007–09, 2013–15
United States  Serena Williams US Open 1999, 2001–02, 2008, 2011–14, 2018–19
9 Germany  Steffi Graf Wimbledon 1987–89, 1991–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany  Steffi Graf French Open 1987–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999
Germany  Steffi Graf Florida 1986–89, 1991–95
United States  Chris Evert French Open 1973–75, 1979–80, 1983–86
United States  Chris Evert Family Circle 1974–78, 1981, 1984–86
United States  Chris Evert US Open 1975–80, 1982–84
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Houston 1976–80, 1983, 1985, 1987–88
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova Stuttgart 1979, 1981–83, 1986–88, 1991–92
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova West Classic 1979–80, 1984, 1988, 1990–94
United States  Venus Williams Wimbledon 2000–03, 2005, 2007–09, 2017

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

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Consecutive records

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  • Active streaks in bold
Consecutively won titles Years #
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 1984 13
2. Australia  Margaret Court 1972–73 12
3. West Germany  Steffi Graf 1989–90 11
4. United States  Chris Evert 1974 10
5. Australia  Margaret Court 1973 9
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 1986
7. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 1983 8
West Germany  Steffi Graf 1988
Winning at least 1 title a year Years #
1. Czechoslovakia /United States  Martina Navratilova 1974–94 21
2. United States  Chris Evert 1971–88 18
3. West Germany  Steffi Graf 1986–99 14
4. Russia  Maria Sharapova 2003–15 13
5. United Kingdom  Virginia Wade 1968–78 11
Australia  Evonne Goolagong 1970–80
Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki 2008–18
United States  Serena Williams 2007–17

Sources: Except for the information concerning active players, the source for the all-time table is the '2014 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Official Guide'. Court and Wade began their careers and were winning tournaments long before the Open Era started in 1968; therefore, the statistics shown above do not reflect their entire careers. For example, Billie Jean King career statistics lists 129 career singles titles for King.

Match wins

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Matches won on all surfaces

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# Played
1661 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova[3]
1455 United States  Chris Evert[4]
1168 United Kingdom  Virginia Wade[5]
1151 Italy  Sara Errani
1143 Germany  Tatjana Maria
1099 Switzerland  Patty Schnyder
1094 United States  Venus Williams[6]
1093 Italy  Francesca Schiavone
1087 United States  Varvara Lepchenko
1064 Australia  Samantha Stosur
# Won
1442 Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova
1309 United States  Chris Evert
900 Germany  Steffi Graf
858 United States  Serena Williams
839 United Kingdom  Virginia Wade
818 United States  Venus Williams
765 Spain  Arantxa Sánchez
733 United States  Lindsay Davenport
719 Spain  Conchita Martínez
679 Australia  Evonne Goolagong
# Played (active)
1151 Italy  Sara Errani
1143 Germany  Tatjana Maria
1094 United States  Venus Williams
1087 United States  Varvara Lepchenko
1043 Germany  Angelique Kerber
1018 Russia  Svetlana Kuznetsova
986 Czech Republic  Karolína Plíšková
986 France  Alizé Cornet
963 China  Zhang Shuai
921 Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová
# Won (active)
818 United States  Venus Williams
674 Germany  Angelique Kerber
670 Russia  Svetlana Kuznetsova
662 Italy  Sara Errani
643 Germany  Tatjana Maria
640 Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki
633 Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová
627 Czech Republic  Karolína Plíšková
621 United States  Varvara Lepchenko
605 Belarus  Victoria Azarenka

Match wins per court type

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Hardcourt #
1. United States  Serena Williams 541
2. United States  Venus Williams 499
3. United States  Chris Evert 478
4. United States  Lindsay Davenport 464
5. Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki 430
6. Poland  Agnieszka Radwańska 412
7. Serbia  Jelena Janković 400
8. Russia  Maria Sharapova 392
9. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 375
10. Russia  Svetlana Kuznetsova 356
Clay #
1. United States  Chris Evert 382
2. Spain  Arantxa Sánchez 342
3. Spain  Conchita Martínez 314
4. Switzerland  Patty Schnyder 297
5. Italy  Sara Errani 296
6. Germany  Steffi Graf 279
7. Italy  Flavia Pennetta 266
8. Italy  Sandra Cecchini 261
9. Netherlands  Kiki Bertens 214
10. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 208
Grass #
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 307
2. Australia  Margaret Court 293
3. United States  Chris Evert 242
4. United States  Pam Shriver 186
5. Czech Republic  Helena Suková 125
6. United States  Zina Garrison 121
7. South Africa  Rosalyn Fairbank 114
8. France  Nathalie Tauziat 112
9. United States  Serena Williams 107
United States  Lori McNeil
Carpet #
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 512
2. United States  Chris Evert 207
3. Germany  Steffi Graf 190
4. United States  Pam Shriver 187
5. Czech Republic  Helena Suková 182
6. United States  Zina Garrison 163
7. Czech Republic  Jana Novotná 152
8. Switzerland  Manuela Maleeva 139
9. France  Nathalie Tauziat 127
10. Bulgaria  Magdalena Maleeva 122
Outdoor #
1. United States  Chris Evert 903
2. United States  Serena Williams 782
3. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 755
4. Germany  Steffi Graf 693
5. Spain  Arantxa Sánchez 687
6. United States  Venus Williams 637
7. Spain  Conchita Martínez 614
8. United States  Lindsay Davenport 585
9. Serbia  Jelena Janković 507
10. Australia  Margaret Court 501
Indoor #
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 605
2. United States  Chris Evert 406
3. Germany  Steffi Graf 201
4. United States  Pam Shriver 200
5. United States  Zina Garrison 191
6. Czech Republic  Helena Suková 187
7. United States  Venus Williams 173
8. United States  Lindsay Davenport 168
9. Czech Republic  Jana Novotná 164
10. Switzerland  Manuela Maleeva 149

Winning percentages

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Career winning percentage

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  • Note that the figures below represent career winning percentages of players that are retired (regular font) as well as current active players (boldface). The latter are subject to change and do not reflect the final figure.
All surfaces % W–L
1. Australia  Margaret Court 91.37 593–56
2. United States  Chris Evert 89.96 1309–146
3. Germany  Steffi Graf 88.69 902–115
4. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 86.81 1442–219
5. United States  Serena Williams 84.91 855–152
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  /United States  Monica Seles 82.98 595–122
7. Poland  Iga Świątek 82.11 335–73
8. Belgium  Justine Henin 81.95 527–116
9. United States  Billie Jean King 81.76 695–155
10. Australia  Evonne Goolagong 81.01 704–165
* Minimum 200 wins
Hard % W–L
1. United States  Chris Evert 91.57 478–44
2. West Germany  Steffi Graf 89.65 338–39
3. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 87.00 375–56
4. United States  Serena Williams 85.33 535–92
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  /United States  Monica Seles 83.82 311–60
6. Belgium  Kim Clijsters 82.69 325–68
7. Belgium  Justine Henin 81.98 273–60
8. United States  Lindsay Davenport 79.93 466–117
9. Switzerland  Martina Hingis 79.47 302–78
10. Russia  Maria Sharapova 78.49 387–106
* Minimum 200 wins
Clay % W–L
1. United States  Chris Evert 94.55 382–22
2. West Germany  Steffi Graf 88.57 279–36
3. Poland  Iga Świątek 88.39 137–18
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  /United States  Monica Seles 85.02 142–25
5. Belgium  Justine Henin 84.89 163–29
6. United States  Serena Williams 82.49 179–38
7. Russia  Maria Sharapova 82.38 159–34
8. Switzerland  Martina Hingis 81.34 109–25
9. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 80.30 208–51
10. Argentina  Gabriela Sabatini 79.44 201–52
* Minimum 100 wins
Grass % W–L
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 88.72 307–39
2. United States  Serena Williams 87.70 107–15
3. United States  Chris Evert 87.36 242–35
4. West Germany  Steffi Graf 85.00 85–15
5. Belgium  Justine Henin 82.81 53–11
6. United States  Venus Williams 81.66 98–22
7. Russia  Maria Sharapova 79.80 83–21
8. Czechoslovakia  Jana Novotná 79.00 79–21
9. Belgium  Kim Clijsters 77.77 56–16
10. United States  Pam Shriver 77.17 186–55
* Minimum 50 wins
Carpet % W–L
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 93.13 515–38
2. West Germany  Steffi Graf 90.43 189–20
3. United States  Chris Evert 88.51 208–27
4. United States  Lindsay Davenport 83.82 114–22
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  /United States  Monica Seles 83.74 103–20
6. United States  Tracy Austin 81.90 95–21
7. Belgium  Kim Clijsters 81.25 52–12
8. Australia  Hana Mandlíková 80.63 129–31
9. Switzerland  Martina Hingis 78.69 96–26
10. United States  Venus Williams 74.24 49–17
* Minimum 40 wins

Single season winning percentage

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No Player Year W–L* %
1. United States  Martina Navratilova 1983 86–1 98.85
2. West Germany  Steffi Graf 1989 86–2 97.73
3. United States  Martina Navratilova 1984 78–2 97.50
4. West Germany  Steffi Graf 1987 75–2 97.40
5. United States  Martina Navratilova 1982 90–3 96.77
6. United States  Martina Navratilova 1986 89–3 96.73
7. West Germany  Steffi Graf 1988 72–3 96.00
8. Australia  Margaret Court 1973 102–5 95.32
9. United States  Chris Evert 1978 60-3 95.24
10. United States  Serena Williams 2013 78–4 95.12
* Minimum 50 wins

Winning streaks

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Player Wins
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 74 (1984)
2. West Germany  Steffi Graf 66 (1989–90)
3. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 58 (1986–87)
4. United States  Chris Evert 56 (1974)
5. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 54 (1983–84)
6. West Germany  Steffi Graf 46 (1988)
7. West Germany  Steffi Graf 45 (1987)
8. United States  Chris Evert 42 (1975–76)
9. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 41 (1982)
10. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 39 (1982–83)

Year-end Championships

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Titles # Years
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 8 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (2)
2. Germany  Steffi Graf 5 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
United States  Serena Williams 2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
4. United States  Chris Evert 4 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /United States  Monica Seles 3 1990, 1991, 1992
Belgium  Kim Clijsters 2002, 2003, 2010
Matches won #
1. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 60
2. United States  Chris Evert 34
3. Germany  Steffi Graf 31
4. United States  Serena Williams 29
5. Argentina  Gabriela Sabatini 21
Russia  Maria Sharapova
Win % W–L *
1. United States  Serena Williams 83.33 30–6
2. Germany  Steffi Graf 81.57 31–7
3. Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 81.08 60–14
4. United States  Chris Evert 79.07 34–9
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /United States  Monica Seles 75.00 18–6
* Minimum 18 wins
Not losing a set Year
Czech Republic /United States  Martina Navratilova 1984, 1985 (2)
United States  Serena Williams 2001, 2012 (2)
Argentina  Gabriela Sabatini 1988
Belgium  Kim Clijsters 2002
Poland  Iga Świątek 2023

WTA 1000 level records (since inception as "Tier One" in 1988)

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  • Only WTA 1000 and their predecessor (Tier 1 in 1990-2008, Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 in 2009-2020) level tournament records are included.
  • Tier 1 tournaments were played on 3 surfaces, one of which (carpet) ceased to be used from around 1995.

Titles by court type

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Hard #
1. United States  Serena Williams 16
2. Belarus  Victoria Azarenka 10
3. Russia  Maria Sharapova 9
4. West Germany  Steffi Graf 8
5. United States  Venus Williams 7
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /United States  Monica Seles 6
Belgium  Kim Clijsters
Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki
Romania  Simona Halep
Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová
Poland  Iga Świątek
Clay #
1. West Germany  Steffi Graf 8
Spain  Conchita Martínez
3. United States  Serena Williams 7
4. Switzerland  Martina Hingis 5
Belgium  Justine Henin
6. France  Amélie Mauresmo 4
Argentina  Gabriela Sabatini
Russia  Maria Sharapova
Poland  Iga Świątek
9. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /United States  Monica Seles 3
Russia  Dinara Safina
Serbia  Jelena Janković
Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová
Romania  Simona Halep

WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)

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  • As of April 1, 2024
  • Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive streaks

Youngest WTA No. 1[7]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
Switzerland  Martina Hingis 16 years, 152 days 9 September 1980 1 March 1997

Oldest WTA No. 1[8]

Name Age Date of Birth Date of Achievement
United States  Serena Williams 35 years, 224 days 26 September 1981 8 May 2017

Most career singles wins over world No. 1

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This table lists the players with the most career singles wins over the world No. 1 ranked player since the Women's Tennis Association began computerized rankings on November 3, 1975.

Source: 2012 WTA Media Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 178. Updated: Nov. 30, 2020

Lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1

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This table lists the lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1 ranked player since the Women's Tennis Association began computerized rankings on November 3, 1975. (Not including matches in which No.1-ranked player retired.)

Lowest-ranked players to win a singles title

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The following table lists players ranked 200 and lower, that have won a WTA title.

Ranking[9] Player Tournament
Unranked Australia  Evonne Goolagong 1977 Australian Open
Unranked Croatia  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1997 Bol
Unranked Belgium  Kim Clijsters 2009 U.S. Open
579 Indonesia  Angelique Widjaja 2001 Bali
508 Ukraine  Elina Svitolina 2023 Strasbourg
299 Russia  Margarita Gasparyan 2018 Tashkent
285 Colombia  Fabiola Zuluaga 2002 Bogotá
259 Austria  Tamira Paszek 2006 Portorož
246 Russia  Maria Timofeeva 2023 Budapest
237 Germany  Tatjana Maria 2022 Bogotá
234 United States  Lindsay Davenport 2007 Bali
233 Czech Republic  Markéta Vondroušová 2017 Biel Bienne
209 Romania  Alexandra Dulgheru 2009 Warsaw
208 United States  Melanie Oudin 2012 Birmingham
207 Argentina  Federica Haumüller 1989 Guarujá
205 Japan  Kumiko Okamoto 1989 Tokyo
201 Czech Republic  Petra Langrová 1988 Paris

WTA Tour doubles career records

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Most doubles titles won

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Other selected achievements

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Youngest winners of a singles title

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  • Only the first tournament won by each player is listed.
Age at first WTA title[10] Event
14y 6m United States  Jennifer Capriati 1990 Puerto Rico Open
14y 7m United States  Andrea Jaeger 1980 Las Vegas
15y 1m Croatia  Mirjana Lučić 1997 Bol
15y 3m Czech Republic  Nicole Vaidišová 2004 Vancouver
15y 4m Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Monica Seles 1989 Houston
15y 5m Argentina  Gabriela Sabatini 1985 Japan
15y 7m United States  Coco Gauff 2019 Linz
15y 8m Germany  Anke Huber 1990 Schenectady
17y 3m   Mirra Andreeva 2024 Iași Open

Oldest winners of a singles title

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  • Only the last tournament won by each player is listed.
Age at latest WTA title Event
39y 7m United States  Billie Jean King 1983 Edgbaston Cup
38y 11m Japan  Kimiko Date-Krumm 2009 Hansol Korea Open
38y 3m United States  Serena Williams 2020 ASB Classic
37y 4m United States  Martina Navratilova 1994 Open Gaz de France
36y 9m Italy  Francesca Schiavone 2017 Copa Colsanitas
35y 8m Germany  Tatjana Maria 2023 Copa Colsanitas
35y 7m United States  Venus Williams 2016 Taiwan Open
35y 2m Hungary  Marie Pinterová 1981 Japan Open
34y 11m Brazil  Maria Bueno 1974 Japan Open
34y 6m West Germany  Helga Niessen Masthoff 1976 British Hard Court Championships

Longest gap between titles

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Gap[11] Player From To
16 years, 4 months Croatia  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1998 Bol 2014 Quebec City
13 years, 1 month Japan  Kimiko Date-Krumm 1996 San Diego 2009 Seoul
12 years, 6 months Romania  Sorana Cîrstea 2008 Tashkent 2021 İstanbul
9 years, 9 months France  Pauline Parmentier 2008 Bad Gastein 2018 İstanbul
8 years, 9 months Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /Australia  Jelena Dokic 2002 Birmingham 2011 Kuala Lumpur

WTA career prize money leaders

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As of November 11, 2024

Since September 1970:

  • 530 players have earned at least US$1 million.
  • 326 players have earned at least US$2 million.
  • 156 players have earned at least US$5 million.
  • 73 players have earned at least US$10 million.
  • 40 players have earned at least US$15 million.
  • 25 players have earned at least US$20 million.
  • 13 players have earned at least US$25 million.
  • 10 players have earned at least US$30 million.
  • 3 players have earned at least US$40 million.
  • 1 player has earned at least US$50 million.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Martina Navratilova record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Chris Evert record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Virginia Wade record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Venus Williams record". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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  8. ^ admin (29 January 2016). "The Serena Williams Stats You Need".
  9. ^ "The resurgent Margarita Gasparyan outplayed Anastasia Potapova in an all-Russian contest to claim her second WTA title at the Tashkent Open". www.wtatour.com.
  10. ^ 2012 Official Guide to Professional Tennis, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 253
  11. ^ "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni's Record-Breaking Quebec Title". Tennis Now.
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