WTA Tour records

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

For Grand Slam records in the Open Era, see Open Era tennis records – Women's singles.
For all-time Grand Slam records, see All-time tennis records – Women's singles.

Titles and finals

Most titles / finals at a single tournament

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

Most titles won in a season in Open Era

Consecutive records

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

Matches won on all surfaces

Played #
1. / Martina Navratilova[3] 1661
2. Chris Evert[4] 1455
3. Tatjana Maria 1245
4. Varvara Lepchenko 1207
5. Sara Errani 1206
6. Virginia Wade[5] 1168
7. Arantxa Rus 1159
8. Patty Schnyder 1099
9. Venus Williams[6] 1096
10. Francesca Schiavone 1093
Won #
1. / Martina Navratilova 1442
2. Chris Evert 1309
3. Steffi Graf 900
4. Serena Williams 858
5. Virginia Wade 839
6. Venus Williams 818
7. Arantxa Sánchez 765
8. Lindsay Davenport 733
9. Conchita Martínez 719
10. Arantxa Rus 712
Played (active) #
1. Tatjana Maria 1245
2. Varvara Lepchenko 1207
3. Arantxa Rus 1159
4. Arina Rodionova 1053
5. Karolína Plíšková 1013
6. Alizé Cornet 1008
7. Zhang Shuai 1003
8. Laura Siegemund 997
9. Sorana Cîrstea 976
10. Petra Kvitová 926
Won (active) #
1. Arantxa Rus 712
2. Tatjana Maria 694
3. Varvara Lepchenko 690
4. Karolína Plíšková 641
5. Victoria Azarenka 635
6. Petra Kvitová 634
7. Laura Siegemund 594

Correct as of 16 June 2025

Match wins per court type

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

Winning percentages

Career winning percentage

  • 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. Margaret Court 91.37 593–56
2. Chris Evert 89.96 1309–146
3. Steffi Graf 88.69 902–115
4. / Martina Navratilova 86.81 1442–219
5. Serena Williams 84.91 855–152
6. / Monica Seles 82.98 595–122
7. Justine Henin 81.95 527–116
8. Billie Jean King 81.76 695–155
9. Iga Świątek 81.70 384–86
10. Evonne Goolagong 81.01 704–165
* Minimum 200 wins
Hard % W–L
1. Chris Evert 91.57 478–44
2. Steffi Graf 89.65 338–39
3. / Martina Navratilova 87.00 375–56
4. Serena Williams 85.33 535–92
5. / Monica Seles 83.82 311–60
6. Kim Clijsters 82.69 325–68
7. Justine Henin 81.98 273–60
8. Lindsay Davenport 79.93 466–117
9. Martina Hingis 79.47 302–78
10. Maria Sharapova 78.49 387–106
* Minimum 200 wins
Clay % W–L
1. Chris Evert 94.55 382–22
2. Steffi Graf 88.57 279–36
3. Iga Świątek 88.39 137–18
4. / Monica Seles 85.02 142–25
5. Justine Henin 84.89 163–29
6. Serena Williams 82.49 179–38
7. Maria Sharapova 82.38 159–34
8. Martina Hingis 81.34 109–25
9. / Martina Navratilova 80.30 208–51
10. Gabriela Sabatini 79.44 201–52
* Minimum 100 wins
Grass % W–L
1. / Martina Navratilova 88.72 307–39
2. Serena Williams 87.70 107–15
3. Chris Evert 87.36 242–35
4. Steffi Graf 85.00 85–15
5. Justine Henin 82.81 53–11
6. Venus Williams 81.66 98–22
7. Maria Sharapova 79.80 83–21
8. Jana Novotná 79.00 79–21
9. Kim Clijsters 77.77 56–16
10. Pam Shriver 77.17 186–55
* Minimum 50 wins
Carpet % W–L
1. / Martina Navratilova 93.13 515–38
2. Steffi Graf 90.43 189–20
3. Chris Evert 88.51 208–27
4. Lindsay Davenport 83.82 114–22
5. / Monica Seles 83.74 103–20
6. Tracy Austin 81.90 95–21
7. Kim Clijsters 81.25 52–12
8. Hana Mandlíková 80.63 129–31
9. Martina Hingis 78.69 96–26
10. Venus Williams 74.24 49–17
* Minimum 40 wins

Single season winning percentage

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

Winning streaks

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

Year-end Championships

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

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

  • 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

Hard #
1. Serena Williams 16
2. Victoria Azarenka 10
3. Maria Sharapova 9
4. Steffi Graf 8
5. Venus Williams 7
6. / Monica Seles 6
Kim Clijsters
Caroline Wozniacki
Simona Halep
Petra Kvitová
Iga Świątek
Aryna Sabalenka
Clay #
1. Steffi Graf 8
Conchita Martínez
3. Serena Williams 7
4. Martina Hingis 5
Justine Henin
6. Amélie Mauresmo 4
Gabriela Sabatini
Maria Sharapova
Iga Świątek
10. / Monica Seles 3
Dinara Safina
Jelena Janković
Petra Kvitová
Simona Halep
Aryna Sabalenka

WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)

Main article: WTA rankings
  • 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
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
Serena Williams 35 years, 224 days 26 September 1981 8 May 2017

Most career singles wins over world No. 1

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

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

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

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

WTA Tour doubles career records

Most doubles titles won

Other selected achievements

Youngest winners of a singles title

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

Oldest winners of a singles title

  • Only the last tournament won by each player is listed.
Age at latest WTA title Event
39y 7m Billie Jean King 1983 Edgbaston Cup
38y 11m Kimiko Date-Krumm 2009 Hansol Korea Open
38y 3m Serena Williams 2020 ASB Classic
37y 10m Tatjana Maria 2025 Queen's Club Championship
37y 4m Martina Navratilova 1994 Open Gaz de France
36y 9m Francesca Schiavone 2017 Copa Colsanitas
35y 7m Venus Williams 2016 Taiwan Open
35y 2m Marie Pinterová 1981 Japan Open
34y 11m Maria Bueno 1974 Japan Open
34y 6m Helga Niessen Masthoff 1976 British Hard Court Championships

Longest gap between titles

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

WTA career prize money leaders

As of June 23, 2025

Since September 1970:

  • 545 players have earned at least US$1 million.
  • 338 players have earned at least US$2 million.
  • 160 players have earned at least US$5 million.
  • 75 players have earned at least US$10 million.
  • 41 players have earned at least US$15 million.
  • 26 players have earned at least US$20 million.
  • 15 players have earned at least US$25 million.
  • 10 players have earned at least US$30 million.
  • 4 players have earned at least US$40 million.
  • 1 player has earned at least US$50 million.

See also

References

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  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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