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10 Greatest Female Tennis Player of All Time – Most Grand Slam Tournament Winner Ever

Do you know who are 10 Greatest Female Tennis Player of all time? We bring you the list of 10 Best Player in Tennis history based on the number of Grand Slam Tournament victory. Grand Slam performance are the perfect benchmark to judge a player because World’s top player compete with each other. Below is the list of 10 Legendary and Greatest Female Tennis Player of all time.

10 Greatest Female Tennis Player of All Time

1. Margaret Court – 24 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
No other player holds so many record as Margaret Court in Tennis History. She is considered as Greatest Female Tennis Player of All Time with 24 Grand Slam Tournament Victory in Singles only. Her 11 Australian Open Win is a record in all categories.
Apart from 24 Singles title, she also won 19 Grand Slam Tournament in Doubles and 21 Grand Slam Tournament in Mixed doubles. She is the only one in all of tennis history to complete a multiple slam set in all three disciplines: singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. With 64 Grand Slam titles she is far ahead from other Tennis Legends.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open
W (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
French Open W (1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973)
Wimbledon W (1963, 1965, 1970)
US Open W (1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973)
2. Steffi Graf – 22 Grand Slam Tournament VictoryYear 1988 – Steffi Graf won Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic Gold Medal. By doing that she became only Tennis Player in History to achieve Calendar Year Golden Slam. This makes her one of the Greatest Female Tennis Player of all time and ranked among top tennis player in both Male & Female Category.
She won each of the four Majors at least four times, the only player to do so. Graf was ranked World No. 1 by the Women’s for a record 377 total weeks—the longest period for which any player, male or female, has held the number-one ranking.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open
W (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994)
French Open W (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999)
Wimbledon W (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996)
US Open W (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996)
3. Serena Williams – 21 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
A powerful and fearless player who recently became oldest player to become number one ranked Women Tennis Player in history. Serena Williams has won 20 Grand Slam Tournament in Singles, 13 in Doubles and 2 in Mixed Doubles. She also won 1 Olympic Gold in Singles and 3 Olympic Gold in Doubles with her sister Venus Williams. Her achievement on Tennis court shows her greatness and thats why she is considered as among Greatest Female Tennis Player of All Time.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015)
French Open W (2002, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon W (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012,2015)
US Open W (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
4. Martina Navratilova – 18 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
Martina Navratilova is One of the greatest Female Tennis Player of all time. With 18 Singles Victory at Grand Slam she remained one of the most successful player during her long career which lasted for around 40 Years. She won 32 Doubles Title and 10 Mixed Doubles title as well.
Navratilova holds the records for most singles titles (167) and for most doubles titles (177) in the open era. Her record as No.1 in singles (1982–86) is the most dominant in professional tennis. Over five consecutive seasons, she won 428 of 442 singles matches. Navratilova was World No. 1 for a total of 332 weeks in singles, and a record 237 weeks in doubles, making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200 weeks.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1981, 1983, 1985)
French Open W (1982, 1984)
Wimbledon W (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990)
US Open W (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987)
5. Helen Wills-Moody – 19 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
Legendary American Tennis Star who is described as the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete. She became the Queen of Tennis court by winning 19 Grand Slam Tournament in Singles Category. Her incomparable talent on court and her achievement makes her one of the Greatest Female Tennis Player in history.
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open W (1928, 1929, 1930, 1932)
Wimbledon W (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938)
US Open W (1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931)
6. Chris Evert – 18 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
One of the most popular Women Tennis Player whose record speaks about her greatness on court. She won 18 Grand Slam Singles title which is fifth highest for a Female Tennis player.
Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any player, man or woman, in the history of professional tennis. She reached the semifinals or better, in singles, of 52 of the 56 Grand Slams she played. She is the only Tennis Player in history who never lost in 1st and 2nd Round of a Grand Slam tournament. All her records and achievements is the reason she is considered among greatest female tennis player.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1982, 1984)
French Open W (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986)
Wimbledon W (1974, 1976, 1981)
US Open W (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982)
7. Billie Jean King – 12 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
6 time Wimbledon Champ and overall 12 Grand Single victory in all four Grand Slam makes her one of the most successful and greatest female tennis player ever. She also won 16 women’s doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1968)
French Open W (1972)
Wimbledon W (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975)
US Open W (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974)
8. Maureen Connolly – 9 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
Connolly’s short career is only a glimpse of what she could have achieved if she did not have that injury. At the time when she had to retire because of leg injury, she was 19 and have won 9 Grand slam Singles Title. She is the first Female tennis player to win all Grand Slam in a single year.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1953)
French Open W (1953, 1954)
Wimbledon W (1952, 1953, 1954)
US Open W (1951, 1952, 1953)
9. Monica Seles – 9 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
Monica Seles hit the button of success at the age of 16 when she became youngest French Open Champion. From there she went on to become one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She won 9 Grand Slam Single title, though never been able to win Wimbledon. An unfortunate incident of a man stabbing her in the back on court forced her to take a long leave from Tennis. She came back strongly and won Australian Open again.
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996)
French Open W (1990, 1991, 1992)
Wimbledon F (1992)
US Open W (1991, 1992)
10. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory – 8 Grand Slam Tournament Victory
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis legend who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars.
Lenglen’s 241 titles, 181 match winning streak and 341-7 (97.99%) match record is just hard to imagine, leave aside repeating in modern Tennis.
These are name of Greatest Female Tennis player with number of Grand Slam Tournament they won. Like and Share this list of finest and best Women Lawn Tennis Players with your friends.

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