Greatest women's tennis player
Sixteen of the finest women in tennis history, from Suzanne Lenglen to the present day.
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- Serena Williams — American with 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of the Open Era.
- Steffi Graf — German with 22 Grand Slam titles, the 1988 'Golden Slam' and a record 377 weeks at world No. 1.
- Martina Navratilova — Czech-born American with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record nine at Wimbledon.
- Chris Evert — American baseline great with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including seven French Opens.
- Margaret Court — Australian with a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles and the 1970 calendar-year Grand Slam.
- Billie Jean King — American with 12 Grand Slam singles titles; founded the WTA and won the 1973 'Battle of the Sexes'.
- Monica Seles — Yugoslav-born American with nine Grand Slam titles, eight of them won before she turned 20.
- Venus Williams — American with seven Grand Slam singles titles, including five at Wimbledon.
- Justine Henin — Belgian with a celebrated one-handed backhand; seven Grand Slam titles, four at Roland Garros.
- Martina Hingis — Swiss prodigy who became world No. 1 at 16 in 1997; five Grand Slam singles titles.
- Maureen Connolly — American 'Little Mo', who won the calendar-year Grand Slam in 1953.
- Suzanne Lenglen — French star of the 1920s who won Wimbledon six times and lost only a handful of matches.
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley — Australian with seven Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1971 and 1980.
- Maria Sharapova — Russian former world No. 1 who won all four Grand Slam titles, five in total.
- Helen Wills Moody — American who dominated the late 1920s and 1930s with 19 Grand Slam singles titles, including eight at Wimbledon.
- Iga Świątek — Polish multiple Grand Slam champion with several French Open titles and a long spell at world No. 1.