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WTA records

 

RANKING  RECORDS

Most weeks at No.1 : Steffi Graf (377 weeks)

Most weeks at No.1 (doubles ranking) : Martina Navratilova (237 weeks)

Most consecutive weeks at No.1 : Steffi Graf (186 weeks)

Most consecutive weeks at No.1 (doubles ranking) : Martina Navratilova (191 weeks)

Most years ended at No.1 : Steffi Graf (8 years)

Most consecutive years ended at No.1 : Martina Navratilova (5 years from 1982-1986)

Youngest player to end a year at No.1 : Martina Hingis (17 years, 2 months in 1997)

Youngest No.1 player : Martina Hingis (16 years, 6 months in 1997)

Oldest No.1 player : Chris Evert (30 years, 11 months in 1985)

Most years ended in the Top 10 : Martina Navratilova (20 years from 1975-1994)

Most consecutive years ended in the Top 5 : Martina Navratilova (19 years from 1975-1993)

Most consecutive years ended in the Top 10 : Martina Navratilova (20 years - 1975-1994)

Youngest player in the Top 10 : Martina Hingis (16 years in 1996)

Youngest player to be ranked in singles : Stephanie Rehe (13 years, 2 months in 1983)

 

EARNINGS  RECORDS

Most prize money won in a career : Serena Williams (32′773′004 $)

Most prize money won in a single season : Serena Williams (6′545′586 $ in 2009)

 

GRAND  SLAMS, FED  CUP  AND  YEAR - END  CHAMPIONSHIP

Most Grand Slam singles titles : Margaret Smith Court (24 titles)

Most Grand Slam doubles titles : Martina Navratilova (31 titles)

Most Grand Slam mixed doubles titles : Margaret Smith Court (19 titles)

Most Grand Slam combined titles : Margaret Smith Court (62 titles - 24 in singles, 19 in doubles and 19 in mixes doubles)

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles titles : Maurenn Connolly, Margaret Smith Court, Martina Navratilova (6 titles)

Best career Grand Slam match winning percentage : Margaret Smith Court (90% - 210-23)

Most years with at least one Grand Slam singles title : Chris Evert (13 years from 1974-1986)

Most Grand Slam singles finals : Chris Evert (34 finals)

Most consecutive Grand Slam finals : Steffi Graf (13 finals from 1987-1990)

Most consecutive Grand Slam semifinals : Martina Navratilova (19 semifinals between 1983-1988)

Most losses in Grand Slam finals : Chris Evert (16 finals)

Most Grand Slam appearances : Amy Frazier (71 participations)

Most consecutive Grand Slam appearances : Ai Sugiyama (60 participations from 1994-2009)

Most Grand Slam singles matches won : Martina Navratilova (306 matches)

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles matches won : Maurenn Connolly (50 matches from 1952-1954)

Most Grand Slam singles titles in one year (four titles) : Maureen Connolly (1953), Margaret Smith Court (1970), Steffi Graf (1988)

Youngest Grand Slam singles winner : Lottie Dod (15 years, 285 days in 1887)

Oldest Grand Slam singles winner : Charlotte Sterry (37 years, 282 days in 1908)

Most Fed Cup titles : United States (17 titles)

Most Year-End Championship titles : Martina Navratilova (8 titles)

 

TITLES  RECORDS

Most singles titles : Martina Navratilova (167 titles)

Most doubles titles : Martina Navratilova (177 titles)

Most singles and doubles titles : Martina Navratilova (344 titles)

Most singles titles in a season : Margaret Smith Court (21 titles in 1970)

Most doubles titles in a season : Billie Jean King (21 titles in 1971)

Most singles and doubles titles in a season : Billie Jean King (38 titles in 1971)

Most singles titles on clay courts : Chris Evert (66 titles)

Most singles titles on hard courts : Chris Evert (53 titles)

Most singles titles on indoor carpet courts : Martina Navratilova (88 titles)

Most singles titles at the same event : Martina Navratilova (12 titles - Chicago)

Most tournaments won in singles and doubles at the same event : Martina Navratilova (84 titles)

Most years with at least one singles title : Martina Navratilova (21 years from 1974-1994)

 

MOST  MATCHES  WON

Most singles matches won : Martina Navratilova (1442 wins)

Most doubles matches won : Martina Navratilova (1044 wins)

Most singles and doubles matches won : Martina Navratilova (2486 matches)

Most singles matches won in a season : Billie Jean King (112 matches in 1971)

Most doubles matches won in a season : Billie Jean King (80 matches in 1971)

Most singles and doubles matches won in a season : Billie Jean King (192 matches in 1971)

Best career match winning percentage : Chris Evert (90,0% - 1309-146)

Best match winning percentage in a season : Martina Navratilova (98,9% - 86-1 in 1983)

Most consecutive singles matches won : Martina Navratilova (74 matches in 1984)

Most consecutive singles matches won on clay courts : Chris Evert (125 matches from 1973-1979)

 

OTHER  WTA  RECORDS 

Most singles matches played in a career : Martina Navratilova (1661 matches)

Most singles matches played in a season : Billie Jean King (125 matches in 1971)

Most consecutive sets won : Martina Navratilova (74 sets in 1984)

Most singles finals played : Martina Navratilova (239 finals)

Most consecutive singles finals played : Martina Navratilova (23 finals from 1983-1984)

Most tournaments played : Martina Navratilova (390 tournaments)

Most singles finals between the same players : Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert (61 finals - 36-25)

Most matches between the same players : Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (80 matches - 43-37)

Youngest singles title winner on the WTA Tour : Tracy Austin (14 years, 28 days - Portland 1977)

Oldest singles title winner on the WTA Tour : Billie Jean King (39 years, 7 months - Birmingham 1983)

Oldest doubles title winner on the WTA Tour : Martina Navratilova (49 years, 9 months - Montreal 2006)

Most finals at the same event : Martina Navratiova (14 finals in Chicago)

Youngest player to compete in a WTA Tour event : Stephanie Rehe (13 years, 1 month in 1982)

The longest singles match : Vicki Nelson - Jean Hepner (6 hours, 31 minutes - 6:4 7:6 - Richmond 1984)

The longest tie-break : Vicki Nelson - Jean Hepner (1 hour, 47 minutes - 13:11 - Richmond 1984)

The longest point : Vicki Nelson - Jean Hepner (643 strokes - Richmond 1984)

Most consecutive points won : Yaroslava Shvedova (23 consecutive points against Amy Frazier - Memphis 2003)

 

SERVE  RECORDS

Fastest serve in a main draw event : Sabine Lisicki (210 km/h [130 mph] - Bali 2009)

Most aces in one match : Brenda Schulz-McCarthy (22 aces - Birmingham 1994)

Most double faults in one match : Anna Kournikova (31 double faults - Australian Open 1999)

 

HEIGHT  RECORD

The tallest player on the WTA circuit : Akgul Amanmuradova (190 cm / 6 ft 3 in)