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Martina Navratilova has won 18 major titles, tied for the fifth most with Chris Evert. This article details the list of women's singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions. Some major changes have taken place in history and have affected the number of titles that have been won by various players.
Winning the four majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics has been called a "Golden Slam" since 1988. [1] Winning all four plus gold at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Golden Slam". Winning the Year-end Championship also having won a Golden Slam is referred to as a "Super Slam".
Most career singles wins over world No. 1 [ edit ] 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.
[citation needed] The French Championship tennis tournament at the time was a domestic competition not recognized as an international major. [ citation needed ] At the time, the major clay court event (actual precursor of the French Open in its current international format) was the World Hard Court Championships , where Suzanne Lenglen also ...
Female tennis players who have won at least one of the four Grand Slam titles in singles. 130 women have won at least one of the 460 majors staged. They are listed here in order of their first win. Players in bold are still active.
List of Grand Slam women's doubles champions; List of Grand Slam girls' singles champions; List of Grand Slam girls' doubles champions; List of women's wheelchair tennis champions; List of Grand Slam women's singles finals; Tennis performance timeline comparison (women) Tennis performance timeline comparison (women) (1884–1977)
The leaders in these tournaments since 1990 are (5+ total titles): Important note: by setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in high level tournaments from the previous years. High category tournaments equivalent to Tier 1/Premier/WTA 1000 existed before 1990, and the Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games ...
Novak Djokovic, won the most all-time men's singles major titles (24). Serena Williams , won the most women's singles major titles in the Open Era (23). Chris Evert , won the most women's singles titles on clay in the Open Era (70).