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They include a Grand Slam, non-calendar year Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam, Career Golden Slam, and Career Super Slam. No player has won a single season Super Slam. The tennis Open Era began in 1968, after the Australian Open and before the French Open.
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.
This is a list of all the Grand Slam women's singles finals in tennis. [1] From the 1884 Wimbledon Championships up to and including the 2022 Australian Open, there have been 449 finals contested between 221 different women, with 126 champions emerging.
[citation needed] In 1985, Martina Navratilova reached the final in all Grand Slam events held that year, equaling the record of eleven final appearances set by Court in 1963 and repeated a year later. [citation needed] Twelve unique players (nine women and three men) have won at least six major championships in one calendar year. [citation needed]
The current Grand Slams are the four most prestigious tournaments in the world held every year, they are distinguished by participation from almost every top player and by their two-week duration, 128-player draw in women's singles. It's extremely rare for a player to win all four tournaments, "the Grand Slam", in one calendar year.
This is a list of Women's Tennis Association ... Grand Slam tournaments ... Winner Year [2] Titles 1. Margaret Court: 1970: 21 2.
Pages in category "Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's singles" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs, ending the division that had persisted in men's tennis since the dawn of the sport in the 19th century. The first "open" tournament was held in Bournemouth, England, [1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament a month later. [2]