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Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In January 2024, she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 42, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Шарапова, romanized: Mariya Yuryevna Sharapova, pronounced [mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə] ⓘ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks.
Maria Sakkari (Greek: Μαρία Σάκκαρη, pronounced [maˈri.a ˈsakari]; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player, tied with Stefanos Tsitsipas.
After breaking onto the professional tennis scene at just 14 years old in 2001, Maria Sharapova quickly became one of the sport’s biggest stars. In between, the 6-foot-2 Russia-born star reached ...
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked singles player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of ...
This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria: Singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1975; Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament; Reached the finals of or won the year ...
Stefanie Maria Graf (/ ɡ r ɑː f, ɡ r æ f / GRA(H)F, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ⓘ; [4] [5] born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. [a] Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 a ...
In March 2012, The Tennis Channel named Navratilova as the second greatest female tennis player of all times, behind Steffi Graf, in their list of 100 greatest tennis players of all times. [ 133 ] On August 2, 2013, Navratilova was among the first class of inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame .