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List of Grand Slam women's singles champions

List of Grand Slam women's singles champions

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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. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the Open Era). Since then, 60 women have won at least one grand slam.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Margaret Court has 24 singles majors, an all-time record. In 1970, Court became the first woman during the Open Era to win the singles Grand Slam.
Serena Williams is the winner of 23 major singles titles.
Steffi Graf – winner of 22 Major singles titles, and the only person to win the Golden Slam (1988).
Helen Wills Moody – winner of 19 Major titles, the first woman to win more than 10 titles.
Chris Evert has won 18 Major titles, tied for the fifth most with Martina Navratilova.
Martina Navratilova has won 18 Major titles, tied for the fifth most with Chris Evert.

All of these tournaments have been listed based on the modern definition of a tennis major, rather than when they were officially recognized by the ILTF. The Australian, French Championships, and U.S. tournaments were officially recognized by the ILTF in 1924, though the French Championships were not played in 1924 because of the Olympics. The United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) had several grievances with the ILTF and refused to join when it was formed in 1913.[9]

From 1913 to 1923 there were three official championships recognized by the ILTF:

During that same time period the USLTA recognized the U.S. National Championships and did not recognize any world championship.

Champions by year

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  1. On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Belarus will be not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Aryna Sabalenka thus competed as neutral player since then and her two titles are not attributed to Belarus in the "Grand Slam titles by country" list.[15]

Champions list

Tournament record and active players indicated in bold.
Only players with three or more Grand Slam titles are included in the list.

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  • 130 players have won at least one of the 457 majors that have been played.

Grand Slam titles by decade

Grand Slam achievements

These are players who achieved some form of a tennis Grand Slam. 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.

H Hard court C Clay court G Grass court Cp Carpet court

Grand Slam

Players who held all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously (in a calendar year).[16]

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Non-calendar year Grand Slam

Players who held all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously (not in a calendar year).
From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was the last major tournament held in a season.

Career Grand Slam

Players who won all four Grand Slam titles over the course of their careers.
Until 1977 the 4 Slams were played on 2 different surfaces (grass, clay). After 1978 they were contested on 3.

  • The event at which the Career Grand Slam was completed indicated in bold.
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Golden Slam

Players who held all four Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold medal simultaneously.

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Career Golden Slam

Players who won all four Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold medal over the course of their careers.[17][18]

  • The event at which the Career Golden Slam was completed indicated in bold.
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Career Super Slam

Players who won all four Grand Slam titles, the Olympic gold medal and the year-end championship over the course of their careers.

  • The event at which the Career Super Slam was completed indicated in bold.
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Multiple titles in a season

 Player won all four major tournaments in the same year.

Three titles

 Surface Slam (major titles on 3 different surfaces in the same season).[lower-alpha 1]
  1. The Australian Open was played on grass until 1987, and the US Open was played on grass until 1977.
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Two titles

 Three-Quarter Slam (3 major titles in the same season).[19]
 Channel Slam (French and Wimbledon title double).
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Tournament statistics

Most titles per tournament

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Consecutive titles

AO Australian Open WIM Wimbledon
FO French Open USO US Open
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  1. Australian Open was held in December from 1977 through 1985.

Grand Slam titles by country

All-time

as of 2024 Australian Open.

204 
 United States (45 players)
65 
 Australia (18 players)
52 
 Great Britain (21 players)
30 
Germany Germany / West Germany (4 players)
17 
 France (7 players)
11 
 Belgium (2 players)
10 
 Yugoslavia /  FR Yugoslavia /  Serbia (3 players)
9 
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (5 players)
8 
 Russia (3 players)
7 
 Brazil (1 player),  Spain (3 players)
5 
  Switzerland (1 player)
4 
 Japan (1 player),  Norway (1 player),  Poland (1 player)
3 
 Romania (2 players)
2 
 Belarus (1 player)[lower-alpha 1],  China (1 player),  Italy (2 players)
1 
 Argentina,  Canada,  Chile,  Croatia,  Denmark,  Hungary,  Kazakhstan,  Latvia,  Netherlands

Open era

as of 2024 Australian Open.

88 
 United States (14 players)
25 
Germany West Germany / Germany (2 players)
24 
 Australia (6 players)
11 
 Belgium (2 players)
10 
 Yugoslavia /  FR Yugoslavia /  Serbia (3 players)
9 
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (5 players)
8 
 Russia (3 players)
7 
 Spain (3 players)
6 
 Great Britain (4 players)
5 
 France (3 players),   Switzerland (1 player)
4 
 Japan (1 player),  Poland (1 player)
3 
 Romania (2 players)
2 
 Belarus (1 player)[lower-alpha 1],  China (1 player),  Italy (2 players)
1 
 Argentina,  Canada,  Croatia,  Denmark,  Kazakhstan,  Latvia
Note
  1. On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Belarus will be not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Aryna Sabalenka thus competed as neutral player since then and her two titles are not attributed to Belarus in the "Grand Slam titles by country" list.[20]

See also


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