I totally disagree with Tashbi. What both Seles and Laver still achieved in Grand Slam tournaments without those peak years being counted due to those circumstances, is truly phenomenal. Melek Hu. Kudos to her for that. Although I disagreed with Seles being ranked as low as she was at number 6, at least the author used a subjective opinion by putting Seles above Billie Jean King, who won more Grand Slam singles titles than Seles, due to the horrific incident Seles had to ensure, and Seles would have definitely passed Billie Jean King on Grand Slam singles titles, otherwise. My favorite had been the Swiss Miss Martina Hingis. When or maybe if Serena beats her record she will be the best possibly. The issue is who are the greatest female tennis players of all time. Evert was the year-ending number one player in the world for seven years and had a career winning percentage in singles matches of over 90 percent. Question: So who is currently the best active female tennis player? Sharapova won every Grand Slam singles title. Answer: Maria Bueno had a great career that included winning 7 Grand Slam singles titles, 3 Wimbledon and 4 US Open . Does she belong in the top 10 women's tennis players all-time? Her singles career was relatively short due to injuries and her first retirement came in 2003 at just 22 years of age. As difficult as it was to choose the top 10 all-time greatest male tennis players, the women's top 10 proved no easier. Shishka, if you had bothered to follow what Djokovic said in the media a few days ago, he admitted that was a reason he was playing in the US Open, when so many other top players have withdrawn due to the coronavirus. So many other players deserve to be there and not Hingis. As of February 2022, Iga Swiatek was the number one player in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking. You can see the number of sets and points from qualifying to the finals. Alexandra knows her tennis. Her best performance in a Grand Slam singles match was a runner up at Wimbledon. There was one guy on the greatest mens player of any time, not me, who claimed Nadal and Djokovic were cheating. Congratulations Margaret! Smith was born at Albury, New South Wales, in July 1942. Monica Seles was a better player than Steffi Graf. Alternative facts apparently being used as the criteria. However, I felt he was dominating too much and playing for too long that I simply fell in love with the fighting spirit of Nadal and want Nadal to overtake Federer on Grand Slam singles titles won. Hingis was too young to understand that at the time. In 1976, she was ranked number one in the world. Add in her 19 doubles and 19 mixed doubles titles and Court has a record 62 Major titles to her credit. Is power the criteria for being GOAT? Martina Hingis and Martina Navratilova both were great players, Steffi Graf is with no doubt about it the Best player of all time .grand slam and gold medal in the same year ?? It wouldn't be fair to describe Margaret Court as just an Australian tennis star: with more major titles than any player (male or female), she's widely considered as one of the greatest tennis players ever, period. Certainly sharapova fans seem to have emerged all at once Or there is a set of fans right now active atleast. Shishka, we will keep going on about Grand Slam titles because the article is about the GREATEST female tennis players of all time, not the favourite female tennis players of all time. Almost like stepping up against Tyson. Joey, Hingis is the one of the most overrated tennis player of all time. Answer: Most of the women's Grand Slam titles have been won from behind the baseline. No disrespect to Steffi, Martina, and Margaret, but Serena now deserves the distinction as the greatest of all time. 1 and she held that ranking for a total of 260 weeks. We are talking about the best overall Grand Slam singles record on all surfaces for the greatest players of all time, not who was better to watch. Champions Corner: Aryna Sabalenka finally breaks through The Australian Open champion discusses the humility and hard work it took to put her in a position to win her maiden major title. We have compiled a list of top tennis players who died at a young age. There have been so many great women players over the last 50 years of the Open Era, and this doesn't even take into consideration the great players from the early 20th century. Even Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Evonne Goolagong, Maria Sharapova, and Justine Henin have all, for the most part, won Grand Slam titles with a ground game from behind the baseline. What you have previously read is so trivial in comparison to what I read on the corresponding greatest male tennis players of all time, where one reader ridiculously claimed that Nadal and Djokovic were cheating and that reader gave no credit whatsoever to Nadal and Djokovic winning their Grand Slam singles titles in a much shorter timeframe than Federer and in a much tougher era than when Federer started, so I know what its like to have other readers treating your favourite players unfairly. Venus is regarded as one of the greatest female tennis players, as she and her sister paved the way for modern-day female tennis. Grand Slam titles are what the best players in the world strive for. What anyone says is irrelevant compared to history. Search. That is the record Serena is currently in pursuit of. This young lady has the potential to be one of the all the time great female tennis players in 10 years time, if she stays relatively free of major injuries and keeps up her motivation. As part of LGBT+ History Month, BBC published a story about Renee Richards, a transgender tennis player who earned a place in women's draw of tennis tournaments, following a lengthy legal battle. Arivinder, almost winnng the French a Open is not good enough. People are allowed to disagree with you and vice versa. By the way when you Dnt agree then why you bother to waste time here Mr Donald paul gary Lolx. Poor Shishka! How Tennis Prodigy Naomi Osaka Became The Highest-Paid Female Athlete. Here its 3rd major win for Naomi.. Hope there will be many more. Another great in making indeed. Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube. Here they are. Goolagong was one of the world's ruling players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Ty, apparently its not bad to say anything bad about any achiever. We rely on Grand Slam singles statistics as evidence, unlike yourself, who relies on mere words. Asad, Maria Sharapova was a better singles player than Martina Hingis because Maria Sharapova won every Grand Slam singles title at least once. Seles was on target to be the greatest winner of Grand Slam singles titles before being stabbed. By the way, I am one of those who agree that Maria Sharapova was a better Grand Slam singles player than Martina Hingis because of their respective Grand Slam singles records. Everybody pleaseeeee clap for Self proclaimed TENNIS HISTORIAN Who has NO SENSE OF TENNIS(just like me lolx). English. In the end, it wont matter what anyone says about the greatest female tennis player of all time. Maria Sharapova did just that and must recognised accordingly. Yet Robust and a Champion.. HINGIS surely deserves applause. But she still would have a ways to go to get her combined doubles and mixed doubles total record. She is 2-19 in head-to-head matches against Serena Williams and has been ranked number 1 in the world for just 21 weeks. So much so, that I always barrack for Djokovic to beat Federer in Grand Slam singles finals, so that Federer doesnt go too far ahead of Nadal. Maria Sharapova is a better Grand Slam singles player than Hingis. Answer: I believe that would be Martina Hingis. Chris Evert was one of the most dominant players of her generation and a true pioneer for women's tennis. Sometimes success makes you think invincible. In 2004, Henin won the Gold Medal at the Athens Olympics to go along with her first Australian Open title. 60 Harvard women's tennis (6-5) defeats Long Beach State University (2-3) 5-1 on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Murr Tennis Courts. You can only go by who wins the greatest number of singles titles. She bounced back with modeling and launched her confectionary brand Sugarpova. You and other Hingis fans must accept that reality. ATP & WTA tennis players at Tennis Explorer offers profiles of the best tennis players and a database of men's and women's tennis players. Your comment, Shishka, was totally unwarranted and totally acceptable. Poor Hingis fans, Hingis is 2 Grand Slam singles titles behind the great Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Shishka, you need to realise that whether its me, the author, you, or anyone else compiling the list of the greatest female tennis players, there will always be people who have different opinions. Hey Shishka, you dont scare us one bit! I had to laugh out loud at your comment. I hope she gets there. Many things in life are open to debate. The reason why Monica Seles is also the best player of all time was that she was regularly beating Steffi Graf, one of the other best players of all time, before she was stabbed. Chris Eason, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. No offence but its bad to say negative things about any achiever. Wheres your logic Shiksha? Other Links > Tennis > Top Ranked Tennis Players by Decade . Nevertheless, Court should retain her number 1 position because the statistics say so. Hingis certainly cannot be mentioned in the same breath as Seles, who was a much better player than Hingis. That is why Maria Sharapova is an all time great AHEAD of Hingis. Who can forget the weird and wacky battle of the sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973? Steffi Graf Is The Greatest Of All Time! Hingis was not going to attend the after match presentation of the French Open in 1999, because she was so upset with the umpire. In 2021, Venus reached the second round of the Australian Open. The New Yorker became a woman later in life, at the age of 40, having already . I see no other current player who can consistently challenge Serena when she is healthy. Margaret Court is the greatest female tennis player of all time. Answer: For me, it has been either Serena Williams or Steffi Graf for quite awhile now, with an edge to Serena. Maria Sharapova won EVERY Grand Slam singles title. Undoubtedly the best player in the 1960s to early 1970s, Court was the first woman to incorporate weights and fitness training into her routine. You did not need to write whole thesis just to say you like sharapova. I hope she wins US open 2020.. She is also a great player. This is also why I think Monica Seles was one of the greatest players of all time, because she won 8 Grand Slam singles titles while she was still only 19 before tragedy struck. She would lose all composure and I always thought she lost her nerve and was too afraid to get back to singles . She was the first female player to be ranked world No. Job Title Male, 53.8% Female, 46.2% Tennis Players By Gender Gender Pay Gap For Tennis Player Women Earn 95 For Every $1 Earned By Men Male Income $60,276 Female Income $57,548 Tennis Player Gender Over Time Grand Slam singles statistics mean everything. Its a generation of at least 20 years. Youve woken up the wrong side of bed! I dont care which country Hingis is from. Over the course of a 20-year career, he picked up an impressive 60 singles titles including eight Grand Slam titles (4 Australian Open, 2 US Open, 1 French Open & 1 Wimbledon). To quote the disrespectful Shihska, go somewhere else if you want to keep mentioning your favourites! . Mr Tennis Historian. You know its quite evident that you are also doing wt m sayingjust picking up your favourites. Who cd have imagined putting sharapova with likes of Seles and Court. Sharapova is no where close to those greats or even close to Serena or Henin. People who nominate Djokovic dont have kind words to say about Nadal and Federer. Hey Hingis fans, you obviously forgot to mention the fact Martina Hingis lost to the great Jennifer Capriati twice in a row in the Australian Open Final in the early 2000s, the same Grand Slam tournament that Hingis won 3 times! In fact using Wesleys theory, this should be the real the top 10 list and its not as kind to Monica Seles, but can be adjusted due to circumstances. Trophies and recognition however are given out to the winners of all Grand Slam tournaments. Using the Vaani method, Vaani you forgot to mention Maria Sharapova in the Serena Williams era. Known for her mental and physical toughness, Justine Henin was one of the most athletic women to ever play the game. She did not achieve enough in Grand Slam singles. Where as Serena having a Long span, power, built, fitness gadgets, advanced rackets should not be compared with all other greats. Able to win on all surfaces, Graff was a model of consistency throughout her 17-year career. Many of my favourite female tennis players have never even won a Grand Slam singles title. Congratulations Naomi Osaka on winning the 2020 US Open and your 3rd Grand Slam singles title. Female tennis players by number of Grand Slam tournament titles won 1968-2023 Most women's Australian Open titles 1968-2023, by player French Open women's singles - players by number of titles won . Her first professional event was at the Bell Challenge in Quebec, Canada where she lost in the first round. She is the only player to have lifted at least twice all four Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. Part of what is considered the golden age of American tennis, Andre Agassi was one of the stand out tennis players of the 90s. Navratilova and Evert were past their peak and the Williams sisters were only starting. Kudos. No credit at all because no credit is due. Therefore, while Martina Hingis game may have been more interesting to watch than Maria Sharapova, the REALITY is both players ended up with 5 Grand Slam singles titles each. So please stop beating about the bush of Grand slams.. And what author / admin has taken into consideration to make this list must be appreciated rather than pointing fingers. No disrespect plzzz. Infact its a way of respecting them in their own right. I have actually included 11 players here, with two greats tied for the 10th position. Luckily, her mother dragged her back for the presentation. Whats so good about Hingis? Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Murray were not for their big serves. She is one of two women from South America to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame along with Gabriela Sabatini. She would have ended up with the most Grand Slam singles titles, had she not been stabbed. Thrust into the national consciousness at the 1932 Olympic Games, Didrikson took. I hope all sane tennis lovers wd agree to it. You simply cannot compare different eras of tennis. 1947 Prominent Florida players and organizers Eddie Herr, Gardnar Mulloy, Edward Turville, and Clarence Varner plant seeds for Florida tennis independence; also among the founders are Marion Huey, Mrs. Grant Shaffer and Catharine Sample A power killer in defeating some of the greatest names in tennis through her career, Cirstea is also as commendable a presence with her killer looks. People who nominate Nadal dont have kind words to say about Federer and Djokovic. So Mr Bill has atleast stated his reasons with his list and we should appreciate that. The winner of the greatest female tennis player of all time is Margaret Court with 64 Grand Slam titles, including 24 in singles and 40 in doubles and mixed doubles inclusive. But yes since she is your favorite like mine is Graff so its gud for you to keep wherever you want to keep on your list. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Question: Why isn't Margaret Court number one on your list? She holds her paddle using the shake-hand grip. Hui is right handed and plays using an all-round attacking style. Special mention to the magnificent Monica Seles. Dont forget Lucky Joe that Maria Sharapova still managed to beat Serena Williams in the Wimbledon Final as a 17 year old when Serena Williams was at her peak. Shame on you Hingis! Everyone else that was mentioned in the top 10 greatest female players of all time absolutely deserved to be ranked above Hingis. Martina also holds the record for career Wimbledon titles with an amazing nine championships. We can be a figure of speech, or agreeing with other people who have a similar opinion to us. Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias was one of the most versatile female athletes the sports world has ever known. Tennis is an amazing game that has been watched around the globe. Chris Evert to Steffi Graff and even the Williams sisters have all played predominately from behind the baseline. Congratulations Maria Sharapova on a wonderful tennis career! Margaret Court is the greatest and the best! We believe several players were hard done by and will continue to defend them, while we maintain strong views about the issue. Venus has racked in almost $45 million in prize money, and she is worth an estimated $95 million. The Tennis Expert made some very good points about Margaret Courts Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles record. In either of the cases Martina Hingis despite the fact that she lacked power had Great Game. Wesley makes a great point. q&a; trivia; popular; trending; random; Tennis Players by Age . Question: What about Maria Bueno? Whats your background? Zero sportsmanship = Zero respect for Hingis. As Billie King used to say No one uses her mind like Hingis on court. Getty Images Sport Focus On Sport. I don't think you have ever seen Hingis steering the ball against power hitters? People like myself, are well aware that you will have always have people agreeing or disagreeing with you. Hello.. 60: Jane Albert: 61: Julie Parrott: 62: Maryna Godwin: 63: Norma Marsh: 64: Pilar Barril: 65: Rita Lauder: 66: Val Wick: 67: Lea Pericoli: 68: Liz Starkie: 69: Pat . An impressive doubles tennis player, Sania Mirza has six Grand Slam titles under her belt. Otherwise why bother playing them if one can pick and choose what ones matter, and, what ones don't! Maureen Connolly would be my next choice, had she not had a horse riding accident. Graf had it easy when Seles was forced off the tour. The loser always has an excuse; the winner always has a program. Seles what a tragedy she was easily better than Graf . Steffi Graf first rose to the world No. She was never truly dominant like many on this list, but she had a short run in her career where she was a Grand Slam threat every single time. What do you really know about tennis Shishka? Giant tennis racquet and ball at Barellan in honour of Evonne Goolagong. Yet Seles still won a Grand Slam singles title after that stabbing, which was truly brilliant. Also, the quality of opposition Graf was left with after Seles stabbing and the quality of opponent that Seles was beating in Grand Slam singles finals in Graf, before that shocking incident. Maria Sharapova won every Grand Slam singles title, whereas Hingis did not win the French Open. Maria Sharapova also had a winning 2-1 head to head record against Martina Hingis in singles. In 2005, Sania Mirza was named in Time magazine's 50 Heroes of Asia list. #tennis #novakdjokovic #serenawilliams #rogerfederer THIS VIDEO IS MOST WEEK'S AT NO 1 TENNIS PLAYER RELATED.. Her high level of play over a very long career, combined with her 23-10 record in Grand Slam finals, certainly makes the case convincing. 1988 GOLDEN SLAM! We are all entitled to our own opinion. 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. The true measure of greatness is winning Grand Slam singles titles on all surfaces and Maria Sharapova did just that. In 1988, Graff became the first player to achieve what is regarded as the calendar year Golden Slam by winning all four majors plus the Olympic Gold Medal in the same year, a remarkable feat. Serena Williams: American tennis player holds the first position in women's singles and is the first to win over $60 million prize money. You dont seem to realise that we are acknowledging than Hingis has won 5 Grand Slam singles titles. Arivinder, you must agree that if we are just comparing the Grand Slam singles career only of Maria Sharapova and Martina Hingis, Maria Sharapova must come out on top for winning 5 Grand Slam singles on all surfaces compared to Martina Hingis, whose 5 Grand Slam singles titles did not include the French Open on clay. So stop beating about the bush and all those who did not even watch Margaret play are simply denying her greatness As saying goes "out of sight out of mind". Serena still playing so it's easy to get impressed but that doesn't make her Greatest of all. To her credit, she did go on to win the 1996 Australian Open, her only post-attack Grand Slam victory. She fulfilled her dreams by winning her home tournament, the French Open. In 2016, she was named in the magazine's 100 most influential people in the world . She currently plays as a Turkish and has managed to secure the tenth position in the current world's best female ping pong rankings. Ana Ivanovic was excellent, and it came all together for her in 2008 when she won the French Open and was the n.1 ranked female tennis player in the world in the same year. Were stating the FACTS of both players Grand Slam singles careers and the criteria required to be regarded as one of the all time greats. You cannot compare different eras. Seles, a delight to watch. Aggie Radwanska, a delight to watch. They are the facts, not mere words, as you have described it as. You can click on the names of these legendary tennis players of the 1960s in order to get more information about each one. You cannot be serious! Despite playing during one of the most competitive periods in womens tennis, Goolagong was still able to win seven Grand Slam titles. Hingis must grow up. (Page 7) . Answer: I believe Martina Navratilova holds the record for the longest female winning streak with 74 consecutive singles wins in 1984. As far as game and being a player is considered I think Hingis surely falls in top 5. Let the games begin Shiksha, and the winner is Tennis Historian. As this article is about the greatest, not the favourites (just look at the more intelligent tennis readers on greatest mens of all time who correctly keep mentioning greatest, not favourites, yes I think you and others are stupid to keep saying favourites), I shall continually have a go at anyone who says favourites that arent the greatest. Although not very tennis professional observations but grant me the liberty as i used to watch for fun. Another pioneering Black female athlete, tennis player Ora Washington, won her first American Tennis Association singles title in 1929. In 1991, she was the top-ranked woman in the world. Simply Margaret Court is the winner. Although I, like others, happen to like Monica Seles, Maria Sharapova and Margaret Court, I could name you so many other favourite female tennis players of mine that wouldnt get anywhere near the list of the top 10 greatest female tennis players. Evert still holds the record for reaching the most Grand Slam singles finals with 34, and she managed to win 18 of them, including every major at least twice. Venus Williams is the only female tennis player to win three career gold medals at the Olympic Games. Grand Slam singles statistics is what Im about, taking into account the level of competition, which is also why I dont hold Steffi Graf highly because Seles was out of the picture after being stabbed. This list is made up of a variety of players, including Margaret Court and Billie Jean King. Or is it the Game? Sharapova won every Grand Slam title on all surfaces. We are simply talking about who was a better Grand Slam singles player out of Sharapova and Hingis and you have to say Sharapovas 5 Grand Slam singles on all surfaces outweighs Hingis 5 Grand Slam singles titles, but not on clay. Tennis Player Statistics By Gender 46.2% of tennis players are women and 53.8% of tennis players are men. Frank Parker's four titles led the men in the 1940's, and Pauline Betz Addie and Margaret Osborne DuPont led the women with five. Despite lack of power if she dominated tennis and for that matter gave William sisters a run for their money, she needs to be applauded. And Harry Hingis has carved a niche in Tennis world which can't be denied by mere your words bro. Give us a break Shishka. She could have been the greatest female tennis player of all time, with the greatest number of Grand Slam singles titles, if not for that horrific incident when she was only 19. . Results 1)The 75 female preselected tennis players' aged from 6 to 7 years height and weight were 128.105.32cm and 25.703.87kgand there are 47 girls height upper medium grade level, 60% of which weight was at a moderate level, their BMI were 15.481.50kg/m2and all in the normal range, iliac width/shoulder width 100 was 76.527.