Tennis being an individual sport rates a player’s success on tow thing, the titles a player wins and the ranking of a player. Like their ATP counterparts the female players at WTA give it all to secure a title, be it a big on or a smaller one. Let’s take a look at 5 female players who have won most singles titles in WTA.
5. Serena Williams
Serena has been the most successful WTA player in last 2 decades. She now has 23 Slams to her credit. The younger of the Williams siblings has won 72 WTA Singles titles in her career so far.
This places the American on 5th place in the all time list of WTA singles title winners. The American is still going strong and has the chance to add to her tally in the Season 2020.
4. Margaret Court
She was the best female tennis player Australia ever produced. A winner of record holding 24 Grand Slams, Court has an arena named after her where the important matches of the Australian Open are played.
Mrs Court won 92 WTA Singles titles in her illustrious career. This places her in 4th rank in the all time list.
3. Steffi Graf
Steffi was the best female all court player in the Open Era. A winner of 22 Grand Slam and a record holder of 377 Weeks at World Number 1, Graf won 107 WTA Singles titles in her Career, that spanned almost 2 decades.
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Steffi thus makes in our list at 3rd place among the all time singles title winners.
2. Chris Evert
Few players have been as consistent and as dominant in the Open Era as this star looking American with a solid baseline game. Famously referred as the Queen of Clay, Evert won 157 WTA Singles titles in her Career.
She was the record holder in this category at the time of retirement, only to be surpassed later by her good friend and great rival Martina Navratilova.
1. Martina Navratilova
More than 2 decades after she retired, Navratilova still holds many tennis records. Among them is the most singles titles won. The Czech born American won 167 WTA Singles titles in her long and exemplary career.
Equally astonishing is the fact that Navratilova won 177 doubles and 10 mixed doubles titles at the same time. Martina has been a flag bearer in the area of fitness and longevity in the game of tennis.