GRAND SLAM SWEEPERS
At the 2003 Australian Open, Serena Williams became
the ninth woman all-time to have won each of the
four Grand Slam singles titles at some point in
their careers, and only the fifth to hold all four
majors at once. Here are the nine women to have
achieved a Career Grand Slam of some form:
Calendar-year Grand Slams
Maureen Connolly (USA) - 1953
Margaret Court (AUS) - 1970
Steffi Graf (GER) - 1988
Non calendar-year Grand Slams
Martina Navratilova (USA) - 1983 Wimbledon / US
/ Australian & 1984 Roland Garros
Steffi Graf (GER) - 1993 Roland Garros / Wimbledon
/ US / 1994 Australian
Serena Williams (USA) - 2002 Roland Garros / Wimbledon
/ US / 2003 Australian
Serena Williams (USA) - 2014 US Open / 2015 Australian Open / French / Wimbledon
Career Grand Slams (year indicates first victory)
Doris Hart (USA) - 1949 Australian / 1950 Roland
Garros / 1951 Wimbledon / 1954 US
Shirley Fry (USA) - 1957 Australian / 1951 Roland
Garros / 1956 Wimbledon / 1956 US
Billie Jean King (USA) - 1968 Australian / 1972
Roland Garros / 1966 Wimbledon / 1967 US
Chris Evert (USA) - 1982 Australian / 1974 Roland
Garros / 1974 Wimbledon / 1975 US
Martina Navratilova (USA) - 1981 Australian /
1982 Roland Garros / 1978 Wimbledon / 1983 US
Maria Sharapova (RUS) - 2004 Wimbledon/ 2006 US / 2008 Australian / 2012 Roland Garros
Oldest Winners of a Title
Billie Jean King, 39 yrs, 7 mos, 23 days (1983
Birmingham)
Kimiko Date Krumm, 38 yrs, 11 mos, 30 days (2009 Seoul)
Martina Navratilova, 37 yrs, 4 mos, 2 days (1994
Paris Indoors)
Serena Willians, 35 years, 125 days (2017 Australian Open)
Margaret Court, 34 yrs, 4 mos, 26 days (1976 Melbourne)
Youngest Winners of a Title
Tracy Austin, 14 yrs, 28 days (1977 Portand)
Andrea Jaeger, 14 yrs, 7 mos, 14 days (1980 Las
Vegas)
Kathy Rinaldi, 14 yrs, 6 mos, 24 days (1981 Kyoto)
Longest Winning Streaks
Martina Navratilova, 74, 1984
Steffi Graf, 66, 1989-90
Navratilova, 58, 1986-87
Court, 57, 1972-73
Evert, 55, 1974
Navratilova, 54, 1983-84
LONGEST WOMEN'S MATCHES IN TENNIS HISTORY
6 h 31 Richmond 1948, 1st round: United States Vicki Nelson def. United States Jean Hepner, 6–4, 7–6(13–11).
4 h 44 Australian Open 2011, 4th round: Italy Francesca Schiavone def. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 1–6, 16–14.
4 h 42 French Open 2010, qualifying competition: Japan Kurumi Nara def. Romania Monica Niculescu, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–8.
4 h 19 Australian Open 2010, 1st round: Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová def. Russia Regina Kulikova, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12), 6–3.
4 h 07 French Open 1995, 1st round: France Virginie Buisson def. France Noëlle van Lottum, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2.
4 h 05 Wuhan Open 2015, qualifying 1st round: United States Lauren Davis def. China Han Xinyun, 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 7–5.
4 h 00 Fed Cup 2016, World Group 1st round: Netherlands Richel Hogenkamp def. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 10–8.
LONGEST WTA WOMEN'S TENNIS WIN STREAKS
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|
Years |
|
1 |
Martina Navratilova |
1984 |
74 |
2 |
Steffi Graf |
1989–90 |
66 |
3 |
Martina Navratilova |
1986–87 |
58 |
4 |
Chris Evert |
1974 |
56 |
5 |
Martina Navratilova |
1983–84 |
54 |
6 |
Steffi Graf |
1988 |
46 |
7 |
Steffi Graf |
1987 |
45 |
8 |
Chris Evert |
1975-76 |
42 |
9 |
Martina Navratilova |
1982 |
41 |
10 |
Martina Navratilova |
1982–83 |
39 |
MOST ACES IN A WOMEN'S TENNIS MATCH (recorded)
31 |
Kristyna Pliskova |
L |
Monica Puig |
2R |
2016 Australian Open |
64, 67(6), 79 |
28 |
Kristyna Pliskova |
L |
Monica Puig |
2R |
2019 Luxembourg |
76(5), 3-6, 76(6) |
27 |
Sabine Lisicki |
W |
Belinda Bencic |
2R |
2015 Birmingham |
61, 76(74) |
24 |
Kaia Kanepi |
W |
Lucie Safarova |
1R |
2008 Tokyo |
46, 63, 64 |
|
Serena Williams |
W |
Victoria Azarenka |
SF |
2012 Wimbledon |
63, 76(86) |
24 |
Kristyna Pliskova |
W |
Karolina Pliskova |
2R |
2019 Birmingham |
62, 36, 76(7) |
23 |
Serena Williams |
W |
Zheng Jie |
3R |
2012 Wimbledon |
67(5), 62, 97 |
|
Kristyna Pliskova |
L |
Oceane Dodin |
1R |
2016 Linz |
76(2), 57, 36 |
Also see:
Men's Grand Slam Champions
Women's Grand Slam Champions
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