While soccer is the King sports, tennis can be considered the Queen sports with its relative popularity in the mass media. Beautiful female tennis players like Anna Kournikova, Serena and Venus Williams, and Maria Sharapova really bring the sport of tennis to the spotlight of audience’s attention. Despite not gaining as much fame as men’s side, female players have made admirable achievements. Following are the top female tennis players whose tennis career has brightened the world’s tennis.
1. Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova had 18 Grand Slam titles, 167 titles and 86.8% winning
Look at the statistics of Navratilova: 1442 wins, 167 titles, 74 times consecutive winning 23 times in Grand Slam final, 18 women's singles titles, 59 Grand Slam titles. In total, 9 times as the top player of Wimbledon. These massive achievements have brought Martina Navratilova into the position of No 1 player of all time.
2. Steffi Graf
22 Grand Slam titles, 107 titles and 88.7% winning
Graf is the only player to have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments including Wimbledon, The US Open, the French Open and the Australia Open. In total, she won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, 107 titles. The heyday of this player was 1988 and 1989.
3. Chris Evert
18 Grand Slam single titles, 157 titles and 90% winning
Chris Evert is the pride of America in the world tennis history. Her 18 Grand Slam single titles are enough to convince the most difficult audience. French Open is Evert’s favourite tournament.
4. Margaret Court
24 Grand Slam single titles, 92 titles and 91% winning
Margaret Court has had admirable achievements. She reached the top of glory in 1970 with victory in 4 Grand Slam tournaments. Though not many people value Court’s achievements, she is still one of the best players.
5. Serena Williams
13 Grand Slam single titles, 37 titles and 80% winning
Serena Williams has proved to be a strong player who can not be beaten. Passing all the ups and downs in life and several injuries, she till remains in the lists of tops players. Her career has not come to an end. She is expected to reach the top players of all time.
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