This is a list of Women's Tennis Association (WTA) records since its inception in June 1973. Some records additionally extend back a few more years in order to include the immediately preceding Virginia Slims Circuit era for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by the WTA. These however do not make up the entire Open Era records (1968 – present). For those, see Open Era tennis records – Women's singles.
Grand Slam tournaments
Titles and finals
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Most titles / finals at a single tournament
Most titles won in a season in Open Era
Consecutive records
Active streaks in bold
Sources: Except for the information concerning active players, the source for the all-time table is the '2014 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Official Guide'. Court and Wade began their careers and were winning tournaments long before the Open Era started in 1968; therefore, the statistics shown above do not reflect their entire careers. For example, Billie Jean King career statistics lists 129 career singles titles for King.
Match wins
Matches won on all surfaces
Match wins per court type
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Winning percentages
Career winning percentage
Note that the figures below represent career winning percentages of players that are retired (regular font) as well as current active players (boldface). The latter are subject to change and do not reflect the final figure.
Single season winning percentage
Winning streaks
Year-end Championships
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 level records (since inception as "Tier One" in 1988)
Only tournaments of Premier mandatory and Premier 5 and their predecessor (Tier 1) level tournament records are included. Tier one tournaments were played on 3 surfaces, one of which (carpet) ceased to be used from around 1995.
Titles by court type
WTA rankings (since 3 November 1975)
Bold font denotes active players or currently active consecutive streaks
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Youngest WTA No. 1
Oldest WTA No. 1
Most career singles wins over world No. 1
This table lists the players with the most career singles wins over the world No. 1 ranked player since the Women's Tennis Association began computerized rankings on November 3, 1975.
Source: 2012 WTA Media Guide, compiled by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, page 178. Updated: Nov. 30, 2020
Lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1
This table lists the lowest-ranked players to defeat world No. 1 ranked player since the Women's Tennis Association began computerized rankings on November 3, 1975. (Not including matches in which No.1-ranked player retired.)
Lowest-ranked players to win a singles title
The following table lists players ranked 200 and lower, that have won a WTA title.
WTA Tour doubles career records
Most doubles titles won
Other selected achievements
Youngest winners of a singles title
Only the first tournament won by each player is listed.
Oldest winners of a singles title
Only the last tournament won by each player is listed.
Longest gap between titles
WTA career prize money leaders
Top 15 Career Prize Money Leaders : Top 15 YTD Money Leaders :
Since September 1970: 499 players have earned at least US$1 million. 294 players have earned at least US$2 million. 142 players have earned at least US$5 million. 69 players have earned at least US$10 million. 33 players have earned at least US$15 million. 23 players have earned at least US$20 million. 11 players have earned at least US$25 million. 8 players have earned at least US$30 million. 3 players have earned at least US$40 million. 1 player has earned at least US$50 million.
See also
Lists of tennis records and statistics
All-time tennis records – Women's singles
Open Era tennis records – Women's singles
WTA Finals
List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
List of female tennis players
WTA Awards
List of tennis tournaments
Grand Slam (tennis) All-time tennis records – Men's singles Open Era tennis records – Men's singles List of tennis players career achievements ATP Tour records