Who Is The Best Woman Tennis Player?

We take a look at who the best woman tennis player is and why they hold that title.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in women’s single tennis. She has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association on eight occasions, from 2002 to 2017. With 39 major singles titles, Williams is the third most decorated active female player, behind Margaret Court (24) and Steffi Graf (22).

She has won more Grand Slam titles than any other player in the Open Era

Serena Jameka Williams (/ˈsɛrənə/; born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002. On her sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf for the most consecutive weeks as No. 1 by a female tennis player. In total, she has been No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female players behind Graf and Martina Navratilova.

Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other player in the Open Era (which began in 1968), and more than any active female player except her sister Venus Williams (seven). She is also the only player to have won 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two separate decades; she accomplished this twice—the first time from 2000–2001 and again from 2009–2010—and became only one of nine women to do so in tennis history with second such achievement happening simultaneously with Jelena Janković in 2009–2010 (others are Doris Hart, Nancy Richey, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Margaret Court). She has won an all-time record of 13 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles & 21 overall with her sister Venus Williams & 1 Mixed Doubles title
Serena has reached 28 Grand Slam singles finals, including 10 straight from 2014 Wimbledon Championships through to 2016 Wimbledon Championships.
Williams holds several leth records: unseeded players who have won a major – She was ranked outside of the top 100 when she won at Indian Wells Masters in 1999 & at Miami Openstring of straight major tournament wins – Serena has captured 7 majors consecutively 4 consecutive US Open wins – Only 4 others have accomplished this since 1950 – Maureen Connolly Brinker (1953),Chris Evert(1975),Martina Navratilova(1983) , & Steffi Graf(1988–89) 34-match winning streak – 3rd longest all-time behind Navratilova’s 46 & Evert’s 35

She has been ranked No. 1 in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association on eight separate occasions

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002, and achieved this ranking for the seventh time on January 30, 2017. On the sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf. In total, she has been No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female tennis players.
Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, which is a record for a female player in the Open Era: 13 in singles; 2 in women’s doubles; and 8 mixed doubles titles. This includes an Open Era-record 7 Wimbledon singles titles; an all-time record for a female player; 4 Olympic gold medals; and 2 US Open mixed doubles titles with Max Mirnyi of Belarus. She is also an Olympic medalist in women’s doubles with her younger sister Venus Williams of United States.[3][4] Williams has won four ITF Women’s Singles World Championships.

As of February 2018, Williams is ranked world No. 11 by the WTA.[5] Williams has also won severalWTA Tour Championships and WTA PremierMandatory tournaments throughout her career

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion and has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in women’s singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

She has been ranked world No. 1 by the WTA on five separate occasions

Maria Sharapova has been ranked world No. 1 by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in women’s singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

She has won 36 WTA singles titles

Maria Sharapova is a Russian tennis player who has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in women’s singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Simona Halep

Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 3 in the WTA singles rankings. She has won 18 WTA singles titles and two Grand Slam singles titles- the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. She is the first Romanian to win a Grand Slam singles title and to be ranked world No. 1 in the WTA singles rankings.

She has been ranked world No. 1 by the WTA twice

Simona Halep (/həˈlɛp/; Romanian pronunciation: [siˈmona haˈlep]; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) on two occasions, for a total of 64 weeks. In total, she has won 26 WTA singles titles, six of which were PremierMandatory/Premier 5 tournaments, and her record against other players ranked in the top 10 stands at 57–37 (as of 23 September 2019).

Halep first broke into the world’s top 50 at the end of 2012, reached the top 20 in August 2013, and finally cracked the top 10 in January 2014. She won her maiden PremierMandatory/Premier 5 title in Doha that year by defeating former world No. 1 Venus Williams in the final, and also won her first WTA Finals tournament by defeating Simona paşca-van ăuza in the final. After a first-round loss at the 2014 French Open, she defeated Andrea petkovic to win her first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon that year. This victory sparked a meteoric rise up the rankings; she entered the top 2 for the first time after winning her second Premier Mandatory title at Beijing later that year, ultimately finishing 2014 as world No. 2 behind Serena Williams.

She has won 18 WTA singles titles

Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has won 18 WTA singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles at the French Open in 2018 and 2019. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time in 2017 and held that position for 64 weeks, until September 2019.