There have been so many great women players over the last 50 years, here are the top greatest womens tennis players of all time, have a look.

Top Greatest Women’s Tennis Players of All Time.

Female athletes continue to fight for equality in sports, and tennis players have been at the forefront of that struggle for decades.

Top Greatest Women's Tennis Players of All Time.

From trailblazing legends like Billie Jean King to current champions like Serena Williams, dominant athletes on the tennis court have elevated women’s sports to new heights.

But of all the great women in tennis, only one can stand alone as the greatest of all time. These rankings determine who holds the crown.

Here are the top greatest womens tennis players of all time  :

  • Serena Williams

One of the strongest and most powerful women to ever play the game, Serena Williams has certainly left her mark on tennis.

Top Greatest Women's Tennis Players of All Time.

Together, Serena and her sister, Venus, have been a dominant force in women’s tennis since the late 1990s. Together, they have won 14 Grand Slam Doubles titles.

With 23 Grand Slam Singles titles, including the 2017 Australian Open, Serena now owns the Open Era record for Grand Slam singles titles by a tennis player, male or female.

  • Martina Navratilova

One of the toughest competitors to ever grace the court, Martina Navratilova dominated women’s tennis from the late 1970s through a good portion of the 1980s.

Top Greatest Women's Tennis Players of All Time.

Known for her extreme physical conditioning, Martina brought the big serve and volley back to the women’s game.

She holds the Open Era record for career titles with 167 and has 59 total Grand Slam titles, which includes singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. 

  • Steffi Graf

Able to win on all surfaces, Graff was a model of consistency throughout her 17-year career. Her record 377 weeks ranked as number one in the world is a record for any player, male or female.

In 1988, Graff became the first player to achieve what is regarded as the calendar year Golden Slam by winning all four majors plus the Olympic Gold Medal in the same year, a remarkable feat.

From the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, there was no one better than Graf, and when she retired in 1999, she was still ranked number three in the world. 

  • Chris Evert

She was a machine from the baseline, and with that two-handed backhand shot, she dominated women’s tennis from the mid-1970s into the early 1980s.

Evert still holds the record for reaching the most Grand Slam singles finals with 34, and she managed to win 18 of them, including every major at least twice.

Top Greatest Women's Tennis Players of All Time.

When Martina Navratilova came along in the late 1970s, it provided fans with a great on-court rivalry.

Evert was the year-ending number one player in the world for seven years and had a career winning percentage in singles matches of over 90 percent.

  • Margaret Court

There are many experts out there who feel that Margaret Court is the best player of all time. With a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles, it’s hard to argue.

Top Greatest Women's Tennis Players of All Time.

Add in her 19 doubles and 19 mixed doubles titles and Court has a record 62 Major titles to her credit.

She was the first woman in the Open Era to win the singles Grand Slam in 1970, and she is one of only two women (Daniela Hantuchova being the other) to have won a Grand Slam in mixed doubles, which she did twice. 

  • Monica Seles

Were it not for the unfortunate on-court attack and stabbing by a deranged fan in 1993, Monica Seles would certainly have gone on to win more Grand Slam titles.

Her epic battles with Steffi Graf were classics, and we the fans were deprived of some great matches because of one fan’s sick obsession.

While Monica did return to tennis two years after the incident, she was never quite the same.

To her credit, she did go on to win the 1996 Australian Open, her only post-attack Grand Slam victory. Monica continued to play until 2003 and officially retired in 2008.

By Rishabh

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