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This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria: Singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1975; Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament; Reached the finals of or won the year ...
The photograph was taken by then-30-year-old Martin Elliott in September 1976 and features 18-year-old Fiona Butler [2] [3] (now Walker), [4] his girlfriend at the time. [5] The photo was taken at the University of Birmingham's tennis courts (formerly Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club) on Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, England.
These are players who achieved some form of a tennis Grand Slam. They include a Grand Slam, non-calendar year Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam, Career Golden Slam, and Career Super Slam. No player has won a single season Super Slam. The tennis Open Era began in 1968, after the Australian Open and before the French Open.
In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time [13] and in March 2012 was named one of the "100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel. According to Forbes , she was the highest-paid female athlete in the world for 11 consecutive years and earned US$ 285 million (including prize money ...
Pages in category "American female tennis players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 839 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
World number 1 ranked female tennis players is a year-by-year listing of the female tennis players who were ranked as world No. 1 by various contemporary and modern sources. Notes: The Women's Tennis Association introduced a computerized ranking system in November 1975, which is incorporated into this list.
This article presents year-ending top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport. The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 when the first official WTA rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked singles player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of ...