From 1987-1995, this German tennis star won 18 womens' singles Grand Slam tournaments
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Grand Slam (tennis) - Wikipedia  Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in ... the first three events, but lost the last grand slam tournament. ... Women's singles ... 10, Germany ... 18, United States...
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Steffi Graf - Wikipedia  Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former tennis player, who was ranked world No. 1 during her career. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. ... 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeksthe longest ... with regularity, and in 1982 she won the European Championships 12s and 18s.
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Open Era tennis records  women's singles - Wikipedia  The Open Era is the current era of professional tennis. It began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to ... West Germany .... Martina Navratilova, 56.25, 1814 ..... Won all 4 Grand Slam titles & Olympic Gold...
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List of Grand Slam women's singles champions - Wikipedia  List of Women's singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions. Note that some major changes have taken place over the years that have affected how many titles have been won by various players. ... Chris Evert has won 18 Major titles, tied for the third most with Martina .... Dorothy Round (2/3), Nazi Germany...
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Martina Hingis - Wikipedia  Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently .... In 1998, Hingis won all four of the Grand Slam women's doubles titles, only the ... During this segment of her tennis career, Hingis won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles events. ...... Archived from the original on 18 April 2005.
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Steffi Graf - Wikipedia  Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former tennis player, who was ranked world No. 1 during her career. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. ... 1 men's tennis player Andre Agassi in October 2001. ..... Graf then won in Leipzig, with her 500th career victory coming in a .... Final years on the tour: 199799[edit]. The last...
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Margaret Court - Wikipedia  Margaret Court AO MBE (ne Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, ... She won a record 24 of those titles, a record that still stands. She also won 19 women's doubles and 21 mixed doubles titles, giving her a record .... Court is the only player to have won the Grand Slam in both singles and mixed...
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Gabriela Sabatini facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Over her 12-year pro career, tennis player Gabriela Sabatini won 27 career singles ... Sabatini was born on May 16, 1970, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... She signed with coach Patricio Apey, a former Chilean Davis Cup player, and .... off in 1990, when Sabatini won her first Grand Slam title, the 1990 U.S. Open, beating Graf...
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Martina Hingis - Wikipedia  Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ... She was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time in June 2011. ... In 1993, 12-year-old Hingis became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title: the girls' singles at the...
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Steffi Graf facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  German tennis player ... Growing up, Graf was not one to be consumed by leisure activities. ... she won 24 straight matches, quickly moving up to the number three ranking in the world. .... Holds spot for 186 weeks until October 3, 1991 .... She is one of only five players in the history of the game to win tennis' Grand Slam.
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Martina Navratilova - Wikipedia  Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech and American tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis ... She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles (an ... She stated she has not renounced her U.S. citizenship nor does she plan to do so .... Navratilova won both Wimbledon and the French Open in 1982.
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Maria Sharapova - Tennis Player, Athlete - Biography.com  Oct 4, 2016 ... Learn more about Maria Sharapova, the Russian tennis star who won the 2012 ... Born in Russia in 1987, Maria Sharapova moved to the U.S. at an early ... After turning professional at age 14, she burst into the spotlight by winning ... to complete a career Grand Slam (wins at all four major tournaments), and...
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Steffi Graf - Tennis Player, Athlete - Biography.com  Feb 18, 2016 ... History & Culture ... Born on June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, West Germany, Steffi Graf ... 1 female tennis player, a spot she held for an impressive 186 ... her just the third female player to win all four Grand Slam events in one...
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List of Grand Slam women's singles champions - Wikipedia  List of Women's singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions. Note that some major ... Since then, 45 women have won at least one grand slam. ... 2.4.1 All time; 2.4.2 Open era; 2.4.3 Unique winners by country (Open era) ... Chris Evert has won 18 Major titles, tied for the third most with Martina ...... Steffi Graf, 1995.
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Steffi Graf - Wikipedia  Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former tennis player, who was ranked world No. ... Graf reached thirteen consecutive Grand Slam singles finals, from the 1987 .... Graf then defeated Sabatini 63, 63 in the gold medal match at the Olympic ... She was named the 1988 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
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Martina Navratilova - Wikipedia  Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech and American tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis ... Navratilova holds the records for most singles titles (167) and for most ... She is one of only five tennis players all-time to win a multiple slam set in two .... Soon after, she retired from full-time competition on the singles tour.
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Martina Navratilova - Wikipedia  Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech and American tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis ... Navratilova took her last major title in 2006, winning the mixed doubles ... Martina then took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine suffix .... Navratilova won 9 of the 18 career singles matches with Graf and 5 of the 9...
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Steffi Graf - Wikipedia  Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former tennis player, who was ranked world No. ... Retired, 13 August 1999 .... Graf retired in 1999 while she was ranked World No. 3. ... 1 men's tennis player Andre Agassi in October 2001. ... She soon began winning junior tournaments with regularity, and in 1982 she won the...
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Margaret Smith Court - International Tennis Hall of Fame  From 1960 until 1975, Court won a record 24 major singles titles, best in ... Court tacked on 21 major titles in mixed doubles and another 19 in doubles, ... In 1965 she became the only female player in history to win a mixed doubles Grand Slam twice, ... 6-0, 6-2, and West German Helga Niessen, 6-2, 6-4, for the second leg.
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Martina Navratilova - Tennis Player, Athlete - Biography.com  Dec 18, 2014 ... Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova was one of the world's top tennis ... The decision meant she'd be cut off from her family for years, but it also set her career up for an ... In all, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam ... In 2003, she won the mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon.
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Wimbledon Champions - Geni  The Championships, Wimbledon , or simply Wimbledon (25 June  8 July in ... During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles, nine Grand Slam ... Wimbledon - Ladies Singles title 1936; 3 x Mixed Doubles (1932, 1936, 1939); Stafanie "Steffi" Maria Graf born 1969 - former World No. 1 German tennis player.