Women's Tennis: 5 Players with Most Singles Titles in Open Era

#2 Chris Evert

Chris Evert

American Chris Evert holds the record for the most Grand Slam final appearances with 31 appearances. In a glittering career, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles including winning at least one in 13 consecutive years - an all-time record. Her singles winning percentage of 89.97% is the highest among both men and women.

She is widely considered to be the most dominant clay court player in the Women's field with 7 French Open crowns and a clay-court win percentage of 94.55%. Evert won an impressive 157 Singles titles. Post-retirement she has had two stints as President of the WTA and is presently serving as a tennis analyst for ESPN.

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#1 Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova

Widely considered by pundits and fans alike to be the 'Most complete' player of all-time, Czech-American Martina Navratilova achieved unprecedented success across all three formats of the game. In a career-spanning 31 years, Navratilova captured 18 Grand Slam singles titles, an all-time record of 31 doubles titles and 10 mixed doubles titles. Her combined tally across all three formats is second to none in tennis history.

Martina won an all-time record of 9 Wimbledon Championships and is one of three women along with Doris Hart and Margaret Court to have won the 'Boxed Set' in tennis - winning all 4 Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

She is the only player to have been ranked World Number 1 in singles and doubles for over 4 years each. In 1983, Martina Navratilova had a jaw-dropping win-loss record in Singles of 86-1 (the best till date). Her streak of 74 consecutive match wins is second to none in the sport. She holds the record for the most Singles titles in the Open Era with 167 and also the most doubles titles in the Open Era with 177.