Lindsay Davenport

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Lindsay Davenport

Country	United States
Residence	Laguna Beach, California
Date of birth	June 8, 1976
Place of birth	Palos Verdes, California
Height	6' 2 1/2 (1.89 m)
Weight	175 lbs. (79 kg)
Turned Pro	February 22, 1993
Retired	2006
Plays	right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$21,763,653 (2nd in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record:	716-188
Career titles:	51
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (October 12, 1998)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (2000), F (2005)
French Open	SF (1998)
Wimbledon	W (1999), F (2000, 2005)
U.S. Open	W (1998), F (2000)
Doubles
Career record:	366-110
Career titles:	36 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (October 20, 1997)
Infobox last updated on: 2007.

Medal record
Olympic Games
Women's tennis
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Singles

Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional female tennis champion. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments: the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon, and the 2000 Australian Open. She also won an Olympic gold medal in singles in 1996. Davenport has earned over US $21 million in prize money. In March 2007 with an interview with ESPN Davenport stated she is now definitely retired and has no more plans to play on the tour again.

Davenport was ranked as the #1 women singles and doubles player several times between 1998 and 2001. She returned to the number one ranking in singles during the latter part of the 2004 season, remaining there throughout most of the 2005 season (being briefly overtaken by Maria Sharapova for seven weeks). She was the year-end #1 player in 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005. Only three other women have finished #1 at least four times since the computer singles rankings were established in 1975: Steffi Graf (eight times), Martina Navratilova (seven times), and Chris Evert (six times).

She announced at the end of the 2005 season that she would play fewer events in 2006. As a result of this schedule, and a lower back injury, her ranking fell to #25, marking the first time since the computer singles rankings were established in 1975 that no American has been ranked in the top 10.

Contents 1 Playing style 2 Reputation 3 Personal life 4 Career 5 Awards and accomplishments 6 Grand Slam singles finals 6.1 Wins (3) 6.2 Runner-ups (4) 7 Titles 7.1 Singles 7.2 Doubles 8 Singles performance timeline 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Playing style

Her game is built largely around her groundstrokes, service return, and serve, which are considered to be among the most powerful and cleanly struck in the history of women's tennis. Lack of court speed is perhaps her greatest weakness, mainly because of her size. At slightly over 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m), she is the tallest woman ever to win a Grand Slam singles title. However, she has worked to overcome this by losing weight, overhauling her conditioning program, and by becoming mentally stronger. She is an advocate for the mental game, as evidenced by her comments on the cover of "Smart Tennis: How to Play and Win the Mental Game."

[edit] Reputation

She has a reputation among the tennis media and much of the tennis watching public of being thoughtful, polite, and balanced. She is also known among fans and tennis experts to be a good autograph signer.

[edit] Personal life

Davenport is the daughter of Wink Davenport, who was a member of the U.S. volleyball team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. She attended both Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California and Murrieta Valley High School in Murrieta, California.

In 2003, she married investment banker and former All-American tennis player Jon Leach, brother of tennis player Rick Leach.

The couple announced on December 13, 2006, that Davenport was pregnant and that the baby is due June 2007.^{[1] [2]} Davenport has no plans to play again.^{[3] [4]}

[edit] Career

In 2004, Davenport won a tour-high seven titles, including four straight during the summer (Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Cincinnati). She also had the most match wins on the WTA tour, with 63. She finished the year ranked first for the third time in her career.

Her success continued into 2005 when she reached her first Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open, since the U.S. Open in 2000. Unfortunately for Davenport, she lost a one set lead in the final, falling to Serena Williams in three sets.

At a tournament in Indian Wells, California in March, Davenport made history by defeating world number three Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-0. It marked the first time that a player ranked in the top three had ever been "shut out" on the WTA tour and was also the first time Sharapova had failed to win a game during a match.

Davenport bypassed the European clay court season and went to the 2005 French Open without having played a professional competitive match for weeks. She confounded expectations with a run to the quarterfinals on her least favourite surface after four three-set matches, including coming-from-behind to win against Kim Clijsters in the fourth round. Davenport lost to eventual runner-up Mary Pierce but returned for Wimbledon as the top seed.

She easily made it to the fourth round, where she was tested again by Clijsters but came through in three sets to win her second successive match against the Belgian. Davenport then reached the semifinals, where her match against Amélie Mauresmo was interrupted by rain and was completed over the course of two days. Davenport eventually defeated Mauresmo 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 and faced 14th seeded Venus Williams in an all-American final. Davenport lead most of the way, including having a match point at 5-4 in the final set. Williams went on to win 4-6, 7-6, 9-7 in the longest (in terms of time) Wimbledon final in history. In that match, Davenport sustained a serious back injury while leading 4-2 (40-15) in the final set, although she acknowledged after the match that the injury did not cause her defeat and that Williams was the superior player on the day. The injury forced Davenport to withdraw from Fed Cup competition. She returned to the tour in Palo Alto, California. After reinjuring her back in a warmup just hours before her match, Davenport retired while trailing 5-0 in the first set. This back injury then forced her to withdraw from other hardcourt events in Carlsbad and Los Angeles.

Davenport returned to the WTA Tour in August, winning her comeback tournament in New Haven, Connecticut without dropping a set. Davenport then reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, where she held a match point on Elena Dementieva before falling 7-6(6) in the third set. Davenport briefly lost the #1 ranking following the event.

After the loss at the U.S. Open, Davenport captured the title in Bali without dropping a set and subsequently qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. She then won the title in Filderstadt, Germany, defeating Mauresmo in the final for the second year in a row. The win made her only the tenth woman ever to win 50 career WTA singles titles.

In Zurich, Davenport defeated Daniela Hantuchova 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, saving two match points. By winning the match, Davenport was assured of recapturing the World No.1 ranking from Maria Sharapova the following week. In subsequent matches, she inched past Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and defeated seventh seed Anastasia Myskina 6-0, 6-4 to reach her sixth Zurich final in as many visits and set up a rematch of the 2002 final with Swiss Patty Schnyder. Davenport overcame the sixth seed 7-6(5), 6-3 for her fourth title at Zurich and her sixth title of 2005, second only to Clijsters' nine. It was also the first time Davenport had saved match points en route to a victory since the 1999 U.S. Open. The Zurich Open victory left her with eleven Tier I titles, second among active players.

Davenport was a semifinalist at the WTA tour year-ending championships (losing to Mary Pierce 7-6, 7-6), which ensured that she finished the year ranked No. 1. 2005 was the fourth time that Davenport ended the year ranked No. 1, joining Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Monica Seles as the only female players to end a season ranked first at least four times.

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked Davenport 29th in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.

On February 22, 2006, Davenport became just the eighth woman in WTA history to win 700 singles matches, when she handed out her fourth career "double bagel," defeating Elena Likhovtseva 6-0, 6-0 in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open.

Davenport was absent from the court from March 2006, when she was defeated in the fourth round of Indian Wells by Martina Hingis 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, until August 2006 with a back injury. She returned in Los Angeles, losing to Samantha Stosur 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round (having received a first round bye). It was Davenport's earliest exit from a tournament since early 2003. Davenport attributed the loss to her having resumed training only three weeks prior to the start of the tournament. Davenport has re-hired Adam Pieterson as her coach, with whom she worked during her 2004-05 resurgence.

After the loss in Los Angeles, Davenport returned to the Pilot Pen Tournament in New Haven, defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Schiavone in her first two matches. Davenport then faced world #1 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals, posting a 6-4, 7-5 victory. In the semifinals, Davenport defeated Stosur (who had beaten Davenport in Los Angeles) 7-6, 7-6. Davenport was forced to retire with a right shoulder injury while playing Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final.

Despite injury concerns, Davenport reached the 2006 U.S. Open quarterfinals where she again lost to Henin-Hardenne, 6-4, 6-4.

Davenport's last competitive match before the announcement of her pregnancy and retirement was a loss in the Beijing quarterfinals to the-then World No.1 Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-3

[edit] Awards and accomplishments

• Named in 1993 the Rookie of the Year by both Tennis Magazine and World Team Tennis.
• 1996 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champion in women's doubles.
• 1998 ITF World Champion in women's singles and doubles.
• 1998 Tennis Magazine player of the year.
• 1998 and 1999 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player of the year.
• Diamond ACES award winner in 1998 and 1999.
• Named the U.S. Olympic Committee's female athlete of the month for July 1999 after winning the women's doubles and singles at Wimbledon.
• Voted by journalists at the 2000 French Open as the winner of the Prix Orange, which goes to the player who has shone in the tennis world the international essence of fairness, kindness, availability, and friendliness.
• Re-elected to the WTA player council in 2002.
• Voted by the International Tennis Writers Association as a joint winner of the 2004 women's Ambassador for Tennis award.

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1998	U.S. Open	Martina Hingis	6-3, 7-5
1999	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	6-4, 7-5
2000	Australian Open	Martina Hingis	6-1, 7-5

[edit] Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2000	Wimbledon	Venus Williams	6-3, 7-6
2000	U.S. Open	Venus Williams	6-4, 7-5
2005	Australian Open	Serena Williams	2-6, 6-3, 6-0
2005	Wimbledon	Venus Williams	4-6, 7-6, 9-7

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles

Legend Grand Slam (3) WTA Championships (1) Olympic Gold (1) Tier I Event (11) WTA Tour (34)

Titles by Surface Hard (30) Clay (8) Grass (2) Carpet (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1993-05-17	Lucerne, Switzerland	Clay	Nicole Bradtke	6-1, 4-6, 6-2
2.	1994-01-03	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Florencia Labat	6-1, 2-6, 6-3
3.	1994-05-16	Lucerne, Switzerland	Clay	Lisa Raymond	7-6(3), 6-4
4.	1995-05-22	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Kimiko Date	3-6, 6-1, 6-2
5.	1996-05-20	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Barbara Paulus	6-3, 7-6(6)
6.	1996-07-22	Olympics, Atlanta	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7-6(6), 6-2
7.	1996-08-12	Los Angeles	Hard	Anke Huber	6-2, 6-3
8.	1997-02-17	Oklahoma City	Hard	Lisa Raymond	6-4, 6-2
9.	1997-03-03	Indian Wells	Hard	Irina Spirlea	6-2, 6-1
10.	1997-04-07	Amelia Island	Clay	Mary Pierce	6-2, 6-3
11.	1997-08-18	Atlanta	Hard	Sandrine Testud	6-4, 6-1
12.	1997-10-13	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	7-6(3), 7-5
13.	1997-11-03	Chicago	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	6-0, 7-5
14.	1998-02-02	Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6-3, 6-3
15.	1998-07-27	Stanford	Hard	Venus Williams	6-4, 5-7, 6-4
16.	1998-08-03	San Diego	Hard	Mary Pierce	6-3, 6-1
17.	1998-08-10	Los Angeles	Hard	Martina Hingis	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
18.	1998-08-31	US Open, New York	Hard	Martina Hingis	6-3, 7-5
19.	1998-10-12	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet	Venus Williams	7-5, 6-3
20.	1999-01-11	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Martina Hingis	6-4, 6-3
21.	1999-05-17	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Paola Suarez	6-1, 6-3
22.	1999-06-21	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Steffi Graf	6-4, 7-5
23.	1999-07-26	Stanford	Hard	Venus Williams	7-6(1), 6-2
24.	1999-09-20	Tokyo (Princess), Japan	Hard	Monica Seles	7-5, 7-6(1)
25.	1999-11-08	Philadelphia	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6-3, 6-4
26.	1999-11-15	Chase Championships, New York	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6-4, 6-2
27.	2000-01-17	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Martina Hingis	6-1, 7-5
28.	2000-03-06	Indian Wells	Hard	Martina Hingis	4-6, 6-4, 6-0
29.	2000-10-16	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Venus Williams	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
30.	2000-11-06	Philadelphia	Carpet	Martina Hingis	7-6(7), 6-4
31.	2001-01-29	Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan	Carpet	Martina Hingis	6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2
32.	2001-02-26	Scottsdale	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-2, 6-3
33.	2001-06-18	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Magui Serna	6-2, 6-0
34.	2001-08-06	Los Angeles	Hard	Monica Seles	6-3, 7-5
35.	2001-10-08	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7-5, 6-4
36.	2001-10-15	Zurich, Switzerland	Hard	Jelena Dokic	6-3, 6-1
37.	2001-10-22	Linz, Austria	Hard	Jelena Dokic	6-4, 6-1
38.	2003-01-27	Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan	Carpet	Monica Seles	6-7(6), 6-1, 6-2
39.	2004-02-02	Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan	Carpet	Magdalena Maleeva	6-4, 6-1
40.	2004-04-05	Amelia Island	Clay	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4, 6-4
41.	2004-07-12	Stanford	Hard	Venus Williams	7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(4)
42.	2004-07-19	Los Angeles	Hard	Serena Williams	6-1, 6-3
43.	2004-07-26	San Diego	Hard	Anastasia Myskina	6-1, 6-1
44.	2004-08-16	Cincinnati	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	6-3, 6-2
45.	2004-10-04	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2 retired
46.	2005-03-05	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Jelena Janković	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
47.	2005-04-04	Amelia Island	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	7-5, 7-5
48.	2005-08-20	New Haven	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4, 6-4
49.	2005-09-13	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	6-2, 6-4
50.	2005-10-03	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2, 6-4
51.	2005-10-23	Zurich, Switzerland	Hard	Patty Schnyder	7-6(5), 6-3

[edit] Doubles

• 2006 (1)
  • (w/ Morariu) - Bali

• 2003 (3)
  • (w/ Raymond) - Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Eastbourne

• 2002 (1)
  • (w/ Raymond) - Filderstadt

• 2001 (2)
  • (w/ Raymond) - Filderstadt, Zürich

• 2000 (1)
  • (w/ Morariu) - Indian Wells

• 1999 (4)
  • (w/ Morariu) - Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego
  • (w/ Zvereva) - Tokyo [Pan Pacific]

• 1998 (6)
  • (w/ Zvereva) - WTA Tour Championships, Indian Wells, Berlin, Stanford, San Diego, Filderstadt

• 1997 (7)
  • (w/ Novotna) - US Open, WTA Tour Championships, Amelia Island, Berlin
  • (w/ Zvereva) - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Indian Wells
  • (w/ Hingis) - Stanford

• 1996 (5)
  • (w/ MJ.Fernandez) - Roland Garros, WTA Tour Championships, Sydney, Oakland
  • (w/ Zvereva) - Los Angeles

• 1995 (4)
  • (w/ Novotna) - Sydney
  • (w/ Raymond) - Indian Wells
  • (w/ MJ.Fernandez) - Strasbourg, Tokyo [Nichirei]

• 1994 (2)
  • (w/ Raymond) - Indian Wells
  • (w/ Sánchez-Vicario) - Oakland

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, which ended on March 18, 2007.

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	3R	QF	QF	4R	4R	SF	SF	W	SF	A	4R	QF	F	QF	A	1 / 13	55-12
French Open	A	A	1R	3R	4R	QF	4R	SF	QF	1R	A	A	4R	4R	QF	A		0 / 11	31-11
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	QF	4R	2R	2R	QF	W	F	SF	A	QF	SF	F	A		1 / 12	48-11
U.S. Open	1R	2R	4R	3R	2R	4R	SF	W	SF	F	QF	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF		1 / 16	60-15
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 0	3 / 52	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-1	1-1	7-4	12-4	11-4	11-4	12-4	21-3	21-3	19-3	14-3	5-1	15-4	17-4	20-4	8-2	0-0	N/A	194-49
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	F	1R	QF	1R	F	W	1R	F	1R	A	RR	SF	A		1 / 11	18-11
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	F	QF	QF	W	QF	A	W	A	W	W	F	A	A	4 / 9	27-5
Indian Wells	A	A	QF	SF	QF	SF	W	F	2R	W	QF	A	F	F	F	4R	A	2 / 13	45-11
Miami	A	2R	2R	SF	4R	SF	4R	QF	QF	F	QF	A	4R	A	A	A		0 / 11	30-11
Charleston	A	A	2R	QF	A	A	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	QF	A		0 / 7	14-7
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	1-2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	1-1
San Diego1	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	W	SF	2R	SF	SF	SF	W	A	A		2 / 8	24-7
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	3-2
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	SF	A	A		0 / 2	5-2
Zurich	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	A	F	W	F	A	A	W	A		4 / 6	22-2
Tournaments played	3	11	16	17	15	18	22	21	19	19	17	9	16	17	16	8	0	N/A	244
Finals reached	0	0	1	3	3	4	8	10	8	12	11	4	6	9	10	1	0	N/A	90
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	2	1	3	6	6	7	4	7	0	1	7	6	0	0	N/A	51
Hardcourt Win-Loss	3-3	6-6	23-8	21-5	15-8	29-6	32-8	38-8	34-7	41-8	49-8	18-6	29-10	39-4	38-6	19-7	0-0	N/A	434-108
Clay Win-Loss	0-0	8-5	8-3	12-4	8-1	9-1	10-4	11-4	9-2	1-1	0-0	0-0	10-3	13-3	11-2	0-0	0-0	N/A	110-33
Grass Win-Loss	0-0	0-1	2-2	4-1	3-1	2-2	1-1	4-1	7-0	7-2	9-1	0-0	4-2	5-1	6-1	0-0	0-0	N/A	54-16
Carpet Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	3-2	7-4	5-3	7-6	14-3	14-2	9-1	8-1	4-0	6-3	4-0	6-1	3-1	2-1	0-0	N/A	92-28
Overall Win-Loss	3-3	14-12	36-15	44-14	31-13	47-15	57-16	67-15	59-10	57-12	62-9	24-9	47-15	63-9	58-10	21-8	0-0	N/A	690-1852
Year End Ranking	339	159	20	6	12	9	3	1	2	2	1	12	5	1	1	25		N/A	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹ The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status only in 2004.

² If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 3-1) and Fed Cup (23-2) participations are included, overall win-loss record stands at 714-187.

[edit] See also

• List of famous tall women
• List of female tennis players
• Wimbledon champions (Ladies' Singles)
• List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions

[edit] References

1. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=AgC9En7giqLq_VYSB69psqk4v7YF?slug=ap-davenport-pregnant&prov=ap&type=lgns
2. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20004228,00.html
3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6178019.stm
4. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2696582

[edit] External links

• WTA Tour profile for Lindsay Davenport

Preceded by Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Jennifer Capriati Amélie Mauresmo Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova	World No. 1 October 12, 1998 - February 7, 1999 July 5, 1999 - August 8, 1999 April 3, 2000 - May 7, 2000 May 15, 2000 - May 21, 2000 November 5, 2001 - January 13, 2002 October 18, 2004 - August 21, 2005 August 29, 2005 - September 11, 2005 October 24, 2005 - January 29, 2006	Succeeded by Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Jennifer Capriati Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters
Preceded by Martina Hingis	ITF World Champion 1998	Succeeded by Martina Hingis

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Australian Open women's singles champions*

* Open Era | (1969-70-71) Margaret Smith Court | (1972) Virginia Wade | (1973) Margaret Smith Court | (1974-75-76-1977[Dec]) Evonne Goolagong | (1977[Jan]) Kerry Reid | (1978) Chris O'Neil | (1979) Barbara Jordan | (1980) Hana Mandlíková | (1981) Martina Navrátilová | (1982) Chris Evert | (1983) Martina Navrátilová | (1984) Chris Evert | (1985) Martina Navrátilová | (1987) Hana Mandlíková | (1988-89-90) Steffi Graf | (1991-92-93) Monica Seles | (1994) Steffi Graf | (1995) Mary Pierce | (1996) Monica Seles | (1997-98-99) Martina Hingis | (2000) Lindsay Davenport | (2001-02) Jennifer Capriati | (2003) Serena Williams | (2004) Justine Henin | (2005) Serena Williams | (2006) Amélie Mauresmo | (2007) Serena Williams

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Wimbledon women's singles champions*

* Open Era | (1968) Billie Jean King | (1969) Ann Haydon-Jones | (1970) Margaret Smith Court | (1971) Evonne Goolagong | (1972-73) Billie Jean King | (1974) Chris Evert | (1975) Billie Jean King | (1976) Chris Evert | (1977) Virginia Wade | (1978-79) Martina Navrátilová | (1980) Evonne Goolagong | (1981) Chris Evert | (1982-83-84-85-86-87) Martina Navrátilová | (1988-89) Steffi Graf | (1990) Martina Navrátilová | (1991-92-93) Steffi Graf | (1994) Conchita Martínez | (1995-96) Steffi Graf | (1997) Martina Hingis | (1998) Jana Novotná | (1999) Lindsay Davenport | (2000-01) Venus Williams | (2002-03) Serena Williams | (2004) Maria Sharapova | (2005) Venus Williams | (2006) Amélie Mauresmo

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US Open women's singles champions*

* Open Era | (1968) Virginia Wade | (1969-70) Margaret Smith Court | (1971-72) Billie Jean King | (1973) Margaret Smith Court | (1974) Billie Jean King | (1975-78) Chris Evert | (1979) Tracy Austin | (1980) Chris Evert | (1981) Tracy Austin | (1982) Chris Evert | (1983-84) Martina Navrátilová | (1985) Hana Mandlíková | (1986-87) Martina Navrátilová | (1988-89) Steffi Graf | (1990) Gabriela Sabatini | (1991-92) Monica Seles | (1993) Steffi Graf | (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | (1995-96) Steffi Graf | (1997) Martina Hingis | (1998) Lindsay Davenport | (1999) Serena Williams | (2000-01) Venus Williams | (2002) Serena Williams | (2003) Justine Henin | (2004) Svetlana Kuznetsova | (2005) Kim Clijsters | (2006) Maria Sharapova

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WTA Tour Championships singles champions

(1972-73, 1975, 1977) Chris Evert | (1974, 1976) Evonne Goolagong | (1978-79, 1981, 1983-1986) Martina Navratilova | (1980) Tracy Austin | (1982) Sylvia Hanika | (1987, 1993, 1995-96) Steffi Graf | (1988, 1994) Gabriela Sabatini | (1990-1992) Monica Seles | (1997) Jana Novotná | (1998, 2000) Martina Hingis | (1999) Lindsay Davenport | (2001) Serena Williams | (2002-03) Kim Clijsters | (2004) Maria Sharapova | (2005) Amélie Mauresmo | (2006) Justine Henin |

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Tennis at the Summer Olympics | Olympic Champions in Women's tennis

1900: Charlotte Cooper • 1908: Dorothea Chambers, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (indoors) • 1912: Marguerite Broquedis, Edith Hannam (indoors) • 1920: Suzanne Lenglen • 1924: Helen Wills • 1988: Steffi Graf • 1992: Jennifer Capriati • 1996: Lindsay Davenport • 2000: Venus Williams • 2004: Justine Henin

Women's Tennis Association | World No. 1's in Women's tennis
Tracy Austin • Jennifer Capriati • Kim Clijsters • Lindsay Davenport • Chris Evert • Steffi Graf • Justine Henin • Martina Hingis • Amélie Mauresmo • Martina Navrátilová • Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • Monica Seles • Maria Sharapova • Serena Williams • Venus Williams