Some of the women who have held the WTA number one ranking without obtaining a grand slam tittle are Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Sefina, and the current number one, Caroline Wozniacki.
Margaret Court with 62 Grand Slam titles from 24 Grand singles titles, 19 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 19 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
Virginia Wade was a famous tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships.
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Rafael Nadal won his fifth French Open and seventh Grand Slam when he defeated Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2,6-4 meanwhile, Francesca Schiavone defeated Sam Stosur 6-4,7-6(2) to win her first Grand Slam becoming the first Italian woman to win a singles Grand Slam.
It's Steffi Graf - she has won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, including the Golden Slam (all four Grand Slams in a year + the Olympic Gold Medal in singles, in 1988). Martina Navaratilova has won the most number of doubles Grand Slam titles. She is also the leading winner of overall Grand Slam titles.
Marion Bartoli of France, playing in her second Grand Slam final won the title, her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon 2013 by beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki, playing in her first Grand Slam final. The final score read 6-1 6-4.
Chris Evert appeared in 34 Grand Slam singles title matches and had a record of 18-16. Martina Navratilova appeared in 32 Grand Slam singles title matches and had a record of 18-14. Steffi Graf appeared in 31 Grand Slam singles title matches and had a record of 22-9.
Chris Evert won the French Open Women's singles title 7 times. She won in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1986. She won 18 Grand Slam Singles Championships.
Maria Sharapova was the winner of Wimbledon Women's Singles in 2004. She defeated Serena Williams in the final. This was Maria Sharapova's first Wimbledon Singles title.
1964 Games in Innsbruck. Luge debuted at the 1964 Games in Innsbruck with events in men's singles, women's singles, and men's doubles.
Maud Watson won the first Ladies' Singles Championship in 1884.
Ana Ivanovic claimed the 2008 women's singles title for the first time