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.
steffi graf
depends on if you only mean singles play or singles/doubles in toto A female holds the record for both, considering the "open era" and excluding junior titles Singles titles -Margaret Court (24 titles) singles/doubles - Margaret Court (62 titles)
Roger federer
Margaret Smith 24 Titles... steffi graf 22 ....titles martina navratilova 18 titles Serena Williams 13 titles venus Williams 9 Titles. Margaret still number one...its almost impossible to beat her record.
According to Wikipedia (refer to the links, below), as of January 2009, Steffi Graf held the #1 ranking for women for 377 weeks, non-consecutively, and 186 weeks, consecutively. As of June 2009, Pete Sampras held the #1 men's singles player for the longest total period of time at 286 weeks, non-consecutively, and Roger Federer had held the #1 ranking for the most consecutive weeks: 237.
Rod Laver with 184 singles titles. Federer doesn't even come close - he has won only 53 titles. Martina Navratilovawon 167 women's singles titles, i believe that this is the record
The Australian Open offers the largest amount of prize money for the winners of the men's and women's singles tennis titles in 2012 at $2.36 million. Both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open tie for $1.8 million in prize money.
federrer
chris evert
Margaret court.
Serena and Venus Williams have been professional tennis players for over 20 years each, starting in the late 1990s. They are among the most successful tennis players in history, with numerous Grand Slam titles to their names.