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The appropriately named player is Australian tennis legend Margaret Court.
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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.
Margaret Court
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.
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)
Althea Gibson was a champion tennis player. In 1956 she won the French Open in both singles and doubles. Gibson became the leading women's tennis player in the world. In 1957 and 1958 she won both the Wimbledon and U.S. National singles titles, becoming the first African American to win a Wimbledon singles title. After she won the 1958 titles, she retired from tennis and played professional golf. She was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.
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18, 2 in the International Tennis Federation and 16 in the Women's Tennis Federation.She won two singles titles while playing in the International Tennis Federation in 1996. She did not win any singles titles as a member of the Women's Tennis Federation.She won 16 doubles titles in the Women's Tennis Federation including the Australian Open in 1999 and 2002 with partner Martina Hingis. Kournikova and Hingas were named WTA Doubles Team of the Year in 1999. She won most of her doubles titles with Hingis but also won titles with Julie Halard-Decugis, Natasha Zvereva, and Monica Seles.
Women's US Open Tennis Record Holders: 1968-currentWinner of most Singles titles: (6) Chris EvertWinner of most consecutive Singles titles: (4) Chris EvertWinner of most Doubles titles: (9) Martina NavratilovaWinner of most consecutive Doubles titles: (3) Virginia Ruano Pascual, Paola SuarezWinner of most Mixed Doubles titles: (3) Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Martina NavratilovaWinner of most Championships (total: singles, doubles, mixed): (18) Margaret Court, (16) Martina NavratilovaMen's US Open Tennis Record Holders: 1968-currentWinner of most Singles titles: (5) Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger FedererWinner of most consecutive Singles titles: (5) Roger FedererWinner of most Doubles titles: (4) Bob Lutz, Stan Smith, John McEnroeWinner of most consecutive Doubles titles: (2) Todd Woodbridge, Mark WoodfordeWinner of most Mixed Doubles titles: (3) Todd Woodbridge, Bob BryanWinner of most Championships (total: singles, doubles, mixed): (8) John McEnroe
14 Grand slam men's singles titles
Lindsay Davenport is a former number one professional tennis player. She has an Olympic gold medal in tennis singles and holds three Grand Slam singles tournament titles.