All time winners female singles Wimbledon

884 Maud Watson
1885 Maud Watson
1886 Blanche Bingley
1887 Lottie Dod
1888 Lottie Dod
1889 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1890 Helen Rice
1891 Lottie Dod
1892 Lottie Dod
1893 Lottie Dod
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1895 Charlotte Cooper
1896 Charlotte Cooper
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1898 Charlotte Cooper
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1902 Muriel Robb
1903 Dorothea Douglass
1904 Dorothea Douglass
1905 May Sutton
1906 Dorothea Douglass
1907 May Sutton
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1909 Dora Boothby
1910 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1911 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1912 Ethel Larcombe
1913 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1914 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1915 no competition
1916 no competition
1917 no competition
1918 no competition
1919 Suzanne Lenglen
1920 Suzanne Lenglen
1921 Suzanne Lenglen
1922 Suzanne Lenglen
1923 Suzanne Lenglen
1924 Kitty McKane
1925 Suzanne Lenglen
1926 Kitty McKane Godfree
1927 Helen Wills
1928 Helen Wills
1929 Helen Wills
1930 Helen Wills Moody
1931 Cilly Aussem
1932 Helen Wills Moody
1933 Helen Wills Moody
1934 Dorothy Round
1935 Helen Wills Moody
1936 Helen Hull Jacobs
1937 Dorothy Round
1938 Helen Wills Moody
1939 Alice Marble
1940 no competition
1941 no competition
1942 no competition
1943 no competition
1944 no competition
1945 no competition
1946 Pauline Betz
1947 Margaret Osborne
1948 Louise Brough
1949 Louise Brough
1950 Louise Brough
1951 Doris Hart
1952 Maureen Connolly
1953 Maureen Connolly
1954 Maureen Connolly
1955 Louise Brough
1956 Shirley Fry
1957 Althea Gibson
1958 Althea Gibson
1959 Maria Bueno
1960 Maria Bueno
1961 Angela Mortimer
1962 Karen Hantze Susman
1963 Margaret Smith
1964 Maria Bueno
1965 Margaret Smith
1966 Billie Jean King
1967 Billie Jean King
1968 Billie Jean King
1969 Ann Haydon Jones
1970 Margaret Smith Court
1971 Evonne Goolagong
1972 Billie Jean King
1973 Billie Jean King
1974 Chris Evert
1975 Billie Jean King
1976 Chris Evert
1977 Virginia Wade
1978 Martina Navrátilová
1979 Martina Navrátilová
1980 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1981 Chris Evert-Lloyd
1982 Martina Navrátilová
1983 Martina Navrátilová
1984 Martina Navrátilová
1985 Martina Navrátilová
1986 Martina Navrátilová
1987 Martina Navrátilová
1988 Steffi Graf
1989 Steffi Graf
1990 Martina Navrátilová
1991 Steffi Graf
1992 Steffi Graf
1993 Steffi Graf
1994 Conchita Martínez
1995 Steffi Graf
1996 Steffi Graf
1997 Martina Hingis
1998 Jana Novotná
1999 Lindsay Davenport
2000 Venus Williams
2001 Venus Williams
2002 Serena Williams
2003 Serena Williams
2004 Maria Sharapova
2005 Venus Williams
2006 Amelie Mauresmo
2007 Venus Williams
2008 Venus Williams
2009 Serena Williams
2010 Serena Williams
2011 Petra Kvitova
2012 Serena Williams
2013 Marion Bartoli

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All time winners singles female US Open

Image via Wikipedia1887 Ellen Hansell
1888 Bertha Townsend
1889 Bertha Townsend
1890 Ellen Roosevelt
1891 Mabel Cahill
1892 Mabel Cahill
1893 Aline Terry
1894 Helen Hellwig
1895 Juliette Atkinson
1896 Elisabeth Moore
1897 Juliette Atkinson
1898 Juliette Atkinson
1899 Marion Jones
1900 Myrtle McAteer
1901 Elisabeth Moore
1902 Marion Jones
1903 Elisabeth Moore
1904 May Sutton
1905 Elisabeth Moore
1906 Helen Homans
1907 Evelyn Sears
1908 Maud Barger-Wallach
1909 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
1910 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
1911 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
1912 Mary Browne
1913 Mary Browne
1914 Mary Browne
1915 Molla Mallory
1916 Molla Mallory
1917 Molla Mallory
1918 Molla Mallory
1919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
1920 Molla Mallory
1921 Molla Mallory
1922 Molla Mallory
1923 Helen Wills
1924 Helen Wills
1925 Helen Wills
1926 Molla Mallory
1927 Helen Wills
1928 Helen Wills
1929 Helen Wills
1930 Betty Nuthall
1931 Helen Wills Moody
1932 Helen Jacobs
1933 Helen Jacobs
1934 Helen Jacobs
1935 Helen Jacobs
1936 Alice Marble
1937 Anita Lizana
1938 Alice Marble
1939 Alice Marble
1940 Alice Marble
1941 Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1942 Pauline Betz
1943 Pauline Betz
1944 Pauline Betz
1945 Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1946 Pauline Betz
1947 Louise Brough
1948 Margaret Osborne duPont
1949 Margaret Osborne duPont
1950 Margaret Osborne duPont
1951 Maureen Connolly
1952 Maureen Connolly
1953 Maureen Connolly
1954 Doris Hart
1955 Doris Hart
1956 Shirley Fry
1957 Althea Gibson
1958 Althea Gibson
1959 Maria Bueno
1960 Darlene Hard
1961 Darlene Hard
1962 Margaret Smith
1963 Maria Bueno
1964 Maria Bueno
1965 Margaret Smith
1966 Maria Bueno
1967 Billie Jean King
1968 Virginia Wade
1968 Margaret Smith Court
1969 Margaret Smith Court
1969 Margaret Smith Court
1970 Margaret Smith Court
1971 Billie Jean King
1972 Billie Jean King
1973 Margaret Smith Court
1974 Billie Jean King
1975 Chris Evert
1976 Chris Evert
1977 Chris Evert
1978 Chris Evert
1979 Tracy Austin
1980 Chris Evert Lloyd
1981 Tracy Austin
1982 Chris Evert Lloyd
1983 Martina Navratilova
1984 Martina Navratilova
1985 Hana Mandlikova
1986 Martina Navratilova
1987 Martina Navratilova
1988 Steffi Graf
1989 Steffi Graf
1990 Gabriela Sabatini
1991 Monica Seles
1992 Monica Seles
1993 Steffi Graf
1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1995 Steffi Graf
1996 Steffi Graf
1997 Martina Hingis
1998 Lindsay Davenport
1999 Serena Williams
2000 Venus Williams
2001 Venus Williams
2002 Serena Williams
2003 Justine Henin-Hardenne
2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova
2005 Kim Clijsters
2006 Maria Sharapova
2007 Justine Henin
2008 Serena Williams
2009 Kim Clijsters
2010 Kim Clijsters
2011 Samantha Stosur
2012 Serena Williams

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Evert vs Navratilova

There was never such a long rivalry in women's tennis as between Martina and Chris. They met 80 times between 1973 and 1988. They often met in finals. Martina won 43 of the 80 times they met. Both won 18 Grand Slam singles titles.


Unlike other rivals they respected each other a lot and were friends.
Their styles of play were complimentary.

Chris was the first famous tennis player to use the two-handed backhand. She was a baseliner and held her emotions in check, such that people called her the Ice Maiden.
Martina was a serve volleyer and net rusher. She had a great sliced backhand which she could follow up and come to the net. Her volleying skills were also suburb.

Off court they were different also. Martina was born in Prague but became an American citizen. She was open about her lesbianism and took part in politics. She wasn't always popular as a result, but I remember in amongst my lesbian friends she was a heroine. They weren't interested in tennis much but went to it to get a glimpse of Martina. Martina lost millions of dollars in sponsorships because of her openness.


Chris was Miss American pie and accentuated her femininity. She was very popular. She had also been engaged to Jimmy Connors and for that reason became a celebrity. She had other high profile relationships: Burt Reynolds, President Ford's son and Adam Faith. She then married John Lloyd, a British tennis player. That marriage didn't last and she then married the Olympic skier Andy Hill with whom she has 3 sons.


Evert won 154 singles titles and Navratilova won 167. They were well matched on court.


Chris Evert

Chris Evert was very young by the standards of the day when at 16 she got to the semi-finals of the US Open, beaten by Billie Jean King.
Her achievements were astounding

* She was the first player to win 1000 singles matches
* Her .900 winning percentage is the best in pro tennis history.
* She won 125 straight matches on clay, the longest winning streak on any surface.
* Her record of 55 consecutive victories (set in 1974) stood until Martina Navratilova broke it 10 years later.
* Her 154 tournament victories (second only to Martina Navratilova) is the second highest amongst both men and women.
* Evert was the first female player to win $1 million.
* She won 6 US Opens, 3 Wimbledon’s, 7 French Opens and 2 Australian Opens.
* She won at least one Grand Slam tournament for 13 consecutive years.
* If Evert had won the titles which Martina beat her in, Evert would have won nearly 200 tournaments.


Martina Navratilova

Martina was born in Prague. Her parents divorced when she was 3. She took on her step father’s name when her mother remarried. He was her first coach. By 15 Martina won the Czech national championship. She became a pro at 16 and while in playing the US Open applied for a green card. She became a citizen in 1981. It took a while for her to adjust to a Western style of life and she didn't really get serious about tennis until 1978. By July of that year she became number one,
just after winning her first Grand Slam event: Wimbledon.



Martina's partners were just as high profile as Evert's had been. She and Rita Mae Brown, the author, were openly in a relationship as she was with Judy Nelson, another author. These women were always at her tennis matches and commentators didn't know what to call them. They usually ended up calling them "friends". Even now, only Amelie Mauresmo has been really open about her sexual orientation. Many of the other female tennis players are lesbian but they don't advertise it. Martina had
been a trailblazer for women's tennis but also for lesbians around the world.
Martina's records



* She won 167 singles titles, the most of any professional tennis player.
* She won at least one tour event for 21 consecutive years.
* She won 1440 singles matches. She won the singles and doubles titles at the same event 84 times. She and Evert are fourth equal in terms of their Grand Slam singles titles.
* With Pam Shriver she holds the record of 109 consecutive doubles matches wins.
* She won a record 9 Wimbledon titles.
* She won the singles, doubles and mixed at every Grand Slam event.
* In 2003 she became the oldest Grand Slam winner (in mixed)
* She was ranked no 1 for 331 weeks, second only to Graf's 373 weeks.
* She earned $20 million dollars. This was surpassed by Graf later.
* She had a consecutive match winning streak of 74 (the women's record)



Martina still plays tennis professionally and was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. She is a keen skier and golfer and co-wrote 3 mystery novels. She is still an active supporter of lesbian and gay rights.