martina navratilova has most women's tennis grand slam doubles titles.
martina navratilova has most women's tennis grand slam doubles titles.
most women's tennis grand slam doubles titles?
martina navratilova
williams has been ranked world no. 1 by the women's tennis association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. she first reached the no. 1 ranking on february 25, 2002, the first african american woman to do so in the open era, and the second all time since althea gibson. williams' seven grand slam singles titles are tied for 12th on the all-time list, and 8th on the open era list, more than any other active female player except her sister. she has reached 16 grand slam finals, most recently at wimbledon in 2017. she has also won 14 grand slam women's doubles titles, all with serena williams; the pair is unbeaten in grand slam doubles finals. williams also has two mixed doubles titles. her five wimbledon singles titles tie her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list, but gives her sole possession of no. 4 on the open era list, trailing only the nine titles of martina navratilova and the seven of serena williams and steffi graf. from the 2000 wimbledon championships to the 2001 us open, williams won four of the six grand slam singles tournaments in that span. at the 2019 wimbledon championships, williams extended her record as the all-time leader, male or female, in grand slams played, with 83. with her run to the 2017 wimbledon singles final, she broke the record for longest time between first and most recent grand slam singles finals appearances.
venus williams
the williams sisters are two professional american tennis players: venus williams (b. 1980), a seven-time grand slam title winner (singles), and serena williams (b. 1981), twenty-three-time grand slam title winner (singles), both of whom were coached from an early age by their parents richard williams and oracene price. there is a noted professional rivalry between them—between the 2001 us open and the 2017 australian open tournaments, they met in nine grand slam singles finals. they became the first two players, female or male, to play in four consecutive grand slam singles finals from the 2002 french open to the 2003 australian open; serena famously won all four to complete the first of two "serena slams". between 2000 and 2016, a 17-year span, they collectively won 12 wimbledon singles titles (venus won five, and serena won seven). by winning the 2001 australian open women's doubles title, they became the fifth pair to complete the career doubles grand slam and the only pair to complete the career doubles golden slam. at the time, venus and serena were only 20 and 19 years old, respectively. since then, they have gone on to add another two olympic gold medals in the 2008 beijing olympics and the 2012 london olympics. nearly a decade later, the duo would go on to win four consecutive grand slam doubles titles from 2009 wimbledon through 2010 roland garros, which would catapult them to co-no. 1 doubles players on 7 june 2010. two weeks later, on 21 june 2010, serena would hold the no. 1 singles ranking, and venus would be right behind her at no. 2 in singles. their most recent grand slam doubles titles came at the 2012 wimbledon and 2016 wimbledon events. they remain very close, often watching each other's matches in support, even after one of them has been knocked out of a tournament.
williams sisters