This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria:
* Singles:
**Officially
ranked among the top 25 by the
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenn ...
(since 1975)
**Ranked among the
top 10 by an expert (e.g.
A. Wallis Myers
Arthur Wallis Myers (24 July 1878 – 17 June 1939) was an English tennis correspondent, editor, author and player. He was one of the leading tennis journalists of the first half of the 20th century.
Family life
Myers was son of the Rev. John ...
) before 1975
**Reached the quarterfinals of a
Grand Slam tournament
**Reached the finals of or won the
year-end championships
**Won a medal at the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...
*Doubles:
**Won a Grand Slam tournament or year-end championship
**Officially ranked
No. 1 by the WTA (since 1984)
**Won a medal at the Olympic Games
List
See also
*
List of male tennis players
There are several lists of tennis players:
;Men:
* List of male singles tennis players
* List of male doubles tennis players
* Rankings
** List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
** List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
* ...
*
List of sportspeople
There are a variety of articles listing sportspeople of a particular sport.
*Archers
* Baseball players (Major League Baseball)
*Basketball players
** Basketball players (Men's National Basketball Association)
** Basketball players (Women's Nation ...
*
List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the ...
*
List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
*
Top ten ranked female tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 wh ...
*
Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 whe ...
*
List of Grand Slam women's singles champions
This article details the list of women's singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions. Some major changes have taken place in history and have affected the number of titles that have been won by various players. These have included the open ...
References
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