10 of the greatest women's tennis players

1. Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf

Career Highlights

Grand Slam Titles: 22

Career Singles Titles: 107

Career Win % : 89

Weeks as World No 1: 377

Tour Finals titles: 5

Record 31 Grand Slam finals

Calendar Year Slam in 1988

Record 186 consecutive Weeks as No 1

66-match winning streak

Olympic Gold in 1988

Steffi’s supremacy over other players can be easily understood by her numbers. The 22-time Grand Slam champion is the only player in history to have won every Major at least 4 times. Her consistency and adaptability on different surfaces is unparalleled not just in women's circuit, but in all of tennis.

Graf, with her unusual backhand and her jumping forehand, held the WTA No 1 spot for a record 377 weeks. Steffi put on a monumental show from 1988-89, winning five Grand Slam titles on the trot, which also consists of a 66-match winning streak.

Honourable Mentions:

Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova, Evonne Goolagong, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Hana Mandlikova.