The Top 20 US Female Tennis Players of All Time

These female athletes set and smashed records, helping shape the game as we know it today. Here are the top female American tennis players of all time ranked by their overall titles and wins.

It comes as no surprise that Serena reigns as queen on this list. She holds 73 titles, including a whopping 23 Grand Slams and four Olympic gold medals. Serena is a six-time U.S. Open and seven-time Wimbledon champ, making her one of the best players of all time, male or female.

While she was born in Czechoslovakia, Navratilova became a U.S. citizen in 1977. This powerful player won an astounding 59 Grand Slam titles and nine Wimbledon championships over her four-decade career.

An early pioneer of American women’s tennis, Helen Wills Moody earned 31 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles. She also won two gold medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was the top female competitor in the world for eight years of her career.

Playing both doubles and singles, Chris Evert has 18 Grand Slam titles under her belt and represented the USA at the 1988 Olympics. She and Serena jointly hold the record of having six U.S. Open titles.

This tennis legend helped put women’s tennis on the map in the United States. She holds 39 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles. Many regard her as one of the best doubles players of all time.

Serena’s big sis has seven Grand Slams, five Wimbledon titles, and five Olympic medals. This makes her the most decorated tennis player in Olympic history, edging out Serena. She also holds several titles in doubles.

Not only did Maureen Connolly Brinker win nine major singles titles in the 1950s, but she was also the first woman to win a Grand Slam title. She also won some championship titles in doubles competitions.

Monica Seles, a Serbian-American, became the youngest player to win the French Open at the age of 16. She spent 178 weeks at the number one spot in women’s singles, the sixth-most of all time, and nabbed the bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Molla Bjurstedt Mallory was a Norwegian-American who won eight U.S. National Championships, but didn’t gain fame or a following until she won her sixth title. She also won championship titles in doubles and mixed doubles.

Legend Doris Hart was the second woman and fourth player ever to win a Career Grand Slam title in singles. She had 35 major championship wins, which places her at fifth on the list in overall total wins, tied with Louise Brough, and following some other incredible players on this list.

Althea Gibson was both a professional tennis player and golfer. She was the first Black woman to win the French Open, the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon, cementing her place in history. She has 11 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

Alice Marble won 18 Grand Slam championships in just four years. Between 1936 and 1940, she took home titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in the U.S. Nationals and Wimbledon. She was ranked number one in the world in 1939 and was known for both her power and speed.

Pauline Betz was on the cover of Time Magazine in 1946 for winning five titles that year. She won six consecutive U.S. National titles between 1941 and 1946, a record that she held solo until Chris Evert tied it. She was suspended in 1947 due to rumors that she had been paid to participate in a tour, so she never fully received the recognition she deserved for her skills.

Helen Hull Jacobs was the greatest rival of Helen Wills Moody, and the two always put on an interesting battle on the court. Jacobs was the most well-known Jewish-American female player of her time, winning nine Grand Slam titles between 1930 and 1940.

Louise Brough won six Grand Slam titles in singles during her career, as well as several other titles in doubles and mixed doubles. She earned 35 major titles, 29 of which were in doubles, making her a force to be reckoned with on the court, despite her soft-spoken personality.

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranked Lindsay Davenport at the number one spot for 98 weeks in singles and for 32 weeks in doubles. She earned 93 career titles, three Grand Slams, and an Olympic Gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Jennifer Capriati made her professional debut at age 13 and became the youngest player to reach the Top 10 when she was just 14. She won 15 career titles, three Grand Slams, and an Olympic Gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games. She set several records for being the youngest player to win or compete.

Tracy Austin holds the title of the youngest U.S. Open women’s singles champ, winning at just 16 years old. She has 30 singles titles, as well as several accomplishments in doubles and mixed doubles. She is also the youngest person to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the age of 29.

Margaret Osborne duPont had a true passion for the game. She won 37 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, which places her at number four on the all-time list of titles won. Twenty-five of her titles were U.S. Open Championships, a record in itself. Her other seven titles were Wimbledon wins.

Coco Gauff is only 21, but she is well on her way to making herself one of the greats. She has two Grand Slam titles under her belt, 10 doubles titles, and 10 singles titles. As of 2025, the WTA ranked her number three in the world.