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2019 ROLAND GARROS
The first national French Championships for women were held in 1897, with foreign competitors eligible to take part from 1925. As such, this year’s
Roland Garros represents the 112th staging of the event overall, and the 89th edition since international players were admitted (the tournament
was not held during WWI and WWII). 2019 Roland Garros also marks the 52nd staging of the Open Era (which began in 1968). Of the 128 players
in the singles main draw, 108 gain direct entry based on WTA Singles Rankings (for week of April 15, 2019). In addition, there are 12 qualifiers
who play three rounds of qualifying matches, as well as eight wildcards.
SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS
ROUND PRIZE MONEY (€) RANKING POINTS
Winner €2,300,000 2000
Runner-Up €1,180,000 1300
Semifinalists €590,000 780
Quarterfinalists €415,000 430
Round of 16 (4r) €243,000 240
Round of 32 (3r) €143,000 130
Round of 64 (2r) €87,000 70
Round of 128 (1r) €46,000 10
PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN 2019 marks the first of 10 years that Shenzhen will host the WTA Finals (2019-2028) and will again feature the Top 8 singles players and
doubles teams competing in a round-robin format, who will compete for a record $14,000,000 in prize money over eight days from October
27 - November 3, 2019.
The Porsche Race to Shenzhen travels through 29 countries with 55 WTA Premier and International events, in addition to the four Grand
Slams.
Last October, the WTA Finals were held in Singapore for the fifth time in the event’s history with Elina Svitolina defeating Sloane Stephens
to lift the Billie Jean King Trophy - the biggest title of the Ukrainian’s career. The team of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic took home
the Martina Navratilova WTA Finals Doubles Trophy.
Here are the Race to Shenzhen standings as at Monday, 20 May:
SINGLES DOUBLES
RANK PLAYER RANK TEAM
1 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 1 Samantha Stosur (AUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN)
2 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2 Latisha Chan (TPE) / Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)
3 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 3 Barbora Strycova (CZE) / Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE)
4 Kiki Bertens (NED) 4 Elise Mertens (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
5 Belinda Bencic (SUI) 5 Xu Yifan (CHN) / Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)
6 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
7 Simona Halep (ROU) 7 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Timea Babos (HUN)
8 Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 8 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) / Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
9 Angelique Kerber (GER) 9 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) / Demi Schuurs (NED)
10 Elina Svitolina (UKR) 10 Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Nicole Melichar (USA)
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SEEDED FOR FIRST TIME AT A SLAM
Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – No.22 (third Grand Slam MD appearance)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) – No.32 (17th Grand Slam MD appearance)
MAIN DRAW SINGLES WITHDRAWALS
The following players have withdrawn from Roland Garros:
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) – continuing left ankle injury
Maria Sharapova (RUS) – continuing right shoulder injury
WTA SPECIAL RANKINGS
The following players are using a Special Ranking to gain entry into Roland Garros:
Shelby Rogers (USA) – No.81
Anna Tatishvili (USA) – No.107
THE 2019 CLAY COURT STORY SO FAR
TOURNAMENT SURFACE CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SEMIFINALISTS
Charleston Green Madison Keys (USA) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Monica Puig (PUR)
Petra Martic (CRO)
Bogotá Red Amanda Anisimova (USA) Astra Sharma (AUS) Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)
Lugano Red Polona Hercog (SLO) Iga Swiatek (POL) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)
Fiona Ferro (FRA)
Stuttgart Red Petra Kvitova (CZE) Anett Kontaveit (EST) Naomi Osaka (JPN)
Kiki Bertens (NED)
Istanbul Red Petra Martic (CRO) Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) Barbora Strycova (CZE)
Margarita Gasparyan (RUS)
Prague Red Jil Teichmann (SUI) Karolina Muchova (CZE) Barbora Strycova (CZE)
Bernarda Pera (USA)
Rabat Red Maria Sakkari (GRE) Johanna Konta (GBR) Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
Madrid Red Kiki Bertens (NED) Simona Halep (ROU) Belinda Bencic (SUI)
Sloane Stephens (USA)
Rome Red Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Johanna Konta (GBR) Kiki Bertens (NED)
Maria Sakkari (GRE)
Nürnberg Red ? ?
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Tamara Zidansek (SLO)
Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
Strasbourg Red ? ?
Chloe Paquet (FRA)
Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
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WORLD NO.1 – OSAKA ENTERS ROLAND GARROS AT NO.1
The fortnight of 2019 Roland Garros will be Naomi Osaka’s 18th and 19th consecutive weeks at World No.1. Osaka made her debut as the
WTA World No.1 on January 28, 2019, after lifting her second straight Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. She is the only Japanese
woman – and first from Asia (man or woman) – to achieve this historic milestone since computer rankings were introduced in 1975.
PLAYER WEEKS AT No.1 DATE REACHED No.1 Stefanie Graf (GER) 377 August 17, 1987
Martina Navratilova (USA) 332 July 10, 1978
Serena Williams (USA) 319 July 8, 2002
Chris Evert (USA) 260 November 3, 1975
Martina Hingis (SUI) 209 March 31, 1997
Monica Seles (USA) 178 March 11, 1991
Justine Henin (BEL) 117 October 20, 2003
Lindsay Davenport (USA) 98 October 12, 1998
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 71 October 11, 2010
Simona Halep (ROU) 64 October 9, 2017
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51 January 30, 2012
Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 39 September 13, 2004
Angelique Kerber (GER) 34 September 12, 2016
Dinara Safina (RUS) 26 April 20, 2009
Tracy Austin (USA) 21 April 7, 1980
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 21 August 22, 2005
Kim Clijsters (BEL) 20 August 11, 2003
Naomi Osaka (JPN) 18/19* January 28, 2019
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 18 August 11, 2008
Jennifer Capriati (USA) 17 October 15, 2001
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 12 June 9, 2008
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 12 February 6, 1995
Venus Williams (USA) 11 February 25, 2002
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 8 July 17, 2017
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4 September 11, 2017
Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 2 April 26, 1976
*including weeks of May 27 and June 3, 2019
RANKING WATCH: TOP SPOT ON THE LINE IN PARIS
In Paris, Karolina Pliskova, Petra Kvitova, Kiki Bertens and Angelique Kerber will have a chance to overtake Naomi Osaka atop the WTA
Rankings. Here is a look at the scenarios:
• Osaka can secure the No.1 ranking outright by reaching the final, regardless of any other results
• Pliskova needs to reach the final to have a chance at claiming top spot. Should Osaka reach SF or if Bertens or Kvitova also
make the final, Pliskova would have to win the title.
• Bertens also needs to reach the final to have a chance at claiming No.1. Should Osaka reach R16 or if Bertens faces Ka.Pliskova
or Kvitova, she would need to win the title.
• Kvitova needs to win the title with Osaka not reaching SF
• Kerber needs to win the title with Osaka not reaching QF and with Ka.Pliskova not reaching the final
NAME CURRENT
PTS RG18 PTS
1R 10
2R 70
3R 130
4R 240
QF 430
SF 780
F 1300
W 2000
OSAKA, NAOMI 6486 130 6366 6426 6486 6596 6786 7136 7656 8356
PLISKOVA, KAROLINA 5685 130 5565 5625 5685 5795 5985 6335 6855 7555
HALEP, SIMONA 5533 2000 3543 3603 3663 3773 3963 4313 4833 5533
BERTENS, KIKI 5405 130 5285 5345 5405 5515 5705 6055 6575 7275
KERBER, ANGELIQUE 5095 430 4675 4735 4795 4905 5095 5445 5965 6665
KVITOVA, PETRA 5055 130 4935 4995 5055 5165 5355 5705 6225 6925
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ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS
World No.3 Simona Halep won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at 2018 Roland Garros. There are 14 active Grand Slam champions, five
of whom have lifted the Roland Garros trophy previously in this year’s main draw: Halep (2018), Jelena Ostapenko (2017), Garbiñe Muguruza
(2016), Serena Williams (2002, 2013, 2015) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (2009).
GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ACTIVE PLAYERS)
PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN
Serena Williams 23
Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002,
2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999,
2002, 2008, 2012-14
Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01
Maria Sharapova 5 Australian Open: 2008; Roland Garros: 2012, 2014; Wimbledon: 2004;
US Open: 2006
Angelique Kerber 3 Australian Open: 2016; Wimbledon: 2018; US Open: 2016
Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13
Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004
Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014
Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017
Naomi Osaka 2 Australian Open: 2019; US Open: 2018
Simona Halep 1 Roland Garros: 2018
Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017
Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017
Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011
Caroline Wozniacki 1 Australian Open: 2018
In addition, five other players in this year’s Roland Garros main draw have contested at least one Grand Slam final in their careers: Eugenie
Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon), Dominika Cibulkova (2014 Australian Open), Madison Keys (2017 US Open), Karolina Pliskova (2016 US
Open) and Vera Zvonareva (2010 Wimbledon, 2010 US Open)
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MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES A total of 23 active players have reached a Grand Slam singles final.
PLAYER TOTAL TITLES WON RUNNER-UP FINISHES
Serena Williams 31 23 Wins
Australian Open (03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 15, 17)
Roland Garros (02, 13, 15)
Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 10, 12, 15, 16)
US Open (99, 02, 08, 12, 13, 14)
8 Runner-Ups
Australian Open (16)
Roland Garros (16)
Wimbledon (04, 08, 18)
US Open (01, 11, 18)
Venus Williams 14 7 Wins
Wimbledon (00, 01, 05, 07, 08) US Open (00, 01)
9 Runner-Ups
Australian Open (03, 17) Roland Garros (02) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 17) US Open (97, 02)
Maria Sharapova 10 5 Wins
Australian Open (08) Roland Garros (12, 14)
Wimbledon (04) US Open (06)
5 Runner-Ups
Australian Open (07, 12, 15)
Roland Garros (13)
Wimbledon (11)
Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 2 Wins
Roland Garros (09) US Open (04)
2 Runner-Ups
Roland Garros (06) US Open (07)
Victoria Azarenka 4 2 Wins
Australian Open (12, 13)
2 Runner-Ups
US Open (12, 13)
Simona Halep 4 1 Win
Roland Garros (18)
3 Runner-Ups
Roland Garros (14, 17)
Australian Open (18)
Angelique Kerber 4 3 Wins
Australian Open (16)
US Open (16)
Wimbledon (18)
1 Runner-Up
Wimbledon (16)
Caroline Wozniacki 3 1 Win
Australian Open (18)
2 Runner-Ups
US Open (09, 14)
Petra Kvitova 3 2 Wins
Wimbledon (11, 14)
1 Runner-Up
Australian Open (19)
Garbiñe Muguruza 3 2 Wins
Roland Garros (16)
Wimbledon (17)
1 Runner-Up
Wimbledon (15)
Naomi Osaka 2 2 Wins
US Open (18)
Australian Open (19)
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Sloane Stephens 2 1 Win
US Open (17)
1 Runner-Up
Roland Garros (18)
Samantha Stosur 2 1 Win
US Open (11)
1 Runner-Up
Roland Garros (10)
Jelena Ostapenko 1 1 Win
Roland Garros (17)
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Vera Zvonareva 2 2 Runner-Ups
Wimbledon (10)
US Open (10)
Eugenie Bouchard 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
Wimbledon (14)
Dominika Cibulkova 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
Australian Open (14)
Sara Errani 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
Roland Garros (12)
Jelena Jankovic 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
US Open (08)
Madison Keys 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
US Open (17)
Sabine Lisicki 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
Wimbledon (13)
Karolina Pliskova 1 - 1 Runner-Up
US Open (16)
Lucie Safarova 1 --- 1 Runner-Up
Roland Garros (15)
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OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS
PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL
Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23
Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22
Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18
Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18
Margaret Court (AUS) 4 3 1 3 11
Monica Seles (USA) 4 3 0 2 9
Billie Jean King (USA) 0 1 4 3 8
Venus Williams (USA) 0 0 5 2 7
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 4 1 2 0 7
Justine Henin (BEL) 1 4 0 2 7
Martina Hingis (SUI) 3 0 1 1 5
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 1 2 1 1 5
Kim Clijsters (BEL) 1 0 0 3 4
Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 2 1 0 1 4
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 0 3 0 1 4
ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS (10 or more)
PLAYER TOTAL
Margaret Court (AUS) 24
Serena Williams (USA) 23
Stefanie Graf (GER) 22
Helen Wills Moody (USA) 19
Chris Evert (USA) 18
Martina Navratilova (USA) 18
Billie Jean King (USA) 12
ALL-TIME ROLAND GARROS TITLES – BY COUNTRY
TITLES COUNTRY MOST RECENTLY
29 United States Serena Williams (2015)
10 Germany Stefanie Graf (1999)
8 Great Britain Sue Barker (1986)
7 Australia Margaret Court (1973)
7 France Mary Pierce (2000)
4 Belgium Justine Henin (2007)
4 Russia Maria Sharapova (2014)
4 Yugoslavia Monica Seles (1992)
4 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (2016)
2 Romania Simona Halep (2018)
1 Czech Republic Hana Mandlikova (1981)
1 Serbia Ana Ivanovic (2008)
1 Croatia Iva Majoli (1997)
1 Italy Francesca Schiavone (2010)
1 China Li Na (2013)
1 Netherlands Kea Bouman (1927)
1 Hungary Zsuzsi Kormoczy (1958)
1 Latvia Jelena Ostapenko (2017)
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OPEN ERA: ROLAND GARROS CHAMPIONS
PLAYER TITLES YEARS
Evert, Chris 7 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986
Graf, Stefanie 6 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999
Henin, Justine 4 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Seles, Monica 3 1990, 1991, 1992
Sánchez-Vicario, Arantxa 3 1989, 1994, 1998
Court, Margaret 3 1969, 1970, 1973
Williams, Serena 3 2002, 2013, 2015
Navratilova, Martina 2 1982, 1984
Sharapova, Maria 2 2012, 2014
Barker, Sue 1 1976
Capriati, Jennifer 1 2001
Goolagong, Evonne 1 1971
Halep, Simona 1 2018
Ivanovic, Ana 1 2008
Jausovec, Mima 1 1977
King, Billie Jean 1 1972
Kuznetsova, Svetlana 1 2009
Li, Na 1 2011
Majoli, Iva 1 1997
Mandlikova, Hana 1 1981
Muguruza, Garbiñe 1 2016
Myskina, Anastasia 1 2004
Ostapenko, Jelena 1 2017
Pierce, Mary 1 2000
Richey, Nancy 1 1968
Ruzici, Virginia 1 1978
Schiavone, Francesca 1 2010
CALENDAR & CAREER GRAND SLAMS
Three women have won all four majors in the same calendar year (achieving the Grand Slam), while three have held all four major titles at
the same time (non-calendar year Grand Slam). In addition, five more women have achieved a career Grand Slam:
CALENDAR-YEAR GRAND SLAM NON-CALENDAR YEAR GRAND SLAMS
Maureen Connolly (1953) Martina Navratilova 1983 Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and 1984 Roland Garros
Margaret Smith Court (1970) Stefanie Graf 1993 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 1994 Australian Open
Stefanie Graf (1988) Serena Williams 2002 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 2003 Australian Open
Serena Williams 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
CAREER GRAND SLAMS
Doris Hart (1954) 1949 Australian Championships, 1950 Roland Garros, 1951 Wimbledon, 1954 US Championships
1951 Roland Garros, 1956 Wimbledon, 1956 US Championships, 1957 Australian Championships
1966 Wimbledon, 1967 US Championships, 1968 Australian Championships, 1972 Roland Garros
1974 Roland Garros, 1974 Wimbledon, 1975 US Open, 1982 Australian Open
2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, 2008 Australian Open, 2012 Roland Garros
Shirley Fry (1957)
Billie Jean King (1972)
Chris Evert (1982)
Maria Sharapova (2012)
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STRONG OFF THE BLOCKS – FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS
Of those players with 10 or more Grand Slam appearances in this year’s Roland Garros draw, here are the players with the best strike rate in
the opening round at a Grand Slam:
• Serena Williams (69-1 in 1r): Serena’s lone opening round loss at a Grand Slam came at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Razzano)
• Naomi Osaka (11-1 in 1r): Osaka is on a 14-match winning streak at the Grand Slams, and has lost her opening round on one
occasion at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Van Uytvanck)
• Madison Keys (23-3 in 1r): Keys has not fallen in the first round on her past 18 major appearances. All three of her losses at this
stage came in her teenage years, at 2012 Australian Open (l. J.Zheng), 2013 US Open (l. Jankovic) and 2014 Roland Garros (l.
Errani)
• Garbiñe Muguruza (22-3 in 1r): Muguruza has not been upset in the first round on her past 17 major appearances. Her three
defeats at this stage came on her Grand Slam debut at 2012 US Open (l. J. Errani), 2014 Wimbledon (l. Vandeweghe) and 2014
US Open (l. Lucic-Baroni)
• Venus Williams (71-10 in 1r): Venus has fallen in the opening round of a Grand Slam 10 times in her career: 1997 Wimbledon (l.
Grzybowska), 2001 Roland Garros (l. Schett), 2006 Australian Open (l. Pironkova), 2012 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina), 2013 Roland
Garros (l. U.Radwanska), 2014 Australian Open (l. Makarova), 2015 Roland Garros (l. Stephens), 2016 Australian Open (l. Konta),
2018 Australian Open (l. Bencic) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang)
ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF A SLAM (minimum 10 appearances)
PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT
SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 69 1 70 .986
MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS) 51 4 55 .927
NAOMI OSAKA (JPN) 11 1 12 .917
MADISON KEYS (USA) 23 3 26 .885
GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP) 22 3 25 .880
VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) 71 10 81 .877
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN) 41 6 47 .872
VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS) 35 7 42 .833
2019 ROLAND GARROS WILDCARDS
Eight players received main draw wildcards: Audrey Albie (FRA), Selena Janicijevic (FRA), Diane Parry (FRA), Chloé Paquet (FRA), Jessika
Ponchet (FRA), Harmony Tan (FRA), Lauren Davis (USA) and Priscilla Hon (AUS). Davis and Hon were awarded wildcards as part of a reciprocal
agreement between the Fédération Française de Tennis, the United States Tennis Association and Tennis Australia. In the Open Era, the best result by a wildcard at a Grand Slam was achieved by Kim Clijsters who won the 2009 US Open title.
Best Results by a Wildcard at ...Roland
Garros Round Year
Best Results by a Wildcard at... All
Grand Slams Round Grand Slam
Mary Pierce QF 2002 Kim Clijsters Won 2009 US Open
Pauline Parmentier R16 2014 Justine Henin R-Up 2010 Australian Open
Jarmila Wolfe R16 2010 Zheng Jie* SF 2008 Wimbledon
Alexia Dechaume R16 1994 Sabine Lisicki SF 2011 Wimbledon
Jelena Dokic QF 2009 Australian Open
Martina Hingis QF 2006 Australian Open
Mary Pierce QF 2002 Roland Garros
*Zheng Jie became first WC to advance to SF at a Grand Slam
(since joined by Clijsters, Henin and Lisicki)
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QUALIFIERS AT GRAND SLAMS & ROLAND GARROS
Twelve players will earn their main draw place by winning through the qualifying rounds. A qualifier has reached the QF stage at Roland
Garros nine times, most recently Yaroslava Shvedova in 2012:
Best Results by a Qualifier at ...
Roland Garros Round Year
Yaroslava Shvedova QF 2012
Carla Suárez Navarro QF 2008
Petra Mandula QF 2001
Marta Marrero QF 2000
Barbara Schwartz QF 1999
Miroslava Bendlova QF 1978**
Helga Masthoff QF 1978**
Katja Ebbinghaus QF 1972
Corinne Molesworth QF 1972 **64 Draw in 1978
The best result by a qualifier at any Grand Slam in the Open Era is the SF – achieved by Alexandra Stevenson at 1999 Wimbledon and
Christine Dorey (now Mathison) at 1978 Australian Open.
CLAY COURT QUEENS
CLAY COURT TITLES
ACTIVE PLAYERS
CLAY COURT TITLES
ALL-TIME
ROLAND GARROS TITLES
ALL-TIME
13 Serena Williams 66 Chris Evert 7 Chris Evert
11 Maria Sharapova 32 Stefanie Graf 6 Stefanie Graf
9 Venus Williams 24 Margaret Court 5 Margaret Court*
7 Sara Errani 20 Conchita Martinez 4 Justine Henin
7 Simona Halep 19 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 4 Helen Wills-Moody*
6 Kiki Bertens 17 Martina Navratilova 3 Hilde Sperling*
5 Petra Kvitova 14 Virginia Ruzici 3 Monica Seles
13 Justine Henin 3 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
13 Nancy Richey 3 Serena Williams
13 Monica Seles
13 Serena Williams
MOST ROLAND GARROS MATCHES
Among active players, Serena Williams has played the most matches (75) and has the highest match winning percentage (.840) at Roland
Garros.
PLAYER W-L MATCHES PLAYER* W-L PCT
Serena Williams (USA) 63-12 75 Serena Williams (USA) 63-12 .840
Venus Williams (USA) 48-21 69 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 24-5 .828
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 56-12 68 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 56-12 .824
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 52-15 67 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 52-15 .776
Samantha Stosur (AUS) 39-15 54 Simona Halep (ROU) 24-8 .750
*Minimum 20 matches played
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THIRTYSOMETHINGS KEEP THRIVING
Not including qualifiers, this year’s draw at Roland Garros has 23 players who are aged 30 or older. Listed oldest to youngest: Venus Williams
(38), Serena Williams (37), Samantha Stosur (35), Vera Zvonareva (34) Kaia Kanepi (33), Svetlana Kuznetsova (33), Hsieh Su-Wei (33),
Mandy Minella (33), Pauline Parmentier (33), Kirsten Flipkens (33), Barbora Strycova (33), Tatjana Maria (31), Andrea Petkovic (31),
Angelique Kerber (31), Laura Siegemund (31), Mihaela Buzarnescu (31), Johanna Larsson (30), Carla Suarez Navarro (30), Magdalena
Rybarikova (30), Julia Goerges (30), Zhang Shuai (30, Evgeniya Rodina (30) and Dominika Cibulkova (30).
In the Open Era, a 30-something has won a Grand Slam title 25 times, a feat accomplished by 10 different women: Serena Williams (10),
Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), Ann Jones (1), Angelique Kerber (1), Li Na (1), Flavia Pennetta
(1) and Virginia Wade (1).
Serena Williams is the oldest woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title – most recently at 2017 Australian Open.
OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS – 30 AND OLDER
YR SLAM NAME YRS DAYS
2017 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 35 125
2016 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 34 287
2015 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 33 285
1990 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 33 263
2015 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 33 254
2015 US Open Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 33 198
2015 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 33 127
2014 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 32 330
1977 Wimbledon Virginia Wade (GBR) 31 357
2013 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 31 348
2014 Australian Open Li Na (CHN) 31 256
2013 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 31 225
1975 Wimbledon Billie Jean King (USA) 31 169
1986 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 31 55
1973 US Open Margaret Court (AUS) 31 347
2012 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 30 331
1987 US Open Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 322
1973 Roland Garros Margaret Court (AUS) 30 290
1974 US Open Billie Jean King (USA) 30 284
2012 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 30 261
1969 Wimbledon Ann Jones (GBR) 30 260
2018 Wimbledon Angelique Kerber (GER) 30 177
1987 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 170
1985 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 30 169
1973 Australian Open Margaret Court (AUS) 30 285
The oldest women’s singles champion at Roland Garros all-time is Zsuzsi Kormoczy of Hungary, who was 33 years, 279 days of age when
she won in 1958. The oldest champion in the Open Era is Serena Williams of USA, who won her second Roland Garros title at the age of 33
years, 254 days in 2015.
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TEENAGE KICKS
Not including qualifiers, there are eight teenagers in this year’s women’s singles draw (youngest to oldest): Selena Janicijevic (16), Diane
Parry (16), Amanda Anisimova (17), Iga Swiatek (17), Bianca Andreescu (18), Anastasia Potapova (18), Dayana Yastremska (19), Marketa
Vondrousova (19)
The youngest player in Open Era to:
• Play at Roland Garros: Mary Joe Fernandez (13 years, 280 days) in 1985
• Win a match at Roland Garros: Stefanie Graf (13 years, 342 days) in 1983
• Win Roland Garros: Monica Seles, who was 16 years, 6 months, when she won in 1990
• Win at any Grand Slam: Martina Hingis, who was 16 years, 4 months, winning 1997 Australian Open
A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 33 times (12 different players) in the Open Era. The last time that a teenager won a Grand
Slam title was Maria Sharapova (19 yrs, 132 days) at 2006 US Open.
CORNET INHERITS GRAND SLAM STREAK
Ai Sugiyama retains the longest streak in the Open Era for women – 62 appearances in a row. Feliciano López holds the men’s record with
69 consecutive appearances (including 2019 Roland Garros).
Heading into this year’s Roland Garros, Alizé Cornet assumes the title of having the longest active consecutive Grand Slam main draw
appearance streak with 50-straight appearances.
GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES – ACTIVE STREAKS
PLAYER CONSECUTIVE
APPEARANCES* START OF STREAK
Alizé Cornet (FRA) 50* 2007 Australian Open
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 46 2007 US Open
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 45* 2008 Roland Garros
Julia Goerges (GER) 44* 2008 Wimbledon
*Including 2019 Roland Garros
GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES - LONGEST STREAKS ALL-TIME
PLAYER CONSECUTIVE
SLAMS
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 54
Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54
Patty Schnyder (SUI) 52
Alizé Cornet (FRA)* 50*
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 48
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 47
Amanda Coetzer (RSA) 46
Lisa Raymond (USA) 46
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 46 *Including 2019 Roland Garros and indicates active streak
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MOST GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES
Venus Williams is playing in her 82nd career Grand Slam main draw at 2019 Roland Garros, the most in the Open Era. There are seven active
players who have played in 50 or more Grand Slam main draws:
OPEN ERA – ALL PLAYERS
PLAYER GS APPEARANCES
Venus Williams (USA) 82*
Amy Frazier (USA) 71
Serena WIlliams (USA) 71*
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 69
Martina Navratilova (USA) 67
Conchita Martinez (ESP) 64
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 64*
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63
Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62*
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 61
Helena Sukova (CZE) 61
Virginie Razzano (FRA) 59
Patty Schnyder (SUI) 59
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 59
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 58
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 57
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 57
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 55
Alizé Cornet (FRA) 53*
Roberta Vinci (ITA) 52
Barbora Strycova (CZE) 52*
*Includes 2019 Roland Garros; BOLD = active player
ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS
PLAYER GS APPEARANCES*
Venus Williams (USA) 82*
Serena Williams (USA) 71*
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 64*
Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62*
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 55
Alizé Cornet (FRA) 53*
Barbora Strycova (CZE) 52*
*Includes 2019 Roland Garros
200+ GRAND SLAM WINS AND BEYOND
Serena Williams leads all active players with 335 Grand Slam match wins, followed by her sister Venus Williams with 268. They are the only
active players to have 200+ Grand Slam main draw wins. Ten active players have won 100 or more Grand Slam main draw matches:
MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM WINS - OPEN ERA (Entering 2019 Roland Garros)
OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS
PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L
Serena Williams 335-46 Serena Williams 335-46
Martina Navratilova 306-49 Venus Williams 268-73
Chris Evert 299-37 Maria Sharapova 197-50
Stefanie Graf 278-32 Svetlana Kuznetsova 152-61
Venus Williams 268-73 Victoria Azarenka 124-43
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 210-54 Caroline Wozniacki 114-46
BOLD denotes active singles players Angelique Kerber 101-42
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DEFENDING A MAJOR IS A DIFFICULT TASK
There have been 24 title defenses at Wimbledon, 22 at the US Open, 21 at the Australian Open, and 11 at Roland Garros (post-1945):
• 22 different women have successfully defended a Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers
• 10 different women have successfully defended two or more different Grand Slams
• Only five women – Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Stefanie Graf, Monica Seles and Serena Williams – have defended three or
more different majors
• Stefanie Graf is the only woman to have defended at all four of the majors more than once; in fact she achieved the amazing feat
at least twice at each Grand Slam
• Five players in the Open Era have defended their title at Roland Garros: Court, Evert, Graf, Seles and most recently Henin (2005-
07)
• Six defending champions have lost in the opening round of their title defense: Graf (1994 Wimbledon), Capriati (2003 Australian
Open), Myskina (2005 Roland Garros), Kuznetsova (2005 US Open), Kerber (2017 US Open) and Ostapenko (2018 Roland Garros)
Below is a look at the Grand Slam singles champions who have defended their titles post-1945:
AUSTRALIAN OPEN (21) ROLAND GARROS (11) WIMBLEDON (24) US OPEN (22) Nancy Wynne Bolton (1946-48)
M. Smith Court (1960-66, 1969-71)
E. Goolagong Cawley (1974-76)
Stefanie Graf (1988-90)
Monica Seles (1991-93)
Martina Hingis (1997-99)
Jennifer Capriati (2001-02)
Serena Williams (2009-10)
Victoria Azarenka (2012-13)
Maureen Connolly Brinker (1953-54)
Margaret Smith Court (1969-70)
Chris Evert (1974-75, 1979-80, 1985-
86)
Stefanie Graf (1987-88, 1995-96)
Monica Seles (1990-92)
Justine Henin (2005-07)
Louise Brough Clapp (1948-50)
Maureen Connolly Brinker (1952-54)
Althea Gibson (1957-58)
Maria Bueno (1959-60)
Billie Jean King (1966-68, 1972-73)
M. Navratilova (1978-79, 1982-87)
S. Graf (1988-89, 1991-93, 1995-96)
Venus Williams (2000-01, 2007-08)
Serena Williams (2002-03, 2009-10,
2015-16)
Margaret Osborne DuPont (1948-50)
Maureen Connolly Brinker (1951-53)
Doris Hart (1954-55)
Althea Gibson (1957-58)
Darlene Hard (1960-61)
Maria Bueno (1963-64)
Margaret Court (1969-70)
Billie Jean King (1971-72)
Chris Evert (1975-78)
M. Navratilova (1983-84, 1986-87)
Stefanie Graf (1988-89, 1995-96)
Monica Seles (1991-92)
Venus Williams (2000-01)
Kim Clijsters (2009-10)
Serena Williams (2012-14)
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FOUR DIFFERENT GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS
For the second year in a row in 2018, the four majors were won by four different Grand Slam champions in a calendar year - Caroline
Wozniacki, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka.
In the Open Era, the majors have produced four different champions in 13 different years, and it has happened 26 times since 1926. See
table below for details (prefix denotes seeding):
YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN
1926 (1) D.Akhurst (AUS) (1) S.Lenglen (FRA) K.McKane-Godfrey (GBR) (2) M.Bjurstedt-Mallory (USA)
1933 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) M.Scriven (GBR) (1) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (2) H.Jacobs (USA)
1934 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) (2) M.Scriven (GBR) (2) D.Round (GBR) (1) H.Jacobs (USA)
1935 (1) D.Round (GBR) (2) H.Sperling (GER) (4) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (1) H.Jacobs (USA)
1936 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) (1) H.Sperling (GER) (2) H.Jacobs (USA) (3) A.Marble (USA)
1937 (2) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (1) H.Sperling (GER) (7) D.Round (GBR) (2) A. Lizane (CHI)
1938 (1) D.Bundy (AUS) (1) S.Mathieu (FRA) (1) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (2) A.Marble (USA)
1947 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (5) P.Todd (USA) (1) M.Osborne (USA) (2) L.Brough (USA)
1948 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (3) N.Adamson-Landry (FRA) (2) L.Brough (USA) (4) M.Osborne DuPont (USA)
1951 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (3) S.Fry (USA) (3) D.Hart (USA) (3) M.Connolly (USA)
1955 (2) B.Penrose (AUS) (2) A.Mortimer (GBR) (2) L.Brough (USA) (1) D.Hart (USA)
1961 (1) M.Smith (AUS) (6) A.Haydon (GBR) (7) A.Mortimer (GBR) (1) D.Hard (USA)
1966 (1) M.Smith (AUS) (3) A.Haydon-Jones (GBR) (4) B.J.King (USA) (2) M.Bueno (BRA)
1968 OPEN ERA BEGAN
1977 (Jan) (2) K. Melville-Reid (AUS) (1) M.Jausovec (YUG) (3) V.Wade (GBR) (1) C.Evert (USA)
1978 C.O’Neil (AUS) (2) V.Ruzici (ROU) (2) M.Navratilova (TCH) (2) C.Evert (USA)
1981 (3) M.Navratilova (USA) (4) H.Mandlikova (TCH) (1) C.Evert-Lloyd (USA) (3) T.Austin (USA)
1990 (1) S.Graf (GER) (3) M.Seles (YUG) (2) M.Navratilova (USA) (5) G.Sabatini (ARG)
1998 (1) M.Hingis (SUI) (4) A.Sánchez Vicario (ESP) (3) J.Novotna (CZE) (2) L.Davenport (USA)
1999 (2) M.Hingis (SUI) (6) S.Graf (GER) (3) L.Davenport (USA) (7) S.Williams (USA)
2004 (1) J.Henin (BEL) (6) A. Myskina (RUS) (13) M.Sharapova (RUS) (9) S.Kuznetsova (RUS)
2005 (7) S.Williams (USA) (10) J.Henin (BEL) (14) V.Williams (USA) (4) K.Clijsters (BEL)
2008 (5) M.Sharapova (RUS) (2) A. Ivanovic (SRB) (7) V.Williams (USA) (4) S.Williams (USA)
2011 (3) K.Clijsters (BEL) (6) Li N. (CHN) (8) P.Kvitova (CZE) (9) S.Stosur (AUS)
2014 (4) Li.N. (CHN) (7) M.Sharapova (RUS) (6) P.Kvitova (CZE) (1) S.Williams (USA)
2017 (2) S.Williams (USA) J.Ostapenko (LAT) (14) G.Muguruza (ESP) S.Stephens (USA)
2018 (2) C. Wozniacki (DEN) (1) S. Halep (ROU) (11) A.Kerber (GER) (20) N.Osaka (JPN)
2019 (4) N. Osaka (JPN) ??? ??? ???
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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS’ PERFORMANCES IN PARIS (OPEN ERA)
YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT
1969 Nancy Richey SF 1995 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario R-Up
1970 Margaret Smith Court WON 1996 Stefanie Graf WON
1971 Margaret Smith Court R16 1997 Stefanie Graf QF
1972 Evonne Goolagong R-Up 1998 Iva Majoli QF
1973 Billie Jean King DNP 1999 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario SF
1974 Margaret Smith Court DNP 2000 Stefanie Graf DNP
1975 Chris Evert WON 2001 Mary Pierce DNP
1976 Chris Evert DNP 2002 Jennifer Capriati SF
1977 Sue Barker DNP 2003 Serena Williams SF
1978 Mima Jausovec R-Up 2004 Justine Henin 2r
1979 Virginia Ruzici QF 2005 Anastasia Myskina 1r
1980 Chris Evert WON 2006 Justine Henin WON
1981 Chris Evert SF 2007 Justine Henin WON
1982 Hana Mandlikova SF 2008 Justine Henin DNP
1983 Martina Navratilova R16 2009 Ana Ivanovic R16
1984 Chris Evert R-Up 2010 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3r
1985 Martina Navratilova R-Up 2011 Francesca Schiavone R-Up
1986 Chris Evert WON 2012 Li Na R16
1987 Chris Evert SF 2013 Maria Sharapova R-Up
1988 Stefanie Graf WON 2014 Serena Williams 2r
1989 Stefanie Graf R-Up 2015 Maria Sharapova R16
1990 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 2r 2016 Serena Williams R-Up
1991 Monica Seles WON 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza R16
1992 Monica Seles WON 2018 Jelena Ostapenko 1r
1993 Monica Seles DNP 2019 Simona Halep ???
1994 Stefanie Graf SF
BACK-TO-BACK CLUB
In the Open Era, only five women have claimed the Australian Open and Roland Garros titles back-to-back:
Margaret Smith Court (1962, 1964, 1969, 1970*, 1973)
Stefanie Graf (1988*)
Monica Seles (1991, 1992)
Jennifer Capriati (2001)
Serena Williams (2015) *player won all Grand Slam singles titles that year
ALL-TIME: MOST CAREER SINGLES TITLES
ALL-TIME TITLES ACTIVE TITLES
Martina Navratilova 167 Serena Williams 72
Chris Evert 154 Venus Williams 49
Stefanie Graf 107 Maria Sharapova 36
Margaret Court 92 Caroline Wozniacki 30
Serena Williams 72 Petra Kvitova 27
Evonne Goolagong Cawley 68 Victoria Azarenka 20
Billie Jean King 67 Simona Halep 18
Lindsay Davenport 55 Svetlana Kuznetsova 18
Virginia Wade 55 Karolina Pliskova 13
Monica Seles 53 Elina Svitolina 13
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FIVE-YEAR SEEDS COMPARISON
SEED 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 1 Naomi Osaka Simona Halep Angelique Kerber Serena Williams Serena Williams
2 Karolina Pliskova Caroline Wozniacki Karolina Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska Maria Sharapova
3 Simona Halep Garbiñe Muguruza Simona Halep Angelique Kerber Simona Halep
4 Kiki Bertens Elina Svitolina Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Petra Kvitova
5 Angelique Kerber Jelena Ostapenko Elina Svitolina Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki
6 Petra Kvitova Karolina Pliskova Dominika Cibulkova Simona Halep Eugenie Bouchard
7 Sloane Stephens Caroline Garcia Johanna Konta Roberta Vinci Ana Ivanovic
8 Ashleigh Barty Petra Kvitova Svetlana Kuznetsova Timea Bacsinszky Carla Suárez Navarro
9 Elina Svitolina Venus Williams Agnieszka Radwanska Venus Williams Ekaterina Makarova 10 Serena Williams Sloane Stephens Venus Williams Petra Kvitova Andrea Petkovic 11 Aryna Sabalenka Julia Goerges Caroline Wozniacki Lucie Safarova Angelique Kerber
12 Anastasija Sevastova Angelique Kerber Madison Keys Carla Suárez Navarro Karolina Pliskova
13 Caroline Wozniacki Madison Keys Kristina Mladenovic Svetlana Kuznetsova Lucie Safarova
14 Madison Keys Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina Ana Ivanovic Agnieszka Radwanska
15 Belinda Bencic CoCo Vandeweghe Petra Kvitova Madison Keys Venus Williams 16 Wang Qiang Elise Mertens Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sara Errani Madison Keys
NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES
• Naomi Osaka enters Roland Garros as the top seed for her first time at the majors
• Since 1968, the No.1 seed has claimed the title on 19 occasions and finished runner-up on 13 occasions
• The most recent No.1 seed to win a Grand Slam title was Simona Halep at 2018 Roland Garros
• In the Open Era, the top seed has lost in 1r on five occasions across all Grand Slams:
1979 Australian Open Ruzici (l. Mary Sawyer)
1994 Wimbledon Graf (l. Lori McNeil)
1999 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Jelena Dokic)
2001 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Virginia Ruano Pascual)
2017 Roland Garros Kerber (l. Makarova)
2018 US Open Halep (l. Kanepi)
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NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT ROLAND GARROS
YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT
1968 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF
1969 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) WON 1995 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) R-Up
1970 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) WON 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) WON
1971 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) R16 1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) R-Up
1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-Up 1998 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF
1973 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) WON 1999 Martina Hingis (SUI) R-Up
1974 Chris Evert (USA) WON 2000 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF
1975 Chris Evert (USA) WON 2001 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF
1976 Sue Barker (GBR) WON 2002 Jennifer Capriati (USA) SF
1977 Mima Jausovec (YUG) WON 2003 Serena Williams (USA) SF
1978 Mima Jausovec (YUG) R-Up 2004 Justine Henin (BEL) 2r
1979 Chris Evert (USA) WON 2005 Lindsay Davenport (USA) QF
1980 Chris Evert (USA) WON 2006 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 4r
1981 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2007 Justine Henin (BEL) WON
1982 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2008 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4r
1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) 4r 2009 Dinara Safina (RUS) R-Up
1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) WON 2010 Serena Williams (USA) QF
1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3r
1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2012 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 4r
1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2013 Serena Williams (USA) WON
1988 Stefanie Graf (GER) WON 2014 Serena Williams (USA) 2r
1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up 2015 Serena Williams (USA) WON
1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up 2016 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up
1991 Monica Seles (YUG) WON 2017 Angelique Kerber (GER) 1r
1992 Monica Seles (YUG) WON 2018 Simona Halep (ROU) WON
1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) WON 2019 Naomi Osaka (JPN) ???
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TOP 16 SEEDS’ ROLAND GARROS & GRAND SLAM RESULTS
PLAYER RG
W-L RG BEST RESULT
GS
W-L GS BEST RESULT
1 Naomi Osaka 4-3 3r (2016, 2018) 32-10 WON (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open)
2 Karolina Pliskova 9-7 SF (2017) 51-27 R-Up (2016 US Open)
3 Simona Halep 24-8 WON (2018) 76-34 WON (2018 Roland Garros)
4 Kiki Bertens 11-7 SF (2016) 26-27 SF (2016 Roland Garros)
5 Angelique Kerber 17-11 QF (2012, 2018) 19-10 WON (2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open, 2018 Wimbledon)
6 Petra Kvitova 23-10 SF (2012) 98-40 WON (2011, 2014 Wimbledon)
7 Sloane Stephens 20-7 R-Up (2018) 61-27 WON (2017 US Open)
8 Ashleigh Barty 2-5 2r (2013, 2018) 18-18 QF (2019 Australian Open)
9 Elina Svitolina 15-6 QF (2015, 2017) 46-26 QF (2015, 2017 Roland Garros; 2018-19 Australian Open)
10 Serena Williams 63-12 WON (2002, 2013,
2015) 335-36
WON (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 US Open; 2002, 2013, 2015 Roland Garros;
2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16 Wimbledon; 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015,
2017 Australian Open)
11 Aryna Sabalenka 0-1 1r (2018) 6-6 4r (2018 US Open)
12 Anastasija Sevastova 3-6 3r (2017) 29-24 SF (2018 US Open)
13 Caroline Wozniacki 21-11 QF (2010, 2017) 114-46 WON (2018 Australian Open)
14 Madison Keys 12-6 SF (2018) 63-26 R-Up (2017 US Open)
15 Belinda Bencic 2-3 2r (2015, 2018) 26-17 QF (2014 US Open)
16 Wang Qiang 2-1 3r (2018) 12-8 3r (2018 Roland Garros, 2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open)
RECENT GRAND SLAM FORM
Here are the recent Grand Slam performances of the Top 16 seeds:
PLAYER 2017
AO
2017
RG
2017
WIMB
2017
USO
2018
AO
2018
RG
2018
WMB
2018
USO
2019
AO
Naomi Osaka 2r 1r 3r 3r 4r 3r 3r WON WON
Karolina Pliskova QF SF 2r QF QF 3r 4r QF SF
Simona Halep 1r R-Up QF 1r R-Up WON 3r 1r 4r
Kiki Bertens 1r 2r 1r 1r 3r 3r QF 3r 2r
Angelique Kerber 4r 1r 4r 1r SF QF WON 3r 4r
Petra Kvitova - 2r 2r QF 1r 3r 1r 3r R-Up
Sloane Stephens - - 1r WON 1r R-Up 1r QF 4r
Ashleigh Barty 3r 1r 1r 3r 3r 2r 3r 4r QF
Elina Svitolina 3r QF 4r 4r QF 3r 1r 4r QF
Serena Williams WON - - - - 4r R-Up R-Up QF
Aryna Sabalenka - - 2r - 1r 1r 1r 4r 3r
Anastasija Sevastova 3r 3r 2r QF 2r 1r 1r SF 4r
Caroline Wozniacki 3r QF 4r 2r WON 4r 2r 2r 3r
Madison Keys - 2r 2r R-Up QF SF 3r SF 4r
Belinda Bencic 1r - - - 2r 2r 4r 1r 3r
Wang Qiang 1r 1r 2r 1r 1r 3r 1r 3r 3r
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DEFENDING RANKING POINTS
Here is a look at the Top 16 seeds and the ranking points that they will be defending from 2018 Roland Garros:
PLAYER 2018
RG RESULT 2018
RG PTS PLAYER
2018 RG RESULT
2018 RG PTS
Naomi Osaka 3r 130 Elina Svitolina 3r 130
Karolina Pliskova 3r 130 Serena Williams 4r 240
Simona Halep WON 2000 Aryna Sabalenka 1r 10
Kiki Bertens 3r 130 Anastasija Sevastova 1r 10
Angelique Kerber QF 430 Caroline Wozniacki 4r 240
Petra Kvitova 3r 130 Madison Keys SF 780
Sloane Stephens R-Up 1300 Belinda Bencic 2r 70
Ashleigh Barty 2r 70 Wang Qiang 3r 130
ROLAND GARROS MISCELLANY
• The 112th staging of the women’s singles at French Championships (having first been played in 1897)
• Only three times, in 1933 (Margaret Scriven), 2010 (Francesca Schiavone) and 2017 (Jelena Ostapenko) has the women’s singles
title at Roland Garros not been won by a Top 10 seed
• The players who have won the most Roland Garros singles titles (in the tournament’s entire history) are Chris Evert (7); Stefanie
Graf (6); Margaret Smith Court (5); Justine Henin and Helen Wills-Moody (4); and Hilde Sperling, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez-
Vicario and Serena Williams (3)
• USA has won the most titles at Roland Garros (29) ahead of Germany (10), then Australia and Great Britain (8 each)
• The players who own the most doubles titles are Martina Navratilova (7), Simone Mathieu, Natasha Zvereva and Gigi Fernandez (6
apiece)
• Mary Pierce was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year (2000). Lucie Safarova contested both
the singles and doubles finals in 2015 (finished runner-up in singles, champion in doubles)
• There are nine former or current No.1s in the 2019 main draw: Victoria Azarenka, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Garbiñe
Muguruza, Naomi Osaka, Karolina Pliskova, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki
• Longest match (time): 4 hours, 7 minutes – V.Buisson (FRA) d. N. Van Lottum (FRA) 67 75 62, 1r, 1995
• Longest match (games): 56 games – K Melville (AUS) d. P.Teeguarden (USA) 97 46 1614, 1r, 1972. Since the introduction of the
tiebreak in 1973, the record is 46 games, which has happened twice
• A left-handed player has won the singles title 10 times (most recently, Monica Seles in 1992)
• The singles title has been won without dropping a set 20 times (most recently, Justine Henin in 2007)
• Four players have won the title after saving match point: Osborne DuPont (1946); Smith-Court (1962); Myskina (2004); and Henin
(2005)
• Only six players have won the Roland Garros women’s singles title after winning the Roland Garros girls’ singles title (Halep, Durr,
Jausovec, Mandlikova, Capriati and Henin)
• Previous girls’ singles winners in this year’s main draw are: Kanepi (2001), Cornet (2007), Halep (2008), Mladenovic (2009),
Svitolina (2010), Jabeur (2011), Bencic (2013) and Kasatkina (2014)
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ROLAND GARROS HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA)
YEAR (SEED) CHAMPION (RANK) (SEED) RUNNER-UP (RANK) SCORE
1968 (2) Nancy Richey (USA) (1) Ann Haydon Jones (GBR) 57 64 61
1969 (1) Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) (3) Ann Haydon Jones (GBR) 61 46 63
1970 (1) Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) (7) Helga Niessen (GER) 62 64
1971 (3) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (-) Helen Gourlay (AUS) 63 75
1972 (3) Billie Jean King (USA) (1) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 63 63
1973 (1) Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) (2) Chris Evert (USA) 67(5) 76(6) 64
1974 (1) Chris Evert (USA) (3) Olga Morozova (RUS) 61 62
1975 (1) Chris Evert (USA) (2) Martina Navratilova (TCH) 26 62 61
1976 (1) Sue Barker (GBR #18) (-) Renata Tomanova (TCH #47) 62 06 62
1977 (1) Mima Jausovec (YUG #9) (-) Florenta Mihai (ROU #40) 62 67(5) 61
1978 (2) Virginia Ruzici (ROU #17) (1) Mima Jausovec (YUG #14) 62 62
1979 (1) Chris Evert (USA #1) (4) Wendy Turnbull (AUS #6) 62 60
1980 (1) Chris Evert (USA #3) (8) Virginia Ruzici (ROU #13) 60 63
1981 (4) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) (6) Sylvia Hanika (GER #9) 62 64
1982 (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) (4) Andrea Jaeger (USA #4) 76(6) 61
1983 (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) (-) Mima Jausovec (YUG #38) 61 62
1984 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) 63 61
1985 (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) 63 67(4) 75
1986 (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) 26 63 63
1987 (2) Stefanie Graf (GER #2) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) 64 46 86
1988 (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) (13) Natalia Zvereva (URS #15) 60 60
1989 (7) Arantxa Sánchez (ESP #10) (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) 76(6) 36 75
1990 (2) Monica Seles (YUG #3) (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) 76(6) 64
1991 (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (5) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #6) 63 64
1992 (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (2) Stefanie Graf (GER #2) 62 36 10-8
1993 (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #2) (5) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA #7) 46 62 64
1994 (2) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #2) (12) Mary Pierce (FRA #12) 64 64
1995 (2) Stefanie Graf (GER #2) (1) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #1) 75 46 60
1996 (Co-1) Stefanie Graf (GER Co-#1) (4) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #3) 63 67(4) 10-8
1997 (9) Iva Majoli (CRO #9) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) 64 62
1998 (4) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #5) (6) Monica Seles (USA #8) 76(5) 06 62
1999 (6) Stefanie Graf (GER #6) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) 46 75 62
2000 (6) Mary Pierce (FRA #7) (5) Conchita Martínez (ESP #5) 62 75
2001 (4) Jennifer Capriati (USA #4) (12) Kim Clijsters (BEL #14) 16 64 12-10
2002 (3) Serena Williams (USA #3) (2) Venus Williams (USA #2) 75 63
2003 (4) Justine Henin (BEL #4) (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL #2) 60 64
2004 (6) Anastasia Myskina (RUS #5) (9) Elena Dementieva (RUS #10) 61 62
2005 (10) Justine Henin (BEL #12) (21) Mary Pierce (FRA #23) 61 61
2006 (5) Justine Henin (BEL #5) (8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #10) 64 64
2007 (1) Justine Henin (BEL #1) (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB #7) 61 62
2008 (2) Ana Ivanovic (SRB #2) (13) Dinara Safina (RUS #14) 64 63
2009 (7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #7) (1) Dinara Safina (RUS #1) 64 62
2010 (17) Francesca Schiavone (ITA #17) (7) Samantha Stosur (AUS #7) 64 76(2)
2011 (6) Li Na (CHN #7) (5) Francesca Schiavone (ITA #5) 64 76(0)
2012 (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) (21) Sara Errani (ITA #24) 63 62
2013 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) 64 64
2014 (7) Maria Sharapova (RUS #8) (4) Simona Halep (ROU #4) 64 67(5) 64
2015 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (13) Lucie Safarova (CZE #13) 63 67(2) 62
2016 (4) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #4) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) 75 64
2017 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT #47) (3) Simona Halep (ROU #4) 46 64 63
2018 (1) Simona Halep (ROU #1) (10) Sloane Stephens (USA #10) 36 64 61
• Last year, Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam and became only the second Romanian to win Roland Garros after Virginia Ruzici did in 1978. It was
the 19th time a No.1 seed has won the Roland Garros title.
• Two years ago, Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded player in the Open Era to win Roland Garros
• In 2011, Li Na won the title at Roland Garros as the No.6 seed, the first Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title
• In the Open Era, the Top 2 seeds have played in the final 12 times, with the No.2 seed winning seven times (most recently 1995)
• Thirty-one of the Roland Garros women’s titles have been won by one of the Top 2 seeds; the top seed has won the title 19 times, and the No.2 seed has
won the title 12 times
• The Roland Garros final has been decided in three sets on 21 occasions, including four of the past five years
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FIRST-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPS
Since 1968 Roland Garros, 50 women have won at least one Grand Slam title (28 have gone on to win more).
PLAYER AGE
YRS, MOS FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE
TOTAL OPEN ERA
GS TITLES (SGL)
****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25,10 1968 Roland Garros 1
***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24,8 1968 Wimbledon 8
Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23,2 1968 US Open 3
*Court, Margaret (AUS) 26,6 1969 Australian Open 11
**Jones, Ann (GBR) 30,9 1969 Wimbledon 1
Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19,10 1971 Roland Garros 7
Evert, Chris (USA) 19,6 1974 Roland Garros 18
Barker, Sue (GBR) 20,2 1976 Roland Garros 1
Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29,4 1977 Australian Open (Jan) 1
Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20,1 1977 Roland Garros 1
Ruzici, Virginia (ROU) 23,4 1978 Roland Garros 1
Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21,9 1978 Wimbledon 18
O'Neil, Christine (AUS) 22,9 1978 Australian Open 1
Austin, Tracy (USA) 16,9 1979 US Open 2
Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22,8 1979 Australian Open 1
Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18,10 1980 Australian Open 4
Graf, Stefanie (GER) 17,11 1987 Roland Garros 22
Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17,6 1989 Roland Garros 4
Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16,6 1990 Roland Garros 9
Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20,4 1990 US Open 1
Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22,3 1994 Wimbledon 1
Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20,0 1995 Australian Open 2
Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16,4 1997 Australian Open 5
Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19,10 1997 Roland Garros 1
Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29,9 1998 Wimbledon 1
Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22,3 1998 US Open 3
Williams, Serena (USA) 17,11 1999 US Open 23
Williams, Venus (USA) 20,0 2000 Wimbledon 7
Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24,10 2001 Australian Open 3
Henin, Justine (BEL) 21,0 2003 Roland Garros 7
Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22,11 2004 Roland Garros 1
Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17,2 2004 Wimbledon 5
Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19,2 2004 US Open 2
Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22,2 2005 US Open 4
Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26,6 2006 Australian Open 2
Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20,7 2008 Roland Garros 1
Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29,11 2010 Roland Garros 1
Li, Na (CHN) 29,3 2011 Roland Garros 2
Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21,3 2011 Wimbledon 2
Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27,5 2011 US Open 1
Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22,6 2012 Australian Open 2
Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28,9 2013 Wimbledon 1
Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33,7 2015 US Open 1
Kerber, Angelique (GER) 28,0 2016 Australian Open 2
Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP) 22,8 2016 Roland Garros 2
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 20,0 2017 Roland Garros 1
Sloane Stephens (USA) 24,5 2017 US Open 1
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 27,6 2018 Australian Open 1
Simona Halep (ROU) 26,8 2018 Roland Garros 1
Naomi Osaka (JPN) 20,11 2018 US Open 2
*Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between 1960 and 1966
** Jones won two pre-Open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a 2nd at the French again in 1966
*** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon 1966-67, US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22 years, 8 months at
the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966
****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 French Open - the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era
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OPEN ERA GRAND SLAM HONOR ROLL
YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN1 ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN2
1968 ------------------------------------- [2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR)
1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS)
1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS)
1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA)
1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA)
1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS)
1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA)
1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA)
1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA)
1977 JAN - [2] Kerry Reid (AUS)
DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA)
1978 [-] Chris O’Neil (AUS) [2] Virginia Ruzici (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA)
1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA)
1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA)
1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA)
1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA)
1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA)
1984 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA)
1985 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE)
1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA)
1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA)
1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)
1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)
1990 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)
1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG)
1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG)
1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)
1994 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP)
1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)
1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)
1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI)
1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA)
1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA)
2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA)
2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA)
2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA)
2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL)
2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Anastasia Myskina (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
2005 [7] Serena Williams (USA) [10] Justine Henin (BEL) [14] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Kim Clijsters (BEL)
2006 [3] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS)
2007 [-] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [23] Venus Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL)
2008 [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA)
2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [WC] Kim Clijsters (BEL)
2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [17] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Kim Clijsters (BEL)
2011 [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [6] Li Na (CHN) [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS)
2012 [3] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA)
2013 [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [1] Serena Williams (USA)
2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) [7] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [1] Serena Williams (USA)
2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [26] Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
2016 [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Angelique Kerber (GER)
2017 [2] Serena Williams (USA) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) Sloane Stephens (USA)
2018 [2] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] Simona Halep (ROU) [11] Angelique Kerber (GER) [20] Naomi Osaka (JPN)
2019 [4] Naomi Osaka (JPN)
Notes - 1. Australian Open held at start of year 1969-77 and from 1987, held at end of year from 1977 to 1985; held on grass through 1985, and hard court from 1987; 2.
US Open held on grass through 1974, Clay (Har-tru) 1975-77; Hard court from 1978. Highlighted winners denote first time Grand Slam champions
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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN (direct entries & wildcards)
USA (15) ANISIMOVA, AMANDA
BRADY, JENNIFER
BRENGLE, MADISON
COLLINS, DANIELLE
DAVIS, LAUREN
KENIN, SOFIA
KEYS, MADISON
PEGULA, JESSICA ROGERS, SHELBY
RISKE, ALISON
STEPHENS, SLOANE
TATISHVILI, ANNA
TOWNSEND, TAYLOR
WILLIAMS, VENUS
WILLIAMS, SERENA
FRA (11) ALBIE, AUDREY
CORNET, ALIZÉ
FERRO, FIONA
GARCIA, CAROLINE
JANICICEVIC, SELENA
MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA PAQUET, CHLOE
PARRY, DIANE
PARMENTIER, PAULINE
PONCHET, JESSIKA
TAN, HARMONY
RUS (10) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA DIATCHENKO, VITALIA
GASPARYAN, MARGARITA
KASATKINA, DARIA
KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA
KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA
POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA RODINA, EVGENIYA
ZVONAREVA, VERA
CZE (7) KVITOVA, PETRA
PLISKOVA, KAROLINA
PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA
MUCHOVA, KAROLINA SINIAKOVA, KATERINA
STRYCOVA, BARBORA
VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA
AUS (6) BARTY, ASHLEIGH
GAVRILOVA, DARIA
HON, PRISCILLA SHARMA, ASTRA
STOSUR, SAMANTHA
TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA
GER (6) BARTHEL, MONA
GOERGES, JULIA
KERBER, ANGELIQUE PETKOVIC, ANDREA
MARIA, TATJANA
SIEGEMUND, LAURA
CHN (5) WANG, QIANG
WANG, YAFAN
ZHANG, SHUAI ZHENG, SAISAI
ZHU, LIN
BLR (4) AZARENKA, VICTORIA
LAPKO, VERA
SABALENKA, ARYNA
SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA
ROU (4) BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA
BUZARNESCU, MIHAELA
CIRSTEA, SORANA
HALEP, SIMONA
SVK (4) CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA KUZMOVA, VIKTORIA
RYBARIKOVA, MAGDALENA
SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA
UKR (4) KOZLOVA, KATERYNA
SVITOLINA, ELINA
TSURENKO, LESIA YASTREMSKA, DAYANA
BEL (3) FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN
MERTENS, ELISE
VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON
ESP (3) MUGURUZA, GARBINE
SORRIBES TORMO, SARA
SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA
SLO (3) HERCOG, POLONA JAKUPOVIC, DALILA
ZIDANSEK, TAMARA
CAN (2) ANDREESCU, BIANCA
BOUCHARD, EUGENIE
CRO (2) MARTIC, PETRA
VEKIC, DONNA
EST (2)
KANEPI, KAIA
KONTAVEIT, ANETT
GBR (2) BOULTER, KATIE
KONTA, JOHANNA
LAT (2)
OSTAPENKO, JELENA
SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA
JPN (2)
DOI, MISAKI
OSAKA, NAOMI
KAZ (2) DIYAS, ZARINA
PUTINTSEVA, YULIA
POL (2) LINETTE, MAGDA SWIATEK, IGA
SRB (2) KRUNIC, ALEKSANDRA
JOROVIC, IVANA
SUI (2) BENCIC, BELINDA
GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA
SWE (2) LARSSON, JOHANNA
PETERSON, REBECCA
DEN (1) WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE
GRE (1) SAKKARI, MARIA
ITA (1) GIORGI, CAMILA
LUX (1) MINELLA, MANDY
NED (1) BERTENS, KIKI
PUR (1) PUIG, MONICA
THA (1) KUMKHUM, LUKSIKA
TPE (1) HSIEH, SU-WEI
TUN (1) JABEUR, ONS