Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)

When completed, this article will present in a tabular form the career tennis Grand Slam and Olympic singles results of every woman who has reached the singles final of at least one Grand Slam or Olympic tournament during her career. The Grand Slam tournaments are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

This article is a compilation of the performance timelines that are included in the numerous Wikipedia articles covering individual tennis players, such as Helen Wills Moody, Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova. This article facilitates the comparison of the career Grand Slam and Olympic singles results of each player, particularly of women who were playing at the same time.

Key to table entries

A woman who won a tournament gets the following entry:

A woman who lost in a quarterfinal of a tournament gets the following entry:

For each Grand Slam tournament that was held before the beginning or after the end of a woman's Grand Slam tournament career, the woman gets the following entry:

Notes:

(1) A dash indicates that the tournament took place before the person's first career Grand Slam singles event or after the person's last career Grand Slam Singles event.

(2) A blank cell simply indicates that the information has not yet been added to the table.

(3) SF-B = the person lost in a semifinal but won the bronze medal.

(4) ACF = lost in the all comers final (the winner played the defending champion).

(5) FRA = French Championships; WIM = Wimbledon; OLY = Olympic Games; USA = United States Championships. The Australian Championships for women began in 1922.

(6) A = did not participate in the tournament, if the tournament otherwise fell within the period that the person was active in Grand Slam singles tournaments.

(7) NH = tournament not held.

(8) Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships, actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here for 1913, 1914, 1920, and 1921.

1922 - 1928

Notes:

(1) A dash indicates that the tournament took place before the person's first career Grand Slam singles event or after the person's last career Grand Slam Singles event.

(2) A blank cell simply indicates that the information has not yet been added to the table.

(3) AUS = Australian Championships; FRA = French Championships; WIM = Wimbledon; USA = United States Championships

(4) A = did not participate in the tournament, if the tournament otherwise fell within the period that the person was active in Grand Slam singles tournaments.

(5) NH = tournament not held

(6) R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation

1943 - 1949

Notes:

(1) A dash indicates that the tournament took place before the person's first career Grand Slam singles event or after the person's last career Grand Slam Singles event.

(2) A blank cell simply indicates that the information has not yet been added to the table.

(3) AUS = Australian Championships; FRA = French Championships; WIM = Wimbledon; USA = United States Championships

(4) A = did not participate in the tournament, if the tournament otherwise fell within the period that the person was active in Grand Slam singles tournaments.

1964 - 1970

Notes:

(1) A dash indicates that the tournament took place before the person's first career Grand Slam singles event or after the person's last career Grand Slam Singles event.

(2) A blank cell simply indicates that the information has not yet been added to the table.

(3) AUS = Australian Open; FRA = French Open; WIM = Wimbledon; USA = United States Open

(4) A = did not participate in the tournament, if the tournament otherwise fell within the period that the person was active in Grand Slam singles tournaments.

1985 - 1991

Notes:

(1) A dash indicates that the tournament took place before the person's first career Grand Slam singles event or after the person's last career Grand Slam Singles event.

(2) A blank cell simply indicates that the information has not yet been added to the table.

(3) AUS = Australian Open; FRA = French Open; WIM = Wimbledon; OLY = Olympic Games; USA = United States Open

(4) SF-B = the person lost in a semifinal but won the bronze medal.

(5) SF-NM = the person lost in a semifinal and did not win a medal.

(6) A = did not participate in the tournament, if the tournament otherwise fell within the period that the person was active in Grand Slam singles tournaments.

2006 - 2012

Notes:

(1) A dash indicates that the tournament took place before the person's first career Grand Slam singles event or after the person's last career Grand Slam Singles event.

(2) A blank cell simply indicates that the information has not yet been added to the table.

(3) AUS = Australian Open; FRA = French Open; WIM = Wimbledon; OLY = Olympic Games; USA = United States Open

(4) SF-B = the person lost in a semifinal but won the bronze medal.

(5) SF-NM = the person lost in a semifinal and did not win a medal.

(6) A = did not participate in the tournament, if the tournament otherwise fell within the period that the person was active in Grand Slam singles tournaments.

ee also

*Tennis performance timeline comparison (men)