Tennis performance timeline comparison (women) (1978–present)

This article presents in a tabular form the career tennis Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships and Olympic singles results of every woman who has reached the singles final of at least one Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships or Olympic tournament (OLY) during her career. The Grand Slam tournaments are the Australian Open (AUS), the French Open (FRA), Wimbledon (WIM), and the US Open (USA).

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, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Serena Williams. This article facilitates the comparison of the career Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships and Olympic singles results of each player, particularly of women who were playing at the same time.

This article is split into two sections, 1884–1977 and 1977–present, for ease of navigation.

Key to table entries

The loser in the bronze medal match receives the normal semifinal entry shown above. The rest of the Olympic entries follow the standard key based on their progression through the tournament.

Refer to the notes below each table for an explanation of more tabular entries that are used infrequently in these tables.

1884–1977

1978–1984 Winner of most titles: Martina Navratilova, with 11 Player 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984FRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUS Tracy Austin A4RQF A ASFW A ASFSF A AQFWQFQFQFQF AQF A A A A A A A Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat A4R3R ASFQF4R ASF4R4R A3R3R1R1R A A2R2R A1R1RRetired2R Sue Barker A4R AQF2R1R2R A A2R A3R1R3R2R3R A1R A1R A1R A A1R2R1R A Rosemary Casals A A A A1R3R1R A A2R1R1R2R1R4R1R A2R2R A A3R3R A A1R2R A Françoise Dürr A3R A A1R2R1R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chris Evert AFW AWFF AWFW ASFWSFFSFFWWW3RF AFFFW Zina Garrison Jackson - - - - - - - - A A1R A A A1R AQF4R4R1R1R1R4RSF4R2R3R1R Evonne Goolagong Cawley ASF A A ASFQF A AW A2R A A AQF A2R A2R3RRetired Helen Gourlay A2R A A A A A A A A A1R Retired Steffi Graf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2R A A1R3R4R1R3R Nancy Richey Gunter2R A1R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sylvia Hanika1R2R1R A1R3RQF A3R2R3R3RF1RQF A2R4R A A3R3RQFQF3R1RQF2R Andrea Jaeger - - - - A A2R A1RQFSF ASF4R2RQFF4RSFSFSFFQF A1R A A A Mima JaušovecFQF2R A2R2R2R A3R AQFSFQFQF2R3R4R2R2R2RF3R3R A3R1R3R A Barbara Jordan A3R1R A1R2R3RW1R3R2R A2R A2R A1R2R1R A1R3R1R1R1R A A A Kathy Jordan A A3R A A4R4R AQF4R4R A3R4R4R3R A3R1R A4RQF4RF2RSF2R A Billie Jean Moffitt King AQF A A AQFSF AQFQF A A A A A A3RSF1RQF ASF A2RRetired Manuela Maleeva - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2R2R2R3R A3R2R3R A4RQF1R Hana Mandlíková2R A3R AQF4R2RQFSF4RFWWFQFQFSF2RF2RQF4RQF2RSFSFQF A Helga Niessen MasthoffQF A A A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Florența Mihai1R1R A A A A2R A A1R A A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Betsy Nagelsen2R2R1RF A2R1R A1R3R3R3R1R4R2R2R1R2R1R A1R3R1R2R1R2R1R1R Martina Navratilova AWSF A AWSF A ASF4RSFQFSFFWWWQFF4RWWWWWWSF Christine O'Neil1R1R2RW1R2R2R A A A A A2R1R A A A A A2R1R1R A A - - - - Kerry Melville Reid A4R4R A A4RQF ARetired Virginia RuziciWQFQF AQF4R A1RF2R4RQFQFQF3R1RQF4R4R A3R4R1R A4R2R3R A Gabriela Sabatini - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A A3R A Pam Shriver A3RF A A2R1R A A4RQFQF ASF4RSF A4RSFSF3R2RSFSF AQFQFQF Betty Stöve A4R4R A3R4R2R A2R3R1R3R1R2R1R2R2R A1R2R A A Retired Helena Suková - - - - - - - - - - - - A A A3R2R1R A1R4R A3R3R1R4RQFF Karen Hantze Susman A A A A A A2R A A A3R Retired Nathalie Tauziat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1R A A A Renáta Tomanová2R3R3RQFQF1R2RSF1R1R4R2R2R3R3R1R2R2R1R2R1R1R1R A A A A A Lesley Turner Bowrey3R2R A A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wendy Turnbull A4RSF AFQF3R AQFQF3RF AQF3RSF A4R4RQF A4R3RQF A4RSFSF Virginia Wade ASF3R A2RQFQF A3R4R3R A4R2R3R A3R2R1R A1RQF2R2R1R3R2R2R Sharon Walsh1R2R2R A2R1R1RF A1R2R1R A3R4R2R2R2R1R3R A2R1R3R A1R1RQF

1985–1991 Winner of most titles: Steffi Graf, with 10 Player 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991FRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAOLYAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSA Tracy Austin A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat1R2R1R3R A4R A3R2RQF1R1R A2R2R1R A1R A1R1RRetired Jennifer Capriati - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ASF4R4R A4RSFSF Rosemary Casals A A2R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lindsay Davenport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A A A1R Chris EvertWFSFFWSFSF ASFSFQFF3RSFSF3R A ASFQFRetired Mary Joe Fernández1R A2R AQF1R3R A2R4R3R A A4R3R A3RSF4R1RFQF ASFSFQFSF3R Zina Garrison Jackson2RSFQFQF3R2R4RQF A A4R2R4RQFSFBQF3R2RSFQF1RFQF4R1RQF4R Steffi Graf4R4RSF AQF ASF AWFFWWWWGWFWWWFSFFQFSFWSF Sylvia Hanika4R2R3R A1R1R2R4R4R4R4R4R4R3R3R3R1R4R1R3R A2R A2RRetired Anke Huber - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -3R A2R1RQF3R4R2R Andrea Jaeger2R A2R A - - - - - - - Retired Mima Jaušovec2R1R2R A3R1R A A1R A A1R A A A A Retired Barbara Jordan A1R1R A A A A A A A A Retired Kathy Jordan A2R4R A1R4R4R A A1R1R A A A A A A A A A A A1R1RRetired / Manuela MaleevaQFQF4R4R3R4RQF4RQF2R4R A3R1RQFB AQF AQF AQF1RQF2R2R A4R Hana MandlíkováQF3RWSFSFF4RW2R A4RQF2R3R A A4R1R4R3R3R A2R Retired Conchita Martínez - - - - - - - - - - - A4R A1R A2RQF A4R AQF A3R AQF AQF Betsy Nagelsen1R1R1R2R1R4R2R2R A1R2R1R A1R3R A A A1R2R A1R3R A A A1R A Martina NavratilovaFWFWFWWFFWWSF4RFQF AQF AFF A AW4R A AQFF Jana Novotná - - - -1R1R A A3R4R4R1R1R2R1R2R3RQF4R2R3RSFQFQFFQF2R4R Mary Pierce - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A2R A A A3R A3R Virginia Ruzici1R2R1R A A A A A2R A A Retired Gabriela SabatiniSF3R1R A4RSF4R ASFQFQF ASF4RFSSF4R2RSF3R4RSFWQFSFFQF Monica Seles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ASF4R4R AWQF3RWW AW Pam Shriver AQFQF3R A1RQFQF ASFQF4R ASF2RQF3R A3R1R3R A A A3R A3R3R Helena Suková2RQFQFQFSFQFF4R4RQFSF4RQFQF4R2RF2R4RQFSF A4R4R3R2R1R3R Arantxa Sánchez Vicario - - - - - - - AQF1R1R AQF1R4R1R AWQFQF A2R1RSFSFFQFQF Nathalie Tauziat3R A A A2R2R1R A4R2R2R A4R2R2R2R A1R1R3R A4R4R4R AQF4R1R Wendy Turnbull A3R4R3R A1RQF4R A2R2R A A1R1R2R1R A2R ARetired Virginia Wade2R2R3R A Retired Sharon Walsh A1R1R1R A A1R1R1R3R1R1R A1R A A Retired Natasha Zvereva - - - - - - - A3R4R3R AF4R1RQF A1R3R4R2R4RQF2R4R2R2R4R Notes In 1986, the Australian Open was not held due to the moving of the date from December to January.

1992–1998 Winner of most titles: Steffi Graf, with 11 Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998AUSFRAWIMOLYUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMOLYUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSA Tracy Austin A A A A A A A A A2R1R A ARetired Jennifer CapriatiQFQFQFG3RQFQFQF1R A A A A A A A A A1R A A1R1R A A1R A A2R1R Lindsay Davenport A A A A2R3R1R3R4RQF3RQF3RQF4R4R2R4RQF2RG4R4R4R2RSFSFSFQFW Elena Dementieva - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LQ Mary Joe FernándezF3R3RBSFQFF3R A4R3R3R3R4R1RQFQF4R4RQFSF ASFQF4R4R A A A3R Zina Garrison Jackson4R A1R4R4R3R1R4R3R1R1RQF4R3R1R3R4R A A A A1RRetired Steffi Graf AFWSQFFWWWWSF1RF AWWW AWW AW4RQF A A A A3R4R Martina Hingis - - - - - - - - - - - - -2R3R1R4RQF3R4R2RSFWFWWWSFSFF Anke HuberQF2R3RQF1R4RSF4R3R3R4R2R2R4R4R4R4RF4R3R3R1R4R1R3R3RSF A A1R Iva Majoli A A A A2R A4R A2R A4R1R4R AQF1R1RQFQF AQF1R1RWQF2R3RQF2R2R Manuela MaleevaQF3R3RQFSF4R3R2RSFQFRetired Conchita Martínez4RQF2RQF1R4RQFSF4RQFSFW3RSFSFSFSFQFSF4RQFSF4R4R3R3RF4R3R4R Amélie Mauresmo - - - - - - - - - - - - - A1R A A A2R A A A A2R A A3R1R2R3R Martina Navratilova A ASF A2R A ASF4R A1RF ARetired Jana Novotná4R4R3R1R1R2RQFF4RQF1RQFSF4R3RSFQF ASFQFBQF A3RFQF AQFWSF Mary Pierce A4R A2R4RQF4R A4R4RF AQFW4R2R3R2R3RQF2R AF4R4R4RQF2R1R4R Gabriela SabatiniSFSFSF AQFSFQFQFQFSF1R4RSF1RQFQFSF4R A A3R3RRetired // Monica SelesWWF AWW A A A A A A A A A AFWQF2RQFF ASF3RQF AFQFQF Pam Shriver3R A2R A2R1R A A1R2R1R3R2R1R A1R2R1R A2R A1RRetired Helena Suková3R A3R2R4R A AQFF3R3R4R A2R1R2R2R3R1R2R1R3R1R2R4R1R1R A1R A Arantxa Sánchez VicarioSFSF2RBFSFSF4RSFFW4RWFFF4RQFFFS4R3RQFSFQFQFWQFQF Nathalie Tauziat A4RQF2R2R4R3R4R4R1R2R3R2R A3R3R3R A2R3R1R2R A3RQF1R A1RF4R Serena Williams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2R4R3R3R Venus Williams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A2R1RFQFQFQFSF Natasha Zvereva2RQFQF3R3R3R4RQFQF1R4R1R AQF1R3R4R1R3R2R3R3R3R4R1R3R3R2RSF2R

Notes:

At the 1992 Olympics, no bronze medal match was played and thus both of the semifinalists received the bronze medal.

1999–2005 Winner of most titles: Serena Williams, with 7 Player 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005AUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAOLYAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMUSAAUSFRAWIMOLYUSAAUSFRAWIMUSA Marion Bartoli A A A A A A1R A A1R1R A3R1R2R1R1R2R1R3R A2R2R1R2R3R Jennifer Capriati2R4R2R4RSF1R4R4R AWWSFSFWSFQFQF1R4RQFSF ASFQF ASF A A A A Kim Clijsters A A4R3R1R1R2R2R A4RFQFQFSF3R2R4RSFFSFFF A A A A A4R4RW Lindsay DavenportSFQFWSFW1RFF2RSF ASFQF A A ASF4R4RQFSFQF4RSF ASFFQFFQF Elena Dementieva2R2R1R3R3R2R1RSFS3R2R3R4R4R4R4R2R1R1R4R4R1RF1R1RF4R4R4RSF Mary Joe Fernández3R4R1R4RRetired Steffi GrafQFWFRetired Justine Henin A2R A1R2R A1R4R A4RSFF4RQF1RSF4RSFWSFWW2R AG4R AW1R4R Martina HingisWF1RFFSFQFSF AFSF1RSFF A A4R ARetired Anke Huber2R A1RQF1R4R4RQF A A2R4R3RRetired Ana Ivanovic A A A A A A A LQ3RQF3R2R Jelena Janković A A A A A A A A A A A A LQ2R LQ LQ LQ2R1R1R1R2R2R1R3R3R Svetlana Kuznetsova A A A A A A A A A2R LQ LQ3R1R1RQF3R3R4R1RQFWQF4RQF1R Iva Majoli A A A1R A2R A A1R3R1R1R3R2R2R3R3R1R2R1R1RRetired Conchita Martínez3RQF3R4RSFF2R3R2R2R3RQF A2R2R3R2R1RQF3R2R1R2R1R1R1R1R1R3R1R Amélie MauresmoF2R A4R2R4R1R A1R4R1R3RQFQF4RSFSF AQF AQFQFQFSFSQFQF3RSFQF Anastasia Myskina A A A2R A1R3R1R2R A1R2R1R2R1R3R3RQF2RQF4RQFW3RSF2R4R1RQF3R Li Na A A A LQ1R LQ A LQ A A A A A A A A A A A A A A3R A A1R Martina NavratilovaRetired A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A1R2R A A A A A A Jana Novotná3R4RQF3RRetired Flavia Pennetta1R3R2R1R1R1R1RA1R1R3R4R1R Mary PierceQF2R4RQF4RW2R4R A3R A A A1RQF3R1R2R1R4R1R A3R1RQF4R1RFQFF Lucie Šafářová LQ LQ1R1R1R Dinara Safina A A A A A A A A A A A LQ2R1R1R1R4R3R2R1R A1R2R1R3R1R Arantxa Sánchez Vicario2RSF2R4RQFSF4R4RQF A2R2R3R1R1R A1RRetired Francesca Schiavone A A A LQ A LQ LQ A3R1RQF2R1R3R3R2R4R1R2R3RQF2R4R2RQF4R3R4R1R3R Monica SelesSFSF3RQF AQFQFQFBQF A A4RSFQFQFQF2R1R A A A A A A A A A A A Maria Sharapova A A A A A A A A1R1R4R2R3RQFW A3RSFQFSFSF Samantha Stosur A A A A A A A A A A A A A1R A A A3R A1R A2R1R1R1R2R1R2R1R1R Nathalie Tauziat A2RQF3R2R3R1RQF A A1RQF4RRetired Roberta Vinci1RAA1RAAAAAA1RA1R1RA1R3R1R Serena Williams3R3R AW4R ASFQF AQFQFQFF AWWWWSFW A AQFF AQFW A3R4R Venus WilliamsQF4RQFSF AQFWWGSF1RWWQFFFFF4RF A3RQF2R3R4R4R3RWQF Natasha Zvereva3R2R2R2R2R4R2R A1R A A A A A A1R ARetired Vera Zvonareva A A A A A A A A A A A A A A4R2R3R1RQF4R3R4R3R4R A4R2R3R2R A

2006–2012 Winner of most titles: Serena Williams, with 8