Records and Achievements
- These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
- Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
- Records in italics are currently active streaks.
| Time span | Selected Grand Slam tournament records | Players matched | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 US Open — 2012 Olympics |
Career Golden Slam in singles | Steffi Graf | |
| 1999 French Open — 2001 Australian Open |
Career Golden Slam in doubles | Pam Shriver Gigi Fernández Venus Williams |
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| 1999 US Open — 2003 Australian Open |
Career Grand Slam in singles | Margaret Court Billie Jean King Chris Evert Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Maria Sharapova |
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| 2002 Wimbledon — 2002 US Open |
2 titles without losing a set in the same calendar year | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Martina Hingis Justine Henin |
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| 1999 US Open — 2012 Wimbledon |
Winner of Grand Slam singles titles in three decades | Martina Navratilova | |
| 2012 Wimbledon | Most aces in a tournament (102) | Stands alone | |
| 2012 Wimbledon | Most aces in a singles match (24) | Stands alone | |
| Grand Slam tournaments | Time Span | Records at each Grand Slam tournament | Players matched |
| Australian Open | 2003–2010 | 5 singles titles overall | Stands alone |
| Australian Open | 2007 | Unseeded winner of singles title | Chris O'Neil (1978) |
| Time span | Other selected records | Players matched |
|---|---|---|
| 2003–2008 | 2 Hopman Cup titles | Dominik Hrbatý Tommy Robredo James Blake Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| 2002–2008 | 5 Miami Masters singles titles overall | Steffi Graf |
| 1995–2012 | $41,797,909 prize money overall | Stands alone |
- At the 1998 Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne, she recorded her fifth singles victory over a player ranked in the top 10, which was the fastest (16 matches) that any woman in professional tennis history had done this.
- At the 2002 French Open, she became the first younger sister to defeat her older sister in a Grand Slam tournament.
- On June 10, 2002, she and her sister Venus became the first siblings ever to hold the top two women's singles rankings simultaneously.
- By winning the 2003 Australian Open, she became the first African-American woman to win the singles title at this tournament.
- On September 8, 2008, she regained the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in 5 years, 1-month. That gap is the biggest in professional tennis history.
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