Recognition
In 2005 Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 25th-best player in 40 years in a controversial article. Since this ranking, however, she has won an additional three Grand Slam singles titles.
In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time.
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