In the 100+ years that the US Open Tennis Championship has been played, interest in tennis has soared. In the spirit of the tournament that is half-way through at the time of this post, LOP presents a selection of stats on women’s champions, players and top achievers of the modern era of the US Open Tennis Championship.

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WOMEN’S US OPEN TENNIS STATISTICS

MOST SINGLES TITLES

• 8 – Molla B. Mallory 1915-18, ’20-22, ’26
  7 – Helen Wills Moody 1923-25, ’27-29, ’31
  6 – Chris Evert Lloyd 1975-78, ’80, ’82
  5 – Margaret Smith Court 1962, ’65, ’69-70, ’73
  5 – Steffi Graf 1988-89, ’93, ’95-96

MOST TITLES ALL EVENTS

• 25 – Margaret Osborne duPont, 1941-60 (3 singles, 13 doubles, 9 mixed)
  18 – Margaret Smith Court, 1961-75 (5 singles, 5 doubles, 8 mixed)
  17 – A. Louise Brough, 1942-57
  16 – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, 1909-28; Martina Navratilova, 1977-06
  15 – Sarah Palfrey (Fabyan) Cooke, 1930-45

RECENT WOMEN’S US OPEN CHAMPIONS

MOST MATCHES WON

• 101 � Chris Evert, 1971-89
  89 � Martina Navratilova, 1973-93
  73 � Steffi Graf, 1984-96, �98
  65 � Molla B. Mallory, 1915-29
  63 � Helen H. Jacobs, 1927-41
  60 – Lindsay Davenport, 1991-2006
  58 � Billie Jean King, 1960-79, �82
  57 � A. Louise Brough, 1941-57
  56 � Doris Hart, 1940-55
  56 – Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1987-2002
  55 � Margaret O. duPont, 1936-50, �53-58
  51 � Margaret Smith Court, 1961-75; Gabriela Sabatini, 1984-96
  50 � Helen Wills Moody, 1922-33

MATCH WINNING PCT.

• (Min. 40 matches played)
  ..962 – Helen Wills Moody, 1922-33 (50-2)
  .903 – Molla B. Mallory, 1915-29 (65-7)
  .895 – Margaret Smith Court, 1961-75 (51-6)
  .894 – Chris Evert, 1971-89 (101-12)
  .890 – Steffi Graf, 1984-96, ’98 (73-9)
  .875 – Venus Williams, 1997-2006 (42-6)
  .870 – Maria Bueno, 1958-60, ’62-66, ’68, ’76-77 (47-7)
  .860 – Martina Hingis 1995-2001, (37-6)
  .845 – Monica Seles 1989-92, ’95-2001 (49-9)
  .840 – Martina Navratilova, 1973-93 (89-17)
  .800 – Lindsay Davenport 1991-2006 (60-15)

MOST SINGLES FINALS PLAYED

• 10 � Molla B. Mallory, 1915-18, �20-24, �26
• 9 � Helen Wills Moody, Chris Evert
• 8 � Elisabeth Moore, Helen H. Jacobs, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf
• 6 � Pauline Betz, A. Louise Brough, Doris Hart, Margaret Smith Court

MOST US OPENS PLAYED

• 21 � Martina Navratilova, 1973-93
• 20 � Virginia Wade, 1964-70, �72-84;
• 20 � Marjorie Gladman (Van Ryn) Buck, 1927-37, �42- 43, �45, �47-52, �55
• 19 � Louise Brough Clapp, 1939-50, �52-57, �59
• 19 � Nancy Richey Gunter, 1958-60, �62-67, �69-78
• 19 � Chris Evert, 1971-89

Miscellaneous Stuff

• Youngest Singles Champion � Tracy Austin (1979), 16 years, 8 months and 28 days
• Youngest Player � Kathy Horvath (1979) was five days past her 14th birthday when she lost a first round match to Dianne Fromholtz (7-6, 6-2) after playing through the qualifier.
• Youngest Player to Win a Match � Mary Joe Fernandez was 14 years and 8 days when she defeated Sara Gomer on August 27, 1985.
• Youngest Doubles Champion (All Time) � Martina Hingis (1998), 17 years, 11 months, 13 days; May Sutton (1904), 17 years, 11 months, 14 days; Serena Williams (1999), 17 years, 11 months, 16 days
• Oldest Champion � Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, born in 1884, was 42 when she won the 1926 singles championship. The oldest champion of the Open Era was Margaret Court, who won the last of her five U.S. titles in 1973 at the age of 31 years, 1 month and 23 days.
• Oldest Doubles Champion � Hazel Wightman (1928), 41 years, 257 days

Tracy Austin (born December 12, 1962, in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 women’s professional tennis player from the United States who won the women’s singles title at the US Open in 1979 at age 17, the youngest player in history to win this tournament, and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980, before a series of injuries cut short her career.

MOST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS, TEAM

• 12 – A. Louise Brough and Margaret O. duPont 1942-50, ’55-57
  4 – Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey (Fabyan) Cooke 1937-40
  4 – Doris Hart and Shirley Fry 1951-54
  4 – Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver 1983-84, ’86-87

MOST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS, PLAYER

• 13 – Margaret O. duPont 1941-50, ’55-57
  12 – A. Louise Brough 1942-50, ’55-57
  9 – Sarah Palfrey (Fabyan) Cooke 1930, ’32, ’34-35, ’37-41
  9 – Martina Navratilova 1977-78, ’80, ’83-84, ’86-87, ’89-90

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