ChatGPT picks top 10 greatest women's tennis players of all-time

The Williams sisters feature on the list, among other legends of the sport.

Determining the greatest players in any sport can be very troublesome and often controversial. The same is the case for Women’s tennis. Women’s tennis over the years has seen some exceptional athletes. Picking the top 10 amongst such a big pool of exceptionally talented players can be a tiring job.

Thankfully we got Artificial Intelligence to pick them out for us. We asked ChatGPT to compile a list of the top 10 greatest women’s tennis players in history. Here is the list that ChatGPT came up with.

10. Justine Henin

Justin Henin was one of the very few female players to have a single-handed backhand. She is also the first Belgian tennis player to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The former World No. 1 has won seven Grand Slam titles.

These include four French Open titles, two US Open titles and an Australian Open title. The Belgian also won the Gold medal in women’s singles in the 2004 Olympics. Henin spent a total of 117 weeks at the World No. 1 position in her entire career. She was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006, and 2007.

9. Venus Williams

Venus Williams is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles. She has won seven Grand Slam singles titles. These include five Wimbledon titles and two US Open titles. Along with that, Venus has also won 14 Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles.

All of Venus’ Grand Slam doubles titles came with her sister, Serena as her partner. The duo also won three Olympic Gold medals in Women’s doubles. Venus Williams also has an Olympic Gold medal is Women’s singles which she won in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. 

8. Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis holds the record of the youngest-ever Grand Slam winner. The former World No. 1 is also the first Swiss to win a Grand Slam title. Hingis spent 209 weeks as the singles World No. 1 and 90 weeks as the doubles World No. 1.

She was World No. 1 in both singles and doubles simultaneously for 29 weeks. The Swiss won 25 Grand Slam titles in her entire career. These include five singles Grand Slam titles, 13 doubles Grand Slam titles, and seven mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. In 1998 Hingis won all four Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles.

7. Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King is the founder of the Women’s Tennis Association. But she was also a prolific player on the court. The American has won a total of 39 Grand Slam titles. These include twelve Singles titles, sixteen women’s doubles titles and 11 mixed doubles titles.

King was also World No. 1 in both singles and doubles. The former World No. 1 famously won against 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in a match known as the “Battle of the Sexes”. The match is now considered an iconic moment in women’s tennis.

6. Monica Seles

Monica Seles became the youngest-ever winner of the French Open in 1990, winning at the age of 16. By the time Seles was 20 years old, the Yugoslavian had already won eight Grand Slam singles titles. Seles was destined for greatness. However, her career was tragically hampered when she was attacked by a fan during a match.

Seles took two years to recover and she returned she didn’t enjoy the same success as before. The former World No. 1 only won one more Grand Slam title after the incident. Seles ended with nine Grand Slam titles in her career. 

5. Chris Evert

Chris Evert holds the record for the most French Open title wins with seven winner’s medals in the French Open. The American along with Martina Navratilova dominated women’s tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Evert has won 18 Grand Slam titles in her entire career.

Apart from the seven French Open triumphs, the former World No. 1 has also won the joint-highest six US Open titles, three Wimbledons and two Australian Open titles. Evert was top of the World rankings for a total of 260 weeks in her entire career and was year-end World No. 1 in seven different years. A former president of the WTA, Evert also has won three Grand Slam titles in Women’s doubles.

4. Martina Navratilova

Including singles, doubles and mixed doubles, Martina Navratilova has won 59 Grand Slam titles in her entire career. This is the most number of Grand Slam titles won by one single player in the Open Era. The former World No. 1 won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam doubles titles and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

Navratilova was the World No. 1 in singles for 332 weeks and was at the helm of doubles tennis for a record 237 weeks. She is also one of three players to have a career Grand Slam in Singles, doubles and Mixed doubles.

3. Margaret Court

With 64 Grand Slam titles to her name, including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, Margaret Court is the most successful tennis player in history. The Australian has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, 19 doubles and 21 mixed doubles titles.

The former World No. 1 had already completed a career Grand Slam by the time she was 21 years old. Court also completed the Grand Slam in 1970 by winning all four Grand Slam titles of that particular year. She eventually ended up with a career Grand Slam in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

2. Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf was the first tennis player to win a Golden Slam. A Golden Slam is when you win all four Grand Slam titles in a single year and also win the Olympic Gold medal in that particular year. She is also the only tennis player in history to have won all four Grand Slam titles at least four times.

The German has won 22 Grand Slam singles titles in her entire career. Graff was World No. 1 for a total of 377 weeks in her entire career which is a record. Graf absolutely dominated during the late eighties. This is evident in the fact that she played in 13 consecutive finals from the 1987 French Open to the 1990 French Open. Graf ended up winning nine of those finals.

1. Serena Williams

And according to ChatGPT, the greatest female tennis player of all time is Serena Williams. Serena Williams has 23 Grand Slam singles titles to her name which is the highest by any player in the Open Era. The American has been top of the WTA singles ranking for 319 weeks in her career. This includes a join-record 186 consecutive weeks at the top.

The former World No. 1 is the only tennis player, male or female to have won the Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.  Overall Serena Williams has 23 Grand Slam singles titles, 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, one Olympic gold medal in singles and three Olympic gold medals in doubles tennis.