Top five active players with most WTA titles

Venus Williams tops the list with 49 titles.

Founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, the WTA is the organizing body for women’s professional tennis. The WTA Tour includes over 50 events and four Grand Slams, spanning six continents and nearly 30 countries and regions.

Martina Navratilova has won the most major titles in the Open Era. She has secured 18 major singles titles, 31 major women’s doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles, totaling 59 major titles.

At the age of 22, Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek has already claimed 25 WTA titles. The young player recently triumphed at the Cincinnati Open 2025, defeating Jasmine Paolini in a thrilling three-set tiebreaker.

In this feature, we will examine the top active tennis players who have won the most WTA titles. 

Active tennis players with most WTA titles

7. Aryna Sabalenka (21)

Aryna Sabalenka has been outstanding in tennis, with 21 singles titles, including six Grand Slam victories. She won the 2021, 2023 and 2024 Australian Open and the 2022, 2024 and 2025 US Open. Known for her powerful serve and aggressive style, Sabalenka’s consistency has shone through in major tournaments.

In 2023, she reached the semifinals in all four Grand Slams and was named ITF World Champion. Partnering with Elise Mertens, she also won two major doubles titles, adding to her impressive career.

She regained the world No. 1 position on October 21, 2024, and has held it for 43 consecutive weeks since then.

6. Victoria Azarenka (21)

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has won 21 WTA Tour Singles titles. The 36-year-old tennis star won two major titles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open and became the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a major singles title.

In singles, she has won 10 WTA 1000 level tournaments, and the singles bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, in 2012 and 2013 she lost to American Serena Williams and to Naomi Osaka in 2020.

Her most recent WTA singles title was the 2020 Western & Southern Open. This was her 21st career singles title.

5. Iga Swiatek (25)

The world No. 2 tennis player is a six-time major singles champion, also known as the “Queen of Clay,” having secured the French Open titles in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

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She is the first tennis player from Poland to win major titles, including the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon 2025. Iga Swiatek has amassed a total of 25 WTA Tour titles.

Already this year, she has won three titles including a Grand Slam, a WTA 1000 title in Cincinnati and the WTA 500 Korea Open.

However, she experienced an upset at the 2025 US Open losing the quarterfinals match to Amanda Anisimova. To date, Swiatek has claimed 11 WTA 1000 titles, six WTA 500 titles, and one WTA 250 title.

4. Simona Halep (25)

The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep won 25 WTA Tour singles titles. She reached a total of five Grand Slam singles finals, winning two and finishing as the runner-up in three. The former world number no.1 won her first six WTA titles in the same calendar year in 2013, and she was the first to do so after Steffi Graf in 1986.

Halep reached three major titles at the 2014 French Open, 2017 French Open, and 2018 Australian Open before securing her first major title at the 2018 French Open, outfoxing Sloane Stephens. 

She was suspended from the WTA Tour in October 2022 for four years after testing positive for using banned substances.

Later, her ban was reduced to nine months, which ended her suspension in July 2023. Halep announced her retirement from professional tennis on February 4, 2025, after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania.

3. Caroline Wozniacki (30)

She is the first Danish tennis player to win a major singles title at Wimbledon. Wozniacki won 30 WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles.

She had reached two major finals at the US Open, failing to beat Kim Clijsters in 2009, furthermore, she had to face another disappointment against Serena Williams in 2014.

Wozniacki tasted her first major title victory in 2018 following her win against Simona Halep in the Australian Open. Wozniacki announced her retirement on January 24, 2020.

However, she made her comeback in June 2023 at the Canadian Open and at the US Open in August. She played 29 matches in 2024, holding a 16-13 win-loss record for the season.

However, in April 2025 Caroline Wozniacki announced she is pregnant with her third child and has not made any comments about whether she intends to return to the tour after that.

2. Petra Kvitova (31)

The Czech professional tennis player Petra Kvitova has won 31 singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2021 and 2014. She is also a 2016 Rio Olympic medalist. The 34-year-old tennis player secured a bronze medal in the Olympic singles event. 

Kvitova first made headlines when she defeated then-world No. 1 Russian tennis player Dinara Safina in the third round of the US Open. Kvitova secured her first major title at Wimbledon, beating Maria Sharapova in the finals. 

In 2024, She won her second major title at Wimbledon, over Eugenie Bouchard in the final. Thereafter, it took her almost five years to reach another major final. Kvitova, in 2019, reached the final of the Australian Open, however, she had to face defeat against Naomi Osaka.   

1. Venus Williams (49)

The American tennis veteran has won a total of 49 WTA titles, including five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. Interestingly, The former world no. 1 also has the honor of winning an Olympic gold medal. Venus also became the first American women’s tennis player to hold the singles world no. 1 ranking in the open era.

With 49 WTA Tour singles titles, Williams has the most singles titles among active players. The 43-year-old has WTA doubles titles and two mixed doubles titles, taking her title tally to a total of 73 WTA titles. She is also among the active players.

In 2024, She competed in the Indian Wells and Miami Opens. However, She had to face disappointment in both tournaments. 

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