Czech-American reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including nine consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record nine times (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990). (Getty Images)
A six time Wimbledon champion and four times in the Open Era (1968, 1972, 1973, 1975), Billie Jean King was not only a singles specialist, but was even more successful in doubles winning ten womens’ doubles and four mixed doubles title during 1961 to 1976. (Getty Images)
The dominance of Williams sisters started in 2000 when elder sister Venus captured the Wimbledon title for the first time in 2000 and she went on to defend her title the next year. Fighting injuries, she captured the Venus Rosewater bowl three more time in 2005, 2007, 2008. (Getty Images)
Serena beat her sister to win her first Wimbledon title in 2002 becoming world number one for a brief period of time. She defended her title the next year but had to wait five years to capture her next and went on to win in 2009, 2010 and most recently in 2012. (Getty Images)
The most prolific women’s tennis player after Martina Navratilova, Evert won The Championships four times in her total haul of 18 Grand Slams singles titles. Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any player, man or woman, in the history of professional tennis and also has a career winning percentage in singles matches of 90.05% (1309–145), the highest in the history of tennis, for the men or women. (Getty Images)
A two-time Wimbledon singles champions, Australian Cawley was a former World No. 1 and a prominent player in 1970 and 80s with a rare distinction of being the only mother to have won the Wimbledon title since before World War I. (Getty Images)
The German has the most number of Grand Slam singles title (22) to her name (male or female) winning seven Wimbledon titles (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996). She also holds the open era record for finishing as the year-end World No. 1 the most times, having done so on eight occasions.
A six time Wimbledon champion and four times in the Open Era (1968, 1972, 1973, 1975), Billie Jean King was not only a singles specialist, but was even more successful in doubles winning ten womens’ doubles and four mixed doubles title during 1961 to 1976. (Getty Images)
The dominance of Williams sisters started in 2000 when elder sister Venus captured the Wimbledon title for the first time in 2000 and she went on to defend her title the next year. Fighting injuries, she captured the Venus Rosewater bowl three more time in 2005, 2007, 2008. (Getty Images)
Serena beat her sister to win her first Wimbledon title in 2002 becoming world number one for a brief period of time. She defended her title the next year but had to wait five years to capture her next and went on to win in 2009, 2010 and most recently in 2012. (Getty Images)
The most prolific women’s tennis player after Martina Navratilova, Evert won The Championships four times in her total haul of 18 Grand Slams singles titles. Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any player, man or woman, in the history of professional tennis and also has a career winning percentage in singles matches of 90.05% (1309–145), the highest in the history of tennis, for the men or women. (Getty Images)
A two-time Wimbledon singles champions, Australian Cawley was a former World No. 1 and a prominent player in 1970 and 80s with a rare distinction of being the only mother to have won the Wimbledon title since before World War I. (Getty Images)
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