The fourth installment of my Greatest Ever series is here! In this series I will look at the greatest talents to grace various sports.
Carrying on from my Top Ten Male Tennis Players Of All Time, this time I look at the top female players of all time. Enjoy!
10. Justine Henin (BEL) - Justine Henin shocked the tennis world when she retired on the 18 May 2008. She was just 25 and was World No.1. However, in her career, she did enough to creep onto this list.
With seven Grand Slam singles titles to her name, the only thing she could be disappointed about during her career was never winning Wimbledon. She got close, coming runner-up twice, but failed to add to her two U.S Open wins, one Australian Open win and four French Open wins.
9. Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) - Ninth best player, but probably the greatest name in female tennis history, Cawley also managed seven Grand Slam singles titles in her career.
Among them she won Wimbledon twice, the Australian Open four times and the French Open once. She failed to win the U.S Open, despite reaching four finals. To be World No.1 when the likes of Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Margaret Court and Billie Jean King were around is a big achievement. She was also successful in the doubles game, winning seven Grand Slam doubles titles.
8. Serena Williams (USA) - The Williams sisters were one of the most dominate forces in tennis history. Serena and Venus were huge rivals, but at the same time a very successful doubles team.
Serena won eight Grand Slam singles titles, five of which were against her sister, and eight Grand Slam doubles, six of which with with her sister this time. She also achieved a career Grand Slam, having won all four Grand Slams in her career. At one point she held all four at once.
7. Monica Seles (YUG) - Part Yugoslavian, part Hungarian and part American, she won the majority of her nine Grand Slam singles titles as a Yugoslavian citizen.
She became the youngest winner of the French Open at just 16, going on to win the tournament three times, as well as four Australian Open wins and two U.S Open wins. Perhaps would have gone on to be higher on this list had a deranged fan of rival Steffi Graf not run onto court during a Seles match and stab her in the back. She won eight Grand Slams before that horrific incident, and only one after.
6. Billie Jean King (USA) - A career Grand Slam winner, Billie Jean King is a highly decorated player. With twelve Grand Slams, her fantastic achievement are only overshadowed by the even more fantastic ones of the players above her.
A master on the grass, King won Wimbledon six times, as well as the U.S Open four times, and the Australian and French Opens once each. She was perhaps even better in the doubles arena, getting to a staggering 47 doubles finals (mixed and single-sex), winning 27 of them.
5. Helen Wills Moody (USA) -
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