Sliding scale: WTA stars with the most titles on clay
A review of the most prolific title winners on clay courts during the Open era.
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Serena Williams has won 13 of her 73 singles titles on clay courts. Among these are three successes at the French Open, the most recent of which came in 2015.
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Justine Henin also won 13 titles on the dirt. The Belgian’s haul includes four victories at Roland Garros, in 2003 then three-in-a-row from 2005.
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Monica Seles won 14 titles on clay courts. The youngest ever French Open champion at 16 in 1990, she won three successive titles in Paris, including a thrilling 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 win over Stefanie Graf in the 1992 final.
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During her legendary career, Martina Navratilova won 18 clay-court tournaments, highlighted by the 1982 and 1984 French Opens.
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Although Conchita Martínez’s best result at Roland Garros was reaching the 2000 final, she was a prolific winner on the clay, taking 19 of her 33 titles on that surface.
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was a 19-time winner on Tour when it came to clay courts. The Spaniard won three French Opens, taking the 1989, 1994 and 1998 editions in Paris.
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley is one of just four players to have claimed at least 20 clay titles, taking exactly that number. Her crowning glory was the 1971 French Open.
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Margaret Court was the dominant figure in woman’s tennis in the 1960s and early 1970s, with her control extending onto the clay, where she won 24 tournaments, including five French Opens.
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Stefanie Graf won 102 titles in her illustrious career, with 32 of these arriving on clay. Six of these came at Roland Garros, including her debut Grand Slam title in 1987, taken with a 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 win over Navratilova.
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The undoubted Queen of Clay is Chris Evert, who won 70 titles on the surface, including seven French Opens. Only once in 13 visits to Paris did she fail to at least make the semifinals.
