What do Lottie Dodd, Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, Maureen Connolly, Steffi Graf, and Margaret Court have in common?

Anyone can claim to be the greatest player of all time through their specific birthday.

Meet the most successful female tennis players of all ages of all ages. Our rankings are based on the most major championships won at each age.

Who was the greatest female tennis player of each age group?

15 years old – Charlotte “Lottie” Dodd

Dod appears in Google searches more than any other tennis player from the 1800s as an answer to the question, “Who was the youngest player to win a Grand Slam?” Dodd cemented his place in history as the answer to a trivia question when he won Wimbledon in 1887 at the age of 15. Indeed, this was only the fourth Wimbledon tournament for women. Indeed, only six players participated in this event.

However, subsequent events show that Dodd was an athlete worthy of historic achievement. She ended up winning Wimbledon five times. She was an accomplished golfer who twice won the British Women’s Open Amateur Championship. She was an excellent archer and won a silver medal at the 1908 Olympics.

16 years old – Martina Hingis

Hingis won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in 1997 at the age of 16. Swiss Miss is the only player to win three majors by the age of 16, and the youngest player to hold the number one spot in the WTA rankings.

Hingis would have won the calendar year Grand Slam had it not been for a loss in the French Open final to unheralded one-slam wonder Iva Majoli that became more inexplicable as time went on.

17 years old – Monica Seles

Seles had one of the most productive seasons in tennis history as a 17-year-old, following her breakthrough victory at Roland Garros in 1990 as a 16-year-old. Seles won the Australian, French and American titles in 1991 (she missed Wimbledon due to injury). At the time, she was the youngest player to reach number one in the WTA rankings.

19 years old – Maureen Connolly

Connolly won the final nine majors of her career, but her career ended while she was still a teenager. Connolly is the only player to win nine major titles before turning 20. She became the first woman in tennis history to win a calendar year Grand Slam in 1953 at the age of 18. Two weeks after winning Wimbledon in 1954, Connolly suffered a career-ending leg injury in a horse riding accident.

24 years old – Steffi Graf

By his 25th birthday, Graf had won 15 major titles, winning the only calendar year Golden Slam in tennis history (all four majors and an Olympic gold medal) in 1988, as well as the non-calendar Grand Slam, Steffis Slam, at the last three majors in 1993 and the 1994 Australian Open. No player (or any age, for that matter) has accomplished more before the age of 24. 25-29).

30 years old – Margaret Court

Court won the Australian and French titles at the age of 30 in the first months of 1973, his 22nd and 23rd major titles. For scorekeeping, Serena Williams is the only female player to have won 23 majors, and she won her 23rd major at age 35. Court celebrated his 31st birthday in July and won the U.S. Open in September, increasing his career singles majors to 24, an all-time record.