#2 Martina Navratilova

#2 Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova with the 1982 Wimbledon title

 

Navratilova is the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived, according to former World No. 1 Billie Jean King.

Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 31 Grand Slam doubles titles.

She was ranked No. 1 in the world for 332 weeks in singles and a record 237 weeks in doubles, the only player in the history of the game to be ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles for over 200 weeks.

Navratilova holds the record for most singles titles – 167 – and most doubles titles – 177 – in the Open era. She had a winning percentage of 96.8% between 1982 and 1986, with 428 wins out of 442 matches in singles.

She recorded the longest winning streak in the open era (74 consecutive matches). She was ranked in the world's top 10 in singles for a record 20 consecutive years (1975-1994).

In the period of six years from 1982 to 1987, Navratilova won at least two Majors every season, winning three Majors in two of those years. Clearly, that is one dominant athlete!