Why they rank here
Court's 24 Grand Slam singles titles stood alone as the all-time record for half a century until Djokovic equalled it in 2023, and her 64 total majors across singles, doubles and mixed will never be approached. She won the calendar Grand Slam in 1970 — a season crowned by a 14-12, 11-9 Wimbledon final over Billie Jean King, still the longest women's final by games — and she completed the 'boxed set' of every major in every discipline, a feat unique in tennis history. The era caveat is real and must be stated: 11 of her singles majors came at the Australian Championships in years when most top internationals did not make the trip, and her totals straddle the amateur-open divide. But she also won 13 majors after the Open Era began, against fully professional fields, and her serve-and-volley athleticism — she was among the first women to train with weights — was a generation ahead of her peers. Wherever one ranks her, the record book starts with her name.
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