34 major finals in her career more than any woman
1971 US Open -1987 Wimbledon Championships semifinalist or better in 48 of all 49 Grand Slams she entered during her first 16 years on the tennis circuit, ( only upset loss was to K Jordan in '83 wimbledon) this includes her 34 consecutive semifinal appearances in her first 34 majors)
13 consecutive years of winning 1+ title Stands alone
Reached 52 semi-finals (92.8%) and 54 quarterfinals (96.4%) out of 56 Grand Slams entered Stands alone
Only player male or female, to reach singles semi-final or better in each of first six Majors entered First 6 RG, First 6 Wimb, First 6 US Open, First 6 Australian
First player to reach five consecutive singles finals of each Major Stands alone
First and only woman to gain 7 Rg singles titles, and tied w/ Graf for most RG finals
Only woman to win 6 US Open singles titles or 4 consecutive titles.
Only woman to win 31 consecutive matches and 46 consecutive sets at the US Open
Only person to gain 101 singles victories at the Open and 16 consecutive semifinal appearances and the highest win loss percentage at 89.38% matches won
More runner up finishes at Wimbledon than anyone (7 times) alongside her three wins for 10 finals reached
Only person to reach the finals of every aussie she entered. (6 entries = 6 finals) and a 14 year gap between her first and last final
125 consecutive clay court match victories from '73 RG final loss to Court to '79 Italian loss to Austin almost 4 years later, longest such surface streak by either gender , followed by third longest winning streak on clay by any man or women in the Open Era, winning 64 matches straight. She didn't lose again until the '81 French Open, for 189-1 match record on clay surface court. (Rafael Nadal won 81 in a row in 2007!) Chris still has the top 2 longest streaks of the women however. She ends with a 94.03% w/l career record on clay, the highest such career percentage on any surface.
From 1971-1989 she left the game with a 90.05 career w/l record including all professional, tournament and fed cup matches the highest in the modern professional era of any man or woman. (There are claims that Court was closer to 95% but that includes her amateur years and Pro years and both Wills and Lenglen have damn close to 98%.) Graf actually has a highest professional career w/l record in the 4 Majors at 89% matches won. Evert is at 88% of career major matches won.
1972-1988 17 consecutive years ranked inside the top four Stands alone
Evert was the first woman to reach over 1000 match victories, 150 career tournament wins, and a 1,000,000.00 in tournament prize money.
Evert won more than half of the tournaments she entered throughout her 20 year career, made the finals in 76% of them, and made at least the semifinals in 90% of all the events she entered.
Evert was never ranked lower than either #1 or #2 during the entire years span of 1974 through 1986 in the year-end rankings
Not saying she was GOAT (She sure is on the short list), but she was undoubtedly the most consistent champion from day one in 1971, until she retired after the Open in 1989. She rarely played a bad match and very rarely lost to someone outside the top ten from the time she was 16 years old, through 34 years old.
1971 US Open -1987 Wimbledon Championships semifinalist or better in 48 of all 49 Grand Slams she entered during her first 16 years on the tennis circuit, ( only upset loss was to K Jordan in '83 wimbledon) this includes her 34 consecutive semifinal appearances in her first 34 majors)
13 consecutive years of winning 1+ title Stands alone
Reached 52 semi-finals (92.8%) and 54 quarterfinals (96.4%) out of 56 Grand Slams entered Stands alone
Only player male or female, to reach singles semi-final or better in each of first six Majors entered First 6 RG, First 6 Wimb, First 6 US Open, First 6 Australian
First player to reach five consecutive singles finals of each Major Stands alone
First and only woman to gain 7 Rg singles titles, and tied w/ Graf for most RG finals
Only woman to win 6 US Open singles titles or 4 consecutive titles.
Only woman to win 31 consecutive matches and 46 consecutive sets at the US Open
Only person to gain 101 singles victories at the Open and 16 consecutive semifinal appearances and the highest win loss percentage at 89.38% matches won
More runner up finishes at Wimbledon than anyone (7 times) alongside her three wins for 10 finals reached
Only person to reach the finals of every aussie she entered. (6 entries = 6 finals) and a 14 year gap between her first and last final
125 consecutive clay court match victories from '73 RG final loss to Court to '79 Italian loss to Austin almost 4 years later, longest such surface streak by either gender , followed by third longest winning streak on clay by any man or women in the Open Era, winning 64 matches straight. She didn't lose again until the '81 French Open, for 189-1 match record on clay surface court. (Rafael Nadal won 81 in a row in 2007!) Chris still has the top 2 longest streaks of the women however. She ends with a 94.03% w/l career record on clay, the highest such career percentage on any surface.
From 1971-1989 she left the game with a 90.05 career w/l record including all professional, tournament and fed cup matches the highest in the modern professional era of any man or woman. (There are claims that Court was closer to 95% but that includes her amateur years and Pro years and both Wills and Lenglen have damn close to 98%.) Graf actually has a highest professional career w/l record in the 4 Majors at 89% matches won. Evert is at 88% of career major matches won.
1972-1988 17 consecutive years ranked inside the top four Stands alone
Evert was the first woman to reach over 1000 match victories, 150 career tournament wins, and a 1,000,000.00 in tournament prize money.
Evert won more than half of the tournaments she entered throughout her 20 year career, made the finals in 76% of them, and made at least the semifinals in 90% of all the events she entered.
Evert was never ranked lower than either #1 or #2 during the entire years span of 1974 through 1986 in the year-end rankings
Not saying she was GOAT (She sure is on the short list), but she was undoubtedly the most consistent champion from day one in 1971, until she retired after the Open in 1989. She rarely played a bad match and very rarely lost to someone outside the top ten from the time she was 16 years old, through 34 years old.
