Who is the youngest female tennis Grand Slam winner?

As Martina Hingis turns 40, look back at highlights from her remarkable WTA career. At the 1997 Australian Open, Martina Hingis became the youngest ever Grand Slam champion, winning the tournament aged 16.
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Who is the youngest ever Grand Slam winner?

Hingis is the youngest-ever Grand Slam winner at 16 years, 3 months and 26 days, when she won the 1997 Australian Open. Tracy Austin at the 1979 U.S. Open was the first Grand Slam winner younger than 18.
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Who is the youngest woman to win US Open tennis?

The youngest woman to win the US Open Singles Tennis Championship is Tracy Austin (b. December 12, 1962) who was 16yr 271 days when she won the women's singles in 1979.
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Who was the youngest female to win Wimbledon?

The youngest Wimbledon Women's Singles Champion is Charlotte `Lottie' Dod (United Kingdom, b. 24 September 1871) aged 15 years 285 days when she won the 1887 Wimbledon Championships in London, United Kingdom.
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Who is the youngest to win Wimbledon?

The youngest man to win at Wimbledon was Boris Becker in 1985, who was 17 years and 228 days old when he beat Kevin Curren in the final. When it comes to the youngest winner in any Grand Slam, the prize goes to Martina Hingis, who was 16 years and 117 days old when she won the Australian Open in 1997.
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Martina Hingis: Youngest Grand Slam Champion



Who won Wimbledon at age 16?

Hingis opened 1997 ranked fourth in the world and won six straight tournaments, including the Australian Open. With that victory she became, at age 16, the second youngest player ever to win a Grand Slam; Lottie Dod had won Wimbledon at age 15 in 1887.
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Who is the youngest tennis pro?

Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is the youngest professional tennis player!
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How many teenagers have won tennis Grand Slams?

Since the commencement of the Open Era in 1968, there have been 52 editions each of the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, and 51 editions of the Australian Open.
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Who was the youngest winner of a singles title at the championships?

1. Boris Becker was 17 years old when he won the 1985 Championships, becoming the youngest ever winner of the gentlemen's singles title.
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Which female won the most Grand Slams?

Serena Williams has won the most Grand Slam titles of all time during her career, with a total of 23 Grand Slam tournament victories.
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Who has been number 1 in tennis the longest?

Roger Federer has the record of 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1. Novak Djokovic also holds the record for the most year-end No. 1 rankings, achieving the feat in seven years (including the pandemic-shortened season).
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Who won Wimbledon at age 17?

Boris Becker, in full Boris Franz Becker, (born November 22, 1967, Leimen, near Heidelberg, West Germany [now in Germany]), German tennis player who, on July 7, 1985, at age 17, became the youngest champion in the history of the men's singles at Wimbledon.
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Who has won all 4 Grand Slams in same year?

Only five players in history have won all four Grand Slams in the same year, and the last to do it was Steffi Graf in 1988. The only men to achieve the feat are Don Budge (in 1938) and Rod Laver (in 1962 and 1969). The pressure on Djokovic at the US Open when he tries to complete the set for the year will be immense.
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Who is the youngest woman and the youngest man to win a Wimbledon singles title?

This was worn by Martina Hingis at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, where she beat Jana Novotna to become the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since Lottie Dod in 1887.
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Who has won all 4 Grand Slams?

Combining the Grand Slam and the non-calendar-year Grand Slam, only eight singles players on 11 occasions achieved the feat of being the reigning champion of all four majors, three men (Don Budge, Rod Laver, Novak Djokovic) and five women (Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Serena ...
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Who won 24 Grand Slams?

Margaret Court AC MBE (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian retired tennis player and former world No. 1. She won 24 Grand Slam women's singles titles, 19 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
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What are the 5 Grand Slams in tennis?

The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open (also known as Roland Garros) from around late May to early June, Wimbledon in June–July, and the US Open in August–September. Each tournament is played over a two-week period.
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How old was Venus when she won her first Grand Slam?

They made history when they lifted their first Grand Slam title together when Venus was 18 years old and Serena just 17 years old. The sisters only gained momentum from there, and after winning the 2001 Australian Open, they completed not just a Career doubles Grand Slam but a Career doubles Golden Slam.
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