Margaret Smith Court
Court in 1964
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia |
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| Residence | Perth, Western Australia |
| Born |
16 July 1942 Albury, New South Wales |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Turned pro | 1960 |
| Retired | 1977 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1979 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 192 (92 during the open era) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1962) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) |
| French Open | W (1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973) |
| Wimbledon | W (1963, 1965, 1970) |
| US Open | W (1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973) |
| Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1963) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) |
| French Open | W (1964, 1965, 1966, 1973) |
| Wimbledon | W (1964, 1969) |
| US Open | W (1963, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1973, 1975) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 21 (7 during the open era) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1963, 1964, 1965, 1969) |
| French Open | W (1963, 1964, 1965, 1969) |
| Wimbledon | W (1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1975) |
| US Open | W (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | W (1964, 1965, 1968, 1971) |
Margaret Court AO MBE (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is a retired Australian tennis player and former world No. 1. She is currently a Christian minister in Perth, Western Australia, but is best known for her sporting career, in which she amassed more major titles than any other player in history.
In 1970, Court became the first woman during the open era (and the second woman in history) to win the singles Grand Slam (all four major tournaments in the same calendar year). She won a record 24 of those titles (11 in the Open era), a record that still stands. She also won 19 women's doubles and 21 mixed doubles titles, giving her a record 64 major titles overall. She is the only woman to win the mixed doubles Grand Slam, which she accomplished twice. Her all surfaces (hard, clay, grass and carpet) singles career winning percentage of 91.68% (1180–107) is one of the best of all time according to the Sporteology website. Her open era singles career winning percentage of 91.37% (593–56) is unequalled, as is her open era winning percentage of 91.7% (11–1) in Grand Slam finals. Her win-loss performance in all Grand Slam singles tournaments was 90.12% (210–23). She was 95.31% (61–3) at the Australian Open, 90.38% (47–5) at the French Open, 85.10% (51–9) at Wimbledon and 89.47% (51–6) at the US Open. She also shares the open era record for most Grand Slam singles titles as a mother with Kim Clijsters. The International Tennis Hall of Fame states, "For sheer strength of performance and accomplishment there has never been a tennis player to match (her)." In 2010, the Herald Sun newspaper of Melbourne, Australia called her the greatest female tennis player of all time. Court is one of only six tennis players to ever win a multiple slam set in two disciplines, matching Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova, Frank Sedgman, Doris Hart and Serena Williams. Court, however, is the only one in tennis history to complete a multiple slam set, twice, in all three disciplines: singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
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