This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Margaret Court. She won 64 Grand Slam events (24 singles, 19 doubles, 21 mixed doubles), which is a record for a male or female player. Her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in mixed doubles are also all-time records for both sexes. She achieved a career Grand Slam in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She is one of two women to have achieved the calendar year Grand Slam in singles in the Open Era (alongside Steffi Graf), and is the only woman to have achieved the mixed doubles Grand Slam, which she did twice.
Court won more than half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (24 of 47). She won 192 singles titles before and after the Open Era, an all-time record. Her career singles win-loss record was 1,177-106, for a winning percentage of 91.74 percent on all surfaces (hard, clay, grass, carpet), is also an all-time record. She won at least 100 singles matches in 1965 (113-8), 1968 (107-12), 1969 (104-6), 1970 (110-6), and 1973 (108-6). She won more than 80 percent of her singles matches against top 10 players (297-73) and was the year-end top ranked player seven times.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 29 finals (24 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Women's doubles: 33 finals (19 titles, 14 runner-ups)
Mixed doubles: 25 finals (21 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Note: The two shared mixed doubles titles at the Australian Championships/Open in 1965 and 1969 traditionally are not counted in Court's win total because the finals were never played. Otherwise, she would have 64 Grand Slam titles, 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, and 25 Grand Slam mixed doubles finals.
Grand Slam tournament timelines
Singles
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Women's doubles
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Mixed doubles
NH = event not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The shared mixed doubles titles at the Australian Championships/Open in 1965 and 1969 are not always counted in Court's Grand Slam win total because the finals were never played. The Australian Open does officially count them as joint victories. Otherwise, she would have 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, which is reflected in the above table.
Wimbledon singles record
Court's overall win-loss record at Wimbledon was 51-9 (85%) in 12 years (1961-1966, 1968-1971, 1973, 1975). (Her win total includes one mid-match retirement by her opponent, but does not include any first round byes.) Her only losses were to Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1975 and 1971, Chris Evert in 1973, Ann Haydon-Jones in 1969, Judy Tegart Dalton in 1968, Billie Jean King in 1966 and 1962, Maria Bueno in 1964, and Christine Truman Janes in 1961.
Court was 3â€"2 in finals, 5â€"4 in semifinals, and 9â€"2 in quarterfinals. Court failed to reach the quarterfinals only once, in 1962 during her second Wimbledon. After receiving a bye during the first round, Court lost to unseeded Billie Jean Moffitt in the second round.
Court was 5â€"6 in three set matches, 46-3 in two set matches, and 0â€"2 in deuce third sets, i.e., sets that were tied 5â€"5 before being resolved.
Court was seeded all 12 years she entered Wimbledon. (The tournament seeded only 8 players through 1976.)
- Seeded #1 in 1962 (lost second round), 1963 (champion), 1964 (finalist), 1966 (semifinalist), 1969 (semifinalist), 1970 (champion), 1971 (finalist), 1973 (semifinalist).
- Seeded #2 in 1961 (quarterfinalist), 1965 (champion), 1968 (quarterfinalist).
- Seeded #5 in 1975 (semifinalist).
Court was 10-8 .556 against seeded players. She was 41-1 against unseeded players, her only loss occurring during the second round of the 1962 tournament against Billie Jean Moffitt.
- Versus #1 seeds, Court was 1â€"0 (Maria Bueno (1965)).
- Versus #2 seeds, Court was 2â€"1 (wins: Martina Navratilova (1975), Billie Jean King (1970); loss: Maria Bueno (1964)).
- Versus #3 seeds, Court was 1â€"1 (win: Billie Jean Moffitt (1964); loss: Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1971)).
- Versus #4 seeds, Court was 1â€"4 (win: Darlene Hard (1963); losses: Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1975), Chris Evert (1973), Ann Haydon-Jones (1969), Billie Jean King (1966)).
- Versus #5 seeds, Court was 1â€"0 (Rosemary Casals (1970)).
- Versus #6 seeds, Court was 0â€"1 (Christine Truman Janes (1961)).
- Versus #7 seeds, Court was 1â€"1 (win: Julie Heldman (1969); loss: Judy Tegart Dalton (1968)).
- Versus #8 seeds, Court was 3â€"0 (Olga Morozova (1973), Helga Niessen Masthoff (1970), Renee Schuurman Haygarth (1963)).
Against her major rivals at Wimbledon, Court was 3â€"2 versus Billie Jean King, 2â€"1 versus Christine Truman Janes, 1â€"0 versus Martina Navratilova, 1â€"0 versus Darlene Hard, 1â€"0 versus Karen Hantze Susman, 1â€"0 versus Nancy Richey, 1â€"0 versus Rosemary Casals, 1â€"1 versus Maria Bueno, 0â€"1 versus Ann Haydon-Jones, 0â€"1 versus Chris Evert, and 0â€"2 versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
United States Championships/Open singles record
Court's overall win-loss record at the United States Championships/United States Open was 51-6 (89.5%) in 11 years (1961-1965, 1968-1970, 1972-1973, 1975). (Her win total does not include any first round byes.) Her only losses were to Martina Navratilova in 1975, Billie Jean King in 1972, Maria Bueno in 1968 and 1963, Karen Hantze Susman in 1964, and Darlene Hard in 1961.
Court was 5â€"1 in finals, 6â€"2 in semifinals, and 8â€"2 in quarterfinals. Court failed to reach the quarterfinals only once, in 1964 when she lost to Karen Hantze Susman in the fourth round.
Court was 9â€"3 in three set matches, 42-3 in two set matches, and 0â€"0 in deuce third sets, i.e., sets that were tied 5â€"5 before being resolved.
Court was seeded all 11 years she entered the United States Championships/United States Open.
- Seeded #1 in 1962 (champion), 1963 (finalist), 1965 (champion), 1970 (champion).
- Seeded #2 in 1964 (lost fourth round), 1969 (champion), 1973 (champion).
- Seeded #4 in 1968 (quarterfinalist).
- Seeded #5 in 1961 (semifinalist), 1972 (semifinalist), 1975 (quarterfinalist).
Court was 13-6 against seeded players and 38-0 against unseeded players.
- Versus #1 seeds, Court was 0â€"2 (Billie Jean King (1972), Darlene Hard (1961)).
- Versus #2 seeds, Court was 1â€"0 (Rosemary Casals (1970)).
- Versus #3 seeds, Court was 3â€"1 (wins: Chris Evert (1973), Nancy Richey (1970 and 1965); loss: Martina Navratilova (1975)).
- Versus #4 seeds, Court was 3â€"1 (wins: Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1973), Rosemary Casals (1972), Christine Truman Janes (1961); loss: Maria Bueno (1963)).
- Versus #5 seeds, Court was 2â€"1 (wins: Virginia Wade (1969), Billie Jean Moffitt (1965); loss: Maria Bueno (1968)).
- Versus #6 seeds, Court was 2â€"0 (Nancy Richey (1969), Françoise Dürr (1965)).
- Versus #7 seeds, Court was 2â€"0 (Virginia Wade (1973), Christine Truman Janes (1963)).
- Versus #11 seeds, Court was 0â€"1 (Karen Hantze Susman (1964)).
Against her major rivals at the United States Championships/United States Open, Court was 3â€"0 versus Nancy Richey, 2â€"0 versus Virginia Wade, 2â€"0 versus Rosemary Casals, 2â€"0 versus Françoise Dürr, 2â€"0 versus Christine Truman Janes, 1â€"0 versus Chris Evert, 1â€"0 versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 1â€"1 versus Darlene Hard, 1â€"1 versus Billie Jean King, 1â€"2 versus Maria Bueno, 0â€"1 versus Martina Navratilova, and 0â€"1 versus Karen Hantze Susman.
French Championships/Open singles record
Court's overall win-loss record at the French Championships/French Open was 47-5 (90.3%) in 10 years (1961-1966, 1969-1971, 1973). (Her win total includes three walkovers but does not include any first round byes.) Her only losses were to Gail Chanfreau in 1971, Nancy Richey in 1966, Lesley Turner Bowrey in 1965, Věra Pužejová Suková in 1963, and Ann Haydon-Jones in 1961.
Court was 5â€"1 in finals, 6â€"1 in semifinals, and 7â€"2 in quarterfinals. Court failed to reach the quarterfinals only once, in 1971 when she lost to unseeded Gail Chanfreau in the third round.
Court was 8â€"0 in three set matches, 39-5 in two set matches, and 2â€"0 in deuce third sets, i.e., sets that were tied 5â€"5 before being resolved.
Court was seeded all 10 years she entered the French Championships/French Open.
- Seeded #1 in 1963 (quarterfinalist), 1964 (champion), 1965 (finalist), 1966 (semifinalist), 1969 (champion), 1970 (champion), 1971 (lost third round), 1973 (champion).
- Seeded #2 in 1962 (champion).
- Seeded #3 in 1961 (quarterfinalist).
Court was 15-4 .789 against seeded players. She was 32-1 against unseeded players, her only loss occurring during the third round of the 1971 tournament against Gail Chanfreau.
- Versus #2 seeds, Court was 2â€"0 (Chris Evert (1973), Maria Bueno (1964)).
- Versus #3 seeds, Court was 1â€"1 (win: Ann Haydon-Jones (1969); loss: Lesley Turner Bowrey (1965)).
- Versus #4 seeds, Court was 4â€"0 (Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1973), Julie Heldman (1970), Nancy Richey (1969 and 1965)).
- Versus #5 seeds, Court was 0â€"1 (Nancy Richey (1966)).
- Versus #6 seeds, Court was 1â€"1 (win: Renee Schuurman Haygarth (1962); loss: Ann Haydon-Jones (1961)).
- Versus #7 seeds, Court was 2â€"0 (Helga Niessen Masthoff (1970), Edda Buding (1962)).
- Versus #8 seeds, Court was 3â€"1 (wins: Rosemary Casals (1970), Kerry Melville Reid (1969), VÄ›ra Pužejová Suková (1964); loss: VÄ›ra Pužejová Pužejová Suková (1963)).
- Versus #9 seeds, Court was 1â€"0 (Norma Baylon (1965)).
- Versus #13 seeds, Court was 1â€"0 (Lesley Turner Bowrey (1962)).
Against her major rivals at the French Championships/French Open, Court was 2â€"1 versus Nancy Richey, 1â€"0 versus Chris Evert, 1â€"0 versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 1â€"0 versus Maria Bueno, 1â€"0 versus Rosemary Casals, 1â€"1 versus Ann Haydon-Jones, 1â€"1 versus Lesley Turner Bowrey, and 1â€"1 versus VÄ›ra Pužejová Suková.
Australian Championships/Open singles record
Court's overall win-loss record at the Australian Championships/Australian Open was 61-3 (95.3%) in 14 years (1959-1966, 1968-1971, 1973, 1975). (Her win total includes one walkover but does not include any first round byes.) Her only losses were to Martina Navratilova in 1975, Billie Jean King in 1968, and Mary Carter Reitano in 1959.
Court was 11-1 in finals, 12-0 in semifinals, and 12-1 in quarterfinals. Court failed to reach the quarterfinals only once, in 1959 during her first Australian Championships. Court lost to fourth seeded Mary Carter Reitano in the second round.
Court was 6â€"0 in three set matches, 51-3 in two set matches, and 2â€"0 in deuce third sets, i.e., sets that were tied 5â€"5 before being resolved.
Court was seeded 13 of the 14 years she entered the Australian Championships/Australian Open.
- Seeded #1 overall in 1961 (champion), 1962 (champion), 1963 (champion), 1964 (champion), 1970 (champion), 1971 (champion), 1973 (champion), 1975 (quarterfinalist).
- Seeded #1 domestic in 1965 (champion), 1966 (champion).
- Seeded #2 overall in 1969 (champion).
- Seeded #7 overall in 1960 (champion).
- Seeded #7 domestic in 1968 (finalist).
- Unseeded in 1959 (lost second round).
Court was 26-3 .897 against seeded players and 35-0 against unseeded players.
- Versus #1 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 5â€"1 (wins: Billie Jean King (1969), Lesley Turner Bowrey (1968), Nancy Richey (1966), Maria Bueno (1965 and 1960); loss: Billie Jean King (1968)).
- Versus #2 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 6â€"0 (Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1973 and 1971), Kerry Melville Reid (1970), Carole Caldwell Graebner (1966), Billie Jean Moffitt (1965), Jan Lehane O'Neill (1961)).
- Versus #3 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 3â€"0 (Rosemary Casals (1968), Jan Lehane O'Neill (1963 and 1960)).
- Versus #4 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 5â€"1 (wins: Karen Krantzcke (1970), Kerry Melville Reid (1973 and 1969), Yola RamÃrez Ochoa (1962), Mary Carter Reitano (1960); loss: Mary Carter Reitano (1959)).
- Versus #5 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 4â€"0 (Rosemary Casals (1969), Norma Baylon (1965), Robyn Ebbern (1965), Jan Lehane O'Neill (1962)).
- Versus #7 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 1â€"0 (Madonna Schacht (1966)).
- Versus #8 seeds (overall, domestic, or foreign), Court was 2â€"1 (wins: Karen Krantzcke (1973), Helen Gourlay Cawley (1971)); loss: Martina Navratilova (1975).
Against her major rivals at the Australian Championships/Australian Open, Court was 5â€"0 versus Jan Lehane O'Neill, 4â€"0 versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 3â€"0 versus Kerry Melville Reid, 2â€"0 versus Maria Bueno, 2â€"0 versus Rosemary Casals, 2â€"0 versus Lesley Turner Bowrey, 2â€"1 versus Billie Jean King, 1â€"0 versus Judy Tegart Dalton, 1â€"0 versus Françoise Dürr, 1â€"0 versus Nancy Richey, and 0â€"1 versus Martina Navratilova.
Federation Cup
Court played in the then-named Federation Cup since its inception in 1963, and then played again in 1964 and 1965. She returned to the tournament after her temporary retirement, and played again with the Australian Fed Cup team in 1968, 1969 and finally in December 1970. Of the six years she played, the Australian team won in four: 1964, 1965, 1968 and December 1970. She accumulated a total of 35 wins over her career, which ties with Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Dianne Balestrat as the third-most ever from an Australian. She holds a perfect 20â€"0 singles record, a near-perfect 40â€"1 singles set record, tying with Kerry Reid as the best-ever from an Australian. Her doubles record of 15â€"5 is the fifth-highest of an Australian.
