The top four are Margaret Court (24), Steffi Graf (22), Helen Wills Moody (19), and Chris Evert/Marina Navratilova (18)
14 Grand slam men's singles titles
Margaret Court with 62 Grand Slam titles from 24 Grand singles titles, 19 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 19 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
Margaret Court
Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi are two former, top US players who won 8 singles Grand Slam titles.However, the question does not stipulate whether the grand slams need to be only singles, or whether they are just Grand Slam titles[period]. There may be others, male or female, who won 8 Grand Slams, inclusive of singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.
depends on if you only mean singles play or singles/doubles in toto A female holds the record for both, considering the "open era" and excluding junior titles Singles titles -Margaret Court (24 titles) singles/doubles - Margaret Court (62 titles)
Lindsay Davenport is a former number one professional tennis player. She has an Olympic gold medal in tennis singles and holds three Grand Slam singles tournament titles.
Rod Laver with 184 singles titles. Federer doesn't even come close - he has won only 53 titles. Martina Navratilovawon 167 women's singles titles, i believe that this is the record
Bjorn Borg was a tennis player from Sweden, formerly No. 1 in the world in men's tennis. Borg won 11 Grand Slam singles titles from 1974 to 1981, including five consecutive Wimbledon titles and six French Open titles.
The appropriately named player is Australian tennis legend Margaret Court.
Two ... in 1962 and 1969. He won 11 Grand Slam singles events in total. He also won the Australian Open Men's Singles title in 1960 and the Wimbledon Men's Singles title in 1961 and 1968. He also won 6 grand slam doubles titles.
Pete Sampras. And if Fereda wins tomorrow the Ausie Open('09), they'll be in the tie list!!!
Steffi Graf won four Australian Open titles, five U.S. Open titles, six French Open titles, and seven Wimbledon titles for a total of 22* grand slam titles. * It should be noted that Margaret Court Smith holds the record for Grand Slam victories with 24 wins