Court, Margaret

Australian tennis player. The most prolific winner in the women's game, she won a record 62 Grand Slam titles, including 24 at singles.

Career highlights


Wimbledon
singles: 1963, 1965, 1970; doubles: 1964, 1969; mixed: 1963, 1965–66, 1968, 1975

US Open
singles: 1962, 1965, 1969–70, 1973; doubles: 1963, 1968–70, 1973, 1975; mixed: 1961–65, 1969–70, 1972

French Open
singles: 1962, 1964, 1969–70, 1973; doubles: 1964–66, 1973; mixed: 1963–65, 1969

Australian Open
singles: 1960–66, 1969–71, 1973; doubles: 1961–63, 1965, 1969–71, 1973; mixed: 1963–64

Court was the first from her country to win the ladies title at Wimbledon, in 1963, and the second woman after Maureen Connolly to complete the Grand Slam, in 1970.