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Six titles. Two legends. One US Open record. 🎾🏆

Chris Evert and Serena Williams sit together at the top of the Open Era with six US Open singles titles each.

But look deeper into this list and you see several generations of women’s tennis history.

Evert. Serena. Graf. Navratilova. King. Court. Clijsters.

And among the more recent champions, Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka have already won it twice.

Perhaps the most remarkable number belongs to Evert: 19 US Open appearances and she reached at least the quarterfinals every single time.

Different generations. Different styles. Same ability to win in New York.

Who is your greatest US Open women’s champion of the Open Era?

130 SPORTS DISCIPLINES RANKED: WHICH IS THE TOUGHEST?

What is the toughest sport on Earth?

Everyone has an opinion. So we decided to build a model.

The SportsEdTV team analyzed and ranked 130 sports disciplines, looking beyond the usual arguments about strength, endurance or skill.

Our model evaluates each discipline across multiple dimensions, including physical demands, technical complexity, mental and cognitive demands, injury exposure, competitive environment, and career demands.

The result produced some obvious contenders and quite a few surprises.

Some sports that look brutally difficult didn’t rank as high as expected. Others are far more demanding than they appear from the outside.

And yes, we included everything from hockey, boxing and rugby to tennis, soccer, lacrosse, triathlon and pickleball.

The complete ranking of all 130 disciplines, along with a detailed explanation of our methodology, can be found in the article on SportsEdTV.com.

We know people will disagree. That’s part of the fun.

What did we get wrong? 👇

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1,442 wins. Think about that for a moment. 🎾

Martina Navratilova sits at the top of an extraordinary list of women who didn’t just reach the highest level of tennis. They stayed there long enough to win hundreds and hundreds of matches.

Chris Evert: 1,309.
Steffi Graf: 902.
Serena Williams: 858.
And the list goes on.

Grand Slams define legacies, but career wins tell another story.

Longevity. Consistency. Adaptation. Resilience.

You can have an incredible season. You can even have an incredible few years. But showing up and winning across an entire career is a different kind of achievement.

Which number on this list surprises you the most?

Source: WTA historical records, Open Era, All Levels.

You know you’re probably going to lose. 😅

And not quietly.

You’re going to lose on TV, in Arthur Ashe Stadium, in front of the world.

But here’s the deal: you get to play one full set against any tennis legend, past or present.

Federer? Serena? Nadal? Graf? Djokovic? Alcaraz?

Or go back in time: Borg? McEnroe? Connors? Laver? Evert? Navratilova? Billie Jean King?

Maybe you just want to experience greatness from the other side of the net.

Or maybe, somehow, you think this is your moment to shine. 😎🎾

Who do you choose, and why?

1,274 wins. Set in 1996. Still standing. 👑🎾 Jimmy Connors holds the most match wins in men’s tennis history — a record no one has come close to touching in 30 years. Federer got within range at 1,251. Djokovic sits at #3 with 1,171 and counting, still adding to his total at 39. For perspective on how far ahead these legends are: today’s world No.1, Jannik Sinner, has ~358 career wins — a fraction of what it takes to even crack this top 10. The Open Era’s greatest volume record, ranked. Djokovic Sinner