Simona Halep finishes second: Female players with the most WTA 1000 match wins
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Simona Halep's unexpected retirement this Tuesday marked the end of one of the most consistent careers on the WTA Tour in the last decade. The former World No. 1 departs as the second-winningest player in WTA 1000 tournaments, with a total of nine titles.
Since the format’s introduction in 2009, Halep has been a standout performer. In total, she reached 39 quarterfinals, 29 semifinals, and 18 finals in WTA 1000 events. The Romanian claimed nine WTA 1000 trophies in her career, with the last one coming at the 2022 Canadian Open—just weeks before testing positive for doping.
With 186 match wins, Halep ranks second in the all-time WTA 1000 victory list, trailing only Victoria Azarenka, who leads with 205 wins and 10 titles. Caroline Wozniacki follows in third place with 183 wins and six titles, with a strong chance of surpassing Halep this year depending on her tournament appearances.
Petra Kvitova sits in fourth place (180 wins, 9 titles) as she prepares for her return this season, making her another contender to surpass Halep in an eventual second-place ranking. Rounding out the top five is retired former World No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska, who recorded 175 wins and secured five WTA 1000 titles before retiring.
For reference, when considering WTA 1000 events and their equivalents across the Open Era, Serena Williams remains the all-time leader with 263 wins. However, Halep still manages to secure a spot in the top 10.
Halep's WTA 1000 trophy haul includes titles at the Qatar Open (2014), Dubai Championships (2015), Indian Wells (2015), Madrid Open (2016-2017), Canadian Open (2016, 2018, 2022), and Rome Open (2020).
Most WTA 1000 match wins since 2009
| No. | Player | Match Wins |
| 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 205 |
| 2 | Simona Halep | 186 |
| 3 | Caroline Wozniacki | 183 |
| 4 | Petra Kvitova | 180 |
| 5 | Agniezka Radwanszka | 175 |
Most WTA 1000 Wins (Including WTA Tier I / Premier Mandatory)
| No. | Player | Match Wins |
| 1 | Serena Williams | 263 |
| 2 | Victoria Azarenka | 229 |
| 3 | Maria Sharapova | 220 |
| 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 214 |
| 5 | Venus Williams | 214 |
| 6 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 199 |
| 7 | Caroline Wozniacki | 195 |
| 8 | Martina Hingis | 189 |
| 9 | Simona Halep | 186 |
| 10 | Petra Kvitová | 181 |
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- No, writer, we were not "stunned". If you knew your business you would have been aware of her statement last weekend re: her knee and retirement. The main take-away here is that Simona went out on her own terms. She surely wanted to play again after WTA & ITIA screwed her out of her final productive seasons. Personally, I believed she was going to make this announcement when I saw the President and his family in their box seats. Good for Simone -- now she can move on to other things as she said she would.
mandoist04-02-2025 - It sounds seriously absurd that in Davis Cup, (unlike Grand Slams such as the Aus Open), medical time outs off court with the medical staff are not allowed?? I mean, if this was an Aus Open match, and the same thing happened to Gurin then, he would have been able to go off court for official medical time out and make an informed decision whether to resume the match or retire. How come such conditions do not apply in Davis Cup?? I mean, there with Davis Cup, it is even more like a soccer match or basketball game in that teams are playing. And so as with those, it ought to be the case in tennis that if a player needs serious medical time out, then one of the other team mates ought to substitute and each team needs to have stand-ins or understudies in case substitution is needed which will be rare but as we can see here, this kind of circumstance fits. But even if the teams do not go down the road of subbing other team mates in, in case of a health issue like the one which played out here, at least, as in the Aus Open and other Grand Slams, there ought to be time-outs with the health professionals and at the conclusion of these time-outs, the particular decision that has been reached between them and the player needs to be taken on board by the umpire. PERIOD.
Sueiyin04-02-2025 - "If Novak did this, he would be defaulted for life. WTF." 🤣 WTF sounds like What Tennis Fury?! What Tennis Flurry??! I mean, se-rious-ly, it was actually the unfairness of the silly umpire's decision that is the issue here! Further, how come it was Gurin & his team who got disqualified? If this kind of thing happens in soccer, it would be the other guy getting the yellow or red card! Because after all, it was the Belgian who's foul it was so why then penalize the opponents for something they didn't instigate? Fouls in both basketball and soccer are read as a hinderance that has been caused by the player who INITIALLY instigated the hinderance. In this case, okay, it is tennis, but while the precise rules are different to either soccer or basketball, the same type of recognition as to whoever instigates a hinderance should apply, and in this case, it was the Belgian player.Sueiyin04-02-2025
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- Ha-ha-ha... Translation: I'll help as long as I don't have to meet in person and endure the ongoing BS"mandoist03-02-2025
- Well said.mandoist03-02-2025
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