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Williams sisters
Williams sisters: Venus and Serena Williams, American tennis champions from Compton, California. Serena holds 23 Open Era Grand Slam singles titles; together they won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles and four Olympic golds.
Williams sisters rivalry
Williams sisters rivalry: Venus vs Serena Williams, 31 singles matches 1998-2020, Serena leading 19-12, nine Grand Slam finals, plus 22 doubles titles won together.
Wimbledon (film)
Wimbledon (2004) is a Working Title romantic comedy directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Paul Bettany as 119th-ranked Peter Colt and Kirsten Dunst as Lizzie Bradbury, filmed at the real 2003 Championships with a CGI ball.
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, held annually in London by the All England Club since 1877, is the oldest tennis Grand Slam and the only one on grass; record £64.2m 2026 prize money, equal pay since 2007, all-white dress code, Centre Court retractable roof since 2009.
Winifred McNair
Winifred McNair (Winifred Margaret Slocock McNair, 1877–1954), English tennis player; Olympic women's doubles gold with Kitty McKane at Antwerp 1920 and Wimbledon 1913 doubles champion, later an England golfer.
Women's Tennis Association
Women's Tennis Association (WTA), governing body of women's professional tennis, founded by Billie Jean King June 21, 1973 at London's Gloucester Hotel; runs WTA Tour, PIF WTA Rankings, WTA Finals; HQ St. Petersburg, Florida, moving to Charlotte.
World Championship Tennis
World Championship Tennis (WCT) was a professional men's tennis circuit founded in 1967 by Lamar Hunt and Dave Dixon, pioneer of the tie-breaker and the Dallas WCT Finals, dominant January to May in the 1970s until the ATP Tour marginalized it by 1990.
WTA Finals
WTA Finals, the women's tennis season-ending championship since 1972 (originally Virginia Slims Championships): top eight singles players and doubles teams in round robin groups plus knockout; record $15.25 million Riyadh prize money; 2026 at Indian Wells, 2027-2029 in Charlotte.
WTA rankings
WTA rankings (PIF WTA Rankings), the official women's tennis world rankings on a rolling 52-week points system, introduced November 3, 1975 with Chris Evert first No.1; 18 counting singles tournaments, 29 players have been No.1.
WTA Tour records
WTA Tour records: official women's tennis marks. Chris Evert first computer No.1 (Nov 3, 1975); Graf 377 weeks; Navratilova 167 singles and 177 doubles titles; Serena Williams 23 Open Era slams, 73 titles.
Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah (born 1960, Sedan, France) is a French tennis champion, singer, and captain; 1983 French Open winner, the last French man to win it, later three-time Davis Cup-winning captain.
Yelena Dementyeva
Yelena Dementyeva (Elena Dementieva; Елена Дементьева), Russian tennis player born 1981 in Moscow. Olympic singles gold 2008 and silver 2000, two 2004 Grand Slam finals, career-high WTA rank 3, 16 singles titles, renowned return of serve despite a weak serve.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Евгений Александрович Кафельников)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Евгений Кафельников), Russian tennis player born 1974 in Sochi; first Russian world No. 1 (1999, six weeks), 1996 French Open and 1999 Australian Open champion, 2000 Olympic gold medalist, 2019 Hall of Fame inductee.
Yulia Putintseva (Юлия Антоновна Путинцева)
Yulia Putintseva (Юлия Путинцева) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player, born in Moscow in 1995, who has won three WTA titles and peaked at world No. 20.
Zachary Svajda
Zachary Svajda, known as Zach Svajda, is an American tennis player from La Jolla, California, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 62 in 2026.
Zhang Zhizhen (张之臻)
Zhang Zhizhen (张之臻), born 1996 in Shanghai, is a Chinese tennis player, the first Chinese man in ATP Top 100 (2022) and Top 50 (2024), career-high No. 31, 2024 Olympic mixed doubles silver medalist.
Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文)
Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文), born 2002 in Shiyan, Hubei, is a Chinese tennis player, Paris 2024 Olympic singles gold medalist, 2024 Australian Open finalist, and former world No. 4 with six WTA titles.
Zheng Qinwen career statistics
Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文), Chinese tennis player, born 2002; 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist, 2024 Australian Open and WTA Finals runner-up, six WTA titles, career-high No. 4 in June 2025.