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{{short description|Australian former tennis player (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                  = <small>[[The Reverend]]</small><br />Margaret Court<br /><small>[[Order of Australia|AC]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image                 = Margaret Court.png
| caption               = Court in 2018
| country               = {{AUS}}
| residence             = [[Perth]], Australia
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|7|16}}
| birth_place           = [[Albury]], Australia
| height                = 5 ft 9 in
| turnedpro             = 1968
| retired               = 1977
| plays                 = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney      = 
| tennishofyear         = 1979
| tennishofid           = margaret-smith-court
| singlesrecord         = 
| singlestitles         = 192<small> (92 during the [[History of tennis#Open Era|Open Era]])</small> 
| highestsinglesranking = [[World number 1 ranked female tennis players|No. '''1''']] (1962)
| AustralianOpenresult  = '''W''' ([[1960 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1960]], [[1961 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1961]], [[1962 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1962]], [[1963 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1963]], [[1964 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1964]], [[1965 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1965]], [[1966 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1966]], [[1969 Australian Open – Women's singles|1969]], [[1970 Australian Open – Women's singles|'''1970''']], [[1971 Australian Open – Women's singles|1971]], [[1973 Australian Open – Women's singles|1973]])
| FrenchOpenresult      = '''W''' ([[1962 French Championships – Women's singles|1962]], [[1964 French Championships – Women's singles|1964]], [[1969 French Open – Women's singles|1969]], [[1970 French Open – Women's singles|'''1970''']], [[1973 French Open – Women's singles|1973]])
| Wimbledonresult       = '''W''' ([[1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1963]], [[1965 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1965]], [[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''1970''']])
| USOpenresult          = '''W''' ([[1962 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1962]], [[1965 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1965]], [[1969 US Open – Women's singles|1969]], [[1970 US Open – Women's singles|'''1970''']], [[1973 US Open – Women's singles|1973]])
| doublesrecord         =
| highestdoublesranking = No. '''1''' (1963)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult    = '''W''' (1964, 1965, 1966, 1973)
| WimbledonDoublesresult     = '''W''' (1964, 1969)
| USOpenDoublesresult        = '''W''' (1963, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975) 
| OthertournamentsDoubles = yes
| WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult = '''W''' ([[1973 Virginia Slims Championships|1973]], [[1975 Virginia Slims Championships|1975]])
| Mixed                  = yes
| mixedtitles            = 21<small> (7 during the [[History of tennis#Open Era|open era]])</small>
| AustralianOpenMixedresult = '''W''' ('''1963''', 1964, '''1965''', 1969)
| FrenchOpenMixedresult     = '''W''' ('''1963''', 1964, '''1965''', 1969)
| WimbledonMixedresult      = '''W''' ('''1963''', '''1965''', 1966, 1968, 1975)
| USOpenMixedresult         = '''W''' (1961, 1962, '''1963''', 1964, '''1965''', 1969, 1970, 1972)
| Team                   = yes
| FedCupresult           = '''W''' ([[1964 Federation Cup|1964]], [[1965 Federation Cup|1965]], [[1968 Federation Cup|1968]], [[1971 Federation Cup|1971]])
}}
{{Pentecostalism}}

'''Margaret Court''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|MBE}} (''[[née]]'' '''Smith'''; born 16 July 1942), also known as '''Margaret Smith Court''', is an Australian former [[World number 1 ranked female tennis players|world number 1]] [[tennis]] player and a [[Christian minister]]. Her 24 women's singles [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]] titles and total of 64 major titles (including 19 major women's doubles and 21 major mixed doubles titles) are the most in tennis history.

Court was born in [[Albury, New South Wales]]. In 1960, aged 17, she won the first of seven consecutive [[Australian Open]] singles titles. She completed the [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|career Grand Slam]] in singles aged 21 with her victory at [[1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|Wimbledon]] in 1963. Taking a brief hiatus in 1966 and 1967, Court played as an amateur until the advent of the [[Open Era]] in 1968. She completed the [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] by winning all four major singles titles in 1970, part of a record six consecutive major singles victories. Court gave birth to her first child in 1972, but returned to tennis later in the year and won three major singles titles in 1973. She took similar breaks after her second and third children were born, retiring from the game in 1977.

Court is one of only three players in history (all women) to have won the "[[Grand Slam (tennis)#Boxed Set|Boxed Set]]", consisting of every major title (the singles, doubles and mixed doubles). She is the only player in tennis history to complete a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Multiple Career Grand Slams|double Boxed Set]]. Court is also one of only six tennis players to win a double career Grand Slam in two disciplines, matching [[Roy Emerson]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Frank Sedgman]], [[Doris Hart]], and [[Serena Williams]]. She also won the [[Fed Cup]] with Australia on four occasions. The [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] states "For sheer strength of performance and accomplishment there has never been a tennis player to match (her)."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=150 |publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame |title=Hall of Famers – Margaret Court Smith "The Arm" |access-date=14 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061119112638/http://www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=150 |archive-date=19 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Evonne Goolagong]] called her the greatest female tennis player of all time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/margaret-court/story-e6frf9if-1225874948364 | title=Legend Margaret Court tips Sam Stosur to win French Open | first=Leo | last=Schlink | access-date=27 May 2011 | archive-date=3 June 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603031959/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/margaret-court/story-e6frf9if-1225874948364 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Margaret Court the greatest: Evonne Goolagong Cawley |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/margaret-court-the-greatest-evonne-goolagong-cawley-20170129-gu0wov.html |access-date=7 September 2018 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 January 2017 |language=en |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221236/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/margaret-court-the-greatest-evonne-goolagong-cawley-20170129-gu0wov.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Having grown up [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], Court became associated with [[Pentecostalism]] in the 1970s and became a Christian minister in that tradition in 1991. She later founded Margaret Court Ministries.

==Early life==
Court was born on 16 July 1942 in [[Albury, New South Wales]].<ref name=sg>{{cite news|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/court.html|title=Margaret Court|work=She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History|publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project|year=2007|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> She was the fourth and youngest child born to Maude ({{nee|Beaufort}}) and Lawrence Smith.<ref name=wiwh>{{cite news|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/court-margaret-smith-1942|title=Court, Margaret Smith (1942—)|work=[[Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia]]|via=Encyclopedia.com|year=1999|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> Her mother experienced a difficult delivery and came close to dying in childbirth.<ref name=sg/>

Court was raised in Albury where her father worked as a foreman at a cheese and butter factory. The family lived in a "very modest, two bedroom, thin-walled, asbestos dwelling with a tin roof" and did not own a car during her early childhood.<ref name=sg/> She played a variety of sports as a child, including basketball, cricket, softball and soccer, and had a reputation as a [[tomboy]], joining "a group of neighbourhood boys who took pleasure in climbing trees, swinging on ropes over the river, and hitching free rides on trucks as they slowed".<ref name=wiwh/> Court received her early education at St Bridget's, the local Catholic [[parochial school]]. She later attended St Augustine's, a [[convent school]] across the river from Albury in [[Wodonga, Victoria]], as well as [[Albury Technical College]].<ref name=wiwh/>

Court discovered tennis at the age of eight, playing on her own by hitting a tennis ball against a wall with an old fence paling.  She was later given an old racquet by her mother's friend and began sneaking in to the nearby Albury and Border Tennis Club with her friends to play on the grass courts. The club's curator and professional coach Wally Rutter soon noticed her talent and invited her to his weekly coaching clinics. She later credited Rutter with encouraging her to pursue tennis professionally and developing her "killer instinct" and sense of sportsmanship.<ref name=young>{{cite journal|url=https://itfcoachingreview.com/index.php/journal/article/view/122/900|title=Salute to a Legend's First Coach|first1=Janet A.|last1=Young|first2=Alan J.|last2=Pearce|journal=ITF Coaching & Sport Science Review|year=2022|volume=30 |issue=86|pages=4–6|doi=10.52383/itfcoaching.v30i86.122|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Court moved to [[Melbourne]] at the age of 16 in order to be coached full-time by [[Frank Sedgman]], a former world No. 1. She moved in with her older sister and worked part-time as a receptionist at Sedgman's athletic centre.<ref name=wiwh/> Sedgman emphasised physical fitness, developing a training regimen that included circuit running, weight-lifting and running on sandhills. He also got her to play on clay courts for the first time, with the intent that she would one day play the French Open.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/margaret-court-recalls-tough-days-of-amateur-tennis-442171|title=Margaret Court recalls tough days of amateur tennis|publisher=InsideSport|first=James|last=Smith|date=22 November 2016|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>

==Tennis career==
[[File:Margaret Court 1964.jpg|thumb|right|Court in 1964]]
As a teenager, Court won various state titles on the Australian junior circuit before winning the [[1960 Australian Championships – Women's singles|1960 Australian Championships]] on her first attempt at the age of 17, her first major title.<ref name=wiwh/> This would prove to be the first of seven consecutive national titles.<ref name=sg/> She became the first Australian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament abroad when she won the [[French Open|French]] and [[US Open (tennis)|US Championships]] in 1962. The next year, she became the first Australian woman to win [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]. Across singles, doubles and mixed doubles, she has won a remarkable 64 major titles.

After the tournament in Munich, Germany in August 1966, Court temporarily retired from tennis. In 1967, she married Barry Court, whose father, [[Charles Court]], and brother, [[Richard Court]], were [[Premier of Western Australia|premiers of Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2191991.htm |title=Moral High Ground For New Liberal President |author=Rebecca Carmody |newspaper=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=11 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712144715/http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2191991.htm |archive-date=12 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She returned to tennis in November 1967, and in 1970 won all four [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110460742 |title=U.S. Open Tennis – Grand Slam for Mrs. Court. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |agency=[[Australian Associated Press]] |date=15 September 1970 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=13 January 2016 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925033753/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110460742 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Roberts|editor1-first=Roberts|title=Great Australian Sporting Moments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvWZHv2l7J0C&pg=PT53|date=2008|publisher=The Miegunyah Press|location=Carlton, Vic.|isbn=978-0522855470|page=98|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313044100/https://books.google.nl/books?id=dvWZHv2l7J0C&pg=PT53&lpg=PT53|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, she lost the Wimbledon singles final to [[Evonne Goolagong]] while pregnant<ref>{{cite news|title=Clijsters wins US Open|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/tennis/clijsters-wins-us-open/2009/09/14/1252780256848.html|access-date=29 October 2012|newspaper=The Age|date=14 September 2009|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812132939/http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/tennis/clijsters-wins-us-open/2009/09/14/1252780256848.html|url-status=live}}</ref> with her first child, Daniel, who was born in March 1972. She made a comeback that year, playing in the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and throughout 1973. Her second child, Marika, was born in 1974. She started playing again in November of that year. After missing most of 1976 after having her third child, she returned to the tour in early 1977 but retired permanently that year when she learned she was expecting her fourth child. Her last Grand Slam tournament singles appearance was in the 1975 US Open.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Open|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000167|website=www.itftennis.com|publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF)|access-date=28 January 2016|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604061336/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000167|url-status=live}}</ref> Her last Grand Slam tournament appearance overall was in the [[1976 Australian Open]] in women's doubles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Open|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000067|website=www.itftennis.com|publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF)|access-date=28 January 2016|archive-date=17 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317140420/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000067|url-status=live}}</ref>

Court is one of only three players to achieve a career "boxed set" of Grand Slam tournament titles, winning every possible major title—singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles—at all four Grand Slam events. The others are [[Doris Hart]] and [[Martina Navratilova]]. However, Court is the only person to win all 12 Grand Slam events at least twice. She also is unique in having completed "boxed sets" both before the [[History of tennis|Open Era]] and after it began.

Court lost a heavily publicised and U.S.–televised challenge match to a former [[World-number-one male tennis-player rankings|world No. 1]] male tennis player, the 55-year-old [[Bobby Riggs]], on 13 May 1973, in [[Ramona, California]]. Court was the top-ranked women's player at the time, and the New York Times claimed<ref>{{Cite news | last=Roberts | first=Selena | author-link=Selena Roberts | title=Tennis's Other 'Battle of the Sexes,' Before King-Riggs | newspaper=The New York Times | date=21 August 2005 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/sports/tennis/21riggs.ready.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 | access-date=17 February 2017 | archive-date=25 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925033752/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/sports/tennis/tenniss-other-battle-of-the-sexes-before-kingriggs.html | url-status=live }}</ref> that she did not take the match seriously because it was a mere exhibition. Using a mixture of lobs and drop shots, Riggs beat her 6–2, 6–1. Four months later, [[Billie Jean King]] beat Riggs in the [[The Battle of the Sexes (tennis)|Battle of the Sexes]] match in the [[Houston Astrodome]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Curry|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1973/05/21/618331/mothers-day-ms-match|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|title=Mother's Day Ms. Match|date=21 May 1973|volume=38|issue=20|pages=35–37|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165437/https://www.si.com/vault/1973/05/21/618331/mothers-day-ms-match|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2003, Show Court One at the sports and entertainment complex [[Melbourne Park]] was renamed [[Margaret Court Arena]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcourtarena.com.au/about/history/|title=History {{!}} Margaret Court Arena|website=www.margaretcourtarena.com.au|language=en-US|access-date=2 June 2017|archive-date=24 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524191409/http://www.margaretcourtarena.com.au/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2012, the arena has attracted calls for its name to be changed on the basis of Court's statements against gay and lesbian rights.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/40103968|title=Margaret Court: Tennis is 'full of lesbians', says Australian Grand Slam legend|date=31 May 2017|website=BBC|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531103623/http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/40103968|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/sports/tennis/margaret-court-gay-marriage-australia.html|title=Players Want Margaret Court Arena Renamed Over Remarks on Gays|last=Rothenberg|first=Ben|date=31 May 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=2 June 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602023809/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/sports/tennis/margaret-court-gay-marriage-australia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Playing style, Grand Slam records, and rankings==
[[File:Margaret Court at the net 1970.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Court at the net in 1970]]
During the 1960s, Court was considered to have a very long reach which added a new dimension to women's volleying. With a height and reach advantage and being extremely strong, she was very formidable at the net and had an effective overhead shot.<ref name="eot">{{cite book | title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofte00robe | url-access=registration | publisher=The Viking Press | author=Robertson, Max | year=1974 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofte00robe/page/174 174], 219| isbn=9780670294084 }}</ref> She was considered unusually mobile for her size and played an all attack, serve and volley style which, when added to her big serve, dominated conservative defensive players.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E6DA103BF93AA1575BC0A9679D8B63 | title=NY Times: Aces of the Game | access-date=24 March 2012 | work=The New York Times | first=Geoff | last=Macdonald | date=29 August 2011 | archive-date=13 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913145039/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E6DA103BF93AA1575BC0A9679D8B63 | url-status=live }}</ref> Part of what helped her win was her commitment to fitness training. Court was dubbed "The Aussie Amazon" because she did weights, circuit training and running along sandy hillsides. This training helped keep her relatively injury-free through most of her career.<ref name="Tchannel">{{cite web|url=http://www.tennischannel.com/news/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=10190 |title=Margaret Smith Court Career Retrospective |first=Steve |last=Flink |access-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509203617/http://www.tennischannel.com/news/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=10190 |archive-date=9 May 2012 }}</ref>

Court won a record 64 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament titles, including a record 24 singles titles, 19 women's doubles titles and a record 21 mixed doubles titles. The total includes two shared<ref>{{cite web|title=Margaret (Smith) Court|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/margaret-smith-court|publisher=Tennis Australia|access-date=29 December 2012|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723091620/http://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/margaret-smith-court|url-status=live}}</ref> titles at the [[Australian Open|Australian Championships/Open]] in 1965 and 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ausopen.com/history/honour-roll/mixed-doubles |title=Official Australian Open Mixed Doubles titles. |access-date=17 December 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326041626/https://ausopen.com/history/honour-roll/mixed-doubles |url-status=live }}</ref> The mixed doubles finals of those years were not played because of bad weather and the titles are shared by both of the finalist pairs.

Court won 62 of the 85 major finals (72.9%) she played, including 24–5 (82.8%) in singles finals, 19–14 (57.6%) in women's doubles finals and 19–4 (82.6%) in mixed doubles finals.

Court reached the final in 29, the semifinals in 36 and the quarterfinals in 43 of the 47 major singles tournaments she played. During her amateur career, from the 1962 Australian Championships to the 1966 Australian Championships, Court won 11 of the 17 major singles tournaments she entered. In a subsequent period of dominance after the start of the Open Era, she won 11 of the 16 major singles tournaments she entered between the 1969 Australian Open and the 1973 US Open. She was 146–2 (98.6%) against unseeded players in major singles tournaments.

Court is the only player to have won the Grand Slam in both singles and mixed doubles. She won the singles Grand Slam in 1970, the mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1963 with fellow Australian [[Ken Fletcher]] and the mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1965 with three different partners (Fletcher, [[John Newcombe]] and [[Fred Stolle]]).

Court won more than half of all the major tournaments held in 1963 (8 of 12), 1964 (7 of 12), 1965 (9 of 12), 1969 (8 of 12), 1970 (7 of 11) and 1973 (6 of 11).

According to the end-of-year rankings compiled by London's ''Daily Telegraph'' from 1914 to 1972, Court was ranked world No. 1 six times: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969 and 1970. She was also ranked No. 1 for 1973 when the official rankings were produced by the [[Women's Tennis Association]].

==Career timeline==
[[File:Margaret Court doubles Wimbledon 1971.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Court playing doubles at Wimbledon alongside [[Evonne Goolagong]]]]
*1959&nbsp;– Competed at the [[Australian Open|Australian Championships]] for the first time losing in the second round against eventual tournament winner [[Mary Reitano]].
*1960&nbsp;– Won her first singles title at the Australian Championships, but lost the junior girls final there to [[Lesley Turner]].
*1962&nbsp;– Won three of the four [[Grand Slam in tennis|Grand Slam]] singles tournaments.
*1963&nbsp;– Became the first Australian woman to win a singles title at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]. She and [[Ken Fletcher]] became the only team to win all four Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles during the same calendar year.
*1964&nbsp;– Won three of the four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments. Her women's doubles title at Wimbledon completed her career "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles.
*1965&nbsp;– Won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments and all four Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles, with three different partners.
*1966&nbsp;– After losing in August to [[Vlasta Kodesova]] in the quarterfinals of a tournament in Munich, Germany, Court temporarily retired.
*1968&nbsp;- Returned to match play in November 1967 at the [[Sydney International|New South Wales Championships]]. She resumed playing a full schedule in 1968, where at the beginning of the season, she lost to [[Billie Jean King]] in the finals of the Western Australia Championships and the Australian National Championships.
*1969&nbsp;– Won three of the four Grand Slam singles and mixed doubles tournaments.
*1970&nbsp;– Won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, defeating [[Kerry Melville]] in the Australian Open final, [[Helga Masthoff]] in the [[French Open]] final, [[Billie Jean King]] in the Wimbledon final, and [[Rosemary Casals]] in the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] final. [[Maureen Connolly]] in 1953 and [[Steffi Graf]] in 1988 are the only other women who have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during the same calendar year.
*1971&nbsp;– Won the Australian Championship for the 10th time. After losing in mid-July to Billie Jean King in the semifinals of a tournament in West Kirby, England, Court left the tour to prepare for the March 1972 birth of her first child.
*1972&nbsp;– Returned to the tour in late July. Lost to Billie Jean King in the semifinals of the US Open.
*1973&nbsp;– Won three of the four Grand Slam singles and women's doubles tournaments. Became the first mother in the [[History of tennis#Open Era|Open Era]] to win the Australian, French, and US Open championships. Lost her match with [[Bobby Riggs]]. Her women's doubles title at the French Open completed a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles won exclusively after the start of the Open Era in 1968.
*1974&nbsp;– Absent from the game until November because of the birth of her second child. Won the Western Australian Championships on her playing return and reached the final of the New South Wales Championships the following week.
*1975&nbsp;– Played the final Grand Slam singles match of her career, losing to [[Martina Navratilova]] in a quarterfinal of the US Open 6–2, 6–4. At her final Australian championships (played in December 1974), she suffered only her second defeat in the singles prior to the final in all her appearances at the event, losing to Navratilova in a quarterfinal. Having won the mixed doubles at her last Wimbledon (partnering [[Marty Riessen]]), she partnered with [[Virginia Wade]] at the US Open to win her 62nd Grand Slam title and 19th Grand Slam women's doubles title, defeating King and Casals in the final. This was Court's last Grand Slam title. Her last tournament of the year was in late September in Tokyo where she won the title.
*1976&nbsp;– Court was absent from the game until late September due to the birth of her third child. Tokyo was her first tournament after returning to the tour, where she lost the final to [[Betty Stöve]]. She finished the year by defeating [[Sue Barker]] in the singles final in Melbourne, Australia
*1977&nbsp;– Played the final singles match of her career, defeating [[Greer Stevens]] in the third round of the [[Virginia Slims Championships]] of Detroit 5–7, 7–6, 6–3. Court defaulted the quarterfinal to [[Françoise Dürr]] upon learning that she was pregnant with her fourth child.

==Honours==
*On 1 January 1967, she was made [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE), for her services to sport and international relations.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1086194 | title = Miss Margaret Jean Smith - The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) (Imperial) - Award Extract - Australian Honours Search Facility | website = It's an honour | publisher = [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]] | via = honours.pmc.gov.au | access-date = 13 July 2019 | archive-date = 24 February 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001742/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1086194 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*In 1963 and 1970, she became winner of the ABC Sportsman of the Year Award.
*In 1970 she also won a Western Australian honour, the Walter Lindrum Award.
*In 1979, Court was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/margaret-smith-court | title = Margaret Smith Court | website = [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] | via = www.tennisfame.com | access-date = 13 July 2019 | archive-date = 2 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190402184834/https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/margaret-smith-court | url-status = live }}</ref>
*In 1985, Court was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] and then elevated to Legend status in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/margaret-court/|title=Margaret Court|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>
*In 1993 in Melbourne, she was inducted into the [[Australian Tennis Hall of Fame]].
*In 2000, Court was awarded the [[Australian Sports Medal]] for her impressive tennis career.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/977107 | title = Mrs. Margaret Court - Australian Sports Medal - Award Extract - Australian Honours Search Facility | website = It's an honour | publisher = [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]] | via = honours.pmc.gov.au | access-date = 13 July 2019 | archive-date = 22 February 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042225/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/977107 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*In 2001, she was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] for her service to Australian tennis.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1123658 | title = Reverend Dr Margaret Court - Centenary Medal - Award Extract - Australian Honours Search Facility | website = It's an honour | publisher = [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]] | via = honours.pmc.gov.au | access-date = 13 July 2019 | archive-date = 22 February 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042307/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1123658 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*In 2001, she was inducted onto the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whise.org.au/assets/docs/policy/Victorian%20Honour%20Roll%20of%20Women%202001-%202011.pdf | title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women | access-date=8 August 2019 | archive-date=5 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305063250/https://www.whise.org.au/assets/docs/policy/Victorian%20Honour%20Roll%20of%20Women%202001-%202011.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
*In 2003 Court became the recipient of the 2003 Australia Post [[Australian Legends]] Award. [[Australia Post]] honoured her, together with fellow Australian tennis player [[Rod Laver]] by featuring her on [[List of people on stamps of Australia|postage stamp]].
*In 2006, she was awarded the [[International Tennis Federation]]'s (ITF) accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award.
*In 2007, she was made an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] (AO), for her services to tennis, as a mentor and to the community.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1133690 | title = The Reverend Margaret Court - Officer of the Order of Australia - Award Extract - Australian Honours Search Facility | website = It's an honour | publisher = [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]] | via = honours.pmc.gov.au | access-date = 13 July 2019 | archive-date = 22 February 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042106/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1133690 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*In 2021, she was advanced to a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] (AC), for "eminent service to tennis as an internationally acclaimed player and record-holding grand slam champion, and as a mentor of young sportspersons".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-01/AD21%20Media%20Notes%20-%20AC.pdf | title = COMPANION (AC) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA | website = www.gg.gov.au | publisher = Governor General of Australia | access-date = 25 January 2021 | archive-date = 4 March 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220304010019/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-01/AD21%20Media%20Notes%20-%20AC.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>

== Ministry ==
Court was raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] but became involved with [[Pentecostalism]] in the mid-1970s. In 1983, she gained a theological qualification from the [[Riverview Church|Rhema Bible Training Centre]], and in 1991 was ordained as an independent Pentecostal minister and so speaks publicly about her faith.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.acc.edu.au/podcast/margaret-court/ |title=Margaret Court |access-date=29 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629235055/https://www.acc.edu.au/podcast/margaret-court/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She subsequently founded a ministry known as Margaret Court Ministries.<ref name=baxter>Brian Baxter, [http://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2027%20(2007)%20No%203.pdf "Margaret Court's Word of Faith] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101523/http://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2027%20(2007)%20No%203.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}", ''[[Australian Skeptics|The Skeptics]]'',  Vol 27 No 3, Spring 2007.</ref> In 1995, she founded a Pentecostal church known as the Victory Life Centre in Perth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorylifecentre.com.au|title=Church in Perth Victory Life Centre|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=9 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409232439/https://victorylifecentre.com.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> She still serves as its senior pastor. Her television show, ''A Life of Victory'', airs on Sundays on the [[Australian Christian Channel]] and used to show locally in Perth on former community television station [[West TV]]. She has generally embraced teachings associated with the [[Word of Faith]] movement<ref name=baxter/> and teaches her view of biblical doctrine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://christiantoday.com.au/news/person-of-faith-margaret-court.html |title=Person of faith: Margaret Court |first=Ron |last=Ross |work=[[Christianity Today]] |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126125426/https://christiantoday.com.au/news/person-of-faith-margaret-court.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1997, Court established Victory Life Community Services, later rebranded as Margaret Court Community Outreach (MCCO).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mcco.org.au/our-story|title=Our Story|publisher=Margaret Court Community Outreach|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123024400/https://www.mcco.org.au/our-story|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 it was described by ''[[The West Australian]]'' as "one of WA's biggest stand-alone food charities", supplying around 25 tonnes of food each week.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/those-going-hungry-on-rise-ng-ya-377845|newspaper=The West Australian|title=Those going hungry on rise|first=Cathy|last=O'Leary|date=18 September 2014|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123012327/https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/those-going-hungry-on-rise-ng-ya-377845|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 2010, she has been the president of Victory Life International, a network of like-minded churches, and is a long-standing patron of the [[Australian Family Association]] and Drug Free Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.victorylifeinternational.com.au/team/ | title=Reverend Dr Margaret Court | access-date=14 April 2016 | archive-date=23 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423055823/http://www.victorylifeinternational.com.au/team/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://family.org.au/125-publications/afa-update/afa-family-update-vol-23-no-2-2008/244-afa-welcomes-three-new-patrons|title=AFA Welcomes Three New Patrons|work=AFA Family Update vol 23 no 2|access-date=1 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309232358/http://www.family.org.au/125-publications/afa-update/afa-family-update-vol-23-no-2-2008/244-afa-welcomes-three-new-patrons|archive-date=9 March 2017|url-status=dead|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.victorylifeinternational.com.au/ | title=Welcome to Victory Life International | publisher=Victory Life International | accessdate=11 July 2021 | archive-date=10 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710215536/https://www.victorylifeinternational.com.au/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal views ==
Court has been a consistent critic of [[same-sex marriage]] in Australia.<ref name="Pink News 2011">{{cite news |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/15/former-tennis-star-margaret-court-serves-up-controversy-over-gay-marriage/ |title=Former tennis star Margaret Court serves up controversy over gay marriage |last=Gray |first=Stephen |date=15 December 2011 |work=[[Pink News]] |access-date=19 April 2012 |archive-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314224630/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/15/former-tennis-star-margaret-court-serves-up-controversy-over-gay-marriage/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, she opposed proposed same-sex marriage reforms.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-13/tennis-great-accused-of-inciting-gay-hatred/3771854 |title=Tennis great accused of inciting gay hatred |date=13 January 2012 |access-date=14 November 2017 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |archive-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701031221/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-13/tennis-great-accused-of-inciting-gay-hatred/3771854 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = SMH2012>{{cite news|title = Court in same sex tennis furore|date = 12 January 2012|url = https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/court-in-same-sex-tennis-furore-20120112-1pwux.html|via = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|agency = [[Reuters]]|access-date = 7 November 2019|archive-date = 7 November 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191107090024/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/court-in-same-sex-tennis-furore-20120112-1pwux.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Court has been criticised for such statements by gay tennis players [[Billie Jean King]], [[Rennae Stubbs]] and [[Martina Navratilova]],<ref name="Pink News 2011" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Tennis greats blast Court|work=[[Sydney Star Observer]]|url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/tennis-greats-blast-anti-gay-court/67902|last=Sheldrick|first=Drew|date=12 December 2011|access-date=12 December 2011|archive-date=3 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203065415/http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/tennis-greats-blast-anti-gay-court/67902|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2012, an LGBT rights protest group called for the renaming of [[Margaret Court Arena]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://jacksonville.com/sports/other-sports/2012-01-13/story/tennis-legend-margaret-court-stirs-clash-gay-rights|title=Tennis legend Margaret Court stirs clash on gay rights|last=Passa|first=Dennis|date=13 January 2012|work=[[The Florida Times-Union]]|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095544/http://jacksonville.com/sports/other-sports/2012-01-13/story/tennis-legend-margaret-court-stirs-clash-gay-rights|url-status=live}}</ref>

Court was criticised in May 2017 after writing a letter to ''[[The West Australian]]'' decrying [[Qantas]], the largest airline in Australia, for being a corporate supporter of same-sex marriage and saying that she would boycott the airline. The letter, and further follow-up interviews, again led to calls from some Australians and tennis players to rename the Margaret Court Arena.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-26/calls-for-margaret-court-arena-name-change-after-qantas-boycott/8560790|title=Margaret Court Arena name change called for after star's Qantas boycott over gay marriage support|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] / [[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]|date=26 May 2017|access-date=7 November 2019|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130143838/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-26/calls-for-margaret-court-arena-name-change-after-qantas-boycott/8560790|url-status=live}}</ref> Some politicians, including Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]], rejected calls for the change of name, saying the name celebrates Margaret Court as a tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tillett |first=Andrew |title=Malcolm Turnbull says Margaret Court's name should stay on tennis arena |url=http://www.afr.com/news/malcolm-turnbull-says-margaret-courts-name-should-stay-on-tennis-arena-20170526-gwdr31 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=26 May 2017 |access-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105010152/https://www.afr.com/news/malcolm-turnbull-says-margaret-courts-name-should-stay-on-tennis-arena-20170526-gwdr31 |archive-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> 

In June 2017, [[The Guardian|''The Guardian's'']] Russell Jackson wrote that Court had always held bigoted views, which he described as "stubbornly immovable", citing her support for [[apartheid]] in 1970 ("South Africans have this thing better organised than any other country, particularly America") and her criticisms of Navratilova in 1990 ("a great player but I'd like someone at the top who the younger players can look up to. It's very sad for children to be exposed to homosexuality") as examples.<ref name=RussellJackson /> He suggested that this and the similar incident from 2012<ref name=SMH2012 /> are calculated provocations, allowing Court to portray herself as the victim and use the publicity to her advantage, and show that "for better or worse, Court is now the principal architect of her own image".<ref name=RussellJackson>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Russell |title=Margaret Court: astounding champion who found God and lost the respect of a nation |work=[[Guardian Australia]] |date=3 June 2017 |access-date=7 November 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/03/margaret-court-astounding-champion-who-found-god-and-lost-the-respect-of-a-nation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107090021/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/03/margaret-court-astounding-champion-who-found-god-and-lost-the-respect-of-a-nation |archive-date=7 November 2019}}</ref>

On 23 January 2019, [[Anna Wintour]], in her keynote address for the Australian Open's Inspirational Series, renewed calls for the arena's renaming.<ref name=slams>{{cite news |last=Regan |first=Helen |date=25 January 2019 |title=Anna Wintour slams Margaret Court, Scott Morrison over LGBTQ rights |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/anna-wintour-us-open-intl-scli/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127053635/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/anna-wintour-us-open-intl-scli/index.html}}</ref> Court responded by saying she was "disappointed" that someone "coming from America" was "unable to tolerate views that were not in line with her own" and "[is] telling us in this nation what to do".<ref name=west>{{cite news |last=Wearne |first=Phoebe |date=24 January 2018 |title=Wintour of discontent gets a serve from WA tennis legend Margaret Court |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/religion-and-belief/wintour-of-discontent-gets-a-serve-from-wa-tennis-legend-margaret-court-ng-b881083661z |url-status=live |work=[[The West Australian]] |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000624/https://thewest.com.au/news/religion-and-belief/wintour-of-discontent-gets-a-serve-from-wa-tennis-legend-margaret-court-ng-b881083661z}}</ref> Later in the year, Court called on [[Tennis Australia]] to honour her and the 50th anniversary of her 1970 Grand Slam in the same way as it honoured Rod Laver earlier in 2019, arguing that the organisation should disregard her views on same-sex marriage, as her tennis achievements are from "a different phase of my life from where I am now and if we are not big enough as a nation and a game to face those challenges there is something wrong." Tennis Australia issued a statement that it "recognises the tennis achievements of Margaret Court, although her views do not align with our values of equality, diversity and inclusion" and said that it is "in the process of working through" how Court's milestone might be included at the [[2020 Australian Open]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Margaret Court calls on Tennis Australia to honour her grand slam anniversary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/07/margaret-court-calls-on-tennis-australia-to-honour-her-grand-slam-anniversary |url-status=live |agency=[[Australian Associated Press]] |work=[[Guardian Australia]] |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107042831/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/07/margaret-court-calls-on-tennis-australia-to-honour-her-grand-slam-anniversary |archive-date=7 November 2019}}</ref> During the tournament, however, high-profile guests [[Martina Navratilova]] and [[John McEnroe]] paraded a banner calling for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed in honour of four-time Australian Open champion [[Evonne Goolagong]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Australian Open: Martina Navratilova's banner calls for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51280766 |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128205158/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51280766 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Aimee |title=John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova hold on-court protest |date=28 January 2020 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/tennis/john-mcenroe-martina-navratilova-margaret-court-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128170413/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/tennis/john-mcenroe-martina-navratilova-margaret-court-spt-intl/index.html |archive-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, her Margaret Court Community Outreach charity was denied a [[Lotterywest]] grant for a freezer truck on the basis of her public statements on gay people. She subsequently announced she would lodge a complaint with the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/margaret-court-to-challenge-lotterywest-ban-on-grant-funding-20201009-p563qy.html |title=Margaret Court to challenge Lotterywest ban on grant funding |first=Nathan |last=Hondros |newspaper=The Age |date=10 October 2020 |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415080540/https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/margaret-court-to-challenge-lotterywest-ban-on-grant-funding-20201009-p563qy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Portrayal in film==
[[Jacqueline McKenzie]] portrayed Court in the 2001 TV movie ''[[When Billie Beat Bobby]]''.

[[Jessica McNamee]] portrayed Court in the 2017 Hollywood film ''[[Battle of the Sexes (2017 film)|Battle of the Sexes]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Jessica McNamee Plays Margaret Court In 'Battle Of The Sexes'|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/jessica-mcnamee-margaret-court-battle-of-the-sexes-bilie-jean-king-bobby-riggs-1201733072/|access-date=14 April 2016|work=Deadline|date=7 April 2016|archive-date=11 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111112003/https://deadline.com/2016/04/jessica-mcnamee-margaret-court-battle-of-the-sexes-bilie-jean-king-bobby-riggs-1201733072/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Grand Slam tournament performance timelines==
{{main|Margaret Court career statistics}}{{performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
===Singles===
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|-bgcolor=#efefef
!width=125|Tournament!!1959!!1960!!1961!!1962!!1963!!1964!!1965!!1966!!1967!!1968!!1969!!1970!![[1971 Women's Tennis Circuit|1971]]!![[1972 Women's Tennis Circuit|1972]]!![[1973 WTA Tour|1973]]!![[1974 WTA Tour|1974]]!![[1975 WTA Tour|1975]]!!{{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}}!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}
|-
|style=background:#efefef;text-align:left|[[Australian Open]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1959 Australian Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1960 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1961 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1962 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1963 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1964 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1965 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1966 Australian Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1968 Australian Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1969 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1970 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1971 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1973 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1975 Australian Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:#EFEFEF|11 / 14
|style=background:#EFEFEF|60–3
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF;text-align:left|[[French Open]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1961 French Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1962 French Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1963 French Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1964 French Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1965 French Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|style=background:yellow|[[1966 French Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1969 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1970 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1971 French Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1973 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|A
|style=background:#EFEFEF|5 / 10
|style=background:#EFEFEF|44–5
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF;text-align:left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1965 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:yellow|[[1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:yellow|[[1969 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]] 
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|style=background:#EFEFEF|3 / 12
|style=background:#EFEFEF|51–9
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF;text-align:left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1961 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1962 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1963 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1964 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|4R]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1965 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1968 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1969 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1970 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1972 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
|style=background:#00ff00|'''[[1973 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|style=background:#ffebcd|[[1975 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|style=background:#EFEFEF|5 / 11
|style=background:#EFEFEF|52–6
|-style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef
|style=text-align:left|Win–loss
|1–1
|5–0
|15–3
|16–1
|18–2
|17–2
|22–1
|12–2
|0–0
|11–3
|21–1
|23–0
|11–2
|4–1
|21–1
|0–0
|10–3
|24 / 47
|207–23
|}

===Doubles===
{|class="wikitable"
!width=125|Tournament 
!1959!! 1960 !! 1961 !! 1962 !! 1963 !! 1964 !! 1965 !! 1966 !! 1967 !! 1968 !! 1969 !! 1970 !! [[1971 Women's Tennis Circuit|1971]] !! [[1972 Women's Tennis Circuit|1972]] !! [[1973 WTA Tour|1973]] !! [[1974 WTA Tour|1974]] !! [[1975 WTA Tour|1975]] !! [[1976 WTA Tour|1976]] !! {{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}}
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Open]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1960 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1961 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1962 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1963 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1964 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1965 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1966 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:yellow;" |[[1968 Australian Championships – Women's doubles| SF]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1969 Australian Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1970 Australian Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1971 Australian Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1973 Australian Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1975 Australian Open – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;" |[[1976 Australian Open – Women's doubles| QF]]
| align="center"  style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''8 / 14'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[French Open]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1961 French Championships – Women's doubles| 3R]]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1962 French Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1963 French Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1964 French Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1965 French Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1966 French Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1969 French Open – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:yellow;" |[[1970 French Open – Women's doubles| SF]]
| align="center"  style="background:yellow;" |[[1971 French Open – Women's doubles| SF]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1973 French Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''4 / 10'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:yellow;" |[[1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| SF]]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1965 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| 3R]]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|QF]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1969 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|QF]]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|QF]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|QF]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''2 / 12'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1961 U.S. National Championships – Women's doubles| 2R]]
| align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1962 U.S. National Championships – Women's doubles|QF]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1963 U.S. National Championships – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1964 U.S. National Championships – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1968 US Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1969 US Open – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1970 US Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#D8BFD8;" |[[1972 US Open – Women's doubles| F]]
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1973 US Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#00ff00;" |[[1975 US Open – Women's doubles| '''W''']]
| align="center"  |A
| align="center"  style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''5 / 10'''
|-
|}

=== Mixed doubles ===

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!width=125|Tournament !! 1959 !! 1960 !! 1961 !! 1962 !! 1963 !! 1964 !! 1965 !! 1966 !! 1967 !! 1968 !! 1969 !! 1970 !! 1971 !! 1972 !! 1973 !! 1974 !! 1975 !! SR
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1963 Australian Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1964 Australian Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1965 Australian Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:yellow|[[1966 Australian Championships|SF]]
|A
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1968 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles|F]]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1969 Australian Open – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|NH
|NH
|NH
|NH
|NH
|NH
|style=background:#EFEFEF|'''4 / 6'''
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1961 French Championships|SF]]
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1963 French Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1964 French Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1965 French Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1966 French Championships|3R]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1969 French Open – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:yellow|[[1970 French Open – Mixed doubles|SF]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1971 French Open – Mixed doubles|3R]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|style=background:#EFEFEF|'''4 / 8'''
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF align=left|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1961 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|SF]]
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1963 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1964 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|F]]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1965 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1966 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:yellow|[[1969 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|SF]]
|style=background:#afeeee|[[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|2R]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|F]]
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:#EFEFEF|'''5 / 10'''
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1961 U.S. National Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1962 U.S. National Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1963 U.S. National Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1964 U.S. National Championships|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1965  U.S. National Championships|'''W''']]
|A
|A
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1969 US Open – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1970 US Open – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|A
|style=background:#00ff00|[[1972 US Open – Mixed doubles|'''W''']]
|style=background:#D8BFD8|[[1973 US Open – Mixed doubles|F]]
|A
|style=background:yellow|[[1975 US Open – Mixed doubles|SF]]
|style=background:#EFEFEF|'''8 / 10'''
|-
|style=background:#EFEFEF align=left|SR
|style=background:#EFEFEF|0 / 0
|style=background:#EFEFEF|0 / 0
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 3
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 1
|style=background:#EFEFEF|4 / 4
|style=background:#EFEFEF|3 / 4
|style=background:#EFEFEF|4 / 4
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 3
|style=background:#EFEFEF|0 / 0
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 2
|style=background:#EFEFEF|3 / 4
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 3
|style=background:#EFEFEF|0 / 1
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 1
|style=background:#EFEFEF|0 / 2
|style=background:#EFEFEF|0 / 0
|style=background:#EFEFEF|1 / 2
|style=background:#EFEFEF|'''21 / 34'''
|}

Note: The shared mixed doubles titles at the Australian Championships/Open in 1965 and 1969 are not always counted in Court's [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] win total because the finals were never played. The Australian Open does officially count them as joint victories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1969_MX_F.html|title=Mixed Doubles at the Australian Open|accessdate=9 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232032/http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1969_MX_F.html|archivedate=12 May 2014 }}</ref> Otherwise, she would have 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, which is reflected in the above table.

==Grand Slam tournament finals==

===Singles: 29 (24 titles, 5 runner-ups)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" 
!Result
!Year
!style="width:190px"|Championship
!Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1960||style=background:#ffffcc|[[Australian Open|Australian Championships]]||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jan Lehane]]||7–5, 6–2
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1961||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships <small>(2)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Jan Lehane||6–1, 6–4
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1962||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships <small>(3)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Jan Lehane||6–0, 6–2
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1962||style=background:#ebc2af|[[French Open|French Championships]]||Clay||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lesley Turner Bowrey|Lesley Turner]]||6–3, 3–6, 7–5
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1962||style=background:#ccccff|[[US Open (tennis)|US Championships]]||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} [[Darlene Hard]]||9–7, 6–4
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1963||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships <small>(4)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Jan Lehane||6–2, 6–2
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1963||style=background:#ccffcc|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} [[Billie Jean King]]||6–3, 6–4
|-
|style=background:#ffa07a|Loss||1963||style=background:#ccccff|US Championships||Grass||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Maria Bueno]]||5–7, 4–6
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1964||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships <small>(5)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Lesley Turner||6–3, 6–2
|-
|style=background:#ffa07a|Loss||1964||style=background:#ccffcc|Wimbledon||Grass||{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maria Bueno||4–6, 9–7, 3–6
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1964||style=background:#ebc2af|French Championships <small>(2)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maria Bueno||5–7, 6–1, 6–2
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1965||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships <small>(6)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maria Bueno||5–7, 6–4, 5–2 ret.
|-
|style=background:#ffa07a|Loss||1965||style=background:#ebc2af|French Championships||Clay||{{flagicon|Australia}} Lesley Turner||3–6, 4–6
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1965||style=background:#ccffcc|Wimbledon <small>(2)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maria Bueno||6–4, 7–5
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1965||style=background:#ccccff|US Championships <small>(2)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} Billie Jean King||8–6, 7–5
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1966||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships <small>(7)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} [[Nancy Richey]]||walkover
|-
|style=background:#ffa07a|Loss||1968||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Championships||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} Billie Jean King||1–6, 2–6
|-
|align=center colspan=6|'''↓ Open Era ↓'''<br> 
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1969||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Open <small>(8)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} Billie Jean King||6–4, 6–1
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1969||style=background:#ebc2af|French Open <small>(3)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Ann Haydon-Jones]]||6–1, 4–6, 6–3
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1969||style=background:#ccccff|US Open <small>(3)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} Nancy Richey||6–2, 6–2
|-style="border:2px solid red"
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1970||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Open <small>(9)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Kerry Melville]]||6–1, 6–3
|-style="border:2px solid red"
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1970||style=background:#ebc2af|French Open <small>(4)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Helga Masthoff]]||6–2, 6–4
|-style="border:2px solid red"
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1970||style=background:#ccffcc|Wimbledon <small>(3)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} Billie Jean King||14–12, 11–9
|-style="border:2px solid red"
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1970||style=background:#ccccff|US Open <small>(4)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|United States}} [[Rosemary Casals]]||6–2, 2–6, 6–1
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1971||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Open <small>(10)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Evonne Goolagong]]||2–6, 7–6, 7–5
|-
|style=background:#ffa07a|Loss||1971||style=background:#ccffcc|Wimbledon||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Evonne Goolagong||4–6, 1–6
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1973||style=background:#ffffcc|Australian Open <small>(11)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Evonne Goolagong||6–4, 7–5
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1973||style=background:#ebc2af|French Open <small>(5)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|United States}} [[Chris Evert]]||6–7, 7–6, 6–4
|-
|style=background:#98fb98|Win||1973||style=background:#ccccff|US Open <small>(5)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|Australia}} Evonne Goolagong||7–6, 5–7, 6–2
|}

==Records==
* Records in '''bold''' indicate peer-less achievements.

===All-time Grand Slam tournament records===
* These are women's standing records for all-time period in tennis history.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
!Accomplishment
!Years
!Record
!width="250" |Players matched
|-
| Grand Slam singles titles won || 1960–1973 ||style="text-align:center;"| 24 || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| Grand Slam overall titles won || 1960–1975 ||style="text-align:center;"| 64 || '''Stands alone'''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clarey|first1=Christopher|title=At 74, Margaret Court Remains Outspoken on Her Prowess, and Beliefs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/sports/tennis/margaret-court-serena-williams.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=27 February 2017|date=30 January 2017|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308154923/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/sports/tennis/margaret-court-serena-williams.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Grand Slam mixed doubles titles won || 1960–1975 ||style="text-align:center;"| 21 || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| Completed the Grand Slam (all 4 in one calendar year) – singles || 1970 ||style="text-align:center;"| 1|| [[Maureen Connolly]], [[Steffi Graf]]
|-
| Completed the Grand Slam (all 4 in one calendar year) – mixed doubles || 1963, 1965 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2|| '''Stands alone'''<ref name="The History Channel, JULY 2, 2015">{{cite web|last1=Pruitt|first1=Sarah|title=Tennis' Elusive Grand Slam – History in the Headlines|url=http://www.history.com/news/tennis-elusive-grand-slam-quest|website=HISTORY.com|publisher=The History Channel, 2 July 2015|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228085355/http://www.history.com/news/tennis-elusive-grand-slam-quest|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Australian Grand Slam singles titles won || 1960–1973 ||style="text-align:center;"| 11 || '''Stands alone'''<ref name="The History Channel, JULY 2, 2015" />
|-
| Australian Grand Slam overall titles won || 1960–1977 ||style="text-align:center;"| 21 || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| French Grand Slam overall titles won || 1962–1973 ||style="text-align:center;"| 13 || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| [[Triple Crown (tennis)|Triple Crown]] (singles, doubles & mixed doubles champion at same event) || 1963–1970 ||style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Suzanne Lenglen]]
|-
| Career Boxed Set (minimum of every title in all 3 disciplines at all 4 Majors) || 1960–1969 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2 || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| Most consecutive number of Major titles won || 1969–1971 ||style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Maureen Connolly]], [[Martina Navratilova]]
|-
| Most Major titles won in a single decade|| 1960's ||style="text-align:center;"| 16 || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1969 Australian Open –<br> 1971 Australian Open || 1969–1971 || Won 8 out of 9<br>consecutive || [[Steffi Graf]]
|-
| Open-era best Grand Slam match win percentage || 1968–1975 ||style="text-align:center;"| 96–10 (90.6%) || '''Stands alone'''<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/publications/2019WTAMG_GrandSlam.pdf |title=WTA 2019 Grand Slam statistics |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625151526/https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/publications/2019WTAMG_GrandSlam.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Never lost a first round singles match at a Grand Slam tournament. || 1960–1977 ||style="text-align:center;"| 47–0 (100%) || Champions only: [[Evonne Goolagong]], [[Ann Haydon Jones]], [[Darlene Hard]], Maureen Connolly, [[Nancye Bolton]], [[Helen Wills]], [[Helen Jacobs]], and [[Chris Evert]]
|-
| Years winning at least three Major singles titles || 1962–1973 ||style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Steffi Graf
|-
|}
;Grand Slam records per tournament
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Time span
!Grand Slam tournament records
!Players matched
|-
| 1963, 1965* and 1969* <br> Australian Championships/Open || Won 3 [[Triple Crown (tennis)|Triple Crowns]] (singles, women's doubles and<br>mixed doubles titles at the same tournament) || [[Daphne Akhurst Cozens]]<br/>[[Nancye Wynne Bolton]]

|-
| 1973 French Open || Won a French Open singles title as a mother || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1973 Australian Open —<br> 1973 US Open || Won 3 Grand Slam singles titles as a mother || [[Kim Clijsters]]
|-
| colspan="4" |<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''- The mixed doubles titles at the 1965 and 1969 tournaments are shared with opposing finalists due to unplayed final matches.''
|}

===Career tournament records===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Time span
!Record accomplished
!Players matched
|-
| 1958–1977 || All time women's record of 192 career singles titles || '''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1968–1976 || Open era record of 46 career grass court singles titles ||'''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1968–1977 || Open era career singles match winning percentage (all surfaces) 91.17% (593–56) ||'''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1968–1977 || Open era career singles match winning percentage (hard court) 91.73% (111–10) ||'''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1968–1977 || Open era career singles match winning percentage (grass court) 93.01% (293–22) ||'''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1970 || Open era record of 21 singles titles won in one year ||'''Stands alone'''
|-
| 1973 || WTA Tour record of 18 singles titles won in one year || '''Stands alone'''
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Tennis}}
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* [[List of female tennis players]]
* [[List of Grand Slam related tennis records]]
* [[List of tennis rivalries]]
* [[List of tennis tournaments]]
* [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players]]
* [[Tennis records of the Open Era – Women's singles]]
* [[World number 1 women tennis players|World number 1 women tennis players from 1883–present]]
* [[Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)|Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final]]
* [[WTA Tour records]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name}}
* [http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/court.html ''She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History – Margaret Court''] from the Australian Women's Archives Project
* {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0390b|Margaret Jean Court}}
* {{Sport Australia Hall of Fame|margaret-court}}
* [https://victorylifecentre.com.au/about/ Reverend Margaret Court AO, MBE] at Victory Life Centre

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