WTA Players Born in 1981

33 WTA players born in 1981 have at least two recorded matches. Serena Williams has this group's best recorded career-high ranking: world No. 1.

Main-tour singles records · Rankings through Sep 26, 2022 · Active players appear in blue · Select a column heading to sort.

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Serena Williams (active player) USA #1 2,399 1,009 837 172 83.0% $94,966,162 73 23 23 1997–2026 Rivalries Match log
Anastasia Myskina RUS #2 2,078 381 240 141 63.0% $5,606,725 10 1 2 1999–2007 Rivalries Match log
Elena Dementieva RUS #3 2,125 728 483 245 66.3% $14,867,437 16 0 3 1997–2010 Rivalries Match log
Anna Kournikova RUS #8 2,080 305 184 121 60.3% $3,584,662 0 0 0 1995–2003 Rivalries Match log
Alicia Molik AUS #8 2,060 320 156 164 48.8% $3,185,805 5 0 1 1999–2011 Rivalries Match log
Katarina Srebotnik SLO #20 1,851 431 225 206 52.2% $8,183,703 4 0 0 1999–2010 Rivalries Match log
Clarisa Fernandez ARG #26 1,714 86 40 46 46.5% $678,184 0 0 0 2001–2008 Rivalries Match log
Mara Santangelo ITA #27 1,823 168 74 94 44.0% $1,691,518 1 0 0 2003–2009 Rivalries Match log
Laura Granville USA #28 1,699 194 86 108 44.3% $1,327,584 0 0 0 1998–2010 Rivalries Match log
Tina Pisnik SLO #29 1,720 210 91 119 43.3% $931,077 1 0 0 1998–2005 Rivalries Match log
Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO #32 1,709 264 112 152 42.4% $1,577,765 0 0 0 1998–2010 Rivalries Match log
Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP #40 1,673 282 125 157 44.3% $2,434,215 2 0 0 2000–2016 Rivalries Match log
Jennifer Hopkins USA #52 1,633 108 37 71 34.3% $644,372 0 0 0 1999–2005 Rivalries Match log
Kristina Barrois GER #57 1,701 93 34 59 36.6% $1,088,997 0 0 0 2006–2013 Rivalries Match log
Camille Pin FRA #61 1,619 142 54 88 38.0% $980,663 0 0 0 2001–2009 Rivalries Match log
Abigail Spears USA #66 1,600 62 21 41 33.9% $2,994,112 0 0 0 2001–2012 Rivalries Match log
Sarah Taylor USA #68 1,611 43 15 28 34.9% $294,946 0 0 0 1997–2003 Rivalries Match log
Wynne Prakusya INA #74 1,542 62 19 43 30.6% $549,498 0 0 0 1996–2005 Rivalries Match log
Zsofia Gubacsi HUN #76 1,609 55 19 36 34.5% $375,894 1 0 0 1998–2007 Rivalries Match log
Rika Fujiwara JPN #84 1,561 55 18 37 32.7% $882,018 0 0 0 2000–2011 Rivalries Match log
Eva Fislova SVK #98 1,549 14 5 9 35.7% $181,687 0 0 0 2002–2003 Rivalries Match log
Vilmarie Castellvi PUR #125 1,501 9 2 7 22.2% $148,209 0 0 0 2004–2005 Rivalries Match log
Natalia Gussoni ARG #134 1,500 11 4 7 36.4% $147,093 0 0 0 2003–2006 Rivalries Match log
Natalie Grandin RSA #144 1,500 15 1 14 6.7% $939,023 0 0 0 2001–2011 Rivalries Match log
Tina Hergold SLO #157 1,516 2 1 1 50.0% $68,849 0 0 0 2000–2000 Rivalries Match log
Ekaterina Sysoeva RUS #178 1,516 6 3 3 50.0% $89,312 0 0 0 1998–2002 Rivalries Match log
Jana Hlavackova CZE #202 1,500 4 0 4 0.0% $73,001 0 0 0 1998–2003 Rivalries Match log
Jin-Hee (sr) Kim KOR #235 1,500 3 0 3 0.0% $88,458 0 0 0 2002–2004 Rivalries Match log
Carla Tiene BRA #256 1,509 3 1 2 33.3% $111,865 0 0 0 2002–2006 Rivalries Match log
Leanne Baker NZL #260 1,525 7 1 6 14.3% $136,918 0 0 0 1999–2007 Rivalries Match log
Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA — 1,647 176 61 115 34.7% $1,881,212 0 0 0 1999–2015 Rivalries Match log
Vanessa Henke GER — 1,547 14 5 9 35.7% $369,593 0 0 0 2000–2006 Rivalries Match log
Sophie Lefevre FRA — 1,500 2 0 2 0.0% $244,824 0 0 0 1999–2003 Rivalries Match log

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