Following Iga Swiatek's victory over Coco Gauff in the final, here's a list of French Open women's singles champions:
Unseeded Kim Clijsters's improbable charge into the US Open semi-finals has surprised the Belgian as much as anyone.
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams battled past China's Li Na 6-3, 7-6 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Stanford Classic, where she will be joined by sister Venus, after her 6-2, 6-3 victory over Canada's Stephanie Dubois. Two former Stanford champions were beaten on Tuesday, last year's winner Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada losing 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to Daniela Hantuchova and 2007 champ Anna Chakvetadze was beaten 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 by Maria Kirilenko.
China's Li Na overcame an attack of nerves and weathered a feisty challenge from Dominika Cibulkova before roaring to a 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 victory to win her first Australian Open title on Saturday.
Little-known Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova won her first WTA title after beating China's Li Na 6-0, 7-6 at the Edgbaston Classic on Sunday.
World number 15 Zheng Jie became the highest ranked Chinese player of all time this week but hopes it is just the start of an even more successful phase of her career. The 25-year-old, a surprise semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year, surpassed the national record of Li Na -- world number 16 in January 2007 -- when the women's world rankings were released on Monday.
World number one Dinara Safina took a first step towards a second consecutive claycourt title by battling to a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Li Na at the Madrid Open on Wednesday.
Tennis great and founder of the WTA Billie Jean King was among those who applauded the announcement.
British qualifier Elena Baltacha "fought her heart out" to record the biggest win of her career when she upset seventh seed Li Na of China at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Friday. Former world number one Justine Henin was also a shock loser, beaten 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 by Argentina's Gisela Dulko.
Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland withdrew from the Western and Southern Open for personal reasons on Thursday, sending defending champion Li Na of China through to the semi-finals.
Italy's Flavia Pennetta advanced to her first Australian Open quarter-final with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over ninth-seeded German Angelique Kerber.
China reached the Fed Cup semi-finals for the first time with a 3-2 victory over France.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova ground out a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska to reach the Pan Pacific Open final on Friday. The Russian will play Serbia's Jelena Jankovic in the final after the seventh seed overpowered China's Li Na 6-4, 6-3 in the day's first semi-final at the $2 million Tokyo event.
Chinese number one Li Na and former grand slam doubles champion Zheng Jie will miss this month's China Open because of injury, local media reported on Thursday.
Sania's Mirza's winning run at the AEGON Classic came to a halt in the semi-finals when she was beaten by Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in Birmingham on Saturday.
The Russian swept aside Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki to set up a clash with Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska.
World number one Serena Williams survived a scare to beat China's Li Na 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the Sony Ericsson Open semi-finals -- where she will meet her sister Venus.
China's Li Na continued her giant-killing run at the Australian Hardcourt Championships, beating fourth seed Patty Schnyder to reach the final.
The Frenchwoman, making her way back from a shoulder injury, was upset by Patty Schnyder at the Australian Hardcourt Championships.
Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo suffered a blow to her confidence before the Australian Open when she was beaten by Patty Schnyder in the quarter-finals of the Australian Hardcourt Championships on Thursday.
The 20-year-old is attracting huge crowds and adding a big dose of glamour to the Asian Games tennis competitions.
Li Na, the first Chinese to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon last year, has pulled out of this year's event because of injury.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova avenged a shock defeat by China's Li Na at the Beijing Olympics in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday. The former US Open champion, toppled by Li at the first hurdle in Beijing last month, won 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the last 16 in Tokyo.
Tennis sensation Maria Sharapova yet again rules the Forbes' list of highest-paid female athletes.
As Kim Clijsters's love affair with tennis comes to an end, fellow Belgian Justine Henin's has started to bloom again.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, second seed Kim Clijsters and number three Justine Henin-Hardenne also won their quarter-finals.
The 24-year-old became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles quarter-final, toppling Czech number 10 seed Nicole Vaidisova.
She will play number 14 seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, who wore down number 12 Li Na of China 7-5 4-6 6-1.
Daniela Hantuchova maintained her good form at Pacific Life Open with a gritty 6-2 5-7 7-6 victory over Israeli 11th seed Shahar Peer in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Germany's Angelique Kerber has clinched the eighth and final spot at the WTA's season-ending championships in Istanbul later this month after reaching the semi-finals of the Linz Open.
Martina Hingis played spoilsport at the Australian Open on Monday by denying China another entry into the record books.
China's Li Na scored an emphatic 6-2, 6-2 win over ninth seed Dinara Safina in the Australian Open third round.
She survived a ferocious fightback from China's Li Na on Thursday to book her place in the Sydney International final against in-form Serb Jelena Jankovic.
Former Australian Open finalists Kim Clijsters and Marcos Baghdatis signalled their intentions ahead of next week's first grand slam of the year by winning their matches at the Sydney International on Wednesday.
Olympic champions Li Ting and Sun Tiantian are to be split up in a bid to ensure China have the best possible tennis pairings for the Beijing Games.
The Indian ace beat Thailand's Suchanan Viratprasert in the women's singles quarter-finals to set up a meeting with top-seed Li Na of China at the Asian Games.
Maria Sharapova will face Vera Zvonareva in an all-Russian final at the Qatar Open.
Li Na beat Germany's Kathrin Woerle 7-5, 7-5 to secure China's place in the Fed Cup elite for the first time
China's Zheng Jie and Yan Zi beat Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the women's doubles final
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