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Chris Evert holds the record for longest winning streak on clay for either gender in the open era: from August 1973 to May 1979, she won 125 consecutive clay court matches. During this time, Evert skipped three editions of the French Open (1976–78), to participate in [[World Team Tennis]]. She also has the highest career win percentage on clay courts (94.55%) during the open era.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tignor |first=Steve |date=2017-05-25 |title=Who's the greatest clay-courter of them all—Chris Evert or Rafa Nadal? |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/who-s-the-greatest-clay-courter-of-them-all-chris-evert-or-rafa-nadal |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Tennis.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
The most successful currently active female player on clay is [[Iga Świątek]], who won the French Open in [[2020 French Open – Women's singles|2020]], [[2022 French Open – Women's singles|2022]] and [[2023 French Open – Women's singles|2023]]. In 2022, Świątek won three titles and lost only one match on clay.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oddo |first=Chris |date=2022-11-08 |title=A look inside the insane statistics that characterized Iga Swiatek’sSwiatek's 2022 season |url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/a-look-inside-the-insane-statistics-that-characterized-iga-swiateks-2022-season-634035.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Tennis Majors |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
===Clay-court specialist===