1991 - Received WC into San Diego qualifying and Schenectady (d. Testud to reach 2r; l. to world No. 16 A. Huber) and US Open main draws
1992 - Reached 2r in Miami, l. to world No. 5 and eventual winner Sanchez-Vicario 64 64; reached 2r at US Open and played qualifying rounds at nine other Tour events
1993 - Following QF finish at Indian Wells, turned pro, and the following week upset world No. 5 Sabatini en route to QF at Delray Beach; won first Tour title at Lucerne aged 16 years, 11 months; reached 3r at Australian Open (l. to world No. 12 Pierce) and 4r at US Open (d. No. 15 seed Coetzer, l. in 3s to world No. 6 Sabatini); had first Top 20 season-ending rank of No. 20, up 139 spots in 12 months
1994 - Won two singles titles at Brisbane and Lucerne; reached first Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Graf) and Wimbledon (l. to C. Martinez); debuted at season-ending Championships in singles and doubles (w/Raymond), reaching singles final, demolishing in-form players: A. Huber (Filderstadt-Phildalphia champion) 62 63, No. 4 seed Novotna (Leipzig-Brighton-Essen champion) 62 62 and No. 5 seed Pierce (Leipzig-Filderstadt-Philadelphia runner-up) 63 62 before falling to Sabatini; was first debutante to reach Championships final since Jaeger in 1981; finished season inside Top 10 for the first time at No. 6
1995 - As No. 1 seed, claimed title in Strasbourg; runner-up in Sydney and Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; reached QF at Australian Open for second consecutive year
1996 - Season highlighted by singles Gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics; d. four Top 10 players en route to victory (No. 5 Huber, No. 4 Majoli, No. 7 MJ. Fernandez and No. 3 Sanchez-Vicario); won two additional titles at Strasbourg (d. Paulus to defend title) and Los Angeles (d. No. 1 seed Graf and No. 2 seed Huber in straight sets); runner-up in Sydney (l. to Seles after holding mp); semifinalist at Indian Wells and Miami (l. to Graf both times), and Filderstadt (l. to eventual champion Hingis in 3s); reached first QF at Roland Garros (d. No. 7 seed Date 8-6 final set); in QF of season-ending Championships, l. to world No. 1 Graf 64 76(11), featuring longest tie-break of the year; won first Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros (w/MJ. Fernandez); second Top 10 finish
1997 - Won six titles, Oklahoma City, Indian Wells, Amelia Island (d. Pierce), Atlanta, Zurich (d. world No. 2 Novotna) and Chicago, dropping only two sets en route (to world No. 211 V. Williams in Indian Wells QF and to Po-Messerli in Oklahoma City QF); at US Open, reached career-first Grand Slam SF, saving mp vs. Novotna in QF before falling to Hingis; d. world No. 1 Hingis en route to Los Angeles final (l. to Seles in 3s holding mp); also runner-up at Philadelphia (d. No. 2 Novotna before falling 76 third set to No. 1 Hingis); result lifted Davenport’s ranking to No. 2 for first time but was upset at season-ending Championships by MJ. Fernandez 76 third set after holding mp; cracked Top Five on May 5 and would remain there uninterrupted from October 20, 1997 until April 21, 2002; won US Open doubles title (w/Novotna); first Top 5 finish at No. 3 and first time to earn more than $1 million in season earnings
1998 - Became No. 1-ranked player on October 12, the eighth player to capture the top ranking since WTA Rankings began in November 1975; became third American-born player to be ranked No. 1; ended Hingis’ initial and longest reign at No. 1 (80 weeks); was the sixth different player since 1975 to end the season ranked No. 1 and first American-born player since Evert in 1981; captured career-first Grand Slam singles title at US Open on her mother’s birthday; d. No. 1 seed and defending champion Hingis 63 75 in final, the first American-born US Open champion since Evert in 1982; runner-up at season-ending Championships, d. Graf in SF (l. to Hingis in 4s in best-of-five-sets final); won Tour-high six titles, reaching final of eight of her last 10 events, winning five; season earnings exceeded $3 million for the first time
1999 - Won seven titles, including second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon; d. defending champion Novotna in QF and seven-time champion Graf in final, becoming third American-born woman to win Wimbledon in Open Era; also won doubles title w/Morariu; at US Open, saved 2 mp to d. Pierce and advance to SF before falling in 3s to eventual winner S. Williams; won season-ending Championships, d. world No. 1 Hingis in final; reached final at Philadelphia for third straight year, winning for first time, d. world No. 3 V. Williams in SF and No. 1 Hingis in final; withdrew from Miami before QF with sprained left wrist suffered during practice several days earlier; injury caused her to withdraw from Hilton Head, 1r of Fed Cup, Filderstadt and Zurich; finished at No. 2
2000 - Third year to win a Grand Slam; appeared in 11 singles finals (winning four titles), including three Grand Slams; captured Australian Open, ending world No. 1 Hingis’ 27-match, three-title win-streak at the tournament and becoming first American-born woman to win there since Evert in 1984; at Scottsdale, became seventh woman player to cross $10-million mark in career prize money; on April 17, became fourth player since computer rankings began in 1975 to simultaneously hold world No. 1 ranking in singles and doubles, joining Navratilova, Sanchez-Vicario and Hingis; won 36 of 38 matches from September 1999 to May 2000, including a 21-match win-streak; undefeated in Fed Cup play in 1999 and 2000, leading United States to title both years; withdrew from Amelia Island and Hilton Head with a left ankle injury suffered in SF win at Miami; suffered lower back strain while warming up for 3r match at Italian Open, withdrawing from it and Madrid the following week; suffered back spasms in second set of 1r loss to Van Roost at Roland Garros, becoming only second No. 2 seed to lose 1r since 1925 and marking her first Grand Slam 1r defeat in seven years; second straight No. 2 finish
2001 - Won Tour-leading seven singles titles (two Tier Is and five Tier IIs); finished season with 15 match-win streak (including three titles in consecutive weeks — only second player since Navratilova in 1988 and herself in 1998 to do so); season interrupted by injury, forced off Tour for two-and-a-half months after QF retirement vs. Dementieva with right knee bone bruise; missed all events in April and May, including Roland Garros; returned to win Eastbourne and reach SF at Wimbledon; also won Tokyo [Pan Pacific] over world No. 1 Hingis, Scottsdale (avenging Australian Open SF loss to Capriati), Los Angeles (third title there and ninth straight win over Seles; moved back up to No. 2 for first time since March), and in consecutive weeks, Filderstadt (first title in Germany in 12 career attempts), Zurich (d. new No. 1 Capriati in SF — her 11th over a current No. 1) and Linz (d. Dokic in final); at season-ending Championships, was two points from defeat vs. No. 3 seed Clijsters in SF before winning 76 third set to move 10 ranking points ahead of Capriati for No. 1 ranking in closest race for season-ending No. 1 since 1980; re-injured right knee in last two points of SF and withdrew from Championships final vs. S. Williams; earlier, withdrew from the Canadian Open after aggravating left wrist tendonitis; had fifth consecutive Top 3 finish and second at No. 1
2002 - Withdrew from tournaments, including Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, due to right knee injury aggravated during SF match at 2001 season-ending Championships; underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on January 11 to correct a full thickness cartilage defect; spent nine weeks on crutches; played first competitive tennis of the year representing the USA in Fed Cup, winning two singles rubbers in its win over Israel to secure a spot in the World Group in 2003; returned to WTA Tour at Stanford, where she was provided with a special seeding of co-No. 3 for first nine events (average ranking during 2001); reached SF with a 62 62 win over world No. 6 Dokic in 48 minutes; in SF, led world No. 5 defending champion Clijsters by a set and 4-2 before losing in 3s; a week later in San Diego, again reached SF, d. Rubin in 3s before falling to V. Williams; in Los Angeles, reached first final of 2002 in her third event; served for the title at 5-4 second set vs. Rubin but fell 57 76(5) 63; reached second straight final at New Haven, l. to V. Williams; led 5-3 before Williams won 10 straight games and the match 75 60; semifinalist at US Open, her first Grand Slam tournament of the year, l. to No. 1 S. Williams, after leading Williams 5-2 second set and later held three set points before falling 63 75; reached Tier I final at Moscow in debut appearance, falling 57 63 76(4) to unseeded Mag. Maleeva; reached QF in Filderstadt where she was defending champion, l. to eventual winner Clijsters in 3s; avenged loss to world No. 5 Clijsters the following week in Zurich QF and d. Henin in SF (second time in career to defeat both Belgians in same tournament after 2000 US Open; Hingis also did it at 2000 Filderstadt); in final, l. to Schnyder after holding 1 mp at 7-6 in second set tie-break and officially qualified for season-ending Championships (after only eight tournaments); withdrew from Linz with right lower shin strain; playing ninth consecutive season-ending Championships, l. 1r to Seles 36 76(6) 63 after holding 7 mp; marked second time in three years she l. 1r in the event after holding mp (l. to Dementieva in 2000); season-ending ranking of No. 12, first time outside Top 10 in seven years