Eva Hrdinova is the tallest documented female player in the WTA database at 1.91 meters (6 feet 3 inches). Akgul Amanmuradova and Victoria Bervid follow at 1.90 meters.
This ranking uses official WTA-listed heights wherever available and prioritizes metric measurements because the tour sometimes rounds the equivalent feet-and-inches figure differently.
It covers documented WTA-era players rather than claiming every woman who ever played competitive tennis, because standardized height records are incomplete for many earlier eras.
Tallest Female Tennis Players in History
| Rank | Player | Country | Height | Career highlight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eva Hrdinova | Czech Republic | 1.91 m (6’3″) | WTA doubles No. 55 |
| 2= | Akgul Amanmuradova | Uzbekistan | 1.90 m (6’3″) | WTA singles No. 50 |
| 2= | Victoria Bervid | Czech Republic | 1.90 m (about 6’3″) | WTA-listed player, career high No. 879 |
| 4= | Lindsay Davenport | United States | 1.89 m (6’2½”) | World No. 1, three Grand Slam singles titles |
| 4= | Elena Bovina | Russia | 1.89 m (6’2½”) | WTA singles No. 14 |
| 4= | Naomi Broady | Great Britain | 1.89 m (6’2″) | WTA singles No. 76 |
| 7= | Maria Sharapova | Russia | 1.88 m (6’2″) | World No. 1, five Grand Slam singles titles |
| 7= | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | Netherlands | 1.88 m (6’2″) | WTA singles No. 9 |
| 9 | Karolina Pliskova | Czech Republic | 1.86 m (6’1″) | Former world No. 1 |
| 10= | Venus Williams | United States | 1.85 m (6’1″) | World No. 1, seven Grand Slam singles titles |
| 10= | Coco Vandeweghe | United States | 1.85 m (6’1″) | WTA singles No. 9 |
| 10= | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Brazil | 1.85 m (6’0″) | WTA singles No. 10 |
| 10= | Alycia Parks | United States | 1.85 m (6’1″) | WTA singles No. 40 |
| 10= | Lilli Tagger | Austria | 1.85 m (6’1″) | 2025 Roland Garros girls’ champion |
| 10= | Mika Stojsavljevic | Great Britain | 1.85 m (6’1″) | WTA-listed British player |
The large tie at 1.85 meters is important. A simple “top 10” list can become misleading when several players share the same documented height.
1. Eva Hrdinova — 1.91 m (6’3″)
Eva Hrdinova stands at the top of the list. Her official WTA profile lists her at 1.91 meters, making her the tallest documented player in this ranking.
The Czech player reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 168 and climbed to No. 55 in doubles. Her height naturally made serve reach one of her most noticeable physical advantages.
Hrdinova did not build the résumé of the major champions farther down this list, which highlights an important distinction: height and tennis greatness are not the same measurement.
2. Akgul Amanmuradova — 1.90 m (6’3″)
Akgul Amanmuradova is officially listed at 1.90 meters. The Uzbek player reached No. 50 in singles and No. 36 in doubles during a long professional career.
Her WTA record also shows two tour-level doubles titles, giving Amanmuradova one of the stronger professional résumés among the players above 1.89 meters.
Her combination of height, reach, and first-strike potential made her particularly noticeable on serve, although movement and consistency remained just as important to sustained results.
2. Victoria Bervid — 1.90 m
Victoria Bervid is the modern addition that many older lists miss. The Czech player’s WTA profile lists her at 1.90 meters, level with Amanmuradova.
Bervid is not yet comparable with the established champions on this page. As of 2026, her career-high singles ranking is No. 879, so her inclusion is based strictly on documented height.
That distinction matters for search intent: this is a list of the tallest female tennis players, not a ranking of the most successful tall players.
4. Lindsay Davenport — 1.89 m (6’2½”)
Lindsay Davenport is the most accomplished player among the women listed at 1.89 meters. The American became world No. 1 and won three Grand Slam singles titles.
Davenport captured the 1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon title, and 2000 Australian Open. She also won Olympic singles gold in Atlanta in 1996.
Her career is a useful example of how height can complement elite timing. Davenport produced exceptional groundstroke pace without relying only on a huge serve.
For historical championship context, see the SurpriseSports Wimbledon winners list and US Open winners history.
4. Elena Bovina — 1.89 m (6’2½”)
Elena Bovina shares Davenport’s listed metric height at 1.89 meters. The Russian reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 14 and won three WTA singles titles.
Her best Grand Slam singles result came at the 2002 US Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. She also climbed to No. 14 in doubles.
Bovina’s inclusion is one of the biggest corrections to older tallest-player lists, because she is taller than several better-known names often placed above her.
4. Naomi Broady — 1.89 m (6’2″)
Naomi Broady is another 1.89-meter player. The Lawn Tennis Association profile lists the British player at 189 centimeters.
Broady reached No. 76 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. She also won a WTA doubles title at Monterrey in 2018.
Her serve was an obvious weapon throughout her career, and her height gave her a high contact point that suited aggressive first-strike tennis.
7. Maria Sharapova — 1.88 m (6’2″)
Maria Sharapova combined exceptional height with one of the strongest competitive records in modern women’s tennis. The WTA lists the Russian at 1.88 meters.
Sharapova reached world No. 1, won 36 WTA singles titles, and collected five major championships. Those titles completed a career Grand Slam across all four majors.
Her height helped create leverage on serve and groundstrokes, but her return game, intensity, and ability to win on every surface separated her from pure power specialists.
7. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy — 1.88 m (6’2″)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy was one of the tallest prominent players of the 1990s. The Dutch player reached No. 9 in singles and No. 7 in doubles.
She won seven WTA singles titles and nine doubles titles. Her serve became one of the defining weapons of her game during an era with fewer players of comparable height.
Schultz-McCarthy is especially relevant historically because she shows that very tall elite women’s players were already succeeding before the modern power-baseline era fully developed.
9. Karolina Pliskova — 1.86 m (6’1″)
Karolina Pliskova is listed at 1.86 meters and reached world No. 1. Her flat groundstrokes and highly efficient service motion made her one of her generation’s premier servers.
The Czech star reached the 2016 US Open final and 2021 Wimbledon final, showing that her game could translate across both hard courts and grass.
SurpriseSports also has a detailed Karolina Pliskova profile covering her career and earnings.
10. The 1.85-Meter Group
Several notable players share an official listed height of 1.85 meters, so separating them into arbitrary positions would create false precision. They share the next spot.
Venus Williams
Venus Williams stands 1.85 meters and is easily the most decorated player in this height group. She reached world No. 1 and won seven Grand Slam singles titles.
Her combination of reach, speed, athleticism, and first-strike power made her far more than a stereotypical tall player. She remained one of tennis’s best movers at her peak.
For a broader career breakdown, see the SurpriseSports Venus Williams profile.
Coco Vandeweghe
Coco Vandeweghe is also listed at 1.85 meters. She reached No. 9 in singles and made the Australian Open and US Open semifinals during her standout 2017 season.
Vandeweghe won two WTA singles titles and later became a Grand Slam doubles champion, capturing the 2018 US Open alongside Ashleigh Barty.
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia is listed at 1.85 meters and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 10. Her left-handed game adds another dimension to the height advantage.
Haddad Maia has combined strong serving with heavy baseline patterns and improved movement, demonstrating how modern tall players can defend as well as attack.
Alycia Parks
Alycia Parks is another 1.85-meter American. Her game is built around explosive serving and aggressive first-ball tennis, making her one of the clearest modern examples of height-assisted power.
She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 40. Her physical profile gives her significant serving upside, although ranking success still depends on return quality and consistency.
Lilli Tagger
Austrian player Lilli Tagger is listed at 1.85 meters. She won the 2025 Roland Garros girls’ singles title and has moved rapidly into the professional game.
Tagger is still building her senior career, so her historical significance remains unsettled. Her height nevertheless places her among the tallest WTA-profiled players already documented.
Mika Stojsavljevic
British player Mika Stojsavljevic is also listed at 1.85 meters. She represents another example of the increasingly tall physical profile appearing among younger women’s players.
Her professional résumé is still developing, so she should not be compared directly with Williams or Davenport simply because their listed heights are similar.
What About Dinara Safina, Ana Ivanovic, and Other Tall Stars?
Older online lists often place Dinara Safina at 6’1″, but the current WTA profile lists her at 1.82 meters, or 5’11½”. That moves her below this ranking’s cutoff.
Ana Ivanovic, Kristina Mladenovic, and Elena Rybakina are each listed at 1.84 meters. They remain tall by professional tennis standards but are shorter than the 1.85-meter group above.
This is why using current official profiles matters. Repeated secondary-source errors can make a height ranking look authoritative even when several measurements are outdated or incorrect.
Does Height Help in Women’s Tennis?
Height can create a higher serve contact point, longer reach, and additional leverage. Those traits can make first serves and aggressive groundstrokes especially difficult to defend.
The tradeoff is that taller players may need exceptional footwork to handle low balls, rapid direction changes, and defensive movement against opponents who attack their body position.
Davenport, Sharapova, Venus Williams, and Pliskova show that height becomes most valuable when combined with timing, balance, return quality, court positioning, and repeatable technique.
How We Verified the Heights
We prioritized the WTA’s current player and legends database, then used official national federation information when useful. Metric measurements are the primary sorting value.
Imperial conversions can appear inconsistent because 1.89 meters, for example, may be displayed as either 6’2″ or 6’2½” depending on the source’s rounding convention.
Historical records are also imperfect. This page should therefore be read as a ranking of the tallest documented WTA-era players with publicly verifiable measurements.
FAQs
Who is the tallest female tennis player in history?
Eva Hrdinova is the tallest documented player in the WTA database used for this ranking. Her official listed height is 1.91 meters, or 6 feet 3 inches.
Which female tennis players are 6 feet 3 inches tall?
Eva Hrdinova is listed at 1.91 meters, while Akgul Amanmuradova is listed at 1.90 meters. Both are shown as approximately 6 feet 3 inches.
How tall is Maria Sharapova?
Maria Sharapova is officially listed at 1.88 meters, or 6 feet 2 inches. She is among the tallest women to reach world No. 1.
How tall is Venus Williams?
Venus Williams is listed at 1.85 meters, or 6 feet 1 inch. She shares that height with several other WTA players, including Coco Vandeweghe and Alycia Parks.
Who is the tallest active female tennis player?
Among currently WTA-profiled players identified in this review, Victoria Bervid is listed at 1.90 meters. Active status and rankings can change, so this point should be rechecked periodically.
Is being tall an advantage in tennis?
It can help with serve angle, reach, and leverage, but height alone does not determine success. Movement, timing, returning, technique, and decision-making remain essential.
