FACTBOX-Tennis-List of leading women's grand slam winners in professional era

MELBOURNE, Jan 28 ( Reuters) - List of leading women's grand slam singles title winners in the professional era after Serena Williams surpassed Steffi Graf by winning the Australian Open on Saturday.

Serena Williams ( United States) 23

Steffi Graff ( Germany) 22

Martina Navratilova (U.S.) 18

Chris Evert (U.S.) 18

Margaret Court ( Australia) 11 *

Monica Seles (U.S) 9

Billie Jean King (U.S.) 8 **

* Court leads overall with 24 grand slam titles but won 13 of her titles before the professional era

** King won a total of 12 grand slam singles titles, four of them before the professional era (Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)