- Daughter-in-law of Charles Court.
- She, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Maureen Connolly, and Steffi Graf are the only players in tennis history to win a calendar-year Grand Slam. She won 62 grand slam titles in total, and has won more singles majors (24) than any player in history.
- Was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979.
- She was the recipient of the 2003 Australia Post Australian Legends Award, and featured on a special 50c stamp and booklet.
- The only player to achieve a Calendar Year Grand Slam in both doubles as well as in singles.
- In 2006 she was awarded the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award.
- The first Australian woman to win Wimbledon, in 1963.
- Winner of the ABC Sportsman of the Year Award in 1963 and 1970, was appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) on 1 January 1967 for services to sport and international relations. In 1970 she also won the Walter Lindrum Award. In 2007 she received an Order of Australia.
- In January 2003, Tennis Australia renamed Melbourne Park's Show Court One to the Margaret Court Arena.
- In 1993, together with Rod Laver, she was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame, the first players to be granted this honour.
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