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Victoria Azarenka and Naomi Osaka on why introducing maternity pay on WTA Tour would be 'life-changing'

It is now 51 years since Margaret Court won three Grand Slams in a single year as a mother.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Kim Clijsters also won Grand Slam titles after having children, and Serena Williams came agonisingly close, falling in four finals after becoming mother to Olympia.

Returning to the tour after maternity leave has become easier since the WTA changed the rules before the 2019 season.

New mothers are now be able to use their previous ranking to enter 12 tournaments over a three-year period from the birth of their child.