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The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. [1] The computer that calculates the ranking is nicknamed "Medusa". [2]

Iga Swiatek is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.

Iga Świątek, women's singles No. 1.
Aryna Sabalenka, women's singles No. 2.
Coco Gauff, women's singles No. 3.
Elena Rybakina, women's singles No. 4.
Jessica Pegula, women's singles No. 5.

Ranking method

The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 18 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period. The period must include: [3]

  • the four Grand Slams
  • six WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined tournaments
  • one WTA 1000 Mandatory (WTA-only) tournament
  • the best of seven results from all WTA 1000 Mandatory, WTA 500, WTA 250, and WTA 125 Tournaments and ITF W15+ events
  • the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended

Up until 2016, the WTA also distributed ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. However, this has since been discontinued. [4]

In order to appear on the WTA rankings, players must earn ranking points in at least three tournaments, or a minimum of 10 singles ranking points or 10 doubles ranking points in one or more tournaments.

The points distribution for tournaments in 2024 is shown below. Points earned in 2023 and before were different and retained their values until they expired after 52 weeks except for 2013 points.

Points Table

Category W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Grand Slam (128S, 128Q) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Grand Slam (64D) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 10 40
WTA Finals (S) 1500* 1080* 750* (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D) 1500 1080 750 375
WTA 1000 (96S, 48Q) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 35 10 30 20 2
WTA 1000 (56S, 32Q) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 10 30 20 2
WTA 1000 (32/28D) 1000 650 390 215 120 10
WTA Elite Trophy (S) 700* 440* 240* (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA 500 (48S, 24Q) 500 325 195 108 60 32 1 25 13 1
WTA 500 (30/28S, 24/16Q) 500 325 195 108 60 1 25 18 13 1
WTA 500 (24D) 500 325 195 108 60 1
WTA 500 (16D) 500 325 195 108 1
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) 250 163 98 54 30 1 18 12 1
WTA 250 (16D) 250 163 98 54 1
WTA 125 (32S, 16Q) 125 81 49 27 15 1 6 4 1
WTA 125 (32S, 8Q) 125 81 49 27 15 1 6 1
WTA 125 (16D) 125 81 49 27 1
WTA 125 (8D) 125 81 49 1
W100 (48S, 32/24Q) 100 65 39 21 12 7 1 5 3
W100 (32S, 32Q) 100 65 39 21 12 1 5 3
W100 (16D) 100 65 39 21 1
W75 (48S, 32/24Q) 75 49 29 16 9 5 1 3 2
W75 (32S, 32Q) 75 49 29 16 9 1 3 2
W75 (16D) 75 49 29 16 1
W50 (48S, 32/24Q) 50 33 20 11 6 3 1 2 1
W50 (32S, 32Q) 50 33 20 11 6 1 2 1
W50 (16D) 50 33 20 11 1
W35 (48S, 32/24Q) 35 23 14 8 4 2 1 1
W35 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q) 35 23 14 8 4 1 1
W35 (16D) 35 23 14 8 1
W15 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q) 15 10 6 3 1
W15 (16D) 15 10 6 3

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

Note that if a player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving a bye, they will not be awarded any points for that tournament. [5]

In ITF tournaments, the main draw is normally 32 for singles and 16 for doubles. Losers in the first round of doubles will receive points equal to that shown in the R32 column above. For subsequent rounds (quarter-finals onwards) the points are the same as for singles.

Current rankings

Points breakdown

  • as of 18 March 2024
  • 2023 points and 2024 points are different due to change in the ranking system.
  • Points from WTA 125 and ITF tournaments are not shown.
  • Points in brackets () don't count to total points by reason of tournament limit.
Rank Player Grand Slam WTA 1000 Best other YEC Tourn Total
points
AUS FRA WIM USO DO DU IW MI MA IT CA CI GU BE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Poland Iga Świątek R32
130
W
2000
QF
430
R16
240
W
1000
SF
390
W
1000
A
0
F
650
QF
215
SF
350
SF
350
A W
1000
F
500
W
470
W
280
SF
110
QF
100
W
1500
19 10,715
2 Aryna Sabalenka W
2000
SF
780
SF
780
F
1300
A
0
R32
10
R16
120
QF
215
W
1000
R64
10
R16
105
SF
350
A QF
215
F
325
F
305
R16
55
SF
625
17 8,195
3 United States Coco Gauff SF
780
QF
430
R128
10
W
2000
R32
10
QF
215
SF
390
R32
65
R32
65
R32
65
QF
190
W
900
A SF
390
W
470
W
250
SF
185
R16
55
R16
55
SF
625
19 7,150
4 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina R64
70
R32
130
QF
430
R32
130
F
650
QF
215
A
0
F
650
R64
10
W
1000
SF
350
R16
105
A SF
390
W
500
W
500
QF
108
R16
55
R16
55
RR
500
19 5,848
5 United States Jessica Pegula R64
70
R32
130
QF
430
R16
240
A
0
A
0
R64
10
SF
390
QF
215
R64
(10)
W
900
R16
105
A R16
120
F
305
W
280
SF
195
SF
195
SF
185
SF
185
QF
(100)
F
1080
22 5,035
6 Tunisia Ons Jabeur R64
70
QF
430
F
1300
R16
240
R32
10
A
0
R64
65
R64
10
A
0
R64
(10)
A
0
QF
190
R16
105
R32
65
W
470
W
280
SF
185
QF
108
QF
100
R16
55
R32
(1)
RR
500
22 4,118
7 China Zheng Qinwen F
1300
R64
70
R128
10
QF
430
R16
120
QF
215
R64/
10
R16
120
R32
65
SF
215
R32
60
R16
105
A R64
10
W
470
W
280
QF
75
R16
55
R32
(1)
R32
(1)
R32
(1)
F
440
21 4,050
8 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová R128
10
R64
70
W
2000
QF
430
R16
120
QF
215
R32
120
R16
120
R64
65
R16
120
R16
105
QF
190
A R64
65
QF
100
RR
20
RR
375
16 4,015
9 Greece Maria Sakkari R64
70
R128
10
R128
10
R128
10
R32
(10)
R16
120
F
650
R64
10
SF
390
R32
65
R32
(1)
R16
105
W
900
QF
215
F
305
SF
185
SF
185
QF
100
RR
90
R16
30
R32
(1)
RR
375
24 3,825
10 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko R32
130
R64
70
R64
70
QF
430
R16
120
R16
120
R64
10
R16
120
R32
65
SF
390
R64
(1)
R32
(60)
R16
105
QF
215
W
500
W
500
W
280
QF
108
QF
100
R16
(55)
R16
(55)
RR
160
23 3,493

Number one ranked players

The following is a chronological list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the WTA began producing computerized rankings on November 3, 1975: [10]

  Current world No. 1 as of 4 December 2023.
  Active players in green
No. Player Date reached Total weeks
1 United States Chris Evert Nov 3, 1975 260
2 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley Apr 26, 1976 2
3 Czechoslovakia/ United States Martina Navratilova Jul 10, 1978 332
4 United States Tracy Austin Apr 7, 1980 21
5 Germany Steffi Graf Aug 17, 1987 377
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/ Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/ United States Monica Seles Mar 11, 1991 178
7 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Feb 6, 1995 12
8 Switzerland Martina Hingis Mar 31, 1997 209
9 United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 12, 1998 98
10 United States Jennifer Capriati Oct 15, 2001 17
11 United States Venus Williams Feb 25, 2002 11
12 United States Serena Williams Jul 8, 2002 319
13 Belgium Kim Clijsters Aug 11, 2003 20
14 Belgium Justine Henin Oct 20, 2003 117
15 France Amélie Mauresmo Sep 13, 2004 39
16 Russia Maria Sharapova Aug 22, 2005 21
17 Serbia Ana Ivanovic Jun 9, 2008 12
18 Serbia Jelena Janković Aug 11, 2008 18
19 Russia Dinara Safina Apr 20, 2009 26
20 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Oct 11, 2010 71
21 Belarus Victoria Azarenka Jan 30, 2012 51
22 Germany Angelique Kerber Sep 12, 2016 34
23 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková July 17, 2017 8
24 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza Sep 11, 2017 4
25 Romania Simona Halep Oct 9, 2017 64
26 Japan Naomi Osaka Jan 28, 2019 25
27 Australia Ashleigh Barty Jun 24, 2019 121
28 Poland Iga Świątek Apr 4, 2022 96
29 Aryna Sabalenka Sep 11, 2023 8

Last update: as of 4 December 2023

Year-end number one players

The year-end number one player is the player at the head of the WTA rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year.

Singles

No. 1 all weeks of the year

Doubles

Year Country Player Team[ citation needed]
1984 United States USA Martina Navratilova (1) United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1985 United States USA Pam Shriver (2) United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1986 United States USA Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1987 United States USA Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1988 United States USA Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1989 United States USA Martina Navratilova Czechoslovakia Helena Suková / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
1990 Czechoslovakia TCH Helena Suková (3) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
1991 Czechoslovakia TCH Jana Novotná (4) United States Gigi Fernández / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
1992 Czechoslovakia TCH Helena Suková Latvia Larisa Neiland / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1993 United States USA Gigi Fernández (5) United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1994 Belarus BLR Natasha Zvereva (6) United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1995 Spain ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7) United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1996 Spain ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1997 Belarus BLR Natasha Zvereva United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1998 Belarus BLR Natasha Zvereva Switzerland Martina Hingis / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1999 Russia RUS Anna Kournikova (8) Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova
2000 Japan JPN Ai Sugiyama (9) United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
2001 United States USA Lisa Raymond (10) United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs
2002 Argentina ARG Paola Suárez (11) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
2003 Argentina ARG Paola Suárez Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
2004 Spain ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (12) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
2005 Zimbabwe ZIM Cara Black (13) United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur
2006 United States USA
Australia AUS
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur (14)
United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur
2007 Zimbabwe ZIM
United States USA
Cara Black
Liezel Huber (15)
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber
2008 Zimbabwe ZIM
United States USA
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber
2009 Zimbabwe ZIM
United States USA
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
2010 Argentina ARG Gisela Dulko (16) Argentina Gisela Dulko / Italy Flavia Pennetta
2011 United States USA Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
2012 Italy ITA Roberta Vinci (17) Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
2013 Italy ITA Roberta Vinci Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
Italy ITA Sara Errani (18)
2014 Italy ITA
 ITA
Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
2015 India IND Sania Mirza (19) Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza
2016  IND Sania Mirza France Caroline Garcia / France Kristina Mladenovic
2017 Chinese Taipei TPE
Switzerland SUI
Latisha Chan (20)
Martina Hingis (21)
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan / Switzerland Martina Hingis
2018  CZE
 CZE
Barbora Krejčíková (22)
Kateřina Siniaková (23)
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
2019  CZE Barbora Strýcová (24) Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
2020  TPE Hsieh Su-wei (25) Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
2021  CZE Kateřina Siniaková Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
2022  CZE Kateřina Siniaková Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
2023  AUS Storm Hunter (26) Australia Storm Hunter / Belgium Elise Mertens
No. 1 all weeks of the year

Year-end Top 10

★ indicates player's highest year-end ranking
Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10
1975 United States C. Evert United Kingdom V. Wade Czechoslovakia M. Navrátilová United States B.J. King Australia E. Goolagong Cawley Australia M. Court Soviet Union O. Morozova United States N. Gunter (Richey) France F. Dürr Australia K. Melville Reid
1976 United States C. Evert Australia E. Goolagong Cawley United Kingdom V. Wade United States M. Navratilova Australia D. Fromholtz United States R. Casals Netherlands B. Stöve Australia K. Melville Reid Soviet Union O. Morozova United Kingdom S. Barker
1977 United States C. Evert United States B.J. King United States M. Navratilova United Kingdom V. Wade United Kingdom S. Barker United States R. Casals Netherlands B. Stöve Australia D. Fromholtz Australia W. Turnbull Australia K. Melville Reid
1978 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert Australia E. Goolagong Cawley United Kingdom V. Wade United States B.J. King United States T. Austin Australia W. Turnbull Australia K. Melville Reid Netherlands B. Stöve Australia D. Fromholtz
1979 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert-Lloyd United States T. Austin Australia E. Goolagong Cawley United States B.J. King Australia D. Fromholtz Australia W. Turnbull United Kingdom V. Wade Australia K. Melville Reid United Kingdom S. Barker
1980 United States C. Evert-Lloyd United States T. Austin United States M. Navratilova Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková Australia E. Goolagong Cawley United States B.J. King United States A. Jaeger Australia W. Turnbull United States P. Shriver South Africa G. Stevens
1981 United States C. Evert-Lloyd United States T. Austin United States M. Navratilova United States A. Jaeger Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková West Germany S. Hanika United States P. Shriver Australia W. Turnbull West Germany B. Bunge United States B. Potter
1982 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert-Lloyd United States A. Jaeger United States T. Austin Australia W. Turnbull United States P. Shriver Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková United States B. Potter West Germany B. Bunge West Germany S. Hanika
1983 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert-Lloyd United States A. Jaeger United States P. Shriver West Germany S. Hanika United Kingdom J. Durie West Germany B. Bunge Australia W. Turnbull United States T. Austin United States Z. Garrison
1984 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert-Lloyd Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková United States P. Shriver Australia W. Turnbull Bulgaria Man Maleeva Czechoslovakia H. Suková West Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch United States Z. Garrison United States K. Jordan
1985 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert-Lloyd Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková United States P. Shriver West Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch West Germany S. Graf Bulgaria Man Maleeva United States Z. Garrison Czechoslovakia H. Suková United States B. Gadusek
1986 United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert-Lloyd West Germany S. Graf Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková Czechoslovakia H. Suková United States P. Shriver West Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch Bulgaria Man Maleeva United States K. Rinaldi Argentina G. Sabatini
1987 West Germany S. Graf United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert United States P. Shriver Czechoslovakia H. Mandlíková Argentina G. Sabatini Czechoslovakia H. Suková Bulgaria Man Maleeva United States Z. Garrison West Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch
1988 West Germany S. Graf United States M. Navratilova United States C. Evert Argentina G. Sabatini United States P. Shriver Bulgaria Man Maleeva-Fragnière Soviet Union N. Zvereva Czechoslovakia H. Suková United States Z. Garrison United States B. Potter
1989 West Germany S. Graf United States M. Navratilova Argentina G. Sabatini United States Z. Garrison Spain A. Sánchez Vicario Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M. Seles Spain C. Martínez Czechoslovakia H. Suková Bulgaria Man Maleeva-Fragnière United States C. Evert
1990 Germany S. Graf Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M. Seles United States M. Navratilova United States M.J. Fernández Argentina G. Sabatini Bulgaria K. Maleeva Spain A. Sánchez Vicario United States J. Capriati Switzerland Man Maleeva-Fragnière United States Z. Garrison
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M. Seles Germany S. Graf Argentina G. Sabatini United States M. Navratilova Spain A. Sánchez Vicario United States J. Capriati Czechoslovakia J. Novotná United States M.J. Fernández Spain C. Martínez Switzerland Man Maleeva-Fragnière
1992 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M. Seles Germany S. Graf Argentina G. Sabatini Spain A. Sánchez Vicario United States M. Navratilova United States M.J. Fernández United States J. Capriati Spain C. Martínez Switzerland Man Maleeva-Fragnière Czechoslovakia J. Novotná
1993 Germany S. Graf Spain A. Sánchez Vicario United States M. Navratilova Spain C. Martínez Argentina G. Sabatini Czech Republic J. Novotná United States M.J. Fernández Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M. Seles United States J. Capriati Germany A. Huber
1994 Germany S. Graf Spain A. Sánchez Vicario Spain C. Martínez Czech Republic J. Novotná France M. Pierce United States L. Davenport Argentina G. Sabatini United States M. Navratilova Japan K. Date Belarus N. Zvereva
1995 Germany S. Graf
United States M. Seles
Spain C. Martínez Spain A. Sánchez Vicario Japan K. Date France M. Pierce Bulgaria Mag Maleeva Argentina G. Sabatini United States M.J. Fernández Croatia I. Majoli Germany A. Huber
1996 Germany S. Graf United States M. Seles
Spain A. Sánchez Vicario
Czech Republic J. Novotná Switzerland M. Hingis Spain C. Martínez Germany A. Huber Croatia I. Majoli Japan K. Date United States L. Davenport Austria B. Paulus
1997 Switzerland M. Hingis Czech Republic J. Novotná United States L. Davenport South Africa A. Coetzer United States M. Seles Croatia I. Majoli France M. Pierce Romania I. Spîrlea Spain A. Sánchez Vicario United States M.J. Fernández
1998 United States L. Davenport Switzerland M. Hingis Czech Republic J. Novotná Spain A. Sánchez Vicario United States V. Williams United States M. Seles France M. Pierce Spain C. Martínez Germany S. Graf France N. Tauziat
1999 Switzerland M. Hingis United States L. Davenport United States V. Williams United States S. Williams France M. Pierce United States M. Seles France N. Tauziat Austria B. Schett France J. Halard-Decugis France A. Mauresmo
2000 Switzerland M. Hingis United States L. Davenport United States V. Williams United States M. Seles Spain C. Martínez United States S. Williams France M. Pierce Russia A. Kournikova Spain A. Sánchez Vicario France N. Tauziat
2001 United States L. Davenport United States J. Capriati United States V. Williams Switzerland M. Hingis Belgium K. Clijsters United States S. Williams Belgium J. Henin Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J. Dokić France A. Mauresmo United States M. Seles
2002 United States S. Williams United States V. Williams United States J. Capriati Belgium K. Clijsters Belgium J. Henin France A. Mauresmo United States M. Seles Slovakia D. Hantuchová Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J. Dokić Switzerland M. Hingis
2003 Belgium J. Henin-Hardenne Belgium K. Clijsters United States S. Williams France A. Mauresmo United States L. Davenport United States J. Capriati Russia A. Myskina Russia E. Dementieva United States C. Rubin Japan A. Sugiyama
2004 United States L. Davenport France A. Mauresmo Russia A. Myskina Russia M. Sharapova Russia S. Kuznetsova Russia E. Dementieva United States S. Williams Belgium J. Henin-Hardenne United States V. Williams United States J. Capriati
2005 United States L. Davenport Belgium K. Clijsters France A. Mauresmo Russia M. Sharapova France M. Pierce Belgium J. Henin-Hardenne Switzerland P. Schnyder Russia E. Dementieva Russia N. Petrova United States V. Williams
2006 Belgium J. Henin-Hardenne Russia M. Sharapova France A. Mauresmo Russia S. Kuznetsova Belgium K. Clijsters Russia N. Petrova Switzerland M. Hingis Russia E. Dementieva Switzerland P. Schnyder Czech Republic N. Vaidišová
2007 Belgium J. Henin Russia S. Kuznetsova Serbia J. Janković Serbia A. Ivanovic Russia M. Sharapova Russia A. Chakvetadze United States S. Williams United States V. Williams Slovakia D. Hantuchová France M. Bartoli
2008 Serbia J. Janković United States S. Williams Russia D. Safina Russia E. Dementieva Serbia A. Ivanovic United States V. Williams Russia V. Zvonareva Russia S. Kuznetsova Russia M. Sharapova Poland A. Radwańska
2009 United States S. Williams Russia D. Safina Russia S. Kuznetsova Denmark C. Wozniacki Russia E. Dementieva United States V. Williams Belarus V. Azarenka Serbia J. Janković Russia V. Zvonareva Poland A. Radwańska
2010 Denmark C. Wozniacki Russia V. Zvonareva Belgium K. Clijsters United States S. Williams United States V. Williams Australia S. Stosur Italy F. Schiavone Serbia J. Janković Russia E. Dementieva Belarus V. Azarenka
2011 Denmark C. Wozniacki Czech Republic P. Kvitová Belarus V. Azarenka Russia M. Sharapova China N. Li Australia S. Stosur Russia V. Zvonareva Poland A. Radwańska France M. Bartoli Germany A. Petkovic
2012 Belarus V. Azarenka Russia M. Sharapova United States S. Williams Poland A. Radwańska Germany A. Kerber Italy S. Errani China N. Li Czech Republic P. Kvitová Australia S. Stosur Denmark C. Wozniacki
2013 United States S. Williams Belarus V. Azarenka China N. Li Russia M. Sharapova Poland A. Radwańska Czech Republic P. Kvitová Italy S. Errani Serbia J. Janković Germany A. Kerber Denmark C. Wozniacki
2014 United States S. Williams Russia M. Sharapova Romania S. Halep Czech Republic P. Kvitová Serbia A. Ivanovic Poland A. Radwańska Canada E. Bouchard Denmark C. Wozniacki China N. Li Germany A. Kerber
2015 United States S. Williams Romania S. Halep Spain G. Muguruza Russia M. Sharapova Poland A. Radwańska Czech Republic P. Kvitová United States V. Williams Italy F. Pennetta Czech Republic L. Šafářová Germany A. Kerber
2016 Germany A. Kerber United States S. Williams Poland A. Radwańska Romania S. Halep Slovakia D. Cibulková Czech Republic K. Plíšková Spain G. Muguruza United States M. Keys Russia S. Kuznetsova United Kingdom J. Konta
2017 Romania S. Halep Spain G. Muguruza Denmark C. Wozniacki Czech Republic K. Plíšková United States V. Williams Ukraine E. Svitolina Latvia J. Ostapenko France C. Garcia United Kingdom J. Konta United States C. Vandeweghe
2018 Romania S. Halep Germany A. Kerber Denmark C. Wozniacki Ukraine E. Svitolina Japan N. Osaka United States S. Stephens Czech Republic P. Kvitová Czech Republic K. Plíšková Netherlands K. Bertens Russia D. Kasatkina
2019 Australia A. Barty Czech Republic K. Plíšková Japan N. Osaka Romania S. Halep Canada B. Andreescu Ukraine E. Svitolina Czech Republic P. Kvitová Switzerland B. Bencic Netherlands K. Bertens United States S. Williams
2020 Australia A. Barty Romania S. Halep Japan N. Osaka United States S. Kenin Ukraine E. Svitolina Czech Republic K. Plíšková Canada B. Andreescu Czech Republic P. Kvitová Netherlands K. Bertens Belarus A. Sabalenka
2021 Australia A. Barty Belarus A. Sabalenka Spain G. Muguruza Czech Republic K. Plíšková Czech Republic B. Krejčíková Greece M. Sakkari Estonia A. Kontaveit Spain P. Badosa Poland I. Świątek Tunisia O. Jabeur
2022 Poland I. Świątek Tunisia O. Jabeur United States J. Pegula France C. Garcia Belarus A. Sabalenka Greece M. Sakkari United States C. Gauff Russia D. Kasatkina Russia V. Kudermetova Romania S. Halep
2023 Poland I. Świątek Belarus A. Sabalenka United States C. Gauff Kazakhstan E. Rybakina United States J. Pegula Tunisia O. Jabeur Czech Republic M. Vondroušová Czech Republic K. Muchová Greece M. Sakkari Czech Republic B. Krejčíková

Players with highest career rank 2–5

The following is a list of singles players who were ranked world No. 5 or higher but not No. 1 since November 3, 1975:[ citation needed]

  Active players in green
World No. 2
Player Date reached
United Kingdom Virginia Wade Nov 3, 1975
United States Billie Jean King Dec 11, 1977
United States Andrea Jaeger Aug 17, 1981
Spain Conchita Martínez Oct 30, 1995
Czech Republic Jana Novotná Jul 7, 1997
Russia Anastasia Myskina Sep 13, 2004
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Sep 10, 2007
Russia Vera Zvonareva Oct 25, 2010
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Oct 31, 2011
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Jul 9, 2012
China Li Na Feb 17, 2014
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Feb 28, 2022
Spain Paula Badosa Apr 25, 2022
Estonia Anett Kontaveit Jun 6, 2022
Tunisia Ons Jabeur Jun 27, 2022
World No. 3
Player Date reached
United States Pam Shriver Mar 20, 1984
Czechoslovakia/ Australia Hana Mandlíková Apr 30, 1984
Australia Wendy Turnbull Jan 7, 1985
Bulgaria/ Switzerland Manuela Maleeva Feb 4, 1985
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Feb 27, 1989
France Mary Pierce Jan 30, 1995
South Africa Amanda Coetzer Nov 3, 1997
France Nathalie Tauziat May 8, 2000
Russia Nadia Petrova May 15, 2006
Russia Elena Dementieva Apr 6, 2009
Ukraine Elina Svitolina Sep 11, 2017
United States Sloane Stephens Jul 16, 2018
Greece Maria Sakkari Mar 21, 2022
United States Jessica Pegula Oct 24, 2022
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina Jun 12, 2023
United States Coco Gauff Sep 11, 2023
World No. 4
Player Date reached
United Kingdom Sue Barker Mar 20, 1977
Australia Dianne Fromholtz Mar 19, 1979
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Mar 18, 1985
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Sep 2, 1985
United States Zina Garrison Nov 20, 1989
United States Mary Joe Fernández Oct 22, 1990
Japan Kimiko Date May 13, 1995
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva Jan 29, 1996
Croatia Iva Majoli Feb 5, 1996
Germany Anke Huber Oct 14, 1996
Serbia and Montenegro/ Australia Jelena Dokić Aug 19, 2002
Italy Francesca Schiavone Jan 31, 2011
Australia Samantha Stosur Feb 21, 2011
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková Mar 20, 2017
United Kingdom Johanna Konta Jul 17, 2017
France Caroline Garcia Sep 10, 2018
Netherlands Kiki Bertens May 13, 2019
Canada Bianca Andreescu Oct 21, 2019
Switzerland Belinda Bencic Feb 17, 2020
United States Sofia Kenin Mar 9, 2020
World No. 5
Player Date reached
United States Rosemary Casals Sep 13, 1976
Australia Margaret Court [11] Feb 21, 1977
Netherlands Betty Stöve Jul 3, 1977
West Germany Sylvia Hanika Sep 12, 1983
United States Kathy Jordan Mar 19, 1984
United Kingdom Jo Durie Apr 29, 1984
Soviet Union/ Belarus Natasha Zvereva May 22, 1989
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Jan 27, 2003
Russia Anna Chakvetadze Sep 10, 2007
Italy Sara Errani May 20, 2013
Canada Eugenie Bouchard Oct 20, 2014
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová Sep 14, 2015
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko Mar 19, 2018

Players with highest career rank 6–10

The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 6 to No. 10 in the period since the 1975 introduction of the WTA rankings.[ citation needed]

  Active players in green
World No. 6
Player Date reached
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec Mar 22, 1982
Germany Bettina Bunge Mar 28, 1983
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva Jul 9, 1990
United States Chanda Rubin Apr 8, 1996
Italy Flavia Pennetta Sep 28, 2015
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro Feb 29, 2016
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová Sep 11, 2023
World No. 7
Player Date reached
Soviet Union Olga Morozova Nov 3, 1975
Australia Kerry Melville Jul 4, 1976
South Africa Greer Stevens Jul 7, 1980
United States Barbara Potter Dec 6, 1982
Hungary Andrea Temesvári Jan 23, 1984
United States Kathy Rinaldi May 26, 1986
Romania Irina Spîrlea Oct 13, 1997
Austria Barbara Schett Sep 13, 1999
France Julie Halard-Decugis Feb 14, 2000
Switzerland Patty Schnyder Nov 14, 2005
Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová May 14, 2007
France Marion Bartoli Jan 30, 2012
Italy Roberta Vinci May 9, 2016
United States Madison Keys Oct 10, 2016
United States Danielle Collins Jul 11, 2022
China Zheng Qinwen Jan 29, 2024
World No. 8
Player Date reached
United States Nancy Richey Nov 3, 1975
Romania Virginia Ruzici May 21, 1979
United States Bonnie Gadusek Jul 9, 1984
Canada Carling Bassett-Seguso Mar 4, 1985
Russia Anna Kournikova Nov 20, 2000
Japan Ai Sugiyama Feb 9, 2004
Australia Alicia Molik Feb 28, 2005
Russia Ekaterina Makarova Apr 6, 2015
Daria Kasatkina Oct 24, 2022
Czech Republic Karolína Muchová Sep 11, 2023
World No. 9
Player Date reached
France Françoise Dürr Nov 3, 1975
United States Lisa Bonder Aug 20, 1984
United States Lori McNeil Jul 4, 1988
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy May 20, 1996
Belgium Dominique Monami Oct 12, 1998
France Sandrine Testud Feb 7, 2000
Argentina Paola Suárez Jun 7, 2004
Germany Andrea Petkovic Oct 10, 2011
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky May 16, 2016
United States CoCo Vandeweghe Jan 15, 2018
Germany Julia Görges Aug 20, 2018
Veronika Kudermetova Oct 24, 2022
World No. 10
Player Date reached
United States Kathy May Jul 3, 1977
United States Kristien Shaw Aug 21, 1977
United States Kathleen Horvath Jun 11, 1984
Sweden Catarina Lindqvist Apr 15, 1985
United States Stephanie Rehe Mar 13, 1989
Austria Barbara Paulus Nov 18, 1996
Slovakia Karina Habšudová Feb 10, 1997
Russia Maria Kirilenko Jun 10, 2013
France Kristina Mladenovic Oct 23, 2017
United Kingdom Emma Raducanu Jul 11, 2022
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia Jun 12, 2023

Consecutive weeks in the Top 10

The below lists the singles players with the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the WTA rankings: [12]

  Active streaks in green
Player #
United States Martina Navratilova 1000
United States Chris Evert 746
Germany Steffi Graf 625
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 508
United States Pam Shriver 458
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 429
Czech Republic Hana Mandlíková 421
Romania Simona Halep 373*
United States Lindsay Davenport 333
Spain Conchita Martínez 319

* The 20-week period between 23 March 2020 and 10 August 2020, when the WTA rankings were not published due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was not counted.
Last update: As of 8 August 2022

Number 1 in singles and doubles

At the same time

The below lists the players who were ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles at the same time:

No. Player Start Date
Singles No.1
End Date
Singles No.1
Start Date
Doubles No.1
End Date
Doubles No.1
Overlapping Period N. of Weeks
Overlapping
N. of Weeks
Overlapping – Total
1 United States Martina Navratilova Jun 14, 1982 Jun 09, 1985 Sep 04, 1984 Mar 17, 1985 Sep 04, 1984 – Mar 17, 1985 28 106
Nov 25, 1985 Aug 16, 1987 Jan 20, 1986 Jul 20, 1986 Jan 20, 1986 – Jul 20, 1986 26
Aug 18, 1986 Feb 04, 1990 Aug 18, 1986 – Aug 16, 1987 52
2 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Feb 06, 1995 Feb 19, 1995 Feb 13, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 Feb 13, 1995 – Feb 19, 1995 1 7
Feb 27, 1995 Apr 09, 1995 Mar 27, 1995 Nov 05, 1995 Mar 27, 1995 – Apr 09, 1995 2
May 15, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 May 15, 1995 – Jun 11, 1995 4
3 Switzerland Martina Hingis Mar 31, 1997 Oct 11, 1998 Jun 08, 1998 Aug 08, 1998 Jun 08, 1998 – Aug 08, 1998 8 29
Aug 17, 1998 Oct 25, 1998 Aug 17, 1998 – Oct 11, 1998 8
Feb 08, 1999 Jul 04, 1999 Jun 07, 1999 Jul 04, 1999 Jun 07, 1999 – Jul 04, 1999 4
Aug 09, 1999 Apr 02, 2000 Aug 02, 1999 Aug 22, 1999 Aug 09, 1999 – Aug 22, 1999 2
Jan 31, 2000 Mar 19, 2000 Jan 31, 2000 – Mar 19, 2000 7
4 United States Lindsay Davenport Apr 03, 2000 May 7, 2000 Apr 17, 2000 May 07, 2000 Apr 17, 2000 – May 7, 2000 3 3
5 Belgium Kim Clijsters Aug 11, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 Aug 18, 2003 Sep 07, 2003 Aug 18, 2003 – Sep 07, 2003 3 3
6 United States Serena Williams Nov 2, 2009 Oct 10, 2010 Jun 7, 2010 Aug 1, 2010 Jun 7, 2010 – Aug 1, 2010 8 8

At any time

The below lists the players who were ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles at any time in their career. Date in bold indicates date the feat was achieved. [13]

No. Player First Date
Singles No.1
Last Date
Singles No.1
N. of Weeks
Singles No.1
First Date
Doubles No.1
Last Date
Doubles No.1
N. of Weeks
Doubles No.1
1 United States Martina Navratilova Jul 10, 1978 Aug 16, 1987 332 Sep 04, 1984 May 13, 1990 237 ( Open Era record)
2 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Feb 06, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 12 Oct 19, 1992 Apr 06, 1997 111
3 Switzerland Martina Hingis Mar 31, 1997 Oct 14, 2001 209 Jun 08, 1998 Mar 18, 2018 90
4 United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 12, 1998 Jan 29, 2006 98 Oct 20, 1997 May 7, 2000 32
5 Belgium Kim Clijsters Aug 11, 2003 Feb 20, 2011 20 Aug 04, 2003 Sep 07, 2003 4
6 United States Venus Williams Feb 25, 2002 Jul 07, 2002 11 Jun 07, 2010 Aug 01, 2010 8
7 United States Serena Williams Jul 08, 2002 May 14, 2017 319 Jun 07, 2010 Aug 01, 2010 8
8 Aryna Sabalenka Sep 11, 2023 Nov 5, 2023 8 Feb 22, 2021 Apr 04, 2021 6

Year-end No. 1

The below lists the players who finished the year ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles:

No. Player Year
1 United States Martina Navratilova 1984
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 1986

Navratilova also finished number 1 in either ranking list for 8 consecutive seasons: 1982–83 – Singles, 1984 – Singles & Doubles, 1985- Singles, 1986- Singles & Doubles, 1987–89 – Doubles.

No other player has managed to finish number 1 in singles and in doubles (same or different years).

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "WTA rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 715. ISBN  978-0942257700.
  3. ^ "2024 WTA Rankings Rules" (PDF).
  4. ^ Rothenberg, Ben (30 May 2016). "Points and Prize Money Mean More to Olympic Tennis Holdouts". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "2019 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). WTA.
  6. ^ "Current WTA Singles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
  7. ^ "Official WTA Ranking". live-tennis.eu.
  8. ^ "Current WTA Doubles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
  9. ^ "Official WTA Doubles". live-tennis.eu.
  10. ^ "WTA Tour All-Time Records" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-20. Since the inception of computer singles rankings on November 3, 1975, the No.1 ranking has changed hands 101 times
  11. ^ Singles: Most Weeks at No.1
  12. ^ "Happy Anniversary, Simo: Halep 'honored' by seven-year streak". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  13. ^ Shukla, Dr Balraj (1 October 2022). "9 players ranked World No. 1 in both singles and doubles ft. Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

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