Top ten ranked female tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 when the first official WTA Rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
Yearly top ten ranking lists
1921–1974
1975
The official WTA Rankings were introduced in November 1975.
| WTA[1] | Lance Tingay[2] (The Daily Telegraph) |
Bud Collins[3] (The Boston Globe) |
Rino Tommasi[4] (La Gazzetta dello Sport) |
John Barrett (Financial Times) |
World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[5] |
Rex Bellamy (The Times) |
Chris Evert |
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1976
| WTA[6] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1977
| WTA[7] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis | Peter Bodo (Tennis magazine (U.S.)) |
Judith Elian (L'Équipe) |
Wataru Tsukagoshi (Tennis Japan) |
Barry Lorge[8] (The Washington Post) |
France-Presse[9] |
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1978
| WTA[10] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[11] |
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1979
| WTA[12] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis | Peter Bodo | Judith Elian | Wataru Tsukagoshi | Joseph Macauley (Australian Tennis Magazine) |
Alan Trengrove (Australian Tennis Magazine) |
Jeffrey Bairstow (Tennis magazine (U.S.)) |
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1980
| WTA[13] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[14] |
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1981
| WTA[15] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[16] |
Peter Bodo | Judith Elian | Wataru Tsukagoshi | Alan Trengrove | Alexander McNab (Tennis magazine (U.S.)) |
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1982
| WTA[17] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1983
| WTA[18] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1984
| WTA[19] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1985
| WTA[20] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1986
| WTA[21] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1987
| WTA[22] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1988
| WTA[23] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1989
Last Tingay ranking before his death.
| WTA[24] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett | World Tennis |
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1990
| WTA[25] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1991
| WTA[26] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1992
| WTA[27] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1993
| WTA[28] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1994
| WTA[29] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1995
| WTA[30] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1996
| WTA[31] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett |
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1997
| WTA[32] | John Barrett |
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1998
| WTA[33] | John Barrett |
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1999
| WTA[34] | John Barrett |
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2000
| WTA[35] |
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2001
| WTA[36] |
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2002
| WTA[37] |
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2003
| WTA[38] |
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2004
| WTA[39] |
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2005
| WTA[40] |
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2006
| WTA[41] |
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2007
| WTA[42] |
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2008
| WTA[43] |
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2009
| WTA[44] |
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2010
| WTA[45] |
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2011
| WTA[46] |
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2012
| WTA[47] |
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2013
| WTA[48] |
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2014
| WTA[49] |
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2015
| WTA[50] |
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2016
| WTA[51] |
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2017
| WTA[52] |
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2018
| WTA[53] |
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2019
| WTA[54] |
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2020
| WTA[55] |
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2021
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See also
References
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1975-11-04" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- Barrett, John, ed. (1990). World Of Tennis. London: Collins Willow. pp. 235, 238. ISBN 9780002183550.
- Collins, Bud; Hollander, Zander (1997). Bud Collins' Tennis Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 655–658. ISBN 978-1578590001.
- Almanacco illustrato del tennis 1989. Edizioni Panini. 1989. p. 698.
- "Rankings Dept". The Journal Herald. 1976-01-16. p. 18.
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1976-12-05" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1977-12-31" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "Borg gets nod as tennis player of '77". The Washington Post. January 10, 1978.
- "Masters não decidiu quem é o primeiro tenista do mundo". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). p. A-27.
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1978-12-10" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "SPORT IN BRIEF Australian women ranked among best in tennis". The Canberra Times. 53 (15, 809). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 January 1979. p. 21. Retrieved 24 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1979-12-31" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1980-12-31" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "Borg and Lloyd top tennis". Tallahasee Democrat. 1980-12-09. p. 18.
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1981-12-31" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "John McEnroe Passes Borg In Tennis Magazine Rankings". The Town Talk. 1981-12-31. p. 15.
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1982-12-20" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1983-12-05" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1984-12-24" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1985-12-23" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1986-12-22" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1987-12-20" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1988-12-19" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1989-11-20" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1990-11-26" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1991-11-25" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1992-11-23" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1993-12-27" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1994-11-21" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1995-12-25" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1996-12-30" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1997-11-24" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1998-11-23" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 1999-12-27" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2000-12-25" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2001-11-12" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2002-11-11" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2003-11-10" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2004-12-27" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2005-11-14" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2006-12-18" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21.
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2007-11-12" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2008-11-10" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2009-11-09" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2010-11-08" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2011-11-07" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2012-11-05" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2013-11-04" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2014-11-03" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2015-11-09" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2016-11-07" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2017-11-06" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2018-11-05" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2019-11-04" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- "WTA Singles Rankings as of 2020-11-16" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
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