List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players

The list of WTA number 1 ranked players shows the professional women's tennis players who have been or currently are ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, along with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot. Since the WTA began producing computerised rankings on 3 November 1975, 27 women have reached the highest singles ranking and 45 women the highest doubles ranking. The WTA rankings are a merit-based method for determining the rankings in women's tennis and the WTA releases ranking points weekly based on how players fared during the previous 52 weeks.

This article is about number-one ranked players since 1975. For the all-time list, see World number 1 ranked female tennis players.
Ashleigh Barty, currently ranked no. 1 in women's singles
Kateřina Siniaková, currently ranked no. 1 in women's doubles

Singles

World No. 1 ranked players

The rankings are sourced by the WTA Media Guide and the WTA website (which usually revises its rankings every Sunday night or Monday morning, except when tournament finals are postponed).[1][2]

Steffi Graf spent 377 weeks at the top of the WTA ranking, the most of any player.
Key
WTA Rankings record
☆ Current World No. 1
No. Player Start date End date Weeks Total
1  Chris Evert (USA) Nov 3, 1975 Apr 25, 1976 25 25
2  Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) Apr 26, 1976 May 9, 1976 2 2
Chris Evert (2) May 10, 1976 Jul 9, 1978 113 138
3  Martina Navratilova (USA) Jul 10, 1978 Jan 13, 1979 26 26
Chris Evert (3) Jan 14, 1979 Jan 27, 1979 2 140
Martina Navratilova (2) Jan 28, 1979 Feb 24, 1979 4 30
Chris Evert (4) Feb 25, 1979 Apr 15, 1979 7 147
Martina Navratilova (3) Apr 16, 1979 Jun 24, 1979 10 40
Chris Evert (5) Jun 25, 1979 Sep 9, 1979 11 158
Martina Navratilova (4) Sep 10, 1979 Apr 6, 1980 31 71
4  Tracy Austin (USA) Apr 7, 1980 Apr 20, 1980 2 2
Martina Navratilova (5) Apr 21, 1980 Jul 6, 1980 11 82
Tracy Austin (2) Jul 7, 1980 Nov 17, 1980 19 21
Chris Evert (6) Nov 18, 1980 May 2, 1982 76 234
Martina Navratilova (6) May 3, 1982 May 16, 1982 2 84
Chris Evert (7) May 17, 1982 Jun 13, 1982 4 238
Martina Navratilova (7) Jun 14, 1982 Jun 9, 1985 156 240
Chris Evert (8) Jun 10, 1985 Oct 13, 1985 18 256
Martina Navratilova (8) Oct 14, 1985 Oct 27, 1985 2 242
Chris Evert (9) Oct 28, 1985 Nov 24, 1985 4 260
Martina Navratilova (9) Nov 25, 1985 Aug 16, 1987 90 332
5  Steffi Graf (FRG) Aug 17, 1987 Mar 10, 1991 186 186
6  Monica Seles (YUG) Mar 11, 1991 Aug 4, 1991 21 21
Steffi Graf (2) Aug 5, 1991 Aug 11, 1991 1 187
Monica Seles (2) Aug 12, 1991 Aug 18, 1991 1 22
Steffi Graf (3) Aug 19, 1991 Sep 8, 1991 3 190
/ Monica Seles[n 1] (3) Sep 9, 1991 Jun 6, 1993 91 113
Steffi Graf (4) Jun 7, 1993 Feb 5, 1995 87 277
7  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) Feb 6, 1995 Feb 19, 1995 2 2
Steffi Graf (5) Feb 20, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 1 278
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Feb 27, 1995 Apr 9, 1995 6 8
Steffi Graf (6) Apr 10, 1995 May 14, 1995 5 283
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) May 15, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 4 12
Steffi Graf (7) Jun 12, 1995 Aug 14, 1995 9 292
Steffi Graf (7) Aug 15, 1995 Nov 3, 1996 64 356
Monica Seles[n 1] (4) 177
Steffi Graf (7) Nov 4, 1996 Nov 17, 1996 2 358
Steffi Graf (7) Nov 18, 1996 Nov 24, 1996 1 359
Monica Seles (5) 178
Steffi Graf (7) Nov 25, 1996 Mar 30, 1997 18 377
8  Martina Hingis (SUI) Mar 31, 1997 Oct 11, 1998 80 80
9  Lindsay Davenport (USA) Oct 12, 1998 Feb 7, 1999 17 17
Martina Hingis (2) Feb 8, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 21 101
Lindsay Davenport (2) Jul 5, 1999 Aug 8, 1999 5 22
Martina Hingis (3) Aug 9, 1999 Apr 2, 2000 34 135
Lindsay Davenport (3) Apr 3, 2000 May 7, 2000 5 27
Martina Hingis (4) May 8, 2000 May 14, 2000 1 136
Lindsay Davenport (4) May 15, 2000 May 21, 2000 1 28
Martina Hingis (5) May 22, 2000 Oct 14, 2001 73 209
10  Jennifer Capriati (USA) Oct 15, 2001 Nov 4, 2001 3 3
Lindsay Davenport (5) Nov 5, 2001 Jan 13, 2002 10 38
Jennifer Capriati (2) Jan 14, 2002 Feb 24, 2002 6 9
11  Venus Williams (USA) Feb 25, 2002 Mar 17, 2002 3 3
Jennifer Capriati (3) Mar 18, 2002 Apr 21, 2002 5 14
Venus Williams (2) Apr 22, 2002 May 19, 2002 4 7
Jennifer Capriati (4) May 20, 2002 Jun 9, 2002 3 17
Venus Williams (3) Jun 10, 2002 Jul 7, 2002 4 11
12  Serena Williams (USA) Jul 8, 2002 Aug 10, 2003 57 57
13  Kim Clijsters (BEL) Aug 11, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 10 10
14  Justine Henin (BEL) Oct 20, 2003 Oct 26, 2003 1 1
Kim Clijsters (2) Oct 27, 2003 Nov 9, 2003 2 12
Justine Henin (2) Nov 10, 2003 Sep 12, 2004 44 45
15  Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) Sep 13, 2004 Oct 17, 2004 5 5
Lindsay Davenport (6) Oct 18, 2004 Aug 21, 2005 44 82
16  Maria Sharapova (RUS) Aug 22, 2005 Aug 28, 2005 1 1
Lindsay Davenport (7) Aug 29, 2005 Sep 11, 2005 2 84
Maria Sharapova (2) Sep 12, 2005 Oct 23, 2005 6 7
Lindsay Davenport (8) Oct 24, 2005 Jan 29, 2006 14 98
Kim Clijsters (3) Jan 30, 2006 Mar 19, 2006 7 19
Amélie Mauresmo (2) Mar 20, 2006 Nov 12, 2006 34 39
Justine Henin (3) Nov 13, 2006 Jan 28, 2007 11 56
Maria Sharapova (3) Jan 29, 2007 Mar 18, 2007 7 14
Justine Henin (4) Mar 19, 2007 May 18, 2008 61 117
Maria Sharapova (4) May 19, 2008 Jun 8, 2008 3 17
17  Ana Ivanovic (SRB) Jun 9, 2008 Aug 10, 2008 9 9
18  Jelena Janković (SRB) Aug 11, 2008 Aug 17, 2008 1 1
Ana Ivanovic (2) Aug 18, 2008 Sep 7, 2008 3 12
Serena Williams (2) Sep 8, 2008 Oct 5, 2008 4 61
Jelena Janković (2) Oct 6, 2008 Feb 1, 2009 17 18
Serena Williams (3) Feb 2, 2009 Apr 19, 2009 11 72
19  Dinara Safina (RUS) Apr 20, 2009 Oct 11, 2009 25 25
Serena Williams (4) Oct 12, 2009 Oct 25, 2009 2 74
Dinara Safina (2) Oct 26, 2009 Nov 1, 2009 1 26
Serena Williams (5) Nov 2, 2009 Oct 10, 2010 49 123
20  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Oct 11, 2010 Feb 13, 2011 18 18
Kim Clijsters (4) Feb 14, 2011 Feb 20, 2011 1 20
Caroline Wozniacki (2) Feb 21, 2011 Jan 29, 2012 49 67
21  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Jan 30, 2012 Jun 10, 2012 19 19
Maria Sharapova (5) Jun 11, 2012 Jul 8, 2012 4 21
Victoria Azarenka (2) Jul 9, 2012 Feb 17, 2013 32 51
Serena Williams (6) Feb 18, 2013 Sep 11, 2016 186 309
22  Angelique Kerber (GER) Sep 12, 2016 Jan 29, 2017 20 20
Serena Williams (7) Jan 30, 2017 Mar 19, 2017 7 316
Angelique Kerber (2) Mar 20, 2017 Apr 23, 2017 5 25
Serena Williams (8) Apr 24, 2017 May 14, 2017 3 319
Angelique Kerber (3) May 15, 2017 Jul 16, 2017 9 34
23  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) Jul 17, 2017 Sep 10, 2017 8 8
24  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) Sep 11, 2017 Oct 8, 2017 4 4
25  Simona Halep (ROU) Oct 9, 2017 Jan 28, 2018 16 16
Caroline Wozniacki (3) Jan 29, 2018 Feb 25, 2018 4 71
Simona Halep (2) Feb 26, 2018 Jan 27, 2019 48 64
26  Naomi Osaka (JPN) Jan 28, 2019 Jun 23, 2019 21 21
27  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Jun 24, 2019 Aug 11, 2019 7 7
Naomi Osaka (2) Aug 12, 2019 Sep 8, 2019 4 25
Ashleigh Barty (2) Sep 9, 2019 Mar 22, 2020 28 35
Rankings frozen
 Mar 23, 2020 Aug 9, 2020 20
Ashleigh Barty☆ (2) Aug 10, 2020 Present 74 109
Note
  1. Monica Seles was stabbed by a spectator during a WTA tournament match on 30 April 1993; while ranked number one. When she returned to competition in 1995, the WTA decided to reinstate her alongside Graf as number one, with her ranking protected for a year until she had a full season of ranking points accrued.[3]

Weeks at No. 1
Total weeks
Rank Player Total
1  Steffi Graf (GER) 377
2  Martina Navratilova (USA) 332
3  Serena Williams (USA) 319
4  Chris Evert (USA) 260
5  Martina Hingis (SWI) 209
6 / Monica Seles (FRY/USA) 178
7  Justine Henin (BEL) 117
8  Ashleigh Barty (AUS)☆ 109
9  Lindsay Davenport (USA) 98
10  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 71
11  Simona Halep (ROU) 64
12  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51
13  Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 39
14  Angelique Kerber (GER) 34
15  Dinara Safina (RUS) 26
16  Naomi Osaka (JPN) 25
17  Tracy Austin (USA) 21
 Maria Sharapova (RUS)
19  Kim Clijsters (BEL) 20
20  Jelena Janković (SER) 18
21  Jennifer Capriati (USA) 17
22  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 12
 Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
24  Venus Williams (USA) 11
25  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 8
26  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4
27  Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 2
Consecutive weeks
Consecutive Player
186 Steffi Graf
Serena Williams
156 Martina Navratilova
113 Chris Evert
102 Ashleigh Barty☆
94 Steffi Graf (2)
91 / Monica Seles
90 Martina Navratilova (2)
87 Steffi Graf (3)
80 Martina Hingis
76 Chris Evert (2)
73 Martina Hingis (2)
64 Monica Seles (2)
61 Justine Henin
57 Serena Williams (2)
minimum 50 weeks
Key
☆ Current No. 1 player
Active streaks and players in bold

as of January 3, 2022[4][5] The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 177.[1]

Weeks at No. 1 leaders
Weeks leader Date achieved Duration Record
1975–1985 Chris Evert 3 November 1975 9 years, 6 months 238
1985–1985 Martina Navratilova 27 May 1985 0 months 240
1985–1986 Chris Evert 24 June 1985 9 months 260
1986–1996 Martina Navratilova 31 March 1986 10 years, 1 month 332
1996–present Steffi Graf 21 May 1996 25 years, 6 months 377

Current record in bold.

Year-end No. 1 players

The source for this through to 2012 is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 178.[1]

By year

Year Player
1975  Chris Evert (USA)
1976 Chris Evert (2)
1977* Chris Evert (3)
1978  Martina Navratilova (USA)
1979 Martina Navratilova (2)
1980 Chris Evert (4)
1981* Chris Evert (5)
1982 Martina Navratilova (3)
1983* Martina Navratilova (4)
1984* Martina Navratilova (5)
1985 Martina Navratilova (6)
1986* Martina Navratilova (7)
1987  Steffi Graf (GER)
1988* Steffi Graf (2)
1989* Steffi Graf (3)
1990* Steffi Graf (4)
1991  Monica Seles (YUG)
1992* Monica Seles (2)
1993 Steffi Graf (5)
1994* Steffi Graf (6)
1995 Steffi Graf (7)
Monica Seles (3)
1996* Steffi Graf (8)
1997  Martina Hingis (SUI)
1998  Lindsay Davenport (USA)
1999 Martina Hingis (2)
2000 Martina Hingis (3)
2001 Lindsay Davenport (2)
2002  Serena Williams (USA)
2003  Justine Henin (BEL)
2004 Lindsay Davenport (3)
2005 Lindsay Davenport (4)
2006 Justine Henin (2)
2007 Justine Henin (3)
2008 Jelena Janković
2009 Serena Williams (2)
2010  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
2011 Caroline Wozniacki (2)
2012 Victoria Azarenka
2013 Serena Williams (3)
2014* Serena Williams (4)
2015* Serena Williams (5)
2016 Angelique Kerber
2017  Simona Halep (ROU)
2018 Simona Halep (2)
2019  Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
2020* Ashleigh Barty (2)
2021* Ashleigh Barty (3)
Key
(n) Year-end No. 1 finishes.
* Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.

Per player

Total
# Player
8 Steffi Graf
7 Martina Navratilova
5 Chris Evert
Serena Williams
4 Lindsay Davenport
3 / Monica Seles
Martina Hingis
Justine Henin
Ashleigh Barty
2 Caroline Wozniacki
Simona Halep
1 Jelena Janković
Victoria Azarenka
Angelique Kerber
Consecutive
# Player
5 Martina Navratilova
4 Steffi Graf (x2)
3 Chris Evert
Serena Williams
Ashleigh Barty
2 Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
Monica Seles
Martina Hingis
Lindsay Davenport
Justine Henin
Caroline Wozniacki
Simona Halep

Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam
Player First ranked No. 1 First Grand Slam final First Grand Slam title
Kim Clijsters August 11, 20032001 French Open (June 2001) (1st of 8)2005 US Open (1st of 4, still active)
Amélie Mauresmo September 13, 20041999 Australian Open (January 1999) (1st of 3)2006 Australian Open (1st of 2, retired in 2009)
Jelena Janković August 11, 20082008 US Open (September 2008) (only final)None (retired in 2017)
Dinara Safina April 20, 20092008 French Open (June 2008) (1st of 3)None (retired in 2014)
Caroline Wozniacki October 11, 20102009 US Open (September 2009) (1st of 3)2018 Australian Open (only title, retired in 2020)
Karolína Plíšková July 17, 20172016 US Open (September 2016) (1st of 2)None (still active)
Simona Halep October 9, 20172014 French Open (June 2014) (1st of 5)2018 French Open (1st of 2, still active)

Weeks at No. 1 by decade

Weeks at No. 1 by country
Key
☆ Current No. 1 player
Active streak in bold

Current No. 1 player in bold.

Rank Country Total Players
Players Weeks
1 United States81,123Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles*, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams
2 Germany2411Steffi Graf, Angelique Kerber
3  Switzerland1209Martina Hingis
4// Yugoslavia/Serbia3143Monica Seles*, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković
5 Belgium2137Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin
6 Australia2111Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Ashleigh Barty☆
7 Denmark171Caroline Wozniacki
8 Romania164Simona Halep
9 Belarus151Victoria Azarenka
10 Russia247Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina
11 France139Amélie Mauresmo
12 Japan125Naomi Osaka
13 Spain216Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Garbiñe Muguruza
14 Czech Republic18Karolína Plíšková

as of January 3, 2022
* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.

Doubles

World No. 1 ranked players

The source for the following table through the week of January 6, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 172.[1]

Martina Navratilova was world No. 1 in doubles for a record 237 weeks
WTA Rankings record
☆ Current World No. 1
No. Player Start date End date Weeks Total
1  Martina Navratilova (USA) Sep 4, 1984 Mar 17, 1985 27 27
2  Pam Shriver (USA) Mar 18, 1985 Jan 19, 1986 44 44
Martina Navratilova (2) Jan 20, 1986 Jul 20, 1986 26 53
Pam Shriver (2) Jul 21, 1986 Aug 17, 1986 4 48
Martina Navratilova (3) Aug 18, 1986 Feb 4, 1990 181 234
3  Helena Suková (TCH) Feb 5, 1990 Feb 18, 1990 2 2
Martina Navratilova (4) Feb 19, 1990 Mar 4, 1990 2 236
Helena Suková (2) Mar 5, 1990 May 6, 1990 9 11
Martina Navratilova (5) May 7, 1990 May 13, 1990 1 237
Helena Suková (3) May 14, 1990 Aug 26, 1990 15 26
4  Jana Novotná (TCH) Aug 27, 1990 Oct 14, 1990 7 7
Helena Suková (4) Oct 15, 1990 Feb 17, 1991 18 44
Jana Novotná (2) Feb 18, 1991 Mar 3, 1991 2 9
5  Gigi Fernández (USA) Mar 4, 1991 Mar 10, 1991 1 1
Jana Novotná (3) Mar 11, 1991 Mar 31, 1991 3 12
Gigi Fernández (2) Apr 1, 1991 Apr 7, 1991 1 2
Helena Suková (5) Apr 8, 1991 Jun 9, 1991 9 53
Gigi Fernández (3) Jun 10, 1991 Sep 8, 1991 13 15
Jana Novotná (4) Sep 9, 1991 Oct 6, 1991 4 16
6  Natasha Zvereva (URS) Oct 7, 1991 Oct 13, 1991 1 1
Jana Novotná (5) Oct 14, 1991 Jan 26, 1992 15 31
7  Larisa Neiland (LAT) Jan 27, 1992 Feb 2, 1992 1 1
Jana Novotná (6) Feb 3, 1992 Feb 16, 1992 2 33
Larisa Neiland (2) Feb 17, 1992 Feb 23, 1992 1 2
Jana Novotná (7) Feb 24, 1992 Mar 22, 1992 4 37
Larisa Neiland (3) Mar 23, 1992 Apr 5, 1992 2 4
Jana Novotná (8) Apr 6, 1992 Jun 14, 1992 11 48
Natasha Zvereva (2) Jun 15, 1992 Jun 21, 1992 1 2
Jana Novotná (9) Jun 22, 1992 Oct 11, 1992 15 63
Natasha Zvereva (3) Oct 12, 1992 Oct 18, 1992 1 3
8  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) Oct 19, 1992 Nov 15, 1992 4 4
Natasha Zvereva (4) Nov 16, 1992 Nov 22, 1992 1 4
Helena Suková (6) Nov 23, 1992 Jan 10, 1993 7 60
Natasha Zvereva (5) Jan 11, 1993 Apr 4, 1993 12 16
Gigi Fernández (4) Apr 5, 1993 Sep 12, 1993 23 38
Helena Suková (7) Sep 13, 1993 Oct 31, 1993 7 67
Gigi Fernández (5) Nov 1, 1993 Nov 14, 1993 2 40
Helena Suková (8) Nov 15, 1993 Nov 21, 1993 1 68
Gigi Fernández (6) Nov 22, 1993 Aug 14, 1994 38 78
Natasha Zvereva (6) Aug 15, 1994 Feb 12, 1995 26 42
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Feb 13, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 2 6
Natasha Zvereva (7) Feb 27, 1995 Mar 5, 1995 1 43
Gigi Fernández (7) Mar 6, 1995 Mar 12, 1995 1 79
Natasha Zvereva (8) Mar 13, 1995 Mar 26, 1995 2 45
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) Mar 27, 1995 Nov 5, 1995 32 38
Gigi Fernández (8) Nov 6, 1995 Nov 12, 1995 1 80
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) Nov 13, 1995 Apr 6, 1997 73 111
Natasha Zvereva (9) Apr 7, 1997 Oct 19, 1997 29 74
9  Lindsay Davenport (USA) Oct 20, 1997 Nov 2, 1997 2 2
Natasha Zvereva (10) Nov 3, 1997 Jan 25, 1998 12 86
Lindsay Davenport (2) Jan 26, 1998 Apr 12, 1998 11 13
Natasha Zvereva (11) Apr 13, 1998 Jun 7, 1998 8 94
10  Martina Hingis (SUI) Jun 8, 1998 Aug 2, 1998 8 8
Jana Novotná (10) Aug 3, 1998 Aug 9, 1998 1 64
Lindsay Davenport (3) Aug 10, 1998 Aug 16, 1998 1 14
Martina Hingis (2) Aug 17, 1998 Oct 25, 1998 10 18
Natasha Zvereva (12) Oct 26, 1998 Nov 1, 1998 1 95
Martina Hingis (3) Nov 2, 1998 Nov 22, 1998 3 21
Natasha Zvereva (13) Nov 23,1998 May 16, 1999 25 120
Jana Novotná (11) May 17, 1999 Jun 6, 1999 3 67
Martina Hingis (4) Jun 7, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 4 25
Natasha Zvereva (14) Jul 5, 1999 Aug 1, 1999 4 124
Martina Hingis (5) Aug 2, 1999 Aug 22, 1999 3 28
Lindsay Davenport (4) Aug 23, 1999 Nov 21, 1999 13 27
11  Anna Kournikova (RUS) Nov 22, 1999 Jan 30, 2000 10 10
Martina Hingis (6) Jan 31, 2000 Mar 19, 2000 7 35
Lindsay Davenport (5) Mar 20, 2000 Apr 2, 2000 2 29
12  Corina Morariu (USA) Apr 3, 2000 Apr 16, 2000 2 2
Lindsay Davenport (6) Apr 17, 2000 May 7, 2000 3 32
Corina Morariu (2) May 8, 2000 Jun 11, 2000 5 7
13  Lisa Raymond (USA) Jun 12, 2000 Aug 20, 2000 10 10
Lisa Raymond (1) Aug 21, 2000 Sep 10, 2000 3 13
14  Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 3
15  Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) Sep 11, 2000 Oct 22, 2000 6 6
16  Ai Sugiyama (JPN) Oct 23, 2000 Oct 29, 2000 1 1
Julie Halard-Decugis (2) Oct 30, 2000 Dec 24, 2000 8 14
Ai Sugiyama (2) Dec 25, 2000 Aug 26, 2001 35 36
Lisa Raymond (2) Aug 27, 2001 Sep 8, 2002 54 67
17  Paola Suárez (ARG) Sep 9, 2002 Aug 3, 2003 47 47
18  Kim Clijsters (BEL) Aug 4, 2003 Aug 10, 2003 1 1
Ai Sugiyama (3) Aug 11, 2003 Aug 17, 2003 1 37
Kim Clijsters (2) Aug 18, 2003 Sep 7, 2003 3 4
19  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) Sep 8, 2003 Sep 14, 2003 1 1
Ai Sugiyama (4) Sep 15, 2003 Nov 9, 2003 8 45
Paola Suárez (2) Nov 10, 2003 Jul 25, 2004 37 84
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Jul 26, 2004 Aug 1, 2004 1 2
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Aug 2, 2004 Aug 22, 2004 3 5
Paola Suárez (3) 87
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Aug 23, 2004 Oct 16, 2005 60 65
20  Cara Black (ZIM) Oct 17, 2005 Feb 5, 2006 16 16
21  Samantha Stosur (AUS) Feb 6, 2006 Jul 6, 2006 22 22
Lisa Raymond (3) Jul 7, 2006 Apr 8, 2007 39 106
Samantha Stosur (1) 61
Lisa Raymond (3) Apr 9, 2007 Jun 10, 2007 9 115
Cara Black (2) Jun 11, 2007 Jun 24, 2007 2 18
Lisa Raymond (4) Jun 25, 2007 Jul 8, 2007 2 117
Cara Black (3) Jul 9, 2007 Nov 11, 2007 18 36
Cara Black (3) Nov 12, 2007 Apr 18, 2010 127 163
22  Liezel Huber (USA) 127
Liezel Huber (1) Apr 19, 2010 Jun 6, 2010 7 134
23  Serena Williams (USA) Jun 7, 2010 Aug 1, 2010 8 8
24  Venus Williams (USA) 8
Liezel Huber (2) Aug 2, 2010 Oct 31, 2010 13 147
25  Gisela Dulko (ARG) Nov 1, 2010 Feb 27, 2011 17 17
Gisela Dulko (1) Feb 28, 2011 Apr 17, 2011 7 24
26  Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 7
Flavia Pennetta (1) Apr 18, 2011 Jul 4, 2011 11 18
27  Květa Peschke (CZE) Jul 4, 2011 Sep 11, 2011 10 10
28  Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 10
Liezel Huber (3) Sep 12, 2011 Apr 22, 2012 32 179
Liezel Huber (3) Apr 23, 2012 Sep 9, 2012 20 199
Lisa Raymond (5) 137
29  Sara Errani (ITA) Sep 10, 2012 Oct 14, 2012 5 5
30  Roberta Vinci (ITA) Oct 15, 2012 Apr 28, 2013 28 28
Roberta Vinci (1) Apr 29, 2013 Feb 16, 2014 42 70
Sara Errani (2) 47
31  Peng Shuai (CHN) Feb 17, 2014 May 11, 2014 12 12
Peng Shuai (1) May 12, 2014 May 18, 2014 1 13
32  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 1
Peng Shuai (1) May 19, 2014 Jun 8, 2014 3 16
Peng Shuai (1) Jun 9, 2014 Jul 6, 2014 4 20
Hsieh Su-wei (2) 5
Roberta Vinci (2) Jul 7, 2014 Apr 12, 2015 40 110
Sara Errani (3) 87
33  Sania Mirza (IND) Apr 13, 2015 Jan 17, 2016 40 40
Sania Mirza (1) Jan 18, 2016 Aug 21, 2016 31 71
Martina Hingis (7) 66
Sania Mirza (1) Aug 22, 2016 Jan 8, 2017 20 91
34  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) Jan 9, 2017 Aug 20, 2017 32 32
35  Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Aug 21, 2017 Oct 1, 2017 6 6
Martina Hingis (8) Oct 2, 2017 Oct 22, 2017 3 69
Martina Hingis (8) Oct 23, 2017 Mar 18, 2018 21 90
36  Latisha Chan (TPE) 21
Latisha Chan (1) Mar 19, 2018 Jun 10, 2018 12 33
37  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Jun 11, 2018 Jul 15, 2018 5 5
38  Elena Vesnina (RUS) 5
39  Tímea Babos (HUN) Jul 16, 2018 Aug 12, 2018 4 4
Latisha Chan (2) Aug 13, 2018 Aug 19, 2018 1 34
Tímea Babos (2) Aug 20, 2018 Oct 21, 2018 9 13
40  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Oct 22, 2018 Jan 13, 2019 12 12
41  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 12
Kateřina Siniaková (1) Jan 14, 2019 Jun 9, 2019 21 33
42  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) Jun 10, 2019 Jul 14, 2019 5 5
43  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) Jul 15, 2019 Oct 6, 2019 12 12
Kristina Mladenovic (2) Oct 7, 2019 Oct 20, 2019 2 7
Barbora Strýcová (2) Oct 21, 2019 Feb 2, 2020 15 27
Hsieh Su-wei (3) Feb 3, 2020 Feb 23, 2020 3 8
Kristina Mladenovic (3) Feb 24, 2020 Mar 1, 2020 1 8
Hsieh Su-wei (4) Mar 2, 2020 Mar 22, 2020 3 11
Rankings frozen
 March 23, 2020 August 23, 2020 22
Hsieh Su-wei (4) Aug 10, 2020 Feb 21, 2021 28 39
44  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) Feb 22, 2021 Apr 4, 2021 6 6
Hsieh Su-wei (5) Apr 5, 2021 May 9, 2021 5 44
45  Elise Mertens (BEL) May 10, 2021 May 16, 2021 1 1
Kristina Mladenovic (4) May 17, 2021 Jun 13, 2021 4 12
Barbora Krejčíková (2) Jun 14, 2021 Jun 11, 2021 4 16
Elise Mertens (2) Jun 12, 2021 Sep 12, 2021 9 10
Hsieh Su-wei (6) Sep 13, 2021 Sep 19, 2021 1 45
Elise Mertens (3) Sep 20, 2021 Sep 26, 2021 1 11
Barbora Krejčíková (3) Sep 27, 2021 Oct 17, 2021 3 19
Elise Mertens (4) Oct 18, 2021 Oct 24, 2021 1 12
Hsieh Su-wei (7) Oct 25, 2021 Oct 31, 2021 1 46
Elise Mertens (5) Nov 1, 2021 Nov 7, 2021 1 13
Hsieh Su-wei (8) Nov 8, 2021 Nov 14, 2021 1 47
Kateřina Siniaková☆ (2) Nov 15, 2021 Present 8 41

Weeks at No. 1
Total weeks
Rank Player Weeks
1  Martina Navratilova (USA) 237
2  Liezel Huber (USA) 199
3  Cara Black (ZIM) 163
4  Lisa Raymond (USA) 137
5  Natasha Zvereva (BLR) 124
6  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 111
7  Roberta Vinci (ITA) 110
8  Sania Mirza (IND) 91
9  Martina Hingis (SUI) 90
10   Sara Errani (ITA) 87
 Paola Suárez (ARG)
12  Gigi Fernández (USA) 80
13  Helena Suková (CZE) 68
14  Jana Novotná (CZE) 67
15  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 65
16  Samantha Stosur (AUS) 61
17  Pam Shriver (USA) 48
18  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 47
19  Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 45
20  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)☆ 41
21  Latisha Chan (TPE) 34
22  Lindsay Davenport (USA) 32
 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
24  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 27
25  Gisela Dulko (ARG) 24
26  Peng Shuai (CHN) 20
27  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 19
28  Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 18
29  Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) 14
30  Tímea Babos (HUN) 13
 Elise Mertens (BEL)
32  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 12
33  Anna Kournikova (RUS) 10
 Květa Peschke (CZE)
 Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
35  Serena Williams (USA) 8
 Venus Williams (USA)
37  Corina Morariu (USA) 7
38  Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 6
 Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
41  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 5
 Elena Vesnina (RUS)
43  Kim Clijsters (BEL) 4
 Larisa Neiland (LAT)
45  Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 3
Consecutive weeks
Consecutive Player
181 Martina Navratilova
145 Cara Black
134 Liezel Huber
91 Sania Mirza
73 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
70 Roberta Vinci
64 Virginia Ruano Pascual
61 Samantha Stosur
54 Lisa Raymond
52 Liezel Huber (2)
48 Lisa Raymond (2)
47 Paola Suárez
44 Pam Shriver
42 Sara Errani
40 Sara Errani (2)
Roberta Vinci (2)
minimum 40 weeks
Key
☆ Current No. 1 player (weeks are automatically updated)
Active streaks and players in bold

as of January 3, 2022[4][5]

Weeks at No. 1 leaders
Weeks leader Date achieved Duration Record
1984–1985 Martina Navratilova September 4, 1984 1 year 27
1985–1986 Pam Shriver September 30, 1985 7 months 44
1986–present Martina Navratilova May 26, 1986 35 years, 6 months 237

Current record in bold.

Year-end No. 1 players

By year

Year Player Team
1984  Martina Navratilova (USA)  Martina Navratilova (USA)
 Pam Shriver (USA)
1985  Pam Shriver (USA) Martina Navratilova (2)
Pam Shriver (2)
1986 Martina Navratilova (2) Martina Navratilova (3)
Pam Shriver (3)
1987* Martina Navratilova (3) Martina Navratilova (4)
Pam Shriver (4)
1988* Martina Navratilova (4) Martina Navratilova (5)
Pam Shriver (5)
1989* Martina Navratilova (5)  Helena Suková (CZE)
 Jana Novotná (CZE)
1990  Helena Suková (CZE) Helena Suková (2)
Jana Novotná (2)
1991  Jana Novotná (CZE)  Gigi Fernández (USA)
Jana Novotná (3)
1992 Helena Suková (2)  Larisa Neiland (LAT)
 Natasha Zvereva (BLR)
1993  Gigi Fernández (USA) Gigi Fernández (2)
Natasha Zvereva (2)
1994  Natasha Zvereva (BLR) Gigi Fernández (3)
Natasha Zvereva (3)
1995  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) Gigi Fernández (4)
Natasha Zvereva (4)
1996* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Jana Novotná (4)
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
1997 Natasha Zvereva (2) Gigi Fernández (5)
Natasha Zvereva (5)
1998 Natasha Zvereva (3)  Martina Hingis (SUI)
Jana Novotná (5)
1999  Anna Kournikova (RUS) Martina Hingis (2)
 Anna Kournikova (RUS)
2000  Ai Sugiyama (JPN)  Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA)
2001  Lisa Raymond (USA)  Lisa Raymond (USA)
 Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
2002  Paola Suárez (ARG)  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
 Paola Suárez (ARG)
2003 Paola Suárez (2) Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Paola Suárez (2)
2004  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) Virginia Ruano Pascual (3)
Paola Suárez (3)
2005  Cara Black (ZIM) Lisa Raymond (2)
 Samantha Stosur (AUS)
2006 Lisa Raymond (2)
 Samantha Stosur (AUS)		 Lisa Raymond (3)
Samantha Stosur (2)
2007 Cara Black (2)
 Liezel Huber (USA)		  Cara Black (ZIM)
 Liezel Huber (USA)
2008* Cara Black (3)
Liezel Huber (2)		 Cara Black (2)
Liezel Huber (2)
2009* Cara Black (4)
Liezel Huber (3)		 Cara Black (3)
Liezel Huber (3)
2010  Gisela Dulko (ARG)  Gisela Dulko (ARG)
 Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
2011 Liezel Huber (4)  Květa Peschke (CZE)
 Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
2012  Roberta Vinci (ITA)  Sara Errani (ITA)
 Roberta Vinci (ITA)
2013*  Sara Errani (ITA)
Roberta Vinci (2)		 Sara Errani (2)
Roberta Vinci (2)
2014 Sara Errani (2)
Roberta Vinci (3)		 Sara Errani (3)
Roberta Vinci (3)
2015  Sania Mirza (IND) Martina Hingis (3)
 Sania Mirza (IND)
2016* Sania Mirza (2)  Caroline Garcia (FRA)
 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
2017  Latisha Chan (TPE)
 Martina Hingis (SUI)		  Latisha Chan (TPE)
Martina Hingis (4)
2018  Barbora Krejčiková (CZE)
 Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)		  Barbora Krejčiková (CZE)
 Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)
2019  Barbora Strýcová (CZE)  Tímea Babos (HUN)
Kristina Mladenovic (2)
2020  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) Tímea Babos (2)
Kristina Mladenovic (3)
2021 Kateřina Siniaková (2) Barbora Krejčiková (2)
Kateřina Siniaková (2)
Key
(n) Year-end No. 1 finishes.
* Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.

Per player

Total
# Player
5 Martina Navratilova
4 Cara Black
Liezel Huber
3 / Natasha Zvereva
Roberta Vinci
2 Helena Suková
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Paola Suárez
Lisa Raymond
Sara Errani
Sania Mirza
Kateřina Siniaková
1 Pam Shriver
Jana Novotná
Gigi Fernández
Anna Kournikova
Ai Sugiyama
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Samantha Stosur
Gisela Dulko
Latisha Chan
Martina Hingis
Barbora Krejčiková
Barbora Strýcová
Hsieh Su-wei
Consecutive
# Player
4 Martina Navratilova
3 Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Roberta Vinci
2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva
Paola Suárez
Sara Errani
Sania Mirza

Per team

Total
# Team
5 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
4 Gigi Fernández
/ Natasha Zvereva
3 Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
2 Helena Suková
Jana Novotná
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
Barbora Krejčiková
Kateřina Siniaková
Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
1 Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná
Larisa Neiland
Natasha Zvereva
Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Martina Hingis
Jana Novotná
Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza
Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic
Latisha Chan
Martina Hingis
Consecutive
# Team
5 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3 Gigi Fernández
/ Natasha Zvereva
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
2 Helena Suková
Jana Novotná
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic

Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam
Player First ranked No. 1 First Grand Slam final First Grand Slam title
Gisela Dulko November 1, 20102011 Australian Open (January 2011) (only final)2011 Australian Open (only title)
Sania Mirza April 13, 20152011 French Open (June 2011) (1st of 4)2015 Wimbledon (1st of 3, still active)

Weeks at No. 1 by country
☆ Current No. 1 player
Active streak in bold
Rank Country Total Players
Players Weeks
1 United States10788Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Corina Morariu, Lisa Raymond, Liezel Huber, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
2 Czechoslovakia  Czech Republic7238Helena Suková, Jana Novotná, Květa Peschke, Lucie Šafářová, Barbora Krejčíková, Kateřina Siniaková☆, Barbora Strýcová
3 Italy3215Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci
4 Spain2176Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Virginia Ruano Pascual
5 Zimbabwe1163Cara Black
6 Belarus2130Natasha Zvereva*, Aryna Sabalenka
7 Argentina2111Paola Suárez, Gisela Dulko
8 India191Sania Mirza
9  Switzerland190Martina Hingis
10 Chinese Taipei281Hsieh Su-wei, Latisha Chan
11 Australia264Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur
12 Japan145Ai Sugiyama
13 France226Julie Halard-Decugis, Kristina Mladenovic
14 China120Peng Shuai
 Russia3Anna Kournikova, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina
16 Belgium217Kim Clijsters, Elise Mertens
17 Hungary113Tímea Babos
18 Slovenia110Katarina Srebotnik
19 Latvia14Larisa Neiland
20 Soviet Union11Natasha Zvereva*

* Belarusian Natasha Zvereva spent one week at number one while playing for the Soviet Union

See also

References
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  2. "WTA Singles Rankings". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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  4. "WTA Press Center – Weeks at No. 1". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
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