List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players

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Iga Świątek, currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles

The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 28 women have been ranked No. 1 by the WTA, of which 14 have been year-end No. 1.

WTA No. 1 ranked singles 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]

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Steffi Graf spent 377 weeks at the top of the WTA ranking, the most of any player.

WTA rankings record.

Current World No. 1 (weeks are automatically updated).

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 (GER)	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)	Aug 15, 1995	Nov 3, 1996	64	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)	Nov 18, 1996	Nov 24, 1996	1	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	Apr 3, 2022	86	121
28	Iga Świątek (POL)	Apr 4, 2022	Present	0	0

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Weeks at No. 1

Total

#	Player	Weeks
1	Steffi Graf	377
2	Martina Navratilova	332
3	Serena Williams	319
4	Chris Evert	260
5	Martina Hingis	209
6	/ Monica Seles	178
7	Ashleigh Barty	121
8	Justine Henin	117
9	Lindsay Davenport	98
10	Caroline Wozniacki	71
11	Simona Halep	64
12	Victoria Azarenka	51
13	Amélie Mauresmo	39
14	Angelique Kerber	34
15	Dinara Safina	26
16	Naomi Osaka	25
17	Tracy Austin	21
17	Maria Sharapova	21
19	Kim Clijsters	20
20	Jelena Janković	18
21	Jennifer Capriati	17
22	Iga Świątek	0
23	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	12
23	Ana Ivanovic	12
25	Venus Williams	11
26	Karolína Plíšková	8
27	Garbiñe Muguruza	4
28	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	2
	active players – current no. 1 in bold.

Consecutive

#	Player	Weeks
1	Steffi Graf	186
1	Serena Williams	186
3	Martina Navratilova	156
4	Ashleigh Barty	114
5	Chris Evert	113
6	Steffi Graf (2)	94
7	Monica Seles	91
8	Martina Navratilova (2)	90
9	Steffi Graf (3)	87
10	Martina Hingis	80
11	Chris Evert (2)	76
12	Martina Hingis (2)	73
13	Monica Seles (2)	64
14	Justine Henin	61
15	Serena Williams (2)	57
16	Serena Williams (3)	49
16	Caroline Wozniacki	49
18	Simona Halep	48
19	Justine Henin (2)	44
19	Lindsay Davenport	44
	current streak in bold.

Weeks are updated automatically.^[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 timeline

Year span	Leader	Date achieved	Duration	Record
1975–1985	Chris Evert	3 November 1975	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	238
1985–1985	Martina Navratilova	27 May 1985	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	240
1985–1986	Chris Evert	24 June 1985	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	260
1986–1996	Martina Navratilova	31 March 1986	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	332
1996–present	Steffi Graf	21 May 1996	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	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)

*	Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.

Per player

Total

#	Player
8	Steffi Graf
7	Martina Navratilova
5	Chris Evert
5	Serena Williams
4	Lindsay Davenport
3	/ Monica Seles
	Martina Hingis
	Justine Henin
	Ashleigh Barty
2	Caroline Wozniacki
2	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 title

Player	First ranked No. 1	First Grand Slam final	First Grand Slam title
Kim Clijsters	August 11, 2003	2001 French Open (June 2001) (1st of 8)	2005 US Open (1st of 4, retired in 2022)
Amélie Mauresmo	September 13, 2004	1999 Australian Open (January 1999) (1st of 3)	2006 Australian Open (1st of 2, retired in 2009)
Jelena Janković	August 11, 2008	2008 US Open (September 2008) (only final)	None (retired in 2017)
Dinara Safina	April 20, 2009	2008 French Open (June 2008) (1st of 3)	None (retired in 2014)
Caroline Wozniacki	October 11, 2010	2009 US Open (September 2009) (1st of 3)	2018 Australian Open (only title, retired in 2020)
Karolína Plíšková	July 17, 2017	2016 US Open (September 2016) (1st of 2)	None (still active)
Simona Halep	October 9, 2017	2014 French Open (June 2014) (1st of 5)	2018 French Open (1st of 2, still active)

Weeks at No. 1 by decade

1970s*

* — Starting November 1975

158

Evert

57	Navratilova

2	Goolagong Cawley

1980s

275	Navratilova

124

Graf

102

Evert

21

Austin

1990s

253

Graf

178

Seles

122

Hingis

22

Davenport

12	Sanchez-Vicario

2000s

117

Henin

87

Hingis

83	S Williams

76

39

26

19

18

17	Capriati, Sharapova

12

Ivanovic

11	V Williams

2010s

236	S Williams

71

64

51

34

25

24

8

4	Muguruza, Sharapova

1

Clijsters

2020s

WTA rankings were frozen from March 23, 2020 to August 9, 2020.

97

Barty

0

Świątek

* Stats are automatically updated on Mondays (UTC).

Weeks at No. 1 by country

Current no. 1 player indicated in bold.

Rank	Country	Total		Players
Rank	Country	Players	Weeks	Players
1	United States	8	1,123	Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles*, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams
2	Germany	2	411	Steffi Graf, Angelique Kerber
3	Switzerland	1	209	Martina Hingis
4	// Yugoslavia/Serbia	3	143	Monica Seles*, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković
5	Belgium	2	137	Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin
6	Australia	2	123	Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Ashleigh Barty
7	Denmark	1	71	Caroline Wozniacki
8	Romania	1	64	Simona Halep
9	Belarus	1	51	Victoria Azarenka
10	Russia	2	47	Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina
11	France	1	39	Amélie Mauresmo
12	Japan	1	25	Naomi Osaka
13	Spain	2	16	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Garbiñe Muguruza
14	Poland	1	0	Iga Świątek
15	Czech Republic	1	8	Karolína Plíšková

Weeks are updated automatically.
* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.

References

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List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players

Contents

WTA No. 1 ranked singles players

Weeks at No. 1

Total

Consecutive

Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline

Year-end No. 1 players

By year

Per player

Total

Consecutive

Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam title

Weeks at No. 1 by decade

1970s*

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Weeks at No. 1 by country

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