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"List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players" redirects here. For doubles players, see List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players .
This article is about WTA number 1 rankings since 1975. For the all-time list, see World number 1 ranked female tennis players .
Aryna Sabalenka , 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 singles 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, 29 women have been ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA, of which 16 have been year-end No. 1.
Aryna Sabalenka is the current singles world 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).
Steffi Graf spent 377 weeks at the top of the WTA ranking, the most of any female player.in bold )
‡ 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
May 10, 1976
Jul 9, 1978
113
138
3
Martina Navratilova USA )
Jul 10, 1978
Jan 13, 1979
26
26
Jan 14, 1979
Jan 27, 1979
2
140
Jan 28, 1979
Feb 24, 1979
4
30
Feb 25, 1979
Apr 15, 1979
7
147
Apr 16, 1979
Jun 24, 1979
10
40
Jun 25, 1979
Sep 9, 1979
11
158
Sep 10, 1979
Apr 6, 1980
31
71
4
Tracy Austin USA )
Apr 7, 1980
Apr 20, 1980
2
2
Apr 21, 1980
Jul 6, 1980
11
82
Jul 7, 1980
Nov 17, 1980
19
21
Nov 18, 1980
May 2, 1982
76
234
May 3, 1982
May 16, 1982
2
84
May 17, 1982
Jun 13, 1982
4
238
Jun 14, 1982
Jun 9, 1985
156
240
Jun 10, 1985
Oct 13, 1985
18
256
Oct 14, 1985
Oct 27, 1985
2
242
Oct 28, 1985
Nov 24, 1985
4
260
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
Aug 5, 1991
Aug 11, 1991
1
187
Aug 12, 1991
Aug 18, 1991
1
22
Aug 19, 1991
Sep 8, 1991
3
190
Sep 9, 1991
Jun 6, 1993
91
113
Jun 7, 1993
Feb 5, 1995
87
277
7
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ESP )
Feb 6, 1995
Feb 19, 1995
2
2
Feb 20, 1995
Feb 26, 1995
1
278
Feb 27, 1995
Apr 9, 1995
6
8
Apr 10, 1995
May 14, 1995
5
283
May 15, 1995
Jun 11, 1995
4
12
Jun 12, 1995
Aug 14, 1995
9
292
Aug 15, 1995
Nov 3, 1996
64
356
177
Nov 4, 1996
Nov 17, 1996
2
358
Nov 18, 1996
Nov 24, 1996
1
359
178
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
Feb 8, 1999
Jul 4, 1999
21
101
Jul 5, 1999
Aug 8, 1999
5
22
Aug 9, 1999
Apr 2, 2000
34
135
Apr 3, 2000
May 7, 2000
5
27
May 8, 2000
May 14, 2000
1
136
May 15, 2000
May 21, 2000
1
28
May 22, 2000
Oct 14, 2001
73
209
10
Jennifer Capriati USA )
Oct 15, 2001
Nov 4, 2001
3
3
Nov 5, 2001
Jan 13, 2002
10
38
Jan 14, 2002
Feb 24, 2002
6
9
11
Venus Williams USA )
Feb 25, 2002
Mar 17, 2002
3
3
Mar 18, 2002
Apr 21, 2002
5
14
Apr 22, 2002
May 19, 2002
4
7
May 20, 2002
Jun 9, 2002
3
17
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
Oct 27, 2003
Nov 9, 2003
2
12
Nov 10, 2003
Sep 12, 2004
44
45
15
Amélie Mauresmo FRA )
Sep 13, 2004
Oct 17, 2004
5
5
Oct 18, 2004
Aug 21, 2005
44
82
16
Maria Sharapova RUS )
Aug 22, 2005
Aug 28, 2005
1
1
Aug 29, 2005
Sep 11, 2005
2
84
Sep 12, 2005
Oct 23, 2005
6
7
Oct 24, 2005
Jan 29, 2006
14
98
Jan 30, 2006
Mar 19, 2006
7
19
Mar 20, 2006
Nov 12, 2006
34
39
Nov 13, 2006
Jan 28, 2007
11
56
Jan 29, 2007
Mar 18, 2007
7
14
Mar 19, 2007
May 18, 2008
61
117
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
Aug 18, 2008
Sep 7, 2008
3
12
Sep 8, 2008
Oct 5, 2008
4
61
Oct 6, 2008
Feb 1, 2009
17
18
Feb 2, 2009
Apr 19, 2009
11
72
19
Dinara Safina RUS )
Apr 20, 2009
Oct 11, 2009
25
25
Oct 12, 2009
Oct 25, 2009
2
74
Oct 26, 2009
Nov 1, 2009
1
26
Nov 2, 2009
Oct 10, 2010
49
123
20
Caroline Wozniacki DEN )
Oct 11, 2010
Feb 13, 2011
18
18
Feb 14, 2011
Feb 20, 2011
1
20
Feb 21, 2011
Jan 29, 2012
49
67
21
Victoria Azarenka BLR )
Jan 30, 2012
Jun 10, 2012
19
19
Jun 11, 2012
Jul 8, 2012
4
21
Jul 9, 2012
Feb 17, 2013
32
51
Feb 18, 2013
Sep 11, 2016
186
309
22
Angelique Kerber GER )
Sep 12, 2016
Jan 29, 2017
20
20
Jan 30, 2017
Mar 19, 2017
7
316
Mar 20, 2017
Apr 23, 2017
5
25
Apr 24, 2017
May 14, 2017
3
319
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
Jan 29, 2018
Feb 25, 2018
4
71
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
Aug 12, 2019
Sep 8, 2019
4
25
Sep 9, 2019
Mar 22, 2020
28
35
Rankings frozen
Mar 23, 2020
Aug 9, 2020
20
Aug 10, 2020
Apr 3, 2022
86
121
28
Iga Świątek POL )
Apr 4, 2022
Sep 10, 2023
75
75
29
Aryna Sabalenka Sep 11, 2023
Nov 5, 2023
8
8
Nov 6, 2023
Oct 20, 2024
50
125
Oct 21, 2024
Present
9
17
^ 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.
Weeks at No. 1
* Current No. 1 player (weeks are automatically updated).
Active players in bold .
Weeks are updated automatically.
2012 WTA Tour Official Guide , page 177.
Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline
Current record in bold .
No. 1 leaders timeline
Year-end No. 1 players
The source for this through to 2012 is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide , page 178.
* Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the entire calendar year.
By year
By year (continued)
Per player
Players who became No. 1 before having won a major tournament
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, still active)
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)
Time span between first and last dates No. 1 was held
Current No. 1 player (date and age are updated automatically).
Active players and age records indicated in bold .
Time span
Player
First held No. 1
Last held No. 1
Date
Age
Date
Age
14 years, 310 days
Serena Williams
Jul 8, 2002
20 years, 285 days
May 14, 2017
35 years, 230 days
10 years, 21 days
Chris Evert
Nov 3, 1975
20 years, 317 days
Nov 24, 1985
30 years, 338 days
9 years, 225 days
Steffi Graf
Aug 17, 1987
18 years, 64 days
Mar 30, 1997
27 years, 289 days
9 years, 37 days
Martina Navratilova
Jul 10, 1978
21 years, 265 days
Aug 16, 1987
30 years, 302 days
7 years, 193 days
Kim Clijsters
Aug 11, 2003
20 years, 64 days
Feb 20, 2011
27 years, 257 days
7 years, 137 days
Caroline Wozniacki Oct 11, 2010
20 years, 92 days
Feb 25, 2018
27 years, 229 days
7 years, 109 days
Lindsay Davenport
Oct 12, 1998
22 years, 126 days
Jan 29, 2006
29 years, 235 days
6 years, 321 days
Maria Sharapova
Aug 22, 2005
18 years, 125 days
Jul 8, 2012
25 years, 80 days
5 years, 258 days
Monica Seles
Mar 11, 1991
17 years, 99 days
Nov 24, 1996
22 years, 358 days
4 years, 211 days
Justine Henin
Oct 20, 2003
21 years, 141 days
May 18, 2008
25 years, 352 days
4 years, 197 days
Martina Hingis
Mar 31, 1997
16 years, 182 days
Oct 14, 2001
21 years, 14 days
2 years, 283 days
Ashleigh Barty
Jun 24, 2019
23 years, 61 days
Apr 3, 2022
25 years, 344 days
2 years, 199 days
Iga Świątek Apr 4, 2022
20 years, 308 days
Oct 20, 2024
23 years, 142 days
2 years, 60 days
Amélie Mauresmo
Sep 13, 2004
25 years, 70 days
Nov 12, 2006
27 years, 130 days
1 year, 110 days
Simona Halep Oct 9, 2017
26 years, 12 days
Jan 27, 2019
27 years, 122 days
1 year, 100 days
Aryna Sabalenka Sep 11, 2023
25 years, 129 days
December 20, 2024
26 years, 229 days
1 year, 18 days
Victoria Azarenka Jan 30, 2012
22 years, 183 days
Feb 17, 2013
23 years, 201 days
307 days
Angelique Kerber
Sep 12, 2016
28 years, 238 days
Jul 16, 2017
29 years, 179 days
237 days
Jennifer Capriati
Oct 15, 2001
25 years, 200 days
Jun 9, 2002
26 years, 72 days
224 days
Tracy Austin
Apr 7, 1980
17 years, 117 days
Nov 17, 1980
17 years, 341 days
223 days
Naomi Osaka Jan 28, 2019
21 years, 104 days
Sep 8, 2019
21 years, 327 days
195 days
Dinara Safina
Apr 20, 2009
22 years, 358 days
Nov 1, 2009
23 years, 188 days
174 days
Jelena Janković
Aug 11, 2008
23 years, 165 days
Feb 1, 2009
23 years, 339 days
132 days
Venus Williams Feb 25, 2002
21 years, 253 days
Jul 7, 2002
22 years, 20 days
125 days
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Feb 6, 1995
23 years, 50 days
Jun 11, 1995
23 years, 175 days
90 days
Ana Ivanovic
Jun 9, 2008
20 years, 216 days
Sep 7, 2008
20 years, 306 days
55 days
Karolína Plíšková Jul 17, 2017
25 years, 118 days
Sep 10, 2017
25 years, 173 days
27 days
Garbiñe Muguruza
Sep 11, 2017
23 years, 338 days
Oct 8, 2017
24 years, 0 days
13 days
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Apr 26, 1976
24 years, 270 days
May 9, 1976
24 years, 283 days
Weeks at No. 1 by decade
Current No. 1 player indicated in italic .
1970s*
* — Starting November 1975
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
WTA rankings were frozen from March 23, 2020 to August 9, 2020.
Stats are automatically updated on Mondays (UTC).
Weeks at No. 1 by country
Current No. 1 player indicated in bold .
Weeks
Country
Players
1,123
United States Chris Evert , Martina Navratilova , Tracy Austin , Monica Seles *, Lindsay Davenport , Jennifer Capriati , Venus Williams , Serena Williams
411
Germany Steffi Graf , Angelique Kerber
209
Switzerland Martina Hingis
143
Yugoslavia /Serbia Monica Seles*, Ana Ivanovic , Jelena Janković
137
Belgium Kim Clijsters , Justine Henin
125
Poland Iga Świątek
123
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley , Ashleigh Barty
71
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
64
Romania Simona Halep
51
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
47
Russia Maria Sharapova , Dinara Safina
39
France Amélie Mauresmo
25
Japan Naomi Osaka
16
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Garbiñe Muguruza
8
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Weeks are updated automatically.
See also
Notes
^ WTA announced that until further notice, players from Russia and Belarus would not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . Aryna Sabalenka thus competed under no nationality during this time and her tenure as number 1 is not attributed to Belarus in the "Weeks at No. 1 by country" table.
References
"Aryna Sabalenka and Katerina Siniakova secure WTA Year-End No.1 rankings" . wtatennis.com . November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.^ "2012 WTA Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2012.
"WTA Singles Rankings" . Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014."Seles is back in the limelight" . The Irish Times "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis" . wtatennis.com . March 1, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2023."WTA Press Center – Weeks at No. 1" . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012."WTA Notes & Netcords" . Archived from the original on January 17, 2012.
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Chris Evert (USA)
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Monica Seles (YUG)
Monica Seles (3)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
Martina Hingis (SUI)
Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Amélie Mauresmo (FRA)
Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Karolína Plíšková (CZE)
Simona Halep (ROU)
Naomi Osaka (JPN)
Iga Świątek (POL)
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