List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players

This article is about number-one ranked players since 1975. For the all-time list, see World number 1 women tennis players.
Angelique Kerber, currently ranked world No. 1 in women's singles tennis.
Sania Mirza, currently ranked world No. 1 in women's doubles.

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 computerized rankings on November 3, 1975, 22 women have reached the highest singles ranking and 33 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.

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, the most of any player.
New
no. 1
Country Player Start date End date Weeks
series total
1
 USA Chris Evert (1) Nov 3, 1975 Apr 25, 1976 25 25
2
 AUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1) Apr 26, 1976 May 9, 1976 2 2
 USA Chris Evert (2) May 10, 1976 Jul 9, 1978 113 138
3
 USA Martina Navratilova (1) Jul 10, 1978 Jan 13, 1979 26 26
 USA Chris Evert (3) Jan 14, 1979 Jan 27, 1979 2 140
 USA Martina Navratilova (2) Jan 28, 1979 Feb 24, 1979 4 30
 USA Chris Evert (4) Feb 25, 1979 Apr 15, 1979 7 147
 USA Martina Navratilova (3) Apr 16, 1979 Jun 24, 1979 10 40
 USA Chris Evert (5) Jun 25, 1979 Sep 9, 1979 11 158
 USA Martina Navratilova (4) Sep 10, 1979 Apr 6, 1980 31 71
4
 USA Tracy Austin (1) Apr 7, 1980 Apr 20, 1980 2 2
 USA Martina Navratilova (5) Apr 21, 1980 Jul 6, 1980 11 82
 USA Tracy Austin (2) Jul 7, 1980 Nov 17, 1980 19 21
 USA Chris Evert (6) Nov 18, 1980 May 2, 1982 76 234
 USA Martina Navratilova (6) May 3, 1982 May 16, 1982 2 84
 USA Chris Evert (7) May 17, 1982 Jun 13, 1982 4 238
 USA Martina Navratilova (7) Jun 14, 1982 Jun 9, 1985 156 240
 USA Chris Evert (8) Jun 10, 1985 Oct 13, 1985 18 256
 USA Martina Navratilova (8) Oct 14, 1985 Oct 27, 1985 2 242
 USA Chris Evert (9) Oct 28, 1985 Nov 24, 1985 4 260
 USA Martina Navratilova (9) Nov 25, 1985 Aug 16, 1987 90 332
5
Germany GER Steffi Graf (1) Aug 17, 1987 Mar 10, 1991 186 186
6
 YUG Monica Seles (1) Mar 11, 1991 Aug 4, 1991 21 21
 GER Steffi Graf (2) Aug 5, 1991 Aug 11, 1991 1 187
 YUG Monica Seles (2) [n 1] Aug 12, 1991 Aug 18, 1991 1 22
 GER Steffi Graf (3) Aug 19, 1991 Sep 8, 1991 3 190
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/ YUG Monica Seles (3) Sep 9, 1991 Jun 6, 1993 91 113
 GER Steffi Graf (4) Jun 7, 1993 Feb 5, 1995 87 277
7
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1) Feb 6, 1995 Feb 19, 1995 2 2
 GER Steffi Graf (5) Feb 20, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 1 278
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Feb 27, 1995 Apr 9, 1995 6 8
 GER Steffi Graf (6) Apr 10, 1995 May 14, 1995 5 283
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) May 15, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 4 12
 GER Steffi Graf (7) Jun 12, 1995 Aug 14, 1995 9 292
 GER
 USA
Steffi Graf (7)
Monica Seles[n 1] (4)
Aug 15, 1995 Nov 3, 1996 64 356
177
 GER Steffi Graf (7) Nov 4, 1996 Nov 17, 1996 2 358
 GER
 USA
Steffi Graf (7)
Monica Seles (5)
Nov 18, 1996 Nov 24, 1996 1 359
178
 GER Steffi Graf (7) Nov 25, 1996 Mar 30, 1997 18 377
8
  SUI Martina Hingis (1) Mar 31, 1997 Oct 11, 1998 80 80
9
 USA Lindsay Davenport (1) Oct 12, 1998 Feb 7, 1999 17 17
  SUI Martina Hingis (2) Feb 8, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 21 101
 USA Lindsay Davenport (2) Jul 5, 1999 Aug 8, 1999 5 22
  SUI Martina Hingis (3) Aug 9, 1999 Apr 2, 2000 34 135
 USA Lindsay Davenport (3) Apr 3, 2000 May 7, 2000 5 27
  SUI Martina Hingis (4) May 8, 2000 May 14, 2000 1 136
 USA Lindsay Davenport (4) May 15, 2000 May 21, 2000 1 28
  SUI Martina Hingis (5) May 22, 2000 Oct 14, 2001 73 209
10
 USA Jennifer Capriati (1) Oct 15, 2001 Nov 4, 2001 3 3
 USA Lindsay Davenport (5) Nov 5, 2001 Jan 13, 2002 10 38
 USA Jennifer Capriati (2) Jan 14, 2002 Feb 24, 2002 6 9
11
 USA Venus Williams (1) Feb 25, 2002 Mar 17, 2002 3 3
 USA Jennifer Capriati (3) Mar 18, 2002 Apr 21, 2002 5 14
 USA Venus Williams (2) Apr 22, 2002 May 19, 2002 4 7
 USA Jennifer Capriati (4) May 20, 2002 Jun 9, 2002 3 17
 USA Venus Williams (3) Jun 10, 2002 Jul 7, 2002 4 11
12
 USA Serena Williams (1) Jul 8, 2002 Aug 10, 2003 57 57
13
 BEL Kim Clijsters (1) Aug 11, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 10 10
14
 BEL Justine Henin (1) Oct 20, 2003 Oct 26, 2003 1 1
 BEL Kim Clijsters (2) Oct 27, 2003 Nov 9, 2003 2 12
 BEL Justine Henin (2) Nov 10, 2003 Sep 12, 2004 44 45
15
 FRA Amélie Mauresmo (1) Sep 13, 2004 Oct 17, 2004 5 5
 USA Lindsay Davenport (6) Oct 18, 2004 Aug 21, 2005 44 82
16
 RUS Maria Sharapova (1) Aug 22, 2005 Aug 28, 2005 1 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport (7) Aug 29, 2005 Sep 11, 2005 2 84
 RUS Maria Sharapova (2) Sep 12, 2005 Oct 23, 2005 6 7
 USA Lindsay Davenport (8) Oct 24, 2005 Jan 29, 2006 14 98
 BEL Kim Clijsters (3) Jan 30, 2006 Mar 19, 2006 7 19
 FRA Amélie Mauresmo (2) Mar 20, 2006 Nov 12, 2006 34 39
 BEL Justine Henin (3) Nov 13, 2006 Jan 28, 2007 11 56
 RUS Maria Sharapova (3) Jan 29, 2007 Mar 18, 2007 7 14
 BEL Justine Henin (4) Mar 19, 2007 May 18, 2008 61 117
 RUS Maria Sharapova (4) May 19, 2008 Jun 8, 2008 3 17
17
 SRB Ana Ivanovic (1) Jun 9, 2008 Aug 10, 2008 9 9
18
 SRB Jelena Janković (1) Aug 11, 2008 Aug 17, 2008 1 1
 SRB Ana Ivanovic (2) Aug 18, 2008 Sep 7, 2008 3 12
 USA Serena Williams (2) Sep 8, 2008 Oct 5, 2008 4 61
 SRB Jelena Janković (2) Oct 6, 2008 Feb 1, 2009 17 18
 USA Serena Williams (3) Feb 2, 2009 Apr 19, 2009 11 72
19
 RUS Dinara Safina (1) Apr 20, 2009 Oct 11, 2009 25 25
 USA Serena Williams (4) Oct 12, 2009 Oct 25, 2009 2 74
 RUS Dinara Safina (2) Oct 26, 2009 Nov 1, 2009 1 26
 USA Serena Williams (5) Nov 2, 2009 Oct 10, 2010 49 123
20
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (1) Oct 11, 2010 Feb 13, 2011 18 18
 BEL Kim Clijsters (4) Feb 14, 2011 Feb 20, 2011 1 20
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (2) Feb 21, 2011 Jan 29, 2012 49 67
21
 BLR Victoria Azarenka (1) Jan 30, 2012 Jun 10, 2012 19 19
 RUS Maria Sharapova (5) Jun 11, 2012 Jul 8, 2012 4 21
 BLR Victoria Azarenka (2) Jul 9, 2012 Feb 17, 2013 32 51
 USA Serena Williams (6) Feb 18, 2013 Sep 11, 2016 186 309
22  GER Angelique Kerber (1) Sep 12, 2016 Present 12 12
Key
Open-era record
* Current No. 1 player as of November 28, 2016
Note
  1. 1 2 Monica Seles was stabbed by a spectator during a WTA tournament match on 30 April 1993. 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

RankNat. PlayerWeeks
1. Germany Steffi Graf 377
2. United States Martina Navratilova 332
3. United States Serena Williams 309
4. United States Chris Evert 260
5. Switzerland Martina Hingis 209
6. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 178
7. Belgium Justine Henin 117
8. United States Lindsay Davenport 98
9. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 67
10. Belarus Victoria Azarenka 51
11. France Amélie Mauresmo 39
12. Russia Dinara Safina 26
13. United States Tracy Austin 21
Russia Maria Sharapova
15. Belgium Kim Clijsters 20
16. Serbia Jelena Janković 18
17. United States Jennifer Capriati 17
18. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 12
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Germany Angelique Kerber
21. United States Venus Williams 11
22.Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2
* active players - current No. 1 in bold

Consecutive

RankNat. PlayerWeeks
1. Germany Steffi Graf 186
United States Serena Williams
3. United States Martina Navratilova 156
4. United States Chris Evert 113
5. Germany Steffi Graf (2) 94
6. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 91
7. United States Martina Navratilova (2) 90
8. Germany Steffi Graf (3) 87
9. Switzerland Martina Hingis 80
10. United States Chris Evert (2) 76
11. Switzerland Martina Hingis (2) 73
12 United States Monica Seles (2) 64
13. Belgium Justine Henin 61
14. United States Serena Williams (2) 57
15. United States Serena Williams (3) 49
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
17. Belgium Justine Henin (2) 44
United States Lindsay Davenport
19. Switzerland Martina Hingis (3) 34
France Amélie Mauresmo
* active players - current streak in bold

As of week of: November 28, 2016.[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 by country

Rank Country Number of Players
players weeks
1. United States81111Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams
2. Germany2389Steffi Graf, Angelique Kerber
3.  Switzerland1209Martina Hingis
4.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia
 Serbia
3143Monica Seles*, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković
5. Belgium2137Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin
6. Denmark167Caroline Wozniacki
7. Belarus151Victoria Azarenka
8. Russia247Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina
9. France139Amélie Mauresmo
10. Spain112Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
11. Australia12Evonne Goolagong Cawley

As of November 28, 2016

* Note that Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.

Year-end No. 1 players

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

Per player

Country Player Fq.
Germany GER Steffi Graf8
United States USAMartina Navratilova7
United States USAChris Evert5
United States USASerena Williams
United States USALindsay Davenport4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG/United States USAMonica Seles3
Switzerland SUIMartina Hingis
Belgium BELJustine Henin
Denmark DENCaroline Wozniacki2
Serbia SRBJelena Janković1
Belarus BLRVictoria Azarenka
Germany GER Angelique Kerber

Per year

Year Country Player
1975 United States USA (1) Chris Evert
1976 United States USA Chris Evert (2)
1977 United States USA Chris Evert (3)
1978 United States USA (2) Martina Navratilova
1979 United States USA Martina Navratilova (2)
1980 United States USA Chris Evert (4)
1981 United States USA Chris Evert (5)
1982 United States USA Martina Navratilova (3)
1983 United States USA Martina Navratilova (4)
1984 United States USA Martina Navratilova (5)
1985 United States USA Martina Navratilova (6)
1986 United States USA Martina Navratilova (7)
1987 West Germany GER (3) Steffi Graf
1988 West Germany GER Steffi Graf (2)
1989 West Germany GER Steffi Graf (3)
1990 Germany GER Steffi Graf (4)
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG (4) Monica Seles
1992 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Monica Seles (2)
1993 Germany GER Steffi Graf (5)
1994 Germany GER Steffi Graf (6)
1995 Germany GER
United States USA
Steffi Graf (7)
Monica Seles (3)
1996 Germany GER Steffi Graf (8)
1997 Switzerland SUI (5) Martina Hingis
1998 United States USA (6) Lindsay Davenport
1999 Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis (2)

2000 Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis (3)
2001 United States USA Lindsay Davenport (2)
2002 United States USA (7) Serena Williams
2003 Belgium BEL (8) Justine Henin
2004 United States USA Lindsay Davenport (3)
2005 United States USA Lindsay Davenport (4)
2006 Belgium BEL Justine Henin (2)
2007 Belgium BEL Justine Henin (3)
2008 Serbia SRB (9) Jelena Janković
2009 United States USA Serena Williams (2)
2010 Denmark DEN (10) Caroline Wozniacki
2011 Denmark DEN Caroline Wozniacki (2)
2012 Belarus BLR (11) Victoria Azarenka[6]
2013 United States USA Serena Williams (3)
2014 United States USA Serena Williams (4)
2015 United States USA Serena Williams (5)
2016 Germany GER (12) Angelique Kerber[7]
No. 1 every week of the year

Players who were ranked world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament

Player Date of first No. 1 position First Grand Slam final reached First Grand Slam title
Belgium Kim Clijsters August 11, 20032001 French Open (June, 2001)2005 US Open (1st of 4)
France Amélie Mauresmo September 13, 20041999 Australian Open (January, 1999)2006 Australian Open (1st of 2)
Serbia Jelena Janković August 11, 20082008 US Open (September, 2008) none (still active)
Russia Dinara Safina April 20, 20092008 French Open (June, 2008) (1st of 3) none (retired in 2014)
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki October 11, 20102009 US Open (September, 2009) (1st of 2) none (still active)

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
New
nr. 1
Country Player Start date End date Weeks
series total
1  USA Martina Navratilova (1) September 4, 1984 Mar 17, 1985 27 27
2  USA Pam Shriver (1) Mar 18, 1985 Jan 19, 1986 44 44
 USA Martina Navratilova (2) Jan 20, 1986 Jul 20, 1986 26 53
 USA Pam Shriver (2) Jul 21, 1986 Aug 17, 1986 4 48
 USA Martina Navratilova (3) Aug 18, 1986 Feb 4, 1990 181 234
3  TCH Helena Suková (1) Feb 5, 1990 Feb 18, 1990 2 2
 USA Martina Navratilova (4) Feb 19, 1990 Mar 4, 1990 2 236
 TCH Helena Suková (2) Mar 5, 1990 May 6, 1990 9 11
 USA Martina Navratilova (5) May 7, 1990 May 13, 1990 1 237
 TCH Helena Suková (3) May 14, 1990 Aug 26, 1990 15 26
4  TCH Jana Novotná (1) Aug 27, 1990 Oct 14, 1990 7 7
 TCH Helena Suková (4) Oct 15, 1990 Feb 17, 1991 18 44
 TCH Jana Novotná (2) Feb 18, 1991 March 3, 1991 2 9
5  USA Gigi Fernández (1) March 4, 1991 March 10, 1991 1 1
 TCH Jana Novotná (3) March 11, 1991 March 31, 1991 3 12
 USA Gigi Fernández (2) Apr 1, 1991 Apr 7, 1991 1 2
 TCH Helena Suková (5) Apr 8, 1991 Jun 9, 1991 9 53
 USA Gigi Fernández (3) Jun 10, 1991 Sept 8, 1991 13 15
 CZE Jana Novotná (4) Sept 9, 1991 Oct 6, 1991 4 16
6  URS Natasha Zvereva (1) Oct 7, 1991 Oct 13, 1991 1 1
 CZE Jana Novotná (5) Oct 14, 1991 Jan 26, 1992 15 31
7  LAT Larisa Neiland (1) Jan 27, 1992 Feb 2, 1992 1 1
 CZE Jana Novotná (6) Feb 3, 1992 Feb 16, 1992 2 33
 LAT Larisa Neiland (2) Feb 17, 1992 Feb 23, 1992 1 2
 CZE Jana Novotná (7) Feb 24, 1992 Mar 22, 1992 4 37
 LAT Larisa Neiland (3) Mar 23, 1992 Apr 5, 1992 2 4
 CZE Jana Novotná (8) Apr 6, 1992 Jun 14, 1992 11 48
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (2) Jun 15, 1992 Jun 21, 1992 1 2
 CZE Jana Novotná (9) Jun 22, 1992 Oct 11, 1992 15 63
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (3) Oct 12, 1992 Oct 18, 1992 1 3
8  ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1) Oct 19, 1992 Nov 15, 1992 4 4
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (4) Nov 16, 1992 Nov 22, 1992 1 4
 CZE Helena Suková (6) Nov 23, 1992 Jan 10, 1993 7 60
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (5) Jan 11, 1993 Apr 4, 1993 12 16
 USA Gigi Fernández (4) Apr 5, 1993 Sep 12, 1993 23 38
 CZE Helena Suková (7) Sep 13, 1993 Oct 31, 1993 7 67
 USA Gigi Fernández (5) Nov 1, 1993 Nov 14, 1993 2 40
 CZE Helena Suková (8) Nov 15, 1993 Nov 21, 1993 1 68
 USA Gigi Fernández (6) Nov 22, 1993 Aug 14, 1994 38 78
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (6) Aug 15, 1994 Feb 12, 1995 26 42
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) Feb 13, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 2 6
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (7) Feb 27, 1995 Mar 5, 1995 1 43
 USA Gigi Fernández (7) Mar 6, 1995 Mar 12, 1995 1 79
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (8) Mar 13, 1995 Mar 26, 1995 2 45
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) Mar 27, 1995 Nov 5, 1995 32 38
 USA Gigi Fernández (8) Nov 6, 1995 Nov 12, 1995 1 80
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) Nov 13, 1995 Apr 6, 1997 73 111
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (9) Apr 7, 1997 Oct 19, 1997 29 74
9  USA Lindsay Davenport (1) Oct 20, 1997 Nov 2, 1997 2 2
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (10) Nov 3, 1997 Jan 25, 1998 12 86
 USA Lindsay Davenport (2) Jan 26, 1998 Apr 12, 1998 11 13
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (11) Apr 13, 1998 Jun 7, 1998 8 94
10   SUI Martina Hingis (1) Jun 8, 1998 Aug 2, 1998 8 8
 CZE Jana Novotná (10) Aug 3, 1998 Aug 9, 1998 1 64
 USA Lindsay Davenport (3) Aug 10, 1998 Aug 16, 1998 1 14
  SUI Martina Hingis (2) Aug 17, 1998 Oct 25, 1998 10 18
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (12) Oct 26, 1998 Nov 1, 1998 1 95
  SUI Martina Hingis (3) Nov 2, 1998 Nov 22, 1998 3 21
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (13) Nov 23,1998 May 16, 1999 25 120
 CZE Jana Novotná (11) May 17, 1999 Jun 6, 1999 3 67
  SUI Martina Hingis (4) Jun 7, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 4 25
 BLR Natasha Zvereva (14) Jul 5, 1999 Aug 1, 1999 4 124
  SUI Martina Hingis (5) Aug 2, 1999 Aug 22, 1999 3 28
 USA Lindsay Davenport (4) Aug 23, 1999 Nov 21, 1999 13 27
11  RUS Anna Kournikova (1) Nov 22, 1999 Jan 30, 2000 10 10
  SUI Martina Hingis (6) Jan 31, 2000 Mar 19, 2000 7 35
 USA Lindsay Davenport (5) Mar 20, 2000 Apr 2, 2000 2 29
12  USA Corina Morariu (1) Apr 3, 2000 Apr 16, 2000 2 2
 USA Lindsay Davenport (6) Apr 17, 2000 May 7, 2000 3 32
 USA Corina Morariu (2) May 8, 2000 Jun 11, 2000 5 7
13  USA Lisa Raymond (1) Jun 12, 2000 Aug 20, 2000 10 10

14
 USA
 AUS
Lisa Raymond (1)
Rennae Stubbs (1)
Aug 21, 2000 Sep 10, 2000 3 13
3
15  FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (1) Sep 11, 2000 Oct 22, 2000 6 6
16  JPN Ai Sugiyama (1) Oct 23, 2000 Oct 29, 2000 1 1
 FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (2) Oct 30, 2000 Dec 24, 2000 8 14
 JPN Ai Sugiyama (2) Dec 25, 2000 Aug 26, 2001 35 36
 USA Lisa Raymond (2) Aug 27, 2001 Sep 8, 2002 54 67
17  ARG Paola Suárez (1) Sep 9, 2002 Aug 3, 2003 47 47
18  BEL Kim Clijsters (1) Aug 4, 2003 Aug 10, 2003 1 1
 JPN Ai Sugiyama (3) Aug 11, 2003 Aug 17, 2003 1 37
 BEL Kim Clijsters (2) Aug 18, 2003 Sep 7, 2003 3 4
19  ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (1) Sep 8, 2003 Sep 14, 2003 1 1
 JPN Ai Sugiyama (4) Sep 15, 2003 Nov 9, 2003 8 45
 ARG Paola Suárez (2) Nov 10, 2003 Jul 25, 2004 37 84
 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Jul 26, 2004 Aug 1, 2004 1 2
 ESP
 ARG
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Paola Suárez (3)
Aug 2, 2004 Aug 22, 2004 3 5
87
 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Aug 23, 2004 Oct 16, 2005 60 65
20  ZIM Cara Black (1) Oct 17, 2005 Feb 5, 2006 16 16
21  AUS Samantha Stosur (1) Feb 6, 2006 Jul 6, 2006 22 22
 USA
 AUS
Lisa Raymond (3)
Samantha Stosur (1)
Jul 7, 2006 Apr 8, 2007 39 106
61
 USA Lisa Raymond (3) Apr 9, 2007 Jun 10, 2007 9 115
 ZIM Cara Black (2) Jun 11, 2007 Jun 24, 2007 2 18
 USA Lisa Raymond (4) Jun 25, 2007 Jul 8, 2007 2 117
 ZIM Cara Black (3) Jul 9, 2007 Nov 11, 2007 18 36

22
 ZIM
 USA
Cara Black (3)
Liezel Huber (1)
Nov 12, 2007 April 18, 2010 127 163
127
 USA Liezel Huber (1) April 19, 2010 June 6, 2010 7 134
23
24
 USA
 USA
Serena Williams (1)
Venus Williams (1)
June 7, 2010 August 1, 2010 8 8
8
 USA Liezel Huber (2) August 2, 2010 October 31, 2010 13 147
25  ARG Gisela Dulko (1) November 1, 2010 February 27, 2011 17 17

26
 ARG
 ITA
Gisela Dulko (1)
Flavia Pennetta (1)
February 28, 2011 April 17, 2011 7
7
24
7
   ITA Flavia Pennetta (1) April 18, 2011 July 4, 2011 11 18
27
28
 CZE
 SLO
Květa Peschke (1)
Katarina Srebotnik (1)
July 4, 2011 September 11, 2011 10 10
10
 USA Liezel Huber (3) September 12, 2011 April 22, 2012 32 179
   USA
 USA
Liezel Huber (3)
Lisa Raymond (5)
April 23, 2012 September 9, 2012 20 199
137
29  ITA Sara Errani (1) September 10, 2012 October 14, 2012 5 5
30  ITA Roberta Vinci (1) October 15, 2012 April 28, 2013 28 28
   ITA
 ITA
Roberta Vinci (1)
Sara Errani (2)
April 29, 2013 February 16, 2014 42 70
47
31  CHN Peng Shuai (1) February 17, 2014 May 11, 2014 12 12

32
 CHN
 TPE
Peng Shuai (1)
Hsieh Su-wei (1)
May 12, 2014 May 18, 2014 1 13
1
   CHN Peng Shuai (1) May 19, 2014 June 8, 2014 3 16
   CHN
 TPE
Peng Shuai (1)
Hsieh Su-wei (2)
June 9, 2014 July 6, 2014 4 20
5
   ITA
 ITA
Roberta Vinci (2)
Sara Errani (3)
July 7, 2014 April 12, 2015 40 110
87
33  IND Sania Mirza (1) April 13, 2015 January 17, 2016 40 40
   IND
  SUI
Sania Mirza (1)
Martina Hingis (7)
January 18, 2016 August 21, 2016 31 71
66
   IND Sania Mirza (1) August 22, 2016 Present 15 86
Key
Open-era record
* Current No. 1 player(s) as of November 28, 2016

Weeks at No. 1

Total

Rank Nat. Player weeks
1. United States Martina Navratilova 237
2. United States Liezel Huber 199
3. Zimbabwe Cara Black 163
4. United States Lisa Raymond 137
5. Belarus Natasha Zvereva 124
6. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 111
7. Italy Roberta Vinci 110
8. Italy Sara Errani 87
Argentina Paola Suárez
10. India Sania Mirza 86
11. United States Gigi Fernández 80
12. Czech Republic Helena Suková 68
13. Czech Republic Jana Novotná 67
14. Switzerland Martina Hingis 66
15. Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual 65
16. Australia Samantha Stosur 61
17. United States Pam Shriver 48
18. Japan Ai Sugiyama 45
19. United States Lindsay Davenport 32
20. Argentina Gisela Dulko 24
21. China Peng Shuai 20
22. Italy Flavia Pennetta 18
23. France Julie Halard-Decugis 14
24. Russia Anna Kournikova 10
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
27. United States Serena Williams 8
United StatesVenus Williams
29. United States Corina Morariu 7
30. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 5
31. Belgium Kim Clijsters 4
Latvia Larisa Neiland
33. Australia Rennae Stubbs 3
* active players - current No. 1 in bold

Consecutive

Rank Nat. Player weeks
1. United States Martina Navratilova 181
2. Zimbabwe Cara Black 145
3. United States Liezel Huber 134
4. India Sania Mirza 86
5. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 73
6 Italy Roberta Vinci 70
7. Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual 64
8. Australia Samantha Stosur 61
9. United States Lisa Raymond 54
10. United States Liezel Huber (2)52
11. United States Lisa Raymond (2) 48
12. Argentina Paola Suárez 47
13. United States Pam Shriver 44
14. Italy Sara Errani 42
15. Italy Roberta Vinci (2) 40
Italy Sara Errani (2)
17. United States Gigi Fernández 38
18. Argentina Paola Suárez (2) 37
19. Japan Ai Sugiyama 35
20. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) 32
* current streak in bold

As of: November 28, 2016.[4][5]

Weeks at number 1 by country

Rank Country Number of Players
players weeks
1.  United States 9 756 Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Corina Morariu, Lisa Raymond, Liezel Huber, Venus Williams, Serena Williams
2.  Italy 3 215 Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci
3.  Spain 2 176 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Virginia Ruano Pascual
4.  Zimbabwe 1 163 Cara Black
5.  Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
3 145 Helena Suková, Jana Novotná, Květa Peschke
6.  Belarus 1 124 Natasha Zvereva
7.  Argentina 2 111 Paola Suárez, Gisela Dulko
8.  India 1 86 Sania Mirza
9.   Switzerland 1 66 Martina Hingis
10.  Australia 2 64 Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur
11.  Japan 1 45 Ai Sugiyama
12.  China 1 20 Peng Shuai
13.  France 1 14 Julie Halard-Decugis
14.  Russia 1 10 Anna Kournikova
 Slovenia 1 Katarina Srebotnik
16.  Chinese Taipei 1 5 Hsieh Su-wei
17.  Latvia 1 4 Larisa Neiland
 Belgium 1 Kim Clijsters
19.  Soviet Union 1 1 Natasha Zvereva

As of November 28, 2016.

* Belarusian Natasha Zvereva acquired one week at number 1 whilst playing for the Soviet Union

Year-end No. 1 players

Per player

Country Player Fq.
United States USA Martina Navratilova5
Zimbabwe ZIM Cara Black4
United States USALiezel Huber
Belarus BLRNatasha Zvereva3
Italy ITARoberta Vinci
Czech Republic CZEHelena Suková2
Spain ESPArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Argentina ARGPaola Suárez
United States USALisa Raymond
Italy ITASara Errani
India INDSania Mirza
United States USAPam Shriver1
Czechoslovakia TCHJana Novotná
United States USAGigi Fernández
Russia RUSAnna Kournikova
Japan JPNAi Sugiyama
Spain ESPVirginia Ruano Pascual
Australia AUSSamantha Stosur
Argentina ARGGisela Dulko

Per year

Year Country Player Team
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 Czech Republic Helena Suková / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1990 Czechoslovakia TCH Helena Suková (3) Czech Republic Helena Suková / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1991 Czechoslovakia TCH Jana Novotná (4) United States Gigi Fernández / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1992 Czech Republic CZE 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
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber
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
2013Italy ITA Roberta VinciItaly Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
Italy ITA Sara Errani (18)
2014 Italy ITA
Italy ITA
Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
2015 India IND Sania Mirza (19) Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza
2016 India IND Sania Mirza France Caroline Garcia / France Kristina Mladenovic
No. 1 every week of the year

Players who were ranked world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament

Player Date of first No. 1 position First Grand Slam final reached First Grand Slam title
Argentina Gisela Dulko November 1, 20102011 Australian Open (January, 2011)2011 Australian Open (1st of 1)
India Sania Mirza April 13, 20152011 French Open (June, 2011)2015 Wimbledon (1st of 3)

See also

Notes

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