The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.[1] The computer that calculates the ranking is nicknamed "Medusa".[2]
Aryna Sabalenka is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.
The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 18 tournaments (or 19 if she competed in the WTA Finals) for singles and 12 for doubles. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period. For singles, the period must include:[3]
For doubles, the best 12 tournament results across all tournament levels are used. Unlike singles, there are no specific tournament level requirements and the WTA Finals are not treated as a bonus tournament, instead they are one of the 12 if applicable.
Up until 2016, the WTA also distributed ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. However, this has since been discontinued.[4]
In order to appear on the WTA rankings, players must earn ranking points in at least three tournaments, or a minimum of 10 singles ranking points or 10 doubles ranking points in one or more tournaments.
The points distribution for tournaments in 2024 is shown below. Points earned in 2023 and before were different and retained their values until they expired after 52 weeks except for 2013 points.
| Category | |||||||||||||
| Grand Slam (128S, 128Q) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Grand Slam (64D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | 40 | |||||
| WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1000* | 600* | (+200 per round robin win) | |||||||||
| WTA Finals (D) | 1500* | 1000* | 600* | (+200 per round robin win) | |||||||||
| WTA 1000 (96S, 48Q) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 | ||
| WTA 1000 (56S, 32Q) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |||
| WTA 1000 (32/28D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | |||||||
| WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) | |||||||||
| WTA 500 (48S, 24Q) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | |||
| WTA 500 (30/28S, 24/16Q) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | |||
| WTA 500 (24D) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | |||||||
| WTA 500 (16D) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 1 | ||||||||
| WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| WTA 250 (16D) | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 1 | ||||||||
| WTA 125 (32S, 16Q) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| WTA 125 (32S, 8Q) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| WTA 125 (16D) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 1 | ||||||||
| WTA 125 (8D) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 1 | |||||||||
| W100 (48S, 32/24Q) | 100 | 65 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| W100 (32S, 32Q) | 100 | 65 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| W100 (16D) | 100 | 65 | 39 | 21 | 1 | ||||||||
| W75 (48S, 32/24Q) | 75 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| W75 (32S, 32Q) | 75 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| W75 (16D) | 75 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||
| W50 (48S, 32/24Q) | 50 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| W50 (32S, 32Q) | 50 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| W50 (16D) | 50 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| W35 (48S, 32/24Q) | 35 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| W35 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q) | 35 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| W35 (16D) | 35 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| W15 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| W15 (16D) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
Note that if a player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving a bye, they will not be awarded any points for that tournament.[5]
In ITF tournaments, the main draw is normally 32 for singles and 16 for doubles. Losers in the first round of doubles will receive points equal to that shown in the R32 column above. For subsequent rounds (quarter-finals onwards) the points are the same as for singles.
See main article: Current tennis rankings.
| Rank | Player | Grand Slam | WTA 1000 | Best other | Total points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | DO | DU | IW | MI | MA | IT | CA | CI | BE | WU | width=30 | 1 | width=30 | 2 | width=30 | 3 | width=30 | 4 | width=30 | 5 | width=30 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Iga Świątek | < | --Australian Open-->R32 130 | bgcolor=lime | W 2000 | < | --Wimbledon-->R32 130 | < | --US Open-->QF 430 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | < | --Miami-->R16 120 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=thistle | F 500 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | bgcolor=lime | W 1500 | 18 | 9,785 | |||||||
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | bgcolor=lime | W 2000 | < | --French Open-->QF 430 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=lime | W 2000 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | < | --Dubai-->R32 10 | < | --Indian Wells-->R16 120 | < | --Miami-->R32 65 | bgcolor=thistle | F 650 | bgcolor=thistle | F 650 | < | --Canada-->QF 215 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | < | --Beijing-->QF 215 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=thistle | F 325 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | QF 108 | QF 108 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 625 | 18 | 8,716 | |||||
| 3 |  Jessica Pegula | < | --Australian Open-->R64 70 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | < | --Wimbledon-->R64 70 | bgcolor=thistle | F 1300 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | < | --Indian Wells-->R64 10 | < | --Miami-->QF 215 | bgcolor=white | A | bgcolor=white | A | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | < | --Cincinnati-->R16 650 | < | --Beijing-->R16 120 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=lime | W 500 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | RR 195 | bgcolor=thistle | F 1080 | 20 | 5,945 |
| 4 | Coco Gauff | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | < | --Wimbledon-->R16 240 | < | --US Open-->R16 240 | < | --Doha-->R32 10 | < | --Dubai-->QF 215 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | < | --Miami-->R16 120 | < | --Madrid-->R16 120 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | < | --Canada-->R16 120 | < | --Cincinnati-->R32 10 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=lime | W 250 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | QF 108 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 625 | 19 | 4,983 | ||||||
| 5 |  Elena Rybakina | < | --Australian Open-->R64 70 | < | --French Open-->QF 430 | < | --Wimbledon-->SF 780 | < | --US Open-->R64 70 | bgcolor=thistle | F 650 | < | --Dubai-->QF 215 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=thistle | F 650 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | A | < | --Cincinnati-->R32 10 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=lime | W 500 | bgcolor=lime | W 500 | bgcolor=lime | W 500 | QF 108 | QF 108 | RR 500 | 19 | 5,481 | ||||
| 6 |  Jasmine Paolini | < | --Australian Open-->R16 240 | bgcolor=thistle | F 1300 | bgcolor=thistle | F 1300 | < | --US Open-->16 240 | < | --Doha-->R64 (10) | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | < | --Indian Wells-->R16 120 | < | --Miami-->R32 65 | < | --Madrid-->R16 120 | < | --Rome-->R64 10 | bgcolor=white | A | < | --Cincinnati-->R16 120 | < | --Beijing-->R32 65 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=thistle | F 180 | QF 108 | RR 35 | bgcolor=white | DNQ | 20 | 5,293 | |||
| 7 |  Zheng Qinwen | bgcolor=thistle | F 1300 | < | --French Open-->R32 130 | < | --Wimbledon-->R128 10 | < | --US Open-->QF 430 | < | --Doha-->R16 120 | < | --Dubai-->QF 215 | < | --Indian Wells-->R64/ 10 | < | --Miami-->R32 65 | < | --Madrid-->R64 (10) | < | --Rome-->QF 215 | bgcolor=white | A | < | --Cincinnati-->R16 120 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=lime | W 470 | bgcolor=lime | W 250 | QF 75 | R16 (60) | R16 60 | bgcolor=thistle | F 440 | 20 | 4,300 | ||||
| 8 | Emma Navarro | < | --Australian Open-->R32 130 | < | --French Open-->R16 240 | < | --Wimbledon-->QF 430 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | < | --Doha-->R16 120 | < | --Dubai-->R32 (65) | < | --Indian Wells-->QF 215 | < | --Miami-->R16 120 | < | --Madrid-->R32 65 | < | --Rome-->R128 10 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | < | --Cincinnati-->R64 10 | < | --Beijing-->R64 (10) | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=lime | W 250 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 195 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 98 | R16 (60) | bgcolor=white | DNQ | 26 | 3,698 |
| 9 | Danielle Collins | < | --Australian Open-->R64 70 | < | --French Open-->R64 70 | < | --Wimbledon-->R16 240 | < | --US Open-->R128 10 | < | --Doha-->QF 245 | bgcolor=white | A | < | --Indian Wells-->R64 35 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | < | --Madrid-->R16 120 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=lime | SF 500 | bgcolor=thistle | F 325 | R16 85 | QF 54 | R32 32 | bgcolor=white | DNQ | 20 | 3,177 | ||||
| 10 |  Barbora Krejčíková | < | --Australian Open-->QF 240 | < | --French Open-->R128 10 | bgcolor=lime | W 2000 | < | --US Open-->R64 70 | bgcolor=white | A | bgcolor=white | A | bgcolor=white | A | bgcolor=white | A | < | --Madrid-->R128 10 | bgcolor=white | A | bgcolor=white | A 0 | bgcolor=white | A 0 | < | --Beijing-->R64 10 | bgcolor=white | DNP | bgcolor=thistle | F 305 | QF 108 | QF 54 | RR 160 | 16 | 3,161 | ||||||||
See main article: List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players.
The following is a chronological list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the WTA began producing computerized rankings on November 3, 1975:[6]
| No. | Player | Date reached | Total weeks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 3, 1975 | 260 | |||
| 2 | Apr 26, 1976 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Jul 10, 1978 | 332 | |||
| 4 | Apr 7, 1980 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Aug 17, 1987 | 377 | |||
| 6 | Mar 11, 1991 | 178 | |||
| 7 | Feb 6, 1995 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Mar 31, 1997 | 209 | |||
| 9 | Oct 12, 1998 | 98 | |||
| 10 | Oct 15, 2001 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Feb 25, 2002 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Jul 8, 2002 | 319 | |||
| 13 | Aug 11, 2003 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Oct 20, 2003 | 117 | |||
| 15 | Sep 13, 2004 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Aug 22, 2005 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Jun 9, 2008 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Aug 11, 2008 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Apr 20, 2009 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Oct 11, 2010 | 71 | |||
| 21 | Jan 30, 2012 | 51 | |||
| 22 | Sep 12, 2016 | 34 | |||
| 23 | July 17, 2017 | 8 | |||
| 24 | Sep 11, 2017 | 4 | |||
| 25 | Oct 9, 2017 | 64 | |||
| 26 | Jan 28, 2019 | 25 | |||
| 27 | Jun 24, 2019 | 121 | |||
| 28 | Apr 4, 2022 | 125 | |||
| 29 | Sep 11, 2023 | 14 |
Last update:
See main article: List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players.
The year-end number one player is the player at the head of the WTA rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year.
| Year | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Chris Evert (1) | |
| 1976 | Chris Evert | |
| 1977 | Chris Evert | |
| 1978 | Martina Navratilova (2) | |
| 1979 | Martina Navratilova | |
| 1980 | Chris Evert | |
| 1981 | Chris Evert | |
| 1982 | Martina Navratilova | |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova | |
| 1984 | Martina Navratilova | |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova | |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova | |
| 1987 | Steffi Graf (3) | |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf | |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf | |
| 1990 |  Steffi Graf | |
| 1991 | Monica Seles (4) | |
| 1992 | Monica Seles | |
| 1993 | Steffi Graf | |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf | |
| 1995 | Steffi Graf Monica Seles | |
| 1996 | Steffi Graf | |
| 1997 |  Martina Hingis (5) | |
| 1998 | Lindsay Davenport (6) | |
| 1999 | Martina Hingis |
| Year | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Martina Hingis | |
| 2001 | Lindsay Davenport | |
| 2002 | Serena Williams (7) | |
| 2003 |  Justine Henin (8) | |
| 2004 | Lindsay Davenport | |
| 2005 | Lindsay Davenport | |
| 2006 | Justine Henin | |
| 2007 | Justine Henin | |
| 2008 |  Jelena Janković (9) | |
| 2009 | Serena Williams | |
| 2010 |  Caroline Wozniacki (10) | |
| 2011 | Caroline Wozniacki | |
| 2012 |  Victoria Azarenka (11) | |
| 2013 | Serena Williams | |
| 2014 | Serena Williams | |
| 2015 | Serena Williams | |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber (12) | |
| 2017 |  Simona Halep (13) | |
| 2018 | Simona Halep | |
| 2019 |  Ashleigh Barty (14) | |
| 2020 | Ashleigh Barty | |
| 2021 | Ashleigh Barty | |
| 2022 | Iga Świątek (15) | |
| 2023 | Iga Świątek | |
| 2024 | Aryna Sabalenka (16) |
| No. 1 all weeks of the year |
| Year | Country | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | USA | Martina Navratilova (1) | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
| 1985 | USA | Pam Shriver (2) | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
| 1986 | USA | Martina Navratilova | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
| 1987 | USA | Martina Navratilova | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
| 1988 | USA | Martina Navratilova | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
| 1989 | USA | Martina Navratilova | Helena Suková / Jana Novotná | |
| 1990 | TCH | Helena Suková (3) | Helena Suková / Jana Novotná | |
| 1991 | TCH | Jana Novotná (4) | Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná | |
| 1992 | TCH | Helena Suková | Larisa Neiland / Natasha Zvereva | |
| 1993 | USA | Gigi Fernández (5) | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva | |
| 1994 | BLR | Natasha Zvereva (6) | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva | |
| 1995 |  ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7) | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva | |
| 1996 | ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | |
| 1997 | BLR | Natasha Zvereva | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva | |
| 1998 | BLR | Natasha Zvereva | Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná | |
| 1999 | RUS | Anna Kournikova (8) | Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova | |
| 2000 |  JPN | Ai Sugiyama (9) | Serena Williams / Venus Williams | |
| 2001 | USA | Lisa Raymond (10) | Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs | |
| 2002 |  ARG | Paola Suárez (11) | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez | |
| 2003 | ARG | Paola Suárez | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez | |
| 2004 | ESP | Virginia Ruano Pascual (12) | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez | |
| 2005 |  ZIM | Cara Black (13) | Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur | |
| 2006 | USA AUS | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (14) | Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur | |
| 2007 | ZIM USA | Cara Black Liezel Huber (15) | Cara Black / Liezel Huber | |
| 2008 | ZIM USA | Cara Black Liezel Huber | Cara Black / Liezel Huber | |
| 2009 | ZIM USA | Cara Black Liezel Huber | Serena Williams / Venus Williams | |
| 2010 | ARG | Gisela Dulko (16) | Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta | |
| 2011 | USA | Liezel Huber | Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik | |
| 2012 | ITA | Roberta Vinci (17) | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | |
| 2013 | ITA | Roberta Vinci | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | |
| ITA | Sara Errani (18) | |||
| 2014 | ITA | Roberta Vinci Sara Errani | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | |
| 2015 |  IND | Sania Mirza (19) | Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza | |
| 2016 | Sania Mirza |  Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic | ||
| 2017 | TPE SUI | Latisha Chan (20) Martina Hingis (21) | Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis | |
| 2018 | Barbora Krejčíková (22) Kateřina Siniaková (23) | Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková | ||
| 2019 | Barbora Strýcová (24) | Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová | ||
| 2020 | Hsieh Su-wei (25) | Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová | ||
| 2021 | Kateřina Siniaková | Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková | ||
| 2022 | Kateřina Siniaková | Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková | ||
| 2023 | Storm Hunter (26) | Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens |
| No. 1 all weeks of the year |
★ indicates player's highest year-end ranking
| Year | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | C. Evert★ |  V. Wade★ | M. Navrátilová | B.J. King | E. Goolagong Cawley | M. Court★ | O. Morozova★ | N. Gunter (Richey)★ | F. Dürr★ | K. Melville Reid |
| 1976 | C. Evert | E. Goolagong Cawley★ | V. Wade | M. Navratilova | D. Fromholtz★ | R. Casals★ | B. Stöve★ | K. Melville Reid★ | O. Morozova | S. Barker |
| 1977 | C. Evert | B.J. King★ | M. Navratilova | V. Wade | S. Barker★ | R. Casals | B. Stöve | D. Fromholtz | W. Turnbull | K. Melville Reid |
| 1978 | M. Navratilova★ | C. Evert | E. Goolagong Cawley | V. Wade | B.J. King | T. Austin | W. Turnbull | K. Melville Reid | B. Stöve | D. Fromholtz |
| 1979 | M. Navratilova | C. Evert-Lloyd | T. Austin | E. Goolagong Cawley | B.J. King | D. Fromholtz | W. Turnbull | V. Wade | K. Melville Reid | S. Barker |
| 1980 | C. Evert-Lloyd | T. Austin★ | M. Navratilova | H. Mandlíková | E. Goolagong Cawley | B.J. King | A. Jaeger | W. Turnbull | P. Shriver | G. Stevens★ |
| 1981 | C. Evert-Lloyd | T. Austin | M. Navratilova | A. Jaeger | H. Mandlíková | S. Hanika | P. Shriver | W. Turnbull | B. Bunge | B. Potter |
| 1982 | M. Navratilova | C. Evert-Lloyd | A. Jaeger★ | T. Austin | W. Turnbull★ | P. Shriver | H. Mandlíková | B. Potter★ | B. Bunge | S. Hanika |
| 1983 | M. Navratilova | C. Evert-Lloyd | A. Jaeger | P. Shriver★ | S. Hanika★ | J. Durie★ | B. Bunge★ | W. Turnbull | T. Austin | Z. Garrison |
| 1984 | M. Navratilova | C. Evert-Lloyd | H. Mandlíková★ | P. Shriver | W. Turnbull | Man Maleeva★ | H. Suková | C. Kohde-Kilsch | Z. Garrison | K. Jordan★ |
| 1985 | M. Navratilova | C. Evert-Lloyd | H. Mandlíková | P. Shriver | C. Kohde-Kilsch★ | S. Graf | Man Maleeva | Z. Garrison | H. Suková | B. Gadusek★ |
| 1986 | M. Navratilova | C. Evert-Lloyd | S. Graf | H. Mandlíková | H. Suková★ | P. Shriver | C. Kohde-Kilsch | Man Maleeva | K. Rinaldi★ | G. Sabatini |
| 1987 | S. Graf★ | M. Navratilova | C. Evert | P. Shriver | H. Mandlíková | G. Sabatini | H. Suková | Man Maleeva | Z. Garrison | C. Kohde-Kilsch |
| 1988 | S. Graf | M. Navratilova | C. Evert | G. Sabatini | P. Shriver | Man Maleeva-Fragnière | N. Zvereva★ | H. Suková | Z. Garrison | B. Potter |
| 1989 | S. Graf | M. Navratilova | G. Sabatini★ | Z. Garrison★ | A. Sánchez Vicario | M. Seles | C. Martínez | H. Suková | Man Maleeva-Fragnière | C. Evert |
| 1990 | S. Graf | M. Seles | M. Navratilova | M.J. Fernández★ | G. Sabatini | K. Maleeva★ | A. Sánchez Vicario | J. Capriati | Man Maleeva-Fragnière | Z. Garrison |
| 1991 | M. Seles★ | S. Graf | G. Sabatini | M. Navratilova | A. Sánchez Vicario | J. Capriati | J. Novotná | M.J. Fernández | C. Martínez | Man Maleeva-Fragnière |
| 1992 | M. Seles | S. Graf | G. Sabatini | A. Sánchez Vicario | M. Navratilova | M.J. Fernández | J. Capriati | C. Martínez | Man Maleeva-Fragnière | J. Novotná |
| 1993 | S. Graf | A. Sánchez Vicario★ | M. Navratilova | C. Martínez | G. Sabatini | J. Novotná | M.J. Fernández | M. Seles | J. Capriati | A. Huber |
| 1994 | S. Graf | A. Sánchez Vicario | C. Martínez | J. Novotná | M. Pierce★ | L. Davenport | G. Sabatini | M. Navratilova | K. Date | N. Zvereva |
| 1995 | S. Graf M. Seles | C. Martínez★ | A. Sánchez Vicario | K. Date★ | M. Pierce | Mag Maleeva★ | G. Sabatini | M.J. Fernández | I. Majoli | A. Huber |
| S. Graf | M. Seles A. Sánchez Vicario | J. Novotná | M. Hingis | C. Martínez | A. Huber★ | I. Majoli | K. Date | L. Davenport |  B. Paulus★ | |
| 1997 | M. Hingis★ | J. Novotná★ | L. Davenport | A. Coetzer★ | M. Seles | I. Majoli★ | M. Pierce | I. Spîrlea★ | A. Sánchez Vicario | M.J. Fernández |
| 1998 | L. Davenport★ | M. Hingis | J. Novotná | A. Sánchez Vicario | V. Williams | M. Seles | M. Pierce | C. Martínez | S. Graf | N. Tauziat |
| 1999 | M. Hingis | L. Davenport | V. Williams | S. Williams | M. Pierce | M. Seles | N. Tauziat★ | B. Schett★ | J. Halard-Decugis★ | A. Mauresmo |
| 2000 | M. Hingis | L. Davenport | V. Williams | M. Seles | C. Martínez | S. Williams | M. Pierce | A. Kournikova★ | A. Sánchez Vicario | N. Tauziat |
| 2001 | L. Davenport | J. Capriati★ | V. Williams | M. Hingis | K. Clijsters | S. Williams | J. Henin | J. Dokić★ | A. Mauresmo | M. Seles |
| 2002 | S. Williams★ | V. Williams★ | J. Capriati | K. Clijsters | J. Henin | A. Mauresmo | M. Seles |  D. Hantuchová★ | J. Dokić | M. Hingis |
| 2003 | J. Henin-Hardenne★ | K. Clijsters★ | S. Williams | A. Mauresmo | L. Davenport | J. Capriati | A. Myskina | E. Dementieva | C. Rubin★ | A. Sugiyama★ |
| 2004 | L. Davenport | A. Mauresmo★ | A. Myskina★ | M. Sharapova | S. Kuznetsova | E. Dementieva | S. Williams | J. Henin-Hardenne | V. Williams | J. Capriati |
| 2005 | L. Davenport | K. Clijsters | A. Mauresmo | M. Sharapova | M. Pierce | J. Henin-Hardenne | P. Schnyder★ | E. Dementieva | N. Petrova | V. Williams |
| 2006 | J. Henin-Hardenne | M. Sharapova★ | A. Mauresmo | S. Kuznetsova | K. Clijsters | N. Petrova★ | M. Hingis | E. Dementieva | P. Schnyder | N. Vaidišová★ |
| 2007 | J. Henin | S. Kuznetsova★ | J. Janković | A. Ivanovic★ | M. Sharapova | A. Chakvetadze★ | S. Williams | V. Williams | D. Hantuchová | M. Bartoli |
| 2008 | J. Janković★ | S. Williams | D. Safina | E. Dementieva★ | A. Ivanovic | V. Williams | V. Zvonareva | S. Kuznetsova | M. Sharapova | A. Radwańska |
| 2009 | S. Williams | D. Safina★ | S. Kuznetsova | C. Wozniacki | E. Dementieva | V. Williams | V. Azarenka | J. Janković | V. Zvonareva | A. Radwańska |
| 2010 | C. Wozniacki★ | V. Zvonareva★ | K. Clijsters | S. Williams | V. Williams | S. Stosur★ | F. Schiavone★ | J. Janković | E. Dementieva | V. Azarenka |
| 2011 | C. Wozniacki | P. Kvitová★ | V. Azarenka | M. Sharapova | N. Li | S. Stosur | V. Zvonareva | A. Radwańska | M. Bartoli★ | A. Petkovic★ |
| 2012 | V. Azarenka★ | M. Sharapova | S. Williams | A. Radwańska | A. Kerber | S. Errani★ | N. Li | P. Kvitová | S. Stosur | C. Wozniacki |
| 2013 | S. Williams | V. Azarenka | N. Li★ | M. Sharapova | A. Radwańska | P. Kvitová | S. Errani | J. Janković | A. Kerber | C. Wozniacki |
| 2014 | S. Williams | M. Sharapova | S. Halep | P. Kvitová | A. Ivanovic | A. Radwańska |  E. Bouchard★ | C. Wozniacki | N. Li | A. Kerber |
| 2015 | S. Williams | S. Halep | G. Muguruza | M. Sharapova | A. Radwańska | P. Kvitová | V. Williams | F. Pennetta★ | L. Šafářová★ | A. Kerber |
| 2016 | A. Kerber★ | S. Williams | A. Radwańska★ | S. Halep | D. Cibulková★ | K. Plíšková | G. Muguruza | M. Keys★ | S. Kuznetsova | J. Konta |
| 2017 | S. Halep★ | G. Muguruza★ | C. Wozniacki | K. Plíšková | V. Williams |  E. Svitolina | J. Ostapenko★ | C. Garcia | J. Konta★ | C. Vandeweghe★ |
| 2018 | S. Halep | A. Kerber | C. Wozniacki | E. Svitolina★ | N. Osaka | S. Stephens★ | P. Kvitová | K. Plíšková | K. Bertens★ | D. Kasatkina |
| 2019 | A. Barty | K. Plíšková★ | N. Osaka★ | S. Halep | B. Andreescu★ | E. Svitolina | P. Kvitová | B. Bencic★ | K. Bertens | S. Williams |
| 2020 | A. Barty | S. Halep | N. Osaka | S. Kenin★ | E. Svitolina | K. Plíšková | B. Andreescu | P. Kvitová | K. Bertens | A. Sabalenka |
| 2021 | A. Barty | A. Sabalenka | G. Muguruza | K. Plíšková | B. Krejčíková★ | M. Sakkari★ |  A. Kontaveit★ | P. Badosa★ | I. Świątek |  O. Jabeur |
| 2022 | I. Świątek★ | O. Jabeur★ | J. Pegula★ | C. Garcia★ | A. Sabalenka | M. Sakkari | C. Gauff | D. Kasatkina★ | V. Kudermetova★ | S. Halep |
| 2023 | I. Świątek | A. Sabalenka | C. Gauff★ | E. Rybakina★ | J. Pegula | O. Jabeur | M. Vondroušová★ | K. Muchová★ | M. Sakkari | B. Krejčíková |
| 2024 | A. Sabalenka★ | I. Świątek | C. Gauff | J. Paolini★ | Q. Zheng★ | E. Rybakina | J. Pegula | E. Navarro★ | D. Kasatkina | B. Krejčíková |
The following is a list of singles players who were ranked world No. 5 or higher but not No. 1 since November 3, 1975:[7]
| World No. 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Virginia Wade | Nov 3, 1975 | |
| Billie Jean King | Dec 11, 1977 | |
| Andrea Jaeger | Aug 17, 1981 | |
| Conchita Martínez | Oct 30, 1995 | |
| Jana Novotná | Jul 7, 1997 | |
| Anastasia Myskina | Sep 13, 2004 | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| Vera Zvonareva | Oct 25, 2010 | |
| Petra Kvitová | Oct 31, 2011 | |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | Jul 9, 2012 | |
| Li Na | Feb 17, 2014 | |
| Barbora Krejčíková | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| Paula Badosa | Apr 25, 2022 | |
| Anett Kontaveit | Jun 6, 2022 | |
| Ons Jabeur | Jun 27, 2022 | |
| Coco Gauff | Jun 10, 2024 | |
| World No. 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Pam Shriver | Mar 20, 1984 | |
| / Hana Mandlíková | Apr 30, 1984 | |
| Wendy Turnbull | Jan 7, 1985 | |
| / Manuela Maleeva | Feb 4, 1985 | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | Feb 27, 1989 | |
| Mary Pierce | Jan 30, 1995 | |
| Amanda Coetzer | Nov 3, 1997 | |
| Nathalie Tauziat | May 8, 2000 | |
| Nadia Petrova | May 15, 2006 | |
| Elena Dementieva | Apr 6, 2009 | |
| Elina Svitolina | Sep 11, 2017 | |
| Sloane Stephens | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| Maria Sakkari | Mar 21, 2022 | |
| Jessica Pegula | Oct 24, 2022 | |
| Elena Rybakina | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| World No. 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Sue Barker | Mar 20, 1977 | |
| Dianne Fromholtz | Mar 19, 1979 | |
| Helena Suková | Mar 18, 1985 | |
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Sep 2, 1985 | |
| Zina Garrison | Nov 20, 1989 | |
| Mary Joe Fernández | Oct 22, 1990 | |
| Kimiko Date | May 13, 1995 | |
| Magdalena Maleeva | Jan 29, 1996 | |
| Iva Majoli | Feb 5, 1996 | |
| Anke Huber | Oct 14, 1996 | |
| / Jelena Dokić | Aug 19, 2002 | |
| Francesca Schiavone | Jan 31, 2011 | |
| Samantha Stosur | Feb 21, 2011 | |
| Dominika Cibulková | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| Johanna Konta | Jul 17, 2017 | |
| Caroline Garcia | Sep 10, 2018 | |
| Kiki Bertens | May 13, 2019 | |
| Bianca Andreescu | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| Belinda Bencic | Feb 17, 2020 | |
| Sofia Kenin | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| Jasmine Paolini | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| World No. 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Rosemary Casals | Sep 13, 1976 | |
| Margaret Court[8] | Feb 21, 1977 | |
| Betty Stöve | Jul 3, 1977 | |
| Sylvia Hanika | Sep 12, 1983 | |
| Kathy Jordan | Mar 19, 1984 | |
| Jo Durie | Apr 29, 1984 | |
| / Natasha Zvereva | May 22, 1989 | |
| Daniela Hantuchová | Jan 27, 2003 | |
| Anna Chakvetadze | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| Sara Errani | May 20, 2013 | |
| Eugenie Bouchard | Oct 20, 2014 | |
| Lucie Šafářová | Sep 14, 2015 | |
| Jeļena Ostapenko | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| Zheng Qinwen | Nov 11, 2024 | |
The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 6 to No. 10 in the period since the 1975 introduction of the WTA rankings.[9]
| World No. 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Mima Jaušovec | Mar 22, 1982 | |
| Bettina Bunge | Mar 28, 1983 | |
| Katerina Maleeva | Jul 9, 1990 | |
| Chanda Rubin | Apr 8, 1996 | |
| Flavia Pennetta | Sep 28, 2015 | |
| Carla Suárez Navarro | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| Markéta Vondroušová | Sep 11, 2023 | |
| World No. 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Olga Morozova | Nov 3, 1975 | |
| Kerry Melville | Jul 4, 1976 | |
| Greer Stevens | Jul 7, 1980 | |
| Barbara Potter | Dec 6, 1982 | |
 Andrea Temesvári | Jan 23, 1984 | |
| Kathy Rinaldi | May 26, 1986 | |
| Irina Spîrlea | Oct 13, 1997 | |
| Barbara Schett | Sep 13, 1999 | |
| Julie Halard-Decugis | Feb 14, 2000 | |
| Patty Schnyder | Nov 14, 2005 | |
| Nicole Vaidišová | May 14, 2007 | |
| Marion Bartoli | Jan 30, 2012 | |
| Roberta Vinci | May 9, 2016 | |
| Madison Keys | Oct 10, 2016 | |
| Danielle Collins | Jul 11, 2022 | |
| World No. 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Nancy Richey | Nov 3, 1975 | |
| Virginia Ruzici | May 21, 1979 | |
| Bonnie Gadusek | Jul 9, 1984 | |
| Carling Bassett-Seguso | Mar 4, 1985 | |
| Anna Kournikova | Nov 20, 2000 | |
| Ai Sugiyama | Feb 9, 2004 | |
| Alicia Molik | Feb 28, 2005 | |
| Ekaterina Makarova | Apr 6, 2015 | |
| Daria Kasatkina | Oct 24, 2022 | |
| Karolína Muchová | Sep 11, 2023 | |
| Emma Navarro | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| World No. 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Françoise Dürr | Nov 3, 1975 | |
| Lisa Bonder | Aug 20, 1984 | |
| Lori McNeil | Jul 4, 1988 | |
| Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | May 20, 1996 | |
| Dominique Monami | Oct 12, 1998 | |
| Sandrine Testud | Feb 7, 2000 | |
| Paola Suárez | Jun 7, 2004 | |
| Andrea Petkovic | Oct 10, 2011 | |
| Timea Bacsinszky | May 16, 2016 | |
| CoCo Vandeweghe | Jan 15, 2018 | |
| Julia Görges | Aug 20, 2018 | |
| Veronika Kudermetova | Oct 24, 2022 | |
| World No. 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Date reached | |
| Kathy May | Jul 3, 1977 | |
| Kristien Shaw | Aug 21, 1977 | |
| Kathleen Horvath | Jun 11, 1984 | |
 Catarina Lindqvist | Apr 15, 1985 | |
| Stephanie Rehe | Mar 13, 1989 | |
| Barbara Paulus | Nov 18, 1996 | |
| Karina Habšudová | Feb 10, 1997 | |
| Maria Kirilenko | Jun 10, 2013 | |
| Kristina Mladenovic | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| Emma Raducanu | Jul 11, 2022 | |
 Beatriz Haddad Maia | Jun 12, 2023 | |
The below lists the singles players with the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the WTA rankings:[10]
| Player | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1000 | ||
| 746 | ||
| 625 | ||
| 508 | ||
| 458 | ||
| 429 | ||
| 421 | ||
| 373* | ||
| 333 | ||
| 319 |
* The 20-week period between 23 March 2020 and 10 August 2020, when the WTA rankings were not published due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was not counted.
Last update:
The below lists the players who were ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles at the same time:
| No. | Player | Start Date Singles No.1 | End Date Singles No.1 | Start Date Doubles No.1 | End Date Doubles No.1 | Overlapping Period | N. of Weeks Overlapping | N. of Weeks Overlapping – Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 14, 1982 | Jun 09, 1985 | Sep 04, 1984 | Mar 17, 1985 | Sep 04, 1984 – Mar 17, 1985 | 28 | 106 | ||
| Nov 25, 1985 | Aug 16, 1987 | Jan 20, 1986 | Jul 20, 1986 | Jan 20, 1986 – Jul 20, 1986 | 26 | ||||
| Aug 18, 1986 | Feb 04, 1990 | Aug 18, 1986 – Aug 16, 1987 | 52 | ||||||
| 2 | Feb 06, 1995 | Feb 19, 1995 | Feb 13, 1995 | Feb 26, 1995 | Feb 13, 1995 – Feb 19, 1995 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Feb 27, 1995 | Apr 09, 1995 | Mar 27, 1995 | Nov 05, 1995 | Mar 27, 1995 – Apr 09, 1995 | 2 | ||||
| May 15, 1995 | Jun 11, 1995 | May 15, 1995 – Jun 11, 1995 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | Mar 31, 1997 | Oct 11, 1998 | Jun 08, 1998 | Aug 08, 1998 | Jun 08, 1998 – Aug 08, 1998 | 8 | 29 | ||
| Aug 17, 1998 | Oct 25, 1998 | Aug 17, 1998 – Oct 11, 1998 | 8 | ||||||
| Feb 08, 1999 | Jul 04, 1999 | Jun 07, 1999 | Jul 04, 1999 | Jun 07, 1999 – Jul 04, 1999 | 4 | ||||
| Aug 09, 1999 | Apr 02, 2000 | Aug 02, 1999 | Aug 22, 1999 | Aug 09, 1999 – Aug 22, 1999 | 2 | ||||
| Jan 31, 2000 | Mar 19, 2000 | Jan 31, 2000 – Mar 19, 2000 | 7 | ||||||
| 4 | Apr 03, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | Apr 17, 2000 | May 07, 2000 | Apr 17, 2000 – May 7, 2000 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Aug 11, 2003 | Oct 19, 2003 | Aug 18, 2003 | Sep 07, 2003 | Aug 18, 2003 – Sep 07, 2003 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Nov 2, 2009 | Oct 10, 2010 | Jun 7, 2010 | Aug 1, 2010 | Jun 7, 2010 – Aug 1, 2010 | 8 | 8 |
The below lists the players who were ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles at any time in their career. Date in bold indicates date the feat was achieved.[11]
| No. | Player | First Date Singles No.1 | Last Date Singles No.1 | N. of Weeks Singles No.1 | First Date Doubles No.1 | Last Date Doubles No.1 | N. of Weeks Doubles No.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 10, 1978 | Aug 16, 1987 | 332 | Sep 04, 1984 | May 13, 1990 | 237 (Open Era record) | ||
| 2 | Feb 06, 1995 | Jun 11, 1995 | 12 | Oct 19, 1992 | Apr 06, 1997 | 111 | ||
| 3 | Mar 31, 1997 | Oct 14, 2001 | 209 | Jun 08, 1998 | Mar 18, 2018 | 90 | ||
| 4 | Oct 12, 1998 | Jan 29, 2006 | 98 | Oct 20, 1997 | May 7, 2000 | 32 | ||
| 5 | Aug 11, 2003 | Feb 20, 2011 | 20 | Aug 04, 2003 | Sep 07, 2003 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Feb 25, 2002 | Jul 07, 2002 | 11 | Jun 07, 2010 | Aug 01, 2010 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Jul 08, 2002 | May 14, 2017 | 319 | Jun 07, 2010 | Aug 01, 2010 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Sep 11, 2023 | Nov 5, 2023 | 8 | Feb 22, 2021 | Apr 04, 2021 | 6 |
The below lists the players who finished the year ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles:
| No. | Player | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1984 | |
| Martina Navratilova (2) | 1986 |
No other player has managed to finish number 1 in singles and in doubles (same or different years).