List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players

"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.

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.^[1]

Aryna Sabalenka, currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles

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).^[2][3]

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

  First-time No. 1 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
	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	Apr 3, 2022	86	121
28	Iga Świątek (POL)	Apr 4, 2022	Sep 10, 2023	75	75
29	Aryna Sabalenka[a]	Sep 11, 2023	Nov 5, 2023	8	8
	Iga Świątek (2)	Nov 6, 2023	Oct 20, 2024	50	125
	Aryna Sabalenka*[a] (2)	Oct 21, 2024	Present	30	38

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.^[4]

Weeks at No. 1

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

Active players in bold.

Total No. 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 Iga Świątek 125 8 Ashleigh Barty 121 9 Justine Henin 117 10 Lindsay Davenport 98 11 Caroline Wozniacki 71 12 Simona Halep 64 13 Victoria Azarenka 51 14 Amélie Mauresmo 39 15 Aryna Sabalenka 38 16 Angelique Kerber 34 17 Dinara Safina 26 18 Naomi Osaka 25 19 Tracy Austin 21 Maria Sharapova 21 Kim Clijsters 20 22 Jelena Janković 18 23 Jennifer Capriati 17 24 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 12 Ana Ivanovic 26 Venus Williams 11 27 Karolína Plíšková 8 28 Garbiñe Muguruza 4 29 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2

Consecutive No. Player Weeks 1 Steffi Graf 186 Serena Williams 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 Iga Świątek 75 13 Martina Hingis (2) 73 14 Monica Seles (2) 64 15 Justine Henin 61 16 Serena Williams (2) 57 17 Iga Świątek (2) 50 18 Serena Williams (3) 49 Caroline Wozniacki 20 Simona Halep 48 Current streak in bold.

Weeks are updated automatically.^[6][7]

The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 177.^[2]

Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline

Year span	Leader	Date achieved	Duration	Record
1975–1985	Chris Evert	3 November 1975	9 years, 6 months	238
1985–1985	Martina Navratilova	27 May 1985	28 days	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	28 years, 11 months	377

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.^[2]

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

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 (FRG) 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)

By year (continued) Year Player 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 (SRB) 2009 Serena Williams (2) 2010  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (2) 2012  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2013 Serena Williams (3) 2014* Serena Williams (4) 2015* Serena Williams (5) 2016  Angelique Kerber (GER) 2017  Simona Halep (ROU) 2018 Simona Halep (2) 2019  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 2020* Ashleigh Barty (2) 2021* Ashleigh Barty (3) 2022  Iga Świątek (POL) 2023 Iga Świątek (2) 2024 [a] Aryna Sabalenka

Per player

No. Total 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 Iga Świątek 1 Jelena Janković Victoria Azarenka Angelique Kerber [a] Aryna Sabalenka

No. Consecutive 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 Iga Świątek

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, retired in 2025)

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, 243 days	[a] Aryna Sabalenka	Sep 11, 2023	25 years, 129 days	May 12, 2025	27 years, 7 days
1 year, 110 days	Simona Halep	Oct 9, 2017	26 years, 12 days	Jan 27, 2019	27 years, 122 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 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  Sánchez Vicario 2000s 117  Henin 87  Hingis 83  S Williams 76  Davenport 39  Mauresmo 26  Safina 19  Clijsters 18  Janković 17  Capriati, Sharapova 12   Ivanovic 11   V Williams

2010s 236  S Williams 71  Wozniacki 64  Halep 51  Azarenka 34  Kerber 25  Osaka 24  Barty 8  Plíšková 4   Muguruza, Sharapova 1   Clijsters 2020s WTA rankings were frozen from March 23, 2020 to August 9, 2020. 125  Świątek 97  Barty 38  Sabalenka 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[a]	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.
* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.

See also

• World number 1 ranked female tennis players (includes rankings before 1975)
• ITF World Champions
• List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
• List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
• List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
• Current WTA rankings
• Top ten ranked female tennis players
• Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
• List of highest ranked tennis players per country

Notes

1. On 1 March 2022, the 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.^[5]