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.[ 1]
Aryna Sabalenka is the current singles world No. 1.
WTA No. 1 ranked singles players [ edit ] 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.
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Current World No. 1 (weeks are automatically updated).
^ a b 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 are updated automatically.[ 6] [ 7] 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide , page 177.[ 2]
Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline [ edit ] Current record in bold .
No. 1 leaders timeline [ edit ] Year-end No. 1 players [ edit ] The source for this through to 2012 is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide , page 178.[ 2]
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Players who became No. 1 before having won a major tournament [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 Serena Williams Jul 8, 2002 May 14, 2017 Chris Evert Nov 3, 1975 Nov 24, 1985 Steffi Graf Aug 17, 1987 Mar 30, 1997 Martina Navratilova Jul 10, 1978 Aug 16, 1987 Kim Clijsters Aug 11, 2003 Feb 20, 2011 Caroline Wozniacki Oct 11, 2010 Feb 25, 2018 Lindsay Davenport Oct 12, 1998 Jan 29, 2006 Maria Sharapova Aug 22, 2005 Jul 8, 2012 Monica Seles Mar 11, 1991 Nov 24, 1996 Justine Henin Oct 20, 2003 May 18, 2008 Martina Hingis Mar 31, 1997 Oct 14, 2001 Ashleigh Barty Jun 24, 2019 Apr 3, 2022 Iga Świątek Apr 4, 2022 Oct 20, 2024 Amélie Mauresmo Sep 13, 2004 Nov 12, 2006 Simona Halep Oct 9, 2017 Jan 27, 2019 Aryna Sabalenka Sep 11, 2023 November 9, 2024 Victoria Azarenka Jan 30, 2012 Feb 17, 2013 Angelique Kerber Sep 12, 2016 Jul 16, 2017 Jennifer Capriati Oct 15, 2001 Jun 9, 2002 Tracy Austin Apr 7, 1980 Nov 17, 1980 Naomi Osaka Jan 28, 2019 Sep 8, 2019 Dinara Safina Apr 20, 2009 Nov 1, 2009 Jelena Janković Aug 11, 2008 Feb 1, 2009 Venus Williams Feb 25, 2002 Jul 7, 2002 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Feb 6, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 Ana Ivanovic Jun 9, 2008 Sep 7, 2008 Karolína Plíšková Jul 17, 2017 Sep 10, 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza Sep 11, 2017 Oct 8, 2017 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Apr 26, 1976 May 9, 1976
Weeks at No. 1 by decade [ edit ] Current No. 1 player indicated in italic . * — Starting November 1975
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 [ edit ] 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.
^ a b c 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] ^ "Aryna Sabalenka and Katerina Siniakova secure WTA Year-End No.1 rankings" . wtatennis.com . November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024 .^ a b c "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 . Retrieved July 7, 2015 .^ "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.
WTA rankings incepted on November 3, 1975 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of October 20, 2024[update]
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Chris Evert (USA) 
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 
Steffi Graf (FRG) 
Monica Seles (YUG) 
Monica Seles[n 1] (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) 
Aryna Sabalenka[a] 
Jelena Janković 
United States
Switzerland
