List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players explained

The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most WTA rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining doubles rankings since 1984.

The current number 1 doubles player is Erin Routliffe.

WTA No. 1 ranked doubles players

The source for the following table through the week of, is the 2023 WTA Tour Official Guide Record Book, page 3.^[1]

No.	Start date	End date	Weeks	Total
1			27	27
2			44	44
			26	53
			4	48
			181	234
3			2	2
			2	236
			9	11
			1	237
			15	26
4			7	7
			18	44
			2	9
5			1	1
			3	12
			1	2
			9	53
			13	15
			4	16
6			1	1
			15	31
7			1	1
			2	33
			1	2
			4	37
			2	4
			11	48
			1	2
			15	63
			1	3
8			4	4
			1	4
			7	60
			12	16
			23	38
			7	67
			2	40
			1	68
			38	78
			26	42
			2	6
			1	43
			1	79
			2	45
			32	38
			1	80
			73	111
			29	74
9			2	2
			12	86
			11	13
			8	94
10			8	8
			1	64
			1	14
			10	18
			1	95
			3	21
	Nov 23,1998		25	120
			3	67
			4	25
			4	124
			3	28
			13	27
11			10	10
			7	35
			2	29
12			2	2
			3	32
			5	7
13			10	10
			3	13
14			3	3
15			6	6
16			1	1
			8	14
			35	36
			54	67
17			47	47
18			1	1
			1	37
			3	4
19			1	1
			8	45
			37	84
			1	2
			3	5
			3	87
			60	65
20			16	16
21			22	22
			39	106
			39	61
			9	115
			2	18
			2	117
			18	36
			127	163
22			127	127
			7	134
23			8	8
24			8	8
			13	147
25			17	17
			7	24
26			7	7
			11	18
27			10	10
28			10	10
			32	179
			20	199
			20	137
29			5	5
30			28	28
			42	70
			42	47
31			12	12
			1	13
32			1	1
			3	16
			4	20
			4	5
			40	110
			40	87
33			40	40
			31	71
			31	66
			20	91
34			32	32
35			6	6
			3	69
			21	90
36			21	21
			12	33
37			5	5
38			5	5
39			4	4
			1	34
			9	13
40			12	12
41			12	12
			21	33
42			5	5
43			12	12
			2	7
			15	27
			3	8
			1	8
			3	11
			20
			28	39
44			6	6
			5	44
45			1	1
			4	12
			4	16
			9	10
			1	45
			1	11
			3	19
			1	12
			1	46
			1	13
			1	47
			29	62
			10	23
46			4	4
				52	114
				1	5
47	1			1
				1	115
				4	27
				2	7
				2	3
48			12	12
			7	34
			12	59
			5	39
49		Present

Weeks at No. 1

Total

No.	Player	Weeks
1		237
2		199
3		163
4		137
5		124
6		115
7		111
8		110
9	Sania Mirza	91
10	Martina Hingis	90
11		87
11	Paola Suárez	87
13		80
14		68
15		67
16		65
17		61
18		59
19		48
20		45
21		39
22		34
23		32
23	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	32
25		27
26		24
27		20
28		19
29		18
30		14
31		13
32		12
32	Storm Hunter	12
34		10
	Květa Peschke
	Katarina Srebotnik
37		8
37	Venus Williams	8
39		7
39	Coco Gauff	7
41		6
	Aryna Sabalenka	6
	Erin Routliffe
44		5
44	Elena Vesnina	5
46		4
46	Larisa Neiland	4
48		3
48	Jessica Pegula	3
	active players – current No. 1(s) in bold.

Consecutive

No.	Player	Weeks
1		181
2		145
3		134
4		91
5		73
6		70
7		64
8		61
9		54
10	Liezel Huber	52
10	Kateřina Siniaková	52
12	Lisa Raymond	48
13		47
14		44
15		42
16	Sara Errani	40
16	Roberta Vinci	40
18		38
19	Paola Suárez	37
20		35
	current streak in bold.

^[2] ^[3]

Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline

Year span	Holder	Date achieved	Record
1984–1985	Martina Navratilova	September 4, 1984	27
1985–1986	Pam Shriver	September 30, 1985	44
1986–present	Martina Navratilova	May 26, 1986	237

No. 1 leaders timeline

Year-end No. 1 players

By year

Year	Player	Team
1984
1985		Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
1986	Martina Navratilova	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
1987	Martina Navratilova	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
1988	Martina Navratilova	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
1989	Martina Navratilova
1990		Helena Suková Jana Novotná
1991		Jana Novotná
1992	Helena Suková
1993		Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
1994		Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
1995		Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
1996	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Jana Novotná
1997	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
1998	Natasha Zvereva	Jana Novotná
1999		Martina Hingis
2000
2001
2002
2003	Paola Suárez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
2004		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez

By year (continued)

Year	Player	Team
2005		Lisa Raymond
2006	Lisa Raymond	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
2007	Cara Black
2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Cara Black Liezel Huber
2009	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Cara Black Liezel Huber
2010
2011	Liezel Huber
2012
2013	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
2014	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
2015		Martina Hingis
2016	Sania Mirza
2017		Martina Hingis
2018
2019		Kristina Mladenovic
2020		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
2021	Kateřina Siniaková	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
2022	Kateřina Siniaková	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková

Per player

No.	Total
5	Martina Navratilova
4	Cara Black
4	Liezel Huber
3	/ Natasha Zvereva
	Roberta Vinci
	Kateřina Siniaková
2	Helena Suková
	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
	Paola Suárez
	Lisa Raymond
	Sara Errani
	Sania Mirza

Per team

No.	Total
5	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
4	Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
3	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
	Cara Black Liezel Huber
	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
2	Helena Suková Jana Novotná
	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic

Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam

Player	First ranked No. 1	First Grand Slam final	First Grand Slam title
Gisela Dulko	November 1, 2010	2011 Australian Open (January 2011)
Sania Mirza	April 13, 2015	2011 French Open (June 2011)
Coco Gauff	August 15, 2022	2021 US Open (September 2021)
Jessica Pegula	September 11, 2023	2022 French Open (June 2022)	None
Storm Hunter	November 6, 2023	2023 Wimbledon (July 2023)	None

Weeks at No. 1 by decade

Note: Current active No. 1 indicated in italic.

2020s

* Stats are updated automatically on Mondays (UTC).

Weeks at No. 1 by country

Current No. 1 player(s) indicated in bold.

Weeks	Country	Players
798		Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Corina Morariu, Lisa Raymond, Liezel Huber, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula
312		Helena Suková, Jana Novotná, Květa Peschke, Lucie Šafářová, Barbora Krejčíková, Kateřina Siniaková, Barbora Strýcová
215		Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci
176		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Virginia Ruano Pascual
163		Cara Black
129		Natasha Zvereva , Aryna Sabalenka
111		Paola Suárez, Gisela Dulko
93		Hsieh Su-wei, Latisha Chan
91		Sania Mirza
90		Martina Hingis
76		Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur, Storm Hunter
45		Ai Sugiyama
43		Kim Clijsters, Elise Mertens
26		Julie Halard-Decugis, Kristina Mladenovic
20		Peng Shuai
20		Anna Kournikova, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina
13		Tímea Babos
10		Katarina Srebotnik
		Erin Routliffe
4		Larisa Neiland
1		Natasha Zvereva

Notes and References

Web site: 2023 WTA Tour Official Guide Record Book. 2024-03-04.
Web site: WTA Press Center – Weeks at No. 1. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103160208/http://www.wtatennis.com/page/PressCentre/0,,12781,00.html. 2012-11-03.
Web site: WTA Notes & Netcords. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117193840/http://www.wtatennis.com/page/NotesAndNetcords/0%2C%2C12781%2C00.html. 2012-01-17.