List of WTA number 1 ranked singles 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. 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

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]}

No.	Player	Start date	End date	Weeks	Total
1				25	25
2				2	2
				113	138
3				26	26
				2	140
				4	30
				7	147
				10	40
				11	158
				31	71
4				2	2
				11	82
				19	21
				76	234
				2	84
				4	238
				156	240
				18	256
				2	242
				4	260
				90	332
5				186	186
6				21	21
				1	187
				1	22
				3	190
				91	113
				87	277
7				2	2
				1	278
				6	8
				5	283
				4	12
				9	292
				64	356
					177
				2	358
				1	359
					178
				18	377
8				80	80
9				17	17
				21	101
				5	22
				34	135
				5	27
				1	136
				1	28
				73	209
10				3	3
				10	38
				6	9
11				3	3
				5	14
				4	7
				3	17
				4	11
12				57	57
13				10	10
14				1	1
				2	12
				44	45
15				5	5
				44	82
16				1	1
				2	84
				6	7
				14	98
				7	19
				34	39
				11	56
				7	14
				61	117
				3	17
17				9	9
18				1	1
				3	12
				4	61
				17	18
				11	72
19				25	25
				2	74
				1	26
				49	123
20				18	18
				1	20
				49	67
21				19	19
				4	21
				32	51
				186	309
22				20	20
				7	316
				5	25
				3	319
				9	34
23				8	8
24				4	4
25				16	16
				4	71
				48	64
26				21	21
27				7	7
				4	25
				28	35
				20
				86	121
28				75	75
29				8	8
				50	125
			Present

Weeks at No. 1

Total No. Player Weeks 1 377 2 332 3 319 4 260 5 209 6 178 7 125 8 Ashleigh Barty 121 9 117 10 98 11 71 12 64 13 51 14 39 15 34 16 26 17 25 18 21 Maria Sharapova 20 20 21 18 22 17 23 Aryna Sabalenka 24 12 Ana Ivanovic 26 11 27 8 28 4 29 2 Active players – current No. 1 in bold. Consecutive No. Player Weeks 1 186 Serena Williams 3 156 4 114 5 113 6 Steffi Graf 94 7 91 8 Martina Navratilova 90 9 Steffi Graf 87 10 80 11 Chris Evert 76 12 75 13 Martina Hingis 73 14 Monica Seles 64 15 61 16 Serena Williams 57 17 Iga Świątek 50 18 Serena Williams 49 Caroline Wozniacki 20 Simona Halep 48 Current streak in bold.

Weeks are updated automatically.^{[4] [5]}
The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 177.

Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline

Year span	Leader	Date achieved	Duration	Record
1975–1985	Chris Evert	3 November 1975		238
1985–1985	Martina Navratilova	27 May 1985		240
1985–1986	Chris Evert	24 June 1985		260
1986–1996	Martina Navratilova	31 March 1986		332
1996–Present	Steffi Graf	21 May 1996		377

No. 1 leaders timeline

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aryna Sabalenka and Katerina Siniakova secure WTA Year-End No.1 rankings. November 5, 2024. wtatennis.com. November 8, 2024.
2. Web site: 2012 WTA Media Guide . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015020844/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/MediaInfo/mediaguide2012.pdf . 2012-10-15.
3. Web site: WTA Singles Rankings . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140208041228/http://www.wtatennis.com/singles-rankings . 8 February 2014 . 2 March 2014.
4. 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.
5. 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.