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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.

Ranking method

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]

the four Grand Slams
six WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined tournaments
one WTA 1000 Mandatory (WTA-only) tournament
the best of seven results from all WTA 1000 Mandatory, WTA 500, WTA 250, and WTA 125 Tournaments and ITF W15+ events
the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended

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.

Points Table

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
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 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

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

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.

Current rankings

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WTA rankings (singles) as of 5 January 2026^[update]^[6]^[7]
No.	Player	Points	Move
1	Aryna Sabalenka	10,870
2	Iga Świątek (POL)	8,395
3	Coco Gauff (USA)	6,763
4	Amanda Anisimova (USA)	6,287
5	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	5,583
6	Jessica Pegula (USA)	5,183
7	Madison Keys (USA)	4,335
8	Jasmine Paolini (ITA)	4,325
9	Mirra Andreeva	4,319
10	Ekaterina Alexandrova	3,375
11	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	3,168
12	Clara Tauson (DEN)	2,770
13	Linda Nosková (CZE)	2,641
14	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,595
15	Emma Navarro (USA)	2,515
16	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,487
17	Liudmila Samsonova	2,209
18	Victoria Mboko (CAN)	2,157
19	Karolína Muchová (CZE)	1,996
20	Elise Mertens (BEL)	1,969

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WTA rankings (doubles) as of 5 January 2026^[update]^[8]^[9]
No.	Player	Points	Move
1	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	8,780
2	Taylor Townsend (USA)	8,485
3	Sara Errani (ITA)	7,195
=	Jasmine Paolini (ITA)	7,195
5	Elise Mertens (BEL)	6,730
6	Veronika Kudermetova	6,635
7	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	6,405
8	Erin Routliffe (NZL)	6,330
9	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	6,018
10	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	5,666
11	Diana Shnaider	5,160
12	Mirra Andreeva	4,660
13	Tímea Babos (HUN)	4,645
14	Luisa Stefani (BRA)	4,600
15	Anna Danilina (KAZ)	4,485
16	Zhang Shuai (CHN)	4,095
17	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)	3,784
18	Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)	3,560
19	Asia Muhammad (USA)	3,505
20	Alexandra Panova	3,435

Points breakdown

as of 10 November 2025^[update]
Points from WTA 125 and ITF tournaments are not shown.
Points from WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments in which the player received 0 points, are not shown.
Points in brackets () don't count to total points by reason of tournament limit.

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				WTA 1000										Best other					WTA Finals	Tourn	Total points
Rank	Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	DO	DU	IW	MI	MA	IT	CA	CI	BE	WU	1	2	3	4	5	WTA Finals	Tourn	Total points
1	Aryna Sabalenka	F 1300	F 1300	SF 780	W 2000	R64 (10)	R16 (120)	F 650	W 1000	W 1000	QF 215	A 0	QF 215	A 0	SF 390	W 500	F 325	SF 195			SF 1000	21	10,870
2	Iga Świątek	SF 780	SF 780	W 2000	QF 430	SF 390	QF 215	SF 390	QF 215	SF 390	R32 (65)	R16 120	W 1000	R16 120	QF 215	W 500	F 325	F 325	QF (108)		RR 200	21	8,395
3	Coco Gauff	QF 430	W 2000	R128 10	R16 240	R32 10	R32 (10)	R16 120	R16 120	F 650	F 650	R16 120	QF 215	SF 390	W 1000	W 500	QF 108	R32 (1)			RR 200	21	6,763
4	Amanda Anisimova	R64 70	R16 240	F 1300	F 1300	W 1000	R64 (10)	R64 10	R16 120	R64 10	R64 (10)	R16 120	R32 35	W 1000	A 0	F 325	SF 195	QF 108	QF 54	QF (27)	SF 400	23	6,287
5	Elena Rybakina	R16 240	R16 240	R32 130	R16 240	QF 215	SF 390	R16 120	R64 (10)	R32 65	R32 65	SF 390	SF 390	R32 65	QF 215	W 500	W 500	SF 195	SF 195	SF 195	W 1500	23	5,850
6	Jessica Pegula	R32 130	R16 240	R128 10	SF 780	QF 215	R16 120	R16 120	F 650	R32 65	R32 (65)	R32 65	R32 65	SF 390	F 650	W 500	W 500	F 325	W 250	QF 108	SF 400	23	5,583
7	Madison Keys	W 2000	QF 430	R32 130	R128 10	A 0	A 0	SF 390	R32 65	QF 215	R32 65	QF 215	R16 120	A 0	A 0	W 500	SF 195	R16 (60)	QF (54)		RR 0	21	4,335
8	Jasmine Paolini	R32 130	R16 240	R64 70	R32 130	R16 120	R16 120	R16 120	SF 390	R32 65	W 1000	R64 10	F 650	QF 215	SF 390	SF 195	SF 195	SF 195	QF 90		RR 0	19	4,325
9	Mirra Andreeva	R16 240	QF 430	QF 430	R32 130	R32 65	W 1000	W 1000	R32 65	QF 215	QF 215	R64 35	A 0	R16 120	R32 10	SF 195	QF 108	R16 60	R16 1		DNQ	19	4,319
10	Ekaterina Alexandrova	R128 10	R16 240	R16 240	R16 240	SF 390	R64 10	R64 10	R64 10	R16 120	A 0	R64 10	R16 120	SF 195	R16 120	W 500	F 325	F 325	F 325	SF 195	RR 0	27	3,375

Players have the option to replace 1000 and Grand Slam event points with points from other tournaments.

Number one ranked 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:^[10]

Current world No. 1 as of 15 December 2025.

Active players in green

No.	Player	Date reached	Total weeks
1	Chris Evert	Nov 3, 1975	260
2	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Apr 26, 1976	2
3	/ Martina Navratilova	Jul 10, 1978	332
4	Tracy Austin	Apr 7, 1980	21
5	Steffi Graf	Aug 17, 1987	377
6	// Monica Seles	Mar 11, 1991	178
7	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Feb 6, 1995	12
8	Martina Hingis	Mar 31, 1997	209
9	Lindsay Davenport	Oct 12, 1998	98
10	Jennifer Capriati	Oct 15, 2001	17
11	Venus Williams	Feb 25, 2002	11
12	Serena Williams	Jul 8, 2002	319
13	Kim Clijsters	Aug 11, 2003	20
14	Justine Henin	Oct 20, 2003	117
15	Amélie Mauresmo	Sep 13, 2004	39
16	Maria Sharapova	Aug 22, 2005	21
17	Ana Ivanovic	Jun 9, 2008	12
18	Jelena Janković	Aug 11, 2008	18
19	Dinara Safina	Apr 20, 2009	26
20	Caroline Wozniacki	Oct 11, 2010	71
21	Victoria Azarenka	Jan 30, 2012	51
22	Angelique Kerber	Sep 12, 2016	34
23	Karolína Plíšková	July 17, 2017	8
24	Garbiñe Muguruza	Sep 11, 2017	4
25	Simona Halep	Oct 9, 2017	64
26	Naomi Osaka	Jan 28, 2019	25
27	Ashleigh Barty	Jun 24, 2019	121
28	Iga Świątek	Apr 4, 2022	125
29	Aryna Sabalenka	Sep 11, 2023	71

Last update: as of 15 December 2025^[update]

Year-end number one 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.

Singles

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)
2025	Aryna Sabalenka

No. 1 all weeks of the year

Doubles

Year	Country	Player	Team^{[citation needed]}
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
2013	ITA	Sara Errani (18)	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2014	ITA ITA	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2015	IND	Sania Mirza (19)	Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
2016	IND	Sania Mirza	Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
2017	TPE SUI	Latisha Chan (20) Martina Hingis (21)	Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis
2018	CZE CZE	Barbora Krejčíková (22) Kateřina Siniaková (23)	Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2019	CZE	Barbora Strýcová (24)	Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
2020	TPE	Hsieh Su-wei (25)	Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
2021	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2022	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2023	AUS	Storm Hunter (26)	Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens
2024	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe
2025	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini

No. 1 all weeks of the year

Year-end Top 10

★ 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
1996	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
2025	A. Sabalenka	I. Świątek	C. Gauff	A. Anisimova^★	E. Rybakina	J. Pegula	M. Keys^★	J. Paolini	M. Andreeva^★	E. Alexandrova^★

Players with highest career rank 2–5

The following is a list of singles players who were ranked world No. 5 or higher but not No. 1 since November 3, 1975:^[11]

Active players in green

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
Zheng Qinwen	Jun 16, 2025
Amanda Anisimova	Sep 8, 2025

World No. 5
Player	Date reached
Rosemary Casals	Sep 13, 1976
Margaret Court^[12]	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
Madison Keys	Feb 24, 2025
Mirra Andreeva	Jul 14, 2025

Players with highest career rank 6–10

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.^[13]

Active players in green

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
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
Ekaterina Alexandrova	Oct 13, 2025

Consecutive weeks in the Top 10

The below lists the singles players with the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the WTA rankings:^[14]

Active streaks in green

Player	#
Martina Navratilova	1000
Chris Evert	746
Steffi Graf	625
Gabriela Sabatini	508
Manuela Maleeva	477
Pam Shriver	458
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	429
Hana Mandlíková	421
Simona Halep	373*
Lindsay Davenport	333
Conchita Martínez	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: As of 27 May 2024^[update]

Number 1 in singles and doubles

At the same time

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	Martina Navratilova	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
		Nov 25, 1985	Aug 16, 1987	Aug 18, 1986	Feb 04, 1990	Aug 18, 1986 – Aug 16, 1987	52
2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	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	Mar 27, 1995	Nov 05, 1995	May 15, 1995 – Jun 11, 1995	4
3	Martina Hingis	Mar 31, 1997	Oct 11, 1998	Jun 08, 1998	Aug 08, 1998	Jun 08, 1998 – Aug 08, 1998	8	29
		Mar 31, 1997	Oct 11, 1998	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
		Aug 09, 1999	Apr 02, 2000	Jan 31, 2000	Mar 19, 2000	Jan 31, 2000 – Mar 19, 2000	7
4	Lindsay Davenport	Apr 03, 2000	May 7, 2000	Apr 17, 2000	May 07, 2000	Apr 17, 2000 – May 7, 2000	3	3
5	Kim Clijsters	Aug 11, 2003	Oct 19, 2003	Aug 18, 2003	Sep 07, 2003	Aug 18, 2003 – Sep 07, 2003	3	3
6	Serena Williams	Nov 2, 2009	Oct 10, 2010	Jun 7, 2010	Aug 1, 2010	Jun 7, 2010 – Aug 1, 2010	8	8

At any time

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.^[15]

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	Martina Navratilova	Jul 10, 1978	Aug 16, 1987	332	Sep 04, 1984	May 13, 1990	237 (Open Era record)
2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Feb 06, 1995	Jun 11, 1995	12	Oct 19, 1992	Apr 06, 1997	111
3	Martina Hingis	Mar 31, 1997	Oct 14, 2001	209	Jun 08, 1998	Mar 18, 2018	90
4	Lindsay Davenport	Oct 12, 1998	Jan 29, 2006	98	Oct 20, 1997	May 7, 2000	32
5	Kim Clijsters	Aug 11, 2003	Feb 20, 2011	20	Aug 04, 2003	Sep 07, 2003	4
6	Venus Williams	Feb 25, 2002	Jul 07, 2002	11	Jun 07, 2010	Aug 01, 2010	8
7	Serena Williams	Jul 08, 2002	May 14, 2017	319	Jun 07, 2010	Aug 01, 2010	8
8	Aryna Sabalenka	Sep 11, 2023	present	46	Feb 22, 2021	Apr 04, 2021	6

Year-end No. 1

The below lists the players who finished the year ranked number 1 in both singles and doubles:

No.	Player	Year
1	Martina Navratilova	1984
1	Martina Navratilova (2)	1986

Navratilova also finished number 1 in either ranking list for 8 consecutive seasons: 1982–83 – Singles, 1984 – Singles & Doubles, 1985- Singles, 1986- Singles & Doubles, 1987–89 – Doubles.

No other player has managed to finish number 1 in singles and in doubles (same or different years).

Notes and references

^ "WTA rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 715. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "2024 WTA Rankings Rules" (PDF).
^ Rothenberg, Ben (30 May 2016). "Points and Prize Money Mean More to Olympic Tennis Holdouts". The New York Times.
^ "2019 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). WTA.
^ "Current WTA Singles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Official WTA Ranking". live-tennis.eu.
^ "Current WTA Doubles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Official WTA Doubles". live-tennis.eu.
^ "WTA Tour All-Time Records" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-20. Since the inception of computer singles rankings on November 3, 1975, the No.1 ranking has changed hands 101 times
^ "WTA Tour All-Time Records" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
^ Singles: Most Weeks at No.1
^ "WTA Tour All-Time Records" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
^ "Happy Anniversary, Simo: Halep 'honored' by seven-year streak". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
^ Shukla, Dr Balraj (1 October 2022). "9 players ranked World No. 1 in both singles and doubles ft. Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

External links

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.

Ranking method

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]

the four Grand Slams
six WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined tournaments
one WTA 1000 Mandatory (WTA-only) tournament
the best of seven results from all WTA 1000 Mandatory, WTA 500, WTA 250, and WTA 125 Tournaments and ITF W15+ events
the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended

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.