List of WTA number 1 ranked players

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This is a list of all the female tennis player who have been or are ranked World No. 1 with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot again. Since the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) began with computer rankings (1975) 15 women have reached the highest singles ranking.

1 No. 1 ranked players
2 Weeks at No. 1
- 2.1 Total
- 2.2 Consecutive
3 Year end No. 1 players
4 See also

[edit] No. 1 ranked players

Country	Name	Start Date	-	End Date	# of weeks	Cumulative # of weeks
	Chris Evert (1)	Nov 03, 1975	-	Jul 09, 1978	(140)	140
	Martina Navratilova (2)	Jul 10, 1978	-	Jan 13, 1979	(27)	27
	Chris Evert	Jan 14, 1979	-	Jan 27, 1979	(2)	142
	Martina Navratilova	Jan 28, 1979	-	Feb 24, 1979	(4)	31
	Chris Evert	Feb 25, 1979	-	Apr 15, 1979	(7)	149
	Martina Navratilova	Apr 16, 1979	-	Jun 24, 1979	(10)	41
	Chris Evert	Jun 25, 1979	-	Sep 09, 1979	(11)	160
	Martina Navratilova	Sep 10, 1979	-	Apr 06, 1980	(30)	71
	Tracy Austin (3)	Apr 07, 1980	-	Apr 20, 1980	(2)	2
	Martina Navratilova	Apr 21, 1980	-	Jun 30, 1980	(10)	81
	Tracy Austin	Jul 01, 1980	-	Nov 17, 1980	(20)	22
	Chris Evert	Nov 18, 1980	-	May 02, 1982	(76)	236
	Martina Navratilova	May 03, 1982	-	May 16, 1982	(2)	83
	Chris Evert	May 17, 1982	-	Jun 13, 1982	(4)	240
	Martina Navratilova	Jun 14, 1982	-	Jun 09, 1985	(156)	239
	Chris Evert	Jun 10, 1985	-	Oct 13, 1985	(18)	258
	Martina Navratilova	Oct 14, 1985	-	Oct 27, 1985	(2)	241
	Chris Evert	Oct 28, 1985	-	Nov 24, 1985	(4)	262
	Martina Navratilova	Nov 25, 1985	-	Aug 16, 1987	(90)	331
	Steffi Graf (4)	Aug 17, 1987	-	Mar 10, 1991	(186) record	186
	Monica Seles (5)	Mar 11, 1991	-	Aug 04, 1991	(21)	21
	Steffi Graf	Aug 05, 1991	-	Aug 11, 1991	(1)	187
	Monica Seles	Aug 12, 1991	-	Aug 18, 1991	(1)	22
	Steffi Graf	Aug 19, 1991	-	Sep 08, 1991	(3)	190
	Monica Seles	Sep 09, 1991	-	Jun 06, 1993	(91)	113
	Steffi Graf	Jun 07, 1993	-	Feb 05, 1995	(87)	277
	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (6)	Feb 06, 1995	-	Feb 19, 1995	(2)	2
	Steffi Graf	Feb 20, 1995	-	Feb 26, 1995	(1)	278
	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Feb 27, 1995	-	Apr 09, 1995	(6)	8
	Steffi Graf	Apr 10, 1995	-	May 14, 1995	(5)	283
	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	May 15, 1995	-	Jun 11, 1995	(4)	12
	Steffi Graf	Jun 12, 1995	-	Aug 14, 1995	(9)	292
	Steffi Graf & Monica Seles	Aug 15, 1995	-	Nov 03, 1996	(64)	356 & 177
	Steffi Graf	Nov 04, 1996	-	Nov 17, 1996	(2)	358
	Steffi Graf & Monica Seles	Nov 18, 1996	-	Nov 24, 1996	(1)	359 & 178
	Steffi Graf	Nov 25, 1996	-	Mar 30, 1997	(18)	377
	Martina Hingis (7)	Mar 31, 1997	-	Oct 11, 1998	(80)	80
	Lindsay Davenport (8)	Oct 12, 1998	-	Feb 07, 1999	(17)	17
	Martina Hingis	Feb 08, 1999	-	Jul 04, 1999	(21)	101
	Lindsay Davenport	Jul 05, 1999	-	Aug 08, 1999	(5)	22
	Martina Hingis	Aug 09, 1999	-	Apr 02, 2000	(34)	135
	Lindsay Davenport	Apr 03, 2000	-	May 07, 2000	(5)	27
	Martina Hingis	May 08, 2000	-	May 14, 2000	(1)	136
	Lindsay Davenport	May 15, 2000	-	May 21, 2000	(1)	28
	Martina Hingis	May 22, 2000	-	Oct 14, 2001	(73)	209
	Jennifer Capriati (9)	Oct 15, 2001	-	Nov 04, 2001	(3)	3
	Lindsay Davenport	Nov 05, 2001	-	Jan 13, 2002	(10)	38
	Jennifer Capriati	Jan 14, 2002	-	Feb 24, 2002	(6)	9
	Venus Williams (10)	Feb 25, 2002	-	Mar 17, 2002	(3)	3
	Jennifer Capriati	Mar 18, 2002	-	Apr 21, 2002	(5)	14
	Venus Williams	Apr 22, 2002	-	May 19, 2002	(4)	7
	Jennifer Capriati	May 20, 2002	-	Jun 09, 2002	(3)	17
	Venus Williams	Jun 10, 2002	-	Jul 07, 2002	(4)	11
	Serena Williams (11)	Jul 08, 2002	-	Aug 10, 2003	(57)	57
	Kim Clijsters (12)	Aug 11, 2003	-	Oct 19, 2003	(10)	10
	Justine Henin (13)	Oct 20, 2003	-	Oct 26, 2003	(1)	1
	Kim Clijsters	Oct 27, 2003	-	Nov 09, 2003	(2)	12
	Justine Henin	Nov 10, 2003	-	Sep 12, 2004	(44)	45
	Amélie Mauresmo (14)	Sep 13, 2004	-	Oct 17, 2004	(5)	5
	Lindsay Davenport	Oct 18, 2004	-	Aug 21, 2005	(44)	82
	Maria Sharapova (15)	Aug 22, 2005	-	Aug 28, 2005	(1)	1
	Lindsay Davenport	Aug 29, 2005	-	Sep 11, 2005	(2)	84
	Maria Sharapova	Sep 12, 2005	-	Oct 23, 2005	(6)	7
	Lindsay Davenport	Oct 24, 2005	-	Jan 29, 2006	(14)	98
	Kim Clijsters	Jan 30, 2006	-	Mar 19, 2006	(7)	19
	Amélie Mauresmo	Mar 20, 2006	-	Nov 12, 2006	(34)	39
	Justine Henin	Nov 13, 2006	-	Jan 28, 2007	(11)	56
	Maria Sharapova	Jan 29, 2007	-	Mar 18, 2007	(7)	14
	Justine Henin	Mar 19, 2007	-	Present	(2)	58

[edit] Weeks at No. 1

[edit] Total

Rank	Nat.	Player	# Weeks
1.		Steffi Graf	377
2.	/	Martina Navrátilová	331
3.		Chris Evert	262
4.		Martina Hingis	209
5.	/	Monica Seles	178
6.		Lindsay Davenport	98
7.		Justine Henin	58
8.		Serena Williams	57
9.		Amélie Mauresmo	39
10.		Tracy Austin	22
11.		Kim Clijsters	19
12.		Jennifer Capriati	17
13.		Maria Sharapova	14
14.		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	12
15.		Venus Williams	11

Current No. 1 in bold.

[edit] Consecutive

Rank	Player	# Weeks
1	Steffi Graf	186
2	Martina Navrátilová	156
3	Chris Evert	140
4	Monica Seles	91
5	Martina Navrátilová (2)	90
6	Steffi Graf (2)	87
7	Martina Hingis	80
8	Chris Evert (2)	76
9	Martina Hingis (2)	73
10	Steffi Graf (3)	66

[edit] Year end No. 1 players

1.	Steffi Graf	8
2.	Martina Navrátilová	7
3.	Chris Evert	5
4.	Lindsay Davenport	4
5.	Monica Seles	3
	Martina Hingis	3
6.	Justine Henin	2
7.	Serena Williams	1

Year	Country	Player
1975	USA	Chris Evert (1)
1976	USA	Chris Evert
1977	USA	Chris Evert
1978	CZE	Martina Navrátilová (2)
1979	CZE	Martina Navrátilová
1980	USA	Chris Evert
1981	USA	Chris Evert
1982	USA	Martina Navrátilová
1983	USA	Martina Navrátilová
1984	USA	Martina Navrátilová
1985	USA	Martina Navrátilová
1986	USA	Martina Navrátilová
1987	GER	Steffi Graf (3)
1988	GER	Steffi Graf
1989	GER	Steffi Graf
1990	GER	Steffi Graf
1991	YUG	Monica Seles (4)
1992	YUG	Monica Seles
1993	GER	Steffi Graf
1994	GER	Steffi Graf
1995	GER USA	Steffi Graf Monica Seles
1996	GER	Steffi Graf
1997	SUI	Martina Hingis (5)
1998	USA	Lindsay Davenport (6)
1999	SUI	Martina Hingis
2000	SUI	Martina Hingis
2001	USA	Lindsay Davenport
2002	USA	Serena Williams (7)
2003	BEL	Justine Henin (8)
2004	USA	Lindsay Davenport
2005	USA	Lindsay Davenport
2006	BEL	Justine Henin