List of WTA number 1 ranked players

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 This article does not cite any references or sources. (June 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

This is a list of WTA number 1 ranked players. That is, players who have been or currently are ranked World Number 1, along with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot. Since the WTA began producing computerized rankings in 1975, 17 women have reached the highest singles ranking. The WTA releases ranking points weekly based on how players fared in the latest tournaments versus how they fared one year ago. What they achieved before they were No. 1.

Contents

[edit] No. 1 ranked players

Country Name Start Date End Date # of weeks Cumulative # of weeks
Flag of the United States Chris Evert (1) Nov 03, 1975 Apr 25, 1976 26 26
Flag of Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2) Apr 26, 1976 May 09, 1976 2 2
Flag of the United States Chris Evert May 10, 1976 Jul 09, 1978 112 138
Flag of Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova (3) Jul 10, 1978 Jan 13, 1979 27 27
Flag of the United States Chris Evert Jan 14, 1979 Jan 27, 1979 2 140
Flag of Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Jan 28, 1979 Feb 24, 1979 4 31
Flag of the United States Chris Evert Feb 25, 1979 Apr 15, 1979 7 147
Flag of Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Apr 16, 1979 Jun 24, 1979 10 41
Flag of the United States Chris Evert Jun 25, 1979 Sep 09, 1979 11 158
Flag of Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Sep 10, 1979 Apr 06, 1980 30 71
Flag of the United States Tracy Austin (4) Apr 07, 1980 Apr 20, 1980 2 2
Flag of Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Apr 21, 1980 Jun 30, 1980 10 81
Flag of the United States Tracy Austin Jul 01, 1980 Nov 17, 1980 20 22
Flag of the United States Chris Evert Nov 18, 1980 May 02, 1982 76 234
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova May 03, 1982 May 16, 1982 2 83
Flag of the United States Chris Evert May 17, 1982 Jun 13, 1982 4 238
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova Jun 14, 1982 Jun 09, 1985 156 239
Flag of the United States Chris Evert Jun 10, 1985 Oct 13, 1985 18 256
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova Oct 14, 1985 Oct 27, 1985 2 241
Flag of the United States Chris Evert Oct 28, 1985 Nov 24, 1985 4 260
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova Nov 25, 1985 Aug 16, 1987 90 331
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf (5) Aug 17, 1987 Mar 10, 1991 186 record 186
Flag of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (6) Mar 11, 1991 Aug 04, 1991 21 21
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Aug 05, 1991 Aug 11, 1991 1 187
Flag of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Aug 12, 1991 Aug 18, 1991 1 22
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Aug 19, 1991 Sep 08, 1991 3 190
Monica Seles Sep 09, 1991 Jun 06, 1993 91 113
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Jun 07, 1993 Feb 05, 1995 87 277
Flag of Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (7) Feb 06, 1995 Feb 19, 1995 2 2
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Feb 20, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 1 278
Flag of Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Feb 27, 1995 Apr 09, 1995 6 8
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Apr 10, 1995 May 14, 1995 5 283
Flag of Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario May 15, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 4 12
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Jun 12, 1995 Aug 14, 1995 9 292
Flag of Germany
Flag of the United States		 Steffi Graf &
Monica Seles		 Aug 15, 1995 Nov 03, 1996 64 356 & 177
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Nov 04, 1996 Nov 17, 1996 2 358
Flag of Germany
Flag of the United States		 Steffi Graf &
Monica Seles		 Nov 18, 1996 Nov 24, 1996 1 359 & 178
Flag of Germany Steffi Graf Nov 25, 1996 Mar 30, 1997 18 377 record
Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis (8) Mar 31, 1997 Oct 11, 1998 80 80
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport (9) Oct 12, 1998 Feb 07, 1999 17 17
Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Feb 08, 1999 Jul 04, 1999 21 101
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport Jul 05, 1999 Aug 08, 1999 5 22
Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis Aug 09, 1999 Apr 02, 2000 34 135
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport Apr 03, 2000 May 07, 2000 5 27
Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis May 08, 2000 May 14, 2000 1 136
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport May 15, 2000 May 21, 2000 1 28
Flag of Switzerland Martina Hingis May 22, 2000 Oct 14, 2001 73 209
Flag of the United States Jennifer Capriati (10) Oct 15, 2001 Nov 04, 2001 3 3
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport Nov 05, 2001 Jan 13, 2002 10 38
Flag of the United States Jennifer Capriati Jan 14, 2002 Feb 24, 2002 6 9
Flag of the United States Venus Williams (11) Feb 25, 2002 Mar 17, 2002 3 3
Flag of the United States Jennifer Capriati Mar 18, 2002 Apr 21, 2002 5 14
Flag of the United States Venus Williams Apr 22, 2002 May 19, 2002 4 7
Flag of the United States Jennifer Capriati May 20, 2002 Jun 09, 2002 3 17
Flag of the United States Venus Williams Jun 10, 2002 Jul 07, 2002 4 11
Flag of the United States Serena Williams (12) Jul 08, 2002 Aug 10, 2003 57 57
Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters (13) Aug 11, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 10 10
Flag of Belgium Justine Henin (14) Oct 20, 2003 Oct 26, 2003 1 1
Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters Oct 27, 2003 Nov 09, 2003 2 12
Flag of Belgium Justine Henin Nov 10, 2003 Sep 12, 2004 44 45
Flag of France Amelie Mauresmo (15) Sep 13, 2004 Oct 17, 2004 5 5
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 18, 2004 Aug 21, 2005 44 82
Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova (16) Aug 22, 2005 Aug 28, 2005 1 1
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport Aug 29, 2005 Sep 11, 2005 2 84
Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova Sep 12, 2005 Oct 23, 2005 6 7
Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 24, 2005 Jan 29, 2006 14 98
Flag of Belgium Kim Clijsters Jan 30, 2006 Mar 19, 2006 7 19
Flag of France Amelie Mauresmo Mar 20, 2006 Nov 12, 2006 34 39
Flag of Belgium Justine Henin Nov 13, 2006 Jan 28, 2007 11 56
Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova Jan 29, 2007 Mar 18, 2007 7 14
Flag of Belgium Justine Henin Mar 19, 2007 May 18, 2008 61 117
Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova May 19, 2008 June 8, 2008 3 17
Flag of Serbia Ana Ivanovic (17) June 9, 2008 Present 1 1

Updated June 07, 2008.

[edit] Weeks at No. 1

[edit] Total

Rank Nat. Player # Weeks
1. Flag of Germany Steffi Graf 377
2. Flag of Czechoslovakia / Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova 331
3. Flag of the United States Chris Evert 260
4. Martina Hingis 209
5. Flag of Yugoslavia / Flag of the United States Monica Seles 178
6. Belgium Justine Henin 117
7. Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport 98
8. Flag of the United States Serena Williams 57
9. Flag of France Amelie Mauresmo 39
10. Flag of the United States Tracy Austin 22
11. Belgium Kim Clijsters 19
12. Flag of the United States Jennifer Capriati 17
13. Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova 17
14. Flag of Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 12
15. Flag of the United States Venus Williams 11
16. Flag of Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2
17. Flag of Serbia Ana Ivanovic 1

Current No. 1 in bold

[edit] Consecutive

Rank Nat. Player # Weeks
1 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf 186
2 Flag of Czechoslovakia / Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova 156
3 Flag of the United States Chris Evert 112
4 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf (2) 94
5 Flag of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 91
6 Flag of Czechoslovakia / Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova (2) 90
7 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf (3) 87
8 Martina Hingis 80
9 Flag of the United States Chris Evert (2) 76
10 Martina Hingis (2) 73
11 Flag of Germany Steffi Graf (4) 64
= Flag of the United States Monica Seles (2) 64
13 Belgium Justine Henin 61
14 Flag of the United States Serena Williams 57
15 Flag of Belgium Justine Henin (2) 44
= Flag of the United States Lindsay Davenport 44
17 Martina Hingis (3) 34
= Flag of France Amelie Mauresmo 34
19 Flag of Czechoslovakia / Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova (3) 30

[edit] Year end No. 1 players

Country Player No. of Times
Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf 8
Flag of Czechoslovakia CZE Martina Navratilova 7
Flag of the United States USA Chris Evert 5
Flag of the United States USA Lindsay Davenport 4
Belgium BEL Justine Henin 3
Flag of Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis
Flag of Yugoslavia YUG/Flag of the United States USA Monica Seles
Flag of the United States USA Serena Williams 1
Year Country Player
1975 Flag of the United States USA Chris Evert (1)
1976 Flag of the United States USA Chris Evert
1977 Flag of the United States USA Chris Evert
1978 Flag of Czechoslovakia CZE Martina Navratilova (2)
1979 Flag of Czechoslovakia CZE Martina Navratilova
1980 Flag of the United States USA Chris Evert
1981 Flag of the United States USA Chris Evert
1982 Flag of the United States USA Martina Navratilova
1983 Flag of the United States USA Martina Navratilova
1984 Flag of the United States USA Martina Navratilova
1985 Flag of the United States USA Martina Navratilova
1986 Flag of the United States USA Martina Navratilova
1987 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf (3)
1988 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf
1989 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf
1990 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf
1991 Flag of Yugoslavia YUG Monica Seles (4)
1992 Flag of Yugoslavia YUG Monica Seles
1993 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf
1994 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf
1995 Flag of Germany GER
Flag of the United States USA		 Steffi Graf
Monica Seles
1996 Flag of Germany GER Steffi Graf
1997 SUI Martina Hingis (5)
1998 Flag of the United States USA Lindsay Davenport (6)
1999 SUI Martina Hingis
2000 SUI Martina Hingis
2001 Flag of the United States USA Lindsay Davenport
2002 Flag of the United States USA Serena Williams (7)
2003 Belgium BEL Justine Henin (8)
2004 Flag of the United States USA Lindsay Davenport
2005 Flag of the United States USA Lindsay Davenport
2006 Belgium BEL Justine Henin
2007 Belgium BEL Justine Henin

[edit] Players who were ranked World No. 5 or higher but never World No. 1

The following is a list of players who were ranked World No. 5 or higher by the Women's Tennis Association but never World No. 1:

Player First date reached
No. 2s
Flag of the United Kingdom Virginia Wade November 3, 1975
Flag of the United States Andrea Jaeger August 17, 1981
Flag of Spain Conchita Martinez October 30, 1995
Flag of the Czech Republic Jana Novotna July 7, 1997
Flag of Russia Anastasia Myskina September 13, 2004
Flag of Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova September 10, 2007
Player First date reached
No. 3s
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver March 20, 1984
Flag of the Czech Republic/Flag of Australia Hana Mandlikova April 30, 1984
Flag of Australia Wendy Turnbull January 7, 1985
Flag of Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva February 4, 1985
Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini February 27, 1989
Flag of France Mary Pierce January 30, 1995
Flag of South Africa Amanda Coetzer November 3, 1997
Flag of France Nathalie Tauziat May 8, 2000
Flag of Russia Nadia Petrova May 5, 2006
Flag of Serbia Jelena Jankovic June 11, 2007
Player First date reached
No. 4s
Flag of the United Kingdom Sue Barker March 20, 1977
Flag of Australia Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat March 19, 1979
Flag of the Czech Republic Helena Sukova March 18, 1985
Flag of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch September 2, 1985
Flag of the United States Zina Garrison Jackson November 20, 1989
Flag of the United States Mary Joe Fernandez October 22, 1990
Flag of Japan Kimiko Date May 13, 1995
Flag of Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva January 29, 1996
Flag of Croatia Iva Majoli February 5, 1996
Flag of Germany Anke Huber October 14, 1996
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic August 19, 2002
Flag of Russia Elena Dementieva October 25, 2004
Player First date reached
No. 5s
Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals September 13, 1976
Flag of Australia Margaret Court February 21, 1977
Flag of the Netherlands Betty Stove July 3, 1977
Flag of Germany Sylvia Hanika September 12, 1983
Flag of the United States Kathy Jordan March 19, 1984
Flag of the United Kingdom Jo Durie April 29, 1984
Flag of Belarus Natalia Zvereva May 22, 1989
Flag of Slovakia Daniela Hantuchova January 27, 2003
Flag of Russia Anna Chakvetadze September 10, 2007

[edit] See also

List of ATP number 1 ranked players