WTA Rankings


The WTA Rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.

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 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles and 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 with the condition that they must include points from the 4 Grand Slams, the 4 Premier Mandatory tournaments and the WTA Finals. In addition, for Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count. 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.
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 2019 is shown below. Points earned in 2013 were a little different in some cases and retained their value until they expired after 52 weeks.
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.

* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.

"+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided.
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 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.
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 the points are the same as for singles.

Current rankings

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:
No.PlayerDate reachedTotal weeks
1Nov 3, 1975260
2Apr 26, 19762
3Jul 10, 1978332
4Apr 7, 198021
5Aug 17, 1987377
6Mar 11, 1991178
7Feb 6, 199512
8Mar 31, 1997209
9Oct 12, 199898
10Oct 15, 200117
11Feb 25, 200211
12Jul 8, 2002319
13Aug 11, 200320
14Oct 20, 2003117
15Sep 13, 200439
16Aug 22, 200521
17Jun 9, 200812
18Aug 11, 200818
19Apr 20, 200926
20Oct 11, 201071
21Jan 30, 201251
22Sep 12, 201634
23July 17, 20178
24Sep 11, 20174
25Oct 9, 201764
26Jan 28, 201925
27Jun 24, 201933

Last update: 2 March 2020

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

YearPlayer
1975 Chris Evert
1976 Chris Evert
1977 Chris Evert
1978 Martina Navratilova
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
1988 Steffi Graf
1989 Steffi Graf
1990 Steffi Graf
1991 Monica Seles
1992 Monica Seles
1993 Steffi Graf
1994 Steffi Graf
1995 Steffi Graf
Monica Seles
1996 Steffi Graf
1997 Martina Hingis
1998 Lindsay Davenport
1999 Martina Hingis

YearPlayer
2000 Martina Hingis
2001 Lindsay Davenport
2002 Serena Williams
2003 Justine Henin
2004 Lindsay Davenport
2005 Lindsay Davenport
2006 Justine Henin
2007 Justine Henin
2008 Jelena Janković
2009 Serena Williams
2010 Caroline Wozniacki
2011 Caroline Wozniacki
2012 Victoria Azarenka
2013 Serena Williams
2014 Serena Williams
2015 Serena Williams
2016 Angelique Kerber
2017 Simona Halep
2018 Simona Halep
2019 Ashleigh Barty

Doubles

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:

Consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the WTA World rankings

The below lists the players with the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the WTA World rankings:

Singles

PlayerConsecutive weeks in Top 10 rankings
Martina Navratilova1000
Chris Evert746
Steffi Graf625
Gabriela Sabatini508
Pam Shriver458
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario429
Hana Mandlikova421
Lindsay Davenport333
Conchita Martinez319
Simona Halep318

Last update: 23 February 2020