WTA Rankings
The WTA Rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.[1]
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.[2] Up until 2016, the WTA also distributed ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics.[3] However, this has since been discontinued.[4]
The points distribution for tournaments in 2017 is shown below. Points earned in 2013 were a little different in some cases and retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks.
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
WTA Finals (S) | +420 (1500 max) | +330 (1080 max) | (250 for each round robin win, 125 for each loss) (750 max) | |||||||||
WTA Finals (D) | 1500 | 1080 | 750 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Elite Trophy | +260
(700 max) |
+200
(440 max) |
(120 for each round robin win, 40 for each loss)
(240 max) | |||||||||
WTA Premier (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (32S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA International (32S, 32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
WTA International (32S, 16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
WTA International (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 125K series (S) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 4 | 1 |
WTA 125K series (D) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ITF $100,000 + H (32) | 150 | 90 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | - |
ITF $100,000 (32) | 140 | 85 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | - |
ITF $80,000 + H (32) | 130 | 80 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
ITF $80,000 (32) | 115 | 70 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
ITF $60,000 + H (32) | 100 | 60 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
ITF $60,000 (32) | 80 | 48 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
ITF $25,000 + H (32) | 60 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
ITF $25,000 (32) | 50 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
ITF $15,000 + H (32) | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ITF $15,000 (32) | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
"+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided.
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
†Change since previous rankings |
‡Change since previous week's 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 (active players in green):
No. | Player | Date reached | Total weeks |
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1 | Nov 3, 1975 | 260 | |
2 | Apr 26, 1976 | 2 | |
3 | | Jul 10, 1978 | 332 |
4 | Apr 7, 1980 | 21 | |
5 | Aug 17, 1987 | 377 | |
6 | Mar 11, 1991 | 178 | |
7 | Feb 6, 1995 | 12 | |
8 | Mar 31, 1997 | 209 | |
9 | Oct 12, 1998 | 98 | |
10 | Oct 15, 2001 | 17 | |
11 | Feb 25, 2002 | 11 | |
12 | Jul 8, 2002 | 319 | |
13 | Aug 11, 2003 | 20 | |
14 | Oct 20, 2003 | 117 | |
15 | Sep 13, 2004 | 39 | |
16 | Aug 22, 2005 | 21 | |
17 | Jun 9, 2008 | 12 | |
18 | Aug 11, 2008 | 18 | |
19 | Apr 20, 2009 | 26 | |
20 | Oct 11, 2010 | 71 | |
21 | Jan 30, 2012 | 51 | |
22 | Sep 12, 2016 | 34 | |
23 | July 17, 2017 | 8 | |
24 | Sep 11, 2017 | 4 | |
25 | Oct 9, 2017 | 49 |
Last update: 8 October 2018
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
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No. 1 all weeks of the year |
Doubles
Year | Country | Player | Team |
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1984 | Martina Navratilova (1) | ||
1985 | Pam Shriver (2) | ||
1986 | Martina Navratilova | ||
1987 | Martina Navratilova | ||
1988 | Martina Navratilova | ||
1989 | Martina Navratilova | ||
1990 | Helena Suková (3) | ||
1991 | Jana Novotná (4) | ||
1992 | Helena Suková | ||
1993 | Gigi Fernández (5) | ||
1994 | Natasha Zvereva (6) | ||
1995 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7) | ||
1996 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ||
1997 | Natasha Zvereva | ||
1998 | Natasha Zvereva | ||
1999 | Anna Kournikova (8) | ||
2000 | Ai Sugiyama (9) | ||
2001 | Lisa Raymond (10) | ||
2002 | Paola Suárez (11) | ||
2003 | Paola Suárez | ||
2004 | Virginia Ruano Pascual (12) | ||
2005 | Cara Black (13) | ||
2006 | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (14) | ||
2007 | Cara Black Liezel Huber (15) | ||
2008 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | ||
2009 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | ||
2010 | Gisela Dulko (16) | ||
2011 | Liezel Huber | ||
2012 | Roberta Vinci (17) | ||
2013 | Roberta Vinci | ||
Sara Errani (18) | |||
2014 | Roberta Vinci Sara Errani | ||
2015 | Sania Mirza (19) | ||
2016 | Sania Mirza | ||
2017 | Chan Yung-jan (20) Martina Hingis (21) |
No. 1 all weeks of the year |
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 (active players in green):
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See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "WTA Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
- ↑ "WTA – All About Rankings". WTA.
- ↑ "Ranking Points". itftennis.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ↑
- ↑ "WTA Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
- ↑ "WTA Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.