World number 1 ranked female tennis players
This is a list of women's historical number one ranked tennis players, traditionally determined at year-end.
Notes:
- The Women's Tennis Association introduced computerized ranking system in November 1975, which is incorporated into this list.
- The International Tennis Federation's year-end number 1 classification that was introduced in 1978 is no longer named as such, and has evolved into the ITF World Champion designation and award.
1921–present
More recent rankings are much better sourced.
| Year | Players | Country | Sources and Notes |
| 1921 | Suzanne Lenglen (3/8) |  | Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London) |
| 1922 | Suzanne Lenglen (4/8) | | Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London) |
| 1923 | Suzanne Lenglen (5/8) | | Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London) |
| 1924 | Suzanne Lenglen (6/8) | | Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London) |
| 1925 | Suzanne Lenglen (7/8) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1926 | Suzanne Lenglen (8/8) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1927 | Helen Wills Moody (1/9) |  | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1928 | Helen Wills Moody (2/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1929 | Helen Wills Moody (3/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1930 | Helen Wills Moody (4/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1931 | Helen Wills Moody (5/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1932 | Helen Wills Moody (6/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1933 | Helen Wills Moody (7/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1934 | Dorothy Round Little |  | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London) |
| Helen Jacobs (1/2) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis | |
| 1935 | Helen Wills Moody (8/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London); Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; Pierre Gillou, president of the French Tennis Federation |
| 1936 | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |  | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis |
| Helen Jacobs (2/2) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London); Fred Perry | |
| 1937 | Anita Lizana |  | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London); Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis |
| 1938 | Helen Wills Moody (9/9) | | Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London); Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; Pierre Gillou, president of the French Tennis Federation |
| 1939 | Alice Marble | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; Gordon Lowe; John Olliff |
| 1940– 1945 |
none (World War II) | The United States Lawn Tennis Association continued to rank U.S. players during the war years: Alice Marble (1940), Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1941 and 1945), and Pauline Betz Addie (1942, 1943, and 1944). | |
| 1946 | Pauline Betz Addie | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; Pierre Gillou, president of the French Tennis Federation; John Olliff |
| 1947 | Louise Brough Clapp (1)/(3) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis |
| Margaret Osborne duPont (1/4) | | John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack | |
| 1948 | Margaret Osborne duPont (2/4) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack |
| Louise Brough Clapp (2/3) | | Pierre Gillou, president of the French Tennis Federation | |
| 1949 | Margaret Osborne duPont (3/4) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; Pierre Gillou, president of the French Tennis Federation; John Olliff |
| 1950 | Margaret Osborne duPont (4/4) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack |
| 1951 | Doris Hart (1/2) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack |
| 1952 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (1/3) | | Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis; Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (2/3) | | World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1954 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (3/3) | | World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1955 | Doris Hart (2/2) | | World Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| Louise Brough Clapp (3/3) | | Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London) | |
| 1956 | Shirley Fry Irvin | | World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London) |
| 1957 | Althea Gibson (1/2) | | Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1958 | Althea Gibson (2/2) | | Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1959 | Maria Bueno (1/4) |  | Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1960 | Maria Bueno (2/4) | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1961 | Angela Mortimer Barrett | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1962 | Margaret Court (1/7) | .svg.png){kind=small} | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1963 | Margaret Court (2/7) | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1964 | Margaret Court (3/7) | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London) |
| Maria Bueno (3/4) | | Ned Potter, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll; Ulrich Kaiser | |
| 1965 | Margaret Court (4/7) | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Joseph Macauley, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll; Sport za Rubezhom (Russia) |
| 1966 | Billie Jean King (1/6) | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Joseph Macauley, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Pierre de Thier, Belgium |
| Maria Bueno (4/4) | | Bruce Walkley, Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll | |
| 1967 | Billie Jean King (2/6) | | Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Joseph Macauley, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); British Lawn Tennis Reader's Poll |
| 1968 | Billie Jean King (3/6) | | Bud Collins; Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Rino Tommasi; Ulrich Kaiser; Seagram's (panel of experts) |
| 1969 | Margaret Court (5/7) | | Bud Collins; Joseph Macauley, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Rino Tommasi |
| 1970 | Margaret Court (6/7) | | Bud Collins; Joseph Macauley, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Judith Elian, L'Equipe; Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Mike Gibson (Wimbledon referee); Rino Tommasi |
| 1971 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | | Joseph Macauley, World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Bjorn Hellberg, Tennis Tidning (Sweden); L'Equipe magazine; Rex Bellamy, The Times (London); Frank Rostron |
| Billie Jean King (4/6) | | Bud Collins; Rino Tommasi | |
| 1972 | Billie Jean King (5/6) | | Tennis magazine (U.S.); World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Bud Collins; John Barrett; Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Rino Tommasi; Frank Rostron |
| 1973 | Margaret Court (7/7) | | Bud Collins; John Barrett; Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Rino Tommasi; World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1974 | Chris Evert (1/8) | | World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); John Barrett; Rino Tommasi; Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| Billie Jean King (6/6) | | Bud Collins | |
| 1975 | Chris Evert (2/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; John Barrett; World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1976 | Chris Evert (3/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; Bud Collins; World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1977 | Chris Evert (4/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; John Barrett, Financial Times (London); Judith Elian, L'Equipe; Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London); Peter Bodo, Tennis magazine (U.S.); Rino Tommasi, Tennis Club (Rome); Wataru Tsukagoshi, Tennis Magazine of Japan; World Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1978 | Chris Evert (5/8) | | International Tennis Federation; Tennis Magazine (Australia); World Tennis magazine (U.S.); John Barrett; Joe Macauley, Tennis Australia; Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| Martina Navratilova (1/7) |  | Women's Tennis Association; Bud Collins; Lance Tingay | |
| 1979 | Martina Navratilova (2/7) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; Jeffrey Bairstow and Peter Bodo, Tennis magazine (U.S.); World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Alan Trengrove, Tennis Magazine (Australia); Bud Collins; John Barrett, Financial Times (London); Rino Tommasi, Tennis Club (Rome); Joe Macauley, Tennis Australia; Wataru Tsukagoshi, Tennis Magazine of Japan; Lance Tingay |
| Chris Evert (6/8) | | Judith Elian, L'Equipe | |
| 1980 | Chris Evert (7/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett; World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay; Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1981 | Chris Evert (8/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; Alexander McNab and Peter Bodo, Tennis magazine (U.S.); World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Alan Trengrove, Tennis Magazine (Australia); Judith Elian, L'Equipe; John Barrett, Financial Times (London); Waturu Tsukagoshi, Tennis Magazine of Japan; Rino Tommasi, Tennis Club (Rome) |
| Tracy Austin | | John Barrett, Financial Times (London); Lance Tingay | |
| 1982 | Martina Navratilova (3/7) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London); World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova (4/7) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London); World Tennis magazine (U.S.); Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London) |
| 1984 | Martina Navratilova (5/7) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova (6/7) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova (7/7) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1987 | Steffi Graf (1/8) |  | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf (2/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf (3/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1990 | Steffi Graf (4/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1991 | Monica Seles (1/3) | .svg.png){kind=small} | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1992 | Monica Seles (2/3) | %3B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png){kind=small} | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1993 | Steffi Graf (5/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf (6/8) | | Women's Tennis Association |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |  | International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) | |
| 1995 | Steffi Graf (7/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| Monica Seles (3/3) | | Women's Tennis Association | |
| 1996 | Steffi Graf (8/8) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis (1/3) |  | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1998 | Lindsay Davenport (1/4) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 1999 | Martina Hingis (2/3) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; John Barrett, Financial Times (London) |
| 2000 | Martina Hingis (3/3) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2001 | Lindsay Davenport (2/4) | | Women's Tennis Association |
| Jennifer Capriati | | International Tennis Federation | |
| 2002 | Serena Williams (1/6) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2003 | Justine Henin (1/3) | .svg.png){kind=small} | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2004 | Lindsay Davenport (3/4) | | Women's Tennis Association |
| Anastasia Myskina |  | International Tennis Federation | |
| 2005 | Lindsay Davenport (4/4) | | Women's Tennis Association |
| Kim Clijsters | | International Tennis Federation | |
| 2006 | Justine Henin (2/3) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2007 | Justine Henin (3/3) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2008 | Jelena Janković |  | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2009 | Serena Williams (2/6) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2010 | Caroline Wozniacki (1/2) | |
Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2011 | Caroline Wozniacki (2/2) | | Women's Tennis Association |
| Petra Kvitová | | International Tennis Federation | |
| 2012 | Victoria Azarenka |  | Women's Tennis Association |
| Serena Williams (3/6) | | International Tennis Federation | |
| 2013 | Serena Williams (4/6) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2014 | Serena Williams (5/6) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2015 | Serena Williams (6/6) | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2017 | Simona Halep |  | Women's Tennis Association |
| Garbine Muguruza | | International Tennis Federation, WTA Player of the Year | |
| 2018 | Simona Halep | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation |
| 2019 | Ashleigh Barty | | Women's Tennis Association; International Tennis Federation; WTA Player of the Year |
See also
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players
- World number 1 male tennis player rankings
External links
- Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701–6. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
- International Tennis Federation Women's World Champions
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