List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players - wikipedia List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players This article is about number - one ranked players since 1975. For the all - time list, see World number 1 women tennis players. Simona Halep, currently ranked no. 1 in women 's singles Latisha Chan, currently ranked no. 1 in women 's doubles. The list of WTA number 1 ranked players shows the professional women 's tennis players who have been or currently are ranked world No. 1 by the Women 's Tennis Association, along with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot. Since the WTA began producing computerized rankings on November 3, 1975, 25 women have reached the highest singles ranking and 36 women the highest doubles ranking. The WTA Rankings are a merit - based method for determining the rankings in women 's tennis and the WTA releases ranking points weekly based on how players fared during the previous 52 weeks. Contents 1 Singles 1.1 World No. 1 ranked players 1.2 Weeks at No. 1 1.2. 1 Total 1.2. 2 Consecutive 1.3 Weeks at No. 1 by country 1.4 Year - end No. 1 players 1.4. 1 Per player 1.4. 2 Per year 1.5 Players who were ranked world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament 2 Doubles 2.1 World No. 1 ranked players 2.2 Weeks at No. 1 2.2. 1 Total 2.2. 2 Consecutive 2.3 Weeks at number 1 by country 2.4 Year - end No. 1 players 2.4. 1 Per player 2.4. 2 Per year 2.5 Players who were ranked world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References Singles World No. 1 ranked players The rankings are sourced by the WTA Media Guide and the WTA website ( which usually revises its rankings every Sunday night or Monday morning, except when tournament finals are postponed ). On 11 September 2017, Garbiñe Muguruza and Rafael Nadal made Spain the first country since the United States 14 years ago to simultaneously top both the ATP and the WTA rankings, with Muguruza making her debut in the No. 1 spot. The most recent previous such pair were Serena Williams and Andre Agassi, 28 April to 11 May, 2003. Steffi Graf spent 377 weeks at the top of the WTA, the most of any player. New no. 1 Country Player Start date End date Weeks series total USA Chris Evert Nov 3, 1975 Apr 25, 1976 25 25 AUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley Apr 26, 1976 May 9, 1976 USA Chris Evert ( 2 ) May 10, 1976 Jul 9, 1978 113 138 USA Martina Navratilova Jul 10, 1978 Jan 13, 1979 26 26 USA Chris Evert ( 3 ) Jan 14, 1979 Jan 27, 1979 140 USA Martina Navratilova ( 2 ) Jan 28, 1979 Feb 24, 1979 30 USA Chris Evert ( 4 ) Feb 25, 1979 Apr 15, 1979 7 147 USA Martina Navratilova ( 3 ) Apr 16, 1979 Jun 24, 1979 10 40 USA Chris Evert ( 5 ) Jun 25, 1979 Sep 9, 1979 11 158 USA Martina Navratilova ( 4 ) Sep 10, 1979 Apr 6, 1980 31 71 USA Tracy Austin Apr 7, 1980 Apr 20, 1980 USA Martina Navratilova ( 5 ) Apr 21, 1980 Jul 6, 1980 11 82 USA Tracy Austin ( 2 ) Jul 7, 1980 Nov 17, 1980 19 21 USA Chris Evert ( 6 ) Nov 18, 1980 May 2, 1982 76 234 USA Martina Navratilova ( 6 ) May 3, 1982 May 16, 1982 84 USA Chris Evert ( 7 ) May 17, 1982 Jun 13, 1982 238 USA Martina Navratilova ( 7 ) Jun 14, 1982 Jun 9, 1985 156 240 USA Chris Evert ( 8 ) Jun 10, 1985 Oct 13, 1985 18 256 USA Martina Navratilova ( 8 ) Oct 14, 1985 Oct 27, 1985 242 USA Chris Evert ( 9 ) Oct 28, 1985 Nov 24, 1985 260 USA Martina Navratilova ( 9 ) Nov 25, 1985 Aug 16, 1987 90 332 5 GER Steffi Graf Aug 17, 1987 Mar 10, 1991 186 186 6 YUG Monica Seles Mar 11, 1991 Aug 4, 1991 21 21 GER Steffi Graf ( 2 ) Aug 5, 1991 Aug 11, 1991 187 YUG Monica Seles ( 2 ) Aug 12, 1991 Aug 18, 1991 22 GER Steffi Graf ( 3 ) Aug 19, 1991 Sep 8, 1991 190 / YUG Monica Seles ( 3 ) Sep 9, 1991 Jun 6, 1993 91 113 GER Steffi Graf ( 4 ) Jun 7, 1993 Feb 5, 1995 87 277 7 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Feb 6, 1995 Feb 19, 1995 GER Steffi Graf ( 5 ) Feb 20, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 278 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 2 ) Feb 27, 1995 Apr 9, 1995 6 8 GER Steffi Graf ( 6 ) Apr 10, 1995 May 14, 1995 5 283 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 3 ) May 15, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 12 GER Steffi Graf ( 7 ) Jun 12, 1995 Aug 14, 1995 9 292 GER USA Steffi Graf ( 7 ) Monica Seles ( 4 ) Aug 15, 1995 Nov 3, 1996 64 356 177 GER Steffi Graf ( 7 ) Nov 4, 1996 Nov 17, 1996 358 GER USA Steffi Graf ( 7 ) Monica Seles ( 5 ) Nov 18, 1996 Nov 24, 1996 359 178 GER Steffi Graf ( 7 ) Nov 25, 1996 Mar 30, 1997 18 377 8 SUI Martina Hingis Mar 31, 1997 Oct 11, 1998 80 80 9 USA Lindsay Davenport Oct 12, 1998 Feb 7, 1999 17 17 SUI Martina Hingis ( 2 ) Feb 8, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 21 101 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 2 ) Jul 5, 1999 Aug 8, 1999 5 22 SUI Martina Hingis ( 3 ) Aug 9, 1999 Apr 2, 2000 34 135 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 3 ) Apr 3, 2000 May 7, 2000 5 27 SUI Martina Hingis ( 4 ) May 8, 2000 May 14, 2000 136 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 4 ) May 15, 2000 May 21, 2000 28 SUI Martina Hingis ( 5 ) May 22, 2000 Oct 14, 2001 73 209 10 USA Jennifer Capriati Oct 15, 2001 Nov 4, 2001 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 5 ) Nov 5, 2001 Jan 13, 2002 10 38 USA Jennifer Capriati ( 2 ) Jan 14, 2002 Feb 24, 2002 6 9 11 USA Venus Williams Feb 25, 2002 Mar 17, 2002 USA Jennifer Capriati ( 3 ) Mar 18, 2002 Apr 21, 2002 5 14 USA Venus Williams ( 2 ) Apr 22, 2002 May 19, 2002 7 USA Jennifer Capriati ( 4 ) May 20, 2002 Jun 9, 2002 17 USA Venus Williams ( 3 ) Jun 10, 2002 Jul 7, 2002 11 12 USA Serena Williams Jul 8, 2002 Aug 10, 2003 57 57 13 BEL Kim Clijsters Aug 11, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 10 10 14 BEL Justine Henin Oct 20, 2003 Oct 26, 2003 BEL Kim Clijsters ( 2 ) Oct 27, 2003 Nov 9, 2003 12 BEL Justine Henin ( 2 ) Nov 10, 2003 Sep 12, 2004 44 45 15 FRA Amélie Mauresmo Sep 13, 2004 Oct 17, 2004 5 5 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 6 ) Oct 18, 2004 Aug 21, 2005 44 82 16 RUS Maria Sharapova Aug 22, 2005 Aug 28, 2005 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 7 ) Aug 29, 2005 Sep 11, 2005 84 RUS Maria Sharapova ( 2 ) Sep 12, 2005 Oct 23, 2005 6 7 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 8 ) Oct 24, 2005 Jan 29, 2006 14 98 BEL Kim Clijsters ( 3 ) Jan 30, 2006 Mar 19, 2006 7 19 FRA Amélie Mauresmo ( 2 ) Mar 20, 2006 Nov 12, 2006 34 39 BEL Justine Henin ( 3 ) Nov 13, 2006 Jan 28, 2007 11 56 RUS Maria Sharapova ( 3 ) Jan 29, 2007 Mar 18, 2007 7 14 BEL Justine Henin ( 4 ) Mar 19, 2007 May 18, 2008 61 117 RUS Maria Sharapova ( 4 ) May 19, 2008 Jun 8, 2008 17 17 SRB Ana Ivanovic Jun 9, 2008 Aug 10, 2008 9 9 18 SRB Jelena Janković Aug 11, 2008 Aug 17, 2008 SRB Ana Ivanovic ( 2 ) Aug 18, 2008 Sep 7, 2008 12 USA Serena Williams ( 2 ) Sep 8, 2008 Oct 5, 2008 61 SRB Jelena Janković ( 2 ) Oct 6, 2008 Feb 1, 2009 17 18 USA Serena Williams ( 3 ) Feb 2, 2009 Apr 19, 2009 11 72 19 RUS Dinara Safina Apr 20, 2009 Oct 11, 2009 25 25 USA Serena Williams ( 4 ) Oct 12, 2009 Oct 25, 2009 74 RUS Dinara Safina ( 2 ) Oct 26, 2009 Nov 1, 2009 26 USA Serena Williams ( 5 ) Nov 2, 2009 Oct 10, 2010 49 123 20 DEN Caroline Wozniacki Oct 11, 2010 Feb 13, 2011 18 18 BEL Kim Clijsters ( 4 ) Feb 14, 2011 Feb 20, 2011 20 DEN Caroline Wozniacki ( 2 ) Feb 21, 2011 Jan 29, 2012 49 67 21 BLR Victoria Azarenka Jan 30, 2012 Jun 10, 2012 19 19 RUS Maria Sharapova ( 5 ) Jun 11, 2012 Jul 8, 2012 21 BLR Victoria Azarenka ( 2 ) Jul 9, 2012 Feb 17, 2013 32 51 USA Serena Williams ( 6 ) Feb 18, 2013 Sep 11, 2016 186 309 22 GER Angelique Kerber Sep 12, 2016 Jan 29, 2017 20 20 USA Serena Williams ( 7 ) Jan 30, 2017 Mar 19, 2017 7 316 GER Angelique Kerber ( 2 ) Mar 20, 2017 Apr 23, 2017 5 25 USA Serena Williams ( 8 ) Apr 24, 2017 May 14, 2017 319 GER Angelique Kerber ( 3 ) May 15, 2017 Jul 16, 2017 9 34 23 CZE Karolína Plíšková Jul 17, 2017 Sep 10, 2017 8 8 24 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza Sep 11, 2017 Oct 8, 2017 25 ROU Simona Halep Oct 9, 2017 Jan 28, 2018 16 16 DEN Caroline Wozniacki ( 3 ) Jan 29, 2018 Feb 25, 2018 71 ROU Simona Halep ( 2 ) Feb 26, 2018 Present 5 21 Key Open - era record Current No. 1 player as of March 26, 2018 Note ^ Jump up to : Monica Seles was stabbed by a spectator during a WTA tournament match on 30 April 1993 ; while ranked number 1. When she returned to competition in 1995, the WTA decided to reinstate her alongside Graf as number one, with her ranking protected for a year until she had a full season of ranking points accrued. Weeks at No. 1 Total Rank Nat. Player Weeks 1. Steffi Graf 377 2. Martina Navratilova 332 3. Serena Williams 319 4. Chris Evert 260 5. Martina Hingis 209 6. / / Monica Seles 178 7. Justine Henin 117 8. Lindsay Davenport 98 9. Caroline Wozniacki 71 10. Victoria Azarenka 51 11. Amélie Mauresmo 39 12. Angelique Kerber 34 13. Dinara Safina 26 14. Tracy Austin 21 Maria Sharapova Simona Halep 17. Kim Clijsters 20 18. Jelena Janković 18 19. Jennifer Capriati 17 20. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 12 Ana Ivanovic 22. Venus Williams 11 23. Karolína Plíšková 8 24. Garbiñe Muguruza 25. Evonne Goolagong Cawley active players - current No. 1 in bold Consecutive Rank Nat. Player Weeks 1. Steffi Graf 186 Serena Williams 3. Martina Navratilova 156 4. Chris Evert 113 5. Steffi Graf ( 2 ) 94 6. Monica Seles 91 7. Martina Navratilova ( 2 ) 90 8. Steffi Graf ( 3 ) 87 9. Martina Hingis 80 10. Chris Evert ( 2 ) 76 11. Martina Hingis ( 2 ) 73 12 Monica Seles ( 2 ) 64 13. Justine Henin 61 14. Serena Williams ( 2 ) 57 15. Serena Williams ( 3 ) 49 Caroline Wozniacki 17. Justine Henin ( 2 ) 44 Lindsay Davenport 19. Martina Hingis ( 3 ) 34 Amélie Mauresmo current streak in bold as of March 26, 2018 The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 177. Weeks at No. 1 by country Rank Country Number of Players players weeks 1. United States 8 1,123 Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles *, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams 2. Germany 411 Steffi Graf, Angelique Kerber 3. Switzerland 209 Martina Hingis 4. / Yugoslavia, Serbia 143 Monica Seles *, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković 5. Belgium 137 Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin 6. Denmark 71 Caroline Wozniacki 7. Belarus 51 Victoria Azarenka 8. Russia 47 Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina 9. France 39 Amélie Mauresmo 10. Romania 21 Simona Halep 11. Spain 16 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Garbiñe Muguruza 12. Czech Republic 8 Karolína Plíšková 13. Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley as of March 26, 2018 - current No. 1 player in bold * Note that Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship. Year - End No. 1 players The source for this through to 2012 is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 178. Per player Country Player Fq. GER Steffi Graf 8 USA Martina Navratilova 7 USA Chris Evert 5 USA Serena Williams USA Lindsay Davenport / YUG / USA Monica Seles SUI Martina Hingis BEL Justine Henin DEN Caroline Wozniacki SRB Jelena Janković BLR Victoria Azarenka GER Angelique Kerber ROU Simona Halep Per year Year Country Player USA ( 1 ) Chris Evert 1976 USA Chris Evert ( 2 ) 1977 USA Chris Evert ( 3 ) 1978 USA ( 2 ) Martina Navratilova 1979 USA Martina Navratilova ( 2 ) 1980 USA Chris Evert ( 4 ) 1981 USA Chris Evert ( 5 ) 1982 USA Martina Navratilova ( 3 ) USA Martina Navratilova ( 4 ) 1984 USA Martina Navratilova ( 5 ) 1985 USA Martina Navratilova ( 6 ) 1986 USA Martina Navratilova ( 7 ) GER ( 3 ) Steffi Graf 1988 GER Steffi Graf ( 2 ) 1989 GER Steffi Graf ( 3 ) 1990 GER Steffi Graf ( 4 ) 1991 YUG ( 4 ) Monica Seles 1992 YUG Monica Seles ( 2 ) 1993 GER Steffi Graf ( 5 ) 1994 GER Steffi Graf ( 6 ) 1995 GER USA Steffi Graf ( 7 ) Monica Seles ( 3 ) GER Steffi Graf ( 8 ) 1997 SUI ( 5 ) Martina Hingis 1998 USA ( 6 ) Lindsay Davenport 1999 SUI Martina Hingis ( 2 ) 2000 SUI Martina Hingis ( 3 ) 2001 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 2 ) 2002 USA ( 7 ) Serena Williams 2003 BEL ( 8 ) Justine Henin USA Lindsay Davenport ( 3 ) 2005 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 4 ) 2006 BEL Justine Henin ( 2 ) 2007 BEL Justine Henin ( 3 ) 2008 SRB ( 9 ) Jelena Janković 2009 USA Serena Williams ( 2 ) DEN ( 10 ) Caroline Wozniacki 2011 DEN Caroline Wozniacki ( 2 ) 2012 BLR ( 11 ) Victoria Azarenka 2013 USA Serena Williams ( 3 ) 2014 USA Serena Williams ( 4 ) 2015 USA Serena Williams ( 5 ) 2016 GER ( 12 ) Angelique Kerber 2017 ROU ( 13 ) Simona Halep No. 1 every week of the year Players who were ranked world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament Player Date of first No. 1 position First Grand Slam final reached First Grand Slam title Kim Clijsters August 11, 2003 2001 French Open ( June 2001 ) ( 1st of 8 ) 2005 US Open ( 1st of 4 ) Amélie Mauresmo September 13, 2004 1999 Australian Open ( January 1999 ) ( 1st of 3 ) 2006 Australian Open ( 1st of 2 ) Jelena Janković August 11, 2008 2008 US Open ( September 2008 ) ( only final ) none ( still active ) Dinara Safina April 20, 2009 2008 French Open ( June 2008 ) ( 1st of 3 ) none ( retired in 2014 ) Caroline Wozniacki October 11, 2010 2009 US Open ( September 2009 ) ( 1st of 3 ) 2018 Australian Open ( only title, still active ) Karolína Plíšková July 17, 2017 2016 US Open ( September 2016 ) ( only final ) none ( still active ) Simona Halep October 9, 2017 2014 French Open ( June 2014 ) ( 1st of 3 ) none ( still active ) Doubles World No. 1 ranked players The source for the following table through the week of January 6, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 172. Martina Navratilova was world No. 1 in doubles for a record 237 weeks New nr. 1 Country Player Start date End date Weeks series total USA Martina Navratilova ( 1 ) September 4, 1984 Mar 17, 1985 27 27 USA Pam Shriver ( 1 ) Mar 18, 1985 Jan 19, 1986 44 44 USA Martina Navratilova ( 2 ) Jan 20, 1986 Jul 20, 1986 26 53 USA Pam Shriver ( 2 ) Jul 21, 1986 Aug 17, 1986 48 USA Martina Navratilova ( 3 ) Aug 18, 1986 Feb 4, 1990 181 234 TCH Helena Suková ( 1 ) Feb 5, 1990 Feb 18, 1990 USA Martina Navratilova ( 4 ) Feb 19, 1990 Mar 4, 1990 236 TCH Helena Suková ( 2 ) Mar 5, 1990 May 6, 1990 9 11 USA Martina Navratilova ( 5 ) May 7, 1990 May 13, 1990 237 TCH Helena Suková ( 3 ) May 14, 1990 Aug 26, 1990 15 26 TCH Jana Novotná ( 1 ) Aug 27, 1990 Oct 14, 1990 7 7 TCH Helena Suková ( 4 ) Oct 15, 1990 Feb 17, 1991 18 44 TCH Jana Novotná ( 2 ) Feb 18, 1991 March 3, 1991 9 5 USA Gigi Fernández ( 1 ) March 4, 1991 March 10, 1991 TCH Jana Novotná ( 3 ) March 11, 1991 March 31, 1991 12 USA Gigi Fernández ( 2 ) Apr 1, 1991 Apr 7, 1991 TCH Helena Suková ( 5 ) Apr 8, 1991 Jun 9, 1991 9 53 USA Gigi Fernández ( 3 ) Jun 10, 1991 Sept 8, 1991 13 15 CZE Jana Novotná ( 4 ) Sept 9, 1991 Oct 6, 1991 16 6 URS Natasha Zvereva ( 1 ) Oct 7, 1991 Oct 13, 1991 CZE Jana Novotná ( 5 ) Oct 14, 1991 Jan 26, 1992 15 31 7 LAT Larisa Neiland ( 1 ) Jan 27, 1992 Feb 2, 1992 CZE Jana Novotná ( 6 ) Feb 3, 1992 Feb 16, 1992 33 LAT Larisa Neiland ( 2 ) Feb 17, 1992 Feb 23, 1992 CZE Jana Novotná ( 7 ) Feb 24, 1992 Mar 22, 1992 37 LAT Larisa Neiland ( 3 ) Mar 23, 1992 Apr 5, 1992 CZE Jana Novotná ( 8 ) Apr 6, 1992 Jun 14, 1992 11 48 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 2 ) Jun 15, 1992 Jun 21, 1992 CZE Jana Novotná ( 9 ) Jun 22, 1992 Oct 11, 1992 15 63 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 3 ) Oct 12, 1992 Oct 18, 1992 8 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1 ) Oct 19, 1992 Nov 15, 1992 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 4 ) Nov 16, 1992 Nov 22, 1992 CZE Helena Suková ( 6 ) Nov 23, 1992 Jan 10, 1993 7 60 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 5 ) Jan 11, 1993 Apr 4, 1993 12 16 USA Gigi Fernández ( 4 ) Apr 5, 1993 Sep 12, 1993 23 38 CZE Helena Suková ( 7 ) Sep 13, 1993 Oct 31, 1993 7 67 USA Gigi Fernández ( 5 ) Nov 1, 1993 Nov 14, 1993 40 CZE Helena Suková ( 8 ) Nov 15, 1993 Nov 21, 1993 68 USA Gigi Fernández ( 6 ) Nov 22, 1993 Aug 14, 1994 38 78 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 6 ) Aug 15, 1994 Feb 12, 1995 26 42 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 2 ) Feb 13, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 6 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 7 ) Feb 27, 1995 Mar 5, 1995 43 USA Gigi Fernández ( 7 ) Mar 6, 1995 Mar 12, 1995 79 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 8 ) Mar 13, 1995 Mar 26, 1995 45 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 3 ) Mar 27, 1995 Nov 5, 1995 32 38 USA Gigi Fernández ( 8 ) Nov 6, 1995 Nov 12, 1995 80 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 4 ) Nov 13, 1995 Apr 6, 1997 73 111 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 9 ) Apr 7, 1997 Oct 19, 1997 29 74 9 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 1 ) Oct 20, 1997 Nov 2, 1997 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 10 ) Nov 3, 1997 Jan 25, 1998 12 86 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 2 ) Jan 26, 1998 Apr 12, 1998 11 13 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 11 ) Apr 13, 1998 Jun 7, 1998 8 94 10 SUI Martina Hingis ( 1 ) Jun 8, 1998 Aug 2, 1998 8 8 CZE Jana Novotná ( 10 ) Aug 3, 1998 Aug 9, 1998 64 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 3 ) Aug 10, 1998 Aug 16, 1998 14 SUI Martina Hingis ( 2 ) Aug 17, 1998 Oct 25, 1998 10 18 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 12 ) Oct 26, 1998 Nov 1, 1998 95 SUI Martina Hingis ( 3 ) Nov 2, 1998 Nov 22, 1998 21 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 13 ) Nov 23, 1998 May 16, 1999 25 120 CZE Jana Novotná ( 11 ) May 17, 1999 Jun 6, 1999 67 SUI Martina Hingis ( 4 ) Jun 7, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 25 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 14 ) Jul 5, 1999 Aug 1, 1999 124 SUI Martina Hingis ( 5 ) Aug 2, 1999 Aug 22, 1999 28 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 4 ) Aug 23, 1999 Nov 21, 1999 13 27 11 RUS Anna Kournikova ( 1 ) Nov 22, 1999 Jan 30, 2000 10 10 SUI Martina Hingis ( 6 ) Jan 31, 2000 Mar 19, 2000 7 35 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 5 ) Mar 20, 2000 Apr 2, 2000 29 12 USA Corina Morariu ( 1 ) Apr 3, 2000 Apr 16, 2000 USA Lindsay Davenport ( 6 ) Apr 17, 2000 May 7, 2000 32 USA Corina Morariu ( 2 ) May 8, 2000 Jun 11, 2000 5 7 13 USA Lisa Raymond ( 1 ) Jun 12, 2000 Aug 20, 2000 10 10 14 USA AUS Lisa Raymond ( 1 ) Rennae Stubbs ( 1 ) Aug 21, 2000 Sep 10, 2000 13 15 FRA Julie Halard - Decugis ( 1 ) Sep 11, 2000 Oct 22, 2000 6 6 16 JPN Ai Sugiyama ( 1 ) Oct 23, 2000 Oct 29, 2000 FRA Julie Halard - Decugis ( 2 ) Oct 30, 2000 Dec 24, 2000 8 14 JPN Ai Sugiyama ( 2 ) Dec 25, 2000 Aug 26, 2001 35 36 USA Lisa Raymond ( 2 ) Aug 27, 2001 Sep 8, 2002 54 67 17 ARG Paola Suárez ( 1 ) Sep 9, 2002 Aug 3, 2003 47 47 18 BEL Kim Clijsters ( 1 ) Aug 4, 2003 Aug 10, 2003 JPN Ai Sugiyama ( 3 ) Aug 11, 2003 Aug 17, 2003 37 BEL Kim Clijsters ( 2 ) Aug 18, 2003 Sep 7, 2003 19 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 1 ) Sep 8, 2003 Sep 14, 2003 JPN Ai Sugiyama ( 4 ) Sep 15, 2003 Nov 9, 2003 8 45 ARG Paola Suárez ( 2 ) Nov 10, 2003 Jul 25, 2004 37 84 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 2 ) Jul 26, 2004 Aug 1, 2004 ESP ARG Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 2 ) Paola Suárez ( 3 ) Aug 2, 2004 Aug 22, 2004 5 87 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 2 ) Aug 23, 2004 Oct 16, 2005 60 65 20 ZIM Cara Black ( 1 ) Oct 17, 2005 Feb 5, 2006 16 16 21 AUS Samantha Stosur ( 1 ) Feb 6, 2006 Jul 6, 2006 22 22 USA AUS Lisa Raymond ( 3 ) Samantha Stosur ( 1 ) Jul 7, 2006 Apr 8, 2007 39 106 61 USA Lisa Raymond ( 3 ) Apr 9, 2007 Jun 10, 2007 9 115 ZIM Cara Black ( 2 ) Jun 11, 2007 Jun 24, 2007 18 USA Lisa Raymond ( 4 ) Jun 25, 2007 Jul 8, 2007 117 ZIM Cara Black ( 3 ) Jul 9, 2007 Nov 11, 2007 18 36 22 ZIM USA Cara Black ( 3 ) Liezel Huber ( 1 ) Nov 12, 2007 April 18, 2010 127 163 127 USA Liezel Huber ( 1 ) April 19, 2010 June 6, 2010 7 134 23 24 USA USA Serena Williams ( 1 ) Venus Williams ( 1 ) June 7, 2010 August 1, 2010 8 8 8 USA Liezel Huber ( 2 ) August 2, 2010 October 31, 2010 13 147 25 ARG Gisela Dulko ( 1 ) November 1, 2010 February 27, 2011 17 17 26 ARG ITA Gisela Dulko ( 1 ) Flavia Pennetta ( 1 ) February 28, 2011 April 17, 2011 7 24 7 ITA Flavia Pennetta ( 1 ) April 18, 2011 July 4, 2011 11 18 27 28 CZE SLO Květa Peschke ( 1 ) Katarina Srebotnik ( 1 ) July 4, 2011 September 11, 2011 10 10 10 USA Liezel Huber ( 3 ) September 12, 2011 April 22, 2012 32 179 USA USA Liezel Huber ( 3 ) Lisa Raymond ( 5 ) April 23, 2012 September 9, 2012 20 199 137 29 ITA Sara Errani ( 1 ) September 10, 2012 October 14, 2012 5 5 30 ITA Roberta Vinci ( 1 ) October 15, 2012 April 28, 2013 28 28 ITA ITA Roberta Vinci ( 1 ) Sara Errani ( 2 ) April 29, 2013 February 16, 2014 42 70 47 31 CHN Peng Shuai ( 1 ) February 17, 2014 May 11, 2014 12 12 32 CHN TPE Peng Shuai ( 1 ) Hsieh Su - wei ( 1 ) May 12, 2014 May 18, 2014 13 CHN Peng Shuai ( 1 ) May 19, 2014 June 8, 2014 16 CHN TPE Peng Shuai ( 1 ) Hsieh Su - wei ( 2 ) June 9, 2014 July 6, 2014 20 5 ITA ITA Roberta Vinci ( 2 ) Sara Errani ( 3 ) July 7, 2014 April 12, 2015 40 110 87 33 IND Sania Mirza ( 1 ) April 13, 2015 January 17, 2016 40 40 IND SUI Sania Mirza ( 1 ) Martina Hingis ( 7 ) January 18, 2016 August 21, 2016 31 71 66 IND Sania Mirza ( 1 ) August 22, 2016 January 8, 2017 20 91 34 USA Bethanie Mattek - Sands ( 1 ) January 9, 2017 August 20, 2017 32 32 35 CZE Lucie Šafářová ( 1 ) August 21, 2017 October 1, 2017 6 6 SUI Martina Hingis ( 8 ) October 2, 2017 October 22, 2017 69 36 SUI TPE Martina Hingis ( 8 ) Latisha Chan ( 1 ) October 23, 2017 March 18, 2018 21 90 21 TPE Latisha Chan ( 1 ) March 19, 2018 Present 23 Key Open - era record Current No. 1 player ( s ) as of March 26, 2018 Weeks at No. 1 Total Rank Nat. Player weeks 1. Martina Navratilova 237 2. Liezel Huber 199 3. Cara Black 163 4. Lisa Raymond 137 5. Natasha Zvereva 124 6. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 111 7. Roberta Vinci 110 8. Sania Mirza 91 9. Martina Hingis 90 10. Sara Errani 87 Paola Suárez 12. Gigi Fernández 80 13. Helena Suková 68 14. Jana Novotná 67 15. Virginia Ruano Pascual 65 16. Samantha Stosur 61 17. Pam Shriver 48 18. Ai Sugiyama 45 19. Lindsay Davenport 32 Bethanie Mattek - Sands 21. Gisela Dulko 24 22. Latisha Chan 23 23. Peng Shuai 20 24. Flavia Pennetta 18 25. Julie Halard - Decugis 14 26. Anna Kournikova 10 Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 29. Serena Williams 8 Venus Williams 31. Corina Morariu 7 32. Lucie Šafářová 6 33. Hsieh Su - wei 5 34. Kim Clijsters Larisa Neiland 36. Rennae Stubbs active players - current No. 1 ( s ) in bold Consecutive Rank Nat. Player weeks 1. Martina Navratilova 181 2. Cara Black 145 3. Liezel Huber 134 4. Sania Mirza 91 5. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 73 6 Roberta Vinci 70 7. Virginia Ruano Pascual 64 8. Samantha Stosur 61 9. Lisa Raymond 54 10. Liezel Huber ( 2 ) 52 11. Lisa Raymond ( 2 ) 48 12. Paola Suárez 47 13. Pam Shriver 44 14. Sara Errani 42 15. Roberta Vinci ( 2 ) 40 Sara Errani ( 2 ) 17. Gigi Fernández 38 18. Paola Suárez ( 2 ) 37 19. Ai Sugiyama 35 20. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 2 ) 32 Bethanie Mattek - Sands current streak in bold as of March 26, 2018 Weeks at number 1 by country Rank Country Number of Players players weeks 1. United States 10 788 Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Corina Morariu, Lisa Raymond, Liezel Huber, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Bethanie Mattek - Sands 2. Italy 215 Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci 3. Spain 176 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Virginia Ruano Pascual 4. Zimbabwe 163 Cara Black 5. Czechoslovakia Czech Republic 151 Helena Suková, Jana Novotná, Květa Peschke, Lucie Šafářová 6. Belarus 123 Natasha Zvereva * 7. Argentina 111 Paola Suárez, Gisela Dulko 8. India 91 Sania Mirza 9. Switzerland 90 Martina Hingis 10. Australia 64 Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur 11. Japan 45 Ai Sugiyama 12. Chinese Taipei 28 Hsieh Su - wei, Latisha Chan 13. China 20 Peng Shuai 14. France 14 Julie Halard - Decugis 15. Russia 10 Anna Kournikova Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 17. Latvia Larisa Neiland Belgium Kim Clijsters 19. Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva * as of March 26, 2018 - current No. 1 player ( s ) in bold * Belarusian Natasha Zvereva spent one week at number 1 while playing for the Soviet Union Year - end No. 1 players Per player Country Player Fq. USA Martina Navratilova 5 ZIM Cara Black USA Liezel Huber BLR Natasha Zvereva ITA Roberta Vinci CZE Helena Suková ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ARG Paola Suárez USA Lisa Raymond ITA Sara Errani IND Sania Mirza USA Pam Shriver TCH Jana Novotná USA Gigi Fernández RUS Anna Kournikova JPN Ai Sugiyama ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual AUS Samantha Stosur ARG Gisela Dulko TPE Latisha Chan SUI Martina Hingis Per year Year Country Player Team 1984 USA Martina Navratilova ( 1 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1985 USA Pam Shriver ( 2 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1986 USA Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver USA Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1988 USA Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1989 USA Martina Navratilova Helena Suková / Jana Novotná 1990 TCH Helena Suková ( 3 ) Helena Suková / Jana Novotná 1991 TCH Jana Novotná ( 4 ) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná 1992 CZE Helena Suková Larisa Neiland / Natasha Zvereva 1993 USA Gigi Fernández ( 5 ) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 1994 BLR Natasha Zvereva ( 6 ) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 1995 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 7 ) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1997 BLR Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 1998 BLR Natasha Zvereva Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná 1999 RUS Anna Kournikova ( 8 ) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova 2000 JPN Ai Sugiyama ( 9 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2001 USA Lisa Raymond ( 10 ) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs 2002 ARG Paola Suárez ( 11 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2003 ARG Paola Suárez Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 12 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2005 ZIM Cara Black ( 13 ) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur 2006 USA AUS Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur ( 14 ) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur 2007 ZIM USA Cara Black Liezel Huber ( 15 ) Cara Black / Liezel Huber 2008 ZIM USA Cara Black Liezel Huber Cara Black / Liezel Huber 2009 ZIM USA Cara Black Liezel Huber Cara Black / Liezel Huber ARG Gisela Dulko ( 16 ) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta 2011 USA Liezel Huber Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik 2012 ITA Roberta Vinci ( 17 ) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 2013 ITA Roberta Vinci Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ITA Sara Errani ( 18 ) 2014 ITA ITA Roberta Vinci Sara Errani Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 2015 IND Sania Mirza ( 19 ) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza 2016 IND Sania Mirza Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 2017 TPE SUI Latisha Chan ( 20 ) Martina Hingis ( 21 ) Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis No. 1 every week of the year Players who were ranked world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament Player Date of first No. 1 position First Grand Slam final reached First Grand Slam title Gisela Dulko November 1, 2010 2011 Australian Open ( January 2011 ) 2011 Australian Open ( only title ) Sania Mirza April 13, 2015 2011 French Open ( June 2011 ) 2015 Wimbledon ( 1st of 3 ) See also World number one women tennis players ( includes rankings before 1975 ) List of WTA players who were ranked number 5 or higher but never number 1 Current WTA Rankings List of highest ranked tennis players per nation List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players Notes References ^ Jump up to : `` 2012 WTA Media Guide '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2012 - 10 - 15. Jump up ^ `` WTA Singles Rankings ''. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Jump up ^ `` Garbine Muguruza joins Rafael Nadal as World No 1 ''. The Indian Express. 2017 - 09 - 11. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Seles is back in the limelight ''. The Irish Times. 26 June 1996. Retrieved 7 July 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` WTA Press Center - Weeks at No. 1 ''. Archived from the original on 2012 - 11 - 03. ^ Jump up to : `` WTA Notes & Netcords ''. Archived from the original on 2012 - 01 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Azarenka Makes SFs, Clinches Year - End No. 1 ''. wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Inside Serena 's WTA Finals Withdrawal Announcement ''. wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 17. Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) world No. 1 singles players Chris Evert ( 1975 / 1985 -- 260 w ) Evonne Goolagong ( 1976 -- 2 w ) Martina Navratilova ( 1978 / 1987 -- 331 w ) Tracy Austin ( 1980 -- 22 w ) Steffi Graf ( 1987 / 1997 -- 377 w ) / / Monica Seles ( 1991 / 1996 -- 178 w ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1995 -- 12 w ) Martina Hingis ( 1997 / 2001 -- 209 w ) Lindsay Davenport ( 1998 / 2006 -- 98 w ) Jennifer Capriati ( 2001 / 2002 -- 17 w ) Venus Williams ( 2002 -- 11 w ) Serena Williams ( 2002 / 2017 -- 319 w ) Kim Clijsters ( 2003 / 2011 -- 20 w ) Justine Henin ( 2003 / 2008 -- 117 w ) Amélie Mauresmo ( 2004 / 2006 -- 39 w ) Maria Sharapova ( 2005 / 2012 -- 21 w ) Ana Ivanovic ( 2008 -- 12 w ) Jelena Janković ( 2008 / 2009 -- 18 w ) Dinara Safina ( 2009 -- 26 w ) Caroline Wozniacki ( 2010 / 2018 -- 71 w ) Victoria Azarenka ( 2012 / 2013 -- 51 w ) Angelique Kerber ( 2016 / 2017 -- 34 w ) Karolína Plíšková ( 2017 -- 8 w ) Garbiñe Muguruza ( 2017 -- 4 w ) Simona Halep ( 2017 / 2018 -- 20 w ) WTA rankings incepted on November 3, 1975 ( year first held / year last held -- number of weeks ( w ) ) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of March 5, 2018 Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) world No. 1 doubles players Martina Navratilova ( 1984 / 1990 -- 237 w ) Pam Shriver ( 1985 / 1986 -- 48 w ) Helena Suková ( 1990 / 1993 -- 68 w ) Jana Novotná ( 1990 / 1999 -- 67 w ) Gigi Fernández ( 1991 / 1995 -- 80 w ) Natasha Zvereva ( 1991 / 1999 -- 124 w ) Larisa Neiland ( 1992 -- 4 w ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1992 / 1997 -- 111 w ) Lindsay Davenport ( 1997 / 2000 -- 32 w ) Martina Hingis ( 1998 / 2018 -- 85 w ) Anna Kournikova ( 1999 / 2000 -- 10 w ) Corina Morariu ( 2000 -- 7 w ) Lisa Raymond ( 2000 / 2012 -- 137 w ) Rennae Stubbs ( 2000 -- 3 w ) Julie Halard - Decugis ( 2000 -- 14 w ) Ai Sugiyama ( 2000 / 2003 -- 45 w ) Paola Suárez ( 2002 / 2004 -- 87 w ) Kim Clijsters ( 2003 -- 4 w ) Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 2003 / 2005 -- 65 w ) Cara Black ( 2005 / 2010 -- 163 w ) Samantha Stosur ( 2006 / 2007 -- 61 w ) Liezel Huber ( 2007 / 2012 -- 199 w ) Serena Williams ( 2010 -- 8 w ) Venus Williams ( 2010 -- 8 w ) Gisela Dulko ( 2010 / 2011 -- 24 w ) Flavia Pennetta ( 2011 -- 18 w ) Květa Peschke ( 2011 -- 10 w ) Katarina Srebotnik ( 2011 -- 10 w ) Sara Errani ( 2012 / 2015 -- 87 w ) Roberta Vinci ( 2012 / 2015 -- 110 w ) Peng Shuai ( 2014 -- 20 w ) Hsieh Su - wei ( 2014 -- 5 w ) Sania Mirza ( 2015 / 2017 -- 91 w ) Bethanie Mattek - Sands ( 2017 -- 32 w ) Lucie Šafářová ( 2017 -- 6 w ) Latisha Chan ( 2017 / 2018 -- 17 w ) WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 ( year first held / year last held -- number of weeks ( w ) ) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of February 12, 2018 Tennis records and statistics Grand Slam Records Champions Men 's singles Chronological Women 's singles Chronological Men 's doubles Women 's doubles Mixed doubles Boys ' singles Girls ' singles Boys ' doubles Girls ' doubles Champions by country Singles Singles finals Open Era singles Men 's finals Women 's finals Age of first title Men 's Singles Open Era All - time Misc. 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Question: who is currently the no 1 ranked women's tennis player in the world in singles
Answer: Simona Halep