List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players
The source for the following table through the week of January 6, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 172.
New No. 1
Country
Player
Start date
End date
Weeks
series
total
1
USA
Martina Navratilova (1)
September 4, 1984
Mar 17, 1985
27
27
2
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
4
48
USA
Martina Navratilova (3)
Aug 18, 1986
Feb 4, 1990
181 ↑
234
3
TCH
Helena Suková (1)
Feb 5, 1990
Feb 18, 1990
2
2
USA
Martina Navratilova (4)
Feb 19, 1990
Mar 4, 1990
2
236
TCH
Helena Suková (2)
Mar 5, 1990
May 6, 1990
9
11
USA
Martina Navratilova (5)
May 7, 1990
May 13, 1990
1
237 ↑
TCH
Helena Suková (3)
May 14, 1990
Aug 26, 1990
15
26
4
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
2
9
5
USA
Gigi Fernández (1)
March 4, 1991
March 10, 1991
1
1
TCH
Jana Novotná (3)
March 11, 1991
March 31, 1991
3
12
USA
Gigi Fernández (2)
Apr 1, 1991
Apr 7, 1991
1
2
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
4
16
6
URS
Natasha Zvereva (1)
Oct 7, 1991
Oct 13, 1991
1
1
CZE
Jana Novotná (5)
Oct 14, 1991
Jan 26, 1992
15
31
7
LAT
Larisa Neiland (1)
Jan 27, 1992
Feb 2, 1992
1
1
CZE
Jana Novotná (6)
Feb 3, 1992
Feb 16, 1992
2
33
LAT
Larisa Neiland (2)
Feb 17, 1992
Feb 23, 1992
1
2
CZE
Jana Novotná (7)
Feb 24, 1992
Mar 22, 1992
4
37
LAT
Larisa Neiland (3)
Mar 23, 1992
Apr 5, 1992
2
4
CZE
Jana Novotná (8)
Apr 6, 1992
Jun 14, 1992
11
48
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (2)
Jun 15, 1992
Jun 21, 1992
1
2
CZE
Jana Novotná (9)
Jun 22, 1992
Oct 11, 1992
15
63
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (3)
Oct 12, 1992
Oct 18, 1992
1
3
8
ESP
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1)
Oct 19, 1992
Nov 15, 1992
4
4
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (4)
Nov 16, 1992
Nov 22, 1992
1
4
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
2
40
CZE
Helena Suková (8)
Nov 15, 1993
Nov 21, 1993
1
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
2
6
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (7)
Feb 27, 1995
Mar 5, 1995
1
43
USA
Gigi Fernández (7)
Mar 6, 1995
Mar 12, 1995
1
79
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (8)
Mar 13, 1995
Mar 26, 1995
2
45
ESP
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)
Mar 27, 1995
Nov 5, 1995
32
38
USA
Gigi Fernández (8)
Nov 6, 1995
Nov 12, 1995
1
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
2
2
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
1
64
USA
Lindsay Davenport (3)
Aug 10, 1998
Aug 16, 1998
1
14
SUI
Martina Hingis (2)
Aug 17, 1998
Oct 25, 1998
10
18
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (12)
Oct 26, 1998
Nov 1, 1998
1
95
SUI
Martina Hingis (3)
Nov 2, 1998
Nov 22, 1998
3
21
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (13)
Nov 23,1998
May 16, 1999
25
120
CZE
Jana Novotná (11)
May 17, 1999
Jun 6, 1999
3
67
SUI
Martina Hingis (4)
Jun 7, 1999
Jul 4, 1999
4
25
BLR
Natasha Zvereva (14)
Jul 5, 1999
Aug 1, 1999
4
124
SUI
Martina Hingis (5)
Aug 2, 1999
Aug 22, 1999
3
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
2
29
12
USA
Corina Morariu (1)
Apr 3, 2000
Apr 16, 2000
2
2
USA
Lindsay Davenport (6)
Apr 17, 2000
May 7, 2000
3
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
3
13 3
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
1
1
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
1
1
JPN
Ai Sugiyama (3)
Aug 11, 2003
Aug 17, 2003
1
37
BEL
Kim Clijsters (2)
Aug 18, 2003
Sep 7, 2003
3
4
19
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual (1)
Sep 8, 2003
Sep 14, 2003
1
1
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
1
2
ESP ARG
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Paola Suárez (3)
Aug 2, 2004
Aug 22, 2004
3
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
2
18
USA
Lisa Raymond (4)
Jun 25, 2007
Jul 8, 2007
2
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
1
13 1
CHN
Peng Shuai (1)
May 19, 2014
June 8, 2014
3
16
CHN TPE
Peng Shuai (1) Hsieh Su-wei (2)
June 9, 2014
July 6, 2014
4
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
3
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
June 10, 2018
12
33
37 38
RUS RUS
Ekaterina Makarova (1) Elena Vesnina (1)
June 11, 2018
July 15, 2018
5
5 5
39
HUN
Tímea Babos (1)
July 16, 2018
August 12, 2018
4
4
TPE
Latisha Chan (2)
August 13, 2018
August 19, 2018
1
34
HUN
Tímea Babos (2)
August 20, 2018
October 21, 2018
9
13
40 41
CZE CZE
Barbora Krejčíková (1) Kateřina Siniaková (1)
October 22, 2018
January 13, 2019
12
12 12
CZE
Kateřina Siniaková (1)
January 14, 2019
Present
16
28
Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achieved the world No. 1 ranking.
No. 26 doubles, she achieved the world No. 1 ranking.
At No. 26, Gisela Dulko achieved the world No. 1 ranking in doubles.
At No. 26, Gisela Dulko achieved the world No. 1 ranking in doubles.
At No. 26, Gisela Dulko achieved the world No. 1 ranking in doubles.
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