List of WTA number 1 ranked players

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world number one ranking is a 52-week system based on the total points won by a female professional tennis player, during a WTA season. The WTA started ranking players on 3 November 1975, and 21 women have achieved the number one status in singles and 32 players in doubles.

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Key
*Current number 1 player as of 7 September 2015 ^Open-era record ˟ Final total for a player

Singles Number 1
Player Start date End date Weeks Total  Chris Evert (1)  3 November 1975  25 April 1976  25  25  Evonne Goolagong (2)  10 May 1976  9 July 1978  2  2˟  Martina Navratilova (3)  10 July 1978  13 January 1979  26  26  Chris Evert  14 January 1979  27 January 1979  2  140  Martina Navratilova  28 January 1979  24 February 1979  4  30  Chris Evert  25 February 1979  15 April 1979  7  147  Martina Navratilova  16 April 1979  24 June 1979  10  40  Chris Evert  25 June 1979  9 September 1979  11  158  Martina Navratilova  10 September 1979  6 April 1980  31  71  Tracy Austin (4)  7 April 1980  20 April 1980  2  2  Martina Navratilova  21 April 1980  6 July 1980  11  82  Tracy Austin  7 July 1980  17 November 1980  19  21˟  Chris Evert  18 November 1980  2 May 1982  76  234  Martina Navratilova  3 May 1982  16 May 1982  2  84  Chris Evert  17 May 1982  13 June 1982  4  238  Martina Navratilova  14 June 1982  9 June 1985  156  240  Chris Evert  10 June 1985  13 October 1985  18  256  Martina Navratilova  14 October 1985  27 October 1985  2  242  Chris Evert  28 October 1985  24 November 1985  4  260˟  Martina Navratilova  25 November 1985  16 August 1987  90  332˟  Steffi Graf (5)  17 August 1987  10 March 1991  186 ^  186  Monica Seles (6)  11 March 1991  4 August 1991  21  21  Steffi Graf  5 August 1991  11 August 1991  1  187  Monica Seles  12 August 1991  18 August 1991  1  22  Steffi Graf  19 August 1991  8 September 1991  3  190   Monica Seles  9 September 1991  6 June 1993  91  113  Steffi Graf   7 June 1993  5 February 1995  87  277  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7)  6 February 1995  19 February 1995  2  2  Steffi Graf  20 February 1995  26 February 1995  1  278  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  27 February 1995  9 April 1995  6  8  Steffi Graf  10 April 1995  14 May 1995  5  283  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  15 May 1995  11 June 1995  4  12˟  Steffi Graf  12 June 1995  14 August 1995  9  292  Steffi Graf Monica Seles  15 August 1995  3 November 1996  64  356177  Steffi Graf  4 November 1996  17 November 1996  2  358  Steffi Graf Monica Seles  18 November 1996  24 November 1996  1  359178˟  Steffi Graf  25 November 1996  30 March 1997  18  377^ ˟  Martina Hingis (8)  31 March 1997  11 October 1998  80  80  Lindsay Davenport (9)  12 October 1998  7 February 1999  17  17  Martina Hingis  8 February 1999  4 July 1999  21  101  Lindsay Davenport  5 July 1999  8 August 1999  5  22  Martina Hingis  9 August 1999  2 April 2000  34  135  Lindsay Davenport  3 April 2000  7 May 2000  5  27  Martina Hingis  8 May 2000  14 May 2000  1  136  Lindsay Davenport  15 May 2000  21 May 2000  1  28  Martina Hingis  22 May 2000  14 October 2001  73  209˟  Jennifer Capriati (10)  15 October 2001  4 November 2001  3  3  Lindsay Davenport  5 November 2001  13 January 2002  10  38  Jennifer Capriati  14 January 2002  24 February 2002  6  9  Venus Williams (11)  25 February 2002  17 March 2002  3  3  Jennifer Capriati  18 March 2002  21 April 2002  5  14  Venus Williams  22 April 2002  19 May 2002  4  7  Jennifer Capriati  20 May 2002  8 June 2002  3  17˟  Venus Williams  10 June 2002  7 July 2002  4  11˟  Serena Williams (12)  8 July 2002  10 August 2003  57  57  Kim Clijsters (13)  11 Aug 2003  19 October 2003  10  10  Justine Henin (14)  20 October 2003  26 October 2003  1  1  Kim Clijsters  27 October 2003  9 November 2003  2  12  Justine Henin  10 November 2003  12 September 2004  44  45  Amélie Mauresmo (15)  13 September 2004  17 October 2004  5  5  Lindsay Davenport  18 October 2004  21 August 2005  44  82  Maria Sharapova (16)  22 August  2005  28 August 2005  1  1  Lindsay Davenport  29 August 2005  11 September 2005  2  84  Maria Sharapova  12 September 2005  23 October 2005  6  7  Lindsay Davenport  24 October 2005  29 January 2006  14  98˟  Kim Clijsters  30 January 2006  19 March 2006  7  19  Amélie Mauresmo  20 March 2006  12 November 2006  34  39˟  Justine Henin  13 November 2006  28 January 2007  11  56  Maria Sharapova  29 November 2007  18 March 2007  7  14  Justine Henin  19 March 2007  18 May 2008  61  117˟  Maria Sharapova  19 May 2008  8 June 2008  3  17  Ana Ivanovic (17)  9 June 2008  10 August 2008  9  9  Jelena Janković (18)  11 August 2008  17 August 2008  1  1  Ana Ivanovic  18 August 2008  7 September 2008  3  12˟  Serena Williams  8 September 2008  5 October 2008  4  61  Jelena Janković  6 October 2008  1 February 2009  17  18˟  Serena Williams  2 February 2009  19 April 2009  11  72  Dinara Safina (19)  20 April 2009  11 October 2009  25  25  Serena Williams  12 October 2009  25 October 2009  2  74  Dinara Safina   26 October 2009  1 Nov 2009  1  26˟  Serena Williams  2 November 2009  10 October 2010  49  123  Caroline Wozniacki (20)  11 October 2010  13 February 2011  18 18  Kim Clijsters  14 February 2011  20 February 2011  1  20˟  Caroline Wozniacki  21 February 2011  29 January 2012  49  67˟  Victoria Azarenka (21)  30 January 2012  10 June 2012  19  19  Maria Sharapova  11 June 2012  8 July 2012  4  21˟  Victoria Azarenka  9 July 2012  17 February 2013  32  51˟  Serena Williams *  18 February 2013  Current    ˟
Year-end number 1
1975:  Chris Evert (1)
1976:  Chris Evert (2)
1977:  Chris Evert (3)
1978:  Martina Navrátilová (1)
1979:  Martina Navratilova (2)
1980:  Chris Evert (4)
1981:  Chris Evert (5)
1982:  Martina Navratilova (3)
1983:  Martina Navratilova (4)
1984:  Martina Navratilova (5)
1985:  Martina Navratilova (6)
1986:  Martina Navratilova (7)
1987:  Steffi Graf (1)
1988:  Steffi Graf (2)
1989:  Steffi Graf (3)
1990:  Steffi Graf (4)
1991:  Monica Seles (1)
1992:  Monica Seles (2)
1993:  Steffi Graf (5)
1994:  Steffi Graf (6)
1995:  Steffi Graf (7) /  Monica Seles (4)
1996:  Steffi Graf (8)
1997:  Martina Hingis (1)
1998:  Lindsay Davenport (1)
1999:  Martina Hingis (2)
2000:  Martina Hingis (3)
2001:  Lindsay Davenport (2)
2002:  Serena Williams (1)
2003:  Justine Henin (1)
2004:  Lindsay Davenport (4)
2005:  Lindsay Davenport (5)
2006:  Justine Henin (2)
2007:  Justine Henin (3)
2008:  Jelena Janković
2009:  Serena Williams (2)
2010:  Caroline Wozniacki (1)
2011:  Caroline Wozniacki (2)
2012:  Victoria Azarenka
2013:  Serena Williams (3)
2014:  Serena Williams (4)

Sources
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