World number 1 ranked female tennis players

This article is about the all-time list of World number 1 ranked female tennis players. For WTA number 1 rankings since 1975, see List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players.

World number 1 ranked female tennis players is a year-by-year listing of the female tennis players who were ranked as world No. 1 by various contemporary and modern sources.

Notes:

• The Women's Tennis Association introduced a 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.
• The Women's Tennis Association has awarded a WTA Player of the Year award each year since 1977.

List of No. 1 ranked players

Pre-1920: National rankings; few sources available

Year	Sources and notes
1883	Maud Watson: The Pastime classification of British players.^[citation needed]
1884	Maud Watson: The Pastime classification of British players.[1]^[page needed]
1885	Maud Watson: The Pastime classification of British players.[2]^[page needed]
1886	Maud Watson: The Pastime classification of British players.[3]^[page needed]
1887	Lottie Dod: The Pastime classification of British players.[4]^[page needed]
1888	Lottie Dod: The Pastime classification of British players.[5]^[page needed]
1889	Lottie Dod: The Pastime classification of British players.[6]^[page needed]
1890	Louisa Martin: The Pastime classification of British players.[7]^[page needed]
1891	Lottie Dod: The Pastime classification of British players.[8]^[page needed]
1892	Lottie Dod: The Pastime classification of British players.[9]^[page needed]
1893	Lottie Dod: The Pastime classification of British players.[10]^[page needed]
1894	Blanche Bingley: The Pastime classification of British players.[11]^[page needed]
1895	Louisa Martin: The Pastime classification of British players.[12]^[page needed]
1896	Blanche Bingley Hillyard, Louisa Martin: The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.[13]^[page needed]
1897	Charlotte Cooper, Blanche Bingley Hillyard: The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.[14]^[page needed]
1898	Charlotte Cooper: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.[16]^[page needed]
1899	Blanche Bingley Hillyard: Lambert Chambers.[15] Louisa Martin: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.[17]^[page needed]
1900	Blanche Bingley Hillyard: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.^[citation needed]
1901	Charlotte Cooper Sterry: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.^[citation needed]
1902	Muriel Robb: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis and Croquet classification of British players.[18]^[page needed] Charlotte Cooper Sterry: Lambert Chambers.[15]
1903	Dorothea Douglass: Lambert Chambers.[15] Louisa Martin: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis and Croquet classification of British players.^[citation needed] German international rankings.^[citation needed]
1904	Dorothea Douglass: Lambert Chambers.[15] The Lawn Tennis classification of British players.^[citation needed] The Lawn Tennis and Badminton classification of British players.[19]^[page needed]
1905	May Sutton: The Lawn Tennis and Badminton classification of British players and the American and Australian visitor.[20]^[page needed]
1906	Dorothea Douglass: The Lawn Tennis and Badminton classification of British players and the American and Australian visitors.^[citation needed] German international rankings.^[citation needed]
1909	May Sutton: The Lawn Tennis and Badminton classification of British players and the American and Australian visitor.^[citation needed]

1921–1967: The Amateur Era

Year	No. 1 player	Sources and notes
1921	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)	Lenglen: A. Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London).[21] B. H. Liddell Hart.[22]
1922	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)	Lenglen: A. Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23]
1923	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)	Lenglen: A. Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] B. H. Liddell Hart.[24]
1924	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)	Lenglen: A. Wallis Myers, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23]
1925	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)	Lenglen: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[23] Bill Tilden.[25]
1926	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)	Lenglen: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[26]
1927	Helen Wills (USA)	Wills: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[23] Bill Tilden.[27] American Lawn Tennis.[28]
1928	Helen Wills (USA)	Wills: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[29]
1929	Helen Wills (USA)	Wills: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[30] F. Gordon Lowe.[31]
1930	Helen Wills Moody (USA)	Wills Moody: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[32] Pierre Gillou, president of the French Tennis Federation.[33] Jean Samazeuilh.[34] Bill Tilden.[33]
1931	Helen Wills Moody (USA)	Wills Moody: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[35] Pierre Gillou.[36] Didler Pioline, L'Auto.[36] Bill Tilden.[37]
1932	Helen Wills Moody (USA)	Wills Moody: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[38] Pierre Gillou.[39] Bill Tilden.[40]
1933	Helen Wills Moody (USA)	Wills Moody: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[41] Pierre Gillou.[42] Jacobs: Herald-Tribune.[43]
1934	Helen Jacobs (USA)  Dorothy Round (UK)	Jacobs: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[44] Round: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[45] Pierre Gillou.[46]
1935	Helen Wills Moody (USA)	Moody: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[47] S. Wallis Merrihew.[48] Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[44] Pierre Gillou.[49] The Times[50]
1936	Helen Jacobs (USA)  Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (DEN)	Jacobs: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[51] Pierre Gillou.[52] Fred Perry.[53] Harry Hopman.[54] Mervyn Weston.[55] The Times.[55] Krahwinkel Sperling: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[56]
1937	Anita Lizana (CHI)  Dorothy Round (UK)	Lizana: A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[57] Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[58] Round: Pierre Gillou.[59] Mervyn Weston.[60] The Times.[61] Harry Hopman.[62][63] Alfred Chave, The Telegraph (Brisbane).[64]
1938	Helen Wills Moody (USA)	Wills Moody A. Wallis Myers, Daily Mail (London).[65] Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[66] Pierre Goldschmidt, L'Auto.[67] Pierre Gillou.[68] Mervyn Weston, The Argus (Melbourne).[69] "International", The Referee.[70] F. Gordon Lowe.[71] The Times.[71] G. H. McElhone.[71] Alfred Chave, The Telegraph (Brisbane).[72]
1939	Alice Marble (USA)	Marble: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[73] American Lawn Tennis.[74] Gordon Lowe.[75] Pierre Gillou.[76] G. H. McElhone.[77] The Times.[78] Alfred Chave, The Telegraph (Brisbane)[79]
1940– 1945	none (World War II)	The United States Lawn Tennis Association continued to rank U.S. players during the war years:[80] Alice Marble (1940). Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1941 and 1945). Pauline Betz (1942,[81] 1943, and 1944).
1946	Pauline Betz (USA)	Betz: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[44] Pierre Gillou.[82] Harry Hopman.[83]
1947	Louise Brough (USA)  Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)	Brough: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[84][44] Osborne duPont: John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack.[23] Pierre Gillou.[85]
1948	Louise Brough (USA)  Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)	Brough: Pierre Gillou.[86] Osborne duPont: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[87] John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack.[23]
1949	Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)	Osborne duPont: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[44] Pierre Gillou.[88] John Olliff.[89] Harry Hopman.[90]
1950	Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)	Osborne duPont: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[91][44] John Olliff, Lawn Tennis Almanack.[92]
1951	Doris Hart (USA)	Hart: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[93][44] Pierre Gillou, Lawn Tennis Almanack.[94]
1952	Maureen Connolly (USA)	Connolly: Ned Potter, American Lawn Tennis.[44] Lance Tingay, Daily Mail (London).[95]
1953	Maureen Connolly (USA)	Connolly: Ned Potter, World Tennis.[96] Lance Tingay[23]
1954	Maureen Connolly (USA)	Connolly: Ned Potter, World Tennis.[97] Lance Tingay, The Guardian (London).[98] Panel of 8 experts, The New York Times.[99][100]
1955	Louise Brough (USA)  Doris Hart (USA)	Brough: Lance Tingay[23] Hart: L'Équipe.^[citation needed] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[101]
1956	Shirley Fry (USA)	Fry: Ned Potter, World Tennis.[102] Lance Tingay[23]
1957	Althea Gibson (USA)	Gibson: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[103] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed]
1958	Althea Gibson (USA)	Gibson: Lance Tingay[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[104] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed]
1959	Maria Bueno (BRA)	Bueno: Lance Tingay[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[105] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed]
1960	Maria Bueno (BRA)	Bueno: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[106]
1961	Darlene Hard (USA)  Angela Mortimer (UK)	Hard: The Miami Herald.[107] Mortimer: Lance Tingay[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[108] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed] Denis Lalanne, L'Équipe.^[citation needed]
1962	Margaret Smith (AUS)	Smith: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[109] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed] Ulrich Kaiser, from a panel of 13 experts (unanimous).[110]
1963	Margaret Smith (AUS)	Smith: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[111] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed] Ulrich Kaiser, from a panel of 13 experts (unanimous).[112]
1964	Maria Bueno (BRA)  Margaret Smith (AUS)	Bueno: Ned Potter, World Tennis.[113] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.[114] Ulrich Kaiser, from a panel of 14 experts.[115] Smith: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23]
1965	Margaret Court (AUS)	Court: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] Ned Potter, World Tennis.[116] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed] Sport za Rubezhom (Russia).[117] Ulrich Kaiser, from a panel of 16 experts (unanimous).[118]
1966	Maria Bueno (BRA)  Billie Jean King (USA)	Bueno: Bruce Walkley, Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia).^[citation needed] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed] King: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[119] Joseph McCcauley, World Tennis.[120] Pierre de Thier, Belgium.[121] Sport In The USSR.[122]
1967	Billie Jean King (USA)	King: Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[23] Joseph McCauley, World Tennis.[123] British Lawn Tennis reader's poll.^[citation needed] Ulrich Kaiser, from a panel of 13 experts (unanimous).[124]

1968–present: The Open Era

Year	No. 1 player	Sources and notes
1968	Billie Jean King (USA)	King: Bud Collins.[125] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Rino Tommasi.[127] Ulrich Kaiser, from a panel of 18 experts (unanimous).[128] Seagram's (panel of experts).[a][129] Joseph McCauley, World Tennis.[130] The Times[131]
1969	Margaret Court (AUS)	Court: Bud Collins.[125] Joseph McCauley, World Tennis.[132] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Rino Tommasi.[127] Frank Rostron, Daily Express.[133]
1970	Margaret Court (AUS)	Court: Bud Collins.[125] Joseph McCauley, World Tennis.[134] Judith Elian, L'Équipe.[135] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Mike Gibson (Wimbledon referee).[135] Rino Tommasi.[127] Rex Bellamy, The Times (London).[136] Tennis magazine (Germany).[137]
1971	Evonne Goolagong (AUS)  Billie Jean King (USA)	Goolagong: Joseph McCauley, World Tennis.[138] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Björn Hellberg, Tennis Tidning (Sweden).^[citation needed] Judith Elian, L'Équipe.^[citation needed] Rex Bellamy, The Times (London).[139] Rino Tommasi.[127] Frank Rostron.[140] King: Bud Collins, The Boston Globe.[125] Frank Rostron.[140]
1972	Billie Jean King (USA)	King: Tennis magazine (U.S.).^[citation needed] Bud Collins.[125] John Barrett.^[citation needed] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Rino Tommasi.[127] Frank Rostron.[141] Neil Amdur, World Tennis.[142] Rex Bellamy, The Times (London).[143]
1973	Margaret Court (AUS)	Court: Bud Collins.[125] John Barrett.^[citation needed] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Rino Tommasi.[127] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[144] International poll of 17 tennis writers (unanimous).[145] Rex Bellamy, The Times (London) and World Tennis.[146][147]
1974	Chris Evert (USA)  Billie Jean King (USA)	Evert: World Tennis.[148] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] John Barrett.^[citation needed] Judith Elian, L'Équipe.[149] Rino Tommasi.[127] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[150] Rex Bellamy, The Times (London).[151] USTA.^[citation needed] King: Bud Collins.[125]
1975	Chris Evert (USA)	Evert: WTA year-end No. 1.[152] Bud Collins.[125] John Barrett.^[citation needed] World Tennis.[153] Lance Tingay.[126] The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Tennis magazine (U.S.).^[citation needed] Rino Tommasi.[127] Rex Bellamy, The Times (London).[154] (Chris Evert, for World Tennis.[153])
1976	Chris Evert (USA)	Evert: WTA year-end No. 1.[155] Bud Collins.[125] World Tennis.[156] Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).[126] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[157] John Barrett. Rino Tommasi.[127]
1977	Chris Evert (USA)  Virginia Wade (UK)	Evert: WTA year-end No. 1.[158] Bud Collins.[125] France Presse.[159] John Barrett, Financial Times (London) ^[citation needed] Judith Elian, L'Équipe.[160] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[161] Peter Bodo, Tennis magazine (U.S.).^[citation needed] Barry Lorge.[162] Rino Tommasi, Tennis Club (Rome).[127] Wataru Tsukagoshi, Tennis Japan.^[citation needed] World Tennis.[163] Wade: WTA Player of the Year.[164]
1978	Chris Evert (USA)  Martina Navratilova (USA)	Evert: ITF World Champion.[165] Tennis Magazine (Australia).^[citation needed] World Tennis.[166] John Barrett.^[citation needed] Joseph McCauley, Tennis Australia.^[citation needed] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[167] Rino Tommasi.[127] Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[168] WTA Player of the Year.[164] Bud Collins.[125] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126]
1979	Chris Evert (USA)  Martina Navratilova (USA)	Evert: Judith Elian, L'Équipe.^[citation needed] Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[169] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] Jeffrey Bairstow and Peter Bodo, Tennis magazine (U.S.).^[citation needed] World Tennis.[170] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[171] Alan Trengrove, Tennis Magazine (Australia).^[citation needed] Bud Collins.[125] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).^[citation needed] Rino Tommasi, Tennis Club (Rome).[127] Joseph McCauley, Tennis Australia.^[citation needed] Wataru Tsukagoshi, Tennis Japan.^[citation needed] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126]
1980	Tracy Austin (USA)  Chris Evert (USA)	Austin: WTA Player of the Year.[164] Evert: WTA year-end No. 1.[172] ITF World Champion.[165] John Barrett.^[citation needed] World Tennis.[173] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[174] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1981	Tracy Austin (USA)  Chris Evert (USA)	Austin: John Barrett, Financial Times (London).^[citation needed] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] Bud Collins.[125] Evert: WTA year-end No. 1.[175] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] Alexander McNab and Peter Bodo, Tennis magazine (U.S.).[176] World Tennis.[177] Alan Trengrove, Tennis Magazine (Australia).^[citation needed] Judith Elian, L'Équipe.^[citation needed] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).^[citation needed] Waturu Tsukagoshi, Tennis Japan.^[citation needed] Rino Tommasi, Tennis Club (Rome).[127]
1982	Martina Navratilova (USA)	Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[178] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[179] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[180] Tennis magazine (U.S.).^[citation needed] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1983	Martina Navratilova (USA)	Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[181] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).^[citation needed] World Tennis.[182] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[183] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] The Daily Telegraph (London).^[citation needed] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1984	Martina Navratilova (USA)	Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[184] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).^[citation needed] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[185] Tennis magazine (U.S.).[186] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1985	Martina Navratilova (USA)	Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[187] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).^[citation needed] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[188] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1986	Martina Navratilova (USA)	Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1.[189] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[190] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[191] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1987	Steffi Graf (FRG)  Martina Navratilova (USA)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[192] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[193] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[194] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125] Navratilova: Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.^[citation needed]
1988	Steffi Graf (FRG)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[195] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[196] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[197] Rino Tommasi.[127] Bud Collins.[125]
1989	Steffi Graf (FRG)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[198] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[199] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.[126] World Tennis.[200] Bud Collins.[125]
1990	Steffi Graf (GER)  Monica Seles (YUG)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[201] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[202] Seles: Bud Collins.[125] World Tennis.[203]
1991	Monica Seles (YUG)	Seles: WTA year-end No. 1.[204] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[205] Bud Collins.[125]
1992	Monica Seles (YUG)	Seles: WTA year-end No. 1.[206] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[207] Bud Collins.[125]
1993	Steffi Graf (GER)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[208] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[207] Bud Collins.[125]
1994	Steffi Graf (GER)  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[209] WTA Player of the Year.[164] Sánchez Vicario: ITF World Champion.[165] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[210] Bud Collins.[125]
1995	Steffi Graf (GER)  Monica Seles (USA)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[211] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett, Financial Times (London).[212] Bud Collins.[125] Seles: WTA year-end No. 1.[211]
1996	Steffi Graf (GER)	Graf: WTA year-end No. 1.[213] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett.[214] Bud Collins.[125]
1997	Martina Hingis (SUI)	Hingis: WTA year-end No. 1.[215] ITF World Champion.[165] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett.[216]
1998	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	Davenport: WTA year-end No. 1.[217] ITF World Champion.[218] WTA Player of the Year.[164] John Barrett.[219]
1999	Lindsay Davenport (USA)  Martina Hingis (SUI)	Davenport: WTA Player of the Year.[164] Hingis: WTA year-end No. 1.[220] ITF World Champion.[221] John Barrett.[222]
2000	Martina Hingis (SUI)  Venus Williams (USA)	Hingis: WTA year-end No. 1.[223] ITF World Champion.[224] V. Williams: WTA Player of the Year.[164][225]
2001	Jennifer Capriati (USA)  Lindsay Davenport (USA)	Capriati: ITF World Champion.[226] WTA Player of the Year.[164] Davenport: WTA year-end No. 1.[227]
2002	Serena Williams (USA)	S. Williams: WTA year-end No. 1.[228][229] ITF World Champion.[230] WTA Player of the Year.[164]
2003	Justine Henin (BEL)	Henin: WTA year-end No. 1.[231] ITF World Champion.[232] WTA Player of the Year.[164]
2004	Lindsay Davenport (USA)  Anastasia Myskina (RUS)  Maria Sharapova (RUS)	Davenport: WTA year-end No. 1.[233][234] Myskina: ITF World Champion.[235] Sharapova: WTA Player of the Year.[164]
2005	Kim Clijsters (BEL)  Lindsay Davenport (USA)	Clijsters: ITF World Champion.[236] WTA Player of the Year.[164] Davenport: WTA year-end No. 1.[237][238]
2006	Justine Henin (BEL)  Amélie Mauresmo (FRA)	Henin: WTA year-end No. 1.[239][240] ITF World Champion.[241] Mauresmo: WTA Player of the Year.[242][164]
2007	Justine Henin (BEL)	Henin: WTA year-end No. 1.[243][244] ITF World Champion.[245] WTA Player of the Year.[246][164]
2008	Jelena Janković (SRB)  Serena Williams (USA)	Janković: WTA year-end No. 1.[247] ITF World Champion.[248] S. Williams: WTA Player of the Year.^[citation needed]
2009	Serena Williams (USA)	S. Williams: WTA year-end No. 1.[249] ITF World Champion.[250] WTA Player of the Year.^[citation needed]
2010	Kim Clijsters (BEL)  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	Clijsters: WTA Player of the Year.[251] Wozniacki: WTA year-end No. 1.[252] ITF World Champion.[253]
2011	Petra Kvitová (CZE)  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	Kvitová: ITF World Champion.[254] WTA Player of the Year.[255] Wozniacki: WTA year-end No. 1.[256]
2012	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)  Serena Williams (USA)	Azarenka: WTA year-end No. 1.[257] S. Williams: ITF World Champion.[258] WTA Player of the Year.[259]
2013	Serena Williams (USA)	S. Williams: WTA year-end No. 1.[260] ITF World Champion.[261] WTA Player of the Year.[262]
2014	Serena Williams (USA)	S. Williams: WTA year-end No. 1.[263][264] ITF World Champion.[265] WTA Player of the Year.^[citation needed]
2015	Serena Williams (USA)	S. Williams: WTA year-end No. 1.[266] ITF World Champion.[267] WTA Player of the Year.[268]
2016	Angelique Kerber (GER)	Kerber: WTA year-end No. 1.[269] ITF World Champion.[270] WTA Player of the Year.[271]
2017	Simona Halep (ROM)  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	Halep: WTA year-end No. 1.[272][273] Muguruza: ITF World Champion.[274] WTA Player of the Year.[275]
2018	Simona Halep (ROM)	Halep: WTA year-end No. 1.[276][277] WTA Player of the Year.[278] ITF World Champion.[279]
2019	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Barty: WTA year-end No. 1.[280][281] WTA Player of the Year.[282] ITF World Champion.[283]
2020	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)  Sofia Kenin (USA)	Barty: WTA year-end No. 1.[284][285] Kenin: WTA Player of the Year.[286]
2021	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Barty: WTA year-end No. 1.[287][288] WTA Player of the Year[289] ITF World Champion.[290]
2022	Iga Świątek (POL)	Świątek: WTA year-end No. 1 WTA Player of the Year ITF World Champion
2023	Aryna Sabalenka  Iga Świątek (POL)	Sabalenka: ITF World Champion[291] Świątek: WTA year-end No. 1 WTA Player of the Year[292]
2024	Aryna Sabalenka  Iga Świątek (POL)	Sabalenka: WTA year-end No. 1 WTA Player of the Year Świątek: ITF World Champion

See also

• List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
• ITF World Champions
• Top ten ranked female tennis players
• Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
• World number 1 ranked male tennis players

Notes

1. including Alan Tengrove, Australian Sun News Pictorial; Joseph McCauley, World Tennis; Steve Snider, United Press International; Gerald Williams, London Daily Mail; Judith Elian, L'Équipe; George McCann, Australian Consolidated Press; Fred Tupper, New York Times

References

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2. Pastime, September 16, 1885
3. Pastime, September 22, 1886
4. Pastime, September 28, 1887
5. Pastime, October 3, 1888
6. Pastime, October 9, 1889
7. Pastime, October 8, 1890
8. Pastime, October 7, 1891
9. Pastime, October 12, 1892
10. Pastime, October 18, 1893
11. Pastime, October 3, 1894
12. Pastime, October 2, 1895
13. The Lawn Tennis classification of British players, October 14, 1896
14. The Lawn Tennis classification of British players, October 13, 1897
15. Chambers, Lambert (1910). Lawn Tennis for Ladies. London.
16. The Lawn Tennis classification of British players, October 5, 1898
17. The Lawn Tennis classification of British players, March 7, 1900
18. The Lawn Tennis and Croquet classification of British players, December 3, 1902
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Further reading

• Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.

External links

• ITF World Champions at the International Tennis Federation