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* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.
The WTA rankings
The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.
Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A pla ...
are the Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenn ...
's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...
. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 28 women have been ranked No. 1 by the WTA, of which 15 have been year-end No. 1.
WTA No. 1 ranked singles 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).
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Weeks at No. 1
Weeks are updated automatically.
The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the ''2012 WTA Tour Official Guide'', page 177.
The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the ''2012 WTA Tour Official Guide'', page 177.
Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline
Current record in bold.Year-end No. 1 players
Per player
Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament title
Weeks at No. 1 by decade
* Current No. 1 player indicated in ''italic''.1970s*
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
WTA rankings were frozen from March 23, 2020 to August 9, 2020. * Stats are automatically updated on Mondays (UTC).Weeks at No. 1 by country
* Current No. 1 player indicated in bold. Weeks are updated automatically.See also
* World number 1 ranked female tennis players (includes rankings before 1975) *ITF World Champions
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) designates a World Champion each year based on performances throughout the year, emphasising the Grand Slam tournaments,ITF Constitution, p.26, Rule 2.2(a)(iii) and also considering team events such as th ...
* List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
* List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
* List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
* Current WTA rankings
* List of WTA players who were ranked number 5 or higher but never number 1
* Top ten ranked female tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 wh ...
* Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 whe ...
* List of highest ranked tennis players per country
References
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