The WTA ranking is the official ranking of the world’s best female tennis players according to the number of points won at tournaments all around the world in the past 52 weeks. The WTA list was established in November 1975.
On our website you can view the latest WTA rankings of world’s ten best female players at the moment.
WTA RANKINGS, TOP 10
So far, 148 female tennis players have been in the top ten at some point since the official ranking was established, ie. WTA rankings.
MOST WEEKS SPENT ON NUMBER 1 OF THE WTA RANKINGS
From November 1975, when the WTA list was first published, until today, 29 players have been ranked first. And they are:
1. 
Steffi Graf – 377 weeks
2. 
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Martina Navratilova – 332 weeks
3. Serena Williams – 319 weeks
4. Chris Evert – 260 weeks
5. 
Martina Hingis – 209 weeks
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Monika Seles – 178 weeks
7. 
Ashleigh Barty – 121 weeks
8. 
Justine Henin – 117 weeks
9. 
Iga Swiatek – 102 weeks
10. Lindsay Davenport – 98 weeks
11. 
Caroline Wozniacki – 71 weeks
12. 
Simona Halep – 64 weeks
13. 
Victoria Azarenka – 51 weeks
14. 
Amelie Mauresmou – 39 weeks
15. Angelique Kerber – 34 weeks
16. 
Dinara Safina – 26 weeks
17. 
Naomi Osaka – 25 weeks
18. Tracy Austin – 21 weeks
19. Maria Sharapova – 21 weeks
20. Kim Clijsters – 20 weeks
21. 
Jelena Jankovic – 18 weeks
22. Jennifer Capriati – 17 weeks
23. 
Arancha Sánchez Vicario – 12 weeks
24. Ana Ivanovic – 12 weeks
25. Venus Williams – 11 weeks
26. Karolina Pliskova – 8 weeks
27. Aryna Sabalenka – 8 weeks
28. Garbine Muguruza – 4 weeks
29. Yvonne Gulagong – 2 weeks
Note: Players in bold are still active
