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:
Year | Sources and notes |
---|---|
1883 |
Maud Watson:
|
1884 | Maud Watson:
|
1885 | Maud Watson:
|
1886 | Maud Watson:
|
1887 |
Lottie Dod:
|
1888 | Lottie Dod:
|
1889 | Lottie Dod:
|
1890 |
Louisa Martin:
|
1891 | Lottie Dod:
|
1892 | Lottie Dod:
|
1893 | Lottie Dod:
|
1894 |
Blanche Bingley:
|
1895 | Louisa Martin:
|
1896 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard, Louisa Martin:
|
1897 | Charlotte Cooper, Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
|
1898 |
Charlotte Cooper:
|
1899 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
Louisa Martin:
|
1900 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
|
1901 |
Charlotte Cooper Sterry:
|
1902 |
Muriel Robb:
Charlotte Cooper Sterry:
|
1903 |
Dorothea Douglass:
Louisa Martin:
|
1904 | Dorothea Douglass:
|
1905 |
May Sutton:
|
1906 |
Dorothea Douglass:
|
1909 | May Sutton:
|
Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
---|---|---|
1921 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1922 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1923 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen: |
1924 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1925 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1926 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1927 | Helen Wills ( USA) | Wills: |
1928 | Helen Wills ( USA) | Wills:
|
1929 | Helen Wills ( USA) | Wills:
|
1930 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody:
|
1931 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody: |
1932 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody: |
1933 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody:
Jacobs: |
1934 |
Helen Jacobs (
USA)
Dorothy Round ( UK) |
Jacobs:
Round: |
1935 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Moody: |
1936 |
Helen Jacobs (
USA)
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ( DEN) |
Jacobs:
Krahwinkel Sperling:
|
1937 |
Anita Lizana (
CHI) Dorothy Round ( UK) |
Lizana:
Round: |
1938 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody
|
1939 | Alice Marble ( USA) | Marble: |
1940–
1945 |
none (World War II) | The
United States Lawn Tennis Association continued to rank U.S. players during the war years:
[80]
|
1946 | Pauline Betz ( USA) | Betz: |
1947 |
Louise Brough (
USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) |
Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
1948 |
Louise Brough (
USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) |
Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
1949 | Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) | Osborne duPont: |
1950 | Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) | Osborne duPont: |
1951 | Doris Hart ( USA) | Hart: |
1952 | Maureen Connolly ( USA) | Connolly:
|
1953 | Maureen Connolly ( USA) | Connolly: |
1954 | Maureen Connolly ( USA) | Connolly:
|
1955 |
Louise Brough (
USA)
Doris Hart ( USA) |
Brough:
Hart:
|
1956 | Shirley Fry ( USA) | Fry: |
1957 | Althea Gibson ( USA) | Gibson:
|
1958 | Althea Gibson ( USA) | Gibson:
|
1959 | Maria Bueno ( BRA) | Bueno:
|
1960 | Maria Bueno ( BRA) | Bueno: |
1961 |
Darlene Hard (
USA) Angela Mortimer ( UK) |
Hard:
Mortimer:
|
1962 | Margaret Smith ( AUS) | Smith:
|
1963 | Margaret Smith ( AUS) | Smith:
|
1964 |
Maria Bueno (
BRA)
Margaret Smith ( AUS) |
Bueno:
Smith:
|
1965 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court:
|
1966 |
Maria Bueno (
BRA)
Billie Jean King ( USA) |
Bueno:
King: |
1967 | Billie Jean King ( USA) | King:
|
Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
---|---|---|
1968 | Billie Jean King ( USA) | King: |
1969 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court: |
1970 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court: |
1971 |
Evonne Goolagong (
AUS)
Billie Jean King ( USA) |
Goolagong:
King:
|
1972 | Billie Jean King ( USA) | King:
|
1973 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court: |
1974 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Billie Jean King ( USA) |
Evert:
King:
|
1975 | Chris Evert ( USA) | Evert:
|
1976 | Chris Evert ( USA) | Evert: |
1977 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Virginia Wade ( UK) |
Evert:
Wade: |
1978 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Martina Navratilova ( USA) |
Evert:
Navratilova: |
1979 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Martina Navratilova ( USA) |
Evert:
Navratilova:
|
1980 |
Tracy Austin (
USA)
Chris Evert ( USA) |
Austin:
Evert: |
1981 |
Tracy Austin (
USA)
Chris Evert ( USA) |
Austin:
Evert:
|
1982 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1983 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova:
|
1984 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1985 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1986 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1987 |
Steffi Graf (
FRG)
Martina Navratilova ( USA) |
Graf:
Navratilova:
|
1988 | Steffi Graf ( FRG) | Graf: |
1989 | Steffi Graf ( FRG) | Graf: |
1990 |
Steffi Graf (
GER) Monica Seles ( YUG) |
Graf:
Seles: |
1991 | Monica Seles ( YUG) | Seles: |
1992 | Monica Seles ( YUG) | Seles: |
1993 | Steffi Graf ( GER) | Graf: |
1994 |
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( ESP) |
Graf:
Sánchez Vicario: |
1995 |
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Monica Seles ( USA) |
Graf:
Seles:
|
1996 | Steffi Graf ( GER) | Graf: |
1997 | Martina Hingis ( SUI) | Hingis: |
1998 | Lindsay Davenport ( USA) | Davenport: |
1999 |
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
Martina Hingis ( SUI) |
Davenport:
Hingis: |
2000 |
Martina Hingis (
SUI)
Venus Williams ( USA) |
Hingis:
V. Williams: |
2001 |
Jennifer Capriati (
USA)
Lindsay Davenport ( USA) |
Capriati:
Davenport:
|
2002 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams: |
2003 | Justine Henin ( BEL) | Henin: |
2004 |
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
Anastasia Myskina ( RUS) Maria Sharapova ( RUS) |
Davenport:
Myskina:
Sharapova:
|
2005 |
Kim Clijsters (
BEL)
Lindsay Davenport ( USA) |
Clijsters:
Davenport: |
2006 |
Justine Henin (
BEL)
Amélie Mauresmo ( FRA) |
Henin:
Mauresmo: |
2007 | Justine Henin ( BEL) | Henin: |
2008 |
Jelena Janković (
SRB)
Serena Williams ( USA) |
Janković:
S. Williams:
|
2009 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams:
|
2010 |
Kim Clijsters (
BEL)
Caroline Wozniacki ( DEN) |
Clijsters:
Wozniacki: |
2011 |
Petra Kvitová (
CZE)
Caroline Wozniacki ( DEN) |
Kvitová:
Wozniacki:
|
2012 |
Victoria Azarenka (
BLR)
Serena Williams ( USA) |
Azarenka:
S. Williams: |
2013 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams: |
2014 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams:
|
2015 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams: |
2016 | Angelique Kerber ( GER) | Kerber: |
2017 |
Simona Halep (
ROM)
Garbiñe Muguruza ( ESP) |
Halep:
Muguruza: |
2018 | Simona Halep ( ROM) | Halep: |
2019 | Ashleigh Barty ( AUS) | Barty: |
2020 |
Ashleigh Barty (
AUS)
Sofia Kenin ( USA) |
Barty:
Kenin:
|
2021 | Ashleigh Barty ( AUS) | Barty: |
2022 | Iga Swiatek ( POL) | Swiatek:
|
2023 |
Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Swiatek ( POL) |
Sabalenka:
Swiatek:
|
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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:
Year | Sources and notes |
---|---|
1883 |
Maud Watson:
|
1884 | Maud Watson:
|
1885 | Maud Watson:
|
1886 | Maud Watson:
|
1887 |
Lottie Dod:
|
1888 | Lottie Dod:
|
1889 | Lottie Dod:
|
1890 |
Louisa Martin:
|
1891 | Lottie Dod:
|
1892 | Lottie Dod:
|
1893 | Lottie Dod:
|
1894 |
Blanche Bingley:
|
1895 | Louisa Martin:
|
1896 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard, Louisa Martin:
|
1897 | Charlotte Cooper, Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
|
1898 |
Charlotte Cooper:
|
1899 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
Louisa Martin:
|
1900 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
|
1901 |
Charlotte Cooper Sterry:
|
1902 |
Muriel Robb:
Charlotte Cooper Sterry:
|
1903 |
Dorothea Douglass:
Louisa Martin:
|
1904 | Dorothea Douglass:
|
1905 |
May Sutton:
|
1906 |
Dorothea Douglass:
|
1909 | May Sutton:
|
Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
---|---|---|
1921 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1922 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1923 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen: |
1924 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1925 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1926 | Suzanne Lenglen ( FRA) | Lenglen:
|
1927 | Helen Wills ( USA) | Wills: |
1928 | Helen Wills ( USA) | Wills:
|
1929 | Helen Wills ( USA) | Wills:
|
1930 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody:
|
1931 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody: |
1932 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody: |
1933 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody:
Jacobs: |
1934 |
Helen Jacobs (
USA)
Dorothy Round ( UK) |
Jacobs:
Round: |
1935 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Moody: |
1936 |
Helen Jacobs (
USA)
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ( DEN) |
Jacobs:
Krahwinkel Sperling:
|
1937 |
Anita Lizana (
CHI) Dorothy Round ( UK) |
Lizana:
Round: |
1938 | Helen Wills Moody ( USA) | Wills Moody
|
1939 | Alice Marble ( USA) | Marble: |
1940–
1945 |
none (World War II) | The
United States Lawn Tennis Association continued to rank U.S. players during the war years:
[80]
|
1946 | Pauline Betz ( USA) | Betz: |
1947 |
Louise Brough (
USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) |
Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
1948 |
Louise Brough (
USA)
Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) |
Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
1949 | Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) | Osborne duPont: |
1950 | Margaret Osborne duPont ( USA) | Osborne duPont: |
1951 | Doris Hart ( USA) | Hart: |
1952 | Maureen Connolly ( USA) | Connolly:
|
1953 | Maureen Connolly ( USA) | Connolly: |
1954 | Maureen Connolly ( USA) | Connolly:
|
1955 |
Louise Brough (
USA)
Doris Hart ( USA) |
Brough:
Hart:
|
1956 | Shirley Fry ( USA) | Fry: |
1957 | Althea Gibson ( USA) | Gibson:
|
1958 | Althea Gibson ( USA) | Gibson:
|
1959 | Maria Bueno ( BRA) | Bueno:
|
1960 | Maria Bueno ( BRA) | Bueno: |
1961 |
Darlene Hard (
USA) Angela Mortimer ( UK) |
Hard:
Mortimer:
|
1962 | Margaret Smith ( AUS) | Smith:
|
1963 | Margaret Smith ( AUS) | Smith:
|
1964 |
Maria Bueno (
BRA)
Margaret Smith ( AUS) |
Bueno:
Smith:
|
1965 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court:
|
1966 |
Maria Bueno (
BRA)
Billie Jean King ( USA) |
Bueno:
King: |
1967 | Billie Jean King ( USA) | King:
|
Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
---|---|---|
1968 | Billie Jean King ( USA) | King: |
1969 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court: |
1970 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court: |
1971 |
Evonne Goolagong (
AUS)
Billie Jean King ( USA) |
Goolagong:
King:
|
1972 | Billie Jean King ( USA) | King:
|
1973 | Margaret Court ( AUS) | Court: |
1974 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Billie Jean King ( USA) |
Evert:
King:
|
1975 | Chris Evert ( USA) | Evert:
|
1976 | Chris Evert ( USA) | Evert: |
1977 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Virginia Wade ( UK) |
Evert:
Wade: |
1978 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Martina Navratilova ( USA) |
Evert:
Navratilova: |
1979 |
Chris Evert (
USA)
Martina Navratilova ( USA) |
Evert:
Navratilova:
|
1980 |
Tracy Austin (
USA)
Chris Evert ( USA) |
Austin:
Evert: |
1981 |
Tracy Austin (
USA)
Chris Evert ( USA) |
Austin:
Evert:
|
1982 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1983 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova:
|
1984 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1985 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1986 | Martina Navratilova ( USA) | Navratilova: |
1987 |
Steffi Graf (
FRG)
Martina Navratilova ( USA) |
Graf:
Navratilova:
|
1988 | Steffi Graf ( FRG) | Graf: |
1989 | Steffi Graf ( FRG) | Graf: |
1990 |
Steffi Graf (
GER) Monica Seles ( YUG) |
Graf:
Seles: |
1991 | Monica Seles ( YUG) | Seles: |
1992 | Monica Seles ( YUG) | Seles: |
1993 | Steffi Graf ( GER) | Graf: |
1994 |
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( ESP) |
Graf:
Sánchez Vicario: |
1995 |
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Monica Seles ( USA) |
Graf:
Seles:
|
1996 | Steffi Graf ( GER) | Graf: |
1997 | Martina Hingis ( SUI) | Hingis: |
1998 | Lindsay Davenport ( USA) | Davenport: |
1999 |
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
Martina Hingis ( SUI) |
Davenport:
Hingis: |
2000 |
Martina Hingis (
SUI)
Venus Williams ( USA) |
Hingis:
V. Williams: |
2001 |
Jennifer Capriati (
USA)
Lindsay Davenport ( USA) |
Capriati:
Davenport:
|
2002 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams: |
2003 | Justine Henin ( BEL) | Henin: |
2004 |
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
Anastasia Myskina ( RUS) Maria Sharapova ( RUS) |
Davenport:
Myskina:
Sharapova:
|
2005 |
Kim Clijsters (
BEL)
Lindsay Davenport ( USA) |
Clijsters:
Davenport: |
2006 |
Justine Henin (
BEL)
Amélie Mauresmo ( FRA) |
Henin:
Mauresmo: |
2007 | Justine Henin ( BEL) | Henin: |
2008 |
Jelena Janković (
SRB)
Serena Williams ( USA) |
Janković:
S. Williams:
|
2009 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams:
|
2010 |
Kim Clijsters (
BEL)
Caroline Wozniacki ( DEN) |
Clijsters:
Wozniacki: |
2011 |
Petra Kvitová (
CZE)
Caroline Wozniacki ( DEN) |
Kvitová:
Wozniacki:
|
2012 |
Victoria Azarenka (
BLR)
Serena Williams ( USA) |
Azarenka:
S. Williams: |
2013 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams: |
2014 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams:
|
2015 | Serena Williams ( USA) | S. Williams: |
2016 | Angelique Kerber ( GER) | Kerber: |
2017 |
Simona Halep (
ROM)
Garbiñe Muguruza ( ESP) |
Halep:
Muguruza: |
2018 | Simona Halep ( ROM) | Halep: |
2019 | Ashleigh Barty ( AUS) | Barty: |
2020 |
Ashleigh Barty (
AUS)
Sofia Kenin ( USA) |
Barty:
Kenin:
|
2021 | Ashleigh Barty ( AUS) | Barty: |
2022 | Iga Swiatek ( POL) | Swiatek:
|
2023 |
Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Swiatek ( POL) |
Sabalenka:
Swiatek:
|
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