WTA Rankings
The WTA Rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.[1]
Ranking method[]
The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles and points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period with the condition that they must include points from the 4 Grand Slams, the 4 Premier Mandatory tournaments and the WTA Finals. In addition, for Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count.[2] Up until 2016, the WTA also distributed ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. However, this has since been discontinued.[3]
In order to appear on the WTA rankings, players must earn ranking points in at least three tournaments, or a minimum of 10 singles ranking points or 10 doubles ranking points in one or more tournaments.
The points distribution for tournaments in 2021 is shown below. Points earned in 2013 were a little different in some cases and retained their value until they expired after 52 weeks.
| Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
| WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1080* | 750* | (+125 per Round Robin Match; +125 per Round Robin Win) | ||||||||
| WTA Finals (D) | 1500 | 1080 | 750 | 375 | – | |||||||
| WTA 1000 - Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 - Mandatory(64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 - Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 1000 - Non Mandatory (56S,64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 - Non Mandatory (56S,48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 - Non Mandatory (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 1000 - Non Mandatory (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win) | ||||||||
| WTA 500 (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
| WTA 500 (32S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| WTA 500 (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 250 (32S,32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| WTA 250 (32S,16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
| WTA 250 (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 125K series (S) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | 1 |
| WTA 125K series (D) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 1 | - | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $100,000+H (S) | 150 | 90 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | – |
| ITF $100,000+H (D) | 150 | 90 | 55 | 28 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $100,000 (S) | 140 | 85 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | – |
| ITF $100,000 (D) | 140 | 85 | 50 | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $80,000+H (S) | 130 | 80 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | – |
| ITF $80,000+H (D) | 130 | 80 | 48 | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $80,000 (S) | 115 | 70 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | – |
| ITF $80,000 (D) | 115 | 70 | 42 | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $60,000+H (S) | 100 | 60 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | – |
| ITF $60,000+H (D) | 100 | 60 | 36 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $60,000 (S) | 80 | 48 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | – |
| ITF $60,000 (D) | 80 | 48 | 29 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $25,000+H (S) | 60 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| ITF $25,000+H (D) | 60 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $25,000 (S) | 50 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| ITF $25,000 (D) | 50 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ITF $15,000 (S) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| ITF $15,000 (D) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.
"+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided.
Note that if a player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving a bye, they will not be awarded any points for that tournament.[4]
In ITF tournaments, the main draw is normally 32 for singles and 16 for doubles. Losers in the first round of doubles will receive points equal to that shown in the R32 column above. For subsequent rounds (quarter-finals onwards) the points are the same as for singles.
Current rankings[]
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Number one ranked players[]
The following is a chronological list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the WTA began producing computerized rankings on November 3, 1975:[7]
Active players in green
| No. | Player | Date reached | Total weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chris Evert |
Nov 3, 1975 | 260 |
| 2 |  Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
Apr 26, 1976 | 2 |
| 3 |  / Martina Navratilova |
Jul 10, 1978 | 332 |
| 4 | Tracy Austin |
Apr 7, 1980 | 21 |
| 5 |  Steffi Graf |
Aug 17, 1987 | 377 |
| 6 |  / / Monica Seles |
Mar 11, 1991 | 178 |
| 7 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
Feb 6, 1995 | 12 |
| 8 |  Martina Hingis |
Mar 31, 1997 | 209 |
| 9 | Lindsay Davenport |
Oct 12, 1998 | 98 |
| 10 | Jennifer Capriati |
Oct 15, 2001 | 17 |
| 11 | Venus Williams |
Feb 25, 2002 | 11 |
| 12 | Serena Williams |
Jul 8, 2002 | 319 |
| 13 |  Kim Clijsters |
Aug 11, 2003 | 20 |
| 14 | Justine Henin |
Oct 20, 2003 | 117 |
| 15 |  Amélie Mauresmo |
Sep 13, 2004 | 39 |
| 16 |  Maria Sharapova |
Aug 22, 2005 | 21 |
| 17 |  Ana Ivanovic |
Jun 9, 2008 | 12 |
| 18 | Jelena Janković |
Aug 11, 2008 | 18 |
| 19 | Dinara Safina |
Apr 20, 2009 | 26 |
| 20 |  Caroline Wozniacki |
Oct 11, 2010 | 71 |
| 21 |  Victoria Azarenka |
Jan 30, 2012 | 51 |
| 22 | Angelique Kerber |
Sep 12, 2016 | 34 |
| 23 | Karolína Plíšková |
July 17, 2017 | 8 |
| 24 | Garbiñe Muguruza |
Sep 11, 2017 | 4 |
| 25 |  Simona Halep |
Oct 9, 2017 | 64 |
| 26 |  Naomi Osaka |
Jan 28, 2019 | 25 |
| 27 | Ashleigh Barty |
Jun 24, 2019 | 92 |
Last update: As of 6 September 2021
Year-end number one players[]
The year-end number one player is the player at the head of the WTA rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year.
Singles[]
|
|
| No. 1 all weeks of the year |
Doubles[]
| Year | Country | Player | Team[citation needed] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | USA |
Martina Navratilova (1) | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
|
| 1985 | USA |
Pam Shriver (2) | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
|
| 1986 | USA |
Martina Navratilova | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
|
| 1987 | USA |
Martina Navratilova | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
|
| 1988 | USA |
Martina Navratilova | Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
|
| 1989 | USA |
Martina Navratilova | Helena Suková / Jana Novotná
|
| 1990 | TCH |
Helena Suková (3) | Helena Suková / Jana Novotná
|
| 1991 | TCH |
Jana Novotná (4) | Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná
|
| 1992 | CZE |
Helena Suková |  Larisa Neiland /  Natasha Zvereva
|
| 1993 | USA |
Gigi Fernández (5) | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
|
| 1994 | BLR |
Natasha Zvereva (6) | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
|
| 1995 | ESP |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7) | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
|
| 1996 | ESP |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
|
| 1997 | BLR |
Natasha Zvereva | Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
|
| 1998 | BLR |
Natasha Zvereva | Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
|
| 1999 | RUS |
Anna Kournikova (8) | Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
|
| 2000 | JPN |
Ai Sugiyama (9) | Serena Williams / Venus Williams
|
| 2001 | USA |
Lisa Raymond (10) | Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
|
| 2002 |  ARG |
Paola Suárez (11) | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
|
| 2003 | ARG |
Paola Suárez | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
|
| 2004 | ESP |
Virginia Ruano Pascual (12) | Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
|
| 2005 |  ZIM |
Cara Black (13) | Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
|
| 2006 | USA AUS |
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (14) |
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
|
| 2007 | ZIM USA |
Cara Black Liezel Huber (15) |
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
|
| 2008 | ZIM USA |
Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
|
| 2009 | ZIM USA |
Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
|
| 2010 | ARG |
Gisela Dulko (16) | Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta
|
| 2011 | USA |
Liezel Huber | Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik
|
| 2012 | ITA |
Roberta Vinci (17) | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
|
| 2013 | ITA
|
Roberta Vinci | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
|
| ITA |
Sara Errani (18) | ||
| 2014 | ITA ITA |
Roberta Vinci Sara Errani |
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
|
| 2015 |  IND |
Sania Mirza (19) | Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
|
| 2016 | IND |
Sania Mirza | Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
|
| 2017 |  TPE SUI |
Latisha Chan (20) Martina Hingis (21) |
Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis
|
| 2018 | CZE |
Kateřina Siniaková (22) | Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
|
| 2019 | CZE |
Barbora Strýcová (23) | Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
|
| 2020 | TPE |
Hsieh Su-wei (24) |
Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
|
| No. 1 all weeks of the year |
Players with highest career rank 2–5[]
The following is a list of singles players who were ranked world No. 5 or higher but not No. 1 since Nov 3, 1975:[citation needed]
Active players in green
| World No. 2 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
 Virginia Wade
|
Nov 3, 1975 |
| Andrea Jaeger
|
Aug 17, 1981 |
| Conchita Martínez
|
Oct 30, 1995 |
| Jana Novotná
|
Jul 7, 1997 |
| Anastasia Myskina
|
Sep 13, 2004 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
Sep 10, 2007 |
| Vera Zvonareva
|
Oct 25, 2010 |
| Petra Kvitová
|
Oct 31, 2011 |
 Agnieszka Radwańska
|
Jul 9, 2012 |
 Li Na
|
Feb 17, 2014 |
| Aryna Sabalenka
|
August 23, 2021 |
| World No. 3 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Pam Shriver
|
Mar 20, 1984 |
| / Hana Mandlíková
|
Apr 30, 1984 |
| Wendy Turnbull
|
Jan 7, 1985 |
 / Manuela Maleeva
|
Feb 4, 1985 |
| Gabriela Sabatini
|
Feb 27, 1989 |
| Mary Pierce
|
Jan 30, 1995 |
 Amanda Coetzer
|
Nov 3, 1997 |
| Nathalie Tauziat
|
May 8, 2000 |
| Nadia Petrova
|
May 15, 2006 |
| Elena Dementieva
|
Apr 6, 2009 |
 Elina Svitolina
|
Sep 11, 2017 |
| Sloane Stephens
|
Jul 16, 2018 |
| World No. 4 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Sue Barker
|
Mar 20, 1977 |
| Dianne Fromholtz
|
Mar 19, 1979 |
| Helena Suková
|
Mar 18, 1985 |
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
|
Sep 2, 1985 |
| Zina Garrison
|
Nov 20, 1989 |
| Mary Joe Fernández
|
Oct 22, 1990 |
| Kimiko Date
|
May 13, 1995 |
| Magdalena Maleeva
|
Jan 29, 1996 |
 Iva Majoli
|
Feb 5, 1996 |
| Anke Huber
|
Oct 14, 1996 |
| / Jelena Dokić
|
Aug 19, 2002 |
| Francesca Schiavone
|
Jan 31, 2011 |
| Samantha Stosur
|
Feb 21, 2011 |
 Dominika Cibulková
|
Mar 20, 2017 |
| Johanna Konta
|
Jul 17, 2017 |
| Caroline Garcia
|
Sep 10, 2018 |
 Kiki Bertens
|
May 13, 2019 |
 Bianca Andreescu
|
Oct 21, 2019 |
| Belinda Bencic
|
Feb 17, 2020 |
| Sofia Kenin
|
Mar 9, 2020 |
| World No. 5 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Rosemary Casals
|
Sep 13, 1976 |
| Margaret Court[8]
|
Feb 21, 1977 |
| Betty Stöve
|
Jul 3, 1977 |
| Sylvia Hanika
|
Sep 12, 1983 |
| Kathy Jordan
|
Mar 19, 1984 |
| Jo Durie
|
Apr 29, 1984 |
 / Natasha Zvereva
|
May 22, 1989 |
| Daniela Hantuchová
|
Jan 27, 2003 |
| Anna Chakvetadze
|
Sep 10, 2007 |
| Sara Errani
|
May 20, 2013 |
| Eugenie Bouchard
|
Oct 20, 2014 |
| Lucie Šafářová
|
Sep 14, 2015 |
| Jeļena Ostapenko
|
Mar 19, 2018 |
Players with highest career rank 6–10[]
The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 6 to No.10 in the period since the 1975 introduction of the WTA rankings.[citation needed]
Active players in green
| World No. 6 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Mima Jaušovec
|
Mar 22, 1982 |
| Bettina Bunge
|
Mar 28, 1983 |
| Katerina Maleeva
|
Jul 9, 1990 |
| Chanda Rubin
|
Apr 8, 1996 |
| Flavia Pennetta
|
Sep 28, 2015 |
| Carla Suárez Navarro
|
Feb 29, 2016 |
| World No. 7 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Olga Morozova
|
Nov 3, 1975 |
| Kerry Melville
|
Jul 4, 1976 |
 Greer Stevens
|
Jul 7, 1980 |
| Barbara Potter
|
Dec 6, 1982 |
 Andrea Temesvári
|
Jan 23, 1984 |
| Kathy Rinaldi
|
May 26, 1986 |
| Irina Spîrlea
|
Oct 13, 1997 |
 Barbara Schett
|
Sep 13, 1999 |
| Julie Halard-Decugis
|
Feb 14, 2000 |
| Patty Schnyder
|
Nov 14, 2005 |
| Nicole Vaidišová
|
May 14, 2007 |
| Marion Bartoli
|
Jan 30, 2012 |
| Roberta Vinci
|
May 9, 2016 |
| Madison Keys
|
Oct 10, 2016 |
| Iga Świątek
|
August 9, 2021 |
| World No. 8 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Nancy Richey
|
Nov 3, 1975 |
| Virginia Ruzici
|
May 21, 1979 |
| Bonnie Gadusek
|
Jul 9, 1984 |
| Carling Bassett-Seguso
|
Mar 4, 1985 |
| Anna Kournikova
|
Nov 20, 2000 |
| Ai Sugiyama
|
Feb 9, 2004 |
| Alicia Molik
|
Feb 28, 2005 |
| Ekaterina Makarova
|
Apr 6, 2015 |
| World No. 9 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Françoise Dürr
|
Nov 3, 1975 |
| Lisa Bonder
|
Aug 20, 1984 |
| Lori McNeil
|
Jul 4, 1988 |
| Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
|
May 20, 1996 |
| Dominique Monami
|
Oct 12, 1998 |
| Sandrine Testud
|
Feb 7, 2000 |
| Paola Suárez
|
Jun 7, 2004 |
| Andrea Petkovic
|
Oct 10, 2011 |
| Timea Bacsinszky
|
May 16, 2016 |
| CoCo Vandeweghe
|
Jan 15, 2018 |
| Julia Görges
|
Aug 20, 2018 |
| Barbora Krejčíková
|
August 23, 2021 |
| World No. 10 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Kathy May
|
Jul 3, 1977 |
| Kristien Shaw
|
Aug 21, 1977 |
| Kathleen Horvath
|
Jun 11, 1984 |
 Catarina Lindqvist
|
Apr 15, 1985 |
| Stephanie Rehe
|
Mar 13, 1989 |
| Barbara Paulus
|
Nov 18, 1996 |
| Karina Habšudová
|
Feb 10, 1997 |
| Maria Kirilenko
|
Jun 10, 2013 |
| Kristina Mladenovic
|
Oct 23, 2017 |
| Daria Kasatkina
|
Oct 22, 2018 |
Consecutive weeks in the Top 10[]
The below lists the singles players with the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the WTA World rankings:[9]
Active streaks in green
| Player | # |
|---|---|
| Martina Navratilova |
1000 |
| Chris Evert |
746 |
| Steffi Graf |
625 |
| Gabriela Sabatini |
508 |
| Pam Shriver |
458 |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
429 |
| Hana Mandlikova |
421 |
| Simona Halep |
373 |
| Lindsay Davenport |
333 |
| Conchita Martinez |
319 |
Last update: As of 2 August 2021
See also[]
- WTA Tour records
- WTA Awards
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players
- Lists of tennis records and statistics
- ATP Rankings
Notes and references[]
- ^ "WTA Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "New Trophies For Rankings Anniversary". WTA.
- ^ "Points and Prize Money Mean More to Olympic Tennis Holdouts". New York Times.
- ^ "2019 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). WTA.
- ^ "WTA Singles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
- ^ "WTA Doubles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
- ^ "WTA Tour All-Time Records" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
Since the inception of computer singles rankings on November 3, 1975, the No.1 ranking has changed hands 101 times
- ^ http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/publications/2021WTAMediaGuide/2021MG_AllTimeRecords_FINAL.pdf
- ^ "Happy Anniversary, Simo: Halep 'honored' by seven-year streak". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
External links[]
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