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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 |
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| 1883 | Maud Watson:
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| 1884 | Maud Watson:
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| 1885 | Maud Watson:
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| 1886 | Maud Watson:
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| 1887 | Lottie Dod:
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| 1888 | Lottie Dod:
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| 1889 | Lottie Dod:
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| 1890 | Louisa Martin:
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| 1891 | Lottie Dod:
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| 1892 | Lottie Dod:
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| 1893 | Lottie Dod:
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| 1894 | Blanche Bingley:
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| 1895 | Louisa Martin:
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| 1896 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard, Louisa Martin:
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| 1897 | Charlotte Cooper, Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
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| 1898 | Charlotte Cooper:
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| 1899 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
Louisa Martin:
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| 1900 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard:
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| 1901 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry:
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| 1902 | Muriel Robb:
Charlotte Cooper Sterry:
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| 1903 | Dorothea Douglass:
Louisa Martin:
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| 1904 | Dorothea Douglass:
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| 1905 | May Sutton:
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| 1906 | Dorothea Douglass:
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| 1909 | May Sutton:
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| Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Lenglen: | |
| 1922 | Lenglen:
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| 1923 | Lenglen: | |
| 1924 | Lenglen:
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| 1925 | Lenglen:
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| 1926 | Lenglen:
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| 1927 | Wills: | |
| 1928 | Wills:
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| 1929 | Wills:
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| 1930 | Wills Moody:
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| 1931 | Wills Moody: | |
| 1932 | Wills Moody: | |
| 1933 | Wills Moody:
Jacobs: | |
| 1934 |
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Jacobs:
Round: |
| 1935 | Moody: | |
| 1936 | Jacobs:
Krahwinkel Sperling:
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| 1937 | Lizana:
Round: | |
| 1938 | Wills Moody
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| 1939 | Marble: | |
| 1940–
1945 |
none (World War II) | The United States Lawn Tennis Association continued to rank U.S. players during the war years:[80]
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| 1946 | Betz: | |
| 1947 |
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Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
| 1948 |
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Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
| 1949 | Osborne duPont: | |
| 1950 | Osborne duPont: | |
| 1951 | Hart: | |
| 1952 | Connolly:
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| 1953 | Connolly: | |
| 1954 | Connolly:
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| 1955 |
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Brough:
Hart:
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| 1956 | Fry: | |
| 1957 | Gibson:
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| 1958 | Gibson:
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| 1959 | Bueno:
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| 1960 | Bueno: | |
| 1961 | Hard:
Mortimer:
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| 1962 | Smith:
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| 1963 | Smith:
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| 1964 |
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Bueno:
Smith:
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| 1965 | Court:
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| 1966 |
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Bueno:
King: |
| 1967 | King:
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| Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
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| 1968 | King: | |
| 1969 | Court: | |
| 1970 | Court: | |
| 1971 |
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Goolagong:
King:
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| 1972 | King:
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| 1973 | Court: | |
| 1974 |
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Evert:
King:
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| 1975 | Evert:
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| 1976 | Evert: | |
| 1977 |
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Evert:
Wade: |
| 1978 |
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Evert:
Navratilova: |
| 1979 |
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Evert:
Navratilova:
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| 1980 |
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Austin:
Evert: |
| 1981 |
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Austin:
Evert:
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| 1982 | Navratilova: | |
| 1983 | Navratilova:
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| 1984 | Navratilova: | |
| 1985 | Navratilova: | |
| 1986 | Navratilova: | |
| 1987 |
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Graf:
Navratilova:
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| 1988 | Graf: | |
| 1989 | Graf: | |
| 1990 | Graf:
Seles: | |
| 1991 | Seles: | |
| 1992 | Seles: | |
| 1993 | Graf: | |
| 1994 |
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Graf:
Sánchez Vicario: |
| 1995 |
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Graf:
Seles:
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| 1996 | Graf: | |
| 1997 | Hingis: | |
| 1998 | Davenport: | |
| 1999 |
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Davenport:
Hingis: |
| 2000 |
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Hingis:
V. Williams: |
| 2001 |
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Capriati:
Davenport:
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| 2002 | S. Williams: | |
| 2003 | Henin: | |
| 2004 |
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Davenport:
Myskina:
Sharapova:
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| 2005 |
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Clijsters:
Davenport: |
| 2006 |
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Henin:
Mauresmo: |
| 2007 | Henin: | |
| 2008 |
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Janković:
S. Williams:
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| 2009 | S. Williams:
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| 2010 |
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Clijsters:
Wozniacki: |
| 2011 |
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Kvitová:
Wozniacki:
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| 2012 |
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Azarenka:
S. Williams: |
| 2013 | S. Williams: | |
| 2014 | S. Williams:
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| 2015 | S. Williams: | |
| 2016 | Kerber: | |
| 2017 |
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Halep:
Muguruza: |
| 2018 | Halep: | |
| 2019 | Barty: | |
| 2020 |
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Barty:
Kenin:
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| 2021 | Barty: | |
| 2022 | Świątek:
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| 2023 |
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Sabalenka:
Świątek:
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| 2024 |
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Sabalenka:
Świątek:
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