List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players

"List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles players" redirects here. For singles players, see List of WTA number 1 ranked singles players.

Kateřina Siniaková, currently ranked No. 1 in women's doubles.

The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most WTA rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining doubles rankings since 1984.

The current number 1 doubles player is Kateřina Siniaková.

## WTA No. 1 ranked doubles players

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The source for the following table through the week of November 6, 2023, is the 2023 WTA Tour Official Guide Record Book, page 3.[1]

Martina Navratilova was world No. 1 in doubles for a record 237 weeks.

First-time No. 1 player.

‡ WTA rankings record.

Current World No. 1(s) (weeks are automatically updated).

No.  | Player  | Start date  | End date  | Weeks  | Total

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1 |  Martina Navratilova (USA) | Sep 4, 1984 | Mar 17, 1985 | 27  | 27
2 |  Pam Shriver (USA) | Mar 18, 1985 | Jan 19, 1986 | 44  | 44
|  Martina Navratilova (2) | Jan 20, 1986 | Jul 20, 1986 | 26  | 53
Pam Shriver (2) | Jul 21, 1986 | Aug 17, 1986 | 4  | 48
Martina Navratilova (3) | Aug 18, 1986 | Feb 4, 1990 | 181‡ | 234
3 |  Helena Suková (TCH) | Feb 5, 1990 | Feb 18, 1990 | 2  | 2
|  Martina Navratilova (4) | Feb 19, 1990 | Mar 4, 1990 | 2  | 236
Helena Suková (2) | Mar 5, 1990 | May 6, 1990 | 9  | 11
Martina Navratilova (5) | May 7, 1990 | May 13, 1990 | 1  | 237‡
Helena Suková (3) | May 14, 1990 | Aug 26, 1990 | 15  | 26
4 |  Jana Novotná (TCH) | Aug 27, 1990 | Oct 14, 1990 | 7  | 7
|  Helena Suková (4) | Oct 15, 1990 | Feb 17, 1991 | 18  | 44
Jana Novotná (2) | Feb 18, 1991 | Mar 3, 1991 | 2  | 9
5 |  Gigi Fernández (USA) | Mar 4, 1991 | Mar 10, 1991 | 1  | 1
|  Jana Novotná (3) | Mar 11, 1991 | Mar 31, 1991 | 3  | 12
Gigi Fernández (2) | Apr 1, 1991 | Apr 7, 1991 | 1  | 2
Helena Suková (5) | Apr 8, 1991 | Jun 9, 1991 | 9  | 53
Gigi Fernández (3) | Jun 10, 1991 | Sep 8, 1991 | 13  | 15
Jana Novotná (4) | Sep 9, 1991 | Oct 6, 1991 | 4  | 16
6 |  Natasha Zvereva (URS) | Oct 7, 1991 | Oct 13, 1991 | 1  | 1
|  Jana Novotná (5) | Oct 14, 1991 | Jan 26, 1992 | 15  | 31
7 |  Larisa Neiland (LAT) | Jan 27, 1992 | Feb 2, 1992 | 1  | 1
|  Jana Novotná (6) | Feb 3, 1992 | Feb 16, 1992 | 2  | 33
Larisa Neiland (2) | Feb 17, 1992 | Feb 23, 1992 | 1  | 2
Jana Novotná (7) | Feb 24, 1992 | Mar 22, 1992 | 4  | 37
Larisa Neiland (3) | Mar 23, 1992 | Apr 5, 1992 | 2  | 4
Jana Novotná (8) | Apr 6, 1992 | Jun 14, 1992 | 11  | 48
Natasha Zvereva (2) | Jun 15, 1992 | Jun 21, 1992 | 1  | 2
Jana Novotná (9) | Jun 22, 1992 | Oct 11, 1992 | 15  | 63
Natasha Zvereva (3) | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 18, 1992 | 1  | 3
8 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) | Oct 19, 1992 | Nov 15, 1992 | 4  | 4
|  Natasha Zvereva (4) | Nov 16, 1992 | Nov 22, 1992 | 1  | 4
Helena Suková (6) | Nov 23, 1992 | Jan 10, 1993 | 7  | 60
Natasha Zvereva (5) | Jan 11, 1993 | Apr 4, 1993 | 12  | 16
Gigi Fernández (4) | Apr 5, 1993 | Sep 12, 1993 | 23  | 38
Helena Suková (7) | Sep 13, 1993 | Oct 31, 1993 | 7  | 67
Gigi Fernández (5) | Nov 1, 1993 | Nov 14, 1993 | 2  | 40
Helena Suková (8) | Nov 15, 1993 | Nov 21, 1993 | 1  | 68
Gigi Fernández (6) | Nov 22, 1993 | Aug 14, 1994 | 38  | 78
Natasha Zvereva (6) | Aug 15, 1994 | Feb 12, 1995 | 26  | 42
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) | Feb 13, 1995 | Feb 26, 1995 | 2  | 6
Natasha Zvereva (7) | Feb 27, 1995 | Mar 5, 1995 | 1  | 43
Gigi Fernández (7) | Mar 6, 1995 | Mar 12, 1995 | 1  | 79
Natasha Zvereva (8) | Mar 13, 1995 | Mar 26, 1995 | 2  | 45
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) | Mar 27, 1995 | Nov 5, 1995 | 32  | 38
Gigi Fernández (8) | Nov 6, 1995 | Nov 12, 1995 | 1  | 80
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) | Nov 13, 1995 | Apr 6, 1997 | 73  | 111
Natasha Zvereva (9) | Apr 7, 1997 | Oct 19, 1997 | 29  | 74
9 |  Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Oct 20, 1997 | Nov 2, 1997 | 2  | 2
|  Natasha Zvereva (10) | Nov 3, 1997 | Jan 25, 1998 | 12  | 86
Lindsay Davenport (2) | Jan 26, 1998 | Apr 12, 1998 | 11  | 13
Natasha Zvereva (11) | Apr 13, 1998 | Jun 7, 1998 | 8  | 94
10 |  Martina Hingis (SUI) | Jun 8, 1998 | Aug 2, 1998 | 8  | 8
|  Jana Novotná (10) | Aug 3, 1998 | Aug 9, 1998 | 1  | 64
Lindsay Davenport (3) | Aug 10, 1998 | Aug 16, 1998 | 1  | 14
Martina Hingis (2) | Aug 17, 1998 | Oct 25, 1998 | 10  | 18
Natasha Zvereva (12) | Oct 26, 1998 | Nov 1, 1998 | 1  | 95
Martina Hingis (3) | Nov 2, 1998 | Nov 22, 1998 | 3  | 21
Natasha Zvereva (13) | Nov 23,1998  | May 16, 1999 | 25  | 120
Jana Novotná (11) | May 17, 1999 | Jun 6, 1999 | 3  | 67
Martina Hingis (4) | Jun 7, 1999 | Jul 4, 1999 | 4  | 25
Natasha Zvereva (14) | Jul 5, 1999 | Aug 1, 1999 | 4  | 124
Martina Hingis (5) | Aug 2, 1999 | Aug 22, 1999 | 3  | 28
Lindsay Davenport (4) | Aug 23, 1999 | Nov 21, 1999 | 13  | 27
11 |  Anna Kournikova (RUS) | Nov 22, 1999 | Jan 30, 2000 | 10  | 10
|  Martina Hingis (6) | Jan 31, 2000 | Mar 19, 2000 | 7  | 35
Lindsay Davenport (5) | Mar 20, 2000 | Apr 2, 2000 | 2  | 29
12 |  Corina Morariu (USA) | Apr 3, 2000 | Apr 16, 2000 | 2  | 2
|  Lindsay Davenport (6) | Apr 17, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | 3  | 32
Corina Morariu (2) | May 8, 2000 | Jun 11, 2000 | 5  | 7
13 |  Lisa Raymond (USA) | Jun 12, 2000 | Aug 20, 2000 | 10  | 10
|  Lisa Raymond (1) | Aug 21, 2000 | Sep 10, 2000 | 3  | 13
14 |  Rennae Stubbs (AUS) | 3
15 |  Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) | Sep 11, 2000 | Oct 22, 2000 | 6  | 6
16 |  Ai Sugiyama (JPN) | Oct 23, 2000 | Oct 29, 2000 | 1  | 1
|  Julie Halard-Decugis (2) | Oct 30, 2000 | Dec 24, 2000 | 8  | 14
Ai Sugiyama (2) | Dec 25, 2000 | Aug 26, 2001 | 35  | 36
Lisa Raymond (2) | Aug 27, 2001 | Sep 8, 2002 | 54  | 67
17 |  Paola Suárez (ARG) | Sep 9, 2002 | Aug 3, 2003 | 47  | 47
18 |  Kim Clijsters (BEL) | Aug 4, 2003 | Aug 10, 2003 | 1  | 1
|  Ai Sugiyama (3) | Aug 11, 2003 | Aug 17, 2003 | 1  | 37
Kim Clijsters (2) | Aug 18, 2003 | Sep 7, 2003 | 3  | 4
19 |  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) | Sep 8, 2003 | Sep 14, 2003 | 1  | 1
|  Ai Sugiyama (4) | Sep 15, 2003 | Nov 9, 2003 | 8  | 45
Paola Suárez (2) | Nov 10, 2003 | Jul 25, 2004 | 37  | 84
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) | Jul 26, 2004 | Aug 1, 2004 | 1  | 2
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) | Aug 2, 2004 | Aug 22, 2004 | 3  | 5
Paola Suárez (3) | 87
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) | Aug 23, 2004 | Oct 16, 2005 | 60  | 65
20 |  Cara Black (ZIM) | Oct 17, 2005 | Feb 5, 2006 | 16  | 16
21 |  Samantha Stosur (AUS) | Feb 6, 2006 | Jul 6, 2006 | 22  | 22
|  Lisa Raymond (3) | Jul 7, 2006 | Apr 8, 2007 | 39  | 106
Samantha Stosur (1) | 61
Lisa Raymond (3) | Apr 9, 2007 | Jun 10, 2007 | 9  | 115
Cara Black (2) | Jun 11, 2007 | Jun 24, 2007 | 2  | 18
Lisa Raymond (4) | Jun 25, 2007 | Jul 8, 2007 | 2  | 117
Cara Black (3) | Jul 9, 2007 | Nov 11, 2007 | 18  | 36
Cara Black (3) | Nov 12, 2007 | Apr 18, 2010 | 127  | 163
22 |  Liezel Huber (USA) | 127
|  Liezel Huber (1) | Apr 19, 2010 | Jun 6, 2010 | 7  | 134
23 |  Serena Williams (USA) | Jun 7, 2010 | Aug 1, 2010 | 8  | 8
24 |  Venus Williams (USA) | 8
|  Liezel Huber (2) | Aug 2, 2010 | Oct 31, 2010 | 13  | 147
25 |  Gisela Dulko (ARG) | Nov 1, 2010 | Feb 27, 2011 | 17  | 17
|  Gisela Dulko (1) | Feb 28, 2011 | Apr 17, 2011 | 7  | 24
26 |  Flavia Pennetta (ITA) | 7
|  Flavia Pennetta (1) | Apr 18, 2011 | Jul 4, 2011 | 11  | 18
27 |  Květa Peschke (CZE) | Jul 4, 2011 | Sep 11, 2011 | 10  | 10
28 |  Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) | 10
|  Liezel Huber (3) | Sep 12, 2011 | Apr 22, 2012 | 32  | 179
Liezel Huber (3) | Apr 23, 2012 | Sep 9, 2012 | 20  | 199
Lisa Raymond (5) | 137
29 |  Sara Errani (ITA) | Sep 10, 2012 | Oct 14, 2012 | 5  | 5
30 |  Roberta Vinci (ITA) | Oct 15, 2012 | Apr 28, 2013 | 28  | 28
|  Roberta Vinci (1) | Apr 29, 2013 | Feb 16, 2014 | 42  | 70
Sara Errani (2) | 47
31 |  Peng Shuai (CHN) | Feb 17, 2014 | May 11, 2014 | 12  | 12
|  Peng Shuai (1) | May 12, 2014 | May 18, 2014 | 1  | 13
32 |  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | 1
|  Peng Shuai (1) | May 19, 2014 | Jun 8, 2014 | 3  | 16
Peng Shuai (1) | Jun 9, 2014 | Jul 6, 2014 | 4  | 20
Hsieh Su-wei (2) | 5
Roberta Vinci (2) | Jul 7, 2014 | Apr 12, 2015 | 40  | 110
Sara Errani (3) | 87
33 |  Sania Mirza (IND) | Apr 13, 2015 | Jan 17, 2016 | 40  | 40
|  Sania Mirza (1) | Jan 18, 2016 | Aug 21, 2016 | 31  | 71
Martina Hingis (7) | 66
Sania Mirza (1) | Aug 22, 2016 | Jan 8, 2017 | 20  | 91
34 |  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) | Jan 9, 2017 | Aug 20, 2017 | 32  | 32
35 |  Lucie Šafářová (CZE) | Aug 21, 2017 | Oct 1, 2017 | 6  | 6
|  Martina Hingis (8) | Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 22, 2017 | 3  | 69
Martina Hingis (8) | Oct 23, 2017 | Mar 18, 2018 | 21  | 90
36 |  Latisha Chan (TPE) | 21
|  Latisha Chan (1) | Mar 19, 2018 | Jun 10, 2018 | 12  | 33
37 |  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 15, 2018 | 5  | 5
38 |  Elena Vesnina (RUS) | 5
39 |  Tímea Babos (HUN) | Jul 16, 2018 | Aug 12, 2018 | 4  | 4
|  Latisha Chan (2) | Aug 13, 2018 | Aug 19, 2018 | 1  | 34
Tímea Babos (2) | Aug 20, 2018 | Oct 21, 2018 | 9  | 13
40 |  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | Oct 22, 2018 | Jan 13, 2019 | 12  | 12
41 |  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | 12
|  Kateřina Siniaková (1) | Jan 14, 2019 | Jun 9, 2019 | 21  | 33
42 |  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | Jun 10, 2019 | Jul 14, 2019 | 5  | 5
43 |  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | Jul 15, 2019 | Oct 6, 2019 | 12  | 12
|  Kristina Mladenovic (2) | Oct 7, 2019 | Oct 20, 2019 | 2  | 7
Barbora Strýcová (2) | Oct 21, 2019 | Feb 2, 2020 | 15  | 27
Hsieh Su-wei (3) | Feb 3, 2020 | Feb 23, 2020 | 3  | 8
Kristina Mladenovic (3) | Feb 24, 2020 | Mar 1, 2020 | 1  | 8
Hsieh Su-wei (4) | Mar 2, 2020 | Mar 22, 2020 | 3  | 11

Rankings frozen

| Mar 23, 2020 | Aug 9, 2020 | 20
Hsieh Su-wei (4) | Aug 10, 2020 | Feb 21, 2021 | 28  | 39
44 |  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | Feb 22, 2021 | Apr 4, 2021 | 6  | 6
|  Hsieh Su-wei (5) | Apr 5, 2021 | May 9, 2021 | 5  | 44
45 |  Elise Mertens (BEL) | May 10, 2021 | May 16, 2021 | 1  | 1
|  Kristina Mladenovic (4) | May 17, 2021 | Jun 13, 2021 | 4  | 12
Barbora Krejčíková (2) | Jun 14, 2021 | Jul 11, 2021 | 4  | 16
Elise Mertens (2) | Jul 12, 2021 | Sep 12, 2021 | 9  | 10
Hsieh Su-wei (6) | Sep 13, 2021 | Sep 19, 2021 | 1  | 45
Elise Mertens (3) | Sep 20, 2021 | Sep 26, 2021 | 1  | 11
Barbora Krejčíková (3) | Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 17, 2021 | 3  | 19
Elise Mertens (4) | Oct 18, 2021 | Oct 24, 2021 | 1  | 12
Hsieh Su-wei (7) | Oct 25, 2021 | Oct 31, 2021 | 1  | 46
Elise Mertens (5) | Nov 1, 2021 | Nov 7, 2021 | 1  | 13
Hsieh Su-wei (8) | Nov 8, 2021 | Nov 14, 2021 | 1  | 47
Kateřina Siniaková (2) | Nov 15, 2021 | Jun 5, 2022 | 29  | 62
Elise Mertens (6) | Jun 6, 2022 | Aug 14, 2022 | 10  | 23
46 |  Coco Gauff (USA) | Aug 15, 2022 | Sep 11, 2022 | 4  | 4
|  Kateřina Siniaková (3) | Sep 12, 2022 | Sep 10, 2023 | 52  | 114
Coco Gauff (2) | Sep 11, 2023 | Sep 17, 2023 | 1  | 5
47 |  Jessica Pegula (USA) | 1
|  Kateřina Siniaková (4) | Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 24, 2023 | 1  | 115
Elise Mertens (7) | Sep 25, 2023 | Oct 22, 2023 | 4  | 27
Coco Gauff (3) | Oct 23, 2023 | Nov 5, 2023 | 2  | 7
Jessica Pegula (2) | 3
48 |  Storm Hunter (AUS) | Nov 6, 2023 | Jan 28, 2024 | 12  | 12
|  Elise Mertens (8) | Jan 29, 2024 | Mar 17, 2024 | 7  | 34
Hsieh Su-wei (9) | Mar 18, 2024 | Jun 9, 2024 | 12  | 59
Elise Mertens (9) | Jun 10, 2024 | Jul 14, 2024 | 5  | 39
49 |  Erin Routliffe (NZL) | Jul 15, 2024 | Sep 8, 2024 | 8  | 8
|  Kateřina Siniaková (5) | Sep 9, 2024 | Present | 2  | 117

## Weeks at No. 1

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### Total

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| No.  | Player  | Weeks

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1 |  Martina Navratilova | 237
2 |  Liezel Huber | 199
3 |  Cara Black | 163
4 |  Lisa Raymond | 137
5 |  Natasha Zvereva | 124
6 |  Kateřina Siniaková | 117
7 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 111
8 |  Roberta Vinci | 110
9 |  Sania Mirza | 91
10 |  Martina Hingis | 90
11 |  Sara Errani | 87
Paola Suárez
13 |  Gigi Fernández | 80
14 |  Helena Suková | 68
15 |  Jana Novotná | 67
16 |  Virginia Ruano Pascual | 65
17 |  Samantha Stosur | 61
18 |  Hsieh Su-wei | 59
19 |  Pam Shriver | 48
20 |  Ai Sugiyama | 45
21 |  Elise Mertens | 39
22 |  Latisha Chan | 34
23 |  Lindsay Davenport | 32
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
25 |  Barbora Strýcová | 27
26 |  Gisela Dulko | 24
27 |  Peng Shuai | 20
28 |  Barbora Krejčíková | 19
29 |  Flavia Pennetta | 18
30 |  Julie Halard-Decugis | 14
31 |  Tímea Babos | 13
32 |  Kristina Mladenovic | 12
Storm Hunter
34 |  Anna Kournikova | 10
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
37 |  Serena Williams | 8
Venus Williams
Erin Routliffe
40 |  Corina Morariu | 7
Coco Gauff
42 |  Lucie Šafářová | 6
Aryna Sabalenka
44 |  Ekaterina Makarova | 5
Elena Vesnina
46 |  Kim Clijsters | 4
Larisa Neiland
48 |  Rennae Stubbs | 3
Jessica Pegula
| active players – current No. 1(s) in bold.

### Consecutive

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| No.  | Player  | Weeks

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1 |  Martina Navratilova | 181
2 |  Cara Black | 145
3 |  Liezel Huber | 134
4 |  Sania Mirza | 91
5 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 73
6 |  Roberta Vinci | 70
7 |  Virginia Ruano Pascual | 64
8 |  Samantha Stosur | 61
9 |  Lisa Raymond | 54
10 |  Liezel Huber (2) | 52
Kateřina Siniaková
12 |  Lisa Raymond (2) | 48
13 |  Paola Suárez | 47
14 |  Pam Shriver | 44
15 |  Sara Errani | 42
16 |  Sara Errani (2) | 40
Roberta Vinci (2)
18 |  Gigi Fernández | 38
19 |  Paola Suárez (2) | 37
20 |  Ai Sugiyama | 35
| current streak in bold.

Weeks are updated automatically.[2][3]

### Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline

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Year span  | Holder  | Date achieved  | Duration  | Record

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1984–1985  |  Martina Navratilova | September 4, 1984  | 1 year  | 27
1985–1986  |  Pam Shriver | September 30, 1985  | 7 months  | 44
1986–present  |  Martina Navratilova | May 26, 1986  | 38 years, 3 months  | 237

Current record in bold.

#### No. 1 leaders timeline

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## Year-end No. 1 players

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### By year

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| Year  | Player  | Team

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1984 |  Martina Navratilova (USA) |  Martina Navratilova (USA)
Pam Shriver (USA)
1985 |  Pam Shriver (USA) |  Martina Navratilova (2)
Pam Shriver (2)
1986 |  Martina Navratilova (2) |  Martina Navratilova (3)
Pam Shriver (3)
1987* |  Martina Navratilova (3) |  Martina Navratilova (4)
Pam Shriver (4)
1988* |  Martina Navratilova (4) |  Martina Navratilova (5)
Pam Shriver (5)
1989* |  Martina Navratilova (5) |  Helena Suková (CZE)
Jana Novotná (CZE)
1990 |  Helena Suková (CZE) |  Helena Suková (2)
Jana Novotná (2)
1991 |  Jana Novotná (CZE) |  Gigi Fernández (USA)
Jana Novotná (3)
1992 |  Helena Suková (2) |  Larisa Neiland (LAT)
Natasha Zvereva (BLR)
1993 |  Gigi Fernández (USA) |  Gigi Fernández (2)
Natasha Zvereva (2)
1994 |  Natasha Zvereva (BLR) |  Gigi Fernández (3)
Natasha Zvereva (3)
1995 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) |  Gigi Fernández (4)
Natasha Zvereva (4)
1996* |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) |  Jana Novotná (4)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
1997 |  Natasha Zvereva (2) |  Gigi Fernández (5)
Natasha Zvereva (5)
1998 |  Natasha Zvereva (3) |  Martina Hingis (SUI)
Jana Novotná (5)
1999 |  Anna Kournikova (RUS) |  Martina Hingis (2)
Anna Kournikova (RUS)
2000 |  Ai Sugiyama (JPN) |  Serena Williams (USA)
Venus Williams (USA)
2001 |  Lisa Raymond (USA) |  Lisa Raymond (USA)
Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
2002 |  Paola Suárez (ARG) |  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Paola Suárez (ARG)
2003 |  Paola Suárez (2) |  Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Paola Suárez (2)
2004 |  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) |  Virginia Ruano Pascual (3)
Paola Suárez (3)

### By year (continued)

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| Year  | Player  | Team

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2005 |  Cara Black (ZIM) |  Lisa Raymond (2)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)
2006 |  Lisa Raymond (2)
Samantha Stosur (AUS) |  Lisa Raymond (3)
Samantha Stosur (2)
2007 |  Cara Black (2)
Liezel Huber (USA) |  Cara Black (ZIM)
Liezel Huber (USA)
2008* |  Cara Black (3)
Liezel Huber (2) |  Cara Black (2)
Liezel Huber (2)
2009* |  Cara Black (4)
Liezel Huber (3) |  Cara Black (3)
Liezel Huber (3)
2010 |  Gisela Dulko (ARG) |  Gisela Dulko (ARG)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
2011 |  Liezel Huber (4) |  Květa Peschke (CZE)
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
2012 |  Roberta Vinci (ITA) |  Sara Errani (ITA)
Roberta Vinci (ITA)
2013* |  Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci (2) |  Sara Errani (2)
Roberta Vinci (2)
2014 |  Sara Errani (2)
Roberta Vinci (3) |  Sara Errani (3)
Roberta Vinci (3)
2015 |  Sania Mirza (IND) |  Martina Hingis (3)
Sania Mirza (IND)
2016* |  Sania Mirza (2) |  Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
2017 |  Latisha Chan (TPE)
Martina Hingis (SUI) |  Latisha Chan (TPE)
Martina Hingis (4)
2018 |  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) |  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)
2019 |  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) |  Tímea Babos (HUN)
Kristina Mladenovic (2)
2020 |  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) |  Tímea Babos (2)
Kristina Mladenovic (3)
2021 |  Kateřina Siniaková (2) |  Barbora Krejčíková (2)
Kateřina Siniaková (2)
2022 |  Kateřina Siniaková (3) |  Barbora Krejčíková (3)
Kateřina Siniaková (3)
2023 |  Storm Hunter (AUS) |  Storm Hunter (AUS)
Elise Mertens (BEL)
2024 |  |

*  | Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.

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### Per player

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| No.  | Total

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5  |  Martina Navratilova
4  |  Cara Black
Liezel Huber
3  | / Natasha Zvereva
Roberta Vinci
Kateřina Siniaková
2  |  Helena Suková
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Paola Suárez
Lisa Raymond
Sara Errani
Sania Mirza

### Per team

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| No.  | Total

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5  |  Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
4  |  Gigi Fernández
/ Natasha Zvereva
3  |  Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
2  |  Helena Suková
Jana Novotná
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic

## Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam

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Player  | First ranked No. 1  | First Grand Slam final  | First Grand Slam title

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Gisela Dulko | November 1, 2010  | 2011 Australian Open (January 2011) (only final) | 2011 Australian Open (only title)
Sania Mirza | April 13, 2015  | 2011 French Open (June 2011) (1st of 4) | 2015 Wimbledon (1st of 3)
Coco Gauff | August 15, 2022  | 2021 US Open (September 2021) (1st of 3) | 2024 French Open (only title)
Jessica Pegula | September 11, 2023  | 2022 French Open (June 2022) (only final) | None (still active)
Storm Hunter | November 6, 2023  | 2023 Wimbledon (July 2023) (only final) | None (still active)

## Weeks at No. 1 by decade

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* Note: Current active No. 1 indicated in italic.

### 1980s

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229

| Navratilova

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| Shriver

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### 1990s

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124

| Zvereva

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111

| Sánchez Vicario

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| Fernández

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| Suková

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| Novotná

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| Hingis

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| Davenport

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| Navratilova

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| Kournikova

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| Neiland

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### 2000s

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148

| Black

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117

| Raymond

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112

| Huber

|

| Suárez

|

| Ruano Pascual

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| Stosur

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| Sugiyama

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| Halard-Decugis

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| Morariu

|

| Davenport

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| Clijsters, Kournikova

|

| Stubbs

|

### 2010s

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110

| Vinci

|

| Mirza

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| Errani, Huber

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| Chan

|

| Siniaková

|

| Mattek-Sands

|

| Dulko

|

| Strýcová

|

| Peng, Raymond

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| Pennetta

|

| Black

|

| Babos

|

| Krejčíková

|

| Peschke, Srebotnik

|

| S. Williams, V. Williams

|

| Mladenovic

|

| Šafářová

|

| Hsieh, Makarova, Vesnina

|

### 2020s

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| Siniaková

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| Hsieh

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| Mertens

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| Hunter

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| Routliffe

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| Gauff, Krejčíková

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| Sabalenka

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| Mladenovic

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| Strýcová

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| Pegula

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* Stats are updated automatically on Mondays (UTC).

## Weeks at No. 1 by country

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* Current No. 1 player(s) indicated in bold.

Weeks  | Country  | Players

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798  |  United States | Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Corina Morariu, Lisa Raymond, Liezel Huber, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula
314 |  Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic | Helena Suková, Jana Novotná, Květa Peschke, Lucie Šafářová, Barbora Krejčíková, Kateřina Siniaková, Barbora Strýcová
215  |  Italy | Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci
176  |  Spain | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Virginia Ruano Pascual
163  |  Zimbabwe | Cara Black
129  |  Belarus | Natasha Zvereva*, Aryna Sabalenka
111  |  Argentina | Paola Suárez, Gisela Dulko
93  |  Chinese Taipei | Hsieh Su-wei, Latisha Chan
91  |  India | Sania Mirza
90  |  Switzerland | Martina Hingis
76  |  Australia | Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur, Storm Hunter
45  |  Japan | Ai Sugiyama
43  |  Belgium | Kim Clijsters, Elise Mertens
26  |  France | Julie Halard-Decugis, Kristina Mladenovic
20  |  China | Peng Shuai
Russia | Anna Kournikova, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina
13  |  Hungary | Tímea Babos
10  |  Slovenia | Katarina Srebotnik
8  |  New Zealand | Erin Routliffe
4  |  Latvia | Larisa Neiland
1  |  Soviet Union | Natasha Zvereva*

Weeks are updated automatically.
* Belarusian Natasha Zvereva spent one week at number one while playing for the Soviet Union.

## See also

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* World number 1 ranked female tennis players (includes rankings before 1975)
* ITF World Champions
* List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
* List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
* List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
* Current WTA rankings
* Top ten ranked female tennis players
* Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
* List of highest ranked tennis players per country

## References

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1. ^ "2023 WTA Tour Official Guide Record Book" (PDF). 2024-03-04.
2. ^ "WTA Press Center – Weeks at No. 1". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
3. ^ "WTA Notes & Netcords". Archived from the original on 2012-01-17.

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* Martina Navratilova (1984/1990 – 237 w)
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