List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players

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.

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

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
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 10 125

Weeks at No. 1

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Total

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No. Player Weeks
1   Martina Navratilova 237
2   Liezel Huber 199
3   Cara Black 163
4   Lisa Raymond 137
5   Kateřina Siniaková 125
6   Natasha Zvereva 124
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
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
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, 5 months 237

Current record in bold.

No. 1 leaders timeline

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Martina NavratilovaPam ShriverMartina Navratilova

Year-end No. 1 players

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By year

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Year Player Team
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
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   Kateřina Siniaková (4)   Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)
  Erin Routliffe (NZL)
* Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.

Per player

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No. Total
5   Martina Navratilova
4   Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
  Kateřina Siniaková
3  /  Natasha Zvereva
  Roberta Vinci
2   Helena Suková
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Paola Suárez
  Lisa Raymond
  Sara Errani
  Sania Mirza

Per team

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No. Total
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
  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.

Weeks at No. 1 by country

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  • Current No. 1 player(s) indicated in bold.
Weeks Country Players
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
322   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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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.