List of WTA number 1 ranked players
The list of world number one in women's tennis (Single) lists all the leaders of the individual ranking of world tennis rankings of the WTA on since the launch of the ranking on November 3, 1975.
The page leads initially to all leaders of the rankings in chronological order. In other tables the world number one are shown at the end as well as the individual players who held the No. 1 position, grouped by week number at the top of the rankings.
A total of 21 players had since the introduction of the rating held the top spot of world tennis rankings. First world ranking leader was the American Chris Evert, who is currently leading her compatriot Serena Williams. Steffi Graf of Germany holds the records for most weeks at the top of the world rankings - both overall ( 377 ) and consecutive (186). In addition, they could finish as many seasons as world number one than any other player (8).
World number one during the year
Player: specifies the name of the player. The number in brackets after the player's name indicates the player what number she was at the top of world rankings. by: indicates the day on which the player reached the top position. to: Specifies the date on which the player within each series was the last time leader of the world rankings. Week number: specifies the number of weeks that led the player within each series the world rankings.
As of April 7, 2014
World number one at the end of the year
Note: The number in brackets after the player's name indicates the number of times the player was able to finish at the time a season at the top of world rankings.
Actresses by weeks at the top of world rankings
Player: Specifies the name of the player. When renaming of the player 's name applies, with the last time they stood at the top of the world rankings. The current leader is highlighted in bold. first time on: Specifies the date on which the player topped the world rankings for the first time. Weeks: Specifies the number of weeks that the player was total at the top of world rankings. After this value, the placement in the table depends. Series: Specifies the number of weeks that the player was continuously during her longest series at the top of world rankings.
As of April 7, 2014