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 |
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1921 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Lenglen:
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1922 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Lenglen:
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1923 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Lenglen: |
1924 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Lenglen:
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1925 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Lenglen:
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1926 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Lenglen:
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1927 | Helen Wills (USA) | Wills: |
1928 | Helen Wills (USA) | Wills:
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1929 | Helen Wills (USA) | Wills:
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1930 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Wills Moody:
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1931 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Wills Moody: |
1932 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Wills Moody: |
1933 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Wills Moody: Jacobs: |
1934 | Helen Jacobs (USA) Dorothy Round (UK) | Jacobs:
Round: |
1935 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Moody: |
1936 | Helen Jacobs (USA) | Jacobs:
Krahwinkel Sperling:
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1937 | Anita Lizana (CHI) Dorothy Round (UK) | Lizana: Round: |
1938 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Wills Moody
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1939 | Alice Marble (USA) | 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 | Pauline Betz (USA) | Betz: |
1947 | Louise Brough (USA) Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) | Brough: Osborne duPont: |
1948 | Louise Brough (USA) Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) | Brough:
Osborne duPont: |
1949 | Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) | Osborne duPont: |
1950 | Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) | Osborne duPont: |
1951 | Doris Hart (USA) | Hart: |
1952 | Maureen Connolly (USA) | Connolly:
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1953 | Maureen Connolly (USA) | Connolly: |
1954 | Maureen Connolly (USA) | Connolly:
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1955 | Louise Brough (USA) Doris Hart (USA) | Brough:
Hart:
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1956 | Shirley Fry (USA) | Fry: |
1957 | Althea Gibson (USA) | Gibson:
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1958 | Althea Gibson (USA) | Gibson:
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1959 | Maria Bueno (BRA) | Bueno:
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1960 | Maria Bueno (BRA) | Bueno: |
1961 | Darlene Hard (USA) Angela Mortimer (UK) | Hard: Mortimer:
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1962 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Smith:
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1963 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Smith:
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1964 | Maria Bueno (BRA) Margaret Smith (AUS) | Bueno:
Smith:
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1965 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Court:
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1966 | Maria Bueno (BRA) Billie Jean King (USA) | Bueno:
King: |
1967 | Billie Jean King (USA) | King:
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Year | No. 1 player | Sources and notes |
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1968 | Billie Jean King (USA) | King:
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1969 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Court: |
1970 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Court: |
1971 | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) Billie Jean King (USA) | Goolagong:
King:
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1972 | Billie Jean King (USA) | King:
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1973 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Court: |
1974 | Chris Evert (USA) Billie Jean King (USA) | Evert:
King:
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1975 | Chris Evert (USA) | Evert:
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1976 | Chris Evert (USA) | Evert: |
1977 | Chris Evert (USA) Virginia Wade (UK) | Evert:
Wade: |
1978 | Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA) | Evert:
Navratilova: |
1979 | Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA) | Evert:
Navratilova:
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1980 | Tracy Austin (USA) Chris Evert (USA) | Austin:
Evert: |
1981 | Tracy Austin (USA) Chris Evert (USA) | Austin:
Evert:
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1982 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Navratilova: |
1983 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Navratilova:
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1984 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Navratilova: |
1985 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Navratilova: |
1986 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Navratilova: |
1987 | Steffi Graf (FRG) Martina Navratilova (USA) | Graf:
Navratilova:
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1988 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Graf: |
1989 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Graf: |
1990 | Steffi Graf (GER) Monica Seles (YUG) | Graf:
Seles: |
1991 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Seles: |
1992 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Seles: |
1993 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Graf: |
1994 | Steffi Graf (GER) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) | Graf: Sánchez Vicario: |
1995 | Steffi Graf (GER) Monica Seles (USA) | Graf:
Seles:
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1996 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Graf: |
1997 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Hingis: |
1998 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Davenport: |
1999 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) Martina Hingis (SUI) | Davenport:
Hingis: |
2000 | Martina Hingis (SUI) Venus Williams (USA) | Hingis: V. Williams: |
2001 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Capriati: Davenport:
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2002 | Serena Williams (USA) | S. Williams: |
2003 | Justine Henin (BEL) | Henin: |
2004 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) Anastasia Myskina (RUS) Maria Sharapova (RUS) | Davenport: Myskina:
Sharapova:
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2005 | Kim Clijsters (BEL) Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Clijsters: Davenport: |
2006 | Justine Henin (BEL) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) | Henin: Mauresmo: |
2007 | Justine Henin (BEL) | Henin: |
2008 | Jelena Janković (SRB) Serena Williams (USA) | Janković: S. Williams:
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2009 | Serena Williams (USA) | S. Williams:
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2010 | Kim Clijsters (BEL) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | Clijsters:
Wozniacki: |
2011 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | Kvitová: Wozniacki:
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2012 | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Serena Williams (USA) | Azarenka:
S. Williams: |
2013 | Serena Williams (USA) | S. Williams: |
2014 | Serena Williams (USA) | S. Williams:
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2015 | Serena Williams (USA) | S. Williams: |
2016 | Angelique Kerber (GER) | Kerber: |
2017 | Simona Halep (ROM) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) | Halep: Muguruza: |
2018 | Simona Halep (ROM) | Halep: |
2019 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Barty: |
2020 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Sofia Kenin (USA) | Barty: Kenin:
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2021 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Barty: |
2022 | Iga Swiatek (POL) | Swiatek:
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2023 | Aryna Sabalenka Iga Swiatek (POL) | Sabalenka:
Swiatek:
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