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.
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The current co-number 1 doubles players are Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
WTA No. 1 ranked doubles players
The source for the following table through the week of January 6, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 172.[1]
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No. | Player | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total |
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Sep 4, 1984 | Mar 17, 1985 | 27 | 27 |
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Mar 18, 1985 | Jan 19, 1986 | 44 | 44 |
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Jan 20, 1986 | Jul 20, 1986 | 26 | 53 | |
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Jul 21, 1986 | Aug 17, 1986 | 4 | 48 | |
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Aug 18, 1986 | Feb 4, 1990 | 181‡ | 234 | |
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Feb 5, 1990 | Feb 18, 1990 | 2 | 2 |
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Feb 19, 1990 | Mar 4, 1990 | 2 | 236 | |
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Mar 5, 1990 | May 6, 1990 | 9 | 11 | |
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May 7, 1990 | May 13, 1990 | 1 | 237‡ | |
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May 14, 1990 | Aug 26, 1990 | 15 | 26 | |
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Aug 27, 1990 | Oct 14, 1990 | 7 | 7 |
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Oct 15, 1990 | Feb 17, 1991 | 18 | 44 | |
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Feb 18, 1991 | Mar 3, 1991 | 2 | 9 | |
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Mar 4, 1991 | Mar 10, 1991 | 1 | 1 |
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Mar 11, 1991 | Mar 31, 1991 | 3 | 12 | |
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Apr 1, 1991 | Apr 7, 1991 | 1 | 2 | |
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Apr 8, 1991 | Jun 9, 1991 | 9 | 53 | |
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Jun 10, 1991 | Sep 8, 1991 | 13 | 15 | |
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Sep 9, 1991 | Oct 6, 1991 | 4 | 16 | |
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Oct 7, 1991 | Oct 13, 1991 | 1 | 1 |
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Oct 14, 1991 | Jan 26, 1992 | 15 | 31 | |
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Jan 27, 1992 | Feb 2, 1992 | 1 | 1 |
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Feb 3, 1992 | Feb 16, 1992 | 2 | 33 | |
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Feb 17, 1992 | Feb 23, 1992 | 1 | 2 | |
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Feb 24, 1992 | Mar 22, 1992 | 4 | 37 | |
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Mar 23, 1992 | Apr 5, 1992 | 2 | 4 | |
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Apr 6, 1992 | Jun 14, 1992 | 11 | 48 | |
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Jun 15, 1992 | Jun 21, 1992 | 1 | 2 | |
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Jun 22, 1992 | Oct 11, 1992 | 15 | 63 | |
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Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 18, 1992 | 1 | 3 | |
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Oct 19, 1992 | Nov 15, 1992 | 4 | 4 |
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Nov 16, 1992 | Nov 22, 1992 | 1 | 4 | |
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Nov 23, 1992 | Jan 10, 1993 | 7 | 60 | |
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Jan 11, 1993 | Apr 4, 1993 | 12 | 16 | |
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Apr 5, 1993 | Sep 12, 1993 | 23 | 38 | |
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Sep 13, 1993 | Oct 31, 1993 | 7 | 67 | |
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Nov 1, 1993 | Nov 14, 1993 | 2 | 40 | |
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Nov 15, 1993 | Nov 21, 1993 | 1 | 68 | |
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Nov 22, 1993 | Aug 14, 1994 | 38 | 78 | |
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Aug 15, 1994 | Feb 12, 1995 | 26 | 42 | |
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Feb 13, 1995 | Feb 26, 1995 | 2 | 6 | |
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Feb 27, 1995 | Mar 5, 1995 | 1 | 43 | |
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Mar 6, 1995 | Mar 12, 1995 | 1 | 79 | |
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Mar 13, 1995 | Mar 26, 1995 | 2 | 45 | |
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Mar 27, 1995 | Nov 5, 1995 | 32 | 38 | |
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Nov 6, 1995 | Nov 12, 1995 | 1 | 80 | |
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Nov 13, 1995 | Apr 6, 1997 | 73 | 111 | |
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Apr 7, 1997 | Oct 19, 1997 | 29 | 74 | |
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Oct 20, 1997 | Nov 2, 1997 | 2 | 2 |
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Nov 3, 1997 | Jan 25, 1998 | 12 | 86 | |
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Jan 26, 1998 | Apr 12, 1998 | 11 | 13 | |
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Apr 13, 1998 | Jun 7, 1998 | 8 | 94 | |
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Jun 8, 1998 | Aug 2, 1998 | 8 | 8 |
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Aug 3, 1998 | Aug 9, 1998 | 1 | 64 | |
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Aug 10, 1998 | Aug 16, 1998 | 1 | 14 | |
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Aug 17, 1998 | Oct 25, 1998 | 10 | 18 | |
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Oct 26, 1998 | Nov 1, 1998 | 1 | 95 | |
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Nov 2, 1998 | Nov 22, 1998 | 3 | 21 | |
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Nov 23,1998 | May 16, 1999 | 25 | 120 | |
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May 17, 1999 | Jun 6, 1999 | 3 | 67 | |
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Jun 7, 1999 | Jul 4, 1999 | 4 | 25 | |
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Jul 5, 1999 | Aug 1, 1999 | 4 | 124 | |
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Aug 2, 1999 | Aug 22, 1999 | 3 | 28 | |
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Aug 23, 1999 | Nov 21, 1999 | 13 | 27 | |
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Nov 22, 1999 | Jan 30, 2000 | 10 | 10 |
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Jan 31, 2000 | Mar 19, 2000 | 7 | 35 | |
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Mar 20, 2000 | Apr 2, 2000 | 2 | 29 | |
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Apr 3, 2000 | Apr 16, 2000 | 2 | 2 |
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Apr 17, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | 3 | 32 | |
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May 8, 2000 | Jun 11, 2000 | 5 | 7 | |
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Jun 12, 2000 | Aug 20, 2000 | 10 | 10 |
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Aug 21, 2000 | Sep 10, 2000 | 3 | 13 | |
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Sep 11, 2000 | Oct 22, 2000 | 6 | 6 |
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Oct 23, 2000 | Oct 29, 2000 | 1 | 1 |
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Oct 30, 2000 | Dec 24, 2000 | 8 | 14 | |
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Dec 25, 2000 | Aug 26, 2001 | 35 | 36 | |
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Aug 27, 2001 | Sep 8, 2002 | 54 | 67 | |
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Sep 9, 2002 | Aug 3, 2003 | 47 | 47 |
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Aug 4, 2003 | Aug 10, 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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Aug 11, 2003 | Aug 17, 2003 | 1 | 37 | |
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Aug 18, 2003 | Sep 7, 2003 | 3 | 4 | |
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Sep 8, 2003 | Sep 14, 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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Sep 15, 2003 | Nov 9, 2003 | 8 | 45 | |
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Nov 10, 2003 | Jul 25, 2004 | 37 | 84 | |
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Jul 26, 2004 | Aug 1, 2004 | 1 | 2 | |
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Aug 2, 2004 | Aug 22, 2004 | 3 | 5 | |
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Aug 23, 2004 | Oct 16, 2005 | 60 | 65 | |
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Oct 17, 2005 | Feb 5, 2006 | 16 | 16 |
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Feb 6, 2006 | Jul 6, 2006 | 22 | 22 |
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Jul 7, 2006 | Apr 8, 2007 | 39 | 106 | |
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Apr 9, 2007 | Jun 10, 2007 | 9 | 115 | |
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Jun 11, 2007 | Jun 24, 2007 | 2 | 18 | |
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Jun 25, 2007 | Jul 8, 2007 | 2 | 117 | |
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Jul 9, 2007 | Nov 11, 2007 | 18 | 36 | |
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Nov 12, 2007 | Apr 18, 2010 | 127 | 163 | |
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Apr 19, 2010 | Jun 6, 2010 | 7 | 134 | |
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Jun 7, 2010 | Aug 1, 2010 | 8 | 8 |
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Aug 2, 2010 | Oct 31, 2010 | 13 | 147 | |
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Nov 1, 2010 | Feb 27, 2011 | 17 | 17 |
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Feb 28, 2011 | Apr 17, 2011 | 7 | 24 | |
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Apr 18, 2011 | Jul 4, 2011 | 11 | 18 | |
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Jul 4, 2011 | Sep 11, 2011 | 10 | 10 |
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10 | |||
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Sep 12, 2011 | Apr 22, 2012 | 32 | 179 | |
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Apr 23, 2012 | Sep 9, 2012 | 20 | 199 | |
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29 | ![]() |
Sep 10, 2012 | Oct 14, 2012 | 5 | 5 |
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Oct 15, 2012 | Apr 28, 2013 | 28 | 28 |
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Apr 29, 2013 | Feb 16, 2014 | 42 | 70 | |
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31 | ![]() |
Feb 17, 2014 | May 11, 2014 | 12 | 12 |
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May 12, 2014 | May 18, 2014 | 1 | 13 | |
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May 19, 2014 | Jun 8, 2014 | 3 | 16 | |
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Jun 9, 2014 | Jul 6, 2014 | 4 | 20 | |
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Jul 7, 2014 | Apr 12, 2015 | 40 | 110 | |
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Apr 13, 2015 | Jan 17, 2016 | 40 | 40 |
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Jan 18, 2016 | Aug 21, 2016 | 31 | 71 | |
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Aug 22, 2016 | Jan 8, 2017 | 20 | 91 | |
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Jan 9, 2017 | Aug 20, 2017 | 32 | 32 |
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Aug 21, 2017 | Oct 1, 2017 | 6 | 6 |
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Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 22, 2017 | 3 | 69 | |
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Oct 23, 2017 | Mar 18, 2018 | 21 | 90 | |
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Mar 19, 2018 | Jun 10, 2018 | 12 | 33 | |
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Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 15, 2018 | 5 | 5 |
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Jul 16, 2018 | Aug 12, 2018 | 4 | 4 |
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Aug 13, 2018 | Aug 19, 2018 | 1 | 34 | |
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Aug 20, 2018 | Oct 21, 2018 | 9 | 13 | |
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Oct 22, 2018 | Jan 13, 2019 | 12 | 12 |
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12 | |||
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Jan 14, 2019 | Jun 9, 2019 | 21 | 33 | |
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Jun 10, 2019 | Jul 14, 2019 | 5 | 5 |
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Jul 15, 2019 | Oct 6, 2019 | 12 | 12 |
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Oct 7, 2019 | Oct 20, 2019 | 2 | 7 | |
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Oct 21, 2019 | Feb 2, 2020 | 15 | 27 | |
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Feb 3, 2020 | Feb 23, 2020 | 3 | 8 | |
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Feb 24, 2020 | Mar 1, 2020 | 1 | 8 | |
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Mar 2, 2020 | Mar 22, 2020 | 3 | 11 | |
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March 23, 2020 | August 9, 2020 | 20 | ||
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Aug 10, 2020 | Feb 21, 2021 | 28 | 39 | |
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Feb 22, 2021 | Apr 4, 2021 | 6 | 6 |
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Apr 5, 2021 | May 9, 2021 | 5 | 44 | |
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May 10, 2021 | May 16, 2021 | 1 | 1 |
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May 17, 2021 | Jun 13, 2021 | 4 | 12 | |
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Jun 14, 2021 | Jul 11, 2021 | 4 | 16 | |
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Jul 12, 2021 | Sep 12, 2021 | 9 | 10 | |
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Sep 13, 2021 | Sep 19, 2021 | 1 | 45 | |
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Sep 20, 2021 | Sep 26, 2021 | 1 | 11 | |
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Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 17, 2021 | 3 | 19 | |
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Oct 18, 2021 | Oct 24, 2021 | 1 | 12 | |
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Oct 25, 2021 | Oct 31, 2021 | 1 | 46 | |
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Nov 1, 2021 | Nov 7, 2021 | 1 | 13 | |
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Nov 8, 2021 | Nov 14, 2021 | 1 | 47 | |
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Nov 15, 2021 | Jun 5, 2022 | 29 | 62 | |
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Jun 6, 2022 | Aug 14, 2022 | 10 | 23 | |
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Aug 15, 2022 | Sep 11, 2022 | 4 | 4 |
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Sep 12, 2022 | Sep 10, 2023 | 52 | 114 | |
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Sep 11, 2023 | Sep 17, 2023 | 1 | 5 | |
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Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 24, 2023 | 1 | 115 | |
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Sep 25, 2023 | Oct 22, 2023 | 4 | 27 | |
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Oct 23, 2023 | Present | 1 | 6 | |
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Oct 23, 2023 | Present | 1 | 2 |
Weeks at No. 1
Weeks are updated automatically.[2][3]
Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline
Year span | Holder | Date achieved | Duration | Record |
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September 4, 1984 | 1 year | 27 |
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September 30, 1985 | 7 months | 44 |
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May 26, 1986 | 37 years, 4 months | 237 |
Current record in bold.
Year-end No. 1 players
By year
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By year (continued)
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Per player
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Per team
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Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam
Player | First ranked No. 1 | First Grand Slam women's doubles final | First Grand Slam women's doubles title |
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November 1, 2010 | 2011 Australian Open (January 2011) (only final) | 2011 Australian Open (only title) |
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April 13, 2015 | 2011 French Open (June 2011) (1st of 4) | 2015 Wimbledon (1st of 3) |
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August 15, 2022 | 2021 US Open (September 2021) (1st of 2)† | None (still active)† |
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September 11, 2023 | 2022 French Open (June 2022) (only final) | None (still active) |
† The statistics in this table refer exclusively to women's doubles. Gauff has also reached two Grand Slam singles finals and won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2023 US Open.
Weeks at No. 1 by decade
- Note: Current active No. 1(s) indicated in italic.
1980s
1990s
2000s
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2010s
2020s
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Weeks at No. 1 by country
- Current No. 1 player(s) indicated in bold.
No. | Country | Total | Players | |
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Players | Weeks | |||
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12 | 796 | 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 |
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7 | 312 | Helena Suková, Jana Novotná, Květa Peschke, Lucie Šafářová, Barbora Krejčíková, Kateřina Siniaková, Barbora Strýcová |
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3 | 215 | Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci |
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2 | 176 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Virginia Ruano Pascual |
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1 | 163 | Cara Black |
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2 | 130 | Natasha Zvereva*, Aryna Sabalenka |
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2 | 111 | Paola Suárez, Gisela Dulko |
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1 | 91 | Sania Mirza |
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1 | 90 | Martina Hingis |
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2 | 81 | Hsieh Su-wei, Latisha Chan |
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2 | 64 | Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur |
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1 | 45 | Ai Sugiyama |
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2 | 27 | Kim Clijsters, Elise Mertens |
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2 | 26 | Julie Halard-Decugis, Kristina Mladenovic |
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1 | 20 | Peng Shuai |
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3 | Anna Kournikova, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina | ||
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1 | 13 | Tímea Babos |
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1 | 10 | Katarina Srebotnik |
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1 | 4 | Larisa Neiland |
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1 | 1 | Natasha Zvereva[lower-alpha 1] |
Weeks are updated automatically.
- Belarusian Natasha Zvereva spent one week at number one while playing for the Soviet Union.
See also
- 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
- "2012 WTA Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-15.
- "WTA Press Center – Weeks at No. 1". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- "WTA Notes & Netcords". Archived from the original on 2012-01-17.