Top ten ranked female tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 when the first official WTA rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
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Contents
- 1 Top ten rankings by year
- 1.1 1921–1974
- 1.2 1975
- 1.3 1976
- 1.4 1977
- 1.5 1978
- 1.6 1979
- 1.7 1980
- 1.8 1981
- 1.9 1982
- 1.10 1983
- 1.11 1984
- 1.12 1985
- 1.13 1986
- 1.14 1987
- 1.15 1988
- 1.16 1989
- 1.17 1990
- 1.18 1991
- 1.19 1992
- 1.20 1993
- 1.21 1994
- 1.22 1995
- 1.23 1996
- 1.24 1997
- 1.25 1998
- 1.26 1999
- 1.27 2000
- 1.28 2001
- 1.29 2002
- 1.30 2003
- 1.31 2004
- 1.32 2005
- 1.33 2006
- 1.34 2007
- 1.35 2008
- 1.36 2009
- 1.37 2010
- 1.38 2011
- 1.39 2012
- 1.40 2013
- 1.41 2014
- 1.42 2015
- 1.43 2016
- 1.44 2017
- 1.45 2018
- 1.46 2019
- 1.47 2020
- 1.48 2021
- 2 See also
- 3 References
Top ten rankings by year
1921–1974
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1975
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The official WTA rankings were introduced in November 1975.
WTA[1] | Lance Tingay[2] (The Daily Telegraph) |
Bud Collins[3] (The Boston Globe) |
Rino Tommasi[4] (La Gazzetta dello Sport) |
John Barrett (Financial Times) |
World Tennis[5] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[6] |
Rex Bellamy[7] (The Times) |
Chris Evert[5] |
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1976
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WTA[8] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[9] |
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1977
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WTA[10] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[11] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[12] |
Peter Bodo (Tennis magazine (U.S.)) |
Judith Elian (L'Équipe) |
Wataru Tsukagoshi (Tennis Japan) |
Barry Lorge[13] (The Washington Post) |
France-Presse[14] |
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1978
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WTA[15] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[16] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[17] |
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1979
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WTA[18] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[19] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[20] |
Peter Bodo | Judith Elian | Wataru Tsukagoshi | Joseph Macauley (Australian Tennis Magazine) |
Alan Trengrove (Australian Tennis Magazine) |
Jeffrey Bairstow (Tennis magazine (U.S.)) |
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1980
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WTA[21] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[22] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[23] |
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1981
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WTA[24] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[25] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[26] |
Peter Bodo | Judith Elian | Wataru Tsukagoshi | Alan Trengrove | Alexander McNab (Tennis magazine (U.S.)) |
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1982
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WTA[27] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett[28] | World Tennis[29] |
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1983
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WTA[30] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[31] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[32] |
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1984
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WTA[33] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[34] (panel ranking) |
Tennis magazine (U.S.)[35] |
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1985
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WTA[36] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett | World Tennis[37] (panel ranking) |
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1986
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WTA[38] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett[39] | World Tennis[40] (panel ranking) |
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1987
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WTA[41] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett[42] | World Tennis[43] (panel ranking) |
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1988
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WTA[44] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | John Barrett[45] | World Tennis[46] (panel ranking) |
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1989
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Last Tingay ranking before his death.
WTA[47] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[48] | World Tennis[49] (panel ranking) |
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1990
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WTA[50] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[51] | World Tennis[52] |
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1991
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WTA[53] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[54] |
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1992
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WTA[55] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[56] |
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1993
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WTA[57] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[58] |
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1994
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WTA[59] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[60] |
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1995
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WTA[61] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[62] |
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1996
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WTA[63] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[64] |
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1997
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WTA[65] | John Barrett[66] |
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1998
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WTA[67] | John Barrett[68] |
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1999
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WTA[69] | John Barrett[70] |
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2000
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2001
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WTA[72] |
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2002
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2003
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WTA[74] |
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2004
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WTA[75] |
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2005
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WTA[76] |
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2006
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WTA[77] |
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2007
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WTA[78] |
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2008
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WTA[79] |
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2009
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WTA[80] |
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2010
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WTA[81] |
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2011
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WTA[82] |
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2012
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2013
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WTA[84] |
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2014
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2015
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WTA[86] |
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2016
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WTA[87] |
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2017
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WTA[88] |
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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See also
- World number 1 ranked female tennis players
- List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
- Top ten ranked male tennis players
- Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972)
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