Alle nummers 1 in het vrouwenenkelspel van het WTA sinds de invoering van de WTA Tour-ranglijst in 1975 (30) staan in de volgende tabel.
nr. naam startdatum – einddatum aantal wekenaaneengesloten cumulatiefaantal weken1. Chris Evert 1975-11-03 – 1976-04-25 (25) 252. Evonne Goolagong 1976-04-26 – 1976-05-09 (2) 2 Chris Evert (2) 1976-05-10 – 1978-07-09 (113) 1383. Martina Navrátilová 1978-07-10 – 1979-01-14 (27) 27 Chris Evert (3) 1979-01-15 – 1979-01-28 (2) 140 Martina Navrátilová (2) 1979-01-29 – 1979-02-25 (4) 31 Chris Evert (4) 1979-02-26 – 1979-04-15 (7) 147 Martina Navrátilová (3) 1979-04-16 – 1979-06-24 (10) 41 Chris Evert (5) 1979-06-25 – 1979-09-09 (11) 158 Martina Navrátilová (4) 1979-09-10 – 1980-04-06 (30) 714. Tracy Austin 1980-04-07 – 1980-04-20 (2) 2 Martina Navrátilová (5) 1980-04-21 – 1980-07-06 (11) 82 Tracy Austin (2) 1980-07-07 – 1980-11-16 (19) 21 Chris Evert (6) 1980-11-17 – 1982-05-02 (76) 234 Martina Navrátilová (6) 1982-05-03 – 1982-05-16 (2) 84 Chris Evert (7) 1982-05-17 – 1982-06-13 (4) 238 Martina Navrátilová (7) 1982-06-14 – 1985-06-09 (156) 240 Chris Evert (8) 1985-06-10 – 1985-10-13 (18) 256 Martina Navrátilová (8) 1985-10-14 – 1985-10-27 (2) 242 Chris Evert (9) 1985-10-28 – 1985-11-24 (4) 260 Martina Navrátilová (9) 1985-11-25 – 1987-08-16 (90) 3325. Steffi Graf 1987-08-17 – 1991-03-10 (186) (record ex aequo) 1866. Monica Seles 1991-03-11 – 1991-08-04 (21) 21 Steffi Graf (2) 1991-08-05 – 1991-08-11 (1) 187 Monica Seles (2) 1991-08-12 – 1991-08-18 (1) 22 Steffi Graf (3) 1991-08-19 – 1991-09-08 (3) 190 Monica Seles (3) 1991-09-09 – 1993-06-06 (91) 113 Steffi Graf (4) 1993-06-07 – 1995-02-05 (87) 2777. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1995-02-06 – 1995-02-19 (2) 2 Steffi Graf (5) 1995-02-20 – 1995-02-26 (1) 278 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) 1995-02-27 – 1995-04-09 (6) 8 Steffi Graf (6) 1995-04-10 – 1995-05-14 (5) 283 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) 1995-05-15 – 1995-06-11 (4) 12 Steffi Graf (7) 1995-06-12 – 1995-08-13 (9) 292 Steffi Graf (7) & Monica Seles (4) 1995-08-14 – 1996-11-03 (64) 356 & 177 Steffi Graf (7) 1996-11-04 – 1996-11-17 (2) 358 Steffi Graf (7) & Monica Seles (5) 1996-11-18 – 1996-11-24 (1) 359 & 178 Steffi Graf (7) 1996-11-25 – 1997-03-30 (18) 377 (record)8. Martina Hingis 1997-03-31 – 1998-10-11 (80) 809. Lindsay Davenport 1998-10-12 – 1999-02-07 (17) 17 Martina Hingis (2) 1999-02-08 – 1999-07-04 (21) 101 Lindsay Davenport (2) 1999-07-05 – 1999-08-08 (5) 22 Martina Hingis (3) 1999-08-09 – 2000-04-02 (34) 135 Lindsay Davenport (3) 2000-04-03 – 2000-05-07 (5) 27 Martina Hingis (4) 2000-05-08 – 2000-05-14 (1) 136 Lindsay Davenport (4) 2000-05-15 – 2000-05-21 (1) 28 Martina Hingis (5) 2000-05-22 – 2001-10-14 (73) 20910. Jennifer Capriati 2001-10-15 – 2001-11-04 (3) 3 Lindsay Davenport (5) 2001-11-05 – 2002-01-13 (10) 38 Jennifer Capriati (2) 2002-01-14 – 2002-02-24 (6) 911. Venus Williams 2002-02-25 – 2002-03-17 (3) 3 Jennifer Capriati (3) 2002-03-18 – 2002-04-21 (5) 14 Venus Williams (2) 2002-04-22 – 2002-05-19 (4) 7 Jennifer Capriati (4) 2002-05-20 – 2002-06-09 (3) 17 Venus Williams (3) 2002-06-10 – 2002-07-07 (4) 1112. Serena Williams 2002-07-08 – 2003-08-10 (57) 5713. Kim Clijsters 2003-08-11 – 2003-10-19 (10) 1014. Justine Henin 2003-10-20 – 2003-10-26 (1) 1 Kim Clijsters (2) 2003-10-27 – 2003-11-09 (2) 12 Justine Henin (2) 2003-11-10 – 2004-09-12 (44) 4515. Amélie Mauresmo 2004-09-13 – 2004-10-17 (5) 5 Lindsay Davenport (6) 2004-10-18 – 2005-08-21 (44) 8216. Maria Sjarapova 2005-08-22 – 2005-08-28 (1) 1 Lindsay Davenport (7) 2005-08-29 – 2005-09-11 (2) 84 Maria Sjarapova (2) 2005-09-12 – 2005-10-23 (6) 7 Lindsay Davenport (8) 2005-10-24 – 2006-01-29 (14) 98 Kim Clijsters (3) 2006-01-30 – 2006-03-19 (7) 19 Amélie Mauresmo (2) 2006-03-20 – 2006-11-12 (34) 39 Justine Henin (3) 2006-11-13 – 2007-01-28 (11) 56 Maria Sjarapova (3) 2007-01-29 – 2007-03-18 (7) 14 Justine Henin (4) 2007-03-19 – 2008-05-18 (61) 117 Maria Sjarapova (4) 2008-05-19 – 2008-06-08 (3) 1717. Ana Ivanović 2008-06-09 – 2008-08-10 (9) 918. Jelena Janković 2008-08-11 – 2008-08-17 (1) 1 Ana Ivanović (2) 2008-08-18 – 2008-09-07 (3) 12 Serena Williams (2) 2008-09-08 – 2008-10-05 (4) 61 Jelena Janković (2) 2008-10-06 – 2009-02-01 (17) 18 Serena Williams (3) 2009-02-02 – 2009-04-19 (11) 7219. Dinara Safina 2009-04-20 – 2009-10-11 (25) 25 Serena Williams (4) 2009-10-12 – 2009-10-25 (2) 74 Dinara Safina (2) 2009-10-26 – 2009-11-01 (1) 26 Serena Williams (5) 2009-11-02 – 2010-10-10 (49) 12320. Caroline Wozniacki 2010-10-11 – 2011-02-13 (18) 18 Kim Clijsters (4) 2011-02-14 – 2011-02-20 (1) 20 Caroline Wozniacki (2) 2011-02-21 – 2012-01-29 (49) 6721. Viktoryja Azarenka 2012-01-30 – 2012-06-10 (19) 19 Maria Sjarapova (5) 2012-06-11 – 2012-07-08 (4) 21 Viktoryja Azarenka (2) 2012-07-09 – 2013-02-17 (32) 51 Serena Williams (6) 2013-02-18 – 2016-09-11 (186) (record ex aequo) 30922. Angelique Kerber 2016-09-12 – 2017-01-29 (20) 20 Serena Williams (7) 2017-01-30 – 2017-03-19 (7) 316 Angelique Kerber (2) 2017-03-20 – 2017-04-23 (5) 25 Serena Williams (8) 2017-04-24 – 2017-05-14 (3) 319 Angelique Kerber (3) 2017-05-15 – 2017-07-16 (9) 3423. Karolína Plíšková 2017-07-17 – 2017-09-10 (8) 824. Garbiñe Muguruza 2017-09-11 – 2017-10-08 (4) 425. Simona Halep 2017-10-09 – 2018-01-28 (16) 16 Caroline Wozniacki (3) 2018-01-29 – 2018-02-25 (4) 71 Simona Halep (2) 2018-02-26 – 2019-01-27 (48) 6426. Naomi Osaka 2019-01-28 – 2019-06-23 (21) 2127. Ashleigh Barty 2019-06-24 – 2019-08-11 (7) 7 Naomi Osaka (2) 2019-08-12 – 2019-09-08 (4) 25 Ashleigh Barty (2) 2019-09-09 – 2020-03-15 (27) 34 coronapandemie 2020-03-16 – 2020-08-02 (20) Ashleigh Barty (3) 2020-08-03 – 2022-04-03 (87) 12128. Iga Świątek 2022-04-04 – 2023-09-10 (75) 7529. Aryna Sabalenka 2023-09-11 – 2023-11-05 (8) 8 Iga Świątek (2) 2023-11-06 – 2024-10-20 (50) 125 Aryna Sabalenka (2) 2024-10-21 – 2026-09-13 (99) 10730. Jelena Rybakina 2026-09-14 –
Bronnen "Kerber becomes world no.1", nieuwsbericht WTA, 8 september 2016 Match Notes & Historical Records van de WTA
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