The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), introduced in November 1975. The computer that calculates the ranking is nicknamed "Medusa".
Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 18 tournaments (or 19 if she competed in the WTA Finals) for singles and 12 for doubles. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period. For singles, the period must include: the four Grand Slam tournaments six WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined tournaments one WTA 1000 Mandatory (WTA-only) tournament the best of seven results from all WTA 1000, WTA 500, WTA 250, and WTA 125 tournaments and ITF W15+ events the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended
For doubles, the best 12 tournament results across all tournament levels are used. Unlike singles, there are no specific tournament level requirements and the WTA Finals are not treated as a bonus tournament, instead they are one of the 12 if applicable.
Up until 2016, the WTA also distributed ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. However, this has since been discontinued.
In order to appear on the WTA rankings, players must earn ranking points in at least three tournaments, or a minimum of 10 singles ranking points or 10 doubles ranking points in one or more tournaments.
The points distribution for tournaments in 2024 is shown below. Points earned in 2023 and before were different and retained their values until they expired after 52 weeks except for 2013 points.
Points table CategoryGrand Slam (128S, 128Q)2000130078043024013070104030202Grand Slam (64D)200013007804302401301040WTA Finals (S)1500*1000*600*(+200 per round robin win)WTA Finals (D)1500*1000*600*(+200 per round robin win)WTA 1000 (96S, 48Q)100065039021512065351030202WTA 1000 (56S, 32Q)1000650390215120651030202WTA 1000 (32/28D)100065039021512010WTA 500 (48S, 24Q)5003251951086032125131WTA 500 (30/28S, 24/16Q)5003251951086012518131WTA 500 (24D)500325195108601WTA 500 (16D)5003251951081WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)250163985430118121WTA 250 (16D)25016398541WTA 125 (32S, 16Q)125814927151641WTA 125 (32S, 8Q)12581492715161WTA 125 (16D)1258149271WTA 125 (8D)12581491W100 (48S, 32/24Q)100653921127153W100 (32S, 32Q)10065392112153W100 (16D)1006539211W75 (48S, 32/24Q)7549291695132W75 (32S, 32Q)754929169132W75 (16D)754929161W50 (48S, 32/24Q)5033201163121W50 (32S, 32Q)503320116121W50 (16D)503320111W35 (48S, 32/24Q)35231484211W35 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q)3523148411W35 (16D)35231481W15 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q)1510631W15 (16D)151063 S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players. * Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
Note that if a player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving a bye, they will not be awarded any points for that tournament.
In ITF tournaments, the main draw is normally 32 for singles and 16 for doubles. Losers in the first round of doubles will receive points equal to that shown in the R32 column above. For subsequent rounds (quarter-finals onwards) the points are the same as for singles.
Current rankings
Singles
Doubles
Points breakdown
Points from WTA 125 and ITF tournaments are not shown. Points from WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments in which the player received 0 points, are not shown. Points in brackets () don't count to total points by reason of tournament limit. RankPlayerGrand SlamWTA 1000Best otherWTA FinalsTotal pointsAUSFRAWIMUSODODUIWMIMAITCACIBEWU123451 Elena RybakinaW2000R6470R32130W2000QF215R16120F650SF390R16120QF215F650QF215R32(65)QF215W500W500QF108SF195QF108W1500219,9012 Aryna SabalenkaF1300QF430R16240F1300A0A0W1000W1000QF215R3265R16120R16120A0SF390W500SF195F1000147,8753 Jessica PegulaSF780R12810QF430SF780A0W1000QF215QF215R3265QF215R16120F650SF390F650W500F325SF195F325SF400187,2654 Coco GauffQF430R32130SF780SF780R3210SF390R3265F650R16120F650SF390 W 1000SF390W1000SF150QF108R321RR200187,2445 Mirra AndreevaR16240W2000R6470QF430R16120QF215R3265R16120F650QF215R3265R16120R16120R3210W500 W500SF195QF108 R16(1)DNQ205,7436 Linda NoskovaR32130R12810W2000QF430R3265R3265SF390R6410QF215R16120R6410R16120F650R16120R32(1)W500QF108R1660F325DNQ175,3287 Elina SvitolinaSF780QF430R12810R32130R16120F650SF390R3265R6410W1000SF390R3265A0A0W250 SF195QF108QF108QF108DNQ174,8098 Karolina MuchovaR16240R32130F1300R32130W1000A0R16120SF390A0R6410A0A0R16120R3265W500R1660F325QF108SF195DNQ1646839 Iga ŚwiątekQF430R16240R32130R16240QF215A0QF215R6410R3265SF390 W 1000SF390R16120QF215W500W150QF108R161RR20018461910 Marta KostyukR12810SF780SF780R16240A0A0R3265R3265W1000A0R16120QF215R16120R6410F 325W250DNQ133,980 Players have the option to replace 1000 and Grand Slam event points with points from other tournaments.
Number one ranked players
The following is a chronological list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the WTA began producing computerized rankings on November 3, 1975:
No. Player Date reached Total weeks1 Nov 3, 1975 2602 Apr 26, 1976 23 Jul 10, 1978 3324 Apr 7, 1980 215 Aug 17, 1987 3776 Mar 11, 1991 1787 Feb 6, 1995 128 Mar 31, 1997 2099 Oct 12, 1998 9810 Oct 15, 2001 1711 Feb 25, 2002 1112 Jul 8, 2002 31913 Aug 11, 2003 2014 Oct 20, 2003 11715 Sep 13, 2004 3916 Aug 22, 2005 2117 Jun 9, 2008 1218 Aug 11, 2008 1819 Apr 20, 2009 2620 Oct 11, 2010 7121 Jan 30, 2012 5122 Sep 12, 2016 3423 July 17, 2017 824 Sep 11, 2017 425 Oct 9, 2017 6426 Jan 28, 2019 2527 Jun 24, 2019 12128 Apr 4, 2022 12529 Sep 11, 2023 10730 Sep 14, 2026
Year-end number one players
The year-end number one player is the player at the head of the WTA rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year.
Singles
Year Player1975 Chris Evert (1)1976 Chris Evert1977 Chris Evert1978 Martina Navratilova (2)1979 Martina Navratilova1980 Chris Evert1981 Chris Evert1982 Martina Navratilova 1983 Martina Navratilova1984 Martina Navratilova 1985 Martina Navratilova 1986 Martina Navratilova 1987 Steffi Graf (3)1988 Steffi Graf1989 Steffi Graf1990 Steffi Graf1991 Monica Seles (4)1992 Monica Seles1993 Steffi Graf1994 Steffi Graf1995 Steffi Graf Monica Seles1996 Steffi Graf1997 Martina Hingis (5)1998 Lindsay Davenport (6)1999 Martina Hingis
Year Player2000 Martina Hingis2001 Lindsay Davenport2002 Serena Williams (7)2003 Justine Henin (8)2004 Lindsay Davenport2005 Lindsay Davenport2006 Justine Henin2007 Justine Henin2008 Jelena Janković (9)2009 Serena Williams2010 Caroline Wozniacki (10)2011 Caroline Wozniacki2012 Victoria Azarenka (11)2013 Serena Williams2014 Serena Williams2015 Serena Williams2016 Angelique Kerber (12)2017 Simona Halep (13)2018 Simona Halep 2019 Ashleigh Barty (14)2020 Ashleigh Barty2021 Ashleigh Barty2022 Iga Świątek (15)2023 Iga Świątek 2024 Aryna Sabalenka (16)2025 Aryna Sabalenka
No. 1 all weeks of the year
Doubles Year Country Player Team1984 USA Martina Navratilova (1) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver1985 USA Pam Shriver (2) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver1986 USA Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver1987 USA Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver1988 USA Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver1989 USA Martina Navratilova Helena Suková / Jana Novotná1990 TCH Helena Suková (3) Helena Suková / Jana Novotná1991 TCH Jana Novotná (4) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná1992 TCH Helena Suková Larisa Neiland / Natasha Zvereva1993 USA Gigi Fernández (5) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva1994 BLR Natasha Zvereva (6) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva1995 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva1996 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario1997 BLR Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva1998 BLR Natasha Zvereva Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná1999 RUS Anna Kournikova (8) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova2000 JPN Ai Sugiyama (9) Serena Williams / Venus Williams2001 USA Lisa Raymond (10) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs2002 ARG Paola Suárez (11) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez2003 ARG Paola Suárez Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez2004 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (12) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez2005 ZIM Cara Black (13) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur2006 USA AUS Lisa RaymondSamantha Stosur (14) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur2007 ZIM USA Cara BlackLiezel Huber (15) Cara Black / Liezel Huber2008 ZIM USA Cara BlackLiezel Huber Cara Black / Liezel Huber2009 ZIM USA Cara BlackLiezel Huber Serena Williams / Venus Williams2010 ARG Gisela Dulko (16) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta2011 USA Liezel Huber Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik2012 ITA Roberta Vinci (17) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci2013 ITA Roberta Vinci Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ITA Sara Errani (18)2014 ITA Roberta VinciSara Errani Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci2015 IND Sania Mirza (19) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza2016 Sania Mirza Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic2017 TPE SUI Latisha Chan (20)Martina Hingis (21) Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis2018 Barbora Krejčíková (22)Kateřina Siniaková (23) Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková2019 Barbora Strýcová (24) Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová2020 Hsieh Su-wei (25) Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová2021 Kateřina Siniaková Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková2022 Kateřina Siniaková Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková2023 Storm Hunter (26) Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens2024 Kateřina Siniaková Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe2025 Kateřina Siniaková Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini
No. 1 all weeks of the year
Year-end Top 10 ★ indicates player's highest year-end ranking