WTA Rankings

The WTA Rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.[1][2]

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 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles and 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 with the condition that they must include points from the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory tournaments and the WTA Championships. In addition, for Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count.[3] The WTA also distributes ranking points, for singles players only, who compete at the Summer Olympics.[4] Points earned at the Summer Olympics will only apply to a player's overall ranking during that calendar year.


The points distribution for tournaments in 2015 is shown below. Points earned in 2013 were a little different in some cases and retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks.

CategoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128QQ3Q2Q1
Grand Slam (S)2000130078043024013070104030202
Grand Slam (D)200013007804302401301040
WTA Championships (S/D)+810+360(230 for each round robin win, 70 for each loss)
Summer Olympics (S)685470340 (bronze)
260 (4th)
17595551
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)100065039021512065351030202
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)1000650390215120651030202
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)100065039021512010
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q)9005853501901056013022151
WTA Premier 5 (56S,48/32Q)90058535019010560130201
WTA Premier 5 (28D)9005853501901051
WTA Premier 5 (16D)9005853501901
WTA Premier (56S)4703051851005530125131
WTA Premier (32S)4703051851005512518131
WTA Premier (16D)4703051851001
Tournament of Champions+195+75(60 for each round robin win, 25 for each loss)
WTA International (32S,32Q)280180110603011814101
WTA International (32S,16Q)2801801106030118121
WTA International (16D)280180110601
WTA 125K series (S) 160 95 57 29 15 1 - - 6 - 4 1
WTA 125K series (D) 160 95 57 29 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $100,000 + H(32) 150 90 55 28 14 1 - - 6 4 1 -
ITF $100,000 + H(16) 150 90 55 28 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $100,000 (32) 140 85 50 25 13 1 - - 6 4 1 -
ITF $100,000 (16) 140 85 50 25 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $75,000 + H(32) 130 80 48 24 12 1 - - 5 3 1 -
ITF $75,000 + H(16) 130 80 48 24 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $75,000 (32) 115 70 42 21 10 1 - - 5 3 1 -
ITF $75,000 (16) 115 70 42 21 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $50,000 + H(32) 100 60 36 18 9 1 - - 5 3 1 -
ITF $50,000 + H(16) 100 60 36 18 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $50,000 (32) 80 48 29 15 8 1 - - 5 3 1 -
ITF $50,000 (16) 80 48 29 15 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $25,000 (32) 50 30 18 9 5 1 - - 2 - - -
ITF $25,000 (16) 50 30 18 9 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $15,000 (32) 25 15 9 5 1 0 - - 1 - - -
ITF $15,000 (16) 25 15 9 5 0 - - - - - - -
ITF $10,000 (32) 12 7 4 2 1 0 - - - - - -
ITF $10,000 (16) 12 7 4 2 0 - - - - - - -

"+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided.

Current rankings

See also: 2016 WTA Tour

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 22 February 2016[5]
# Player Points Prev Move
1  Serena Williams (USA) 9,245 1 Steady
2  Angelique Kerber (GER) 5,700 2 Steady
3  Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) 5,210 4 Increase 1
4  Simona Halep (ROU) 4,745 3 Decrease 1
5  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4,642 5 Steady
6  Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3,672 6 Steady
7  Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,505 9 Increase 2
8  Petra Kvitová (CZE) 3,478 8 Steady
9  Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 3,422 7 Decrease 2
10  Roberta Vinci (ITA) 3,325 13 Increase 3
11  Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 3,300 11 Steady
12  Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 3,292 10 Decrease 2
13  Venus Williams (USA) 3,266 12 Decrease 1
14  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2,935 15 Increase 1
15  Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 2,894 16 Increase 1
16  Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2,640 17 Increase 1
17  Sara Errani (ITA) 2,595 22 Increase 5
18  Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2,530 21 Increase 3
19  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 2,525 14 Decrease 5
20  Jelena Janković (SRB) 2,505 20 Steady

Change since previous rankings

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 22 February 2016[6]
# Player Points Prev Move
1  Martina Hingis (SUI) 12,925 1 Steady
1  Sania Mirza (IND) 12,925 1 Steady
3  Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 5,805 4 Increase 1
4  Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 5,805 3 Decrease 1
5  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 5,120 6 Increase 1
6  Elena Vesnina (RUS) 5,080 7 Increase 1
7  Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 4,865 8 Increase 1
8  Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 4,785 9 Increase 1
9  Chan Yung-jan (TPE) 4,700 10 Increase 1
10  Chan Hao-ching (TPE) 4,675 11 Increase 1
11  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 4,590 5 Decrease 6
12  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) 4,495 13 Increase 1
13  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 3,966 14 Increase 1
14  Caroline Garcia (FRA) 3,815 15 Increase 1
15  Tímea Babos (HUN) 3,810 12 Decrease 3
16  Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 3,460 16 Steady
17  Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 3,440 18 Increase 1
18  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 3,242 17 Decrease 1
19  Raquel Atawo (USA) 3,155 19 Steady
20  Abigail Spears (USA) 3,145 20 Steady

Change since previous week's rankings

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 (active players in green):

# Player Date reached Total weeks
1 United States Chris Evert Nov 3, 1975 260
2 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley Apr 26, 1976 2
3 United States Martina Navratilova Jul 10, 1978 332
4 United States Tracy Austin Apr 7, 1980 21
5 Germany Steffi Graf Aug 17, 1987 377
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles Mar 11, 1991 178
7 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Feb 6, 1995 12
8 Switzerland Martina Hingis Mar 31, 1997 209
9 United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 12, 1998 98
10 United States Jennifer Capriati Oct 15, 2001 17
11 United States Venus Williams Feb 25, 2002 11
12 United States Serena Williams Jul 8, 2002 261
13 Belgium Kim Clijsters Aug 11, 2003 20
14 Belgium Justine Henin Oct 20, 2003 117
15 France Amélie Mauresmo Sep 13, 2004 39
16 Russia Maria Sharapova Aug 22, 2005 21
17 Serbia Ana Ivanovic Jun 9, 2008 12
18 Serbia Jelena Janković Aug 11, 2008 18
19 Russia Dinara Safina Apr 20, 2009 26
20 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Oct 11, 2010 67
21 Belarus Victoria Azarenka Jan 30, 2012 51

Last update: October 5, 2015

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 Player
1975 United States Chris Evert (1)
1976 United States Chris Evert
1977 United States Chris Evert
1978 United States Martina Navratilova (2)
1979 United States Martina Navratilova
1980 United States Chris Evert
1981 United States Chris Evert
1982 United States Martina Navratilova
1983 United States Martina Navratilova
1984 United States Martina Navratilova
1985 United States Martina Navratilova
1986 United States Martina Navratilova
1987 West Germany Steffi Graf (3)
1988 West Germany Steffi Graf
1989 West Germany Steffi Graf
1990 Germany Steffi Graf
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (4)
1992 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
1993 Germany Steffi Graf
1994 Germany Steffi Graf
1995 Germany Steffi Graf
United States Monica Seles

Year Player
1996 Germany Steffi Graf
1997 Switzerland Martina Hingis (5)
1998 United States Lindsay Davenport (6)
1999 Switzerland Martina Hingis
2000 Switzerland Martina Hingis
2001 United States Lindsay Davenport
2002 United States Serena Williams (7)
2003 Belgium Justine Henin (8)
2004 United States Lindsay Davenport
2005 United States Lindsay Davenport
2006 Belgium Justine Henin
2007 Belgium Justine Henin
2008 Serbia Jelena Janković (9)
2009 United States Serena Williams
2010 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (10)
2011 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
2012 Belarus Victoria Azarenka (11)
2013 United States Serena Williams
2014 United States Serena Williams
2015 United States Serena Williams

No. 1 all weeks of the year

Doubles

Year Country Player Team
1984 United States USA Martina Navratilova (1) United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1985 United States USA Pam Shriver (2) United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1986 United States USA Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1987 United States USA Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1988 United States USA Martina Navratilova United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
1989 United States USA Martina Navratilova Czech Republic Helena Suková / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1990 Czechoslovakia TCH Helena Suková (3) Czech Republic Helena Suková / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1991 Czechoslovakia TCH Jana Novotná (4) United States Gigi Fernández / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1992 Czech Republic CZE Helena Suková Latvia Larisa Neiland / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1993 United States USA Gigi Fernández (5) United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1994 Belarus BLR Natasha Zvereva (6) United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1995 Spain ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7) United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1996 Spain ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1997 Belarus BLR Natasha Zvereva United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1998 Belarus BLR Natasha Zvereva Switzerland Martina Hingis / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
1999 Russia RUS Anna Kournikova (8) Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova
2000 Japan JPN Ai Sugiyama (9) United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
2001 United States USA Lisa Raymond (10) United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs
2002 Argentina ARG Paola Suárez (11) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
2003 Argentina ARG Paola Suárez Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
2004 Spain ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (12) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
2005 Zimbabwe ZIM Cara Black (13) United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur
2006 United States USA
Australia AUS
Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur (14)
United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur
2007 Zimbabwe ZIM
United States USA
Cara Black
Liezel Huber (15)
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber
2008 Zimbabwe ZIM
United States USA
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Liezel Huber
2009 Zimbabwe ZIM
United States USA
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
2010 Argentina ARG Gisela Dulko (16) Argentina Gisela Dulko / Italy Flavia Pennetta
2011 United States USA Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
2012 Italy ITA Roberta Vinci (17) Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
2013Italy ITA Roberta VinciItaly Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
Italy ITA Sara Errani (18)
2014 Italy ITA
Italy ITA
Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
2015 India IND Sania Mirza (19) Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza
No. 1 all weeks of the year

See also

Notes and references

  1. "WTA Tour Rankings: Singles". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. "WTA Tour Rankings: Doubles". Women's Tennis Association.
  3. "WTA – All About Rankings". WTA.
  4. "Ranking Points". itftennis.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  5. "WTA Rankings (singles)" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
  6. "WTA Rankings (doubles)". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

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