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.

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S/D)	+810	+360	(230 for each round robin win, 70 for each loss)
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56S,48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy	+260	+200	(120 for each round robin win, 40 for each loss)
WTA International (32S,32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S,16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	–	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
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.

Summer Olympics	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Fourth Place	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Singles only	685	470	340	260	175	95	55	1

Current rankings

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 2 November 2015^[5]
#	Player	Points	Prev	Move^†
1	Serena Williams (USA)	9,945	1
2	Simona Halep (ROU)	6,060	2
3	Garbine Muguruza (ESP)	5,200	3
4	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	5,011	4
5	Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)	4,500	6	1
6	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,220	5	1
7	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	3,621	8	1
8	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	3,590	9	1
9	Angelique Kerber (GER)	3,590	7	2
10	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)	3,133	10
11	Venus Williams (USA)	3,091	11
12	Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)	3,030	12
13	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	2,955	13
14	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2,900	14
15	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	2,655	15
16	Ana Ivanovic (SER)	2,645	16
17	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	2,641	17
18	Sara Errani (ITA)	2,525	18
19	Madison Keys (USA)	2,495	19
20	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,410	20

^†Change since previous week's rankings

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 14 September 2015^[6]
#	Player	Points	Prev	Move^‡
1	Sania Mirza (IND)	10,575	1
2	Martina Hingis (SUI)	9,675	2
3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	7,065	3
4	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	6,497	6	2
5	Casey Dellacqua (AUS)	5,545	10	5
6	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	5,235	4	2
7	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)	5,120	15	8
8	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	5,090	7	1
9	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	5,046	5	4
10	Tímea Babos (HUN)	4,225	13	3
11	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)	4,210	16	5
12	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	4,180	11	1
13	Caroline Garcia (FRA)	3,950	14	1
14	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	4,675	8	6
15	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)	3,900	17	2
15	Abigail Spears (USA)	3,900	17	2
17	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)	3,875	12	5
18	Cara Black (ZIM)	3,835	9	9
19	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	3,535	19
20	Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)	3,475	23	3

^‡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	Chris Evert	Nov 3, 1975	260
2	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Apr 26, 1976	2
3	Martina Navratilova	Jul 10, 1978	332
4	Tracy Austin	Apr 7, 1980	21
5	Steffi Graf	Aug 17, 1987	377
6	// Monica Seles	Mar 11, 1991	178
7	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Feb 6, 1995	12
8	Martina Hingis	Mar 31, 1997	209
9	Lindsay Davenport	Oct 12, 1998	98
10	Jennifer Capriati	Oct 15, 2001	17
11	Venus Williams	Feb 25, 2002	11
12	Serena Williams	Jul 8, 2002	261
13	Kim Clijsters	Aug 11, 2003	20
14	Justine Henin	Oct 20, 2003	117
15	Amélie Mauresmo	Sep 13, 2004	39
16	Maria Sharapova	Aug 22, 2005	21
17	Ana Ivanovic	Jun 9, 2008	12
18	Jelena Janković	Aug 11, 2008	18
19	Dinara Safina	Apr 20, 2009	26
20	Caroline Wozniacki	Oct 11, 2010	67
21	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	Chris Evert (1)
1976	Chris Evert
1977	Chris Evert
1978	Martina Navratilova (2)
1979	Martina Navratilova
1980	Chris Evert
1981	Chris Evert
1982	Martina Navratilova
1983	Martina Navratilova
1984	Martina Navratilova
1985	Martina Navratilova
1986	Martina Navratilova
1987	Steffi Graf (3)
1988	Steffi Graf
1989	Steffi Graf
1990	Steffi Graf
1991	Monica Seles (4)
1992	Monica Seles
1993	Steffi Graf
1994	Steffi Graf
1995	Steffi Graf Monica Seles

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

No. 1 all weeks of the year

Doubles

Year	Country	Player	Team
1984	USA	Martina Navratilova (1)	Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1985	USA	Pam Shriver (2)	Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1986	USA	Martina Navratilova	Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1987	USA	Martina Navratilova	Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1988	USA	Martina Navratilova	Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1989	USA	Martina Navratilova	Helena Suková / Jana Novotná
1990	TCH	Helena Suková (3)	Helena Suková / Jana Novotná
1991	TCH	Jana Novotná (4)	Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná
1992	CZE	Helena Suková	Larisa Neiland / Natasha Zvereva
1993	USA	Gigi Fernández (5)	Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1994	BLR	Natasha Zvereva (6)	Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1995	ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (7)	Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1996	ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1997	BLR	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1998	BLR	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
1999	RUS	Anna Kournikova (8)	Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
2000	JPN	Ai Sugiyama (9)	Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2001	USA	Lisa Raymond (10)	Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2002	ARG	Paola Suárez (11)	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2003	ARG	Paola Suárez	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2004	ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual (12)	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2005	ZIM	Cara Black (13)	Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2006	USA AUS	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (14)	Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2007	ZIM USA	Cara Black Liezel Huber (15)	Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2008	ZIM USA	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2009	ZIM USA	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2010	ARG	Gisela Dulko (16)	Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta
2011	USA	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
2012	ITA	Roberta Vinci (17)	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2013	ITA	Roberta Vinci	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2013	ITA	Sara Errani (18)	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2014	ITA ITA	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2015	IND	Sania Mirza (19)	Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

No. 1 all weeks of the year

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