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.
Top ten rankings by year
1921
A. Wallis Myers[1] (The Daily Telegraph) | B. H. Liddell Hart[2] (The Times) |
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1922
A. Wallis Myers[3] |
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1923
A. Wallis Myers[3] | B. H. Liddell Hart[4] |
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1924
A. Wallis Myers[3] |
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1925
A. Wallis Myers[3] | Bill Tilden (American Lawn Tennis)[5] |
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1926
A. Wallis Myers[3] | Suzanne Lenglen[6] |
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1927
A. Wallis Myers[3] | Bill Tilden[7] |
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1928
A. Wallis Myers[8] |
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1929
A. Wallis Myers[9] | F. Gordon Lowe[10] (The Scotsman) | Jean Samazeuilh[11] (Le Miroir des sports ) |
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1930
A. Wallis Myers[12] | Pierre Gillou[13] (L'Auto) | Bill Tilden[13] |
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1931
A. Wallis Myers[14] | Pierre Gillou[15] | Didier Poulain (L'Auto)[15] | Bill Tilden[16] |
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1932
A. Wallis Myers[17] | Pierre Gillou[18] |
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1933
A. Wallis Myers[19] | Pierre Gillou[20] |
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1934
A. Wallis Myers[21] | Pierre Gillou[22] | Ned Potter (American Lawn Tennis)[23] |
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1935
A. Wallis Myers[24] | Pierre Gillou[25] | Ned Potter[23] | The Times[26] |
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1936
A. Wallis Myers[27] | Pierre Gillou[28] | Ned Potter[29] | The Times[30] | Harry Hopman[31] (Melbourne Herald) | Mervyn Weston[32] (The Australasian) | Fred Perry[33] |
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1937
A. Wallis Myers[34] | Pierre Gillou[35] | Ned Potter[36] | The Times[37] | Harry Hopman[38][39] | Mervyn Weston[40] | Alfred Chave (Brisbane Telegraph)[41] |
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1938
- Last ranking by Wallis Myers before his death.
A. Wallis Myers[42] | Pierre Gillou[43] | Ned Potter[44] | F. Gordon Lowe[45] | The Times[45] | American Lawn Tennis[44] | Mervyn Weston[46] | Pierre Goldschmidt (L'Auto)[47] | Alfred Chave[48] | G. H. McElhone[45] (The Sydney Morning Herald) | "International" (The Referee).[49] |
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1939
American Lawn Tennis[50] | Pierre Gillou[51] | Ned Potter[52] | F. Gordon Lowe[53] | The Times[54] | Alfred Chave[55] | G. H. McElhone[56] |
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1940–1945
no world rankings (World War II)
1946
Pierre Gillou;[57] Ned Potter[23] | Harry Hopman[58] |
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1947
Pierre Gillou[59] | Ned Potter[60][23] | John Olliff[3] (The Daily Telegraph) |
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1948
Pierre Gillou[61] | Ned Potter[62] | John Olliff[3] |
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1949
Pierre Gillou[63] | Ned Potter[23] | John Olliff[64] |
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1950
- Last Olliff ranking before his death.
Ned Potter[65][23] | John Olliff[66] |
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1951
Pierre Gillou[67] | Ned Potter[68][23] |
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1952
Ned Potter[23] | Lance Tingay[69] (The Daily Telegraph) |
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1953
Ned Potter[70][a] (World Tennis) | Lance Tingay[3] |
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1954
Ned Potter[72] | Lance Tingay[73] | New York Times (panel of experts)[74][75] |
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1955
Ned Potter[76] | Lance Tingay[3] | L'Équipe |
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1956
Ned Potter[77] | Lance Tingay[3] |
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1957
Ned Potter[78] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) |
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1958
Ned Potter[79] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) |
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1959
Ned Potter[80] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) |
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1960
Ned Potter[81] | Lance Tingay[3] |
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1961
Ned Potter[82] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) | Denis Lalanne (L'Équipe) |
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1962
Ned Potter[83] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) | Ulrich Kaiser[84] (panel of 13 experts) | Margaret Smith |
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1963
Ned Potter[85] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) | Ulrich Kaiser[86] (panel of 13 experts) |
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1964
Ned Potter[87] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll)[88] | Ulrich Kaiser[89] (panel of 14 experts) | Margaret Smith[90] |
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1965
- Last ranking by Potter for World Tennis magazine.
Ned Potter[91] | Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) | Ulrich Kaiser[92] (panel of 16 experts) | Sport za Rubezhom[93] |
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1966
Lance Tingay[94] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) | Joseph McCauley[95] (World Tennis) | Bruce Walkley (Herald Sun) | Pierre de Thier[96] | Sport In The USSR[97] |
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1967
- The last British Lawn Tennis readers' poll.
Lance Tingay[3] | British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) | Ulrich Kaiser[98] (panel of 13 experts) | Joseph McCauley[99] |
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1968
Lance Tingay[100] | Ulrich Kaiser[101] (panel of 18 experts) | Joseph McCauley;[102] Seagram's (panel of experts)[103] | Bud Collins[104] (The Boston Globe) | Rino Tommasi[105] (La Gazzetta dello Sport) | The Times[106] |
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1969
Lance Tingay[100] | Bud Collins[104] | Rino Tommasi;[105] Joseph McCauley[107] | Frank Rostron[108] (Daily Express) |
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1970
Lance Tingay[100] | Joseph McCauley[109] | Bud Collins[104] | Rino Tommasi[105] | Rex Bellamy[110] | Judith Elian[111] (L'Equipe) | Mike Gibson[111] | Tennis magazine[112] (Germany) |
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1971
Lance Tingay[100] | Joseph McCauley[113] | Bud Collins[104] | Rino Tommasi[105] | L'Èquipe | Rex Bellamy (The Times)[114] | Frank Rostron[115] | Björn Hellberg (Tennis Tidning) |
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1972
Lance Tingay[100] | Bud Collins[104] | Rino Tommasi[105] | Rex Bellamy[116] | Frank Rostron[117] | John Barrett (Financial Times) | Neil Amdur[118] (World Tennis) |
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1973
Lance Tingay[100] | Bud Collins[104] | Rino Tommasi[105] | Rex Bellamy[119][b] | John Barrett | Neil Amdur | Poll of 17 international sportswriters[121] |
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1974
Lance Tingay[100] | Bud Collins[104] | Rino Tommasi[105] | John Barrett | World Tennis[122] | Judith Elian[123] | Rex Bellamy[124] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[125] |
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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)
Notes
References
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