Full list of players who have finished year-end WTA World No. 1

Jelena Jankovic became the first Serbian to finish as year-end WTA World No. 1 in 2008.

The WTA rankings are the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in tennis. The top-ranked singles player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour.

Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 29 women have been ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA, of which 16 have been year-end No. 1.

Chris Evert was the first player to have been ranked as year-end WTA world No #1. She finished the 1975, 1976 and 1977 years as the season’s top ranked player. Evert also ended the 1980 and 1981 season on top of the rankings.

The first 11 years of the WTA tour saw the American players dominate the top spot in the rankings. It was not until 1987 when Germany’s Steffi Graf ended the season on top. There have been multiple players around the globe since then who have ended the year as the world’s best on the WTA tour.

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List of players who have finished as year-end WTA World No. 1

Year	Player
1975	Chris Evert (USA)
1976	Chris Evert (USA)
1977	Chris Evert (USA)
1978	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1979	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1980	Chris Evert (USA)
1981	Chris Evert (USA)
1982	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1983	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1984	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1985	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1986	Martina Navratilova (USA)
1987	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1988	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1989	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1990	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1991	Monica Seles (Yugoslavia)
1992	Monica Seles (Yugoslavia)
1993	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1994	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1995	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1996	Steffi Graf (Germany)
1997	Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
1998	Lindsay Davenport (USA)
1999	Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
2000	Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
2001	Lindsay Davenport (USA)
2002	Serena Williams (USA)
2003	Justine Henin (Belgium)
2004	Lindsay Davenport (USA)
2005	Lindsay Davenport (USA)
2006	Justine Henin (Belgium)
2007	Justine Henin (Belgium)
2008	Jelena Janković (Serbia)
2009	Serena Williams (USA)
2010	Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
2011	Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
2012	Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
2013	Serena Williams (USA)
2014	Serena Williams (USA)
2015	Serena Williams (USA)
2016	Angelique Kerber (Germany)
2017	Simona Halep (Romania)
2018	Simona Halep (Romania)
2019	Ashleigh Barty (Aus)
2020	Ashleigh Barty (Aus)
2021	Ashleigh Barty (Aus)
2022	Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2023	Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2024	Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

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