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

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