WTA rankings

The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), introduced in November 1975.^[1] The computer that calculates the ranking is nicknamed "Medusa".^[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 18 tournaments (or 19 if she competed in the WTA Finals) for singles and 12 for doubles. 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. For singles, the period must include:^[3]

the four Grand Slam tournaments
six WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined tournaments
one WTA 1000 Mandatory (WTA-only) tournament
the best of seven results from all WTA 1000, WTA 500, WTA 250, and WTA 125 tournaments and ITF W15+ events
the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended

For doubles, the best 12 tournament results across all tournament levels are used. Unlike singles, there are no specific tournament level requirements and the WTA Finals are not treated as a bonus tournament, instead they are one of the 12 if applicable.

Up until 2016, the WTA also distributed ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. However, this has since been discontinued.^[4]

In order to appear on the WTA rankings, players must earn ranking points in at least three tournaments, or a minimum of 10 singles ranking points or 10 doubles ranking points in one or more tournaments.

The points distribution for tournaments in 2024 is shown below. Points earned in 2023 and before were different and retained their values until they expired after 52 weeks except for 2013 points.

Points table

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (128S, 128Q)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (64D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10		40
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1000*	600*	(+200 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500*	1000*	600*	(+200 per round robin win)
WTA 1000 (96S, 48Q)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30		20	2
WTA 1000 (56S, 32Q)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10		30		20	2
WTA 1000 (32/28D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10
WTA 500 (48S, 24Q)	500	325	195	108	60	32	1		25		13	1
WTA 500 (30/28S, 24/16Q)	500	325	195	108	60	1			25	18	13	1
WTA 500 (24D)	500	325	195	108	60	1
WTA 500 (16D)	500	325	195	108	1
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)	250	163	98	54	30	1			18		12	1
WTA 250 (16D)	250	163	98	54	1
WTA 125 (32S, 16Q)	125	81	49	27	15	1			6		4	1
WTA 125 (32S, 8Q)	125	81	49	27	15	1			6			1
WTA 125 (16D)	125	81	49	27	1
WTA 125 (8D)	125	81	49	1
W100 (48S, 32/24Q)	100	65	39	21	12	7	1		5		3
W100 (32S, 32Q)	100	65	39	21	12	1			5		3
W100 (16D)	100	65	39	21	1
W75 (48S, 32/24Q)	75	49	29	16	9	5	1		3		2
W75 (32S, 32Q)	75	49	29	16	9	1			3		2
W75 (16D)	75	49	29	16	1
W50 (48S, 32/24Q)	50	33	20	11	6	3	1		2		1
W50 (32S, 32Q)	50	33	20	11	6	1			2		1
W50 (16D)	50	33	20	11	1
W35 (48S, 32/24Q)	35	23	14	8	4	2	1		1
W35 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q)	35	23	14	8	4	1			1
W35 (16D)	35	23	14	8	1
W15 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q)	15	10	6	3	1
W15 (16D)	15	10	6	3

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

Note that if a player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving a bye, they will not be awarded any points for that tournament.^[5]

In ITF tournaments, the main draw is normally 32 for singles and 16 for doubles. Losers in the first round of doubles will receive points equal to that shown in the R32 column above. For subsequent rounds (quarter-finals onwards) the points are the same as for singles.

Current rankings

Singles

Singles race rankings as of 14 September 2026^[update]^[6]^[7]
No.	Player	Points	Tourn
1	Elena Rybakina (KAZ) ✓	7,492	16
2	Aryna Sabalenka	6,485	14
3	Jessica Pegula (USA)	5,825	16
4	Coco Gauff (USA)	5,654	15
5	Mirra Andreeva	5,614	17
6	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	4,809	17
7	Karolína Muchová (CZE)	4,400	16
8	Linda Nosková (CZE)	4,234	16
9	Marta Kostyuk (UKR)	3,850	14
10	Iga Świątek (POL)	3,584	15
11	Victoria Mboko (CAN)	2,393	15
12	Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)	2,390	19
13	Diana Shnaider	2,344	19
14	Iva Jovic (USA)	2,232	18
15	Alexandra Eala (PHL)	2,181	22
16	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,177	15
17	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,130	18
18	Madison Keys (USA)	2,095	18
19	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2,087	14
20	Anna Kalinskaya	1,967	19

✓ Qualified for the 2026 WTA Finals.

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WTA rankings (singles) as of 12 October 2026^[update]^[8]
No.	Player	Points	Move
1	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	9,696
2	Aryna Sabalenka	7,550
3	Mirra Andreeva	6,371	2
4	Jessica Pegula (USA)	6,225	1
5	Coco Gauff (USA)	5,974	1
6	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	5,024	1
7	Karolína Muchová (CZE)	4,773	1
8	Linda Nosková (CZE)	4,679	2
9	Iga Świątek (POL)	3,999
10	Marta Kostyuk (UKR)	3,910
11	Iva Jovic (USA)	2,860	2
12	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2,760
13	Diana Shnaider	2,643	1
14	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,540	5
15	Victoria Mboko (CAN)	2,502
16	Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)	2,424
17	Amanda Anisimova (USA)	2,363	6
18	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,351	1
19	Alexandra Eala (PHL)	2,241	1
20	Madison Keys (USA)	2,110	3

Doubles

Doubles race rankings as of 3 August 2026^[update]^[9]^[10]
No.	Player	Points	Tourn
1	Taylor Townsend (USA) ✓ Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) ✓	6,250	7
2	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) ✓ Luisa Stefani (BRA)✓	5,723	11
3	Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) ✓ Anna Danilina (KAZ)✓	5,389	11
4	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) Guo Hanyu (CHN)	3,331	7
5	Elise Mertens (BEL) Zhang Shuai (CHN)	3,018	9
6	Ellen Perez (AUS) Demi Schuurs (NED)	2,808	14
7	Vera Zvonareva (RUS) Laura Siegemund (GER)	2,068	8
8	Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) Cristina Bucsa (ESP)	1,977	9
9	Shuko Aoyama (JPN) Liang En-shuo (TPE)	1,864	4
10	Sara Errani (ITA) Jasmine Paolini (ITA)	1,811	7

✓ Qualified for the 2026 WTA Finals.

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WTA rankings (doubles) as of 12 October 2026^[update]^[11]
No.	Player	Points	Move
1	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	11,000
2	Taylor Townsend (USA)	9,545
3	Luisa Stefani (BRA)	8,545
4	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	7,635	1
5	Zhang Shuai (CHN)	6,575	2
6	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)	6,235	2
7	Anna Danilina (KAZ)	6,135	1
8	Elise Mertens (BEL)	5,693
9	Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)	4,760
10	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	4,645	1
11	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	4,450	1
12	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	4,310
13	Cristina Bucșa (ESP)	3,930	1
14	Vera Zvonareva	3,707	1
15	Guo Hanyu (CHN)	3,568	1
16	Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)	3,543	3
17	Sara Errani (ITA)	3,450	4
18	Diana Shnaider	3,423	6
19	Ellen Perez (AUS)	3,260	1
20	Liang En-shuo (TPE)	3,157	1

Points breakdown

as of 14 September 2026^[update]
Points from WTA 125 and ITF tournaments are not shown.
Points from WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments in which the player received 0 points, are not shown.
Points in brackets () don't count to total points by reason of tournament limit.

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				WTA 1000										Best other					WTA Finals	Tourn	Total points
Rank	Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	DO	DU	IW	MI	MA	IT	CA	CI	BE	WU	1	2	3	4	5	WTA Finals	Tourn	Total points
1	Elena Rybakina	W 2000	R64 70	R32 130	W 2000	QF 215	R16 120	F 650	SF 390	R16 120	QF 215	F 650	QF 215	R32 (65)	QF 215	W 500	W 500	QF 108	SF 195	QF 108	W 1500	21	9,901
2	Aryna Sabalenka	F 1300	QF 430	R16 240	F 1300	A 0	A 0	W 1000	W 1000	QF 215	R32 65	R16 120	R16 120	A 0	SF 390	W 500	SF 195				F 1000	14	7,875
3	Jessica Pegula	SF 780	R128 10	QF 430	SF 780	A 0	W 1000	QF 215	QF 215	R32 65	QF 215	R16 120	F 650	SF 390	F 650	W 500	F 325	SF 195	F 325		SF 400	18	7,265
4	Coco Gauff	QF 430	R32 130	SF 780	SF 780	R32 10	SF 390	R32 65	F 650	R16 120	F 650	SF 390	W 1000	SF 390	W 1000	SF 150	QF 108	R32 1			RR 200	18	7,244
5	Mirra Andreeva	R16 240	W 2000	R64 70	QF 430	R16 120	QF 215	R32 65	R16 120	F 650	QF 215	R32 65	R16 120	R16 120	R32 10	W 500	W 500	SF 195	QF 108	R16 (1)	DNQ	20	5,743
6	Linda Noskova	R32 130	R128 10	W 2000	QF 430	R32 65	R32 65	SF 390	R64 10	QF 215	R16 120	R64 10	R16 120	F 650	R16 120	R32 (1)	W 500	QF 108	R16 60	F 325	DNQ	17	5,328
7	Elina Svitolina	SF 780	QF 430	R128 10	R32 130	R16 120	F 650	SF 390	R32 65	R64 10	W 1000	SF 390	R32 65	A 0	A 0	W 250	SF 195	QF 108	QF 108	QF 108	DNQ	17	4,809
8	Karolina Muchova	R16 240	R32 130	F 1300	R32 130	W 1000	A 0	R16 120	SF 390	A 0	R64 10	A 0	A 0	R16 120	R32 65	W 500	R16 60	F 325	QF 108	SF 195	DNQ	16	4683
9	Iga Świątek	QF 430	R16 240	R32 130	R16 240	QF 215	A 0	QF 215	R64 10	R32 65	SF 390	W 1000	SF 390	R16 120	QF 215	W 500	W 150	QF 108	R16 1		RR 200	18	4619
10	Marta Kostyuk	R128 10	SF 780	SF 780	R16 240	A 0	A 0	R32 65	R32 65	W 1000	A 0	R16 120	QF 215	R16 120	R64 10	F 325	W 250				DNQ	13	3,980

Players have the option to replace 1000 and Grand Slam event points with points from other tournaments.

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:^[12]

Current world No. 1 as of 14 September 2026.

Active players in green

No.	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	319
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	71
21	Victoria Azarenka	Jan 30, 2012	51
22	Angelique Kerber	Sep 12, 2016	34
23	Karolína Plíšková	July 17, 2017	8
24	Garbiñe Muguruza	Sep 11, 2017	4
25	Simona Halep	Oct 9, 2017	64
26	Naomi Osaka	Jan 28, 2019	25
27	Ashleigh Barty	Jun 24, 2019	121
28	Iga Świątek	Apr 4, 2022	125
29	Aryna Sabalenka	Sep 11, 2023	107
30	Elena Rybakina	Sep 14, 2026	5

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
1996	Steffi Graf
1997	Martina Hingis (5)
1998	Lindsay Davenport (6)
1999	Martina Hingis

Year	Player
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
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