Year
|
No. 1 player
|
Sources and notes
|
1968
|
Billie Jean King (
USA)
|
King:
|
1969
|
Margaret Court (
AUS)
|
Court:
|
1970
|
Margaret Court (
AUS)
|
Court:
|
1971
|
Evonne Goolagong (
AUS)
Billie Jean King (
USA)
|
Goolagong:
King:
|
1972
|
Billie Jean King (
USA)
|
King:
|
1973
|
Margaret Court (
AUS)
|
Court:
- Bud Collins.
[125]
- John Barrett.[
citation needed]
- Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).
[126]
- Rino Tommasi.
[127]
- Tennis magazine (U.S.).
[144]
- International poll of 17 tennis writers (unanimous).
[145]
- Rex Bellamy, The Times (London) and World Tennis.
[146]
[147]
|
1974
|
Chris Evert (
USA)
Billie Jean King (
USA)
|
Evert:
King:
|
1975
|
Chris Evert (
USA)
|
Evert:
|
1976
|
Chris Evert (
USA)
|
Evert:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[155]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
- World Tennis.
[156]
- Lance Tingay, The Daily Telegraph (London).
[126]
- Tennis magazine (U.S.).
[157]
- John Barrett.
- Rino Tommasi.
[127]
|
1977
|
Chris Evert (
USA)
Virginia Wade (
UK)
|
Evert:
Wade:
|
1978
|
Chris Evert (
USA)
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Evert:
Navratilova:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[168]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
- Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.
[126]
|
1979
|
Chris Evert (
USA)
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Evert:
Navratilova:
|
1980
|
Tracy Austin (
USA)
Chris Evert (
USA)
|
Austin:
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
Evert:
|
1981
|
Tracy Austin (
USA)
Chris Evert (
USA)
|
Austin:
Evert:
|
1982
|
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Navratilova:
|
1983
|
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Navratilova:
|
1984
|
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Navratilova:
|
1985
|
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Navratilova:
|
1986
|
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Navratilova:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[189]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[190]
- Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.
[126]
- World Tennis.
[191]
- Rino Tommasi.
[127]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1987
|
Steffi Graf (
FRG)
Martina Navratilova (
USA)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[192]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[193]
- Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.
[126]
- World Tennis.
[194]
- Rino Tommasi.
[127]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
Navratilova:
|
1988
|
Steffi Graf (
FRG)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[195]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[196]
- Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.
[126]
- World Tennis.
[197]
- Rino Tommasi.
[127]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1989
|
Steffi Graf (
FRG)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[198]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[199]
- Lance Tingay, World of Tennis.
[126]
- World Tennis.
[200]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1990
|
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Monica Seles (
YUG)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[201]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[202]
Seles:
|
1991
|
Monica Seles (
YUG)
|
Seles:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[204]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[205]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1992
|
Monica Seles (
YUG)
|
Seles:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[206]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[207]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1993
|
Steffi Graf (
GER)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[208]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[207]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1994
|
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (
ESP)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[209]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
Sánchez Vicario:
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[210]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
|
1995
|
Steffi Graf (
GER)
Monica Seles (
USA)
|
Graf:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[211]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett, Financial Times (London).
[212]
- Bud Collins.
[125]
Seles:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[211]
|
1996
|
Steffi Graf (
GER)
|
Graf:
|
1997
|
Martina Hingis (
SUI)
|
Hingis:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[215]
- ITF World Champion.
[165]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett.
[216]
|
1998
|
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
|
Davenport:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[217]
- ITF World Champion.
[218]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
- John Barrett.
[219]
|
1999
|
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
Martina Hingis (
SUI)
|
Davenport:
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
Hingis:
|
2000
|
Martina Hingis (
SUI)
Venus Williams (
USA)
|
Hingis:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[223]
- ITF World Champion.
[224]
V. Williams:
|
2001
|
Jennifer Capriati (
USA)
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
|
Capriati:
- ITF World Champion.
[226]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
Davenport:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[227]
|
2002
|
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
S. Williams:
|
2003
|
Justine Henin (
BEL)
|
Henin:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[231]
- ITF World Champion.
[232]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
|
2004
|
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
Anastasia Myskina (
RUS)
Maria Sharapova (
RUS)
|
Davenport:
Myskina:
- ITF World Champion.
[235]
Sharapova:
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
|
2005
|
Kim Clijsters (
BEL)
Lindsay Davenport (
USA)
|
Clijsters:
- ITF World Champion.
[236]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[164]
Davenport:
|
2006
|
Justine Henin (
BEL)
Amélie Mauresmo (
FRA)
|
Henin:
Mauresmo:
|
2007
|
Justine Henin (
BEL)
|
Henin:
|
2008
|
Jelena Janković (
SRB)
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
Janković:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[247]
- ITF World Champion.
[248]
S. Williams:
|
2009
|
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
S. Williams:
|
2010
|
Kim Clijsters (
BEL)
Caroline Wozniacki (
DEN)
|
Clijsters:
- WTA Player of the Year.
[251]
Wozniacki:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[252]
- ITF World Champion.
[253]
|
2011
|
Petra Kvitová (
CZE)
Caroline Wozniacki (
DEN)
|
Kvitová:
- ITF World Champion.
[254]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[255]
Wozniacki:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[256]
|
2012
|
Victoria Azarenka (
BLR)
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
Azarenka:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[257]
S. Williams:
- ITF World Champion.
[258]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[259]
|
2013
|
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
S. Williams:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[260]
- ITF World Champion.
[261]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[262]
|
2014
|
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
S. Williams:
|
2015
|
Serena Williams (
USA)
|
S. Williams:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[266]
- ITF World Champion.
[267]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[268]
|
2016
|
Angelique Kerber (
GER)
|
Kerber:
- WTA year-end No. 1.
[269]
- ITF World Champion.
[270]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[271]
|
2017
|
Simona Halep (
ROM)
Garbiñe Muguruza (
ESP)
|
Halep:
Muguruza:
- ITF World Champion.
[274]
- WTA Player of the Year.
[275]
|
2018
|
Simona Halep (
ROM)
|
Halep:
|
2019
|
Ashleigh Barty (
AUS)
|
Barty:
|
2020
|
Ashleigh Barty (
AUS)
Sofia Kenin (
USA)
|
Barty:
Kenin:
- WTA Player of the Year.
[286]
|
2021
|
Ashleigh Barty (
AUS)
|
Barty:
|
2022
|
Iga Swiatek (
POL)
|
Swiatek:
- WTA year-end No. 1
- WTA Player of the Year
- ITF World Champion
|
2023
|
Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Swiatek (
POL)
|
Sabalenka:
Swiatek:
- WTA year-end No. 1
- WTA Player of the Year
[292]
|