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This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria: Singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1975; Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament; Reached the finals of or won the year ...
Naomi Osaka (Japanese: 大坂 なおみ, Hepburn: Ōsaka Naomi, Japanese pronunciation: [oːsaka naomi], born October 16, 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova Iglesias (née Kournikova; Russian: Анна Сергеевна Курникова, IPA: [ˈanːə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ˈkurnʲɪkəvə] ⓘ; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known ...
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's 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 ...
This article presents year-ending 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.
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka [a] (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in singles and a former world No. 1 in doubles . Sabalenka has won three major singles titles at the 2023 and 2024 Australian Opens and the 2024 US Open , and two major doubles titles, at the 2019 US Open and the 2021 ...
Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova (/ ə ˈ n ɪ s ɪ m oʊ v ə / ə-NIS-ih-moh-və; [1] Russian: Аманда Анисимова, IPA: [ɐˈmandə ɐˈnʲisʲɪməvə]; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21.
Emma Raducanu (/ ˌ r æ d u ˈ k ɑː n uː / RAD-oo-KAH-noo, [3] Romanian:; [4] born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on 11 July 2022, and is a former British No. 1.