WTA Rankings

Iga Swiatek is the current world no 1 female tennis player in the singles ranking, with a lead of 1,399 points over Aryna Sabalenka in second, who in turn has a 2,336-point lead over Jessica Pegula in third.

Other female players in the top 10 include Elena Rybakina (4), Caroline Garcia (5), Coco Gauff (6), Ons Jabeur (7), Maria Sakkari (8), Daria Kasatkina (9), and Petra Kvitova (10).

The average age of the top 100 female players is approximately 26.55 years old, with the highest-ranked female player under 21 being Coco Gauff (19) who is 6th in the ranking while the oldest player ranked in the top 100 is Kaia Kanepi (37) who is 74th in the ranking.

The youngest players currently in the top 100 are Linda Noskova and Linda Fruhvirtova who are both 18.

Current WTA Rankings – Top 100 Female Tennis Players (Singles) – May 2023

NB: The above data is updated every Monday as soon as the updated rankings go live on the WTA Tour website.

WTA Ranking System Explained

A Player’s Ranking is based on their performance at a maximum of 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles over a 52-week period.

The ranking calculation for a player must include the 4 Grand Slams, the 4 Mandatory WTA 1000 tournaments, and the WTA Finals unless the player has a valid reason for not competing in these events e.g. withdrawal due to injury.

The bigger the tournament, the more ranking points are on offer, with the most points going to the winner of each of the grand slam tournaments.

WTA Ranking Points 2023

Below is a breakdown of the points awarded to players at WTA 125, 250, 500, 1000, and grand slam tournaments on the Women’s Tour.

WTA Grand Slam Points Breakdown

Winners of the women’s singles and doubles grand slam tournaments win 2,000 pts with the runner-up receiving 1,300 pts.

WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Points Breakdown

Winners of the women’s singles and doubles at mandatory 1000 level tournaments win 1,000 pts with the runner-up receiving 650 pts.

WTA 1000 (Non-Mandatory) Points Breakdown

Winners of the women’s singles and doubles at the non-mandatory 1000 level tournaments win 900 pts with the runner-up receiving 585 pts.

WTA 500 Points Breakdown

Winners of the women’s singles and doubles at 500 level tournaments win 470 pts with the runner-up receiving 305 pts.

WTA250 Points Breakdown

Winners of the women’s singles and doubles at 250 level tournaments win 280 pts with the runner-up receiving 180 pts.

WTA 125 Points Breakdown

Winners of the women’s singles and doubles at 125 level tournaments win 160 pts with the runner-up receiving 95 pts.

WTA Rankings History – World No.1s from 1975 to Date

The WTA Rankings system is the method used by the WTA to see who should qualify and who should be seeded in the different singles and doubles WTA Tournaments that are held all across the globe.

The first WTA rankings were published by the WTA on the 3rd of November 1975 with Chris Evert being the first female tennis player to be ranked number 1 in the world.

Since then a total of 30 different women have achieved the number 1 status in the WTA rankings, with the current number 1 being Iga Swiatek.

WTA Rankings History – No.1s from 1975 to Date

*Monica Seles was attacked by a spectator during a match in Germany in 1993 when she was world number 1, so when she returned to the tour, she shared the number 1 position with Steffi Graf.

In total, Monica Seles and Steffi Graff shared the number 1 spot for 65 weeks.

**The WTA Ranking was frozen between the 23rd of March 2020 and the 9th of August 2020 due to the global Pandemic.

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