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'''Alice Lowe''' (born April 1977) is an award-winning [[England|English]] [[actress]] and [[writer]] mainly in [[comedy]], from the [[Midlands]].


This is a '''list of [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] number 1 ranked players'''. That is, players who have been or currently are ranked World Number 1, along with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot. Since the WTA began producing computerized rankings in 1975, 18 women have reached the highest singles ranking. The WTA releases [[Women%27s_Tennis_Association#Ranking|ranking points]] weekly based on how players fared in the latest tournaments versus how they fared one year ago.
Lowe began her career co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as ''City Haunts'', ''Snowbound'' and ''Progress In Flying Machines'' (with [[David Mitchell (actor)|David Mitchell]] and [[Robert Webb (actor)|Robert Webb]]). These were all collaborations with director [[Paul King (director)|Paul King]], who has directed her in ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' and ''Garth Marenghi''.


==No. 1 ranked players==
As part of the cast of [[Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight]] she was nominated for the [[Perrier Award]] at the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] in 2000. In 2001 she won that award for performing in the sequel to ''Fright Knight'', ''[[Garth Marenghi's Netherhead]]''. In 2005 she returned to the Fringe with ''[[MoonJourney]]'', a [[sci-fi]] themed [[Kate Bush]] spoof.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
|<b>Country || <b>Name || <b>Start Date || <b>End Date || <b># of weeks || <b>Cumulative # of weeks
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || [[Chris Evert]] (1) || Nov 03, 1975 || Apr 25, 1976 || 26 || 26
|-
|{{flagicon|Australia}} || [[Evonne Goolagong|Evonne Goolagong Cawley]] (2) || Apr 26, 1976 || May 09, 1976 || 2 || '''2'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || May 10, 1976 || Jul 09, 1978 || 112 || 138
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || [[Martina Navratilova]] (3) || Jul 10, 1978 || Jan 13, 1979 || 27 || 27
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || Jan 14, 1979 || Jan 27, 1979 || 2 || 140
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Martina Navratilova || Jan 28, 1979 || Feb 24, 1979 || 4 || 31
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || Feb 25, 1979 || Apr 15, 1979 || 7 || 147
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Martina Navratilova || Apr 16, 1979 || Jun 24, 1979 || 10 || 41
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || Jun 25, 1979 || Sep 09, 1979 || 11 || 158
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Martina Navratilova || Sep 10, 1979 || Apr 06, 1980 || 30 || 71
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || [[Tracy Austin]] (4) || Apr 07, 1980 || Apr 20, 1980 || 2 || 2
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Martina Navratilova || Apr 21, 1980 || Jun 30, 1980 || 10 || 81
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Tracy Austin || Jul 01, 1980 || Nov 17, 1980 || 20 || '''22'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || Nov 18, 1980 || May 02, 1982 || 76 || 234
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Martina Navratilova || May 03, 1982 || May 16, 1982 || 2 || 83
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || May 17, 1982 || Jun 13, 1982 || 4 || 238
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Martina Navratilova || Jun 14, 1982 || Jun 09, 1985 || 156 || 239
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || Jun 10, 1985 || Oct 13, 1985 || 18 || 256
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Martina Navratilova || Oct 14, 1985 || Oct 27, 1985 || 2 || 241
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert || Oct 28, 1985 || Nov 24, 1985 || 4 || '''260'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Martina Navratilova || Nov 25, 1985 || Aug 16, 1987 || 90 || '''331'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || [[Steffi Graf]] (5) || Aug 17, 1987 || Mar 10, 1991 || 186 ('''record''') || 186
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} || [[Monica Seles]] (6) || Mar 11, 1991 || Aug 04, 1991 || 21 || 21
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Aug 05, 1991 || Aug 11, 1991 || 1 || 187
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} || Monica Seles || Aug 12, 1991 || Aug 18, 1991 || 1 || 22
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Aug 19, 1991 || Sep 08, 1991 || 3 || 190
|-
|{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} || Monica Seles || Sep 09, 1991 || Jun 06, 1993 || 91 || 113
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Jun 07, 1993 || Feb 05, 1995 || 87 || 277
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} || [[Arantxa Sanchez Vicario]] (7) || Feb 06, 1995 || Feb 19, 1995 || 2 || 2
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Feb 20, 1995 || Feb 26, 1995 || 1 || 278
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} || Arantxa Sanchez Vicario || Feb 27, 1995 || Apr 09, 1995 || 6 || 8
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Apr 10, 1995 || May 14, 1995 || 5 || 283
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} || Arantxa Sanchez Vicario || May 15, 1995 || Jun 11, 1995 || 4 || '''12'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Jun 12, 1995 || Aug 14, 1995 || 9 || 292
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}}<br>{{flagicon|United States}} || Steffi Graf & <br> Monica Seles || Aug 15, 1995 || Nov 03, 1996 || 64 || 356 &<br>177
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Nov 04, 1996 || Nov 17, 1996 || 2 || 358
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}}<br> {{flagicon|United States}} || Steffi Graf & <br> Monica Seles || Nov 18, 1996 || Nov 24, 1996 || 1 || 359 &<br>'''178'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf || Nov 25, 1996 || Mar 30, 1997 || 18 || '''377''' ('''record''')
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} || [[Martina Hingis]] (8) || Mar 31, 1997 || Oct 11, 1998 || 80 || 80
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || [[Lindsay Davenport]] (9) || Oct 12, 1998 || Feb 07, 1999 || 17 || 17
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} || Martina Hingis || Feb 08, 1999 || Jul 04, 1999 || 21 || 101
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || Jul 05, 1999 || Aug 08, 1999 || 5 || 22
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} || Martina Hingis || Aug 09, 1999 || Apr 02, 2000 || 34 || 135
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || Apr 03, 2000 || May 07, 2000 || 5 || 27
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} || Martina Hingis || May 08, 2000 || May 14, 2000 || 1 || 136
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || May 15, 2000 || May 21, 2000 || 1 || 28
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} || Martina Hingis || May 22, 2000 || Oct 14, 2001 || 73 || '''209'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || [[Jennifer Capriati]] (10) || Oct 15, 2001 || Nov 04, 2001 || 3 || 3
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || Nov 05, 2001 || Jan 13, 2002 || 10 || 38
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Jennifer Capriati || Jan 14, 2002 || Feb 24, 2002 || 6 || 9
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || [[Venus Williams]] (11) || Feb 25, 2002 || Mar 17, 2002 || 3 || 3
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Jennifer Capriati || Mar 18, 2002 || Apr 21, 2002 || 5 || 14
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Venus Williams || Apr 22, 2002 || May 19, 2002 || 4 || 7
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Jennifer Capriati || May 20, 2002 || Jun 09, 2002 || 3 || '''17'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Venus Williams || Jun 10, 2002 || Jul 07, 2002 || 4 || '''11'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || [[Serena Williams]] (12) || Jul 08, 2002 || Aug 10, 2003 || 57 || 57
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || [[Kim Clijsters]] (13) || Aug 11, 2003 || Oct 19, 2003 || 10 || 10
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || [[Justine Henin]] (14) || Oct 20, 2003 || Oct 26, 2003 || 1 || 1
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || Kim Clijsters || Oct 27, 2003 || Nov 09, 2003 || 2 || 12
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || Justine Henin || Nov 10, 2003 || Sep 12, 2004 || 44 || 45
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} || [[Amelie Mauresmo]] (15) || Sep 13, 2004 || Oct 17, 2004 || 5 || 5
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || Oct 18, 2004 || Aug 21, 2005 || 44 || 82
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} || [[Maria Sharapova]] (16) || Aug 22, 2005 || Aug 28, 2005 || 1 || 1
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || Aug 29, 2005 || Sep 11, 2005 || 2 || 84
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} || Maria Sharapova || Sep 12, 2005 || Oct 23, 2005 || 6 || 7
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Lindsay Davenport || Oct 24, 2005 || Jan 29, 2006 || 14 || '''98'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || Kim Clijsters || Jan 30, 2006 || Mar 19, 2006 || 7 || '''19'''
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} || Amelie Mauresmo || Mar 20, 2006 || Nov 12, 2006 || 34 || '''39'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || Justine Henin || Nov 13, 2006 || Jan 28, 2007 || 11 || 56
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} || Maria Sharapova || Jan 29, 2007 || Mar 18, 2007 || 7 || 14
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} || Justine Henin || Mar 19, 2007 || May 18, 2008 || 61 || '''117'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} || Maria Sharapova|| May 19, 2008 || June 8, 2008 || 3 || '''17'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} || [[Ana Ivanovic]] (17)|| Jun 9, 2008 || Aug 10, 2008 || 9 || 9
|-
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} || [[Jelena Jankovic]] (18)|| Aug 11, 2008 || Aug 17, 2008 || 1 || 1
|-
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} || Ana Ivanovic || Aug 18, 2008 || Sep 7, 2008 || 3 || '''12'''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} || Serena Williams || Sep 8, 2008 || Oct 5, 2008 || 4 || '''61'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Serbia}} || '''Jelena Jankovic''' || Oct 6, 2008 || || 1 || '''2'''
|}
''<small>Updated [[October 6]], [[2008]].</small>''


''<small>Current World No. 1 in '''bold.'''</small>''
Her numerous television credits include [[Channel 4]]'s [[parody|spoof]] [[horror film|horror]] comedy ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]'', Beth in the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[My Life in Film]]'', [[David Bowie]] in the BBC series ''[[Snuff Box]]'', and a recurring role in [[Rob Brydon]]'s ''[[Annually Retentive]]''.


==Weeks at No. 1==
She has also guest starred in a number of television shows including: as Monkey in [[The Priest and the Beast]] episode of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'', as Patricia in the "Fifty-Fifty" episode of ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] in an episode of Channel 4's ''[[Star Stories]]'', and episode 5 of the BBC sketch show ''[[Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul]]''.


<table>
She co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's ''[[Orcadia]]'', as well as the short film [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A10838045 ''Stiffy''] directed by [[Jacqueline Wright]], which premiered at [[Cannes]] in 2005 as part of the Kodak Straight 8 competition.
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===Total===


{| class="wikitable"
Lowe has appeared in two projects directed by [[Edgar Wright]]: the music video for "Bastardo" by [[Charlotte Hatherley]], and the action comedy ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''.
!Rank !! Nat. !! Player !! # Weeks
|-
|1. || {{flagicon|Germany}} || [[Steffi Graf]] || 377
|-
|2. || {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} / {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Martina Navratilova]] || 331
|-
|3. || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Chris Evert]] || 260
|-
|4. || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} || [[Martina Hingis]] || 209
|-
|5. || {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} / {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Monica Seles]] || 178
|-
|6. || {{flagicon|Belgium}} || [[Justine Henin]] || 117
|-
|7. || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Lindsay Davenport]] || 98
|-
|8. || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Serena Williams]] || 61
|-
|9. || {{flagicon|France}} || [[Amelie Mauresmo]] || 39
|-
|10. || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Tracy Austin]] || 22
|-
|11. || {{flagicon|Belgium}} || [[Kim Clijsters]] || 19
|-
|12. || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Jennifer Capriati]] || 17
|-
|= || {{flagicon|Russia}} || [[Maria Sharapova]] || 17
|-
|14. || {{flagicon|Serbia}} || [[Ana Ivanovic]] || 12
|-
|= || {{flagicon|Spain}} || [[Arantxa Sanchez Vicario]] || 12
|-
|16. || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Venus Williams]] || 11
|-
|17. || {{flagicon|Serbia}} || '''[[Jelena Jankovic]]''' || 2
|-
|= || {{flagicon|Australia}} || [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]] || 2
|}
<small>Current No. 1 in '''bold.'''<small/>
</td>
<td valign=top>


===Consecutive===
Her self-penned short ''Sticks and Balls'' was screened at [[Cannes]] in 2007.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !! Nat. !! Player !! # Weeks
|-
|1 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || [[Steffi Graf]] || 186
|-
|2 || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Martina Navratilova]]|| 156
|-
|3 || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Chris Evert]] || 112
|-
|4 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf (2) || 94
|-
|5 || {{flagicon|YUG}} || [[Monica Seles]] || 91
|-
|6 || {{flagicon|United States}} || Martina Navratilova (2) || 90
|-
|7 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf (3) || 87
|-
|8 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} || [[Martina Hingis]] || 80
|-
|9 || {{flagicon|United States}} || Chris Evert (2) || 76
|-
|10 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} || Martina Hingis (2) || 73
|-
|11 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || Steffi Graf (4) || 64
|-
|= || {{flagicon|United States}} || Monica Seles (2) || 64
|-
|13 || {{flagicon|Belgium}} || [[Justine Henin]] || 61
|-
|14 || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Serena Williams]] || 57
|-
|15 || {{flagicon|Belgium}} || Justine Henin (2) || 44
|-
|= || {{flagicon|United States}} || [[Lindsay Davenport]] || 44
|-
|17 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} || Martina Hingis (3) || 34
|-
|= || {{flagicon|France}} || [[Amelie Mauresmo]] || 34
|-
|19 || {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Martina Navratilova (3) || 30
|}


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Lowe is currently developing a feature film ''[http://www.thesightseers.co.uk The Sightseers]'' with [[Steve Oram]].


==Year end No. 1 players==
Her BBC3 pilot "LifeSpam" is due to screen later this year.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Country !! Player !! No. of Times
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} GER ||Steffi Graf||8
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} TCH/{{flagicon|United States}} USA||Martina Navratilova||7
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} USA||Chris Evert||5
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} USA||Lindsay Davenport||4
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} BEL||Justine Henin||rowspan="3"|3
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} SUI||Martina Hingis
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} YUG/{{flagicon|United States}} USA||Monica Seles
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} USA||Serena Williams||1
|}


{| class="wikitable"
She is currently touring with [[Steve Coogan]] on his '[[Alan Partridge]] and other less successfull characters' Tour. She plays one of the supporting actors. Filling in between Coogan's character changes and playing some of the support characters in sketches. Her most memorable sketch at the show on 9th October 2008, at [[Nottingham Royal Concert Hall]] being [[Paul Calf]]'s nurse in a [[Benny Hill]] style sketch.
|-
!Year !! Country !! Player
|-
|1975 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States|USA]] || [[Chris Evert]] (1)
|-
|1976 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Chris Evert
|-
|1977 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Chris Evert
|-
|1978 || {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovakia|TCH]] || [[Martina Navratilova]] (2)
|-
|1979 || {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} TCH || Martina Navratilova
|-
|1980 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Chris Evert
|-
|1981 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Chris Evert
|-
|1982 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Martina Navratilova
|-
|1983 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Martina Navratilova
|-
|1984 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Martina Navratilova
|-
|1985 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Martina Navratilova
|-
|1986 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Martina Navratilova
|-
|1987 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || [[Steffi Graf]] (3)
|-
|1988 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || Steffi Graf
|-
|1989 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || Steffi Graf
|-
|1990 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || Steffi Graf
|-
|1991 || {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|YUG]] || [[Monica Seles]] (4)
|-
|1992 || {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|FR}} [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|YUG]] || Monica Seles
|-
|1993 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || Steffi Graf
|-
|1994 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || Steffi Graf
|-
|1995 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER<br>{{flagicon|USA}} USA || Steffi Graf<br>Monica Seles
|-
|1996 || {{flagicon|Germany}} GER || Steffi Graf
|-
|1997 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} SUI || [[Martina Hingis]] (5)
|-
|1998 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || [[Lindsay Davenport]] (6)
|-
|1999 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} SUI || Martina Hingis
|-
|2000 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} SUI || Martina Hingis
|-
|2001 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Lindsay Davenport
|-
|2002 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || [[Serena Williams]] (7)
|-
|2003 || {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium|BEL]] || [[Justine Henin]] (8)
|-
|2004 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Lindsay Davenport
|-
|2005 || {{flagicon|United States}} USA || Lindsay Davenport
|-
|2006 || {{flagicon|Belgium}} BEL || Justine Henin
|-
|2007 || {{flagicon|Belgium}} BEL || Justine Henin
|}


==Players who were ranked World No. 5 or higher but never World No. 1==
== External links ==
* [http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/lowea/a-act.html CV at PFD]
* http://alicelowe.net/
* {{imdb name|id = 1546686|name = Alice Lowe}}


The following is a list of players who were ranked World No. 5 or higher by the [[Women's Tennis Association]] but never World No. 1:
{{Garth Marenghi's Darkplace}}


<table><tr>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe}}
<td valign="top">
[[Category:1977 births]]
{| class="wikitable"
[[Category:English television actors]]
|-
[[Category:English stage actors]]
! Player
[[Category:English film actors]]
! First date reached
[[Category:English comedians]]
|-
[[Category:English comedy writers]]
| colspan="2"|'''No. 2s'''
[[Category:English dramatists and playwrights]]
|-
[[Category:English television writers]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Virginia Wade]]
[[Category:English screenwriters]]
| [[November 3]], [[1975]]
[[Category:Living people]]
|-
[[Category:Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrea Jaeger]]
| [[August 17]], [[1981]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Conchita Martinez]]
| [[October 30]], [[1995]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotna]]
| [[July 7]], [[1997]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Myskina]]
| [[September 13]], [[2004]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]
| [[September 10]], [[2007]]
|}
<td valign="top">


{| class="wikitable"
{{UK-actor-stub}}
|-
! Player
! First date reached
|-
| colspan="2"|'''No. 3s'''
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pam Shriver]]
| [[March 20]], [[1984]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}}/{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Hana Mandlikova]]
| [[April 30]], [[1984]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wendy Turnbull]]
| [[January 7]], [[1985]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Manuela Maleeva]]
| [[February 4]], [[1985]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriela Sabatini]]
| [[February 27]], [[1989]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mary Pierce]]
| [[January 30]], [[1995]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Amanda Coetzer]]
| [[November 3]], [[1997]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]]
| [[May 8]], [[2000]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]]
| [[May 5]], [[2006]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]]
| [[September 22]], [[2008]]
|}
<td valign="top">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Player
! First date reached
|-
| colspan="2"|'''No. 4s'''
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sue Barker]]
| [[March 20]], [[1977]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat]]
| [[March 19]], [[1979]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Helena Sukova]]
| [[March 18]], [[1985]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Claudia Kohde-Kilsch]]
| [[September 2]], [[1985]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zina Garrison Jackson]]
| [[November 20]], [[1989]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Joe Fernandez]]
| [[October 22]], [[1990]]
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Date]]
| [[May 13]], [[1995]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Magdalena Maleeva]]
| [[January 29]], [[1996]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Iva Majoli]]
| [[February 5]], [[1996]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Anke Huber]]
| [[October 14]], [[1996]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Jelena Dokic]]
| [[August 19]], [[2002]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]]
| [[October 25]], [[2004]]
|}
<td valign="top">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Player
! First date reached
|-
| colspan="2"|'''No. 5s'''
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosemary Casals]]
| [[September 13]], [[1976]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Court]]
| [[February 21]], [[1977]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Betty Stove]]
| [[July 3]], [[1977]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Sylvia Hanika]]
| [[September 12]], [[1983]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Jordan]]
| [[March 19]], [[1984]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jo Durie]]
| [[April 29]], [[1984]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Natalia Zvereva]]
| [[May 22]], [[1989]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchova]]
| [[January 27]], [[2003]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Chakvetadze]]
| [[September 10]], [[2007]]
|}

</td></tr></table>


==Players who were ranked World No. 1 but had not won a Grand-Slam Tournament==

*[[Amelie Mauresmo]]
*[[Kim Clijsters]]
*[[Jelena Janković]]

==Players who were ranked World No. 1 but had not reached a Grand-Slam Final==

[[Jelena Janković]] ''SRB'' is the only World No. 1 to have gained the title without reaching a grand-slam fianl beforehand. Her first and currently only grand-slam final was the [[2008 U.S. Open (tennis)|2008 US Open]], where [[Serena Williams]] defeated her and gained the title for herself.

==See also==
*[[List of ATP number 1 ranked players]]

[[Category:Tennis records and statistics|WTA number 1 ranked players]]
[[Category:Lists of tennis players|WTA number 1 ranked players]]

[[hu:Világelső női teniszezők listája]]
[[it:Lista di numeri 1 del mondo WTA]]
[[nl:Lijst van nummers 1 in het damestennis]]
[[pl:Liderki rankingu WTA]]
[[simple:List of WTA number 1 ranked players]]
[[fi:Luettelo WTA-tenniksen maailmanrankingin ykköspelaajista]]

Revision as of 11:38, 11 October 2008

This is a list of WTA number 1 ranked players. That is, players who have been or currently are ranked World Number 1, along with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot. Since the WTA began producing computerized rankings in 1975, 18 women have reached the highest singles ranking. The WTA releases ranking points weekly based on how players fared in the latest tournaments versus how they fared one year ago.

No. 1 ranked players

Country Name Start Date End Date # of weeks Cumulative # of weeks
United States Chris Evert (1) Nov 03, 1975 Apr 25, 1976 26 26
Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2) Apr 26, 1976 May 09, 1976 2 2
United States Chris Evert May 10, 1976 Jul 09, 1978 112 138
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova (3) Jul 10, 1978 Jan 13, 1979 27 27
United States Chris Evert Jan 14, 1979 Jan 27, 1979 2 140
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Jan 28, 1979 Feb 24, 1979 4 31
United States Chris Evert Feb 25, 1979 Apr 15, 1979 7 147
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Apr 16, 1979 Jun 24, 1979 10 41
United States Chris Evert Jun 25, 1979 Sep 09, 1979 11 158
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Sep 10, 1979 Apr 06, 1980 30 71
United States Tracy Austin (4) Apr 07, 1980 Apr 20, 1980 2 2
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova Apr 21, 1980 Jun 30, 1980 10 81
United States Tracy Austin Jul 01, 1980 Nov 17, 1980 20 22
United States Chris Evert Nov 18, 1980 May 02, 1982 76 234
United States Martina Navratilova May 03, 1982 May 16, 1982 2 83
United States Chris Evert May 17, 1982 Jun 13, 1982 4 238
United States Martina Navratilova Jun 14, 1982 Jun 09, 1985 156 239
United States Chris Evert Jun 10, 1985 Oct 13, 1985 18 256
United States Martina Navratilova Oct 14, 1985 Oct 27, 1985 2 241
United States Chris Evert Oct 28, 1985 Nov 24, 1985 4 260
United States Martina Navratilova Nov 25, 1985 Aug 16, 1987 90 331
Germany Steffi Graf (5) Aug 17, 1987 Mar 10, 1991 186 (record) 186
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles (6) Mar 11, 1991 Aug 04, 1991 21 21
Germany Steffi Graf Aug 05, 1991 Aug 11, 1991 1 187
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Aug 12, 1991 Aug 18, 1991 1 22
Germany Steffi Graf Aug 19, 1991 Sep 08, 1991 3 190
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles Sep 09, 1991 Jun 06, 1993 91 113
Germany Steffi Graf Jun 07, 1993 Feb 05, 1995 87 277
Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (7) Feb 06, 1995 Feb 19, 1995 2 2
Germany Steffi Graf Feb 20, 1995 Feb 26, 1995 1 278
Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Feb 27, 1995 Apr 09, 1995 6 8
Germany Steffi Graf Apr 10, 1995 May 14, 1995 5 283
Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario May 15, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 4 12
Germany Steffi Graf Jun 12, 1995 Aug 14, 1995 9 292
Germany
United States		 Steffi Graf &
Monica Seles		 Aug 15, 1995 Nov 03, 1996 64 356 &
177
Germany Steffi Graf Nov 04, 1996 Nov 17, 1996 2 358
Germany
United States		 Steffi Graf &
Monica Seles		 Nov 18, 1996 Nov 24, 1996 1 359 &
178
Germany Steffi Graf Nov 25, 1996 Mar 30, 1997 18 377 (record)
Switzerland Martina Hingis (8) Mar 31, 1997 Oct 11, 1998 80 80
United States Lindsay Davenport (9) Oct 12, 1998 Feb 07, 1999 17 17
Switzerland Martina Hingis Feb 08, 1999 Jul 04, 1999 21 101
United States Lindsay Davenport Jul 05, 1999 Aug 08, 1999 5 22
Switzerland Martina Hingis Aug 09, 1999 Apr 02, 2000 34 135
United States Lindsay Davenport Apr 03, 2000 May 07, 2000 5 27
Switzerland Martina Hingis May 08, 2000 May 14, 2000 1 136
United States Lindsay Davenport May 15, 2000 May 21, 2000 1 28
Switzerland Martina Hingis May 22, 2000 Oct 14, 2001 73 209
United States Jennifer Capriati (10) Oct 15, 2001 Nov 04, 2001 3 3
United States Lindsay Davenport Nov 05, 2001 Jan 13, 2002 10 38
United States Jennifer Capriati Jan 14, 2002 Feb 24, 2002 6 9
United States Venus Williams (11) Feb 25, 2002 Mar 17, 2002 3 3
United States Jennifer Capriati Mar 18, 2002 Apr 21, 2002 5 14
United States Venus Williams Apr 22, 2002 May 19, 2002 4 7
United States Jennifer Capriati May 20, 2002 Jun 09, 2002 3 17
United States Venus Williams Jun 10, 2002 Jul 07, 2002 4 11
United States Serena Williams (12) Jul 08, 2002 Aug 10, 2003 57 57
Belgium Kim Clijsters (13) Aug 11, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 10 10
Belgium Justine Henin (14) Oct 20, 2003 Oct 26, 2003 1 1
Belgium Kim Clijsters Oct 27, 2003 Nov 09, 2003 2 12
Belgium Justine Henin Nov 10, 2003 Sep 12, 2004 44 45
France Amelie Mauresmo (15) Sep 13, 2004 Oct 17, 2004 5 5
United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 18, 2004 Aug 21, 2005 44 82
Russia Maria Sharapova (16) Aug 22, 2005 Aug 28, 2005 1 1
United States Lindsay Davenport Aug 29, 2005 Sep 11, 2005 2 84
Russia Maria Sharapova Sep 12, 2005 Oct 23, 2005 6 7
United States Lindsay Davenport Oct 24, 2005 Jan 29, 2006 14 98
Belgium Kim Clijsters Jan 30, 2006 Mar 19, 2006 7 19
France Amelie Mauresmo Mar 20, 2006 Nov 12, 2006 34 39
Belgium Justine Henin Nov 13, 2006 Jan 28, 2007 11 56
Russia Maria Sharapova Jan 29, 2007 Mar 18, 2007 7 14
Belgium Justine Henin Mar 19, 2007 May 18, 2008 61 117
Russia Maria Sharapova May 19, 2008 June 8, 2008 3 17
Serbia Ana Ivanovic (17) Jun 9, 2008 Aug 10, 2008 9 9
Serbia Jelena Jankovic (18) Aug 11, 2008 Aug 17, 2008 1 1
Serbia Ana Ivanovic Aug 18, 2008 Sep 7, 2008 3 12
United States Serena Williams Sep 8, 2008 Oct 5, 2008 4 61
Serbia Jelena Jankovic Oct 6, 2008 1 2

Updated October 6, 2008.

Current World No. 1 in bold.

Weeks at No. 1

Total

Rank Nat. Player # Weeks
1. Germany Steffi Graf 377
2. Czechoslovakia / United States Martina Navratilova 331
3. United States Chris Evert 260
4. Switzerland Martina Hingis 209
5. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / United States Monica Seles 178
6. Belgium Justine Henin 117
7. United States Lindsay Davenport 98
8. United States Serena Williams 61
9. France Amelie Mauresmo 39
10. United States Tracy Austin 22
11. Belgium Kim Clijsters 19
12. United States Jennifer Capriati 17
= Russia Maria Sharapova 17
14. Serbia Ana Ivanovic 12
= Spain Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 12
16. United States Venus Williams 11
17. Serbia Jelena Jankovic 2
= Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2

Current No. 1 in bold.

Consecutive

Rank Nat. Player # Weeks
1 Germany Steffi Graf 186
2 United States Martina Navratilova 156
3 United States Chris Evert 112
4 Germany Steffi Graf (2) 94
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 91
6 United States Martina Navratilova (2) 90
7 Germany Steffi Graf (3) 87
8 Switzerland Martina Hingis 80
9 United States Chris Evert (2) 76
10 Switzerland Martina Hingis (2) 73
11 Germany Steffi Graf (4) 64
= United States Monica Seles (2) 64
13 Belgium Justine Henin 61
14 United States Serena Williams 57
15 Belgium Justine Henin (2) 44
= United States Lindsay Davenport 44
17 Switzerland Martina Hingis (3) 34
= France Amelie Mauresmo 34
19 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova (3) 30

Year end No. 1 players

Country Player No. of Times
Germany GER Steffi Graf 8
Czechoslovakia TCH/United States USA Martina Navratilova 7
United States USA Chris Evert 5
United States USA Lindsay Davenport 4
Belgium BEL Justine Henin 3
Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG/United States USA Monica Seles
United States USA Serena Williams 1
Year Country Player
1975 United States USA Chris Evert (1)
1976 United States USA Chris Evert
1977 United States USA Chris Evert
1978 Czechoslovakia TCH Martina Navratilova (2)
1979 Czechoslovakia TCH Martina Navratilova
1980 United States USA Chris Evert
1981 United States USA Chris Evert
1982 United States USA Martina Navratilova
1983 United States USA Martina Navratilova
1984 United States USA Martina Navratilova
1985 United States USA Martina Navratilova
1986 United States USA Martina Navratilova
1987 Germany GER Steffi Graf (3)
1988 Germany GER Steffi Graf
1989 Germany GER Steffi Graf
1990 Germany GER Steffi Graf
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Monica Seles (4)
1992 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Monica Seles
1993 Germany GER Steffi Graf
1994 Germany GER Steffi Graf
1995 Germany GER
United States USA		 Steffi Graf
Monica Seles
1996 Germany GER Steffi Graf
1997 Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis (5)
1998 United States USA Lindsay Davenport (6)
1999 Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis
2000 Switzerland SUI Martina Hingis
2001 United States USA Lindsay Davenport
2002 United States USA Serena Williams (7)
2003 Belgium BEL Justine Henin (8)
2004 United States USA Lindsay Davenport
2005 United States USA Lindsay Davenport
2006 Belgium BEL Justine Henin
2007 Belgium BEL Justine Henin

Players who were ranked World No. 5 or higher but never World No. 1

The following is a list of players who were ranked World No. 5 or higher by the Women's Tennis Association but never World No. 1:

Player First date reached
No. 2s
United Kingdom Virginia Wade November 3, 1975
United States Andrea Jaeger August 17, 1981
Spain Conchita Martinez October 30, 1995
Czech Republic Jana Novotna July 7, 1997
Russia Anastasia Myskina September 13, 2004
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova September 10, 2007
Player First date reached
No. 3s
United States Pam Shriver March 20, 1984
Czechoslovakia/Australia Hana Mandlikova April 30, 1984
Australia Wendy Turnbull January 7, 1985
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva February 4, 1985
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini February 27, 1989
France Mary Pierce January 30, 1995
South Africa Amanda Coetzer November 3, 1997
France Nathalie Tauziat May 8, 2000
Russia Nadia Petrova May 5, 2006
Russia Dinara Safina September 22, 2008
Player First date reached
No. 4s
United Kingdom Sue Barker March 20, 1977
Australia Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat March 19, 1979
Czechoslovakia Helena Sukova March 18, 1985
Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch September 2, 1985
United States Zina Garrison Jackson November 20, 1989
United States Mary Joe Fernandez October 22, 1990
Japan Kimiko Date May 13, 1995
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva January 29, 1996
Croatia Iva Majoli February 5, 1996
Germany Anke Huber October 14, 1996
Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic August 19, 2002
Russia Elena Dementieva October 25, 2004
Player First date reached
No. 5s
United States Rosemary Casals September 13, 1976
Australia Margaret Court February 21, 1977
Netherlands Betty Stove July 3, 1977
Germany Sylvia Hanika September 12, 1983
United States Kathy Jordan March 19, 1984
United Kingdom Jo Durie April 29, 1984
Soviet Union Natalia Zvereva May 22, 1989
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchova January 27, 2003
Russia Anna Chakvetadze September 10, 2007


Players who were ranked World No. 1 but had not won a Grand-Slam Tournament

Players who were ranked World No. 1 but had not reached a Grand-Slam Final

Jelena Janković SRB is the only World No. 1 to have gained the title without reaching a grand-slam fianl beforehand. Her first and currently only grand-slam final was the 2008 US Open, where Serena Williams defeated her and gained the title for herself.

See also

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