List of world number one in women's tennis (doubles)

Hsieh Su-wei , the current leader of the double world rankings

Martina Navratilova , most successful player with 237 weeks at the top of the double world rankings

Liezel Huber , the second most successful player with a total of 199 weeks at the top of the ranking

The list of world number one in women's tennis (doubles) lists all the leaders in the double ranking of the WTA tennis world ranking since the ranking was introduced on September 10, 1984.

First, all leaders in the ranking are listed in chronological order. In further tables the world number one at the end of the year and the player pairings with the highest points of the year as well as the individual players who topped the ranking list - sorted by duration - are listed.

A total of 43 players have topped the tennis world rankings since the rating was introduced. The first world leader was the American Martina Navratilova ; the current leader is Taiwanese Hsieh Su-wei . Navratilova holds the records at the top of the world rankings for most of the weeks, both overall (237) and consecutive (181). In addition, she was able to finish more seasons at the top of the world rankings than any other player (5). In addition, she formed the best team of a season five times in a row at the side of American Pam Shriver , which also means a record.

World number one in the course of the year

Player: name of the player; the number in brackets after the name indicates how many athletes at the top of the world rankings the player was. An "*" after the name indicates that the player, at least for part of the series, was number 1 together with another player
from: the day on which the player was first in the world rankings
to: the day on which the player within the for the last time in each series the leader of the world rankings was number of weeks: number of weeks that the player was at the
top of the world rankings within the respective series

Player	from	to	Week number
Martina Navratilova (1)	September 10, 1984	March 17, 1985	027
Pam Shriver (2)	March 18, 1985	January 19, 1986	044
Martina Navratilova	January 20, 1986	July 20, 1986	026th
Pam Shriver	July 21, 1986	17th August 1986	004th
Martina Navratilova	August 18, 1986	4th February 1990	181
Helena Suková (3)	5th February 1990	February 18, 1990	002
Martina Navratilova	19th February 1990	March 4th 1990	002
Helena Suková	0March 5, 1990	May 6, 1990	009
Martina Navratilova	May 7, 1990	May 13, 1990	001
Helena Suková	May 14, 1990	August 26, 1990	015th
Jana Novotna (4)	August 27, 1990	October 14, 1990	007th
Helena Suková	October 15, 1990	February 17, 1991	018th
Jana Novotná	February 18, 1991	March 3, 1991	002
Gigi Fernández (5)	March 4th 1991	March 10, 1991	001
Jana Novotná	March 11, 1991	March 31, 1991	003
Gigi Fernández	April 1, 1991	April 7, 1991	001
Helena Suková	April 8, 1991	June 9, 1991	009
Gigi Fernández	June 10, 1991	September 8, 1991	013
Jana Novotná	September 9, 1991	October 6, 1991	004th
Natallja Swerawa (6)	October 7, 1991	October 13, 1991	001
Jana Novotná	October 14, 1991	January 26, 1992	015th
Larisa Neiland (7)	January 27, 1992	2nd February 1992	001
Jana Novotná	3rd February 1992	February 16, 1992	002
Larisa Neiland	17th February 1992	February 23, 1992	001
Jana Novotná	February 24, 1992	March 22, 1992	004th
Larisa Neiland	March 23, 1992	April 5, 1992	002
Jana Novotná	April 6, 1992	June 14, 1992	011
Natallja Sverava	June 15, 1992	June 21, 1992	001
Jana Novotná	June 22, 1992	October 11, 1992	015th
Natallja Sverava	October 12, 1992	October 18, 1992	001
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (8)	October 19, 1992	November 15, 1992	004th
Natallja Sverava	November 16, 1992	November 22, 1992	001
/ Helena Suková	November 23, 1992	January 10, 1993	007th
Natallja Sverava	January 11, 1993	April 4, 1993	012
Gigi Fernández	April 5, 1993	September 12, 1993	023
Helena Suková	September 13, 1993	October 31, 1993	007th
Gigi Fernández	November 1, 1993	November 14, 1993	002
Helena Suková	November 15, 1993	November 21, 1993	001
Gigi Fernández	November 22, 1993	August 14, 1994	038
Natallja Sverava	August 15, 1994	February 12, 1995	026th
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	February 13, 1995	February 26, 1995	002
Natallja Sverava	February 27, 1995	March 5, 1995	001
Gigi Fernández	March 6, 1995	March 12, 1995	001
Natallja Sverava	March 13, 1995	March 26, 1995	002
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	March 27, 1995	November 5, 1995	032
Gigi Fernández	November 6, 1995	November 12, 1995	001
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	November 13, 1995	April 6, 1997	073
Natallja Sverava	April 7, 1997	October 19, 1997	029
Lindsay Davenport (9)	October 20, 1997	November 2, 1997	002
Natallja Sverava	November 3, 1997	January 25, 1998	012
Lindsay Davenport	January 26, 1998	April 12, 1998	011
Natallja Sverava	April 13, 1998	June 7, 1998	008th
Martina Hingis (10)	June 8, 1998	August 2, 1998	008th
Jana Novotná	August 3, 1998	August 9, 1998	001
Lindsay Davenport	August 10, 1998	August 16, 1998	001
Martina Hingis	August 17, 1998	October 25, 1998	010
Natallja Sverava	October 26, 1998	November 1, 1998	001
Martina Hingis	November 2, 1998	November 22, 1998	003
Natallja Sverava	November 23, 1998	May 16, 1999	025th
Jana Novotná	May 17, 1999	June 6, 1999	003
Martina Hingis	June 7, 1999	4th July 1999	004th
Natallja Sverava	July 5, 1999	August 1, 1999	004th
Martina Hingis	August 2, 1999	August 22, 1999	003
Lindsay Davenport	August 23, 1999	November 21, 1999	013
Anna Kurnikowa (11)	November 22, 1999	January 30, 2000	010
Martina Hingis	January 31, 2000	March 19, 2000	007th
Lindsay Davenport	March 20, 2000	April 2, 2000	002
Corina Morariu (12)	April 3, 2000	April 16, 2000	002
Lindsay Davenport	April 17, 2000	May 7, 2000	003
Corina Morariu	May 8, 2000	June 11, 2000	005
Lisa Raymond * (13)	June 12, 2000	September 10, 2000	013
Rennae Stubbs * (14)	August 21, 2000	September 10, 2000	003
Julie Halard-Decugis (15)	September 11, 2000	October 22, 2000	006th
Ai Sugiyama (16)	October 23, 2000	October 29, 2000	001
Julie Halard-Decugis	October 30, 2000	December 24, 2000	008th
Ai Sugiyama	December 25, 2000	August 26, 2001	035
Lisa Raymond	August 27, 2001	September 8, 2002	054
Paola Suarez (17)	September 9, 2002	August 3, 2003	047
Kim Clijsters (18)	August 4, 2003	August 10, 2003	001
Ai Sugiyama	August 11, 2003	August 17, 2003	001
Kim Clijsters	August 18, 2003	September 7, 2003	003
Virginia Ruano Pascual (19)	September 8, 2003	September 14, 2003	001
Ai Sugiyama	September 15, 2003	November 9, 2003	008th
Paola Suarez	November 10, 2003	July 25, 2004	037
Virginia Ruano Pascual *	July 26, 2004	October 16, 2005	064
Paola Suarez *	August 2, 2004	August 22, 2004	003
Cara Black (20)	October 17, 2005	February 5, 2006	016
Samantha Stosur * (21)	February 6, 2006	April 8, 2007	061
Lisa Raymond *	July 7, 2006	June 10, 2007	048
Cara Black	June 11, 2007	June 24, 2007	002
Lisa Raymond	June 25, 2007	July 8, 2007	002
Cara Black *	July 9, 2007	April 18, 2010	145
Liezel Huber * (22)	November 12, 2007	June 6, 2010	134
Serena Williams * (23)	June 7, 2010	August 1, 2010	008th
Venus Williams * (23)	June 7, 2010	August 1, 2010	008th
Liezel Huber	August 2, 2010	October 31, 2010	013
Gisela Dulko * (25)	November 1, 2010	April 17, 2011	024
Flavia Pennetta * (26)	February 28, 2011	July 3, 2011	018th
Květa Peschke * (27)	4th July 2011	September 11, 2011	010
Katarina Srebotnik * (27)	4th July 2011	September 11, 2011	010
Liezel Huber *	September 12, 2011	September 9, 2012	052
Lisa Raymond *	April 23, 2012	September 9, 2012	020th
Sara Errani (29)	September 10, 2012	October 14, 2012	005
Roberta Vinci * (30)	October 15, 2012	February 16, 2014	070
Sara Errani *	April 29, 2013	February 16, 2014	042
Peng Shuai * (31)	17th February 2014	July 6, 2014	020th
Hsieh Su-wei * (32)	May 12, 2014	May 18, 2014	001
Hsieh Su-wei *	June 9, 2014	July 6, 2014	004th
Sara Errani *	7th July 2014	April 12, 2015	040
Roberta Vinci *	7th July 2014	April 12, 2015	040
Martina Hingis *	January 18, 2016	August 21, 2016	031
Sania Mirza * (33)	April 13, 2015	January 8, 2017	091
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (34)	January 9, 2017	20th August 2017	032
Lucie Šafářová (35)	August 21, 2017	October 1, 2017	006th
Martina Hingis *	2nd October 2017	18th March 2018	024
Latisha Chan * (36)	23 October 2017	June 10, 2018	033
Ekaterina Makarova * (37)	June 11, 2018	15th July 2018	005
Jelena Wesnina * (38)	June 11, 2018	15th July 2018	005
Tímea Babos (39)	16th July 2018	August 12, 2018	004th
Latisha Chan	13th August 2018	19th August 2018	001
Tímea Babos	20th August 2018	October 21, 2018	009
Barbora Krejčíková * (40)	October 22, 2018	January 13, 2019	012
Kateřina Siniaková * (41)	October 22, 2018	June 9, 2019	033
Kristina Mladenovic (42)	June 10, 2019	14th July 2019	005
Barbora Strýcová (43)	15th July 2019	October 6, 2019	012
Kristina Mladenovic	October 7, 2019	20th October 2019	002
Barbora Strýcová	October 21, 2019	February 2, 2020	015th
Hsieh Su-wei	3rd February 2020	February 23, 2020	003
Kristina Mladenovic	February 24, 2020	March 1, 2020	001
Hsieh Su-wei	March 2nd 2020	March 22, 2020	003
Ranking frozen	March 23, 2020	August 9, 2020	020th
Hsieh Su-wei	August 10, 2020	current	004th

As of August 31, 2020

World number one at the end of the season

Note: the number in brackets after the name indicates how many times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the world rankings at any given time.

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1984	Martina Navratilova	1999	Anna Kurnikowa	2014	Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (3)
1985	Pam Shriver	2000	Ai Sugiyama	2015	Sania Mirza
1986	Martina Navratilova (2)	2001	Lisa Raymond	2016	Sania Mirza (2)
1987	Martina Navratilova (3)	2002	Paola Suarez	2017	Latisha Chan Martina Hingis
1988	Martina Navratilova (4)	2003	Paola Suarez (2)	2018	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
1989	Martina Navratilova (5)	2004	Virginia Ruano Pascual	2019	Barbora Strýcová
1990	Helena Suková	2005	Cara Black
1991	Jana Novotná	2006	Lisa Raymond (2) Samantha Stosur
1992	Helena Suková (2)	2007	Cara Black (2) Liezel Huber
1993	Gigi Fernández	2008	Cara Black (3) Liezel Huber (2)
1994	Natallja Sverava	2009	Cara Black (4) Liezel Huber (3)
1995	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2010	Gisela Dulko
1996	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (2)	2011	Liezel Huber (4)
1997	Natallja Swerawa (2)	2012	Roberta Vinci
1998	Natallja Swerawa (3)	2013	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (2)

Leader of the team classification at the end of the season

Note: The small number in brackets after the player's name indicates the number of times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the team ranking at any given time; the large number for how many times the respective team led the ranking at the end of the year.

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1984	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1999	Martina Hingis (2) Anna Kurnikowa	2014	Sara Errani (3) Roberta Vinci (3) (3)
1985	Martina Navratilova (2) Pam Shriver (2) (2)	2000	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2015	Martina Hingis (3) Sania Mirza
1986	Martina Navratilova (3) Pam Shriver (3) (3)	2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2016	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
1987	Martina Navratilova (4) Pam Shriver (4) (4)	2002	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	2017	Latisha Chan Martina Hingis (4)
1988	Martina Navratilova (5) Pam Shriver (5) (5)	2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Paola Suárez (2) (2)	2018	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
1989	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	2004	Virginia Ruano Pascual (3) Paola Suárez (3) (3)	2019	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka
1990	Jana Novotná (2) Helena Suková (2) (2)	2005	Lisa Raymond (2) Samantha Stosur
1991	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná (3)	2006	Lisa Raymond (3) Samantha Stosur (2) (2)
1992	Larisa Neiland Natallja Swerawa	2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber
1993	Gigi Fernández (2) Natallja Swerawa (2)	2008	Cara Black (2) Liezel Huber (2) (2)
1994	Gigi Fernández (3) Natallja Swerawa (3) (2)	2009	Serena Williams (2) Venus Williams (2) (2)
1995	Gigi Fernández (4) Natallja Swerawa (4) (3)	2010	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
1996	Jana Novotná (4) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2011	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
1997	Gigi Fernández (5) Natallja Swerawa (5) (4)	2012	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
1998	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná (5)	2013	Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (2) (2)

Players at the top of the world rankings after weeks

Player : name of the player; the current leader is highlighted in bold
for the first time on : Date on which the player was at the top of the world rankings for the first time
Weeks : Number of weeks that the player was at the top of the world rankings overall; The ranking in the
Series table is also based on this value : number of weeks that the player has been at the top of the world rankings without interruption during her longest series

	Player	first on	Weeks	series
1.	Martina Navratilova	September 10, 1984	237	181
2.	Liezel Huber	November 12, 2007	199	134
3.	Cara Black	October 17, 2005	163	145
4th	Lisa Raymond	June 12, 2000	137	054
5.	Natallja Sverava	October 7, 1991	124	029
6th	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	October 19, 1992	111	073
7th	Roberta Vinci	October 15, 2012	110	070
8th.	Sania Mirza	April 13, 2015	091	091
9.	Martina Hingis	June 8, 1998	090	031
10.	Sara Errani	September 10, 2012	087	042
10.	Paola Suarez	September 9, 2002	087	047
12.	Gigi Fernández	March 4th 1991	080	038
13.	/ Helena Suková	5th February 1990	068	018th
14th	/ Jana Novotná	August 27, 1990	067	015th
15th	Virginia Ruano Pascual	September 8, 2003	065	064
16.	Samantha Stosur	February 6, 2006	062	062
17th	Pam Shriver	March 18, 1985	048	044
18th	Ai Sugiyama	October 23, 2000	045	035
19th	Latisha Chan	23 October 2017	034	033
20th	Kateřina Siniaková	October 22, 2018	033	033
21st	Lindsay Davenport	October 20, 1997	032	013
21st	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	January 9, 2017	032	032
23.	Barbora Strýcová	15th July 2019	027	015th
24.	Gisela Dulko	November 1, 2010	024	024
25th	Peng Shuai	17th February 2014	020th	020th
26th	Flavia Pennetta	February 28, 2011	018th	018th
27.	Hsieh Su-wei	May 12, 2014	015th	007th
27.	Julie Halard-Decugis	September 11, 2000	014th	008th
29	Tímea Babos	16th July 2018	013	009
30th	Barbora Krejčíková	October 22, 2018	012	012
31.	Anna Kurnikowa	November 22, 1999	010	010
31.	Květa Peschke	4th July 2011	010	010
31.	Katarina Srebotnik	4th July 2011	010	010
34.	Kristina Mladenovic	June 10, 2019	008th	005
34.	Serena Williams	June 7, 2010	008th	008th
34.	Venus Williams	June 7, 2010	008th	008th
37.	Corina Morariu	April 3, 2000	007th	005
38.	Lucie Šafářová	August 21, 2017	006th	006th
39.	Ekaterina Makarova	June 11, 2018	005	005
39.	Jelena Wesnina	June 11, 2018	005	005
41.	Kim Clijsters	August 4, 2003	004th	003
41.	Larisa Neiland	January 27, 1992	004th	002
43.	Rennae Stubbs	August 21, 2000	003	003

As of August 31, 2020

Web links

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