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WTA stands for Women's Tennis Association, and is to women's tennis what the ATP is to men's tennis..

The organization releases a weekly ranking of the players's performance in the tour. This is a list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the rankings' inception in 1975:


# Player Country Date Reached Weeks
1 Chris Evert United States 3 November 1975 262
2 Martina Navratilova United States 10 July 1978 331
3 Tracy Austin United States 7 April 1980 22
4 Steffi Graf Germany 17 August 1987 377
5 Monica SelesMonica Seles (born December 2, 1973), originally Monika Sele is an accomplished female tennis player winner of many competitions including nine Grand Slam titles. Seles was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro). She is an eth United States 11 March 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac 178
6 Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sanchez Vicario 1 (born June 18, 1971) is a former tennis player from Barcelona, Spain. She is the sister of Javier and Emilio Sanchez, also professional tennis players. In 1989, the then virtually unknown Sanchez Vicario joined Michael Chang of t SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc 6 February 1995 12
7 Martina Hingis Switzerland 31 March 1997 209
8 Lindsay Davenport United States 12 October 1998 present
9 Jennifer Capriati United States 15 October 2001 17
10 Venus Williams United States 25 February 2002 11
11 Serena Williams United States 8 July 2002 57
12 Kim Clijsters Belgium 11 August 2003 12
13 Justine Henin Hardenne Belgium 20 October 2003 44
14 Amelie Mauresmo France 13 September 2004 5




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