Elise Mertens , currently ranked No. 1 in women's doubles.
The WTA rankings are the: Women's Tennis Association 's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the——rankings in women's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is: the pair who, over the "previous 52 weeks," has gathered the most WTA rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments. And the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining doubles rankings since 1984.
The current number 1 doubles player is Elise Mertens .
WTA No. 1 ranked doubles players ※
The source for the following table through the week of November 6, 2023 , is the 2023 WTA Tour Official Guide Record Book , page 3.
Martina Navratilova was world No. 1 in doubles for a record 237 weeks .
First-time No. 1 player.
‡ WTA rankings record.
Current World No. 1(s) (weeks are automatically updated).
No.
Player
Start date
End date
Weeks
Total
1
Martina Navratilova (USA )
Sep 4, 1984
Mar 17, 1985
27
27
2
Pam Shriver (USA )
Mar 18, 1985
Jan 19, 1986
44
44
Martina Navratilova (2)
Jan 20, 1986
Jul 20, 1986
26
53
Pam Shriver (2)
Jul 21, 1986
Aug 17, 1986
4
48
Martina Navratilova (3)
Aug 18, 1986
Feb 4, 1990
181
234
3
Helena Suková (TCH )
Feb 5, 1990
Feb 18, 1990
2
2
Martina Navratilova (4)
Feb 19, 1990
Mar 4, 1990
2
236
Helena Suková (2)
Mar 5, 1990
May 6, 1990
9
11
Martina Navratilova (5)
May 7, 1990
May 13, 1990
1
237
Helena Suková (3)
May 14, 1990
Aug 26, 1990
15
26
4
Jana Novotná (TCH )
Aug 27, 1990
Oct 14, 1990
7
7
Helena Suková (4)
Oct 15, 1990
Feb 17, 1991
18
44
Jana Novotná (2)
Feb 18, 1991
Mar 3, 1991
2
9
5
Gigi Fernández (USA )
Mar 4, 1991
Mar 10, 1991
1
1
Jana Novotná (3)
Mar 11, 1991
Mar 31, 1991
3
12
Gigi Fernández (2)
Apr 1, 1991
Apr 7, 1991
1
2
Helena Suková (5)
Apr 8, 1991
Jun 9, 1991
9
53
Gigi Fernández (3)
Jun 10, 1991
Sep 8, 1991
13
15
Jana Novotná (4)
Sep 9, 1991
Oct 6, 1991
4
16
6
Natasha Zvereva (URS )
Oct 7, 1991
Oct 13, 1991
1
1
Jana Novotná (5)
Oct 14, 1991
Jan 26, 1992
15
31
7
Larisa Neiland (LAT )
Jan 27, 1992
Feb 2, 1992
1
1
Jana Novotná (6)
Feb 3, 1992
Feb 16, 1992
2
33
Larisa Neiland (2)
Feb 17, 1992
Feb 23, 1992
1
2
Jana Novotná (7)
Feb 24, 1992
Mar 22, 1992
4
37
Larisa Neiland (3)
Mar 23, 1992
Apr 5, 1992
2
4
Jana Novotná (8)
Apr 6, 1992
Jun 14, 1992
11
48
Natasha Zvereva (2)
Jun 15, 1992
Jun 21, 1992
1
2
Jana Novotná (9)
Jun 22, 1992
Oct 11, 1992
15
63
Natasha Zvereva (3)
Oct 12, 1992
Oct 18, 1992
1
3
8
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP )
Oct 19, 1992
Nov 15, 1992
4
4
Natasha Zvereva (4)
Nov 16, 1992
Nov 22, 1992
1
4
Helena Suková (6)
Nov 23, 1992
Jan 10, 1993
7
60
Natasha Zvereva (5)
Jan 11, 1993
Apr 4, 1993
12
16
Gigi Fernández (4)
Apr 5, 1993
Sep 12, 1993
23
38
Helena Suková (7)
Sep 13, 1993
Oct 31, 1993
7
67
Gigi Fernández (5)
Nov 1, 1993
Nov 14, 1993
2
40
Helena Suková (8)
Nov 15, 1993
Nov 21, 1993
1
68
Gigi Fernández (6)
Nov 22, 1993
Aug 14, 1994
38
78
Natasha Zvereva (6)
Aug 15, 1994
Feb 12, 1995
26
42
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)
Feb 13, 1995
Feb 26, 1995
2
6
Natasha Zvereva (7)
Feb 27, 1995
Mar 5, 1995
1
43
Gigi Fernández (7)
Mar 6, 1995
Mar 12, 1995
1
79
Natasha Zvereva (8)
Mar 13, 1995
Mar 26, 1995
2
45
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)
Mar 27, 1995
Nov 5, 1995
32
38
Gigi Fernández (8)
Nov 6, 1995
Nov 12, 1995
1
80
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)
Nov 13, 1995
Apr 6, 1997
73
111
Natasha Zvereva (9)
Apr 7, 1997
Oct 19, 1997
29
74
9
Lindsay Davenport (USA )
Oct 20, 1997
Nov 2, 1997
2
2
Natasha Zvereva (10)
Nov 3, 1997
Jan 25, 1998
12
86
Lindsay Davenport (2)
Jan 26, 1998
Apr 12, 1998
11
13
Natasha Zvereva (11)
Apr 13, 1998
Jun 7, 1998
8
94
10
Martina Hingis (SUI )
Jun 8, 1998
Aug 2, 1998
8
8
Jana Novotná (10)
Aug 3, 1998
Aug 9, 1998
1
64
Lindsay Davenport (3)
Aug 10, 1998
Aug 16, 1998
1
14
Martina Hingis (2)
Aug 17, 1998
Oct 25, 1998
10
18
Natasha Zvereva (12)
Oct 26, 1998
Nov 1, 1998
1
95
Martina Hingis (3)
Nov 2, 1998
Nov 22, 1998
3
21
Natasha Zvereva (13)
Nov 23,1998
May 16, 1999
25
120
Jana Novotná (11)
May 17, 1999
Jun 6, 1999
3
67
Martina Hingis (4)
Jun 7, 1999
Jul 4, 1999
4
25
Natasha Zvereva (14)
Jul 5, 1999
Aug 1, 1999
4
124
Martina Hingis (5)
Aug 2, 1999
Aug 22, 1999
3
28
Lindsay Davenport (4)
Aug 23, 1999
Nov 21, 1999
13
27
11
Anna Kournikova (RUS )
Nov 22, 1999
Jan 30, 2000
10
10
Martina Hingis (6)
Jan 31, 2000
Mar 19, 2000
7
35
Lindsay Davenport (5)
Mar 20, 2000
Apr 2, 2000
2
29
12
Corina Morariu (USA )
Apr 3, 2000
Apr 16, 2000
2
2
Lindsay Davenport (6)
Apr 17, 2000
May 7, 2000
3
32
Corina Morariu (2)
May 8, 2000
Jun 11, 2000
5
7
13
Lisa Raymond (USA )
Jun 12, 2000
Aug 20, 2000
10
10
Lisa Raymond (1)
Aug 21, 2000
Sep 10, 2000
3
13
14
Rennae Stubbs (AUS )
3
15
Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA )
Sep 11, 2000
Oct 22, 2000
6
6
16
Ai Sugiyama (JPN )
Oct 23, 2000
Oct 29, 2000
1
1
Julie Halard-Decugis (2)
Oct 30, 2000
Dec 24, 2000
8
14
Ai Sugiyama (2)
Dec 25, 2000
Aug 26, 2001
35
36
Lisa Raymond (2)
Aug 27, 2001
Sep 8, 2002
54
67
17
Paola Suárez (ARG )
Sep 9, 2002
Aug 3, 2003
47
47
18
Kim Clijsters (BEL )
Aug 4, 2003
Aug 10, 2003
1
1
Ai Sugiyama (3)
Aug 11, 2003
Aug 17, 2003
1
37
Kim Clijsters (2)
Aug 18, 2003
Sep 7, 2003
3
4
19
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP )
Sep 8, 2003
Sep 14, 2003
1
1
Ai Sugiyama (4)
Sep 15, 2003
Nov 9, 2003
8
45
Paola Suárez (2)
Nov 10, 2003
Jul 25, 2004
37
84
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Jul 26, 2004
Aug 1, 2004
1
2
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Aug 2, 2004
Aug 22, 2004
3
5
Paola Suárez (3)
87
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Aug 23, 2004
Oct 16, 2005
60
65
20
Cara Black (ZIM )
Oct 17, 2005
Feb 5, 2006
16
16
21
Samantha Stosur (AUS )
Feb 6, 2006
Jul 6, 2006
22
22
Lisa Raymond (3)
Jul 7, 2006
Apr 8, 2007
39
106
Samantha Stosur (1)
61
Lisa Raymond (3)
Apr 9, 2007
Jun 10, 2007
9
115
Cara Black (2)
Jun 11, 2007
Jun 24, 2007
2
18
Lisa Raymond (4)
Jun 25, 2007
Jul 8, 2007
2
117
Cara Black (3)
Jul 9, 2007
Nov 11, 2007
18
36
Cara Black (3)
Nov 12, 2007
Apr 18, 2010
127
163
22
Liezel Huber (USA )
127
Liezel Huber (1)
Apr 19, 2010
Jun 6, 2010
7
134
23
Serena Williams (USA )
Jun 7, 2010
Aug 1, 2010
8
8
24
Venus Williams (USA )
8
Liezel Huber (2)
Aug 2, 2010
Oct 31, 2010
13
147
25
Gisela Dulko (ARG )
Nov 1, 2010
Feb 27, 2011
17
17
Gisela Dulko (1)
Feb 28, 2011
Apr 17, 2011
7
24
26
Flavia Pennetta (ITA )
7
Flavia Pennetta (1)
Apr 18, 2011
Jul 4, 2011
11
18
27
Květa Peschke (CZE )
Jul 4, 2011
Sep 11, 2011
10
10
28
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO )
10
Liezel Huber (3)
Sep 12, 2011
Apr 22, 2012
32
179
Liezel Huber (3)
Apr 23, 2012
Sep 9, 2012
20
199
Lisa Raymond (5)
137
29
Sara Errani (ITA )
Sep 10, 2012
Oct 14, 2012
5
5
30
Roberta Vinci (ITA )
Oct 15, 2012
Apr 28, 2013
28
28
Roberta Vinci (1)
Apr 29, 2013
Feb 16, 2014
42
70
Sara Errani (2)
47
31
Peng Shuai (CHN )
Feb 17, 2014
May 11, 2014
12
12
Peng Shuai (1)
May 12, 2014
May 18, 2014
1
13
32
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE )
1
Peng Shuai (1)
May 19, 2014
Jun 8, 2014
3
16
Peng Shuai (1)
Jun 9, 2014
Jul 6, 2014
4
20
Hsieh Su-wei (2)
5
Roberta Vinci (2)
Jul 7, 2014
Apr 12, 2015
40
110
Sara Errani (3)
87
33
Sania Mirza (IND )
Apr 13, 2015
Jan 17, 2016
40
40
Sania Mirza (1)
Jan 18, 2016
Aug 21, 2016
31
71
Martina Hingis (7)
66
Sania Mirza (1)
Aug 22, 2016
Jan 8, 2017
20
91
34
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA )
Jan 9, 2017
Aug 20, 2017
32
32
35
Lucie Šafářová (CZE )
Aug 21, 2017
Oct 1, 2017
6
6
Martina Hingis (8)
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 22, 2017
3
69
Martina Hingis (8)
Oct 23, 2017
Mar 18, 2018
21
90
36
Latisha Chan (TPE )
21
Latisha Chan (1)
Mar 19, 2018
Jun 10, 2018
12
33
37
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS )
Jun 11, 2018
Jul 15, 2018
5
5
38
Elena Vesnina (RUS )
5
39
TĂmea Babos (HUN )
Jul 16, 2018
Aug 12, 2018
4
4
Latisha Chan (2)
Aug 13, 2018
Aug 19, 2018
1
34
TĂmea Babos (2)
Aug 20, 2018
Oct 21, 2018
9
13
40
Barbora KrejÄŤĂková (CZE )
Oct 22, 2018
Jan 13, 2019
12
12
41
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE )
12
Kateřina Siniaková (1)
Jan 14, 2019
Jun 9, 2019
21
33
42
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA )
Jun 10, 2019
Jul 14, 2019
5
5
43
Barbora Strýcová (CZE )
Jul 15, 2019
Oct 6, 2019
12
12
Kristina Mladenovic (2)
Oct 7, 2019
Oct 20, 2019
2
7
Barbora Strýcová (2)
Oct 21, 2019
Feb 2, 2020
15
27
Hsieh Su-wei (3)
Feb 3, 2020
Feb 23, 2020
3
8
Kristina Mladenovic (3)
Feb 24, 2020
Mar 1, 2020
1
8
Hsieh Su-wei (4)
Mar 2, 2020
Mar 22, 2020
3
11
Mar 23, 2020
Aug 9, 2020
20
Hsieh Su-wei (4)
Aug 10, 2020
Feb 21, 2021
28
39
44
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR )
Feb 22, 2021
Apr 4, 2021
6
6
Hsieh Su-wei (5)
Apr 5, 2021
May 9, 2021
5
44
45
Elise Mertens (BEL )
May 10, 2021
May 16, 2021
1
1
Kristina Mladenovic (4)
May 17, 2021
Jun 13, 2021
4
12
Barbora KrejÄŤĂková (2)
Jun 14, 2021
Jul 11, 2021
4
16
Elise Mertens (2)
Jul 12, 2021
Sep 12, 2021
9
10
Hsieh Su-wei (6)
Sep 13, 2021
Sep 19, 2021
1
45
Elise Mertens (3)
Sep 20, 2021
Sep 26, 2021
1
11
Barbora KrejÄŤĂková (3)
Sep 27, 2021
Oct 17, 2021
3
19
Elise Mertens (4)
Oct 18, 2021
Oct 24, 2021
1
12
Hsieh Su-wei (7)
Oct 25, 2021
Oct 31, 2021
1
46
Elise Mertens (5)
Nov 1, 2021
Nov 7, 2021
1
13
Hsieh Su-wei (8)
Nov 8, 2021
Nov 14, 2021
1
47
Kateřina Siniaková (2)
Nov 15, 2021
Jun 5, 2022
29
62
Elise Mertens (6)
Jun 6, 2022
Aug 14, 2022
10
23
46
Coco Gauff (USA )
Aug 15, 2022
Sep 11, 2022
4
4
Kateřina Siniaková (3)
Sep 12, 2022
Sep 10, 2023
52
114
Coco Gauff (2)
Sep 11, 2023
Sep 17, 2023
1
5
47
Jessica Pegula (USA )
1
Kateřina Siniaková (4)
Sep 18, 2023
Sep 24, 2023
1
115
Elise Mertens (7)
Sep 25, 2023
Oct 22, 2023
4
27
Coco Gauff (3)
Oct 23, 2023
Nov 5, 2023
2
7
Jessica Pegula (2)
3
48
Storm Hunter (AUS )
Nov 6, 2023
Jan 28, 2024
12
12
Elise Mertens (8)
Jan 29, 2024
Mar 17, 2024
7
34
Hsieh Su-wei (9)
Mar 18, 2024
Jun 9, 2024
12
59
Elise Mertens (9)
Jun 10, 2024
Present
4
38
Weeks at No. 1 ※
Weeks are updated automatically.
Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline ※
Current record in bold .
No. 1 leaders timeline ※
Year-end No. 1 players ※
By year ※
By year (continued) ※
*
Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.
Per player ※
Per team ※
Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam ※
Weeks at No. 1 by, decade ※
Note: Current active No. 1 indicated in italic .
1980s ※
1990s ※
2000s ※
2010s ※
2020s ※
* Stats are updated automatically on Mondays (UTC).
Weeks at No. 1 by country ※
Current No. 1 player(s) indicated in bold .
Weeks
Country
Players
798
United States
Martina Navratilova , Pam Shriver , Gigi Fernández , Lindsay Davenport , Corina Morariu , Lisa Raymond , Liezel Huber , Venus Williams , Serena Williams , Bethanie Mattek-Sands , Coco Gauff , Jessica Pegula
312
Czechoslovakia Czech Republic
Helena Suková , Jana Novotná , KvÄ›ta Peschke , Lucie Ĺ afářová , Barbora KrejÄŤĂková , KateĹ™ina Siniaková , Barbora StrĂ˝cová
215
Italy
Flavia Pennetta , Sara Errani , Roberta Vinci
176
Spain
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Virginia Ruano Pascual
163
Zimbabwe
Cara Black
130
Belarus
Natasha Zvereva *, Aryna Sabalenka
111
Argentina
Paola Suárez , Gisela Dulko
93
Chinese Taipei
Hsieh Su-wei , Latisha Chan
91
India
Sania Mirza
90
Switzerland
Martina Hingis
76
Australia
Rennae Stubbs , Samantha Stosur , Storm Hunter
45
Japan
Ai Sugiyama
42
Belgium
Kim Clijsters , Elise Mertens
26
France
Julie Halard-Decugis , Kristina Mladenovic
20
China
Peng Shuai
Russia
Anna Kournikova , Ekaterina Makarova , Elena Vesnina
13
Hungary
TĂmea Babos
10
Slovenia
Katarina Srebotnik
4
Latvia
Larisa Neiland
1
Soviet Union
Natasha Zvereva *
Weeks are updated automatically.
* Belarusian Natasha Zvereva spent one week at number one while playing for the Soviet Union .
See also ※
References ※
1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50
WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984
(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w))
current No. 1 in bold, as of week of March 18, 2024