Kateřina Siniaková , 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 Kateřina Siniaková .
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.[ 1]
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 Tímea Babos (HUN ) Jul 16, 2018 Aug 12, 2018 4 4 Latisha Chan (2) Aug 13, 2018 Aug 19, 2018 1 34 Tímea Babos (2) Aug 20, 2018 Oct 21, 2018 9 13 40 Barbora Krejčíková (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 Krejčíková (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 Krejčíková (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 Jul 14, 2024 5 39 49 Erin Routliffe (NZL ) Jul 15, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 8 8 Kateřina Siniaková (5) Sep 9, 2024 Present 2 117
Weeks at No. 1 Weeks are updated automatically. [ 2] [ 3]
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.
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 314 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Helena Suková , Jana Novotná , Květa Peschke , Lucie Šafářová , Barbora Krejčíková , Kateřina Siniaková , Barbora Strýcová 215 Italy Flavia Pennetta , Sara Errani , Roberta Vinci 176 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Virginia Ruano Pascual 163 Zimbabwe Cara Black 129 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 43 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 Tímea Babos 10 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 8 New Zealand Erin Routliffe 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 ^ "2023 WTA Tour Official Guide Record Book" (PDF) . 2024-03-04. ^ "WTA Press Center – Weeks at No. 1". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. ^ "WTA Notes & Netcords". Archived from the original on 2012-01-17. Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world No. 1 doubles players
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