From Chris Evert to Elena Rybakina: All 30 women to top the WTA rankings

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Rybakina[/a] is the second-oldest player to debut as world No. 1, behind only the German [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kerber-angelique/AgIGoHjL/"]Angelique Kerber[/a], who did so at 28 in 2016.[/p][p]She is also the first representative from Kazakhstan - among both men and women - to lead the world singles rankings.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a], on the other hand, will drop to second place after 99 consecutive weeks as the world number 1.[/p][embed guid="81541934-e8a4-4110-bfd8-d733dc7c9d66" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2097747053296185514" social-type="twitter" /][p]Known for her powerful serve, Rybakina established herself among tennis's elite after winning Wimbledon in 2022.[/p][p]The Kazakh entered the top 10 the following year and, since then, her lowest ranking has been 13th, which she held for just one week in July 2025.[/p][embed guid="2ef1f959-c35c-48f3-b908-bf001f1edc7b" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2097759311740998068" social-type="twitter" /][p]In 2026, she won the Australian Open and the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart, as well as finishing runner-up at the WTA 1000 events in Toronto and Indian Wells. She has 47 wins and 13 losses this season.[/p][p]The new world No. 1 has 13 singles titles in her career.[/p][p]Rybakina will take to the court in her [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/rybakina-e-UDzElXdm/?mid=EcWMiPz8"]US Open semi-final[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a], aiming to reach the final in New York for the first time in her career.[/p][h2]Every women's world No. 1[/h2][p]1) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/evert-chris/As6zrYz8/"]Chris Evert[/a] (USA) – November 3rd, 1975[/p][p]2) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goolagong-cawley-evonne/2By3ciE5/"]Evonne Goolagong Cawley[/a] (Australia) – April 26th, 1976[/p][p]3) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/navratilova-martina/2aq8yN0m/"]Martina Navratilova[/a] (USA) – July 10th, 1978[/p][p]4) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/austin-tracy/zwdRl8pK/"]Tracy Austin[/a] (USA) – April 7th, 1980[/p][p]5) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/graf-steffi/OCjzyKgm/"]Steffi Graf[/a] (Germany) – August 17th, 1987[/p][p]6) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/seles-monica/0rD6mIqI/"]Monica Seles[/a] (Yugoslavia / USA) – March 11th, 1991[/p][p]7) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-vicario-arantxa/nk2oIlRg/"]Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[/a] (Spain) – February 6th, 1995[/p][p]8) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hingis-martina/6J0pscT7/"]Martina Hingis[/a] (Switzerland) – March 31st, 1997[/p][p]9) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davenport-lindsay/tzA6e2tL/"]Lindsay Davenport[/a] (USA) – October 12th, 1998[/p][p]10) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/capriati-jennifer/YXEr4yEH/"]Jennifer Capriati[/a] (USA) – October 15th, 2001[/p][p]11) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-venus/M7dojKaa/"]Venus Williams[/a] (USA) – February 25th, 2002[/p][p]12) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-serena/ttsu68nH/"]Serena Williams[/a] (USA) – July 8th, 2002[/p][p]13) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clijsters-kim/8liNy3FK/"]Kim Clijsters[/a] (Belgium) – August 11th, 2003[/p][p]14) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henin-justine/SriM11we/"]Justine Henin[/a] (Belgium) – October 20th, 2003[/p][p]15) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mauresmo-amelie/hAHv6a74/"]Amélie Mauresmo[/a] (France) – September 13th, 2004[/p][p]16) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharapova-maria/GU1e3xjd/"]Maria Sharapova[/a] (Russia) – August 22nd, 2005[/p][p]17) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ivanovic-ana/842UkMWL/"]Ana Ivanovic[/a] (Serbia) – June 9th, 2008[/p][p]18) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jankovic-jelena/KONG5bAS/"]Jelena Janković[/a] (Serbia) – August 11th, 2008[/p][p]19) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/safina-dinara/lCVSFeK1/"]Dinara Safina[/a] (Russia) – April 20th, 2009[/p][p]20) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wozniacki-caroline/SjM2LLB8/"]Caroline Wozniacki[/a] (Denmark) – October 11th, 2010[/p][p]21) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/azarenka-victoria/neAp94aO/"]Victoria Azarenka[/a] (Belarus) – January 30th, 2012[/p][p]22) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kerber-angelique/AgIGoHjL/"]Angelique Kerber[/a] (Germany) – September 12th, 2016[/p][p]23) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pliskova-karolina/xGn9KNfO/"]Karolina Pliskova[/a] (Czech Republic) – July 17th, 2017[/p][p]24) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muguruza-garbine/tOyDbkxr/"]Garbine Muguruza[/a] (Spain) – September 11th, 2017[/p][p]25) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/halep-simona/nN1Fd8dC/"]Simona Halep[/a] (Romania) – October 9th, 2017[/p][p]26) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osaka-naomi/MDM4BKiA/"]Naomi Osaka[/a] (Japan) – January 28th, 2019[/p][p]27) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barty-ashleigh/Ag6k6zYM/"]Ashleigh Barty[/a] (Australia) – June 24th, 2019[/p][p]28) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] (Poland) – April 4, 2022[/p][p]29) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] (Belarus) – September 11th, 2023[/p][p]30) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a] (Kazakhstan) – September 14th, 2026[/p]