Who Is The Top Ranked Female Tennis Player?

There is no one definitive answer to this question as the rankings are constantly changing. However, as of right now, the top ranked female tennis player is Simona Halep.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any female player in the Open Era. Williams has also won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus Williams.

Grand Slam titles

Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time behind Margaret Court (24). Williams is also a record-tying nine-time winner of women’s doubles at Grand Slams and an all-time leader in combined overall Grand Slam titles with 37. With 49 singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined titles, she holds the record for the most all-time Major wins by a tennis player, male or female.

Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in women’s singles and three in women’s doubles, an all-time record shared with her sister Venus Williams. She is also a five-time Wimbledon singles champion and had an undefeated record of 14–0 at Wimbledon until her loss to Angelique Kerber in the 2016 final.

Year-end championships

Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis. She has been ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association on eight separate occasions, from 2002 to 2017. She first became the world No. 1 on July 8, 2002, and achieved this ranking for the sixth time on February 18, 2013. On January 30, 2017, Williams regained the world No. 1 ranking for the seventh time, became the oldest world No. 1 in WTA’s history at age 35, and earned $24.6 million in prize money, which made her the highest-paid female athlete in 2016.

Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, which is an all-time record for a female tennis player. She has also won 14 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles (tied for second all-time), all with her sister Venus Williams, and two mixed doubles titles (both with Max Mirnyi). Serena has reached 30 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any other player in the Open Era (male or female), and has won 79% (23/29) of those finals – also more than any other player in the Open Era (male or female). Serena holds several “open era” bests in the women’s singles game: she has the most major wins (23), most consecutive major wins (13 – a joint record held with Steffi Graf that was first set from 1988 to 1989), Most Grand Slam tournament wins overall combined – singles and doubles – male or female (39), most years finishing as year-end world No 1 (8 times: 2002–2003; 2009–2010; 2012–2013; 2015–2017; 2018) and best win rate against all opponents since 1968 of 88% (1029/1167 matches).

Including run of seven consecutive majors won from 2002 Wimbledon Championships to 2003 Australian Open plus three non-calendar year majors in 2003 US Open, 2003 French Open and 2004 Australian Open – which equals a winning streak of 10 consecutive majors – equaling Steffi Graf’s record set between 1989 French Open and 1990 Australian Open

Olympic gold medals

Serena Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in singles and three in women’s doubles, an all-time record for the most won by a female tennis player. Williams is also the only tennis player to have won a gold medal at four separate Olympic Games. She won her first two gold medals at the Sydney Games in 2000, partnering with Venus Williams in the doubles event. At the 2012 London Olympics, Williams defended her title in singles, and teamed up with Venus to win a historic gold medal in the doubles event, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Šafářová of the Czech Republic in straight sets. In 2016, she won both her singles semifinal and final matches at the Rio Olympics, becoming the oldest woman to win an individual Olympic tennis gold medal (at age 34 years and 287 days), as well as securing her record-tying 22nd major title overall with a victory over Germaine de Randamie.

Simona Halep

Simona Halep is a professional tennis player from Romania. She is currently ranked as the world’s number one female tennis player by the Women’s Tennis Association. She has won eighteen singles titles and has been a finalist in Grand Slam tournaments three times.

Grand Slam titles

Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in the WTA singles rankings. She has won eighteen WTA singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2018 French Open and 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Year-end championships

Simona Halep was the year-end World No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She is the second player after Margaret Court to hold the ranking for 48 weeks or more in consecutive years. In doing so, she became the first Romanian player to be ranked No. 1 in singles and helped Romania secure a Fed Cup finals spot for the first time since 1998.

Olympic medals

Simona Halep has won 2 Olympic medals in her career, both of which came in the mixed doubles event. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, she teamed up with Horia Tecău and they defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Max Mirnyi in the final to take home the gold medal. Four years later, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she again teamed up with Tecău, but this time they lost in the final to Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavić.

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She is currently ranked No. 1 in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), and is the reigning champion of the US Open and the Australian Open.

Grand Slam titles

Naomi Osaka has won three Grand Slam titles, including the US Open in 2018 and 2020 and the Australian Open in 2019. She is the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first Asian player to hold the world No. 1 ranking in singles.

Year-end championships

Since winning her first grand slam at the 2018 US Open, Naomi Osaka has been one of the most dominant forces in women’s tennis. In 2019, she won the Australian Open and became the first Japanese player to hold the top ranking in singles. She followed that up with a win at the 2019 US Open, cementing her status as one of the game’s greats.

Osaka ended the year as the top-ranked female tennis player in the world, and she shows no signs of slowing down. She is already a two-time grand slam champion, and many are predicting that she will win even more majors in the years to come. With her powerful serve and explosive forehand, Osaka is a force to be reckoned with on any surface. Whether she is playing on clay, hard court, or grass, she is always a threat to win any tournament she enters.

With her impressive array of shots and killer instinct, Naomi Osaka is one of the most exciting players to watch in women’s tennis today.

Olympic medals

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, and is the first Asian player to hold this ranking in singles. Osaka has won three Grand Slam singles titles; she became the first Grand Slam singles champion from Asia when she won the 2018 US Open, followed by 2019 Australian Open and 2020 US Open.

At the age of 19, Osaka was the youngest ever American Open finalist since 2000 (when Serena Williams was 18). In September 2020, at age 22, she became the youngest woman to be ranked No. 1 in the WTA singles rankings since 2005, when Maria Sharapova was 19.

Osaka has represented Japan in Fed Cup competition, and led Japan to its first-ever Fed Cup final in November 2017. With her run to the 2020 US Open final, Osaka also became Japan’s first ever singles finalist at a Grand Slam tournament. She has also won two Olympic bronze medals, one at the 2016 Rio Olympics and one at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.