77 consecutive weeks – and counting – for Ashleigh Barty as WTA No 1
On the heels of winning Wimbledon, Ash Barty begins her 77th consecutive week at No 1. This and more rankings news from the WTA Tour…
Ashleigh Barty at Wimbledon in 2021 © Peter Nicchols / AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Two days after wrapping up an epic Wimbledon triumph, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty kicks off her 77th consecutive week – and 84th overall – as the WTA’s No 1-ranked player. Barty, who won her second major title on Saturday at Wimbledon when she defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 in the final on Centre Court, currently holds the ninth-longest streak of consecutive weeks at No 1 in WTA history.
Here are the longest streaks of consecutive weeks at No 1 in WTA history
- Serena Williams/ Steffi Graf – 186 weeks
- Martina Navratilova – 156 weeks
- Chris Evert – 113 weeks
- Steffi Graf – 94 weeks
- Monica Seles – 91 weeks
- Martina Navratilova – 90 weeks
- Steffi Graf – 87 weeks
- Martina Hingis – 80 weeks
- Ash Barty – 77 weeks
- Chris Evert 76 weeks
Halep drops six spots, but remains in top-10
Simona Halep, who has missed Roland-Garros and Wimbledon due to a calf injury, dropped six spots to No 9 in this week’s rankings. The Romanian, who will also miss the Olympics, has a current streak of 370 consecutive weeks inside the top-10. It is the seventh-longest streak of consecutive weeks in the top-10 in WTA history.
Mertens back to doubles No 1; Muguruza back in top-10
Belgium’s Elise Mertens, who claimed the doubles title at Wimbledon alongside Hsieh Su-Wei, returns to the top ranking, supplanting Barbora Krejcikova.
Garbiñe Muguruza returned to the singles top-10 for the first time since the week of Aug. 20, 2018.
Career-high rankings for Sabalenka, Krejcikova, Golubic, Samsonova, Osorio Serrano
On the strength of her first career Grand Slam semi-final, Aryna Sabalenka moves up to No 3 in the rankings, while Karolina Pliskova re-enters the top-10, rising six spots to No 7.
Also cracking career-highs after Wimbledon:
- Barbora Krejcikova: rises two spots to No 13 after reaching Wimbledon round of 16.
- Ons Jabeur: rises one spot to No 23 after reaching Wimbledon quarter-final.
- Paula Badosa: rises four spots to No 29 after reaching round of 16.
- Nadia Podoroska: rises three spots to No 36 after reaching second round.
- Sara Sorribes Tormo: rises four spots to No 46 after reaching second round.
- Viktorija Golubic: rises18 spots to No 48 after reaching quarter-final.
- Liudmila Samsonova: rises 10 spots to 55 after reaching round of 16.
- Tereza Martincova: rises six spots to 78 after reaching third round.
- Maria Camila Osorio Serrano: rises 14 spots to No 80 after reaching third round.
- Anhelina Kalinina: rises 30 spots after winning challenger title in Contrexeville, France.
