Women's Tennis: 5 players who spent the most consecutive weeks as WTA World Number 1

#3 Martina Navratilova

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship

Any all-time list that has Chris Evert will most likely have her contemporary - Martina Navratilova. That is the case here too. The pair met 59 times in 15 years with Navratilova edging the head- to-head 37-22.

Martina Navratilova one of only 3 women in sport to have won the 'Boxed Set' of Grand Slams - winning all 4 Grand Slams across Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles at least once, is the only woman in tennis to be ranked as Number 1 in both Singles and Doubles for over 200 weeks. Her 167 WTA Singles titles and 177 WTA Doubles titles are both all-time records.

Navratilova was ranked World Number 1 in Singles on 9 different occasions and her most productive spell was from June 14th, 1982 to June 9th, 1985 (just under 3 years). During this 156 week stay at the top of the WTA rankings, Navratilova won 8 of her 18 Grand Slam titles.