Women's Tennis : Most weeks as WTA World Number 1

#1 Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf

One of the tennis' greatest champions Steffi Graf is the only tennis player to win the Golden Slam - All 4 Grand Slams and the Olympics Gold in the same year. A prodigious talent, Graf took the tennis world by storm in the late 1980s with her aggressive blend of tennis and charm on and off the court. With 22 Grand Slam titles, she held the Open Era record for many years until Serena Williams won her 23rd at the 2017 Australian Open.

Graf held the WTA top ranking slot for a joint record of 186 consecutive weeks ( a record she shares with Serena Williams). She is the only player apart from Roger Federer to have been holding the Number 1 ranking for over 100 weeks in her first spell at the summit itself. In all Steffi had 7 spells at the top. The total number of weeks spent by Graf at the top is 377 - the highest all-time among both men and women.