With the latest set of WTA rankings released in December 2024, Aryna Sabalenka will be starting 2025 as World No. 1 for the first time in her career. After her dominant season, she secured the 2024 WTA Player of the Year, according to tennis.com polls. By winning the 2024 US Open, and the 2024 Cincinnati Open, Sabalenka surpassed Iga Swiatek to become No. 1, who enjoyed a solid spell at the top of the ranking.
As this week's ranking is released, Sabalenka will continue to have 9,416 points, and Swiatek will have 8,295 points. By reaching the semifinal of the 2024 WTA Finals, Sabalenka acquired year-end No. 1 after her win against Zheng Qinwen and Jasmine Paolini and Iga Swiatek's loss to Coco Gauff in the WTA Finals.
WTA Rankings - December 2024
| Ranking | Player | Country | Age | Points |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | Belarus | 26 | 9416 |
| 2 | Iga Swiatek | Poland | 23 | 8295 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | United States | 20 | 6530 |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | Italy | 28 | 5344 |
| 5 | Qinwen Zheng | China | 22 | 5340 |
| 6 | Elena Rybakina | Kazakhstan | 25 | 5171 |
| 7 | Jessica Pegula | United States | 30 | 4705 |
| 8 | Emma Navarro | United States | 23 | 3589 |
| 9 | Daria Kasatkina | Russia | 27 | 3368 |
| 10 | Barbora Krejcikova | Czech Republic | 29 | 3214 |
| 11 | Danielle Collins | United States | 31 | 3178 |
| 12 | Paula Badosa | Spain | 27 | 2908 |
| 13 | Diana Shnaider | Russia | 20 | 2895 |
| 14 | Anna Kalinskaya | Russia | 26 | 2743 |
| 15 | Jelena Ostapenko | Latvia | 27 | 2588 |
| 16 | Mirra Andreeva | Russia | 17 | 2578 |
| 17 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Brazil | 28 | 2554 |
| 18 | Marta Kostyuk | Ukraine | 22 | 2493 |
| 19 | Donna Vekic | Croatia | 28 | 2258 |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka | Belarus | 35 | 2127 |
| 21 | Madison Keys | United States | 29 | 2126 |
| 22 | Karolina Muchova | Czech Republic | 28 | 1971 |
| 23 | Elina Svitolina | Ukraine | 30 | 1942 |
| 24 | Katie Boulter | Great Britain | 28 | 1931 |
| 25 | Magdelna Frech | Poland | 27 | 1928 |
| 26 | Linda Noskova | Czech Republic | 20 | 1913 |
| 27 | Liudmila Samsonova | Russia | 26 | 1885 |
| 28 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | Russia | 30 | 1848 |
| 29 | Yulia Putintseva | Kazakhstan | 29 | 1844 |
| 30 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Russia | 33 | 1807 |
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FAQs on Women's Singles Tennis Rankings 2024
A. Aryna Sabalenka is the current World No. 1 in the WTA as of December 2024.
A. Aryna Sabalenka won the 2024 US Open women's singles title.
A. Yes, Aryna Sabalenka claimed the No. 1 WTA spot with 9416 points in December 2024.
A. Steffi Graf has a record of holding No. 1 for a record total of 377 weeks.
A. Martina Hingis became the youngest female tennis player in the Open Era to be ranked world No. 1 by WTA.
