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The following is the sequence of No. 1 ranked women's players 
since 1975.  A total of eight players have held the No. 1 
ranking. 

PLAYER                       DATE

Chris Evert (1)              November 1975-July 9, 1978
Martina Navratilova (2)      July 10, 1978-January 13, 1979
Chris Evert                  January 14-27, 1979
Martina Navratilova          January 28-February 24, 1979
Chris Evert                  February 25-April 15, 1979
Martina Navratilova          April 16-June 24, 1979
Chris Evert                  June 25-September 9, 1979
Martina Navratilova          September 10, 1979-April 6, 1980
Tracy Austin (3)             April 7-20, 1980
Martina Navratilova          April 21-June 30, 1980
Tracy Austin                 July 1-November 17, 1980
Chris Evert                  November 18, 1980-May 2, 1982
Martina Navratilova          May 3-16, 1982
Chris Evert                  May 17-June 13, 1982
Martina Navratilova          June 14, 1982-June 9, 1985
Chris Evert                  June 10-October 13, 1985
Martina Navratilova          October 14-27, 1985
Chris Evert                  October 28-November 24, 1985
Martina Navratilova          November 25, 1985-August 16, 1987
Steffi Graf (4)              August 17, 1987-March 10, 1991
Monica Seles (5)             March 11, 1991-August 4, 1991
Steffi Graf                  August 5-11, 1991
Monica Seles                 August 12-18, 1991
Steffi Graf                  August 19-September 9, 1991
Monica Seles                 September 9, 1991-June 6, 1993
Steffi Graf                  June 7, 1993-February 5, 1995
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (6)  February 6-19, 1995
Steffi Graf                  February 20-26, 1995
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario      February 27, 1995-April 9
Steffi Graf                  April 10, 1995-May 14, 1995
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario      May 15, 1995-June 11, 1995
Steffi Graf                  June 12, 1995-August 20, 1995
Steffi Graf and Monica Seles August 21, 1995-November 3, 1996
Steffi Graf                  November 4-17, 1996
Steffi Graf and Monica Seles November 18-24, 1996
Steffi Graf                  November 25, 1996-March 30, 1997
Martina Hingis (7)           March 31, 1997-October 11, 1998 
Lindsay Davenport (8)        October 12, 1998-February 7, 1999
Martina Hingis               February 8, 1999-July 4, 1999 
Lindsay Davenport            July 5, 1999-August 8, 1999
Martina Hingis               August 9, 1999-April 2, 2000 
Lindsay Davenport            April 3, 2000-May 7, 2000 
Martina Hingis               May 8, 2000-May 14, 2000
Lindsay Davenport            May 15, 2000-May 21, 2000 
Martina Hingis               May 22, 2000-present 

The following is a list of the total weeks each player has held
the top ranking:

PLAYER                     WEEKS

Graf                        377
Navratilova                 331
Evert                       262
Hingis                      179 
Seles                       178
Davenport                    28 
Austin                       22
Sanchez Vicario              12

 

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