novak djokovic is the current world's number 1 ranked men's tennis player.
novak djokovic is the current world's number 1 ranked men's tennis player.
who is the current world's number 1 ranked men's tennis player?
novak djokovic
tennis is yet another sport which originated in the united kingdom, first originating in the city of birmingham between 1859 and 1865 as a more open variant of the historical real tennis, or royal tennis, often associated with the tudor monarchy of henry viii of england. however, it has not flourished there in recent decades: its profile is highly dependent on the wimbledon championships, the most prestigious event of the global tennis calendar. after fred perry's wimbledon win in 1936, no british man won the singles until andy murray from scotland did so in 2013. no british woman has won at wimbledon since virginia wade in 1977. in addition, perry's victory in the us national championships (predecessor to the modern us open) later in 1936 was the last for any british man in a grand slam singles event until murray won the us open in 2012; wade remains the last british woman to win such an event. the governing body of the sport is the lawn tennis association (lta), which invests the vast profits from the tournament in the game in the hope of producing british champions, but a string of revamps of the coaching system have failed to raise the standard of lta-trained players. the only british players of either sex to reach the world top 50 in recent years are greg rusedski, who learnt his tennis in canada, tim henman and murray, who did not pass through the lta system either, and on the women's side anne keothavong and the late elena baltacha both slipped into the worlds top 50 during their careers. outside of wimbledon fortnight tennis's profile in britain is low, and since the 2007 retirement of rusedski and henman is now largely dependent on murray, the current uk number 1. very recently (2015-), the rise of a number of other players, notably doubles specialist jamie murray, and younger top 50 players laura robson, heather watson, dan evans and kyle edmund has been supplemented by the spectacular rise of british women's number one johanna konta from a position outside the top 100 to the top ten in the world in just under eighteen months leading to october 2016. as a result, great britain had a top ten ranked men's singles, men's doubles and women's singles players at the same time for the first time ever.
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world number 1 ranked female tennis players









































this is a list of women's historical number one ranked tennis players, traditionally determined at year-end. 









































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bullet::::- the women's tennis association introduced computerized ranking system in november 1975, which is incorporated into this list.









































bullet::::- the international tennis federation's year-end number 1 classification that was introduced in 1978 is no longer named as such, and has evolved into the itf world champion designation and award.









































section::::1921–present.









































more recent rankings are much better sourced.









































section::::see also.









































bullet::::- list of wta number 1 ranked players









































bullet::::- world number 1 male tennis player rankings
world number 1 ranked female tennis players