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Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)

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This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.

The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 when the first official WTA rankings were published, for ease of navigation.

Top ten rankings by year

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1921

A. Wallis Myers[1]
(The Daily Telegraph)
B. H. Liddell Hart[2]
(The Times)
  1. S. Lenglen
  2. M. Bjurstedt Mallory
  3. M. K. Browne
  4. E. Ryan
  5. K. McKane
  6. M. Sutton Bundy
  7. I. Peacock
  8. G. Beamish
  9. E. Goss
  10. M. Zinderstein Jessup
  1. S. Lenglen
  2. M. Bjurstedt Mallory
  3. M. K. Browne
  4. E. Ryan
  5. K. McKane
  6. M. Sutton Bundy
  7. I. Peacock
  8. M. Zinderstein Jessup
  9. E. Goss
  10. G. Beamish

1922

More information A. Wallis Myers ...

1923

More information A. Wallis Myers, B. H. Liddell Hart ...

1924

More information A. Wallis Myers ...

1925

More information A. Wallis Myers, Bill Tilden (American Lawn Tennis) ...

1926

More information A. Wallis Myers, Suzanne Lenglen ...

1927

More information A. Wallis Myers, Bill Tilden ...

1928

More information A. Wallis Myers ...

1929

More information A. Wallis Myers ...

1930

More information A. Wallis Myers, Bill Tilden ...

1931

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1932

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1933

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1934

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1935

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1936

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1937

More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1938

  • Last ranking by Wallis Myers before his death.
More information A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou ...

1939

More information American Lawn Tennis, Pierre Gillou ...

1940–1945

no world rankings (World War II)

1946

More information Pierre Gillou; Ned Potter, Harry Hopman ...

1947

More information Pierre Gillou, Ned Potter ...

1948

More information Pierre Gillou, Ned Potter ...

1949

More information Pierre Gillou, Ned Potter ...

1950

  • Last Olliff ranking before his death.
More information Ned Potter, John Olliff ...

1951

More information Pierre Gillou, Ned Potter ...

1952

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay (The Daily Telegraph) ...

1953

More information Ned Potter (World Tennis), Lance Tingay ...

1954

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1955

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1956

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1957

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1958

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1959

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1960

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1961

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1962

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1963

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1964

More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1965

  • Last ranking by Potter for World Tennis magazine.
More information Ned Potter, Lance Tingay ...

1966

More information Lance Tingay, British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) ...

1967

  • The last British Lawn Tennis readers' poll.
More information Lance Tingay, British Lawn Tennis (readers' poll) ...

1968

More information Lance Tingay, Ulrich Kaiser (panel of 18 experts) ...

1969

More information Lance Tingay, Bud Collins ...

1970

More information Lance Tingay, Joseph McCauley ...

1971

More information Lance Tingay, Joseph McCauley ...

1972

More information Lance Tingay, Bud Collins ...

1973

More information Lance Tingay, Bud Collins ...

1974

More information Lance Tingay, Bud Collins ...

1975–present

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Notes

  1. Revision of ranking from November 1953.[71]
  2. He gave a different ranking in World Tennis in December 1973.[120]

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