| GB women in the year-end rankings : 1975 onwards |
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| This table was last updated on |
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| The no. of
ranked players in the last column below gives some idea of the increase in
global depth of the women's game since |
| the 1970s
(when Americans, Australians and Britons made up the vast majority of ranked
players) and hence how much harder |
| it is to reach
the top 10, top 50 and top 100 these days - this should be borne in mind when
comparing with the distant past. |
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| YEAR |
Best |
GB No 1 |
Top 10 |
Top 50 |
Top 100 |
Top 200 |
Top 500 |
Date |
Based on |
Ranked |
| N.B. No
nationalities are shown on the 1975-77 lists so I may have missed some
British players in those years |
Players |
| Also GRB/GBR
not searchable on the pre-1990 pdfs, so safest to assume top 200/500 figures
may be +/- 1 |
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| 1975 |
2 |
Virginia Wade |
1 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
04 Nov 1975 |
full list |
135 |
| 1976 |
3 |
Virginia Wade |
2 |
2 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
05 Dec 1976 |
full list |
118 |
| 1977 |
4 |
Virginia Wade |
2 |
4 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
31 Dec 1977 |
full list |
166 |
| 1978 |
4 |
Virginia Wade |
1 |
3 |
6 |
17 |
20 |
10 Dec 1978 |
full list |
235 |
| 1979 |
8 |
Virginia Wade |
2 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
20 |
31 Dec 1979 |
full list |
215 |
| 1980 |
15 |
Virginia Wade |
- |
3 |
6 |
13 |
18 |
31 Dec 1980 |
full list |
245 |
| 1981 |
14 |
Sue Barker |
- |
4 |
6 |
11 |
18 |
31 Dec 1981 |
full list |
248 |
| 1982 |
28 |
Jo Durie |
- |
1 |
3 |
12 |
16 |
20 Dec 1982 |
full list |
250 |
| 1983 |
8 |
Jo Durie |
1 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
18 |
05 Dec 1983 |
full list |
287 |
| 1984 |
24 |
Jo Durie |
- |
1 |
4 |
11 |
21 |
18 Dec 1984 |
full list |
311 |
| 1985 |
24 |
Annabel Croft |
- |
3 |
5 |
8 |
21 |
23 Dec 1985 |
full list |
376 |
| 1986 |
24 |
Jo Durie |
- |
1 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
22 Dec 1986 |
top 285 |
n/k |
| 1987 |
42 |
Anne Hobbs |
- |
1 |
3 |
7 |
21 |
20 Dec 1987 |
full list |
611 |
| 1988 |
51 |
Sara Gomer |
- |
- |
3 |
6 |
25 |
19 Dec 1988 |
full list |
717 |
| 1989 |
113 |
Monique Javer |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
18 |
20 Nov 1989 |
full list |
750 |
| 1990 |
64 |
Jo Durie |
- |
- |
3 |
7 |
13 |
26 Nov 1990 |
full list |
842 |
| 1991 |
60 |
Jo Durie |
- |
- |
1 |
7 |
16 |
25 Nov 1991 |
full list |
966 |
| 1992 |
60 |
Jo Durie |
- |
- |
2 |
5 |
13 |
23 Nov 1992 |
full list |
953 |
| 1993 |
87 |
Clare Wood |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
13 |
27 Dec 1993 |
full list |
1030 |
| 1994 |
136 |
Clare Wood |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
15 |
21 Nov 1994 |
top 250 |
n/k |
| 1995 |
187 |
Clare Wood |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
16 |
25 Dec 1995 |
full list |
1108 |
| 1996 |
141 |
Sam Smith |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
17 |
30 Dec 1996 |
full list |
1111 |
| 1997 |
126 |
Sam Smith |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
14 |
24 Nov 1997 |
full list |
1085 |
| 1998 |
65 |
Sam Smith |
- |
- |
1 |
5 |
14 |
23 Nov 1998 |
full list |
1076 |
| 1999 |
140 |
Louise Latimer |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
15 |
27 Dec 1999 |
full list |
1049 |
| 2000 |
111 |
Louise Latimer |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
14 |
25 Dec 2000 |
full list |
1259 |
| 2001 |
162 |
Julie Pullin |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
13 |
12 Nov 2001 |
full list |
1214 |
| 2002 |
157 |
Elena Baltacha |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
10 |
11 Nov 2002 |
full list |
1253 |
| 2003 |
177 |
Anne Keothavong |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
12 |
10 Nov 2003 |
full list |
1113 |
| 2004 |
180 |
Anne Keothavong |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
9 |
27 Dec 2004 |
full list |
1271 |
| 2005 |
122 |
Elena Baltacha |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
11 |
14 Nov 2005 |
full list |
1378 |
| 2006 |
144 |
Anne Keothavong |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
12 |
18 Dec 2006 |
full list |
1517 |
| 2007 |
122 |
Anne Keothavong * |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
11 |
12 Nov 2007 |
full list |
1131 |
| 2008 |
61 |
Anne Keothavong |
- |
- |
1 |
4 |
13 |
10 Nov 2008 |
full list |
1149 |
| 2009 |
88 |
Katie O'Brien * |
- |
- |
3 |
4 |
13 |
09 Nov 2009 |
full list |
1143 |
| 2010 |
55 |
Elena Baltacha |
- |
- |
1 |
4 |
13 |
08 Nov 2010 |
full list |
1166 |
| 2011 |
50 |
Elena Baltacha |
- |
1 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
07 Nov 2011 |
full list |
1270 |
| 2012 |
49 |
Heather Watson |
- |
1 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
05 Nov 2012 |
full list |
1210 |
| 2013 |
46 |
Laura Robson |
- |
1 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
04 Nov 2013 |
full list |
1262 |
| 2014 |
50 |
Heather Watson |
- |
1 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
03 Nov 2014 |
full list |
1307 |
| 2015 |
47 |
Johanna Konta |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
09 Nov 2015 |
full list |
1330 |
| 2016 |
10 |
Johanna Konta |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
07 Nov 2016 |
full list |
1305 |
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| BEST |
2 |
BEST |
2 |
4 |
12 |
18 |
25 |
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| WORST |
187 |
WORST |
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- |
- |
1 |
8 |
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| AVE. |
72.9 |
AVERAGE |
0.2 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
14.6 |
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| * : Using a 31
Dec year-end, Katie would have been year-end GB no. 1 instead of Anne in 2007
and Elena instead of Katie in 2009. |
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| Currently, the
WTA deem the year-end rankings to be those for the Monday after the
Tournament of Champions rather than |
| the rankings
as at 31 Dec but this has varied in the past. The above table reflects the
rankings as at the date on the ranking |
| list the WTA
has put at the archive link for that year. I am not sure whether all of these
even follow the WTA's own rules for |
| what
constitutes the year-end (e.g. I find it hard to believe that they deemed
2004 and 2006 to end in December when they |
| have used
November for every other year from 2001 onwards), but going with the dates
used for their archive links is the |
| only way I can
think of to be consistent with the WTA over all previous years, so that is
the convention I have gone with. |
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