By the numbers: The 2023 year-end rankings
With the conclusion of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun in the books, the 2023 season officially comes to a close with the year-end WTA Rankings. Click here to view the full rankings (pdf).
Swiatek returns to No.1
For the second consecutive year, Iga Swiatek
The WTA Finals champ, the World No.1 and another Iga Swiatek
In 17 Tour-level events (not including United Cup which does not crown an individual title winner), Swiatek reached the semifinals 12 times and also advanced to finish as runner-up at two WTA 1000 tournaments – Dubai and Madrid – winning a Tour-leading six titles.
Swiatek returns to the top of the WTA Rankings for the first time since holding the World No.1 ranking for 75 consecutive weeks. At 22 years old, she becomes the sixth youngest player in Tour history to finish the year at No.1 in consecutive seasons, followed by Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and Caroline Wozniacki
About the year-end Top 10
Swiatek’s end of season move to No.1 pushes Aryna Sabalenka
They are joined by No.3 Coco Gauff
A quick look at a breakdown of the year-end Top 10:
• Youngest: Coco Gauff
• Oldest: Jessica Pegula
• The Top 10 combined to win 23 singles titles in 2023 and have combined to win 62 titles across their respective careers
Four straight for Sabalenka: This year marks the fourth consecutive Top 10 finish for Sabalenka, the longest active streak. Sabalenka has been ranked in the Top 10 every week since November 16, 2020.
Czech trio: For the first time since the WTA Rankings were introduced, three Czech women finished in the year-end Top 10 – Vondrousova, Muchova and Krejcikova. There has been at least one Czech woman in the year-end Top 10 in 12 of the last 13 years -- since 2011, with the exception of 2022.
Americans in Top 10: Gauff is the first American teenager to finish in the year-end Top 10 in consecutive years since Serena Williams (1999, 2000). This year marks the first time that two Americans have finished in the year-end Top 5 since 2010, when Serena Williams and Venus Williams finished at No.4 and No.5 respectively.
Greek streak: Sakkari finishes the year in the Top 10 for the third consecutive year. She has maintained her Top 10 ranking since making her debut on September 27, 2021.
Big leaps lead to first-time Top 10 finishes: Muchova, Rybakina and Vondrousova are all finishing in the year-end Top 10 for the first time in their careers. They also represent the biggest jumps in the Top 10 from last year’s year-end ranking. Muchova finished 2022 season ranked No.149 (+141 improvement), while Vondrousova improved her year-end ranking 92 spots (from No.99 to No.7) and Rybakina improved 18 spots (from No.22 to No.4).
Doubles year-end No.1
Storm Hunter finishes the year at No.1 in doubles, becoming the second Australian woman to end the season in the top spot in doubles after Samantha Stosur in 2006. Hunter is the third Australian woman overall to rise to the No.1 doubles spot, with Rennae Stubbs also reaching the pinnacle of the doubles rankings.
Top 100 debuts of 2023
Sixteen players broke the Top 100 for the first time in 2023, including eight Americans, two Spaniards, one Briton and one Australian. In chronological order, they were: Rebeka Masarova
Photos: The Top 100 breakthroughs of 2023
The youngest player to make her Top 100 debut was 16-year-old Andreeva, and the oldest was 30-year-old Bektas. The latter became the fourth-oldest player to crack the Top 100 in the history of the WTA Rankings, following Tzipora Obziler, Adriana Villagran and Tina Mochizuki.
Top 50, Top 20 and Top 10 debuts of 2023
Fifteen players broke the Top 50 for the first time in 2023. In chronological order, they were: Lucia Bronzetti
Three players broke the Top 20 for the first time in 2023: Magda Linette
Four players broke the Top 10 for the first time in 2023: Elena Rybakina
Biggest improvements among Top 100
Fifteen players improved their ranking by 100+ spots from their 2022 year-end position (the week of November 5):
+359 Mirra Andreeva
+321 Wang Yafan (from No.418 to No.97)
+308 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
+278 Emina Bektas
+254 Yanina Wickmayer (from No.328 to No.74)
+211 Elina Svitolina
+202 Sofia Kenin
+156 Peyton Stearns
+141 Karolina Muchova
+140 Greet Minnen
+130 Caroline Dolehide
+126 Nadia Podoroska
+122 Diana Shnaider
+108 Kayla Day (from No.195 to No.87)
+105 Emma Navarro
One player inside the Top 100 finished the year exactly where she started it. Elise Mertens
Bubbling under
The 10 highest-ranked players in the 2023 year-end rankings who have yet to crack the Top 100 are: No.107 Bai Zhuoxuan, No.110 Marina Bassols Ribera
The five highest-ranked players in the 2023 year-end rankings who have yet to compete in a WTA main draw are: No.160 Yuliia Starodubtseva
Generation groups
The 10 highest-ranked players from each birth year (from 2002) in the 2023 year-end rankings are as follows:
2002
15. Zheng Qinwen (CHN)
35. Leylah Fernandez
39. Marta Kostyuk
75. Elina Avanesyan
85. Clara Tauson
105. Diane Parry
107. Bai Zhuoxuan (CHN)
121. Daria Snigur
130. Eva Lys
132. Olivia Gadecki
2003
126. Maria Timofeeva
157. Polina Kudermetova
167. Elsa Jacquemot
171. Noma Noha Akugue
197. Elvina Kalieva
213. Tatiana Prozorova
220. Jana Kolodynska
268. Antonia Ruzic
271. Wei Sijia (CHN)
280. Sapfo Sakellaridi (GRE)
2004
3. Coco Gauff
41. Linda Noskova
60. Diana Shnaider
81. Ashlyn Krueger
142. Erika Andreeva
187. Robin Montgomery
212. Solana Sierra
216. Yang Ya-Yi (TPE)
232. Lanlana Tararudee
250. Anca Todoni
2005
89. Linda Fruhvirtova
139. Celine Naef
175. Petra Marcinko
195. Ella Seidel
205. Alexandra Eala
243. Lucie Havlickova (CZE)
244. Taylah Preston
276. Lola Radivojevic
293. Sofia Costoulas
303. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
2006
190. Sara Bejlek
270. Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)
323. Victoria Mboko
353. Mia Ristic
362. Sara Saito
511. Clervie Ngounoue
546. Ren Yufei (CHN)
550. Sarah Iliev (FRA)
631. Marta Soriano Santiago (ESP)
653. Isabelle Lacy (GBR)
2007
46. Mirra Andreeva
133. Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE)
156. Alina Korneeva
541. Veronika Podrez (UKR)
610. Renata Jamrichova
647. Iva Jovic
680. Tereza Valentova
745. Mingge Xu (GBR)
756. Angelina Voloshchuk (POR)
842. Akasha Urhobo (USA)
2008
761. Tyra Caterina Grant
810. Julia Stusek (GER)
855. Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi (ARG)
873. Emerson Jones
881. Victoria Bervid (CZE)
902. Candela Vazquez (ARG)
948. Mia Pohankova (SVK)
962. Charo Esquiva Banuls (ESP)
1088. Wakana Sonobe
1138. Shannon Lam (USA)
2009
659. Hannah Klugman (GBR)
By the numbers: The 2022 year-end rankings
By the numbers: The 2021 year-end rankings
