The 7 women with multiple 50+ week spells as WTA world No 1: Iga Swiatek joins Serena Williams, Steffi Graf.
Despite being shockingly removed from the top spot in the WTA Rankings, Iga Swiatek has continued to make history.
Nearly a year passed during the Pole’s second stint as the world No. 1 until she was defeated by Aryna Sabalenka on Monday.
Graf is the only woman with three stints of 50 weeks or more at the top of the WTA Rankings, and she has spent more time there than any other woman with 377 weeks.
From August 1987 to March 1991, the German was the world’s number one for 186 weeks, which is a joint record for the most weeks in a row for a single player.
The American notably reigned from February 2013 to September 2016, matching Graf’s record of 186 consecutive weeks in the 2010s. Her previous longest run at the top was from July 2002 to August 2003, a span of 57 weeks, when she first rose to the top of the
The record for the most weeks in a row at the top of the world rankings was held by fellow all-time great Navratilova prior to Graf’s 186-week run.
In June 1982, Navratilova rose to the top of the world rankings for the seventh time in a row. She continued to hold the top spot for three years in a row until June 1985, a 156-week run. After 332 weeks as the No. 1 from November 1985 to August 1987,
