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Highest ranked players with NO WTA or ITF singles titles.

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#1 · (Edited)
As of 19.12.2005

13 - Francesca Schiavone
24 - Tatiana Golovin
81 - Julia Schruff
164 - Vania King
178 - Kathrin Woerle
181 - Sunitha Rao
211 - Giulia Gabba
231 - Alexa Glatch
247 - Florence Haring
250 - Junri Namigata
252 - Sophie Ferguson
259 - Mary Gambale
274 - Katarina Kachlikova
288 - Sarah Borwell
298 - Tatjana Malek

As of 18.6.2005

20. Tatiana Golovin
23. Francesca Schiavone
90. Julia Schruff
101. Lilia Osterloh
154. Marlene Weingaertner
174. Viktoria Kutuzova
176. Maret Ani
183. Sunitha Rao
199. Kathrin Woerle
227. Zi Yan
231. Katarina Kachlikova
251. Mary Gambale
263. Jewel Peterson
268. Viktoria Azarenka
274. Sophie Ferguson
280. Emily Webley-Smith
287. Antonia Matic
293. Neha Uberoi
296. Florence Haring
 
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#27 ·
i know shes low down in the list so its not that important but sarah borwell won her first itf title recently. just a 10k though
 
#30 ·
Soph :sad:
 
#32 ·
malik won two ITFs
 
#34 ·
The thread's question is more interesting regarding only WTA titles, as any decent player can take an ITF if she really wanted to.

What is the highest rank:
1) Reached before winning a title?
2) Reached by a player who stayed titleless?

To the best of my knowledge, the answers are
1) Petrova #6 (maybe followed by Schiavone #11)
2) Kournikova #8

I'll greatly appreciate a top 5 (or 10) list to both.
 
#42 · (Edited)
Thanks to AnnaK_4ever for his answer:

"Betty Stove was #5 without ever winning a WTA tour title, Kournikova was #8, Winnie Shaw was #10.
I believe they are the only top-tenners to have never won a title.

As for players who broke into top-10 before winning a title it's a tough question. The ones I know for sure are Graf (#3), Zvereva (#5), Rubin and Petrova (both #6), Dementieva (#9), Habsudova (#10)."

So that makes the list of highest ranks achieved with no WTA titles look like this (in parenthesis - first title won):
1) #3 Graf (Hilton Head, April 1986)
2) #5 Stove (never won a title)
2) #5 Zvereva (Brisbane 1990)
4) #6 Rubin (Linz 1997)
4) #6 Petrova (Linz 2005)
6) #8 Kournikova (never won a title)
7) #9 Dementieva (Amelia Island 2003)
8) #10 Shaw (never won a title)
8) #10 Habsudova (Pörtschach 1999)
10) #11 Schiavone (Bad Gastein 2007)
 
#48 ·
In a Similar Category:

Is Venus Williams the highest ranked Player WITHOUT ANY TITLE in a single season?
Venus is Ranked 5 with ZERO Titles.

I didnt wanna create a new thread.

Highest I could think of is Kournakova at number 8.
@Meelis
 
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