
Many of you may remember an old thread titled The 20 Greatest *Active Singles* Players on the WTA Tour. The thread was very popular on TennisForum, but I always found the methodology to be a bit flawed. It was a very basic outlook that focused solely on big titles and nothing else. For example, Monica Puig is #12 on this list solely because of her gold medal in Rio. No offense to Ms. Puig, but this is preposterous.
So I set out to find a new, better way to rank the players' careers. I didn't just look at their grand slam titles or their career-high ranking, but I looked at numerous factors. Career singles titles, deep slam runs, weeks in the top ten, and number of top ten victories were all factors that I thought were very important in looking at the overall arch of a player's career.
For the past several months, I've been working to make sure my methodology and the statistics I've compiled are fair, accurate, and complete. And now I'm ready to reveal the results. Starting November 12, 2017, after the completion of the Fed Cup final, I will be revealing the Top 100 active singles players based on my calculations. I hope that this countdown can bring vigorous debate and a lot of fun during the most boring time of the year, the off-season.
Hope to see you all when the countdown begins!
2017 spreadsheet https://orig00.deviantart.net/1125/f/2017/325/e/9/main_file_by_michaelht-dbugske.png
2018 spreadsheet https://orig00.deviantart.net/007b/f/2018/330/7/7/1table_by_michaelht-dct04dr.png
2019 spreadsheet https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/0ebe96bd-42f2-48d0-8768-76967ef4fcdd/ddl1lg8-8e7f8096-b7e4-418a-a5fa-8432b3846d39.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzBlYmU5NmJkLTQyZjItNDhkMC04NzY4LTc2OTY3ZWY0ZmNkZFwvZGRsMWxnOC04ZTdmODA5Ni1iN2U0LTQxOGEtYTVmYS04NDMyYjM4NDZkMzkucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.hfpAGKn4NR_SeF9C-kvCTVEv4bjb7N5G6GD3VaJDqWA
THE LIST 2019
01. serena WILLIAMS (united states)
02. venus WILLIAMS (united states)
03. maria SHARAPOVA (russia)
04. petra KVITOVA (czechia)
05. victoria AZARENKA (belarus)
06. caroline WOZNIACKI (denmark)
07. simona HALEP (romania)
08. svetlana KUZNETSOVA (russia)
09. angelique KERBER (germany)
10. garbine MUGURUZA (spain)
11. naomi OSAKA (japan)
12. karolina PLISKOVA (czechia)
13. samantha STOSUR (australia)
14. elina SVITOLINA (ukraine)
15. vera ZVONAREVA (russia)
16. sloane STEPHENS (united states)
17. ashleigh BARTY (australia)
18. sara ERRANI (italy)
19. jelena OSTAPENKO (latvia)
20. bianca ANDREESCU (canada)
21. madison KEYS (united states)
22. kiki BERTENS (netherlands)
23. anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (russia)
24. johanna KONTA (united kingdom)
25. belinda BENCIC (switzerland)
26. caroline GARCIA (france)
27. andrea PETKOVIC (germany)
28. ekaterina MAKAROVA (russia)
29. carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (spain)
30. sabine LISICKI (germany)
31. julia GOERGES (germany)
32. eugenie BOUCHARD (canada)
33. kaia KANEPI (estonia)
34. aryna SABALENKA (belarus)
35. timea BACSINSZKY (switzerland)
36. coco VANDEWEGHE (united states)
37. elise MERTENS (belgium)
38. anastasija SEVASTOVA (latvia)
39. daria KASATKINA (russia)
40. alize CORNET (france)
41. yanina WICKMAYER (belgium)
42. barbora STRYCOVA (czechia)
43. magdalena RYBARIKOVA (slovakia)
44. kristina MLADENOVIC (france)
45. lesia TSURENKO (ukraine)
46. shuai PENG (china)
47. marketa VONDROUSOVA (czechia)
48. mona BARTHEL (germany)
49. alison VAN UYTVANCK (belgium)
50. shuai ZHANG (china)
51. monica PUIG (puerto rico)
52. pauline PARMENTIER (france)
53. irina-camelia BEGU (romania)
54. alison RISKE (united states)
55. su-wei HSIEH (taiwan)
56. laura SIEGEMUND (germany)
57. camila GIORGI (italy)
58. yulia PUTINTSEVA (kazakhstan)
59. kirsten FLIPKENS (belgium)
60. qiang WANG (china)
61. donna VEKIC (croatia)
62. sofia KENIN (united states)
63. monica NICULESCU (romania)
64. timea BABOS (hungary)
65. daria GAVRILOVA (australia)
66. sorana CIRSTEA (romania)
67. amanda ANISIMOVA (united states)
68. dayana YASTREMSKA (ukraine)
69. heather WATSON (united kingdom)
70. polona HERCOG (slovenia)
71. anna-karolina SCHMIEDLOVA (slovakia)
72. katerina SINIAKOVA (czechia)
73. saisai ZHENG (china)
74. petra MARTIC (croatia)
75. danielle COLLINS (united states)
76. mihaela BUZARNESCU (romania)
77. lara ARRUABARRENA (spain)
78. karolina MUCHOVA (czechia)
79. johanna LARSSON (sweden)
80. jil TEICHMANN (switzerland)
81. margarita GASPARYAN (russia)
82. rebecca PETERSON (sweden)
83. greta ARN (hungary)
84. nao HIBINO (japan)
85. anett KONTAVEIT (estonia)
86. christina MCHALE (united states)
87. aleksandra KRUNIC (serbia)
88. maria SAKKARI (greece)
89. kristyna PLISKOVA (czechia)
90. misaki DOI (japan)
91. lauren DAVIS (united states)
92. tatjana MARIA (germany)
93. magda LINETTE (poland)
94. viktorija GOLUBIC (switzerland)
95. shelby ROGERS (united states)
96. yafan WANG (china)
97. zarina DIYAS (kazakhstan)
98. elena RYBAKINA (kazakhstan)
99. kurumi NARA (japan)
100. coco GAUFF (united states)