Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
This article presents top ten lists of female singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1921–1974, and since 1975 when the first official WTA rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
Top ten rankings by year[edit]
1921[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[1] (The Daily Telegraph) | B. H. Liddell Hart[2] (The Times) |
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1922[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[3] |
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1923[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[3] | B. H. Liddell Hart[4] |
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1924[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[3] |
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1925[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[3] | Bill Tilden (American Lawn Tennis)[5] |
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1926[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[3] | Suzanne Lenglen[6] |
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1927[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[3] | Bill Tilden[7] |
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1928[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[8] |
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1929[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[9] | F. Gordon Lowe[10] (The Scotsman) | Jean Samazeuilh[11] (Le Miroir des sports ) |
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1930[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[12] | Pierre Gillou[13] (L'Auto) | Bill Tilden[13] |
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1931[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[14] | Pierre Gillou[15] | Didier Poulain (L'Auto)[15] | Bill Tilden[16] |
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1932[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[17] | Pierre Gillou[18] |
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1933[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[19] | Pierre Gillou[20] |
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1934[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[21] | Pierre Gillou[22] | Ned Potter (American Lawn Tennis)[23] |
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1935[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[24] | Pierre Gillou[25] | Ned Potter[23] | The Times[26] |
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1936[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[27] | Pierre Gillou[28] | Ned Potter[29] | The Times[30] | Harry Hopman[31] (Melbourne Herald) | Mervyn Weston[32] (The Australasian) | Fred Perry[33] |
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1937[edit]
A. Wallis Myers[34] | Pierre Gillou[35] | Ned Potter[36] | The Times[37] | Harry Hopman[38][39] | Mervyn Weston[40] | Alfred Chave (Brisbane Telegraph)[41] |
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1938[edit]
- Last ranking by Wallis Myers before his death.
A. Wallis Myers[42] | Pierre Gillou[43] | Ned Potter[44] | F. Gordon Lowe[45] | The Times[45] | American Lawn Tennis[44] | Mervyn Weston[46] | Pierre Goldschmidt (L'Auto)[47] | Alfred Chave[48] | G. H. McElhone[45] (The Sydney Morning Herald) | "International" (The Referee).[49] |
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1939[edit]
American Lawn Tennis[50] | Pierre Gillou[51] | Ned Potter[52] | F. Gordon Lowe[53] | The Times[54] | Alfred Chave[55] | G. H. McElhone[56] |
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1940–1945[edit]
no world rankings (World War II)
1946[edit]
Pierre Gillou;[57] Ned Potter[23] | Harry Hopman[58] |
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1947[edit]
Pierre Gillou[59] | Ned Potter[60][23] | John Olliff[3] (The Daily Telegraph) |
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1948[edit]
Pierre Gillou[61] | Ned Potter[62] | John Olliff[3] |
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