Top ten ranked female tennis players

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This article presents year-ending 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]

1921–1974[edit]

1975[edit]

The official WTA rankings were introduced in November 1975.

WTA[1] Lance Tingay[2]
(The Daily Telegraph)
Bud Collins[3]
(The Boston Globe)
Rino Tommasi [it][4]
(La Gazzetta dello Sport)
John Barrett
(Financial Times)
World Tennis[5] Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[6]
Rex Bellamy[7]
(The Times)
Chris Evert[5]
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. B. J. King
  5. E. Goolagong Cawley
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. N. Richey Gunter
  9. F. Dürr
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. V. Wade
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. K. Sawamatsu
  9. J. Heldman
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. V. Wade
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. N. Richey Gunter
  9. F. Dürr
  10. R. Casals
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. V. Wade
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. M. Smith Court
  6. E. Goolagong Cawley
  7. O. Morozova
  8. N. Richey Gunter
  9. K. Sawamatsu
  10. J. Heldman
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. V. Wade
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. B. Stöve
  10. K. Sawamatsu
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. V. Wade
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. N. Richey Gunter
  9. F. Dürr
  10. R. Casals
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. V. Wade
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. B. Stöve
  10. K. Sawamatsu
  1. C. Evert
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. B. J. King
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. K. Sawamatsu
  9. M. Jaušovec
  10. D. Fromholtz
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. V. Wade
  6. M. Smith Court
  7. O. Morozova
  8. N. Richey Gunter
  9. F. Dürr
  10. B. Stöve

1976[edit]

WTA[8] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[9]
  1. C. Evert
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. V. Wade
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. D. Fromholtz
  6. R. Casals
  7. B. Stöve
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. O. Morozova
  10. S. Barker
  1. C. Evert
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. V. Wade
  4. R. Casals
  5. M. Navratilova
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. K. Melville Reid
  8. S. Barker
  9. M. Jaušovec
  10. O. Morozova
  1. C. Evert
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. V. Wade
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. S. Barker
  6. B. Stöve
  7. D. Fromholtz
  8. M. Jaušovec
  9. R. Casals
  10. F. Dürr
  1. C. Evert
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. V. Wade
  4. K. Melville Reid
  5. M. Navratilova
  6. O. Morozova
  7. S. Barker
  8. D. Fromholtz
  9. R. Casals
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. V. Wade
  4. S. Barker
  5. R. Casals
  6. M. Navratilova
  7. M. Jaušovec
  8. F. Dürr
  9. D. Fromholtz
  10. R. Tomanová
  1. C. Evert
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. V. Wade
  4. R. Casals
  5. M. Navratilova
  6. S. Barker
  7. M. Jaušovec
  8. D. Fromholtz
  9. B. Stöve
  10. T. Holladay

1977[edit]

WTA[10] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[11] Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[12]
Peter Bodo
(Tennis magazine
(U.S.))
Judith Elian
(L'Équipe)
Wataru Tsukagoshi
(Tennis Japan)
Barry Lorge[13]
(The Washington Post)
France-Presse[14]
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. V. Wade
  5. S. Barker
  6. R. Casals
  7. B. Stöve
  8. D. Fromholtz
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. B. J. King
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. S. Barker
  6. K. Melville Reid
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. R. Casals
  9. B. Stöve
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. V. Wade
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. S. Barker
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. B. Stöve
  8. R. Casals
  9. D. Fromholtz
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. B. J. King
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. S. Barker
  5. V. Wade
  6. R. Casals
  7. T. Austin
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. B. Stöve
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. B. J. King
  4. B. Stöve
  5. M. Navratilova
  6. S. Barker
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. R. Casals
  9. M. Jaušovec
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. S. Barker
  5. B. J. King
  6. B. Stöve
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. R. Casals
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. D. Fromholtz
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. S. Barker
  5. B. Stöve
  6. B. J. King
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. R. Casals
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. B. J. King
  5. S. Barker
  6. B. Stöve
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. D. Fromholtz
  9. R. Casals
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. B. J. King
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. B. Stöve
  6. S. Barker
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. R. Casals
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. B. Stöve
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. S. Barker
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. B. J. King
  8. M. Jaušovec
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. D. Fromholtz
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. B. J. King
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. B. Stöve
  6. S. Barker
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. R. Casals
  9. D. Fromholtz
  10. = M. Jaušovec
    = K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. V. Wade
  3. B. J. King
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. B. Stöve
  6. S. Barker
  7. K. Melville Reid
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. M. Jaušovec
  10. R. Casals

1978[edit]

WTA[15] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[16] Tennis magazine (U.S.)[17]
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. B. J. King
  6. T. Austin
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. B. Stöve
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. D. Fromholtz
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. B. J. King
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. V. Ruzici
  8. M. Jaušovec
  9. R. Maršíková
  10. P. Shriver
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. B. J. King
  6. T. Austin
  7. P. Shriver
  8. V. Ruzici
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. B. J. King
  5. V. Wade
  6. T. Austin
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. V. Ruzici
  9. B. Stöve
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. C. Evert
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. V. Ruzici
  7. B. J. King
  8. = T. Austin
    = P. Shriver
  9. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. B. J. King
  6. B. Stöve
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. T. Austin
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. P. Shriver
  1. C. Evert
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. V. Wade
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. V. Ruzici
  7. K. Melville Reid
  8. T. Austin
  9. B. J. King
  10. B. Stöve

1979[edit]

WTA[18] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[19] Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[20]
Peter Bodo Judith Elian Wataru Tsukagoshi Joseph Macauley
(Australian Tennis Magazine)
Alan Trengrove
(Australian Tennis Magazine)
Jeffrey Bairstow
(Tennis magazine (U.S.))
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. T. Austin
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. V. Wade
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. S. Barker
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. B. J. King
  5. E. Goolagong Cawley
  6. V. Wade
  7. D. Fromholtz
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. S. Hanika
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. D. Fromholtz
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. V. Wade
  10. R. Maršíková
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert
  3. T. Austin
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. K. Jordan
  9. V. Wade
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. V. Wade
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. V. Ruzici
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. B. J. King
  8. V. Wade
  9. S. Barker
  10. V. Ruzici
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. T. Austin
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. V. Wade
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. K. Jordan
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. B. J. King
  8. V. Wade
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. K. Jordan
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. T. Austin
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. V. Wade
  6. B. J. King
  7. K. Melville Reid
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. D. Fromholtz
  10. R. Maršíková
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. B. J. King
  5. E. Goolagong Cawley
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. V. Wade
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. K. Jordan
  10. K. Melville Reid
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. V. Wade
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. S. Barker
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. T. Austin
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. D. Fromholtz
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. V. Wade
  9. K. Melville Reid
  10. G. Stevens
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. T. Austin
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. B. J. King
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. D. Fromholtz
  8. K. Melville Reid
  9. V. Wade
  10. K. Jordan

1980[edit]

WTA[21] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[22] Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[23]
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. E. Goolagong Cawley
  6. B. J. King
  7. A. Jaeger
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. P. Shriver
  10. G. Stevens
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. E. Goolagong Cawley
  3. T. Austin
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. B. J. King
  7. V. Ruzici
  8. A. Jaeger
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. K. Jordan
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. E. Goolagong Cawley
  7. B. J. King
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. P. Shriver
  10. V. Ruzici
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. B. J. King
  7. E. Goolagong Cawley
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. P. Shriver
  10. G. Stevens
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. A. Jaeger
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. V. Ruzici
  9. D. Fromholtz
  10. P. Shriver
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. E. Goolagong Cawley
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. A. Jaeger
  7. B. J. King
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. P. Shriver
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. E. Goolagong Cawley
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. A. Jaeger
  7. B. J. King
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. K. Jordan

1981[edit]

WTA[24] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[25] Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[26]
Peter Bodo Judith Elian Wataru Tsukagoshi Alan Trengrove Alexander McNab
(Tennis magazine
(U.S.))
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. A. Jaeger
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. S. Hanika
  7. P. Shriver
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. B. Bunge
  10. B. Potter
  1. T. Austin
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. H. Mandlíková
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. V. Ruzici
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. P. Shriver
  9. S. Hanika
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. T. Austin
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. C. Evert-Lloyd
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. P. Shriver
  6. A. Jaeger
  7. S. Hanika
  8. M. Jaušovec
  9. B. Potter
  10. V. Ruzici
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. A. Jaeger
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. S. Hanika
  7. P. Shriver
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. B. Potter
  10. B. Bunge
  1. = T. Austin
    = C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. H. Mandlíková
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. A. Jaeger
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. P. Shriver
  7. V. Ruzici
  8. S. Hanika
  9. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. M. Jaušovec
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. B. Potter
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. V. Ruzici
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. T. Austin
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. V. Ruzici
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. M. Jaušovec
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. H. Mandlíková
  3. T. Austin
  4. M. Navratilova
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. M. Jaušovec
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. = B. Bunge
    = R. Maršíková
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. T. Austin
  3. M. Navratilova
  4. A. Jaeger
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. B. Potter
  9. M. Jaušovec
  10. = B. Bunge
    = R. Maršíková
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. T. Austin
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. V. Ruzici
  10. S. Barker
  1. C. Evert-Lloyd
  2. M. Navratilova
  3. T. Austin
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. P. Shriver
  7. S. Hanika
  8. V. Ruzici
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. 8. M. Jaušovec

1982[edit]

WTA[27] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett[28] World Tennis[29]
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. T. Austin
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. P. Shriver
  7. H. Mandlíková
  8. B. Potter
  9. B. Bunge
  10. S. Hanika
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. B. Potter
  6. T. Austin
  7. P. Shriver
  8. B. Bunge
  9. B. J. King
  10. S. Hanika
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. B. Potter
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. T. Austin
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. S. Hanika
  9. P. Shriver
  10. B. Bunge
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. T. Austin
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. B. Potter
  7. B. Bunge
  8. H. Mandlíková
  9. P. Shriver
  10. S. Hanika
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. T. Austin
  6. V. Ruzici
  7. B. Bunge
  8. P. Shriver
  9. B. Potter
  10. = Z. Garrison
    = W. Turnbull
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. P. Shriver
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. B. Potter
  8. B. Bunge
  9. T. Austin
  10. S. Hanika

1983[edit]

WTA[30] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[31] Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[32]
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. T. Austin
  5. P. Shriver
  6. S. Hanika
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. J. Durie
  9. H. Mandlíková
  10. A. Temesvári
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. H. Mandlíková
  5. S. Hanika
  6. P. Shriver
  7. M. Jaušovec
  8. A. Temesvári
  9. B. J. King
  10. J. Durie
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. P. Shriver
  4. A. Jaeger
  5. J. Durie
  6. W. Turnbull
  7. H. Mandlíková
  8. A. Temesvári
  9. S. Hanika
  10. K. Jordan
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. P. Shriver
  4. B. J. King
  5. A. Jaeger
  6. T. Austin
  7. S. Hanika
  8. H. Mandlíková
  9. A. Temesvári
  10. B. Bunge
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. J. Durie
  5. P. Shriver
  6. H. Mandlíková
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. S. Hanika
  9. A. Temesvári
  10. B. Potter
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. P. Shriver
  5. J. Durie
  6. A. Temesvári
  7. S. Hanika
  8. W. Turnbull
  9. K. Jordan
  10. H. Mandlíková
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. A. Jaeger
  4. P. Shriver
  5. H. Mandlíková
  6. S. Hanika
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. A. Temesvári
  9. K. Jordan

1984[edit]

WTA[33] Lance Tingay[2] Bud Collins[3] Rino Tommasi[4] John Barrett World Tennis[34]
(panel ranking)
Tennis magazine
(U.S.)[35]
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. H. Mandlíková
  4. P. Shriver
  5. W. Turnbull
  6. Man Maleeva
  7. H. Suková
  8. C. Kohde-Kilsch
  9. Z. Garrison
  10. K. Jordan
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. H. Mandlíková
  4. Man Maleeva
  5. K. Jordan
  6. P. Shriver
  7. W. Turnbull
  8. C. Kohde-Kilsch
  9. C. Bassett
  10. H. Suková
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
  3. H. Mandlíková
  4. H. Suková
  5. Man Maleeva
  6. P. Shriver
  7. C. Kohde-Kilsch
  8. Z. Garrison
  9. W. Turnbull
  10. C. Bassett
  1. M. Navratilova
  2. C. Evert-Lloyd
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