Women's Tennis: 5 players who spent the most consecutive weeks as WTA World Number 1

#=1 Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf was ranked World Numer 1 for a record 377 weeks in total

The golden girl of women's tennis in the 1990's was German Steffi Graf. Graf was such a dominant force that she is the only player till date to log at least 4 wins in each of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments. Aged just 18, Graf became the 5th player to head the WTA rankings on August 17th, 1987. She held that position till March 10th, 1991 - almost 3 and a half years.

Spending 186 consecutive weeks at the top, Graf kept on winning title after title during this fecund spell. Her most notable achievement was winning the 'Golden Slam' - all 4 Grand Slams and the Summer Olympic Gold medal at the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988. It was only on March 11th, 1991, that another prodigy, Monica Seles displaced Graf at the top. Graf also holds the record for having been World Number 1 for most weeks - 377 in total.