Ranking history updated: 2026-07-26 10:32 UTC

Venus Williams WTA Ranking History

Venus Williams's WTA ranking history, with year-by-year summaries plus every available weekly rank, age and points snapshot.

Latest Rank
469
Latest date
Jul 20, 2026
This season
+9
Career high
1
Career-high date
Feb 25, 2002
Career-high points
7,452
Points-high date
May 11, 2009
Best year-end
2
Weeks at #1
11

Coverage: 1,491 distinct observed ranking weeks, Aug 21, 1995–Jul 20, 2026. Available-week totals may undercount careers where historical snapshots are missing. Weeks at No. 1 uses the official career total.

Rank and Points

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Ranking History

Season Date Week Age Rank Points
1995 Aug 21 34 15.2 #313 2
1995 Aug 28 35 15.2 #314 2
1995 Sep 4 36 15.2 #314 2
1995 Sep 11 37 15.2 #315 2
1995 Sep 18 38 15.3 #315 2
1995 Sep 25 39 15.3 #326 2
1995 Oct 2 40 15.3 #327 2
1995 Oct 9 41 15.3 #324 2
1995 Oct 16 42 15.3 #321 2
1995 Oct 23 43 15.3 #322 2
1995 Oct 30 44 15.4 #321 2
1995 Nov 6 45 15.4 #205 6
1995 Nov 13 46 15.4 #203 6
1995 Nov 20 47 15.4 #204 6
1995 Nov 27 48 15.4 #206 6
1995 Dec 4 49 15.5 #207 6
1995 Dec 11 50 15.5 #209 6
1995 Dec 18 51 15.5 #206 6
1995 Dec 25 52 15.5 #205 6
1996 Jan 1 1 15.5 #216 5
1996 Jan 8 2 15.6 #216 5
1996 Jan 15 3 15.6 #216 5
1996 Jan 22 4 15.6 #216 5
1996 Jan 29 5 15.6 #217 5
1996 Feb 5 6 15.6 #216 5
1996 Feb 12 7 15.7 #214 5
1996 Feb 19 8 15.7 #216 5
1996 Feb 26 9 15.7 #216 5
1996 Mar 4 10 15.7 #217 5
1996 Mar 11 11 15.7 #217 5
1996 Mar 18 12 15.8 #199 6
1996 Mar 25 13 15.8 #199 6
1996 Apr 1 14 15.8 #198 6
1996 Apr 8 15 15.8 #197 6
1996 Apr 15 16 15.8 #194 6
1996 Apr 22 17 15.8 #194 6
1996 Apr 29 18 15.9 #188 6
1996 May 6 19 15.9 #188 6
1996 May 13 20 15.9 #190 6
1996 May 20 21 15.9 #186 6
1996 May 27 22 15.9 #184 6
1996 Jun 3 23 16.0 #184 6
1996 Jun 10 24 16.0 #182 6
1996 Jun 17 25 16.0 #178 6
1996 Jun 24 26 16.0 #184 6
1996 Jul 1 27 16.0 #184 6
1996 Jul 8 28 16.1 #186 6
1996 Jul 15 29 16.1 #186 6
1996 Jul 22 30 16.1 #189 6
1996 Jul 29 31 16.1 #189 6
1996 Aug 5 32 16.1 #189 6
1996 Aug 12 33 16.2 #192 6
1996 Aug 19 34 16.2 #148 9
1996 Aug 26 35 16.2 #127 11
1996 Sep 2 36 16.2 #127 11
1996 Sep 9 37 16.2 #127 11
1996 Sep 16 38 16.2 #127 11
1996 Sep 23 39 16.3 #124 11
1996 Sep 30 40 16.3 #126 11
1996 Oct 7 41 16.3 #127 11
1996 Oct 14 42 16.3 #127 11
1996 Oct 21 43 16.3 #128 11
1996 Oct 28 44 16.4 #128 11
1996 Nov 4 45 16.4 #207 5
1996 Nov 11 46 16.4 #204 5
1996 Nov 18 47 16.4 #201 5
1996 Nov 25 48 16.4 #204 5
1996 Dec 2 49 16.5 #204 5
1996 Dec 9 50 16.5 #205 5
1996 Dec 16 51 16.5 #203 5
1996 Dec 23 52 16.5 #216 83
1996 Dec 30 1 16.5 #216 83
1997 Jan 6 2 16.6 #214 83
1997 Jan 13 3 16.6 #216 83
1997 Jan 20 4 16.6 #216 83
1997 Jan 27 5 16.6 #211 83
1997 Feb 3 6 16.6 #211 83
1997 Feb 10 7 16.7 #211 83
1997 Feb 17 8 16.7 #210 83
1997 Feb 24 9 16.7 #214 83
1997 Mar 3 10 16.7 #211 83
1997 Mar 10 11 16.7 #211 83
1997 Mar 17 12 16.7 #110 222
1997 Mar 24 13 16.8 #110 222
1997 Mar 31 14 16.8 #101 254
1997 Apr 7 15 16.8 #102 254
1997 Apr 14 16 16.8 #86 280
1997 Apr 21 17 16.8 #85 280
1997 Apr 28 18 16.9 #90 280
1997 May 5 19 16.9 #87 280
1997 May 12 20 16.9 #89 280
1997 May 19 21 16.9 #89 280
1997 May 26 22 16.9 #90 280
1997 Jun 2 23 17.0 #90 280
1997 Jun 9 24 17.0 #80 321
1997 Jun 16 25 17.0 #79 321
1997 Jun 23 26 17.0 #59 383
1997 Jun 30 27 17.0 #59 383
1997 Jul 7 28 17.1 #60 385
1997 Jul 14 29 17.1 #60 385
1997 Jul 21 30 17.1 #63 385
1997 Jul 28 31 17.1 #64 385
1997 Aug 4 32 17.1 #59 444
1997 Aug 11 33 17.1 #53 478
1997 Aug 18 34 17.2 #62 436
1997 Aug 25 35 17.2 #66 411
1997 Sep 1 36 17.2 #66 411
1997 Sep 8 37 17.2 #27 961
1997 Sep 15 38 17.2 #26 961
1997 Sep 22 39 17.3 #26 961
1997 Sep 29 40 17.3 #27 961
1997 Oct 6 41 17.3 #26 961
1997 Oct 13 42 17.3 #26 962
1997 Oct 20 43 17.3 #24 1,083
1997 Oct 27 44 17.4 #24 1,083
1997 Nov 3 45 17.4 #25 1,173
1997 Nov 10 46 17.4 #25 1,172
1997 Nov 17 47 17.4 #24 1,173
1997 Nov 24 48 17.4 #22 1,173
1997 Dec 1 49 17.5 #22 1,173
1997 Dec 8 50 17.5 #22 1,173
1997 Dec 15 51 17.5 #22 1,173
1997 Dec 22 52 17.5 #22 1,173
1997 Dec 29 1 17.5 #22 1,173
1998 Jan 5 2 17.6 #21 1,173
1998 Jan 12 3 17.6 #21 1,173
1998 Jan 19 4 17.6 #16 1,474
1998 Jan 26 5 17.6 #15 1,474
1998 Feb 2 6 17.6 #14 1,690
1998 Feb 9 7 17.6 #14 1,690
1998 Feb 16 8 17.7 #14 1,690
1998 Feb 23 9 17.7 #14 1,690
1998 Mar 2 10 17.7 #12 1,930
1998 Mar 9 11 17.7 #12 1,930
1998 Mar 16 12 17.7 #11 1,973
1998 Mar 23 13 17.8 #11 1,973
1998 Mar 30 14 17.8 #10 2,360
1998 Apr 6 15 17.8 #10 2,360
1998 Apr 13 16 17.8 #10 2,333
1998 Apr 20 17 17.8 #10 2,333
1998 Apr 27 18 17.9 #10 2,333
1998 May 4 19 17.9 #9 2,333
1998 May 11 20 17.9 #7 2,615
1998 May 18 21 17.9 #8 2,615
1998 May 25 22 17.9 #7 2,615
1998 Jun 1 23 18.0 #7 2,615
1998 Jun 8 24 18.0 #6 2,808
1998 Jun 15 25 18.0 #6 2,808
1998 Jun 22 26 18.0 #6 2,747
1998 Jun 29 27 18.0 #6 2,747
1998 Jul 6 28 18.1 #6 2,949
1998 Jul 13 29 18.1 #6 2,949
1998 Jul 20 30 18.1 #6 2,949
1998 Jul 27 31 18.1 #5 2,949
1998 Aug 3 32 18.1 #5 3,098
1998 Aug 10 33 18.1 #5 3,124
1998 Aug 17 34 18.2 #5 3,123
1998 Aug 24 35 18.2 #5 3,123
1998 Aug 31 36 18.2 #5 3,123
1998 Sep 7 37 18.2 #5 3,123
1998 Sep 14 38 18.2 #5 3,015
1998 Sep 21 39 18.3 #5 3,015
1998 Sep 28 40 18.3 #5 3,015
1998 Oct 5 41 18.3 #5 3,015
1998 Oct 12 42 18.3 #5 3,063
1998 Oct 19 43 18.3 #5 3,217
1998 Oct 26 44 18.4 #5 3,353
1998 Nov 2 45 18.4 #5 3,263
1998 Nov 9 46 18.4 #5 3,263
1998 Nov 16 47 18.4 #5 3,262
1998 Nov 23 48 18.4 #5 3,262
1998 Nov 30 49 18.5 #5 3,262
1998 Dec 7 50 18.5 #5 3,262
1998 Dec 14 51 18.5 #5 3,262
1998 Dec 21 52 18.5 #5 3,262
1998 Dec 28 53 18.5 #5 3,262
1999 Jan 4 1 18.5 #5 3,262
1999 Jan 11 2 18.6 #5 3,262
1999 Jan 18 3 18.6 #6 3,034
1999 Jan 25 4 18.6 #6 3,034
1999 Feb 1 5 18.6 #6 3,014
1999 Feb 8 6 18.6 #6 3,014
1999 Feb 15 7 18.7 #6 3,014
1999 Feb 22 8 18.7 #5 3,220
1999 Mar 1 9 18.7 #5 3,177
1999 Mar 8 10 18.7 #5 3,177
1999 Mar 15 11 18.7 #6 2,987
1999 Mar 22 12 18.8 #6 2,987
1999 Mar 29 13 18.8 #6 2,989
1999 Apr 5 14 18.8 #6 2,989
1999 Apr 12 15 18.8 #6 2,990
1999 Apr 19 16 18.8 #6 2,990
1999 Apr 26 17 18.9 #7 2,990
1999 May 3 18 18.9 #5 3,326
1999 May 10 19 18.9 #5 3,527
1999 May 17 20 18.9 #5 3,527
1999 May 24 21 18.9 #5 3,527
1999 May 31 22 19.0 #5 3,527
1999 Jun 7 23 19.0 #6 3,451
1999 Jun 14 24 19.0 #6 3,451
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