The 7 women to pass the 10,000 WTA Ranking points milestone: Iga Swiatek No 2 for most points

Only seven players have achieved the 10,000 WTA Ranking points milestone in women’s tennis history with Serena Williams and Iga Swiatek the only two women to hit the 11,000 landmark while the former is in her own exclusive club for an even better feat.

Reigning world No 1 Swiatek joined the 11,000-mile club in May 2024 as she reached a career-best tally for points, but she still has some way to go to break 23-time Grand Slam winner Williams’ all-time record.

Tennis greats Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert miss out as the WTA only adopted the current points system in 2009.

There is no doubt the trio would have broken the 10,000-point milestone as Graf spent an incredible 377 weeks at No 1, which was a record in both the men’s and women’s game until Novak Djokovic broke it in 2023 while Navratilova topped the rankings for 332 weeks and Evert 260 weeks.

The 7 women to pass 10,000 WTA Ranking points since 2009:

7. Ashleigh Barty – 10,185 (August 23, 2021)

Ashleigh Barty retired at a career-high No 1 as the Australian decided to call it a day shortly after lifting the Australian Open trophy in 2022.

Barty had just under 8,000 points when she retired and she achieved her highest-ever points tally in 2021, shortly after she won Wimbledon.

The Australian won Wimbledon, the Miami Open, the Cincinnati Open, the Stuttgart Open and the Yarra Valley Classic that year to become only the sixth player to reach the milestone at the time.

6. Caroline Wozniacki – 10,255 (May 23, 2011)

Great Dane Caroline Wozniacki first climbed to the top of the WTA Rankings in October 2010 and seven months later she hit the 10,000-mile club.