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Ash Barty finished the year as World No.1 3 times consecutively from 2019 to 2021. She retired in 2022 after winning the Australian Open as the World No.1.
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Lindsay Davenport was one of the most consistent players in the first few years of the 21st century. She finished the year as the World No.1 for 4 years having first done it in 1998.
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Chris Evert finished the year as the World No.1 for 5 years and did it consecutively for 3 years from 1975 before Martina Navratilova snatched her crown.
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Serena Williams first finished the year as No.1 in 2002 and in total, achieved the feat for 5 years. She was the year-end World No.1 consecutively for 3 years- 2013, 2014, and 2015.
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Martina Navratilova dominated the 80s like no one else. She was the year-end World No.1 for 7 times having first achieved the feat in 1978. She was the year-end World No.1 consecutively from 1982-1986.
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22-time Grand Slam champion Steffi Graf was the year-end World No.1 for 8 times. She finished the year at the top for the first time in 1987 and for the last time in 1996.
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