Williams is able to celebrate a 150th straight week at the top of
the WTA rankings.
Serena Williams is firmly on course to achieve at least the
second-longest streak at the top of the WTA rankings, after
completing a 150th successive week as world number one, AFP
reports.
Williams regained pole position in the rankings in February 2013
and has remained at the summit ever since.
The 34-year-old American, who claimed three grand slams this
year to take her overall tally to 21, is now just six weeks shy of
Martina Navratilova’s 156-week stint at number one from June
1982 to June 1985.
Steffi Graf’s record of 186 straight weeks as the top-ranked
women’s singles player also appears well within Williams’ reach
given her domination of the WTA Tour this year.
Williams lost only three of her 56 tour matches in 2015, a shock
US Open semi-final loss at the hands of Roberta Vinci derailing
her bid for a first calendar-year Grand Slam.
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