The WTA Tour revealed Tuesday that world number one Serena Williams is the first top-ranked player ever with more than twice as many points as her nearest rival.
Records dating to the WTA's 1973 founding show Serena William's domination to be the greatest of any point in the rankings' history, with Serena Williams on 13,161 points and Russia's second-ranked Maria Sharapova on 6,490.
In addition to sweeping the US, French and Australian Opens plus Wimbledon over the past 12 months, Williams won last year's WTA Finals in Singapore and at Miami last March to help build her runaway rankings margin.
Serena Williams beat Sharapova in the 2015 Wimbledon semi-finals and downed Spain's Garbine Muguruza in July 11,2015 Saturday's final to win her sixth Wimbledon crown and 21st Grand Slam title overall.
Serena Williams has won as many Grand Slam titles as all other active women's players combined, including Sharapova's five and seven for Venus Williams, Serena's older sister. Petra Kvitova, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Victoria Azarenka have won two major titles each while Samantha Stosur, Ana Ivanovic and Francesca Schiavone own one each.
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