5 oldest tennis players to be ranked number 1 in the world

In the history of tennis, there have been many players who have gone on to be ranked No.1 on more than one occasion. Only a handful, however, have achieved the distinction at the fag end of their careers.We take a look 5 of the oldest tennis players to be ranked number one in the world.

#5 Lindsay Davenport

The 1996 Olympic Gold medalist became World No. 1 in January 2006 at the age of 29 years, 7 months and 8 days. Winner of 3 Grand Slams, Davenport became the fourth player after Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert to finish the year ranked No. 1 four different times. She achieved this feat at the end of 2005.

Over her entire career, Davenport was ranked number 1 on eight different occasions.