Twenty-nine different women have held the world No 1 ranking on the WTA Tour, achieving one of the greatest feats in tennis.

Countless tennis icons and all-time greats have peaked atop the WTA Rankings, but who are the tallest women to climb to the top spot?

Using official information from the WTA Tour website, we list the six tallest world No 1’s in women’s tennis history.

6) Victoria Azarenka – 6’0/183cm

Still competing on the WTA Tour, two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka spent a total of 51 weeks atop the WTA Rankings.

The Belarusian spent 19 weeks as the world No 1 in the aftermath of her first triumph Down Under in 2012, and then reigned for a further 32 weeks from July 2012 to February 2013.

Registered as 6’0/183cm tall on the WTA website, Azarenka is officially the sixt

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