World number 1 or world no. 1 refers to the highest world ranking in several competitive sports:
- list of FIDE chess world number ones, in chess
- list of WTA number 1 ranked players, in women's tennis
- world-number-one male tennis-player rankings, in men's tennis
- list of ATP number 1 ranked players, in men's tennis
- List of WISPA number 1 ranked players, women's squash
Famous quotes containing the words world and/or number:
“Here’s a good world the while! Who is so gross
That cannot see this palpable device?
Yet who’s so bold but says he sees it not.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In view of the fact that the number of people living too long has risen catastrophically and still continues to rise.... Question: Must we live as long as modern medicine enables us to?... We control our entry into life, it is time we began to control our exit.”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)