Paris: Germany's US Open winner Angelique Kerber remains atop the WTA world standings and will therefore finish 2016 in first position.
Serena Williams ended the three previous years ranked world number one, but Kerber started 2016 by lifting the Australian Open trophy, reached the finals of both Wimbledon and the Olympics and then won the US Open.
1. Angelique Kerber (GER) 9,080 pts
2. Serena Williams (USA) 7,050
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5,600
4. Simona Halep (ROM) 5,528
5. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 4,875
6. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4,600
7. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4,236
8. Madison Keys (USA) 4,137
9. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 4,115
10. Johanna Konta (GBR) 3,640
